Ah, the art of the pop promo. Does anyone really watch those things? It seems that the music video has less cache than ever, with new groups bouncing into the ClashMusic Inbox every day boasting about their YouTube views and Vimeo plays. Excuse us for yawning... However when done right, the pop promo remains a thing of beauty. Rounding up the latest releases, we've embedded a couple of our favourites below which we believe are well worth watching. Just don't come to us brandishing viewing figures... - - - Single Of The Week Errors - Pleasure Palaces The internet is now inescapable ...

Following in the footsteps of KT Tunstall and Amy MacDonald, singer/songwriter Carly Connor is flying the Saltire for Scotland as one of the exciting and emerging talents of 2012. Signed to Atlantic Records, Carly has been shaping her debut offering between London and Nashville for the past 2 years and is preparing for its hotly [...]

Although the name might be familiar to a few, as she’s been around for a fair few years now, Maria Mena is still considered to be one of the many musical talents that has been confined to the shadows of a popular music culture controlled by the major record labels. Mena fits in very comfortably with the shy, reserved and ever so slightly quirky facade that seems to emanate from the new breed of female solo acts; in this way she can be compared to more well-known figures such as Paloma Faith or Amy MacDonald. This, however, is their ...

Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps are a post-folk band who just are so pleasing on the ear. If you’ve seen Janet Devlin on the UK X Factor this year, you’ll know what I’m talking about.       Anyway, Tanktop reminds me of Amy Macdonald but is just that little bit querkier and off-beat. [...]

Desde la Escocia profunda hoy os traigo a Amy Macdonald, una joven cantautora que si no reconocéis por su nombre probablemente conozcáis por “This is the Life”, el tema (y álbum) con el que debutó en 2007 vendiendo más de 3 millones de copias en todo el mundo, y llegando al número 1 con este [...]

With Adele breaking all sorts of records and becoming the new Dido for the middle class dinner party set, the way is either clear, or soiled, for a whole raft of female singer songwriters – see also KT Tunstall, Amy Macdonald, Rachel Sermanni… Panda Su may find herself drawn into their wake, as only those [...]

Following in the footsteps of fellow Scots such as Amy MacDonald and Paolo Nutini, Dundee native Courtney Stuart is bringing her own brand of alternative indie meets acoustic singer/songwriter... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

"Oh, nothing beats the feeling of the high Barrowland ceiling, when the band start to play" - "Barrowland Ballroom" Amy MacDonald. Glasgow-born, Amy, certainly wasn't wrong in her tribute to one... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

I'm sleeping with my roommate, still not his girlfriend Requested by Across the Hall Convenience • Compiled by gamberlane 01. Alex Bach - "Worthless" (Miles to Go) 02. Rilo Kiley - "Portions for Foxes" (More Adventurous) 03. Heather Nova - "Blood of Me" (Siren) 04. Jewel - "Near You Always" (Pieces of You) 05. Annie Lennox "Waiting in Vain" (Medusa) 06. Tori Amos - "Leather" (Little Earthquakes) 07. Aimee Allen - "I'm Not Your Girlfriend" (Revolution) 08. The Buzzcocks - "Ever Fallen In Love" (Singles Going Steady) 09. Amy MacDonald - "A Wish For Something More" (This Is The Life) 10. The Cardigans - "My Favourite Game" (Gran ...

What is a cross between Wolves in the Throne Room and Godspeed You! Black Emperor, could easily have been the ugly bastard child of DHG and Amy McDonald (though, on second thought...). (8 out of 10)

Trying to capitalise on the recent wave of pop-slanted-folk that’s been welcomed by the British public, Ellen and the Escapades have released a four track EP. Opening track, ‘Preying On Your Mind’, can be heard on either of Amy MacDonald’s albums – it’s a song we’ve all heard a million times before. Don’t get me [...]

A month ago, Amy Macdonald released the fifth single from her latest album, A Curious Thing. The single is called “Your Time Will Come”, and is a song I really enjoy. It doesn’t have the edginess of her sound that I prefer, but it’s a great ballad. Amy’s voice shines and the overall sound very [...]

All year, for want of something better to fill weekdays with, we've been keeping track of the last.fm stats thrown up by leading national radio stations. Now we've got to the end of the year, let's take the proper temperature of pop broadcasting in 2010 with their twelve year artist and track figures to near enough the end of 31st December. Radio 1 1 Tinie Tempah 672 2 Plan B 669 3 Biffy Clyro 610 4 Rihanna 603 5 Vampire Weekend 568 6 Pendulum 537 7 Mumford & Sons 534 8 Ellie Goulding 527 9 Muse 505 ...

Eins vorweg – 2010 war in meinen Augen kein übertrieben gutes Musikjahr. Vor allem albenmäßig gab es nur wenig zu bejubeln, und Werke, die vor einigen Jahren noch in den hinteren Regionen meiner Top 20 auftauchten, wären im Jahre 2010 Kandidaten für einen absoluten Spitzenplatz gewesen. Wie ich jedoch voller Schrecken feststelle, habe ich bereits vor zwölf Monaten Ähnliches geschrieben, als ich auf 2009 zurückblickte und nicht in wirkliche Verzückung geriet (obwohl die Top-Alben damals schon sehr sehr gut waren). Aber genug des Lamentos, hier nun also traditionsgemäß zunächst meine favorisierten Alben des Jahres 2010, wie üblich mit dem einen oder ...

Das Münchener Pop-Trio Fertig, los! wird im Frühjahr durch Deutschland touren. Nachdem sie 2010 noch als Support für Amy Macdonald und Pink unterwegs waren, werden sie nun wieder allein die Bühne rocken. Die Reise durch die Republik sieht dabei acht Stationen vor. Fertig, los! - "Wenn Du mich brauchst" Fertig, los! wurden von Manager Marc Liebscher, der auch für die Betreuung der Sportfreunde Stiller zuständig ist, entdeckt. 2007 veröffentlichten sie mit " Das ist ein Sammler " ihr Debütalbum. Drei Jahre später folgte " Pläne für die Zukunft " ihr zweites Studioalbum. Tourdaten: 22.02.2011 Düsseldorf - Forum Freies Theater 23.02.2011 Hamburg - Kulturhaus ...