SONG OF THE WEEK: Summer Hungover by EYJAA (week beginning Thursday 22 June 2023)

WORTH A LOOK?: ****1/2

This is the 2nd song of the week from Danish/Icelandic duo EYJAA – Sara and Brynja – who contemplate the end of summer in supremely catchy fashion on their latest single.

  • Read on for reasons including how EYJAA were our pick for the Danish Eurovision ticket this year
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SONG OF THE MONTH: Heartbreak In The Making by Dagny (June 2023)

WORTH A LOOK?: *****

32-year-old Norwegian singer Dagny Norvoll Sandvik’s debut collection Strangers/Lovers was an album of the month for us in January 2021 and this new single is a complete change in direction. 

  • Read on for reasons including how to see Dagny in London this weekend at Mighty Hoopla alongside Eurovision winner Loreen
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SONG OF THE WEEK: Padam Padam by Kylie Minogue (week starting Sunday 28 May 2023)

WORTH A LOOK?: ****1/2

Today is Kylie’s 55th birthday and this comeback electropop song is her biggest hit single in the UK since Into The Blue made number 12 in 2014.

  • Read on for reasons including how this is Kylie’s best single for over a decade
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SONG OF THE MONTH: Tattoo by Loreen (May 2023)

WORTH A LOOK?: *****

The potential of a Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden in 2024 – the 50th anniversary of ABBA’s Waterloo win – rests on the shoulders of 2012 victor Loreen.

  • Read on for reasons including why we think Tattoo by Loreen is no Euphoria but is a potential 2023 Eurovision winner
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SONG OF THE MONTH: I Wrote A Song by Mae Muller (April 2023)

WORTH A LOOK?: ****1/2

We have our Eurovision Song Contest tickets for Liverpool 2023 and we can’t wait to see this potential winner, the UK’s best entry since Gina G in 1996, take to the stage.

  • Read on for reasons including how this song manages to both strike a chord and be a big old cathartic bop simultaneously
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SONG OF THE WEEK: Part Of Me by Cian Ducrot (week beginning Tuesday 4 April 2023)

WORTH A LOOK?: ****1/2

We saw rising star Ducrot live last month at Camden’s KOKO and the predominantly young 20-something female audience gasped when he explained the inspiration behind this song about a close friend who took his own life.

  • Read on for reasons including Ducrot’s thoughts on his latest single about friend Phily
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SONG OF THE WEEK: Breaking The Circle by Sophie Ellis-Bextor (week beginning Saturday 18 March 2023)

WORTH A LOOK?: ****

This single marks Ellis-Bextor’s return to working with Ed Harcourt who co-wrote her Wanderlust and Familia albums before her greatest hits and Kitchen Disco eras.

  • Read on for reasons including everything we know about Ellis-Bextor’s new album Hana
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SONG OF THE WEEK: Fever by Alison Goldfrapp & Paul Woolford (week beginning 6 March 2023)

WORTH A LOOK?: ****1/2

Leeds-born Woolford had a top 5 hit in 2020 with Looking For Me with Diplo featuring vocals from Kareen Lomax – and this new single feels far more current than Alison Goldfrapp’s recent collaboration.

  • Read on for reasons including details of Alison Goldfrapp’s next London and Glastonbury Festival gigs
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SONG OF THE MONTH: Ghosts Again by Depeche Mode (March 2023)

WORTH A LOOK?: ****

We’ve only ever seen Depeche Mode gig at Wembley Arena and we were at the very same venue on the night news broke of the death of the band’s keyboardist Andy Fletcher last year.

  • Read on for reasons including everything we know about new album Memento Mori, or ‘Remember you must die’ in English
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