Category: Reviews
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The Dead Weather don’t like to call themselves a supergroup, but they undoubtedly are. Jack White (drums, vocals, guitars) has become an acclaimed solo artist during recent years and was already famous for The White Stripes. Alison Mosshart (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards) is one half of the rough and tumble pop duo The Kills.…
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Dub meets club meets jazz? Whatever it is, we love it!
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review by Michael McCarthy photos by Joshua Bernard Yes, indeed, it has been twenty years since Garbage released their self-titled debut album. That’s two fucking decades! Earlier this month they released remastered versions of the record, which included a deluxe edition and a super deluxe edition, the later being a massive 62 tracks long, including…
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Doe Paoro is one of the most unique artists I’ve ever come across. When you listen to her spellbinding new album, After, you feel as though you’re listening to music from another world. Or from the future. Probably both. Although familiar instruments make up her sound, you’ve never heard them blended together quite like this.…
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.And now for something completely different. We have a mix of hip-hop and electronica that’s sure to keep you guessing throughout. It’s unpredictable like that, which is why it’s so awesome. You never know what’s going to happen from one second to the next. But you know one thing from the get go: it’s fresh…
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Let’s face it, Drake’s last album, If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late, wasn’t nearly as good as his previous, Nothing Was The Same. The beats didn’t compare and Drake sounded rather uninspired. But we’re thrilled with his new single, “Hotline Bling.” He sounds like his old self and the beats are mighty potent, too.…
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Selena Gomez fans can rejoice. Not only has she just released Revival, a magnificent new pop opus, it has officially claimed the Number One spot on the Billboard 200, selling an impressive 117,000 copies in its first week of release. This makes it her second Number One record on Billboard, her remarkable previous album, Stars Dance, having sold 97,000 copies…
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Chairlift, the duo known as Patrick Wimberly and Caroline Polachek, worked on Beyoncé’s last album, Polachek writing and co-producing with Wimberly the R&B number, “No Angel.” So, it should come as no surprise that their new single, “Ch-Ching” falls in the R&B vein. It’s like a mix between Beyoncé and their usual electropop sound.
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“Downtown” is Chris River’s first single from the album Medicated Consumption, which will be out on October 21st. First of all, the Lana Del Rey sample is what first made me fall in love with this song. That’s how it begins, so of course that’s going to hook you first? But then Chris starts rapping…
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https://soundcloud.com/vision-music-promotions/01-alxa-let-go-mstr-24bit44/s-TfdsK?in=vision-music-promotions/sets/alxa-lost-e-p/s-4Z5x1 Powerhouse singer/songwriter ALXA might only be 20 years old, but her voice and lyrics have the maturity of Billie Holiday and Nina Simone. And not just the maturity, that passion and pain both emoted perfectly. But ALXA is not a jazz singer. Not exactly. Likewise, she isn’t a soul or R&B singer, but there are shades…
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Che-Val’s awesome, funkified “Love Still Waiting” finally has a video! You may remember that I dubbed it #songoftheweek last month
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Of all the rock bands I’ve come across since starting Love is Pop, Dead Letter Circus is one of the most intellectual. Just pick any song from any of their albums and listen to it and you’ll see what I mean. Frontman Kim Benzie’s lyrics require deep thought to fully comprehend; they’re like riveting poetry…
