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An ‘X Factor’ style “This is make or break” VT would be very useful here.

On Thursday, July 15th, 2010
After getting off to a fairly awesome start, The Saturdays lost their way a bit on under-performing Album No2, and now the girls have an 8-track “mini-album” with which to pull things back on track. Debut album ‘Chasing Lights’ was certified Platinum last November for selling over 300,000 copies; but, despite housing their second biggest-selling ...

Brandon Flowers goes solo

On Thursday, July 15th, 2010
Charlize Theron pops up in the video to Killers frontman Brandon Flowers’ debut single ‘Crossfire’, which is out on August 23rd. Unsurprisingly given the fact it’s a non-Killers project, ‘Crossfire’ lacks the immediate anthemic status of ‘Mr Brightside’/'When You Were Young’ etc, but in a hands-in-the-air, subtly emotive sense it still manages to be really ...

‘Fight For This Love’: UPPER CASE BOYBAND version

On Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
New boyband The WANTED are quite promising in that, if boybands must make a comeback, they don’t all need to be JLS. Or Jedward. Look how serious and “laddy” they are: CAPITAL LETTERS, EVERYONE. The WANTED. Not The Wanted. Or, God forbid, The wanted. Endure the laborious first 70 seconds of the below video (shout-outs ...


‘Big Brother’ Betting Watch: Day 35

On Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
As Caoimhe, Corin and Ife await the Save & Replace task to save themselves from eviction, we take our weekly look at the Big Brother betting market to see where newcomers Andrew, Rachel and Keeley slot in… Housemates in blue have had their odds shortened (more likely to win), and housemates in red have had ...

So long, Girls Can’t Catch

On Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
After two rather average-selling singles, the demise of Girls Can’t Catch has been confirmed. The girls supported Girls Aloud on tour last year and later went on to support the Jonas Brothers as well. Their debut single ‘Keep Your Head Up’ charted at No26 last August, and ‘Echo’ peaked at No19 in January. The band ...

Album Review: Eliza Doolittle – Eliza Doolittle

On Monday, July 12th, 2010
She may sound like a happy-go-luckier Lily Allen or a slightly cheekier Corrine Bailey Rae, but it’s surprising how much of a unique identity shines through on this eponymous debut from Eliza Doolittle. Miss Caird, as her birth certificate calls her, has an army of co-writers at her disposal (Greg Kursten and Phil Thornalley, to ...

Ellie Goulding’s ‘The Writer’ in vidular form

On Monday, July 12th, 2010
‘The Writer’ is the ultimate high point of Ellie Goulding’s ‘Lights’ album and – SALVATION! – it’s being released next month as her third proper single. She’s not the most comfortable in front of the camera, and the video was probably filmed in about an hour and a half, but kudos for the bit with ...


Video for amazing song imminent

On Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
Here is a rather awkward video blog (vlog?) by Ellie Goulding which explains her video shoot for ‘The Writer’, quite possibly one of the most amazing songs of ever. Her mentions of being cold could perhaps be fixed if she wasn’t wearing such short shorts (it’s clearly freezing, girl!) but the point is that a ...