Buzzin Pop Music

Beyonce, Lady Gaga and Britney Spears face a showdown at this years MTV Video Music Awards, with all three competing for the video of the year, Beyonce for Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It), Lady Gaga for Poker Face and comeback artist Britney Spears for her Womaniser video.
Beyonce and Lady Gaga have each been [...]

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On the face of it La Roux would appear to have nothing much going for them, singer Elly Jackson appears at odds with being the front person in the band, awkward and shy on stage with little charisma. Their music is influenced by the eighties electro pop of bands like Human League, Heaven 17 and [...]

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The nominations for the Barclaycard Mercury Prize 2009 have been announced and already the bookmakers have put Kasabian as joint favourites for the award. They share the position with Florence and the Machine, with both having odds of 5-1.
Not far behind the favourites are Glasvegas, Bat for Lashes and La Roux all quoted at 6-1.
The [...]

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After a nine week, nineteen country European tour including a sold out show at the Barbican in London, Tricky returns to the UK in February 2009 for live dates and the release of his new single, Puppy Toy (February 23rd).
The third single taken from last year’s critically acclaimed album Knowle West Boy, Puppy Toy is [...]

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The BBC sound of 2009: Little Boots
The list BBC’s list of bands set to make it big in 2009 was released last week. Top of the list was, as I’m sure most people know, was Little Boots. Her catchy electro-pop is set to be the predominant genre this year if we are to believe the [...]

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