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Words by: Dan Bull Follow @DanBull7609 !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s),p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); The majority of us last saw Gary Barlow's solo performance on Sunday’s The X Factor, following his stint as the country’s most in-demand concert organiser (breathing new life into both Children In Need and, at the opposite end...

Words by: Bizu Yaregal Follow @Bensue !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s),p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); It must be surreal for 25-year old Alexa Goddard - still yet to release her debut studio album, the Hampshire lass has quickly amassed a strong following, no bigger however than Jay Z and his Roc Nation label,...

Words by: Dan Bull Follow @DanBull7609 !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s),p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); Of all the oddballs that have genuinely believed they have The X Factor; the Jedwards and Wagners and Goldies, Lucy Spraggan was probably the most bizarre. A talented, guitar-playing songwriter, who had already independently released her debut album;...

Words by: Dan Bull Follow @DanBull7609 !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s),p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); Almost fifteen years after the release of her breakthrough debut ...Baby One More Time, and following six more studio records, all of which provided chart-bothering hits of some degree, Britney Jean delivers what pop princess Britney Spears describes...

Words by: Dan Bull Follow @DanBull7609 !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s),p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); First and foremost, let it be made very clear that ARTPOP (which, as we should all know by now, should always be capatalised) was listened through headphones, as per the artist’s instructions. Secondly, it will also be very...

Words by: Sophie Bowman, Hypeglo Follow @hypeglo !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s),p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); Stream/preorder 'The 20/20 Experience, 2 of 2' here: January's announcement of Justin Timberlake's return to recording sent the music world into a spin; with a heavy-oiled PR machine supporting him (along with some finely-tuned performances already prepared),...

Words by: Dan Bull Follow @DanBull7609 !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s),p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); The fact that Mark Ronson bagged a Best British Male BRIT Award without singing on his record gives a small indication of the talent and impact the man has. Not content with producing tracks from some of the...

Whilst the world starts to wake up to the realisation that EDM is actually really shit, there seems to be a great new wave of music starting to seep through the cracks. Sure, it's taken a while to get there, but HAIM's Days Are...

When 'grime' first started seeping through the cracks toward the early/mid 00's, genre-classification was fairly straightforward. Back then, there was house and dance - further evolving to the likes of garage, of which all the above had sub-genres (funky house, vocal house, speed garage...

"I’m not ashamed of all of my mistakes, cause through the cold I kept the fire burning," Kylie Minogue sings on latest single Into The Blue. Could this be a reference to her almost forgotten indie years? Since her return the dancefloor in 2000,...