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A Brief Note On Ellie Goulding’s ‘Lights’
4:19 pm on 4 March, 2010
She may be the Brit Award winning BBC Sound of 2010 but Ellie Goulding still has to pass one final and crucially important test, The Counterfit ‘Seal of Approval’. Accordingly, whilst this electro-folk chanteuse can’t be blamed for being foisted upon the general public as the face of ‘new music’, she sure as hell can expect us to bust her chops for producing a thoroughly lacklustre debut album.
Mock the Week: 10/01/2010
2:13 pm on 10 January, 2010
It’s okay, we’re not writing our articles in binary from now on- that’s just the date. Whilst you’re here though, stuff happened this week, and we want to tell you about it.
Starry Eyed Surprise! The BBC Sound of 2010 is Ellie Goulding…
10:29 am on 8 January, 2010
Today what a lot of people, including our good selves, were predicting for a while now came true when Ellie Goulding was announced the BBC’s Sound Of 2010.
Hate To Say We Told You So
11:23 am on 9 December, 2009
Mirror mirror on the wall, we’ve got a damn good crystal ball!
The BBC Sound Of 2010: A Self Fulfilling Prophecy?
1:35 pm on 7 December, 2009
In this writer’s opinion the question as to whether a successful artist is featured on the BBC’s annual ‘Sound Of’ list or an artist is successful because they are featured on the BBC’s annual ‘Sound Of’ list is pretty academic. Of course those that made the cut will garner an increased level of sales but it’s worth remembering that they got their place on on merit not, as hype machine rules circa 2004 dictated, on whether they shared needle’s with Pete Doherty.
