• #songoftheday = TNT: “SEVEN SEAS” LIVE

    As you may know, TNT’s original vocalist, Tony Harnell, is back in the band and they’ve been playing shows all over Europe while working on a new album.  For a while, though, Harnell had left and the band released a handful of albums with singer Tony Mills.  

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  • NO DAY LIKE TODAY: AN INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTINA MURPHY & TROY HIRSCHHORN OF FOREVER STARTS TODAY

    NO DAY LIKE TODAY: AN INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTINA MURPHY & TROY HIRSCHHORN OF FOREVER STARTS TODAY

    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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  • #songoftheday = Agatino Romero – “I Won’t Stop Loving You” feat. Conrow

    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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  • THEY WILL NOT BE CURED: AN INTERVIEW WITH REX COX OF UNCURED

    THEY WILL NOT BE CURED: AN INTERVIEW WITH REX COX OF UNCURED

    interview by Michael McCarthy Uncured is a fierce new band that blends technical death and progressive metal into a unique sound of their own that splits the difference between classic Opeth and vintage Dream Theater. Those are two mighty big bands to stack up to, but these uber-talented guys pull it off and then some.…

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  • #songoftheday = Snoop Dogg Feat. K Camp “Trash Bags”

    Snoop Dogg is the man.  No, not the police.  The other man, the cool one, the coolest motherfucker in the world.  So, when he drops a laid back trap track like “Trash Bag,” we take notice.  The just released video has everything you could want in a music video: Snoop Dogg, bags of money, lovely…

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  • #songoftheday = ADAM JENSEN: “YOU DON’T LOVE ME LIKE BEFORE”

    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.

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  • #songoftheday = SONS OF APOLLO: “SIGNS OF THE TIME”

    I’m normally not a big fan of prog, but I checked out Sons of Apollo’s just released single, “Signs of The Time” because Billy Sheehan of Mr. Big is the bassist and he’s one of the best on the planet. Plus, the rest of the line up is great, too.  

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  • NEW LIFE FOR QUIET RIOT: AN INTERVIEW WITH FRANKIE BANALI

    NEW LIFE FOR QUIET RIOT: AN INTERVIEW WITH FRANKIE BANALI

    interview by Michael McCarthy So far, the first and only time I’ve seen Quiet Riot live was in ’93 or ’94 when they were promoting the album Terrified, a record I’d still recommend to fans of the band’s early albums. The show was at an underground club – literally, it was a small basement level…

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  • MYSTERY SKULLS: AN INTERVIEW WITH LUIS DUBUC

    MYSTERY SKULLS: AN INTERVIEW WITH LUIS DUBUC

    interview by Michael McCarthy Mystery Skulls, otherwise known as Luis Dubuc, was something of a mystery to me prior to reading the press release for his new album, One of Us. All I knew was that I loved the Mystery Skulls debut album, Forever. You see, I had no idea if Mystery Skulls was a…

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  • RED HOT VIDEO: GARBAGE: “NO HORSES”

    I’m only labeling this new Garbage video as a red hot video instead of a song of the day because “No Horses” already was a song of the day when they debuted the audio a week or so ago.  Anyway, this is the apocalypse as seen by Garbage and director Scott Stuckey and, well, everything that…

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  • #songoftheday = ALVVAYS: “IN UNDERTOW”

    “No turning back…”  Our latest song of the day is Alvvays’ new tune, “In Undertow,” a mix of synth pop, shoegaze and alternative rock that is ripe for rejoicing because, well, it’s totally awesome!  If you’re in the middle of winter right now, listen to this and it’ll thaw you out.  It’s so sunshiny it…

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  • NEWS: BOOK OF SHADOWS 2 (RISING) NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER AND ADVANCE READER COPIES

    NEWS: BOOK OF SHADOWS 2 (RISING) NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER AND ADVANCE READER COPIES

    Book of Shadows Volume 2: Rising will be out on its scheduled release date of August 10th, 2017 and is now available to pre-order here: http://amzn.to/2uQq6gg. Be sure to pre-order it today so that your Kindle gets its fix as soon as it’s available. Like magick! Of course, I’ve enrolled Book of Shadows 2 in Kindle…

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  • DEFYING GRAVITY WITH ERIC MARTIN OF MR. BIG: PART 2

    DEFYING GRAVITY WITH ERIC MARTIN OF MR. BIG: PART 2

    interview by Michael McCarthy Today we have the second and final part of my in-depth interview with Eric Martin, the amazing frontman of Mr. Big.  It’s my hope that it will get you excited to hear their new album, which is released today on July 21st, 2017 via Frontiers Records!  Even if the only Mr. Big…

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  • DEFYING GRAVITY WITH ERIC MARTIN OF MR. BIG

    DEFYING GRAVITY WITH ERIC MARTIN OF MR. BIG

    interview by Michael McCarthy As you may recall, I wrote a concert review of a Mr. Big show I caught at Mohegan Sun Casino a few weeks back. Finally getting to see them live after being a fan since 1989 was a dream come true. I’d seen almost every heavy metal band back in the…

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  1. Greetings! I just released my vocal and songwriter debut today called The Kryptonite EP and was reaching out to send…