Category: Pop
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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/ https://soundcloud.com/lilymckenzie/lily-mckenzie-where-i-belong 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: https://soundcloud.com/lilymckenzie/lily-mckenzie-ft-giggs “Support…
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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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When Phantogram’s debut album, Eyelid Movies, was released on the indie label Barsuk in 2009, I knew almost nothing about them. Just that they were a duo. I simply bought the album after reading a few positive reviews and hearing samples online. And I immediately fell in love with its quirky electronic music, which didn’t…
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If the name Nina Persson doesn’t ring a bell, I’m fairly certain that the sound of her voice would. She’s the front woman of both The Cardigans and A Camp, you see. Not sure who those bands are? Perhaps the name of The Cardigans’ most successful single will ring a bell: “Lovefool.” It was a…
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Normally, I find “greatest hits” and “best of” or “essential” compilations to be useless. If someone asks me about an artist, I’m going to tell them to check out whatever album by that artist that I either like most or that I think they would like most. And when I tell people to check out…
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The Chainsmokers have done some of my favorite remixes during the past year or so, including massive remixes of BANKS’ “Change,” The Killers’ “Miss Atomic Bomb,” Icona Pop’s “Girlfriend” and Say Lou Lou’s “Julian.” They even have a pretty epic official, label-commissioned remix of Ellie Goulding’s “Goodness Gracious” coming out on iTunes and Beatport on…
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Small Sound finds husband and wife duo Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley, otherwise known as Tennis, showing both lyrical and musical growth as they collaborate with producer Richard Swift (Foxygen, The Shins) for the first time. Where producer Patrick Carney, who worked on their last album, 2012’s Young and Old, tended to make the fuzzy…
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Well, well, well, here’s an album title we’ve never heard a pop star use before: FOOD. That’s right, ladies and gents, the new Kelis album is called Food. It drops April 22, 2014, so start listening to your old Kelis albums now and work up a hearty appetite! We highly recommend her last album, Flesh…
