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Uranus as in bumhole, do you see

There is a point in the 'space-age' video for the new Vengaboys single (!) 'Rocket To Uranus' (!!) when some sort of inter­galactic enemy, portrayed by Pete Burns, covers his…
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The Newsdump, Jan 19 2010: from Glee's 'Bust…' to Marvin's trust

Eyes down, look in: » Glee cast record­ings of 'Bust Your Windows' and 'Mercy' are already climbing the iTunes 100 (iTunes) » Playing classical music to unruly school pupils cuts mis­be­ha­viour…
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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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Dolly Rockers, Fred Falke, Hurts 'et al' — what's happening on the Popjustice Almighty?

1. Dolly Rockers Pop this studied rarely seems so effort­less. 'Gold Digger' is the next single — the video's being shot in London today. 2. Fred Falke (pictured) 2009's New…
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What's your favourite bit of this The Enemy press release?

Our Top 3: 1. Tom Clarke's declar­a­tion that "people have forgotten how to record proper rock 'n' roll records" (no they haven't — they've simply realised it's not 1994 any more).  2.…
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What's 'Fix Me Up' from the new Girls Aloud album like?

Well! This is down tempo but it is not a ballad. We are aware that certain people might in fact refer to this as 'low slung'. The intro and middle…
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The Newsdump, Mar 26 2008: from The Enemy being demented to Lohan being reinvented

What has been going on in the world of news? » "I'll write the second album when I'm ready" — the words of a Enemy singer Tom Clarke, barely audible above the deathly…
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The Newsdump, Jan 18 08: From singing for Mark singing a song to Rufus' potential gong

What has been going on in the world of news while we've all been asleep? » Mark Ronson is learning to sing so he doesn't have to rely on amateurs…
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Burning Bridges by Sigrid is the biggest song right now
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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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