Here Comes The Flood — Brooklyn duo The Last Royals picked up some publicity covering OMD, Prince and EMF. With their electro-pop sound,, it comes as no surprise that their self-titled EP contains five mainstream songs and a superfluous remix. Innocent and mostly harmle... more info

Impose Magazine — Nirvana at 1992 MTV Music Awards This made we crazy with indescribable excitement when I saw it live on TV. I had just found my dad's old guitar at this point and was determined to do things with it. Jesus Jones, "Real Real Real" Doubt... more info

Guardian Music — They work in the shadows, knocking out tunes to order – sometimes in a matter of hours. The songwriters who work for Jay-Z, Adele, Florence and more tell Alexis Petridis how they do it – and why times are getting toughTwo years ago, Al "Shux" Shu... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Eric James (vocals) and Mason Ingram (percussion) are The Last Royals, a Brooklyn duo, who have updated the rather cheesy EMF hit Unbelievable, by slowing it down a bit and getting rid of the early Nineties drum beat. MP3: The Last Royals - Unbeli... more info

The Red Radio — Everyone has jammed to this groove at one time or another. I remember living up in the Bay, and this track just rocking the clubs long before anybody actually knew who EMF was. The band actually played the SF hood... more info

Guardian Music — Village Underground, London EC2No matter who makes the shortlist, the nominations for the Mercury prize always prompt the same response. The reaction to this year's runners and riders was no different: they were either praised as examples of the vigo... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Finnish duo Shine 2009 is Sami Suova and Mikko Pykäri; together, they make pop music that draws inspiration from clubby 1990's pop-- imagine if the Tough Alliance collaborated with EMF, basically. "New Rules" is from their forthcoming debut, which... more info

The Culture Of Me — A completely remixed, re-mashed and redefined version of the latest and pretty great record from the UK kids in The Young Punx, Mashpop & Punkstep (the duo's sophomore studio package), Mashed Popped Punked is a collaboration between Audioporn All Sta... more info

Guardian Music — Yes, established bands get fed up playing old songs. But now bands who haven't even released an album won't play their big tunesThere's a Mary Whitehouse Experience sketch where the ubiquitous foursome are dressed up like EMF. Having just come off st... more info

Pop Justice — Flogging Dairy Milk might be the ultimate aim but Cadbury's current, rather lavish marketing exercise Big Swap Songs is notable for two reasons. NOTABLE REASON ONE: Fair trade blah blah blah. NOTABLE REASON TWO: An album has been put together in wh... more info