Blog: It's Pop!

Who cares who War Of Words really are when they have such great songs (actually they are Ali Browning and Lucy Duffield)? Two songs, if I want to be accurate. They're so great they're both being released on Popjustice HiFi , generally amazing pop purveyor Popjustice 's label, which already gave us Bright Light Bright Light in the past. You can learn more about the band by reading all that's written on their Facebook page . There's stuff like that : "When Abi was younger [...]

• War Of Words - Battleground
• War Of Words - Panic

C'est sympa d'avoir des invités de temps en temps, non ? On peut boire une bière fraîche et écouter du son qui va bien. Après Lara il y quelques jours , j'accueille avec joie l'un de mes twittos préférés, Mr Trop Doux , le genre de garçon bien élevé toujours prompt à balancer un lien lol ou une douceur musicale qui fait mouche. Vous verrez qu'il y a dans sa playlist de bien jolies choses, mais très franchement, autant le laisser présenter sa sélection tout seul. [...]

Albums: they're like singles, but longer. They last about 45 minutes in general. some are good and exciting thoughout, some are a neverending showers of crap (LMFAO I'm looking at you). Some were released recently and I didn't get time to review them properly. Here's somewhat of a round-up. Nicola Roberts - Cinderella's Eyes Quite tragically, since Girls Aloud members chose to embrace solo careers during the band's "break", [...]

Bonjour, nous sommes Revolver, et nous aimons faire des têtes chafouines. Merci à 3emeGauche.tv pour leur excellent travail derrière la caméra et la table de montage. Comme d'habitude en fait ! En 2009, Revolver a surpris et charmé un large public avec la sortie de son premier album intitulé Music For A While , un disque frais et savamment produit qui rappelait la pop des Beatles, de Radiohead ou d’Elliot Smith. [...]

Cette semaine j'ai l'honneur et le plaisir de recevoir mon amie et ancienne partner in crime d'OWNImusic Lara ( @larachacha ). Elle vous fait découvrir un groupe que je ne vous aurais sans doute pas proposé ici, mais comme d'habitude avec elle, la qualité est au rendez-vous. Vous pouvez y aller les yeux fermés ! As True As Troilus by FareWell Poetry http://soundcloud.com/farewell poetry C'est une œuvre étrange. Entre nostalgie, interrogation [...]

• FareWell Poetry - As True As Troilus

Before I tell you more about it and meeting Feist the other day in a incredible setting in Paris, here's a way to listen to Metals , her third album, out on October 3rd. Nice, right?

There aren't many male popstars who can rival their female counterparts in the pop game. While we have the Kylies, the Madonnas, the Beyoncés or the Rachel Stevens (insert LOL here), I can't really think of a male artist who's able to offer ballsy, sexy electro-infused pop coupled with strong visuals and big arena shows. There was Robbie Williams at some point but he was aiming at a more "rock" image, wasn't he? Great pop guys seem to be more indie, like Bright Light Bright Light , Penguin Prison , [...]

Yay, everyone's back to school/university/work but I'm sure some of you forgot to load their iPods with good tunes. Here are some suggestions you might like and others you might not. The Rapture - How Deep Is Your Love? How I forgot to post about that song earlier is beyond me. AMAZING. In my top 5 of the year for sure. [...]

• Madonna - She's Not Me (Guyom'S Xpress Mashup)

As I said a few weeks back , Florence And The Machine 's track What The Water Gave Me was just a taster of things to come. Now we have the proper first single off her upcoming second album Ceremonials , out Oct 31st. It's called Shake It Out and once again, it a powerful and exciting pop song. Above is the arwork for the album, which kind of reminds me of Madonna [...]

The new Coldplay single Paradise is good and all, no problem about that. Well it's not the most exciting thing ever, I have to admit. Here it is if you haven't heard it already: The only thing that tingled me when I first listened to it on the street this morning was that it reminded me of another song. It was striking, but I just couldn't put my finger on it. Then I did. It's simply another Coldplay song. Well not exactly. [...]

My great friends at 3èmeGauche TV and I were lucky enough last week to spend a Kooksified few days! First we attended a great show at La Flèche d'Or, one of Paris' most famous indie venues, where the band played an awesome 1-hour plus set comprising most of their past hits (all my faves at least) and some new tracks. Cause yeah, Luke Pritchard and his mates are releasing their third studio album today (Sept 12), and let me tell you something: these guys know how to write a song and drive a crowd crazy. [...]

What makes a pop song a classic? Simplicity, modernity, a sense of risk and of course, a decent popstar. Kylie Minogue probably knows that better than any other pop artist, as she managed to get the biggest hit of her career almost 15 years into it, with a song that will forever define her and the beginning of the 21st century. Can't Get You Out Of My Head was released on September 8, 2001 and [...]

Il nous faut , le duo d’ Elisa Tovati et Tom Dice , est l’un des tubes de cet été (toujours 4ème de l’airplay, et 9ème sur iTunes), et les deux artistes nous l’avaient interprété en version acoustique il y a quelques semaines. Ils nous expliquent aujourd’hui comment cette chanson a vu le jour, en quelques heures de studio. Cette rencontre a également été l’occasion de discuter avec Elisa de son nouvel album Le Syndrôme de Peter [...]

" Fire " was the goodnight kiss So ok today (which won't mean anything if you read that later, so let's say "on Thursday, Sept 1st) was one of those days. The cool kind. First I got to attend a super private show by UK rockers and weird hairstyle sporters Kasabian , who are starting promo for their upcoming fourth studio album Velociraptor (out Sept. 19). They played a 5-track semi-acoustic gig at their label's magnificent new headquarters (Sony) for an audience consisting [...]

La révélation de la rentrée s'appelle Rover . Ou plutôt Timothée, si l'on choisit de considérer l'homme à la tête du trio scénique. Il a suffit de quelques titres interprétés d'une voix puissante et envoûtante, qui ont mis tout le monde d'accord à la soirée de son label (Cinq7) au début de l'été, pour que toute la salle bruisse d'excitation pour cet artiste qui a tout pour séduire un plus large public dans les mois à venir. Rover - Aqualast [...]

• Cinq7 - Rover - Aqualast

I've been lucky enough to be given an early access to the new Florence And The Machine song What The Water Gave Me , and I guess it's faire to say I haven't been listening to anything else lately. The fact Florence is back just one day after Marina premiered her new single , right after Will Young released his new album and I got an e-mail telling me I would get a promo copy of Nicola's [...]

Continuing on the brilliance of the first part of Fear & Loathing , Marina kind of surprisingly dropped a new proper single today. Radioactive is a dancey, synthy and totally brilliant because it sounds like an acceptable evolution of Marina And The Diamonds , and not an opportunistic stab at trying to sound relevant. Sure, those who liked her for being an popstar in disguise and who considered her a quality guilty pleasure will be disappointed and even angry [...]

Happy 53rd birthday, Madonna.  Queen of pop, icon and inspiration. Now have a piece of cake and go back to recording that new album of yours.   What are my 3 favorite Madonna songs, you're asking?  Well probably [...]

The video for Nicola Roberts' second single Lucky Day (Out Sept 18th). - One of the very best pop tunes of the year according to a very serious survey conducted by me on a population composed of me. - It was written by none other than one of the best pop bands ever : Dragonette (according to the same survey, and proved by this and that ). - It features [...]

Well you might. Nerina Pallot , the artist responsible for one of my favorite albums of the year is offering the support slot at her Shepherds Bush Empire concert in London on October 6th. You want to try? All you need to do is cover Nerina's new single Turn Me On Again (out Aug 22), as a response to the video below: Then send it to Nerina via her YouTube account (as a response to the video [...]