Category: Pop

  • When David Bowie suddenly rushed back onto the scene with his surprise album The Next Day in 2013, I was elated. He’s long been one of my favorite artists — ever since his 1997 album Earthling — and I could not have been more pleased with the album. It was dark, edgy and experimental, an…

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  • I’m a big fan of Editors, so much so that I cringed at the idea of someone remixing them. They’re just not that sort of band. Or so I thought until I listened to Henri PFR’s reworking of “Ocean of Night” today. For the most part, he retains the structure of the song, he just…

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  • It’s not like the music world was in short supply of pretty-looking, young guys who skateboard, but With Confidence has arrived nevertheless. And, surprisingly, they’re not bad. The song starts off only so-so, but once it hits the bridge it pulls you in and then the high energy chorus french kisses you.

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  • by Michael McCarthy Each year, I feel overwhelmed before writing a “best albums of” list. There are always so many releases that I’ve loved during any given year, it makes it very difficult to narrow them down to a reasonable number. (When I first listed my best from this year, it was 144 albums long.)…

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  • Are you among the 60 million people who’ve seen the zany video for Psy’s big comeback song “Daddy” yet? If not, click play above already! Do it! Suffice to say that Psy is back with his crazy dance moves, amusing sight gags, and lots of general weirdness. The song isn’t bad either. Actually, the song’s great.…

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  • It’s a fantastic song that skirts between sounding like mellow singer/songwriter music and throbbing club beats and in the end there’s a gospel style chorus that enters the picture and elevates it into something truly unique.

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  • If this song doesn’t impress you, well, then you’re probably someone who gets all bent out of shape whenever they’re in line somewhere and they hear someone speak to their kids in a foreign language.

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  • Review and interview by Michael McCarthy Last week fans of Britney Spears were treated to a special release, BARE, an unofficial album containing over a dozen unreleased songs produced by a fan who calls himself Gryves, otherwise known as Dani Alcázar.  More than a compilation of demos, the songs on BARE have been done over…

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  • “I can make you feel better, if you want to,” a female chirps on “Bipp” by SOPHIE, the name used by London-based producer Samuel Long. Or perhaps it’s actually Samuel singing and he just raises the pitch on the vocals so that they sound female? In any case, SOPHIE has become quite the sensation in the…

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  • You’re probably thinking that Snow Patrol’s “Chasing Cars” is one of those magical songs that should never, ever be covered by anyone. That’s what I thought, too. Then we were approached about premiering the video for 14 year old Jack Rose’s version. We often pass on these things because we’re not going to premiere something…

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  • Adele’s last album, 21, has sold over 30 million copies worldwide. If you didn’t buy it, you’re probably only a two degrees away from someone who did. Some people even bought it twice, having to own it on CD and vinyl. (I just went with the vinyl.) Billboard dubbed it the “Greatest Album of All…

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  • We realize most of our American readers are either too full or too drunk to sit in front of their computer screens today, but we do have readers outside of the States and we’re sure they’d like a treat today, too. So, we are bringing you the premiere of We Never Met’s lyric video for…

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  • Just when you think you’ve already heard the best pop songs of 2015, along comes “Where Light Shines Brighter,” an addictive dance pop gem by Devon Seven, a half Danish, half Malaysian singer/songwriter hailing from Denmark. Although she’d experimented with various producers over the years, she finally decided that she wanted to do everything herself…

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