Future Hits: This Is Serious

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. The party season is over so it's time to get serious in this week's Future Hits playlist. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-rE6BE-p7bIsnPr6zK48TN] Tracklisting: Ed Sheeran – Bloodstream Marlon Roudette – When The Beat Drops Out Kodaline – Honest Rixton – Hotel Ceiling Catfish and the Bottlemen – Kathleen

The Next Big Thing: My Top 10 of 2015

2015 has arrived and the music industry is officially back to work today (don’t expect to get too many emails, though). Everyone from the BBC and The Guardian to iTunes and VEVO have revealed their ones to watch for the year ahead, and now it’s time for me to share mine, based on these predictions… Continue reading The Next Big Thing: My Top 10 of 2015

Future Stars: Catfish and the Bottlemen (Communion/Island)

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. The name Catfish and the Bottlemen led me to expect a bumbly folk band but actually this Welsh four-piece make bright, energetic rock music. They live in a bed and breakfast in Llandudno, Wales, and have names like Van McCann and Billy Bibby that… Continue reading Future Stars: Catfish and the Bottlemen (Communion/Island)