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[youtube]bdQioZHYpvQ[/youtube] As you can see, Kele's 'Tenderoni' video is basically a first-album-era Hadouken! video done by the Ministry Of Sound Allstars and if you think that's a bad thing you…

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The new Kele single is very good and you can hear that for yourself by listening to it here

As you have no doubt already heard Kele out of Bloc Party is now Kele quite literally 'out of' Bloc Party ie he has made the decision to concentrate for…

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Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: tonight!

Tonight, in London, a group of Popjustice readers will meet and have a big argument about the best British pop single of the last twelve months. They will choose from:…

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The 2008 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: Shortlist

IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER: 'A&E' — Goldfrapp 'About You Now' — Sugababes 'Bleeding Love' — Leona Lewis 'Call The Shots' — Girls Aloud 'Dance Wiv Me' — Dizzee Rascal feat Calvin Harris 'Flux'…

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Cash for questions, with Kele Okereke

We were contacted this week by the PR company for amazing ask-us-anything text service AQA. Somehow — we can only presume money is involved — they've roped in Kele from…

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Songs Of The Week (Jan 21 — 25 2008), plus one from next week…

In case you missed any of this week's Songs Of The Day, here is a little roundup. Sam Sparro is probably the pick of the bunch, FYI. FRIDAY: Pin Me…

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Some midweek misery (mostly for people in a band with the word 'Spice' in the title)

Here are the 'movers and shakers' in this week's midweek charts. Spice Girls — 'Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)' [audio:foghorn.mp3] Leona Lewis — 'Bleeding Love' [audio:bell.mp3] Wyclef — 'Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)'…

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Bloc Party — 'Flux'

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How to get on the radio

You would not believe how many hours are spent at record labels tweaking, fiddling with and dicking around in the vicinity of pop singles in the desperate hope that a…

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She's a merchandise seller. Eller. Eller.

One of the songs in the chart requiring an added boost from a pointless merchandise range is almost certainly not 'Umbrella'. There is going to be a range of Rihanna…

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The new Kele single is very good and you can hear that for yourself by listening to it here

Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: tonight!

The 2008 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: Shortlist

Cash for questions, with Kele Okereke

Songs Of The Week (Jan 21 — 25 2008), plus one from next week…

Some midweek misery (mostly for people in a band with the word 'Spice' in the title)

Bloc Party — 'Flux'

How to get on the radio

She's a merchandise seller. Eller. Eller.

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Lady Gaga interview: "I looked to my past and my faith to find bravery in myself"

Olly Alexander interview: "I'm a convincingly happy human being"

Congratulations to Charli XCX and Lorde: winners of the 2024 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize

The 2024 Twenty Quid Music Prize: Shortlist

The 2023 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: Shortlist

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