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New Music Monday

Behold Matt Morris. He’s Justin Timberlake’s protege. Well, as much as one can protect someone who’s older than you. In fact, he’s less of a protege, more the man who’s behind some of JT’s better tunes. Anyway, he too is an ex-Mouseketeer and JT’s first signing on his new record label.

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New Music Monday

Hello readers, meet Neon Hitch. Neon Hitch, meet the readers.

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2009 in Pop: Condensed

We could make some kind of astute point about how the positive message of this ‘mash-up’ promotes old-fashioned fun-having and dancing in the slightly austere current economic climate. Instead we’re just going to say ‘ZOMG’ and ‘awesome’ at regularly spaced intervals. Make of that what you will.

Mr(s) Blue Sky

We’ve had Sky Ferreira buzzing in our ears for the past year now. Yet to release anything (aside from appearing on a Virgins remix), she’s finally signed to EMI. (more…)

Miley Cyrus’ autotune FAIL

This is hideous. Someone forgot to fix the autotune machine.

OK, OK. It’s a fake.

And I Feel Like Taking Off (My Self Respect)

You can imagine how the pitch went:

“Hello Mr Hudson, we are popular ‘urban’ group- N-Dubz. We wish to appeal to a niche MOR market. Your agent tells our agent that we could cross-polinate our appeal with yours. We’re advised that it will all end up well.”

Actually, no. Nobody would wish for that ridiculous hybrid. Yet, here it is.

Noddin’ My Head Like Yeah, Cringin’ in the Corner Like Yeah

SAMANTHA MUMBA RETURNS!

Fresh from hosting lingerie aisles in a Dunnes Stores near to you, she guests on Hill’s new track. And it’s directed by none other than Little Big Man Omero Mumba. Needless to say, it’s a masterpiece. (more…)

We’ve Got Obsessions

It’s true. We’re not ones to fall in love easily. The current object of our affections is Canadian Synth-Emo Poppette LIGHTS. Part of the Owl City contingent (see BBC’s Sound of 2010 longlist)she’s already massive big in the States/ North America.

Signed by Warner in Europe, LIGHTS does indeed err on the side of cutesy- complete with keytar and self-penned animations and headbands, it gets a bit much, especially in tracks such as ‘Saviour’ (below).

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Christmas Number One, Ahoy!

Rage Against the What? Forget all that guff. We’ve got the number one record here. Soulful electro-pop from Dean Heslop, with a moving, thrilling video to boot. Words fail us.

Goin’ Back to My Roots

Sad news, pop fans. Miley Cyrus is hanging up her weave. The Party in the USA is cancelled. FOREVER.

In a recent interview with GMTV, Miles stated:

“I want to do my last pop record, I’m working on a record right now. I kinda want this to be my last record for a little while and be able to take a break and just get all the types of music that I really love…you know my favorite styles. And be able to have something edgier and not have to worry about people saying, “Oh, this isn’t what her fans want to listen to.”

For Miley to give up pop would be literally A Very Bad Thing.

However, this is not unprecedented. She just needs to take an album out to make some sub-standard indie with slightly poppy choruses, realise that in fact, she would rather be making amazing pop songs, and then go back to what she was doing in the first place, albeit with a more realistic/ mature attitude. “Pull a Mark Owen”, effectively.

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We’d obviously replace the ‘Take That’ bits with new Future Miley bits, but we can’t look into the future, so you’ll have to use your imagination, readers.