Welcome to 2002!
Take a look at this story from The Times about SonyBMG and the new way they're going to sign new artists to their label. Instead of throwing unopened Jiffy bags from…
The Briefing
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Tea and cakes with Mutya Buena
Mutya did a showcase at lunchtime ('lunchtime' ending up being 3pm due to an unexplained setback). She did some songs from the album and a cover of 'Naive' by The…
It isn't good, Norwegian food
We went to see Marion Raven do a lunchtime showcase yesterday. The performance was quite good in a not-quite-as-good-as-Kelly Clarkson kind of way. The good thing about lunchtime showcases — WHEN…
What's this new McFly single like, then?
Well, apart from the brilliantly bonkers 'Transylvania' on the flipside, it's McFly doing a cover of a song by Jellyfish. The original video is here. Jellyfish are a band from…
Oversight
You know, it's all very well Freeform Five re-releasing 'No More Conversations' again because it is and has always been a completely brilliant song, but you'd think they could at…
Ex-popstar releases boring album
What springs to mind when you think of Melanie Chisholm? An image of a moaning woman in her mid thirties with a very blunt fringe? Or the thought, 'I would…
Future pop singles and their potential hit factor: Part 1
Over the next few months a lot of songs are going to be released in one format or another. Here are a list of the Popjustice-relevant releases and a few…
An email from Nate James
WHERE ARE YOU KEN???
Stop dawdling and release something
Amerie needs to cancel every plan she has made for 2007 THIS INSTANT and get a song called 'Gotta Work' into the shops. It is basically '1 Thing' again, but times…
What's happening in Balham Woolworths?
Well, since we were last there they have changed their singles chart box. It used to be yellow but now it is blue. As you can see, the care and…