Month: August 2019

#concertreview #livemusic = RICK SPRINGFIELD @ MOHEGAN SUN ARENA 8/29/18

August 31, 2019

by Michael McCarthy First of all, I have to tell you something. When I go to shows that I’m there to review, I always write and post one. But when I go to concerts purely for leisure, I usually don’t review them because, well, I don’t think writing reviews is my strong suit. Anyone who’s…
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#songoftheday / #amlistening = RED VELVET: “UMPAH UMPAH” & AN EDITORIAL: WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE MORE ASIAN MUSIC ON LOVE IS POP?

August 25, 2019

Here’s a catchy and fun song for you all to get stuck in your heads, the silly “Umpah Umpah” from South Korea’s red hot Red Velvet, one of today’s top K-Pop acts and one that I’ve been a fan of for several years now.
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WORLD PREMIERE: TENTS: “MEDICINE” (#songoftheday / #amlistening / #worldpremiere)

August 21, 2019

Tents recently announced that their highly-anticipated album Medicine will be released through Badman Recording Co. (STRFKR, Mark Kozelek) on October 11, 2019. Today we are pleased to unveil their video for the addictive title track, which features spritely, young dancer Eirlin Souza bouncing off of the proverbial
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GET EVERY BOOK BY MICHAEL BEAULIEU FREE ON PROLIFIC WORKS FOR A LIMITED TIME

August 20, 2019

As you probably know I, Michael McCarthy, Love is Pop’s owner and primary writer, publish books using the pseudonym Michael Beaulieu. So far, I’ve published two satires, Becoming Madonna and Reckoning Daze, and the first four volumes of my popular, young adult, urban fantasy series Book of Shadows. And right now — for a limited…
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#songoftheday / #amlistening: AMANDA PALMER: “DROWNING IN THE SOUND”

August 20, 2019

The always spell-binding Amanda Palmer’s new single, “Drowning in the Sound” is yet another chamber pop masterpiece from the insanely-talented singer/songwriter.
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ALL THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS: AN INTERVIEW WITH DONNIE VIE

August 8, 2019

by Michael McCarthy I remember first seeing the video for Enuff Z’Nuff’s debut single, “New Thing,” on MTV’s Headbanger’s Ball and wondering what planet they were from. Sure, there were plenty of heavy metal bands – like Poison and Pretty Boy Floyd – who wore a lot of makeup, but Enuff Z’Nuff took things to…
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#songoftheday / #amlistening = The Darkness: “Rock and Roll Deserves to Die”

August 7, 2019

When I think of The Darkness, I tend to think of songs that immediately grab you then blast your mind into a state of shooting stars and euphoria when they hit their highly infectious choruses.
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