Category: Reviews
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Good news! Saint Etienne, long one of my favorite pop groups on the planet, will be releasing a new album this June and they’re doing a U.S. tour. Check out the info below. I am very excited about this. Saint Etienne Announce US Fall Tour New Album Home Counties, Out June 2nd On Heavenly Recordings Listen…
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Jon Lambousis is a songwriter / producer /guitarist based in Melbourne and Athens. Re-Arna is a singer / songwriter based in Melbourne and Los Angeles. Together they have crafted one of the most silky smooth, hypnotic dance pop songs I’ve heard in a while. I love its throbbing beats and seductive vocals. Indeed, it is…
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“Moon In Your Mouth” is the third song released from Goldfrapp’s forthcoming album Silver Eye, which drops next Friday on the 31st. To my ears, it’s a sonic orgasm. I’m a big electro-pop junkie and it just doesn’t get better than this. I’ll admit that I was disappointed with Goldfrapp’s last album, but I think…
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interview by Michael McCarthy all photos by David Butler II I could sit here and tell you that I’ve been a fan of House of Lords from the beginning, but that wouldn’t be entirely true. While I did see some of their early videos on Headbanger’s Ball – Saturday nights at midnight on MTV –…
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Interview by Michael McCarthy I do so many interviews that I sometimes forget who I’ve interviewed already. This has a lot to do with my memory problem, but the fact that I’ve interviewed at least 100 people in my life doesn’t help me keep things straight. Likewise, most of the people I interview do so…
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Co-written with Gotye and Milosh (of RHYE fame), this one is the best song I’ve heard so far this month. Kind of takes your breath away. So trippy and intoxicating. I can’t write anymore because my words wouldn’t do it justice. Just listen and feel. J.Views, how did I ever live without you?
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INNA has been a major fixture on the club scene since around 2009 and has released approximately a dozen red hot singles, and a handful of smashing albums as well, including last year’s killer self-titled full-length. Her songs are always club-ready, and they usually climb the to the top of the dance charts, but she…
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“Love wins every time,” sings Kurdish pop star and humanitarian Dashni Morad with a purpose, while heavy beats throb away and the hooks sink their teeth right into you. Suffice to say, “Love Wins” is one downright irresistible dance pop gem — a veritable breath of fresh pop air — but you’re listening to it…
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A year ago tomorrow I interviewed Boston artist Adam Jensen and we learned about his colorful if not checkered past. One thing is for certain: he’s a hell of a lot more interesting, not to mention edgy, than your average pop slinger (pun intended). On his latest single, “Tombstone,” he invites people to write “bad…
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“Mixed Signals” is the third track on Robbie Williams’ latest album, The Heavy Entertainment Show. It’s also the album’s third single, complete with a video with three very different endings. More importantly, it’s my favorite song from The Heavy Entertainment show. “Party Like A Russian” and “Bad Motherfucker” are pretty fucking great, too, but there’s…
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I’m not sure how this track came about. I only heard about it because Polly Scattergood was kind enough to send me a message on Twitter with the link. As you know, Polly is one of my favorite artists, and I’ve interviewed her twice for this site, so I immediately fell in love with this.…
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On April 7th The Maine will release their album Lovely Little Lonely. This time they’re going the independent route and who can really blame them? It’s not like they need a record label to support them when this super catchy song has already racked up half a million streams on Spotify since it was released…
