Pop in 2011: a preview

Our critic Kitty Empire has doubts about the end-of-year drive to find the next big thing. But since you insist…An album used to have two sides to it. The act of flipping vinyl over created a new beginning, ripe with possibility. The pop year used to have two sides to it as well – the autumn, when students went back to university, flush with unspent funds, keen to impress cute strangers with their tastes. Bands hung lanyards round their necks, went forth and pulled crowds.And then – flip! ...

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