Category: Pop
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interview by Michael McCarthy A dance and rap duo formed by RiRi and Lulu, FEMM are mannequins who have emotions. They are new icons for TOKYO POP. They can’t talk but can sing, however, so each girl’s agent, “Honey-B” and “W-Trouble”, who look identical to FEMM, always speak for them and have participated in the…
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The thing that makes Laure Shang one of my favorite Chinese artists is that you never know what she’s going to do next. You really don’t. In fact, I dare say she’s one of the most unpredictable artists on the planet, which, for me, also makes her one of the most fascinating artists, too. At some…
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If you’ll allow me to pat myself on the back for a moment, I’d like to point out that Love is Pop was one of the very first sites to post Sigrid’s “Don’t Kill My Vibe,” which wound up being one of the biggest pop songs of the decade. So, now I’m here to tell…
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interview by Michael McCarthy Gigi Rowe is no stranger to us at Love is Pop. We previously made a few of her songs #songoftheday picks in 2016 and I actually interviewed her on December 2nd, 2016. It was one of the most fun interviews I’ve ever done, Gigi just gives off this contagious energy that…
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So, this is what happens when Laure Shang goes punk rock? She comes out with an edgy, guitar-driven track that erupts with four on the floor energy as soon as you hit play. It’s called “The One That Ran Away” and it finds Laure in a bit of a spiteful mood, wondering what the hell…
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interview by Michael McCarthy Several years ago, Megan Davies opened a Youtube account and posted a video of herself doing an experimental, classical guitar piece. It didn’t get many streams, but she kept the account open and eventually started posting other things. Those things being actual songs. Most of them were covers. Some of them…
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interview by Michael McCarthy I’ve been a fan of The Maine since they started out. I caught one of their early shows on a bill that included Good Charlotte, Boys Like Girls and Metro Station. I believe it was 2008. The tour was cleverly entitled The Soundtrack of Your Summer Tour. The reason I went…
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Just earlier this week I found myself wondering whatever happened to Fischerspooner. They were one of my favorite electronic music duos several years ago but they’ve been absent from the scene for quite a while now. Well, it turns out they’ve been cooking up something good, which we’re getting our first taste of today with…
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Back in December 2016, we interviewed rising pop star Gigi Rowe, who’d just had a song included in Just Dance 2017. Well, here we are in October of 2017 and we’ve just discovered that Gigi will have a song in Just Dance 2018. too. In fact, it’s “Got That,” the song you’re listening to right now.
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It’s always fulfilling when an artist you thought was brilliant turns around and releases something new a year or two later and they’re still just as impressive. In other words, there’s nothing worse than saying someone is as refreshing as a cool, sudden rainfall on a 100-degree day only for them to put out their…
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If you took Phoenix, Hot Chip and Passion Pit and chopped them up in a blender then made a gorgeous painting out of them and that painting could play music, Mcbaise is exactly what it would sound like. OK, so that’s a bit of a stretch, but those are the three bands I hear in Mcbaise’s…
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“I know that you would want it if I could sink my teeth into you,” sing Aly & AJ on their icy hot new single “Take Me.” The fact that the song is uber-catchy alone makes it sufficient for a song of the day posting, but we have a cherry on top of the ice…
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interview by Michael McCarthy The following interview with Forever Starts Today’s lead vocalist Christina Murphy and guitarist Troy Hirschhorn was conducted on August 25th, 2017, a noteworthy date because it happens to be the same day that their colorful, debut album Always Hope was released. If you’re a fan of vibrant, female-fronted power pop/punk then…
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Acclaimed DJ and producer Agatino Romero was born in Hamburg, but still considers himself an authentic Italian. His family, you see, comes from Catania, Sicily. Until a few years ago, he was on his way as a young professional soccer player with HSV and the Italian club Calcio Catania until a serious injury stopped him. Since…
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Adam Jensen has become a certified Spotify Sensation since we first started posting his songs — and interviewing him — here on Love is Pop. His hit “The Mystic” has racked up 1 million streams already while a remix of his debut single “Sandcastles” has over 5 million.