Category: Pop
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“We wear a smile to hide that we’ve been hurt before,” sings Jacquie Lee, a former contestant of The Voice, on her proper debut single, “Broken Ones,” and it’s a deeply affecting ballad, just brimming with raw emotion. And, wow, this is one brilliantly-produced and written track. It’s so rich with details, from the little…
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Yesterday we posted the details regarding [debut]’s Kickstarter campaign. To inspire people to fund the project, the Los Angeles based songwriter/producer, Gareth Thomas, is giving away a fantastic track (see link below), “Open Your Soul (LA Version).” We’re not sure if there’s another version of “Open Your Soul,” but the “LA Version” is a fine…
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Imagine, if you dare, a world where the four horsemen are galloping about, bringing much pain and suffering along with them. And you’re The Flaming Lips. What would you do to elevate people’s spirits? Obviously, you’d release an album of Bee Gees covers. That is what The Burning of Rome’s Year of the Ox sounds…
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A gorgeous, upbeat Kylie Minogue song written by none other than Pharrell Williams! Yes, your pop music junkie dreams have come true! What more could you ask for? From its disco funk to the weird Opera-style backing vocals to Kylie’s gorgeous voice, it’s a sonically rich, pallet-pleasing treat that’s more than worthy of being on…
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“Tee Shirt” is Birdy’s second track to be released from The Fault in Our Stars soundtrack, following “Not About Angels,” and it’s a tender ballad that we’d easily rank as one of Birdy’s top 5 songs to date. It’s a very simple acoustic number, which isn’t exactly something new for Birdy, but it proves, once…
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La Roux is back! Their new album, Trouble in Paradise, will drop on July 8th via Polydor. You can pre-order it on iTunes right now and if you do you get the pre-order track “Let Me Down Gently,” which is, naturally, our #songoftheday. It begins with hushed, oh-so-very-80s synth courtesy of the duo’s multi-instrumentalist/producer Ben…
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Houses’ vocalist and Diplo protege Dexter Tortoriello has released his debut solo album as Dawn Golden. It’s called Still Life and it comes courtesy of Downtown Records and Mad Decent. But you should forget that I’ve just written this because, really, the record is nothing like what you’d expect from anyone associated with Diplo or…
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“We are more than what you see here,” Marie Digby proclaims about two thirds into her inspired and inspiring new single, “Korewa,” the title being Japanese for “this is.” It’s a song with big beats that seems to be about taking charge of your own destiny and revealing yourself to the world at just the…
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As the story goes, Sylvan Esso weren’t intended to be a band. Singer/songwriter Amelia Meath had written a tune called “Play It Right” and recorded it with her trio Mountain Man. She then asked electronic producer Nick Sanborn — aka Made of Oak — to remix it in his style. He completed the remix but…
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Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, the much buzzed-about indie rock darlings known as Stone Cold Fox consist of members from California to Maine. And when you hear how well they play together on their debut full-length, Memory Palace, you can’t help but think it was fate herself that brought them together. The album opens with…
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AMAZEBALLS! OK, you’ll have to forgive the cheesy slang — it’s just that this new tune by Austra, the title track from their forthcoming Habitat EP, is so bloody good that it has us giggling, tickled pink by its brilliance. Plus, it truly is awesome in every sense of the word. Epic, too. It starts…
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A few weeks ago Kairos’ gorgeous cover of Kanye West’s “Street Lights” earned #songoftheday status here on Love is Pop and now she’s gone and earned it again, this time with an irresistible original song called “Dirt And Grit.” Produced by Charlie Smith, it packs some massive, insane beats that are sure to delight your…
