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BETTER IN THE DARK: AN INTERVIEW WITH YAEL NAIM ABOUT HER NEW ALBUM NIGHTSONGS

Posted on Feb 20, 2020

interview by Michael McCarthy I was recently blessed with the opportunity to hear Franco-Israeli singer/songwriter Yael Naïm’s fifth studio album Nightsongs, which will be released via Believe Music on March 20, 2020. Although her songs have largely been introspective throughout her career, I was moved by just how much more personal the tracks...

FIRST IMPRESSION REVIEW: HALSEY’S MANIC

Posted on Jan 17, 2020

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by Michael McCarthy Today, the 17th of January 2020, marks the release of alternative pop singer/songwriter Halsey’s highly-anticipated third album, Manic. The first single from the LP, “Without Me,” was released back in October 2018, so to say this album was a long time coming is an understatement. Granted, at the time “Without...

It’s a #premiere! It’s a #songoftheday! It’s “The Stones” by Ismay!

Posted on Dec 5, 2019

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Today we are pleased to exclusively premiere Ismay's delightful and ethereal musings about very rare, glow in the dark stones that a friend once showed them. As they discuss in our interview below, they were a new type of stone, unlike anything they'd ever seen before....

#songoftheday / #amlistening = BAR BRUTAL BAND: “SPECIAL TERMS” DEMO

Posted on Nov 19, 2019

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Bar Brutal Band, has just released a spot on new single, albeit in demo form, called "Special Terms," which I simply had to share with you. It's just too good for me not to. ...

DEFINITELY NOT MADE OF CHEESE: AN INTERVIEW WITH ARTHUR MOON

Posted on Jul 2, 2019

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Arthur Moon is a wondrous collaboration between Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Lora-Faye and musicians Cale Hawkins (Quincy Jones, Bilal) and Martin D. Fowler (a composer for This American Life). Arthur Moon is also the moniker that Lora-Faye herself goes by. (More on that in the interview.) Arthur’s debut album is out on vinyl now via...

NY, DENMARK & THE MUSIC IN BETWEEN: AN INTERVIEW WITH OH LAND

Posted on Apr 18, 2019

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interview by Michael McCarthy Danish singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer Nanna Øland Fabricius, better known by her stage name Oh Land, is about as brilliant a musician as they come. The funny thing is, she had no plans of making a career out of music. Although she was born the child of composer...

#songoftheday / #amlistening = Phildel: “Electric Heights”

Posted on Jan 23, 2019

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Critically-acclaimed UK pianist-singer-songwriter Phildel's new single "Electric Heights" hails from her upcoming third album, Wave Your Flags, which is due out on 3/22, and we've been listening to it several times a day since discovering it last week....

#songoftheday / #amlistening = Bar Brutal Band (formerly For Fuck’s Sake): “Ride ‘Em Cowboy”

Posted on Jan 21, 2019

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Longtime Love is Pop readers will likely recall the tunes we've posted from James of Arth & Arth fame, "English Skies" and "Bones," which he released under the moniker FFS (For Fuck's Sake). Well, for various reasons he's re-christened himself under the...

#songoftheday / #amlistening = Kid Koala: “Allotropic”

Posted on Dec 19, 2018

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Do you like to listen to music when you draw? Or when you chill out? Or go to bed at night? If any of these things appeal to you then you should adore Kid Koala's ambient "Allotropic," one of the wonderous instrumental songs from his Music to...

#songoftheday / #amlistening = Shy FX – “Roll The Dice” feat. Stamina MC & Lily Allen

Posted on Nov 29, 2018

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As a child of original UK reggae, a student of sound system culture, and a brave innovator on the frontline of the jungle/drum 'n' bass revival, DJ and producer Shy FX has his finger pressed firmly on the pulse of today's British urban music...

#songoftheday / #amlistening = FFS (FOR FUCKS SAKE): “ENGLISH SKIES”

Posted on Nov 10, 2018

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#songoftheday / #amlistening = SHE WANTS REVENGE: “BIG LOVE”

Posted on Nov 9, 2018

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"Staring at your own reflection / thinking of the things that you've done / you're hoping for a change of direction / or maybe just a place in the sun," goes the first part of the chorus to She Wants Revenge's exquisite comeback single, "Big Love."...

#songoftheday / #amlistening = FFS – “BONES”

Posted on Oct 29, 2018

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If you love "the Bristol sound" made popular by Tricky, Massive Attack and Portishead, among others, then you're going to be tickled pink in a good way by "Bones," the debut single by FFS, otherwise known as For Fucks Sake, the new project by James of Arth...

BETTER AT NIGHT: AN INTERVIEW WITH STILL CORNERS

Posted on Jul 23, 2018

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interview by Michael McCarthy Still Corners is a duo consisting of Greg Hughes and Tessa Murray. They’ll be releasing their gorgeous fourth album, Slow Air, via their own Wrecking Light label on August 17th of this year. It’s an intoxicating collection of songs that are just perfect for nighttime listening. Their tracks have...

UK COMPUTER: AN INTERVIEW WITH JAMES OF ARTH AND ARTH

Posted on Jul 10, 2018

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interview by Michael McCarthy Arth and Arth make what I would call mood music. To me, mood music is music that can change the whole tone of your day or evening. In the case of Arth and Arth, their trippy and often ethereal music is rather intoxicating, coming on like a painkiller. Your...

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BETTER IN THE DARK: AN INTERVIEW WITH YAEL NAIM ABOUT HER NEW ALBUM NIGHTSONGS

FIRST IMPRESSION REVIEW: HALSEY’S MANIC

It’s a #premiere! It’s a #songoftheday! It’s “The Stones” by Ismay!

DEFINITELY NOT MADE OF CHEESE: AN INTERVIEW WITH ARTHUR MOON

NY, DENMARK & THE MUSIC IN BETWEEN: AN INTERVIEW WITH OH LAND

#songoftheday / #amlistening = Phildel: “Electric Heights”

#songoftheday / #amlistening = Bar Brutal Band (formerly For Fuck’s Sake): “Ride ‘Em Cowboy”

#songoftheday / #amlistening = Kid Koala: “Allotropic”

#songoftheday / #amlistening = Shy FX – “Roll The Dice” feat. Stamina MC & Lily Allen

#songoftheday / #amlistening = FFS (FOR FUCKS SAKE): “ENGLISH SKIES”

#songoftheday / #amlistening = SHE WANTS REVENGE: “BIG LOVE”

#songoftheday / #amlistening = FFS – “BONES”

BETTER AT NIGHT: AN INTERVIEW WITH STILL CORNERS

UK COMPUTER: AN INTERVIEW WITH JAMES OF ARTH AND ARTH

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