pop

There is something particularly English – in fact, quintessentially London – about Saint Etienne. Performing what was, pretty much, a greatest hits packed set for their Christmas gig at the Kentish Town Forum on Saturday night, the band certainly looked and sounded like they were home.

One Londoner we’re fairly certain will be cropping up in all the end of year tipping music polls is 18 year old Jess Morgan. Based in Walthamstow, she’s now known as Spark and makes pulsating electro pop songs with a sprinkling of Marina and a …

Based in London but with members coming from all over the place, The Cellophane Flowers have been firmly on our office playlist since their debut EP ‘If I Was A Girl’ landed earlier in the year.

Robyn played Shoreditch’s XOYO club last night in a “secret” gig which gave fans a chance to see her in a slightly more intimate setting than her recent UK mini-tour. Despite keeping ticket winners waiting half an hour in the sweaty basement club, when she …

Following the long awaited announcement yesterday that Take That will tour in its original formation of five, tickets are poised to go on sale this Friday. Still looking fine but apparently brooding on lost youth in black and white the “boyband” will play four nights …

Calling yourself Eliza Doolittle is a brave thing to do as an emerging musician. Not only will it make your record label scratch their heads when it comes to a google strategy, but it means there’ll always be someone with your name more famous than …

With a sound which lay somewhere between Punk, New Wave, Pop and a few other genres, and a musical virtuosity that distinguished them from most of their peers, The Only Ones, led by the then, elegantly wasted Peter Perrett, made four accomplished albums, over as …

If the last two years let a new wave of female pop stars take over the charts, then 2010 shows no sign of letting that trend up. We’ve already spoken to two of the hopes for next year – Daisy Dares You and Marina & …

When they first started out, LA band Music Go Music were said to be so ashamed of their somewhat Eurovision sounds that they were shrouded in mystery, not wanted to lose the ‘serious rock artist’ credibility they’d built up in main project ‘Bodies of Water’. …

As far as young, fun, new popstars go, Pixie Lott has been one of our favourites this summer. We love her name, we love her hair, and we’re jealous of her slinky long legs. Although it might seem like ‘Mama Do’ has only just left …