Category: electropop

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

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

    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 Bendt Fabricius…

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  • TRAVELS AND TUNES: AN INTERVIEW WITH LOU RHODES OF LAMB

    TRAVELS AND TUNES: AN INTERVIEW WITH LOU RHODES OF LAMB

    interview by Michael McCarthy “So much to say I’m lost for words,” sings Lamb’s lyricist and vocalist Lou Rhodes as the duo’s new album, The Secret of Letting Go, begins. The song is called “Phosphorous” and it consists largely of piano and strings behind Lou’s ethereal vocals. It has a haunting and intoxicating effect on…

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  • #songoftheday / #amlistening = LAMB: “MOONSHINE” (FEAT. CIAN FINN)

    The delicious and highly potent “Moonshine” is the third track to be released from Lamb’s The Secret Of Letting Go, which will be out on April 26th, and it’s certainly something new from the duo.

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  • #songoftheday / #amlistening = CAR ASTOR: “DON’T STOP, DON’T SPEAK”

    New York-based Car Astor’s “Don’t Stop, Don’t Speak” is certainly one of the most unique songs to come our way of late. It’s essentially a pop song at its core, but the instrument that drives the track is bass guitar and we’re not talking about a smooth bass line like so many pop songs have.

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  • ALWAYS A PLEASURE: OUR 4TH INTERVIEW WITH DOE PAORO

    ALWAYS A PLEASURE: OUR 4TH INTERVIEW WITH DOE PAORO

    interview by Michael McCarthy Between the intros for our previous three interviews and the live show and album reviews I’ve done covering Doe Paoro and her wonderful music, I feel like I’ve written everything I could possibly say about her already. However, for those of you who are unfamiliar with her and her sound, let…

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

    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.

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  • #songoftheday / #amlistening: Vök: “Erase You”

    The too good to be true “Erase You” is Icelandic, electro dream-pop trio Vök’s latest single, following previous album singles “Spend The Love”, “Night & Day”, and “Autopilot”, which have received over 1 million streams collectively across all the usual platforms during the past few weeks.

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  • #albumoftheday / #nowlistening = MYLENE FARMER: DESOBEISSANCE

    #albumoftheday / #nowlistening = MYLENE FARMER: DESOBEISSANCE

    Mylène Farmer – often called the Madonna of France – is my favorite female solo artist on the planet and has been ever since I bought her album Anamorphosée back in 1998 and immediately fell in love with her unique voice, both in terms of how her delicate singing pleases my ears and how her…

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

    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 scene.  And that of the rest of the world as well.  I…

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

    “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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  • A DRAG QUEEN BUT NOT A DRAG: AN INTERVIEW WITH YAYAH

    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 I still…

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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 chorus (and other parts of the song) is killer. 

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  • THE ART OF BEING A GIRL: AN INTERVIEW WITH REBECCA & FIONA

    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 their own…

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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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