Category Archives: Rock

THE BEST OF 2022 (ACCORDING TO LOVE IS POP)

Posted on Jan 9, 2023

by Michael McCarthy (Beaulieu) & Jay Cavalon First of all, I’m sure some of you will think that we’ve put some of these albums in the wrong categories. To that end, all we can say is that the best albums often transcend genre classifications and that this was what we came up with...

#albumoftheday – The North Atlantic All Star Band: One More Christmas (The Gift)

Posted on Dec 1, 2022

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Once upon a time I published a hair metal zine called ANT, The Only Cool Magazine That Bites. During that time, there was a rock band out of the Boston area that I fell in love with called Ragtime. They weren't exactly a hair band but I think they'd agree that they were...

#songoftheday – D.I.L.F. USA: “COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS”

Posted on Nov 29, 2022

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. Have you caught the holiday spirit yet this year? If not, no worries, we have the perfect new Christmas tune to get you in the mood! D.I.L.F. USA's "Countdown To Christmas" is a deliciously uptempo, rockin'...

BEFORE AND WAY AFTER: AN INTERVIEW WITH JUSTIN MASTERS

Posted on Sep 17, 2021

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interview by Michael McCarthy Singer/songwriter Justin Masters is one cool dude! He’s also a great friend. As someone who’s known him since the mid-90s or thereabouts, I am proud to know him and I’m even prouder that he’s releasing his music. Before And Way After is his second album, but rather than a...

#songoftheday / #amlistening = LARKIN POE: “IN THE AIR TONIGHT”

Posted on Oct 31, 2020

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On November 20th, Larkin Poe will release Kindred Spirits, an album of covers done in their unique, stripped-down style, and we can hardly wait. Especially after basking in this, their chilling version of Phil Collins' "In The Air Tonight," which is...

EVEN THE DEVIL BELIEVES IN STRYPER: AN INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL SWEET

Posted on Aug 24, 2020

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interview by Michael McCarthy On September 4th, 2020, the world’s most famous Christian rock/metal band of all time, Stryper, will release their 13th studio album, Even The Devil Believes, on Frontiers Music Srl. If you’re a fan of the band’s last three albums, No More Hell To Pay, Fallen and God Damn Evil,...

RAISE YOUR HANDS: AN INTERVIEW WITH STEVE BROWN OF TOKYO MOTOR FIST, DEF LEPPARD & TRIXTER

Posted on Jul 4, 2020

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interview by Michael McCarthy One of the last heavy metal bands to make it big before grunge exploded and decimated the scene was a group out of Paramus, New Jersey called Trixter. The band’s self-titled debut came out in 1990 and their biggest hit, “Give It to Me Good,” was number one on...

CHEERS TO THE BRAINWASHED GENERATION: AN INTERVIEW WITH CHIP Z’NUFF OF ENUFF Z’NUFF

Posted on Jul 2, 2020

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interview by Michael McCarthy On July 10th, Enuff Z’Nuff will release their all-new album, Brainwashed Generation, on Frontiers Records. It’s the band’s third record for the label and the second to feature bassist Chip Z’Nuff front and center handling lead vocals on all but one song, a blistering gem called “Strangers In My...

#songoftheday = Enuff Z’Nuff: “Mother’s Eyes”

Posted on Jun 3, 2020

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This Enuff Z'Nuff classic from 1991 is a terrific anti-racism song if ever there was one. If you like The Beatles and hair metal, you're in for a real trea...

RISING DURING THE PANDEMIC: AN INTERVIEW WITH RORIE KELLY

Posted on May 23, 2020

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interview by Michael McCarthy photos courtesy of Rorie Kelly “You can’t keep this fucker down,” sings indie favorite Rorie Kelly on her ferocious new song, “Up From Here,” which she just uploaded a live version of on Youtube this week. It’s just one of several new songs the powerful singer-songwriter has unveiled as...

LUCKY SEVEN: CHATTING WITH MICHAEL SWEET OF STRYPER

Posted on May 1, 2020

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interview by Michael McCarthy If you’ve been following Love is Pop for any period of time then I’m sure you’ve realized that one of my favorite people to interview is Michael Sweet of the legendary heavy metal band Stryper. In fact, this interview is the seventh time we’ve spoken since we started chatting...

#songoftheday = JON BON JOVI: “DO WHAT YOU CAN” (LIVE FROM JERSEY4JERSEY) #songsforourtimes #22

Posted on Apr 23, 2020

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"When you can't do what you do / You do what you can," sings Jon Bon Jovi on his Covid-19-themed song "Do What You Can," which he debuted last night during Jersey4Jersey, a benefit show on behalf of the New Jersey Pandemic Relief...

#songoftheday = METALLICA: “ONLY HAPPY WHEN IT RAINS (LIVE)” (#songsforourtimes #20) + A-HA: “LIVING AT THE END OF THE WORLD (#songsforourtimes #21)

Posted on Apr 20, 2020

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Yeah, yeah, I know, this isn't exactly a hopeful song and it isn't about the end of the world either. But I do feel like "Only Happy When It Rains," a Garbage song which Metallica covered at the Bridge School Benefit on...

#songoftheday = BUTCH WALKER: “END OF THE WORLD (ONE MORE TIME)” (#songsforourtimes #18)

Posted on Apr 8, 2020

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"Skyrockets in flight / Get ready for a fight!" proclaims Butch Walker excitedly before a "hey, hey" during the bridge of his ultra-catchy ode to the end of the world, appropriately entitled, "End of the World (One More Time)." ...

#songoftheday = BON JOVI: “ROOM AT THE END OF THE WORLD” (#songsforourtimes #14)

Posted on Mar 31, 2020

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One of my favorite songs on the album is "Room At The End Of The World," which isn't a song devoid of melancholy, but it's also one that I find full of hope. ...

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THE BEST OF 2022 (ACCORDING TO LOVE IS POP)

#albumoftheday – The North Atlantic All Star Band: One More Christmas (The Gift)

#songoftheday – D.I.L.F. USA: “COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS”

She Is My Darkness He Is My Light

THE THIRD TIME’S A CHARM: A NEW INTERVIEW WITH DONNIE VIE

#songoftheday – BUTCH WALKER: “HOLY WATER HANGOVER”

#songoftheday = STRYPER: “SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL”

AN OPEN LETTER TO MARILYN MANSON

PERFECTLY IMPERFECT: AN INTERVIEW WITH CHIP Z’NUFF OF ENUFF Z’NUFF

#songoftheseason – “TWINKLING LIGHTS” BY AUNI

The Magical Mystery Tour 2021: An Interview with Chip Z’Nuff of Enuff Z’Nuff

BEFORE AND WAY AFTER: AN INTERVIEW WITH JUSTIN MASTERS

#songoftheday / #amlistening = GARBAGE: “THE MEN WHO RULE THE WORLD”

#songoftheday = BODY COUNT: “THE HATE IS REAL”

#songoftheday / #amlistening = Lady Gaga – “The National Anthem”

#songoftheday / #amlistening: Gabrielle Aplin – “Happy XMas (War Is Over)”

#songoftheday / #amlistening = LARKIN POE: “IN THE AIR TONIGHT”

#songoftheday / #amlistening = DEMI LOVATO: “COMMANDER IN CHIEF”

#songoftheday = ANNIE: “THE STREETS WHERE I BELONG”

EVEN THE DEVIL BELIEVES IN STRYPER: AN INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL SWEET

#songoftheday = FRONTIERS ALL STARS: “PUSH THROUGH”

RAISE YOUR HANDS: AN INTERVIEW WITH STEVE BROWN OF TOKYO MOTOR FIST, DEF LEPPARD & TRIXTER

#songoftheday / #amlistening = MICHAEL RIDER: “BREAKTHROUGH”

CHEERS TO THE BRAINWASHED GENERATION: AN INTERVIEW WITH CHIP Z’NUFF OF ENUFF Z’NUFF

#songoftheday = Lolo Zouaï: “Alone With You”

MICHAEL RIDER, AMERICAN FIGHTER: AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

#songoftheday = Enuff Z’Nuff: “Mother’s Eyes”

RISING DURING THE PANDEMIC: AN INTERVIEW WITH RORIE KELLY

#songoftheday = Emeli Sandé: “HOPE” (#songsforourtimes #22)

LUCKY SEVEN: CHATTING WITH MICHAEL SWEET OF STRYPER

CANDID CONVERSATION WITH DONNIE VIE: A LOVE IS POP EXCLUSIVE

BEING A CHAMPION IN THE TIME OF THE CORONAVIRUS: AN INTERVIEW WITH BIF NAKED

#albumoftheday = KENNY ROGERS: THE LOVE OF GOD

FRENCH-AMERICAN STYLE: AN INTERVIEW WITH ARIANE

CAUGHT UP IN A SPHERE: AN INTERVIEW WITH POLLY SCATTERGOOD

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