Eight singles from the next eight weeks (CONTAINS CHIPMUNK)
Dec 28: Chipmunk — 'Look For Me' This is a song all about being there for someone in their darkest hour ("look for me if you can't find the way" etc…
The Briefing
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Bad news for fans of terrible music
There's no easy way to break this to you readers but we went to RCA yesterday and we heard an extraordinary new Hoosiers song. NO WAIT COME BACK. It's called 'Choices'…
Arrival of the Vittest
We've been meaning to mention new warbler Vita Chambers (HERE SHE IS ON MYSPACE) for a few weeks now. She's from Barbados and her 'team' were also behind Rihanna. So basically…
The only good thing to come out of the Christmas Number One battle
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2AYUqVNSsY 'LOL'.
Coco: pop
Some of the I Blame Coco tracks we've heard over the last 800 years (or however long it is she's been a 'one to watch') have been literally unlistenable but…
Ding dong merrily on high: it's the Christmas midweeks
Key: Sleigh Bell: Good result. Clanging Chime Of Doom: Disappointing result. Rage Against The Machine — 'Killing In The Name' [audio:sleighsfx.mp3] Joe McElderry — 'The Climb' [audio:clangsfx.mp3] There you go.
Our favourite bit is when it cuts to him in the kitchen.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe25dAL1Is4 This is the sort of thing you find when you open emails subject-lined "the Gay Lady Ga Ga!!!!!!!".
16 highlights of the Alexandra and JLS X Factor medley
JLS singing "we're the bad boys always catching your eye" — it's 'Bad Boys' but different, sung by JLS. JLS THEN singing "we're the ones to make it beat again" —…
The X Factor voting percentages: quite interesting
As is traditional, The X Factor's public vote percentages have been released (large version here, ITV site here), and they make for some interesting reading. The most conspiracy theorist-friendly week…
Notes on 'The Climb' by Joe McElderry
This isn't the video but it might as well be. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEca0ZnzOKw