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Nicole Scherzinger on The X Factor: not awful

The YouTube video at the end of this post may no longer be active by the time you read this, but that matters little. What matters lots is that Nicole…
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Some words re Robyn and Royksopp's 'None Of Dem'

The more we hear of Robyn's 'Body Talk PT 1', the more it starts to make sense. Things come further into focus with brooding Royksopp col­lab­or­a­tion 'None Of Dem', a distant…
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Desktop wallpapers of the rich and famous: this week, RedOne

Reuters have put out an interview with RedOne in which he talks about recording 'Poker Face' in an hour (hm…) and future plans for unre­leased Michael Jackson sessions (amazing) but…
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We're still not bored of that viral thing

The appear­ance yesterday of another one of those odd virals has revived interest in the campaign for whatever it is. As you'll know if you've been following the whole thing, the…
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The Newsdump, Jan 13 2010: from Nutini's hope for a Brit to Frankie's request for more road grit

Eyes down, look in: » Benjamin Button-esque singing tramp Paolo Nutini would like to be nominated for a Brit. (Digital Spy) » Blur's Alex James says that he is bored by…
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Lists of things that were better than average

We've done some lists. We're so BORED OUT OF OUR HEADS by all the lists doing the rounds that we almost couldn't be arsed but then we thought 'well we've…
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The moment light entertainment died, was reborn then ate itself

We know some of you don't watch The X Factor - you're bored of reality TV, you don't buy into the whole thing, you think it's crap or whatever. That's…
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There is a new thing.

It's sort of a band/collaration/musical happening, called Monarchy. Basically it is Neon Gold and Starsmith, two parties you're either looking forward to hearing more from in 2010 or already bored…
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A positive review of Cheryl Cole's 'Fight For This Love'.

How odd, but how brilliant to be reviewing a Cheryl Cole single. It feels wrong but sur­pris­ingly right.  So here's the thing to get out of the way: 'Fight For This…
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Note to record labels

Never, ever ask your artists to voice their own advert­ise­ments on Spotify. They sound terrible and desperate and cheap and tawdry and just pathetic and music fans begin to associate…
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    Congratulations to Charli XCX and Lorde: winners of the 2024 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize
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    The 2024 Twenty Quid Music Prize: Shortlist
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    The 2023 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: Shortlist
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    Fine, let's do a Substack then.
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    The 2022 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: shortlist
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    2021 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: Laura Mvula wins
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