Category: Pop
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Foster The People’s “Pseudologia Fantastica” could just as easily have been called “Psychedelic Fantastica” because, well, that’s precisely what it is. And it’s easily their best single since “Pumped Up Kicks.” It’s got such a groovy, ’60’s vibe about it, which is awesome, but we’re not sure if it’ll get on radio. But with such…
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Betty Who is a 22-year old Australian born, New York-based pop songstress who’s been gradually introducing herself to the world with a fantastic EP here and an awesome EP there. Currently, she’s just finished a successful tour of the UK and she’s just released her UK debut, an EP she’s dubbed Worlds Apart. Since we’ve…
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“You only see the stars when they fall like rain,” goes “(Netzwerk) Falls Like Rain” by Austrian dance act Klangkarussell. It’s a hypnotic number with punchy beats that throb away beautifully while glimmering synth radiates, giving off a penetrating warmth. It’s the sort of irresistible song that you hear once and then you’re compelled to…
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Chairlift vocalist Caroline Polachek isn’t an artist you can pin-down. Just when you think you know her, she goes and does something different, like this, her debut solo album, released under the pseudonym Ramona Lisa, a purposeful parody of Mona Lisa. But she was using pseudonyms to play secret shows and debut new material before…
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I Heart Sharks first broke onto the scene — the blogosphere, especially — with their much-praised 2011 album Summer, which featured such sun-kissed, blissed-out pop rock gems as “Animals,” “Neuzeit” and the super infectious title track, “Summer.” Now they’re primed to garner even more worldwide buzz with the release of their first EP, To Be…
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Last December Lana Del Rey released a short film — a lengthy music video, really — entitled Tropico. Just prior to its release, she announced that it would be a “farewell.” But as with most of her mind-boggling statements, it was unclear what she was referring to. Would she be dropping the Lana Del Rey…
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We love it when Mika sings in French. His songs are always bursting with joy and love and no language is better suited for expressing these things than French, which our editor has studied for years (and still isn’t halfway fluent in). And he can tell you that this song is about sex. “You and…
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Rebecca & Fiona’s debut album, I Love You, Man, was as perfect as any pop debut could be. Astounding from start to finish, really. Compared to their new sophomore effort, Beauty is Pain, I Love You, Man is a bright and shiny sky with a double rainbow. And I suppose it always was, the ladies’…
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interview by Michael McCarthy Recently, one of the publicists who consistently sends me great music — James at I.M.P. — sent me a press release about Juliette Jules, a young Parisian singer who was celebrating her 16th birthday by giving away her first EP, Black Crow. Being a big fan of French music, I immediately…
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written by Barnaby Thornton When Brett Gleason opens his mouth, honey-tarred bullets fly out. A slow-fire of piercing lyrics wrapped in the syrupy shell of his beautifully rich baritone voice… On his debut album (self-titled), the Brooklyn-based singer continues to pair the blood and thunder of electronic rock, with more intimate piano-centric songwriting. Funded by…
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Now this is a different sort of video from Banks. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. We love her and think she’s borderline flawless. We’re hoping she’ll have a big breakthrough single like Lorde did with “Royals” and get the larger audience that she deserves. But, secretly, sometimes we hope she doesn’t get any…
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Now here’s something you don’t hear on Love is Pop very often: a ska tune! (In our defense, this is probably the first ska tune we’ve ever been sent, so we can’t be blamed for not covering any before.) It’s a bright and vibrant tune called “Radio” and it’s by a hot band called The…
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Love is Pop favorite Poliça is releasing a deluxe edition of the band’s incredible Shulamith album, a record that shimmers with enough kaleidoscopic colors to temporarily blind you. One listen to the beautiful work of alt/art pop and you’ll never forget it. It’s the audio equivalent of seeing a famous painting in person at Le…
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I have to begin this by saying that it took some effort — I’m talking several listenings — before this album started to grow on me. I think it’s because I am so in love with her last album, Flesh Tone, and I wanted her to make another futuristic electro-pop album like that. So, when…
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Kairos is the ancient Greek word for “the defining moment,” so it’s no surprise that Seattle’s Lena Simon has not only taken the word as her performing name but as the name of her new EP, which is, in fact, her defining moment du jour. What is a performing name? It’s what St. Vincent is…
