Category: Reviews

#songoftheday / #amlistening = LICK NEON: “SLIP”

November 1, 2018

Lick Neon has been gathering quite the following from playing basements and bars around their home city (and Love is Pop’s nearest big city) of Boston, but since their adorable folk-pop song “Slip” went live on Spotify about a month ago, they’ve already racked up over 30,000 streams. Considering what a touching song it is,…
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#songoftheday / #amlistening = VANESSA PARADIS: “CES MOTS SIMPLES”

October 31, 2018

“CES MOTS SIMPLES,” the beautiful new single by Vanessa Paradis, translates as “these simple words.” The video of Vanessa swinging with water below her, which she dips her tip-toes in, is rather simple, too.
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#songoftheday / #amlistening = FFS – “BONES”

October 29, 2018

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 and Arth fame, who I interviewed back in July.
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#songoftheday / #amlistening = OBB: “IS THIS A THING”

October 27, 2018

“Is This A Thing” is a thing. A big thing. A slice of pop heaven that does several different things right. First of all, the song starts off in the electro-pop vein, which always scores lots of points with me. Secondly, the bass guitar during the chorus (and other parts of the song) is killer.
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#songoftheday / #amlistening = STARBREAKER: “PURE EVIL”

October 21, 2018

Starbreaker’s new song, “Pure Evil,” is like TNT on steroids. Step inside and read our full review.
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TAKE TWO REDUX: OUR 2ND INTERVIEW WITH LARKIN POE, SISTER DUO EXTRAORDINAIRE

October 15, 2018

interview by Michael McCarthy Roughly a year ago, during November of 2017, I interviewed the soulful sisters Megan and Rebecca Lovell, otherwise known as Larkin Poe, about their exquisite sophomore album Peach, which was a potent blend of roots rock, Americana, folk rock and old-school country… with the occasional dash of hip-hop, trap-style percussion! Well,…
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#SONGOFTHEDAY / #AMLISTENING: DONNIE VIE: “I COULD SAVE THE WORLD”

October 10, 2018

Donnie Vie is back! It’s been a long time since he released a new album I’m pleased as punch to say that he has one on the way. Donnie describes the first single, “I Could Save the World” as, “A big song, full of passion and colors.” And I couldn’t agree more. I see more…
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THE QUEEN IS BACK: CHRISTINA AGUILERA INVADES MOHEGAN SUN ARENA IN CONNECTICUT 10/6/18

October 8, 2018

review by Michael McCarthy all photos by Khoi Ton, Mohegan Sun This past Saturday night on the 6th of October, 2018, Christina Aguilera brought her Liberation Tour to Mohegan Sun Arena, which is located inside Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut. The time listed on the tickets was 8:00 PM and they started letting people into…
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#songoftheday / #amlistening = ENUFF Z’NUFF: “DIAMOND BOY” + TOUR DATES W/ BULLETBOYS & J. RUSSELL’S GREAT WHITE

September 16, 2018

We’ve already featured this gem of a title track from Enuff Z’Nuff’s Diamond Boy album as a #songoftheday, but it now has a music video so we’re doing it again. Besides, we can’t get enuff of this tune. It’s like Chip and the gang unearth a long lost song co-written by John Lennon and Cheap…
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DIGGING DEEP: AN IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION WITH SARAH MCQUAID

September 11, 2018

Interview by Michael McCarthy Photos of Sarah by Phil Nicholls (www.philnicholls.co.uk) Sarah McQuaid is fast becoming a legendary folk artist in England, although her career began in Ireland. She released her first album, When Two Lovers Meet, in 1997 and has been going strong ever since. Her new album, If We Dig Any Deeper it…
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THE ART OF BEING A GIRL: AN INTERVIEW WITH REBECCA & FIONA

September 6, 2018

interview by Michael McCarthy If you love pop music and keep up with the global pop scene then chances are you’re already quite familiar with Stockholm-born Rebecca Scheja and Fiona FitzPatrick, better known simply as Rebecca & Fiona. Ever since 2007, they’ve been making a name for themselves both by DJing and releasing their own…
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#songoftheday = LAURE SHANG: “I LOVE YOU 2”

September 6, 2018

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UNTIL DEATH DO WE MEET AGAIN: AN INTERVIEW WITH CRAIG GOLDY OF DIO FAME & DREAM CHILD – PART TWO

September 3, 2018

interview by Michael McCarthy You have just arrived at part two of my in-depth interview with Craig Goldy of Dream Child, a band that harkens back to his glory days as lead guitarist for Dio on the albums Dream Child, Magica and Waking the Dragon. During recent years, Craig has been the driving force behind…
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Until Death Do We Meet Again: An Interview with Craig Goldy of Dio fame & Dream Child – PART ONE (PART TWO COMING SOON)

August 29, 2018

interview by Michael McCarthy Last Friday on August 24th, 2018, I had the opportunity to interview Craig Goldy, a guitarist extraordinaire who’s currently promoting his latest project, Dream Child. Goldy is perhaps best known as a guitarist for the late Ronnie James Dio, having played on the Dio albums Dream Evil (1987), Magica (2000) and…
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#songoftheday / #amlistening = LARKIN POE: “BLEACH BLONDE BOTTLE BLUES”

August 25, 2018

One insanely talented duo that I can’t get enough of is Larkin Poe. It seems like just yesterday that I interviewed Rebecca and Megan Lovell about their third album, Peach. Well, the roots rock/soul/blues sisters will be releasing their third album, Venom & Faith, on November 9, 2018.
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