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RISING DURING THE PANDEMIC: AN INTERVIEW WITH RORIE KELLY

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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...
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STILL NOT FAKIN’ IT: AN INTERVIEW WITH THE LEGENDARY MICHAEL MONROE

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interview by Michael McCarthy The legendary singer and multi-instrumentalist Michael Monroe first rose to popularity in the early ’80s with his band Hanoi Rocks, which has proved to be one of the most influential bands in the history of hard rock, punk rock and heavy metal with the band’s unique and infectious sound,...
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A WORKING VACATION…

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I just wanted to let you all know that I will resume Love is Pop activities, like conducting the interviews you all know and love, on the 30th of this month.  I’m taking a little break so that I can work on editing Book of Shadows 4: In Memoriam.  To subscribe to my...
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RECKONING DAZE AND BOOK OF SHADOWS

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Yesterday Reckoning Daze, my debut novel, was listed in roughly a dozen discount e-book newsletters and was downloaded 1375 times!   It became, and remains, the number one seller in the satire categories on Amazon.  There’s satire under general fiction and satire under humor and it hit number one on both lists.  So,...
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NEWS: BOSTON CALLING 2017 ANNOUNCES ITS DAILY LINEUP

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CHANCE THE RAPPER TO HEADLINE FRIDAY, MAY 26th, MUMFORD & SONS WILL PERFORM SATURDAY, MAY 27th AND TOOL WILL CLOSE OUT THE FESTIVAL ON SUNDAY, MAY 28th LIMITED SINGLE DAY TICKETS  ON SALE TODAY MARCH 3, 2017 at 10AM EST AT WWW.BOSTONCALLING.COM March 3, 2017 – Boston, MA – Boston Calling reveals its daily lineup...
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#songoftheday = TAMMY: AWAY FOR THE WEEKEND

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You'd expect a song called "Away For The Weekend" to be some sicken, sweet, saccharine, shit, but not in this case... Tammy's "Away For The Weekend" is an intoxicating, trippy ballad-esque tune that's much more inclined to soothe your soul than get you dancing... Now, if you want...
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CATCHING UP 4.0: Wild Beasts, Tarja, Witherscape, HyunA & Stellar

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Wild Beasts’ synthy new album Boy King is out now and is a breath-taking alt pop masterpiece. It’s the sort of record Radiohead might be making if they weren’t so abstract these days. From the opening one-two punch of “Boy King” and “Tough Guy” through closer “Dreamliner,” there isn’t a bad song in...
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