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Category Archives: synthpop
FRENCH-AMERICAN STYLE: AN INTERVIEW WITH ARIANE
interview by Michael McCarthy The following interview with French American singer/songwriter Ariane took place last Thursday on the 12th of March 2020. Not long after many people in the United States had finally started to feel the gravity of the COV-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. I think both she and I felt a little strange...
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#PREMIERE / #SONGOFTHEDAY WITH INTERVIEW: MICHAEL RIDER’S “CAPITAL”
review by Michael McCarthy Today I’m delighted to premiere Manhattan-based dream pop singer/songwriter Michael Rider’s new protest anthem, “Capital.” From its punchy main beat to its layers and layers of instrumentation and subtle vocal samples, which glide along under Rider’s lead vocals like a surfboard under his feet, its production is complex enough...
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#albumoftheday = Ingrid Michaelson: Stranger Songs
Indie-pop, singer/songwriter Ingrid Michaelson has just released an exquisite new album called Stranger Songs on which every song is inspired by the Netflix series Stranger Things. The album came out just before the new season of Stranger Things started so a lot of the references were lost on me until I started watching...
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TRAVELS AND TUNES: AN INTERVIEW WITH LOU RHODES OF LAMB
interview by Michael McCarthy “So much to say I’m lost for words,” sings Lamb’s lyricist and vocalist Lou Rhodes as the duo’s new album, The Secret of Letting Go, begins. The song is called “Phosphorous” and it consists largely of piano and strings behind Lou’s ethereal vocals. It has a haunting and intoxicating...
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#songoftheday / #amlistening = CAR ASTOR: “DON’T STOP, DON’T SPEAK”
New York-based Car Astor's "Don't Stop, Don't Speak" is certainly one of the most unique songs to come our way of late. It's essentially a pop song at its core, but the instrument that drives the track is bass guitar and we're...
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ALWAYS A PLEASURE: OUR 4TH INTERVIEW WITH DOE PAORO
interview by Michael McCarthy Between the intros for our previous three interviews and the live show and album reviews I’ve done covering Doe Paoro and her wonderful music, I feel like I’ve written everything I could possibly say about her already. However, for those of you who are unfamiliar with her and her...
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#albumoftheday / #nowlistening = MYLENE FARMER: DESOBEISSANCE
Mylène Farmer – often called the Madonna of France – is my favorite female solo artist on the planet and has been ever since I bought her album Anamorphosée back in 1998 and immediately fell in love with her unique voice, both in terms of how her delicate singing pleases my ears and...
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THE ART OF BEING A GIRL: AN INTERVIEW WITH REBECCA & FIONA
interview by Michael McCarthy If you love pop music and keep up with the global pop scene then chances are you’re already quite familiar with Stockholm-born Rebecca Scheja and Fiona FitzPatrick, better known simply as Rebecca & Fiona. Ever since 2007, they’ve been making a name for themselves both by DJing and releasing...
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#songoftheday X3 / #picksoftheweek / #amlistening = LAURE SHANG, DOE PAORO, REBECCA & FIONA
Today we have three exceptionally good pop tunes of very different styles, all works of art in our opinion....
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BETTER AT NIGHT: AN INTERVIEW WITH STILL CORNERS
interview by Michael McCarthy Still Corners is a duo consisting of Greg Hughes and Tessa Murray. They’ll be releasing their gorgeous fourth album, Slow Air, via their own Wrecking Light label on August 17th of this year. It’s an intoxicating collection of songs that are just perfect for nighttime listening. Their tracks have...
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#songoftheday / #amlistening X3: Laure Shang: “That Bra,” Enuff Z’Nuff: “Where Did You Go,” Kat Cunning: “Stay on the Line”
Today we have 3 "song of the day" selections. Laure Shang, Enuff Z'Nuff and Kat Cunning -- all stellar selections perfect to end your week with!...
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UK COMPUTER: AN INTERVIEW WITH JAMES OF ARTH AND ARTH
interview by Michael McCarthy Arth and Arth make what I would call mood music. To me, mood music is music that can change the whole tone of your day or evening. In the case of Arth and Arth, their trippy and often ethereal music is rather intoxicating, coming on like a painkiller. Your...
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A KING AND A QUEEN: AN INTERVIEW WITH L.A. GIRLFRIEND (A.K.A. SYDNEY BANTA)
interview by Michael McCarthy Sydney Banta has been known as L.A. Girlfriend for as long as most critics and bloggers can remember. And they do remember her. Most of them raved about her when she put out her first EP roughly 10 years ago and they haven’t stopped talking about her since. Right...
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BEANTOWN BOUND: AN INTERVIEW WITH KIMBRA
interview by Michael McCarthy On January 28th Kimbra will kick off the first leg of her tour in promotion of her forthcoming album Primal Heart at The Paradise in Boston, Massachusetts and we at Love is Pop couldn’t be more excited. Originally, Primal Heart was supposed to come out on the 19th of...
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