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→ May 16, 2010
Christina Aguilera leaks have been coming thick and fast. First we had the singles “Not Myself Tonight” and “Woohoo”, but now three mores are floating about, including the title track of her new album. Bionic is a by far the leader of these tracks, and it sure to be a hit – packed with radio [...]
→ May 11, 2010
JLS are nice guys – everyone saw them on X Factor as genuine friends wanting to be pop stars. Their new single reflects the problem with the TV pop competition though. They don’t want to make music particularly, they don’t want to write lyrics – they just want to be performers of songs, not musicians. [...]
→ May 11, 2010
BBC6 Music picked up two awards at the Sony Awards last night – one Rising Star Award for Jarvis Cocker, while Adam and Joe won best Comedy. In conjunction with its recently announced muchly increased year on year listening figures, this is sure to add to calls to save the station Elsewhere Scott Mills managed [...]
→ May 11, 2010
“Sometime I’m going to do an essay called ‘The Virtues of Amateurism’ for all of those people who wish they earned their living in the arts.” Robert Kincaid, The Bridges of Madison County. Unfortunately, Robert Waller’s character never did write his essay on the virtues of amateurism. But it’s a good title, even if we [...]