“Doth hang your head for you have released too many remixes…” Penguin Prison’s ‘Something I’m Not’ is one of my absolute jams I want to play every time I DJ somewhere but honestly, I’ve been hesitating with his latest material … Read More…
Category Archives: Pop
Clock Opera
More than just skilled remixers, and actually four dudes now since founder Guy Connelly expanded the group, Clock Opera are ones to watch at the moment. Their last two singles ‘A Piece of String’ and ‘Once & For All’ are … Read More…
Le Corps Mince de Françoise
‘Something Golden’ is a tune from Le Corps Mince de Françoise , a Helsinki, Finland duo made up of sisters Emma and Mia Kemppainen, which was released last year. Think Telepathe if they made pop music to jump around to. … Read More…
Ali Love – ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ (Villa remix)
Yeh, so this is one of those “I prefer the obscure remix” posts in truth but the original tune above shows the form Ali Love first displayed on his brilliant single in January ‘Love Harder’. It’s good electro pop dancey … Read More…
Florrie – ‘Come Back to Mine’ (premiere)
Florrie is a 21 year old drummer, singer and pop star in waiting from the UK. She played in the Xenomania house band and played drums on bona-fide pop hits by Girls Aloud, Pet Shop Boys and Alesha Dixon. This … Read More…
New Mark Ronson feat. Q-Tip & MNDR
What are the chances? If any uppity young producer have-it-all was unlikely to be featured here any time soon it was probably Mark Ronson. The man responsible for the most ubiquitously annoying covers album going in Version and the pretty … Read More…
Introducing: Aoife Cleary
In light of last week’s celebration of all things good in Irish music, watch out for more Irish-related stuff from me this week. Firstly, Aoife Cleary’s ‘Us and the U.S’ – a catchy poppy number from a former member of … Read More…
Marina And The Diamonds by Gonzalez / new Irish dates
This is odd yet great. Marina And The Diamonds collaborated with piano-whizz/ producer Gonzalez on a new full orchestral version of the song ‘Hollywood’ for an Estonian TV show. Marina’s latest newsletter also lets it slip that she is down … Read More…
New Gorillaz – Stylo feat. Bobby Womack & Mos Def
Amazing. From the new album Plastic Beach. Mr Womack kills this one. The album is out on March 5th in Ireland/ 8th in the UK. ‘Stylo’ the single is out on 26th January. Check out the stellar tracklisting below with … Read More…
Video: Ellie Goulding – Starry Eyed
This is the official “new” version of the song which is released as a single on the 22nd February. The video’s got a floating sequence and stars (duh, obviously). For the record, the Jakwob remix remains the best version of … Read More…
Ali Love – Love Harder
This is not really the regular type of tune I’d post here but Ali Love’s ‘Love Harder’ is a pop song with a ridiculously awesome bassline ripped from Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s ‘Relax’ so it gets my vote. Mr. Love … Read More…


