Blog: Music Is My King Size Bed

BIGkids is an English duo consisting of singer/songwriters Ben Hudson and Rosie Oddie.  Hudson (AKA Mr. Hudson) is known for that supremely catchy single "Supernova," featuring American hip hop superstar Kanye West, a Top 5 hit on the UK Singles Chart (peaking at #2) back in 2009.  It was the first taken from his sophomore album, Straight No Chaser, which was a Top 30 hit in the UK

While the name Quigley might be foreign to most of you, fans of American Idol probably recognize the talented 22 year old Minnesotan singer/songwriter by her given name, Casey Carlson.  Carlson appeared on the popular reality competition's eighth season back in 2009, making it through to the Top 36, where she was eliminated.  Now going by the name "Quigley," Carlson has undergone a

By way of Stockholm I bring you yet ANOTHER new Swedish artist worth a listen.  Andreas Moe is a talented and devilishly handsome 23 year old singer/songwriter, set to release his debut EP, Collecting Sunlight in the UK on June 25th.  Having already established himself with a substantial following in his homeland, Moe is ready to enter the notoriously difficult UK pop market.  What's more

Photo Credit: James Minchin Grammy winning 90s/00s rock band, The Wallflowers have ended their hiatus and are coming back with a brand new music! What a surprise!  Earlier this month, 90s rock band The Wallflowers announced that they are in fact BACK in the studio and putting the finishing touches on a new studio album, due out this Fall on Columbia Records.  Back on board we have frontman

\ If you were in or around Moscow on March 29th 2011, then you probably heard the collective whole of Eastern Europe cry out in despair upon hearing the news that faux lesbian electropop duo, t.A.T.u. were splitting up.  The Internet was soon flooded with fond rememberences of the popular girl group.  Condolences were passed along to an inconsolable Mischa Barton, who's critically

Just this past week, Scottish singer/songwriter Amy Macdonald released the video for her new single, "Slow It Down," taken from her upcoming third album, Life In A Beautiful Light, due June 11th (iTunes UK) via Melodramatic/Mercury Records.  Macdonald stars in the Pip-directed video, standing alongside a desert cliff with a beautiful mountain vista as her backdrop, skillfully strumming her

Baltimore Maryland's own hip-hop princess Rye Rye releases her debut album, Go! Pop! Bang! this Tuesday, May 15th via N.E.E.T./Interscope Records, featuring hits like the Robyn-assisted "Never Will Be Mine," and Vengaboys-sampling "Boom Boom."  To celebrate the album's impending release, Rye Rye is giving fans a delicious taste of what's to come, with the release of a new mixtape, which

As I sit here listening to Rumer's 70s-inspired new single, "P.F. Sloan," I'm kicking myself for not covering her sooner here on Music Is My King Size Bed.  A cover of a song written by Jimmy Webb, "P.F. Sloan" is named for the 60s American pop/rock singer/songwriter who, in addition to his own successful career, wrote various Top 20 hits for The Searchers, The Mamas & The Papas and

Last month I was so impressed with the Björk-like sounds of Swedish singer/songwriter Karin Park, that I touted her as a 'One to Watch' this year.  Now as the impending release of her new single, "Restless" draws nearer, I'm still feeling as confident as ever with my decision.  Set for release on May 28th (iTunes UK) through State Of The Eye Recordings, "Resltess" is the first single taken

And just when I thought Maroon 5 front man Adam Levine couldn't get any hotter, he goes ahead and gets all sweaty and sooty in his new music video. In the Samuel Bayer (Justin Timberlake, Green Day)-directed video for Maroon 5's latest single, "Payphone," released last Thursday, Levine plays a lowly bank worker in the wrong place at the wrong time.Playing the part of a geeky banker mad

I can't believe my ears! Platinum-selling UK singer/songwriter/fashion designer/model/presenter Lisa Maffia is BACK bitches! Now, Scuse me while I bust out my NOW That's What I Call Music! Volume #55 and BLAST her 2003 hit "All Over." So Solid Crew's reigning QUEEN, Ms. Lisa Maffia will release her new single, "Don't Stop The Music" on June 10th (iTunes UK).  It's like she never left us

Photo Credit: Nick Farrell Hot on the heels of her sassy new video, Dutch electropop DIVA Eva Simons is ready to unleash a brand, spankin'-new remix EP on May 22nd via Interscope Records.  The EP includes remixes from some of today's HOTTEST DJs, including Nicky Romero (Madonna, Kelly Clarkson), Fred Falke (Little Boots, Lykke Li), Nick Thayer and R3HAB (Lady Gaga, Katy Perry).  Listen to

So apparently not everyone from Iceland comes to awards shows dressed in a dead swan costume. Case in point, up and coming Icelandic singer/songwriter Jón Jónsson.  In listening to his new single, "When You're Around," Gavin DeGraw immediately comes to mind.  Jónsson's got a smoothness to his voice that makes you hang on every word.  "When You're Around" is definitely a singer/songwriter's

"Excited" doesn't even BEGIN to describe my feelings surrounding Paloma Faith's new album, Fall To Grace, out May 28th via RCA Records.  Ever since hearing her retro-steeped debut single, "Stone Cold Sober," I've been obsessing over this mega-talented 26 year old from London, wondering why the rest of the world wasn't equally as obsessed.  By the time her second single came out, I was hell

Earlier today, English folk songstress Katie Melua released the music video for her latest Secret Symphony single, "Moonshine," premiering it on MSN.com.  The song is a cover, originally performed by Travis frontman Fran Healy, off of his 2010 debut solo album, Wreckorder.  "Moonshine" is classic Katie Melua, featuring the 27 year old on guitar, backed a low key jazz band.  While I'd be

Norah Jones' fifth album, the Danger Mouse-produced Little Broken Hearts debuted at #2 on Billboard's Top 200 chart, also landing at #1 on the Top Internet Albums and Current Rock Albums charts following it's May 1st release.  Selling over 110,000 units across all formats in the U.S. during it's first week out, Little Broken Hearts has been earning RAVE reviews, some of the BEST reviews,

American Idol: Season 8 winner Kris Allen released the remix EP for his latest single, "The Vision of Love" this past Tuesday.  The six-track EP features hot mixes from English producer/remixer Michael Woods (Estelle, Kylie Minogue), Maison & Dragen (Nadia Ali, Martin Solveig), Religion, and Project 46 (Kelly Clarkson - "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)").  The EP features two additional

In case you missed it, sexy English electropop vixen Wolfette dropped the video for her latest single, "Risk For You,"  due May 28th (iTunes UK). The video was done by video production house Triple 3 and features the ravishing Wolfette constructing her own shadow man in a small white room with a bunch of lights and miscellaneous props.  Not sure why Wolfette needs an imaginary man,

Adam Lambert will release his hotly anticipated sophomore album, Trespassing, this Tuesday, May 15th via RCA Records/19 Recordings.  To get the fans pumped up and ready to buy on Tuesday, the album can be streamed in it's entirety on Lambert's official website.  In addition to a standard and deluxe version of the album, Lambert is selling an exclusive Trespassing - Box Set for $49.99,

Criminally underrated electropop outfit, Gossip is now streaming their upcoming new album, A Joyful Noise, in it's entirety on the band's official website. Go listen!  The album, due everywhere May 22nd via Columbia Records, was produced by pop mastermind Brian Higgins (Kylie Minogue, Pet Shop Boys, Girls Aloud) and serves as the follow up to 2009's Music For Men.   The album's lead