Prepare To Be Depressed By Amy Winehouse's New Album

The ongoing saga of Amy Winehouse has taken another sad turn with reports that she's working on her next album.
You might think that Amy getting back to work is a positive thing, but the word is that her latest batch of songs are wrist-slashingly depressing affairs …

UK Pop Charts - 30 March 2008

Whew. Strangest pop-related thing that happened me this week was Denial by the Sugababes came on the radio and I liked it before I realised what I was listening to. Guess that blows smoke all over my review!
Not a bad top ten this week. Most of the songs are actually …

UK Pop Charts - 23 March 2008

Was Duffy's caterwauling driving you up the walls too? Thankfully, Estelle has knocked her off the #1 spot this week, with a little help from her friend, Mr West. Just another reason to love Kanye.
In other news, the big names are still holding steady in the chart - …

Radio 1's Big Weekend - The Fringe Festival

BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe is calling for bands from Maidstone and across Kent to get in touch with Radio 1 for the chance to be part of Radio 1's Big Weekend - The Fringe Festival. The Fringe will celebrate the local music scene, from guitar bands through to bedroom DJs, …

Leona Did It! Bleeding Love Tops The US Charts!

Miss Leona Lewis should be celebrating in a big way today as Bleeding Love has hit the top of the US pop chart. According to the BBC, this makes her the first British female in over 20 years to do so.
I think a moment's silence is called for. [Insert silence here]

Now, …

Fleetwood Mac To Reform With Sheryl Crow?

This news is worthy of at least a raised eyebrow. Fleetwood Mac are planning to reform and release new material and may be joined on this outing by erstwhile warbler Sheryl Crow.

Fleetwood Mac always had two female vocalists until Christine McVie retired from the band …

Richie Sambora Goes For A Drunk Drive

Lovable 48-year-old scamp Richie Sambora went out for a drive in California's Laguna Beach last night after having a skinful. He was spotted driving erratically in his little Hummer and pulled over.

Naturally, he failed the usual drunk driving tests and spent a fair …

My Final Ever Scouting For Girls Review - Heartbeat

Scouting For Girls are releasing another identikit single on April 10th called Heartbeat. Oh boy, I can hardly contain my excitement or, indeed, my bladder.

And why should I hold back the putrid waves of urine? Because Scouting For Girls are surely taking the piss with …

Panic At The Disco - Nine In The Afternoon

Panic weren't behind the door about wearing their Beatles influences on their sleeves for their new album, but I didn't expect this. Nine In The Afternoon is a veritable tribute to the Not-so Fab Four, something which I'm not comfortable with.

Is this the same band …

Poll Update: The Best Girl Group Ever

Our latest poll is to find out who you think is the best girl group ever. At the moment, Girls Aloud are leading the pack with the Spice Girls only one vote behind.
Remember, if you haven't voted yet, pleace your vote now - and you can add other groups to the list if …

You Say: Hayley Williams Could Beat Avril Lavigne In A Fight!

Dammit. Two of the most aggressive females in rawk, mark my words. These two ladies will steal your boyfriend, have their wicked way with him, then eat him and throw away the bones.

But how would they fare against each other? That's the question we've been asking all …

Dr Pepper Calls Axl Rose's Bluff

I love this! After years (and years) of stalling on the release of Chinese Democracy, Dr Pepper has taunted Axl Rose by offering everyone in America a free drink if he releases the album in 2008.

What a slap in the teeth when a major soft drinks company takes a 'pop' …

Alphabeat - Fascination

With a name like Alphabeat, you sort of expect a b-grade dance act. What you get is so much better. Fascination is one of those happy tracks that unearths the best cheesy pop of the 1980's and runs with it as if the last two decades never happened.

The Manchester …

James Blunt - Carry You Home

Blunty continues to plumb the depths of wrist-slashingly dull ballads with his newest single, Carry You Home. You know the worst bit? This song is supposed to be special to him and yet he still sings it in that strange falsetto that has me reaching for knitting needles …

Fragma - Toca's Miracle 2008

You've got to admire the sheer nerve of Fragma - they've been re-mixing and re-releasing Toca's Miracle since the original came out in 2000. But that's alright in my book, because it's simply one of the best damn dance tracks ever.

The 2008 reworking is probably a much …

The Futureheads - The Beginning Of The Twist

The Futureheads are one of the plethora of Indie bands that splurged onto the scene a few years ago and I'm not ashamed to say I can't tell them apart from all the other guitar-wielding Indie kids of the time. Other chart watchers seem more familiar with them though, …

Guillemots - Get Over It

We were not expecting this. A few years ago, the Observer Music Magazine was trumpeting Guillemots as the next big thing. Thing is, they never really hit the mainstream. And judging by how absurdly offbeat they are, I didn't really expect them to hit the mainstream …

Estelle ft Kanye West - American Boy

West London's Estelle manages to score a home run by getting Kanye West to collaborate and will.i.am to twiddle the knobs on this funky, funky track.

Estelle has been lurking around the lower reaches of the pop chart for a few years now. However, her musical releases …

Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French

Alright, forgetting about Can't Speak French for a moment, why has no-one noticed that Nadine Coyle has been replaced by a cyborg? Come on, are you ignoring the increasingly robotic movements in Girls Aloud videos, or the fact that she no longer goes on reality TV …

Mariah Carey - Touch My Body

Someone needs to give Mariah Carey lessons in sexy. I was but a lad in 1990 when Mariah first hit the scene and quickly became the biggest diva in the world. There was no-one else quite like her.

Then, when her marriage (of convenience) to record label boss Tommy …