WORTH A LOOK?: ****
OUT: now
The selection competitions for 2021’s Eurovision Song Contest are starting all over Europe and this synth gem from Finland’s Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) is our pick of this week.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****1/2
OUT: 15/1/21
Eurovision 2021 is already shaping up to be a song contest like no other and with Norway’s selection show Melodi Grand Prix kicking off tonight the 20/2/21 final will feature 2019 entrants KEiiNO.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****1/2
OUT: now
Postponing the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest means the 2021 edition is already unlike any other with returning acts like Iceland’s Daði Freyr having far longer to build their profile than usual.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
OUT: now
A Christmas Wish is a banger with sleigh bells, a seasonal theme and a Phil Spector-goes-Motown energy.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
OUT: now
MARINA last played in London a year ago and said then from the stage at the Eventim Apollo: ‘This has been the perfect last show for me for a while. I won’t play here for a year or two.’
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
OUT: now
Hot Chip caught our ear earlier this year with a fine remix of Daði Freyr’s Eurovision winner-that-never was (clip below) but it is with this dancefloor juggernaut that they really strike gold.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****1/2
OUT: now
We were supposed to be seeing the 29-year-old singer-songwriter from Buxton, Derbyshire, this month at the 02 Shepherd’s Bush Empire but COVID-19 has now pushed that back to April 2021.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****1/2
OUT: now
There’s always a sense of trepidation when a friend recommends a song they think you’ll like.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****1/2
OUT: now
It’s quite something that pop star and songwriting genius Sia thought her tune What The Future Holds would be best sung by this reformed boy/girl band quintet.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****1/2
OUT: now
We’ve only seen Norwegian electro pop star Annie live once we think, supporting St Etienne in October 2009 at the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire.
