"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."...
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Category Archives: electropop
A DRAG QUEEN BUT NOT A DRAG: AN INTERVIEW WITH YAYAH
interview by Michael McCarthy all photos by Chris Bogard (@chrisbogard_ on Instagram) all videos filmed by Rebecca Cave ### I first interviewed Camryn Nichols way back in 2013 when he was one half of the indie pop duo Ugly Bunny along with Gwendolyn Giles. Their album Tokyo was one of my favorites that year and...
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#songoftheday / #amlistening = OBB: “IS THIS A THING”
"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...
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THE ART OF BEING A GIRL: AN INTERVIEW WITH REBECCA & FIONA
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...
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#songoftheday = LAURE SHANG: “I LOVE YOU 2”
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#songoftheday X3 / #picksoftheweek / #amlistening = LAURE SHANG, DOE PAORO, REBECCA & FIONA
Today we have three exceptionally good pop tunes of very different styles, all works of art in our opinion....
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#songoftheday / #amlistening X3: Laure Shang: “That Bra,” Enuff Z’Nuff: “Where Did You Go,” Kat Cunning: “Stay on the Line”
Today we have 3 "song of the day" selections. Laure Shang, Enuff Z'Nuff and Kat Cunning -- all stellar selections perfect to end your week with!...
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UK COMPUTER: AN INTERVIEW WITH JAMES OF ARTH AND ARTH
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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A KING AND A QUEEN: AN INTERVIEW WITH L.A. GIRLFRIEND (A.K.A. SYDNEY BANTA)
interview by Michael McCarthy Sydney Banta has been known as L.A. Girlfriend for as long as most critics and bloggers can remember. And they do remember her. Most of them raved about her when she put out her first EP roughly 10 years ago and they haven’t stopped talking about her since. Right...
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#songoftheday / #amlistening = Martin Solveig: “MY LOVE”
French DJ/producer/taste-maker Martin Solveig has just released his punchy new single, "My Love," today on 6/29/18. That said, it's likely that you'll be hearing it all summer long, especially if you're doing the Ibiza thing this year. ...
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#songoftheday / #amlistening = ST. VINCENT: “FAST SLOW DISCO”
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AN ALL-NEW CANDID CONVERSATION WITH DOE PAORO
interview by Michael McCarthy I first heard Doe Paoro’s intoxicating music when she opened for a Sylvan Esso show back in 2014. Like her songs, the way she moved around the stage, dancing, was hypnotic. I felt like a snake moving to the sounds of a charmer. A night or two later, she...
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#SONGOFTHEDAY / #AMLISTENING = MIMOZA H: “WINTERLUDE” FEAT. JONATHAN CAYER ON PIANO
I imagine this would work splendidly as score in a movie. Perhaps in a suspense thriller that takes place during the winter. I imagine the protagonist fleeing from her captors, and she comes to the edge of a frozen lake, and her only chance of survival is...
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BEANTOWN BOUND: AN INTERVIEW WITH KIMBRA
interview by Michael McCarthy On January 28th Kimbra will kick off the first leg of her tour in promotion of her forthcoming album Primal Heart at The Paradise in Boston, Massachusetts and we at Love is Pop couldn’t be more excited. Originally, Primal Heart was supposed to come out on the 19th of...
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#songoftheday = Laure Shang – “I Love You”
If you like twisted, noir electro-pop then you're going to be drooling all over yourself listening to Laure Shang's richly-layered new single, which is surely the bleakest-sounding song called "I Love You" ever written. It's also my favorite song to be released so far from her...
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