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  1. montyburns56

    Overlooked Albums of 2024

    Despite being a protege of Charli XCX, Elio's debut album seemed to have flown under the radar. It's a mix of modern pop and more traditional pop music with some brilliant songs in my opinion. Personally I think that the best tracks are All Of That, My Mother's Jeans, Sorority, Can I make You...
  2. montyburns56

    Donkeyboy

    I was listening to Triggerfinger today and it got we wondering what they were up to as I hadn't heard any new stuff from them in years and according to their Instagram they are finally making some new music! There's nothing actually released yet, but fingers crossed...
  3. montyburns56

    ELIO - Something In the Air

    Does anyone else get the feeling that the album has kind of flopped? I love it, but there's very little chat about it on here, but more shockingly some of the album tracks that are on her official Youtube account don't even have 1,000 plays after a month. Considering that she is supposedly the...
  4. montyburns56

    Sugababes - 9th Album

    So you reiterate the fact that she sells out London gigs, but that tells you more about the London demographics rather than her popularity in the wilder world of music fans. And while Glastonbury may feature a wide range of contemporary music, we are talking about headlining the main stages...
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    Laurel - Palpitations

    Has anyone else been getting adverts for her while watching stuff on Youtube? I don't know if it's a sign that she's a getting a big push from the record company or alternatively it's just a sign of desperation as her album isn't getting any traction?
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    Sugababes - 9th Album

    Admittedly she has had more hits than I thought, but quite a few of those singles are collaborations and the fact that she is popular at London events like Wireless gives you a clue as to the profile of most of her fanbase. She may be popular with the younger and more diverse music fans, but...
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    Sugababes - 9th Album

    They should have given them the Sunday headline slot instead of SZA as it would still fit the diversity criteria that Emily Eavis is so obviously determined to go with. I reckon that there's going to be a sea of blank faces watching SZA on Sunday night.
  8. montyburns56

    Music Industry

    There's an interesting article here by Shaad D'Souza in The Guardian about how Charli XCX was pipped to the post for the No. 1 on the album chart by Taylor Swift's people releasing several new versions of her album at the last minute. I don't understand why the BPI allows this to happen as I...
  9. montyburns56

    Girls Aloud - The Girls Aloud Show

    There's a really good interview in The Independent with the girls and Xenomania about the making of What Will The Neighbours Say... https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/girls-aloud-2024-what-will-the-neighbours-say-b2511399.html
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    Zara Larsson

    What I found interesting about The Guardian interview is that Zara mentions a former boyfriend who sounds like a right d**k as he seemed to be constantly trying undermine her, but she says that he was also an artist and I was wondering if anyone knows who it could be...
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    Zara Larsson

    Ouch!
  12. montyburns56

    R&B - General Genre Discussion

    Not new, but a great one nonetheless...
  13. montyburns56

    Laurel - Palpitations

    Well it sounds quite interesting at the beginning, but then it just turns into an generic House/EDM track in my opinion.
  14. montyburns56

    Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!

    And Shaznay Lewis!
  15. montyburns56

    Mercury Prize 2024

    So would you also say that Adjoa Andoh was racist for saying that the Royal Family is terribly white? Was 'The Black Farmer' racist for saying that the women's England team wasn't diverse as it was full of blond, blue eyed girls?
  16. montyburns56

    Mercury Prize 2024

    I'm not saying that the winners don't deserve to win and obviously black artists punch above their weight in the music industry, but I was just making the point that if white artists were winning year after year, we all know what some people would be saying about the lack of ethnic diversity.
  17. montyburns56

    Mercury Prize 2024

    I'm well aware of the various ethnic groups in the black community, but is Sadiq Khan being racist when he talks about "London's Black culture and creativity"? or is only bad when someone like me turns them into a homogenous group?
  18. montyburns56

    Mercury Prize 2024

    No, of course they are not dismissing artists based on their ethnicity/location, but don't you find it strange how the same type of people have been winning it for the past ten years? Have all the other musicians just been phoning in the past decade?
  19. montyburns56

    Mercury Prize 2024

    There's some diversity in terms of music genres, but even then has there ever been any heavy metal bands nominated?
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    Mercury Prize 2024

    Okay, so if white artists had won the prize for 90% of the previous years, are you saying that no one would be saying anything about the lack of ethnic diversity of the winners?

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