Category: Pop

  • On her fourth solo album, St. Vincent – otherwise known as Annie Clark – has created a lusher, more fully realized take on the pristine pop of her last album, 2011’s Strange Mercy.  This is where heart-swelling melodies meet cool, unflinching beats.  Using two live drummers — Homer Steinweiss of the Dap-Kings and Midlake’s McKenzie…

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  • Dan Black and Kelis are both supreme talents with a knack for making electro-flavored pop. So, this pairing is a match made in pop heaven. And so, surprise, surprise, it’s heavenly. Pure sonic bliss. This remix of “Hearts” is by Louis The Child. It’s the first time we’ve heard anything by Louis The Child, but…

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  • We have no idea what this song is actually about. Seems to be from the point of view of a girl who can’t get along with her guy… or something. But it’s tremendously catchy, one of those magnificent pop songs that lift your spirits so high you want to sing along before you’ve even listened…

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  • Today’s song of the day is a red hot slice of K-Pop heaven by SNSD (as they’re known in Korea), otherwise known as Girls’ Generation.  The song is called “Mr.Mr.” and it’s the title track of their incredible new EP, which was just released on iTunes here in the States (and probably much of the…

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  • We must admit that we’d never heard of Freeform Five until this track with the eternally flawless Róisín Murphy surfaced recently. But we’re quite impressed with him now. “Leviathan” is a wonderful slice of deep house, perfect for your next party playlist. And we should think it would go over well in the clubs once…

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  • Yesterday we unveiled our review of Slo Light, the debut solo album by Massive Attack collaborator Davidge.  As promised, today we’re presenting our exclusive interview with the man himself. Did you write the songs on Slo Light entirely by yourself and then find people to sing them or did you write them with the singers?…

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  • Pillar Point is the super synthy new project of Scott Reitherman, who’s thus far been primarily known as the mastermind behind indie darlings Throw Me the Statue. At first listen, Pillar Point sounds decidedly more pop than that project, but that’s slightly deceiving because, wrapped up in all of that glorious synth, is a considerable…

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  • A lot of “EDM” artists try to sound both current and retro at the same time and fail miserably. Disclosure is quite good at this, but we can’t recall any other artist in recent memory who have pulled it off quite so well. Until now. “Trippin” by Studio Tan, featuring the vocal talents of Lauren…

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  • If you like trip-hop and/or electronic music in general then chances are you’ve already heard the music of Davidge (full name: Neil Davidge), being that he has collaborated with none other than trip-hop pioneers Massive Attack for well over a decade now.  Working closely with Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja (3D) in both a co-writing…

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  • We’re really into this electro-pop-rock hybrid right now…  It’s damn catchy and it gets better and better each time you listen to it! PRESS RELEASE: Stone Cold Fox is an Indie Rock Band from Brooklyn, New York.  Comprised of members from California to Maine, the band’s inception was a fairy tale that only Brooklyn could write.  With…

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  • One of our favorite singer/songwriters is the brilliant Charlotte Martin.  She’s easily one of the most under-rated artists on the planet.  She should at least be as famous as St. Vincent and Jenny Lewis. (Her music is like a cross between those two artists.)  Everything she does is incredible from her albums to her singles…

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  • You may recall our January interview with super talented up and coming UK garage singer/songwriter Lily McKenzie: https://loveispop.com/interviews/exclusive-interview-lily-mckenzie-goes-back-to-the-garage/ Now she’s giving away a free download of her forthcoming EP’s lead single, “Where I Belong,” on Soundcloud (see above).  Also, check out her new single “Support Machine” featuring the famous U.K. rapper Giggs: “Support Machine” was…

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  • When Brian Burton, otherwise known as Danger Mouse, and James Mercer, the vocalist of The Shins, first joined forces as Broken Bells in 2010, nobody quite knew what to expect. But plenty of people were curious, hence their self-titled debut popping up in the Billboard Top 10 the week of its release. At the time,…

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  • The Pierces are probably best known for their song “Secret,” which is the theme song for the show Pretty Little Liars. Mind you, they wrote the song a couple of years before the show’s producers discovered it and realized it would be the perfect theme song for the show, which they were obviously right about.…

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  • We live in a time when music is veering off in lots of interesting new directions.  New genres are being born right before our very eyes and old genres are shifting into new territory.  Artists like Lorde, Banks and Haim are all breaking the old rules and getting lots of attention for it.  Enter Ego…

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