Ladytron – Destroy Everything You Touch
I reserve a special place in my heart for the music genre that I shall refer to from now on as the ‘ice cold electro banger’. This relatively niche category […]
Melanie Blatt – See Me
Out of all the reasons for a band splitting up, nothing will ever beat the apocryphal tale that All Saints imploded during a row over a jacket. It remains one […]
Ben Folds – Smoke (Live with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra)
Going to see your favourite artist perform live is great isn’t it? My first ever pop concert was Pet Shop Boys‘ MCMLXXXIX tour (tickets £14.50!) at the SECC in Glasgow – my […]
Carrie Underwood – Before He Cheats
In the U.S. country has been the most popular radio format for the last ten years. Country radio is everywhere, and its corresponding hits regularly feature on the Billboard Top […]
Josh Rouse – Winter in the Hamptons
I spent almost ten years of my life working in record shops – mostly the Virgin Megastore on Buchanan Street in Glasgow, and for much of that time I was based firmly […]
Annie – Heartbeat
Being known by a single name is a long-standing tradition in pop. Sometimes it’s there from the get-go, as with Cher and Madonna, and sometimes the star in question kind of earns it, as with Kylie. Some […]
Into the Popvoid 