April 2010

Scissor Sisters' German label have uploaded a sort of 'EPK' video thing featuring bits of the band's new single, 'Fire With Fire'. It is amazing, as we clearly stated several weeks ago. …

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The Briefing

Some words re JLS' new single 'The Club Is Alive'

About a year ago the Epic Records bigwig partly responsible many centuries ago for Another Level and Blue got very excited in front of us. Having signed JLS — another British…

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Our Eurovision entry: new version sounds more like 'Tragedy', is marginally less tragic

[youtube]0XpREuWLZGQ[/youtube] This is the proper version of Josh Dubovie's 'That Sounds Good To Me'. It's been beefed up to sound more like Steps' version of 'Tragedy'. It's far better than…

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What we reckon an X Factor magazine could look like

In a post on his blog, magazine guru (and one-time Smash Hits editor) David Hepworth asks the question "Who wants an official X Factor magazine?". He notes that The X…

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Kids Of 88 — 'Just A Little Bit'

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The Briefing

The new Kele single is very good and you can hear that for yourself by listening to it here

As you have no doubt already heard Kele out of Bloc Party is now Kele quite literally 'out of' Bloc Party ie he has made the decision to concentrate for…

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Songs

Lady Gaga — 'Alejandro' (The Sound Of Arrows mix)

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The Briefing

The echoes of yesterday sound like they're fading so far away

Remember that rather pleasant combo The Royal Palms we wrote about a month or so ago? They've put another tune online — 'Echoes' is its name, songname fans — and…

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So here's the Hurts video.

[youtube]bn8tBgI1BVQ[/youtube] We're somewhere where we can't actually watch this but we got it to load a little bit and it looks good based on one second without sound. 'Amazing'.

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Something for the weekend? How about a listen to Scissor Sisters' monumental new single

Some words re JLS' new single 'The Club Is Alive'

Our Eurovision entry: new version sounds more like 'Tragedy', is marginally less tragic

What we reckon an X Factor magazine could look like

Kids Of 88 — 'Just A Little Bit'

The new Kele single is very good and you can hear that for yourself by listening to it here

Lady Gaga — 'Alejandro' (The Sound Of Arrows mix)

The echoes of yesterday sound like they're fading so far away

So here's the Hurts video.

Hurts — Better Than Love

Halsey interview: "I don't believe people who say they're themselves all the time"

Interview: What sort of man is Ryan Tedder?

Patrick Wolf interview: "Bring a cushion"

Congratulations to Charli XCX and Lorde: winners of the 2024 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize

The 2024 Twenty Quid Music Prize: Shortlist

The 2023 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: Shortlist

Fine, let's do a Substack then.

The 2022 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: shortlist

2021 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: Laura Mvula wins

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