Pop Music

New music: Rochelle Jordan, Suvi, Wildlings & Outkast/Frank Ocean

Every Friday, four new music picks culled from the music blog hive mind are published…

Listen to the debut EP from Elliphant

Stockholm’s Ellinor Olovsdotter’s music burst out of the speakers with the a celebatory pop verve…

MØ – ‘Glass’

The two tracks ‘Pilgrim’ and ‘Maiden’ set out Karen Marie Ørsted aka MØ, the 23…

Elliphant – ‘Down On Life’ (video)

Have had this chorus in my head since I heard it last week but only…

St. Lucia – ‘September’

Last we checked in with St. Lucia, Jean-Philip Grobler was making awesome pop music. No…

Listen to the electronic bounce of Staygold’s ‘Wallpaper’

This Royksopp-esque bouncy Scandinavian electronica ‘Wallpaper’ featuring Style Of Eye and Pow comes from the…

Down the K-pop hole

It’s been well documented that Korean pop music has been having a bit of a…

Album of the week: Chad Valley – Young Hunger (listen)

After a couple of solo EPs, Hugo Manuel decides to get serious on his debut…

Chad Valley – ‘Tell All Your Friends’

So, Chad Valley’s ‘Fall 4 U’ was a grower but ‘Tell All Your Friends’, from…

Wonder Villains – ‘TV’ (video)

I caught Wonder Villains far away from our respective hometowns in Austin at SXSW this…

Charli XCX – ‘So Far Away’

After the poppier sound of recent single ‘You’re The One’, ‘So Far Away’ from Charli…

Wild Belle – ‘It’s Too Late’ (video)

Wild Belle’s dub-inflected pop music drew an industry attention at SXSW this year and their…

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MS MR – ‘Bones’

After appearing on my radar this time last year with their Ghost City EP, Brooklyn’s…

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AlunaGeorge – ‘Your Drums, Your Love’

After releasing their debut on Tri Angle, AlunaGeorge move onto Island Records for the first…

Eatenbybears – ‘Simple As Hell’

The “catchy as hell” new single from Belfast’s EatenbyBears is a fine example of sunny…

Icona Pop – ‘I Love It’ (video)

I should probably hate this but it’s just an amazing pop song. It’s big, brash…

Mr Little Jeans – ‘Runaway’

You may remember Monica Birkenes’ Arcade Fire cover last year, ‘Runaway’ is the Norwegian’s first…

The Morning Benders are now POP ETC, hear new tracks

You have have heard this week that The Morning Benders have changed their name to…

Heathers – ‘Forget Me Knots’

The first taster from Heathers‘ forthcoming second album finds them in new territory. Yes, the…

St. Lucia – ‘We Got It Wrong’ (video)

I’ve been paying attention to St. Lucia since Neon Gold first gave the producer a…