Category: Pop
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by Michael McCarthy I was recently introduced to the music of indie singer/songwriter bitter’s kiss (real name: Chloe Baker) and soon fell madly in love with it. Her always emotive voice immediately grabs you, sounding like a genetic cross between Lorde, Banks and Cœur de Pirate, three of my favorite artists. At times she sounds…
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The insanely talented, rising pop star Dua Lipa follows up her hit single “Be The One” with “Last Dance,” a punchy tune that would be equally at home on the radio and in the clubs. “Way too soon to feel so strong / Way too young to hurt that long / I’m hurting / Was…
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I am in love with this remix of the legendary Bryan Ferry’s “Avonmore” by Prins Thomas. It’s taken from a limited edition vinyl release by, who else, The Vinyl Factory, which is fast becoming one of our favorite labels. The remix is a psychedelic dance track, so, naturally, it has a trippy, psychedelic video.
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On March 11th the much beloved singer/songwriter Emmy The Great will release her gorgeous third album, Second Love (her debut was called First Love, Virtue her second). It’s her first album in five years and it was well worth the wait, each song like a poetic love letter that goes straight to your heart. A…
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Trippy. Ethereal. Gorgeous. Brilliant.
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So, I already reviewed this song when I reviewed Lana’s Honeymoon album, but I’m naming “Freak” the #songoftheday today because it’s one of my favorite tracks on the album and I also feel it’s one of her very best tracks, right up there with “Video Games” and “Summertime Sadness.” Here’s hoping it gets the remix…
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At the core of Radiation City are couple Cameron Spies and Lizzy Ellison. Following two much praised EPs, it came time to record their third full-length album. But there was trouble in Rad City, as they’ve nicknamed it; the couple was on the verge of breaking up. But in spite of this, they decided to…
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When it comes to indie singer/songwriter Emm Gryner, I always have very high expectations. This might have something to do with the fact that her album Northern Gospel was my #1 album of 2011 and that her album Torrential was my #12 album of 2014. Suffice to say she’s one of my favorites, so forgive…
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“I’m sick of this record already,” begins “Ordinary Life,” a song roughly halfway through the album that is about, well, being sick of ordinary life. While he sings about losing the will to live in Boston, floating and waiting to die, the song isn’t intended to inspire suicides. Quite the opposite in fact, “Just because…
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La Sera, a.k.a. Katy Goodman, is back. However, this time she does not come alone. Instead, La Sera is a duo now, the other half being her better half, guitarist/co-writer/new husband Todd Wisenbaker. To that end, let’s hope she’s not singing to him during the sparkling chorus of their new single “High Notes,” which goes,…
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by Michael McCarthy I still recall the first time I heard Cœur de Pirate, otherwise known as Béatrice Martin. I’d just watched a video by French pop diva Mylène Farmer on Youtube and it suggested a Cœur de Pirate song from her debut album next. It was “Comme des enfants” and it put a spell…
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Sometimes when two artists get together and collaborate it’s a labor of love that’s largely enjoyable only to the two of them. That is not the case with Gary Lucas and Jann Klose’s just released album Stereopticon; their songs are not only accessible but a whole lot of fun. This is what you get when…
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I’m always very excited when I find a truly awesome song that we can premiere, which is certainly the case with newcomer Olivia Cipriani’s splendid new single “Limitless.”
