The Courteeners - You Overdid It Doll

A fantastic New single from the courteeners - you overdid it doll is a fantastic indie tune, we heard it once and couldn't put it down !! check it out below enough said.



You overdid it doll is out now !!!

Alphabeat MonsterMash

Alphabeat have released a new cover of lady gagas telephone/bad romance and you can get it free for a limited time. And its amazing!!!

Find out how you can get it here

GAGA brings the monster ball to the uk

Thats right Monsters! lady GAGA is now touring in the UK with her Monster Ball

The updated version of the tour kicked off in Manchester on the 18th February and tours up and down the UK until March 8th. Gaga has already won 3 brit awards this we and from this tour we can see why !

The electro opera consists of 15 costume changes, and anamatronic sea monster and a grand piano the burns.

set list as follows:

ACT 1: City
Intro
Dance in the Dark
Glitter and Grease
Just Dance
Beautiful, Dirty, Rich
Vanity
The Fame

ACT 2: Subway
LoveGame
Boys Boys Boys
Money Honey
Telephone
Brown Eyes
Speechless
So Happy I Could Die

ACT 3:
Forest
Monster
Teeth
Alejandro
Pokerface

ACT 4:
Monster Ball
Paparazzi
Bad Romance

See the monster here for yourself>

Delphic- Halcyon

New indie electronica alternative dance band from Manchester, Delphic hit us with a blinding single!
Taken from their deput album Acolyte - Halcyon has just been confirmed as the new single
Check it out Halcyon is released 15th March through Polydor

February Album of the month...

Alphabeat - The beat is ...

Here at POPhaven weve been lucky enough to grab a listen to the new alphabeat album. Origionally relesed in Europe at the back end of 2009 and entitled the spell Alphabeat are set to unleash their new offering to the UK March 1st.

The two singles released from the album "The spell" and " Hole in my heart" so far have allowed alphabeat to fly away from the "Fascination" band that everybody knows them for and bring two singles that bring a flavour of the forthcoming LP.

“It’s very influenced by a lot of the dance music from the early 90s” says Anders. “We just really fell in love with that genre. We were very open-minded. We put down references of what we wanted to try and do. And that just became a big blueprint sound for the album.” - Anders SG

Here are some of our favourites:

The beat is ... - a cool number with electronic beats, synths and vocals. Gives an early indication on the record that this is a more mature sound from the fantastic 6!

Dj - a disco number. This track provides the same Chemistry we had from anders and Stine on "this is alphabeat" This is no doubt going to be a song played at G-A-Y every night and certainly a hit with the gay audiences. It's got hit written all over it !! need something you can dance to? you will with this !!!

Chess - Returning to alphabeat kookyness - Chess proves the band are still in touch with their roots - this song would fit into the first album for sure - Great Vocal from stine on this one

Heart Failure - A massive POP anthem worthy of a top ten hit !!!

Check out the rest of the album for yourselves on the 1st of march !!

Jedward - Under Pressure/ Ice Ice Baby

Download available now

Cd single released on 15-02-2010

Love them or hate them ! Jedward are set to storm the Charts in the coming weeks with a mashup cover version of Vanilla Ice’s ICE ICE Baby and Queens Under pressure. John and Edward stormed the headlines at the back end of 2009 on the Xfactor managing to survive the public vote week after week even though the public hated them. This song has no surprises and does exactly what it says in the title. With Vanilla Ice backing the "terrible" twins on the track it adds something to the track however its nothing that we havn't seen before in the way of cheesy one hit wonders. Whether or not the twins will gain this title is yet to be seen. Again only the public can decide their fate.

Take a look at the video and tell us your views:

Update 4th February : John and Edward are currently at Number 2 having sold 24,000 download copies of Under pressure , just behind Owl City's - Fireflies

Placebo - Bright Lights

Placebo – Bright Lights
8th February *****

Following the success of the album Battle for the sun. The third single from this epic album is the best yet ! Bright lights brings a refreshing sound to band who have in the past been living in dark holes where songs are concerned, this single makes a departure from what’s comfortable for the band and drags them kicking and screaming into a new realm of shimmering sounds and vocal harmonies. The video is seen to do the same (starting in a dark place and flourishing in the light). With a string of successful albums under their belt this single put a strong foundation down for the future of the fantastic threesome !!!

PLACEBO 'Bright Lights' from PlaceboWorld on Vimeo.

If theres one album you buy this year – its gotta be Battle for the sun !

Gorillaz -Stylo

Available to download on itunes Now!

Gorillaz are Back !!! This time it’s Dark!

If you thought Gorillaz would be back with a hit like Feel Good Inc. You would be wrong ! This new track is dark and progressive with an 80’s electro beat !  (Its Damon v Kraftwerk (sort of). Although this is a new venture for the Gorillaz you still know it’s the famous cartoon band! Love it or hate it this track will no doubt be massive on the club scene !! 

Check out the track here

Alphabeat - Hole in My Heart

Release date: February 22, 2010

With the second single from their new album beat is…(released 1st march) Alphabeat are back with an infectious single. Hole in my heart is reminiscent of a 90’s dance floor classic. This time with Anders on lead vocal this is a tune to get you heading straight to the dance floor and is proof for critics that alphabeat are not just a one album wonder. Make sure you check the album out if you like the singles so far!

****

We think the video is amazing too check it out:

Diana Vickers - Once

Remember Xfactors Diana Vickers?
W'eve just heard her new single and its a good one !!! Its a powerful catchy pop song with classic diana vocals sprinkled on top!
Can't wait for the album diana !!! its gonna be a good 'un !!

Check it out here !



Once is released 19th April 2010

Our first Post !!

Welcome to POPhaven. Your one stop shop for Music Reviews, releases and gigs !!
We'll be updating this blog regularly enough to keep you up to date and in the know !!!

Found anything you want us to review tweet us at twitter.com/POPhaven