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LovePopMusic is taking a hiatus

2010-11-30T12:59:56+00:00

Hello lovely readers. Just a short message to say that the blog will not be updated from this site any more. Unfortunately the cost of using TypePad has eventually outwayed the benefits of using it, and therefore I will cease membership and search for a new provider. The site will be back, though I do not know exactly when or where, but I will return to let you all know. Thank you for reading, and hopefully you will continue to do so when I return. In the mean time, the site will remain online for you to read, but as...

3 things I hate about YouTube

2010-10-21T14:10:51+01:00

There are many reasons to love YouTube. Videos like this for example: But there are so many reasons to hate it. This is not necessarily a comprehensive or exhaustive list, but its all the things that really bug me. 1. VEVO So you find out that there is a video by your favourite artist being premiered on YouTube, and it's one you've been waiting for for ages. They premiered the song, and its absolutely amazing and you have to see the video rightnoworyouwillgocarnivalfreakcrazyandattackpeopleinsupermarketswithsticks. Then you go to YouTube and see one of two things: or Well, fuck you VEVO and...

Song of the Day: Willow Smith - Whip Your Hair

2010-10-20T16:46:41+01:00

A fierce debate between myself and a few friends has raged for a couple of weeks about Willow Smith. It's not one that will be settled easily either. So I'm expecting that this post is going to stoke those fires once again. On one side of the debate, is the fact that 9 year old Willow Smith shouldn't be singing songs about whipping her hair, gettin' her swag on (a word that is being used too much recently, thank you Cheryl Cole/Cher Lloyd), and shakin' haters off. She should be skipping about like a 9 year old does, singing nursery...

Let's play: Guess what Diana is singing!

2010-10-19T11:18:59+01:00

I love Diana Vickers. She has managed to create a really genuine aura about her music and image. Though she is the product of a TV Talent show, she managed to put together an album using credible producers and songwriters (Guy Sigsworth, Ellie Goulding, Andy Chatterley, Nerina Pallot, Cass Lowe) and create an image of a slightly kooky singer/songwriter (she even has her name on the writing credits of 9 out of the 13 tracks on the initial release of Songs From The Tainted Cherry Tree). The visuals match as well, from the artwork of her album and singles, to...

An interesting observation in today's iTunes Chart

2010-10-18T16:27:11+01:00

This is the chart on iTunes as of today at 3:30pm. Highlighted is a cover version of Rihanna's latest single Only Girl (In The World) by a terrible tribute act (with an even more terrible name), currently placed at No.52. (EDIT: Song now climbed to No.50. Also, listen to the other edits. The vocals are 2 bars ahead of the backing track. Shoddy work...). It provides an intersting insight into today's market, and also highlights how far behind the labels are in keeping up with it. The reason they are behind is because they still maintain this strange release schedule...