• 25 September 2013

MØ: Sia's Revolutionary

By Clive King in Music / Festivals on 05 June 2017

Sia

Sia has been ''revolutionary'' in the music industry, according to 'Nights With You' singer MØ.

Sia has been ''revolutionary'' in the music industry.

'Nights With You' singer has praised the 'Cheap Thrills' hitmaker for being a huge inspiration to other singer/songwriters in the music industry.

She told news.com.au: ''I am really excited to stand on the side of stage and watch her. There's a cloud of opinions about the old-school way of what being a pop star is.

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Karen Marie Ørsted AKA performing on stage at the 2016 Global Citizen Festival held in Central Park, New York City, United States - Sunday 25th September 2016

performing on the third day at WayHome Music & Arts Festival 2016 held at Burl's Creek Event Grounds, Oro Medonte, Canada - Monday 25th July 2016

- MØ perform at Day 3 Leeds Festival, Leeds, England - Leeds, United Kingdom - Sunday 24th August 2014

Chloe Howl, Banks, Jungle: The Future Of Pop In 10 Artists

By George Percival in Music / Festivals on 28 May 2014

Chloe Howl Clean Bandit Azealia Banks Glass Animals Sky Ferreira Solange Knowles Kanye West Timbaland

Who will usher in a new era of pop? Here are ten artists likely to make the most impact in the near future.

A facet of popular culture that frequently is at the receiving end of derision of ‘indie’ or ‘underground’ circles, pop music is in actual fact often the site of technological and stylistic innovation- channelling the sounds of the underground and disseminating them to the masses.

Timbaland’s fresh production techniques completely altered the pop landscape of the early naughties, whilst recently, professional egotist and sometimes rapper Kanye West’s ‘Yeezus’ injected the stark and abrasive sounds of experimental hip hop into a mainstream context. It’s a continuous and cyclical process of obsolescence and fresh ideas that has sped up as the instantaneous nature of the internet becomes the central tool in the transportation of the cultural to-and-fro.

But who will usher in a new era of pop in 2014? Which artist will emerge brimming with new ideas, or even just provide fresh spins on existing concepts? Here is a list of the ten most likely candidates:

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Outkast Confirmed For Way Out West 2014

Posted on06 March 2014

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