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.
Mr. Hudson
Say hello to Kanye’s next protegé: the UK’s Mr. Hudson complete with first soon-to-be hit single ‘Supernova’.
Listen to Supernova
Free Coldplay EP
Left Right Left Right Left, a downloadable 9-track Coldplay EP is being given away by the band for the price of an email address.
http://lrlrl.coldplay.com/leftright.html
The Mummers do Passion Pit
Yes, another Passion Pit mention, but when the remixes are this good.. This time around, UK’s The Mummers add another twist to ‘Sleepyhead’. Passion Pit – now officially, the most remix-friendly artist of 2009.
Listen to the remix
K’Naan
Displaying an M.I.A.-like sensibility for global bumpin’ rap, this Somalian dude is poised for the big-time. Check out ‘T.I.A. (This is Africa)’
http://www.myspace.com/knaanmusic
