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1. Hurts. The more we hear of the band's debut album, the more we feel that something very special is happening. The duo's strong visual identity has led to murmurings in…

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It's been some time since we wrote about Primary 1 — he was last on the Popjustice Almighty at the end of 2007, which is fucking ages ago by anyone's…

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Ding dong — it's a vague indication of the midweeks

Here are the relative successes and failures likely to be featured in the charts this Sunday. Vika Jigulina — 'Stereo Love' {audio}images/stories/audio/bell.mp3{/audio} Christina Aguilera — 'Not Myself Tonight' {audio}images/stories/audio/foghorn.mp3{/audio} Fugative…

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How pop works

Twitter feedback regarding the MIA single 'XXXO', which is today's Song Of The Day. (It is not really very horrible at all.)

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Hurts live coverage so brief that it barely counts as a review

We went to see Hurts' show at London's Koko last night. It's an expanded and revised version of the Manchester show we saw in February, but the opera singer remains.…

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Josh Dubovie: one point

2010's United Kingdom Eurovision misery continues with the release of Josh Dubovie's 'That Sounds Good To Me' video. Click here to watch it at the BBC's Eurovision site. It's not just…

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The new Katy Perry single: it's hot and it's cold. It's mainly cold

Katy Perry's new Snoop Dogg-featuring single 'California Gurls' is streaming over at her website. It'll make sense, no doubt, soundtracking festival montages on T4, but this is a pretty lightweight…

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Election night, 1997-style

In the not that distant past, just before the music industry ran out of money, even crap record labels used to throw huge sums of money at parties. One such…

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An assortment of woeful record sleeves

We had a CD clearout recently and while we were sifting through the debris we found some astonishingly bad artwork. Here's a small selection. 1. Danielle Spencer — 'Calling All…

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The Newsdump, May 6 2010: from Jedward's busy 2010 to Kylie writing a musical maybe with a pen

Let's use a crudely scrawled cock and balls to spoil the ballot paper of recycled news: » Louis Walsh says Jedward are "going to be so big this year, mark…

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Ding dong — it's a vague indication of the midweeks

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Hurts live coverage so brief that it barely counts as a review

Josh Dubovie: one point

The new Katy Perry single: it's hot and it's cold. It's mainly cold

Election night, 1997-style

An assortment of woeful record sleeves

The Newsdump, May 6 2010: from Jedward's busy 2010 to Kylie writing a musical maybe with a pen

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