January 2010
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Well, it's better than Sweet About Me
This is the new video from Aussie teen warbler Gabrilla Cilmi, the hardest-to-pronounce popstar since Ciara. In summary: 0.17 What is it with pop acts sounding a bit like Van Halen this week? 0.48 Bloody hell she is a woman ‘n all 2.02 Ill-advised rap bit 3.05 Ends Although ‘Sweet About Me’ was our most hated song since Sandi Thom’s ‘I Wish I Was A Punk...
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Put It In The ReMixer
The remix is a curious thing. For a long time, Pa Love Machine did not understand them. “What’s wrong with the original? It’s just the same song with some boom-boom-boom nonsense underneath it.” Of course, this is exactly what makes a brilliant remix. Take a great tune, make it dancefloor-friendly by putting some boom-boom nonsense underneath it. Hear it at our clubnight,...
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Starry Eyed Surprise
Ellie Goulding, the thinking man’s Diana Vickers, seems to be doing rather well for herself all in all. But although she’s picked up a Brit Award and topped the BBC’s Tips for 2010 list without having really done anything, Ellie is a sensible old stick and is already brushing up her sign language for a career as one of those people who pop up in the corner of the TV for re-runs...
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Sign o' the Donk
It is safe to say that The Blackout Crew are something of a marmite band. We here at Love Machine are firmly in the pro-Blackout camp - whatever you think of their music, it is surely a brilliant thing that 6 kids on a youth project in Bolton with no hype and no money effectively created their own massively-popular genre with nothing more than a donk and some home-made youtube videos. It is even...
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The next Love Machine clubnight: Alphabeat and...
It’s fair to say that we’re very excited about the next Love Machine clubnight. More excited than when spotted Andrea Corr outside our building. More excited than when we came up with a particularly good Paolo Nutini pun. Possibly even as excited as when we saw Kaci Battaglia’s ‘Crazy Posessive’ video for the first time. This excitement is due to the fact that we have...
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That Girls Aloud gap year: An update
Cheryl: Being the nation’s favourite weepy Geordie and haircare ambassador. Sarah: Releasing a surprisingly good song and making the nation’s Dads think that the kids might enjoy that new St Trinians film Sarah Harding - Too Bad [audio:sarahharding-toobad.mp3] Kimberley: Being very conspicuously several rungs below Cheryl by presenting one of the outside broadcast segments of X...
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Tanks for the mammaries
This is Rihanna’s video for her brilliant new single ‘Hard’. It’s recommended viewing for fans of nipple tape, military hardware and ludicrous shoulder pads. Which is just about everyone, right? However, we’re not sure Rihanna’s pink tank would be of any practical camouflage value in a combat situation, unless the theatre of war was in a bowl of blamanche. We...
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Love Machine's Absolute Best Songs Of 2009
Here, to ease the pain of going back to work, is Love Machine’s official Absolute Best Pop Songs Of 2009 playlist. We started with every single song released last year, and edited out everything that was non-brilliant so you’re left with 1.7 hours of solid pop goodness. Here it is, in handy Spotify form: Click this bloody link SPOILER ALERT!! Something you will find on the list: ...