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A KING AND A QUEEN: AN INTERVIEW WITH L.A. GIRLFRIEND (A.K.A. SYDNEY BANTA)

Posted on Jul 2, 2018

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...

#songoftheday / #amlistening = Martin Solveig: “MY LOVE”

Posted on Jun 29, 2018

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French DJ/producer/taste-maker Martin Solveig has just released his punchy new single, "My Love," today on 6/29/18. That said, it's likely that you'll be hearing it all summer long, especially if you're doing the Ibiza thing this year. ...

#albumoftheday = PANIC! AT THE DISCO: PRAY FOR THE WICKED

Posted on Jun 22, 2018

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I know I’ve said that I don’t do album reviews anymore, but the new Panic! At the Disco album, Pray For The Wicked, is just so life-altering that I can’t help it. And by life-altering, I mean that it just might end up nudging its way onto my Top 20 Albums of All-Time...

#songoftheday / #amlistening = CIARAN LAVERY: “13”

Posted on Jun 22, 2018

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'"13" is the latest single from Irish singer/songwriter Ciaran Lavery and it's like Ryan Adams, Conor Oberst and none other than Bob Dylan sat in a room together and churned out a song. "Love is like a suicide," Lavery sings, his lyrics raw and his voice a...

#songoftheday / #amlistening = ST. VINCENT: “FAST SLOW DISCO”

Posted on Jun 21, 2018

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#songoftheday / #amlistening = KAT CUNNING: “Make U Say”(Live)

Posted on Jun 20, 2018

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AN ALL-NEW CANDID CONVERSATION WITH DOE PAORO

Posted on Jun 13, 2018

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interview by Michael McCarthy I first heard Doe Paoro’s intoxicating music when she opened for a Sylvan Esso show back in 2014. Like her songs, the way she moved around the stage, dancing, was hypnotic. I felt like a snake moving to the sounds of a charmer. A night or two later, she...

FROM PARIS TO LOS ANGELES: AN INTERVIEW WITH MARIE SEYRAT OF FREEDOM FRY

Posted on Jun 8, 2018

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interview by Michael McCarthy Freedom Fry is a Magnificent – yes, with a capital M – duo consisting of Parisian-born Marie Seyrat and Michigan-born Bruce Driscoll. Chances are that you’ve already heard of them. And that you’ve even heard their music. (Apparently, I am the last person on earth to have discovered them.)...

#songoftheday / #amlistening = Enuff Z’Nuff: “Metalheart”

Posted on Jun 6, 2018

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Enuff Z'Nuff's last album, Clowns Lounge, was basically an album of old demos with one new song, "Dog On A Bone." The new song, which I thought was killer, featured bassist and founding member Chip Z'Nuff on vocal duties. ...

#songoftheday / #amlistening = FREEDOM FRY: “DIE TRYIN”

Posted on Jun 1, 2018

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Parisian-born Marie Seyrat calls herself a jerk in the lyrics to "Die Tryin," a song about how you can try to "get" someone -- to figure them out or relate to them -- and it can seem impossible. Still, as you could guess from the song's title,...

#songoftheday / #amlistening = BUTCHER BABIES: “LOOK WHAT WE’VE DONE”

Posted on May 28, 2018

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I've been a fan of Butcher Babies since they debuted, but I'll admit that their music has often taken a backseat to their image. That isn't the case with this video for "Look What We've Done," which is like a combination of a music video and...

FROM NYC TO LEEDS: AN INTERVIEW ROYSTON LANGDON (OF SPACEHOG FAME)

Posted on May 18, 2018

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interview by Michael McCarthy Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Royston Langdon hails from Leeds in the United Kingdom, but it was during 1994 in New York City that he formed the band Spacehog with his brother Antony Langdon, Jonny Cragg and Richard Steel. Later that same year, the band was signed to Sire Records. Their debut album,...

CONCERT REVIEW: STRYPER AT MIXX 360 5/12/18

Posted on May 14, 2018

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by Michael McCarthy Last Saturday night on 5/12/18, I was fortunate enough to catch Stryper live for the third time in my life. It feels weird admitting that, that it was only my third time seeing them, because they’ve been one of my all-time favorite bands – easily in my top 5 –...

#songoftheday / #amlistening = SELENA GOMEZ: “BACK TO YOU”

Posted on May 13, 2018

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Well, it's not from a new Selena Gomez album, which I know we're all dying for, but here's a new track by the woman herself, "Back to You," which hails from the Thirteen Reasons Why Season 2 soundtrack. And what a superb song it is. It's...

#songoftheday / #amlistening = WHITNEY FENIMORE: “STONES”

Posted on May 9, 2018

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Last month I interviewed Whitney Fenimore, a former contestant of The Voice from season 13. Her single at the time was "Find Your Love," a sweeping, almost ethereal ballad that blows across your skin like a cool breeze on a hot day....

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