Majors are constantly signing up their share in the talented UK grime scene; as well as Amplify Dot, EMI have adopted Bow’s own Rascals. Shizz, Tempz, Merkz, and Kay Willz are clearly quite into the letter ‘z’, and despite still being in their late teens they started this whole …
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We were told about Milo Greene a couple of months ago, and on hearing they sound like Fleetwood Mac we had to give them a listen. And the comparison is valid – the crux of their début album is made from female and male vocal harmonies mixed with traditional, mellow five-piece …
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Tags: american charts, daytime radio, Fleetwood Mac, milo greene, Mumford & Sons, paul lester, vocal harmonies
Posted in Acoustic, Album Review, Ambient, charts, Do Not Miss This, Folk, guitar music, Indie, Introducing, Music, New Age, New Track, News!, Pop, Radio, Roots, Singles, top 40, Uncategorized | No Comments »
We first cottoned onto Daisy Syron Russell when her delectable vocal featured alongside that of MNEK in Rudimental’s track ‘Spoons’ back in February. We’d been chasing her ever since and finally got a chance to interview her for Issue 59 of our magazine. After releasing ‘Breaking’ on Black …
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Tags: black butter records, breaking, daisy syron russell, mainline, mnek, next hype, rudimental, spoons, syron, ten snake, tips for 2013, zane lowe
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AlunaGeorge have been around for a couple of years now, but since they were picked up by Island Records earlier in 2012 people have been paying more attention to their original take on modern RnB. Thanks to George’s bloody awesome production skills and Aluna’s unique, otherworldly vocals, the duo have …
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Tags: alunageorge, company, Island records, Jessie Ware, Kindness, nowness, R'n'B, radio one
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As we mentioned earlier this week, our birthday issue is out now. We’re 60 now, don’tchaknow? Almost old enough for a bus pass.
Anyways, as well as our beautiful Lianne & Marques and Charlie XCX double cover special, we have some absolutely cracking features in the mag, including New Music …
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Tags: almeria, almerian desert, Bastille, bronya, charlie xcx, dan smith, Flaws, gif, issue 60, Lianne La Havas, Marques Toliver, new music ed, Notion Magazine, single, Spain
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Kissy Sell Out’s a pretty massive name on the club scene, having gone from primarily handing out self-made white label vinyls when he was studying at CSM to setting up a sweet little London-based empire consisting of his own label San City High. The DJ, who has regular slots …
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Tags: CSM, gimme sin, Groove Armada, Kissy Sell Out, radio 1, radio one, remix, Saint Saviour, San City High, sneekers, vinyl, white label
Posted in Dance, DJ, Do Not Miss This, Electronica, Experimental, House, Mash Up, MPFrees, Music, New Age, News!, producer, Radio, Record Label, Remixes | No Comments »
After hearing her gorgeous new single Dream of Me, people have had a lot to say about Kristina Train; The Sun labelled her “The next Karen Carpenter”, while The Sunday Times likened her to Aretha Franklin and Dusty Springfield. Here at Planet Notion we think she’s just addictive, but
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Tags: Aretha Franklin, bbc radio, chips moman, concert, dan penn, dark black, dream of me, dusty springfield, Ed Harcourt, gerry goffin, gig, Jimmy Webb, karen carpenter, kristina train, lana del rey, london, magic fm, martin craft, smooth radio, spilt milk, uk tour
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In this era of reality TV created pop stars, it is a breath of fresh air to hear a new artist with their own original and unique identity. Newly signed to Mercury Music, if her single ‘Dream of Me’ is anything to go by Kristina Train could be that breath …
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Tags: BBC, kristina train, magic radio, mercury music, smooth fm
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Enough airbrushing to satiate a year’s worth of fashion magazines? Amazing choreography? A woman in her fifties wearing impossibly short shorts? You guessed it, Madonna has a new video! Now, let’s get one thing clear: I love Madonna. But even I, as a fan, sometimes can’t help but think, “Ooh… …
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Tags: american idol, Bon Jovi, Calvin Harris, edit, Florence and the Machine, jennifer lopez, lyrics video, Madonna, mariah carey, mdna, news, newton faulkner, No Doubt, pop, remix, settle down, Spectrum, steve tyler, turn up the radio, write it on your skin
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Our fave pop music fanatic is back! Columnist @JackDMurphy proves that last week’s prediction about Adele v2.0 (AKA Leanne Mitchell) was correct, draws our eye to yet another case of Simon Cowell being financially frivolous, and gives his opinion on all the Azealia drama.
I don’t like to say …
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Tags: Azealia Banks, bo bruce, Gary Barlow, hackney weekend, jack murphy, jubilee, lady gaga, leanne mitchell, leona lewis, louis walsh, music, news, nicki minaj, pop, pop music, Queen, radio one, search the night, simon cowell, The Voice
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