It just wouldn’t be a British February without the BRIT Awards gracing our screens and one of the ceremony’s most anticipated honours – particularly in music industry terms – is the Critics’ Choice Award; previous winners of which include Adele, Florence and, most recently, Emeli Sandé.
This year, the prestigious …
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Tags: 2013, Adele, alunageorge, Another Love, British Live Act, Brits, Critics Choice, Emeli Sandé, February, Florence and the Machine, Global Success Award, ITV, Laura Mvula, Songs From Another Love, The 02, Tom Odell
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It’s hard not to be more than a little envious of Hugo Leclercq, AKA bombastic pop producer Madeon. At eighteen, he’s already created mini-mixes for Annie Mac, reached the UK Top 40 on three separate occasions this year, and been announced as the tour support for Lady Gaga’s 2013 North …
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Tags: Annie Mac, finale, hugo leclercq, lady gaga support, madeon, mini mixes, the city, uk top 40
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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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Tags: amplify dot, BBC Radio 1Xtra, bless beats, bow, channel aka, channel u, davinche, dizzee rascal, emi, kay willz, merkz, New Era, rascals, roll deep, shizz, smasher, tempz, tinchy stryder, uk grime, Wiley
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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 »
Fresh from a Mercury nomination, this is the moment when the world is waiting for Ben Howard to firm things up, grow, mature, confirm all that promise and establish an identity.
So, to delay the notorious Difficult Second Album Syndrome, Howard has come up with the Burgh Island EP. Does …
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Tags: ben howard, Bon Iver, burgh island ep, difficult second album syndrome, drive-time material, Ed Sheeran, esmerelda, Gotye, john martyn, katherine travers, Mercury Prize, oats in the water, to be alone
Posted in Acoustic, Folk, grassroots, guitar music, New Age, Pop, Reviews, Roots, Singer Songwriter, Singles, Soul, top 40 | 5 Comments »
Just two worthwhile things have come out of the last two series of The X Factor. Last year, it was Bruno Mars performing ‘Runaway Baby’. And this year, it was Bruno Mars airing his latest single ‘Locked Out Of Heaven’. Each performance was distinctly different; the former a …
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Tags: animal sex, bruno mars review, doo-wops and hooligans, elton john, gorilla, money make her smile, off the wall, runaway baby, show me, treasure, unorthodox jukebox album, when i was your man, x factor performance
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We like to think ourselves as early adopters here at PlanetNotion. That’s marketing speak for people who know about cool shit before you do, so we can let you know if and when it’s gonna blow up as soon as possible.
Amplify Dot is a female MC we think will …
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Tags: amplify dot, Baby Blue, dizzee, download, early adopters, facebook page, female mc, Kano, Ms Dynamite, Mz Bratt, planetnotion, rock the mic, spare parts mixtape, uk female allstars, virgin emu
Posted in Bass, Do Not Miss This, Grime, Hip Hop, Introducing, Mixtape, MPFrees, Music, New Age, New Track, News!, Record Label, Singles, top 40, Videos | No Comments »
This little squirt seemed to jump out of nowhere when his self-released EP It’s Got Four Sad Songs On It BTW that he recorded with his music teacher jumped to #1 in the singer songwriter iTunes chart earlier this year. His floppy surfer hair and freckled baby face, matched with …
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Tags: city and colour cover, Gabrielle Aplin, it's got four sad songs on it btw, jake bugg's producer, josh franceschi, lewis watson, mike crossey, music teacher, waiting, warners, you me at six
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They’ve been tipped by Annie Mac, been picked as one of MTV’s Brand New For 2013 artists, and have been name dropped by pretty much all the major tastemakers in UK music. Fans cover their songs acoustically on YouTube and made up dances to their #11 single ‘Latch’ featuring the …
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Tags: Annie Mac, cover, dances, disclosure, latch, mtv brand new for 2013, producers, Sam Smith, single
Posted in charts, Dance, DJ, Garage, hi-fi, New Age, New Track, News!, Pop, Post-Dubstep, producer, Singles, Soul, top 40, Videos | No Comments »
We clocked onto Gabrielle Aplin earlier this year after she signed to Parlophone, and her début single on the label (cover of Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s ‘The Power Of Love’) has just shot to the top 5 in the UK Top 40 Chart thanks to it being chosen to soundtrack …
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Tags: abercrombie, advent, charlie brooker, christmas ad, conor maynard, covers, frankie goes to hollywood, Gabrielle Aplin, jack wills, John Lewis, parlophone, please don't say you love me, priority act, single, the power of love, tips for 2013, youtube
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