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NEWS: GARBAGE TO PERFORM TONIGHT ON JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE – PANDORA RELEASES EXCLUSIVE GARBAGE MIXTAPE
LOS ANGELES, CA – JUNE 20, 2016 – In celebration of the release of their critically acclaimed sixth studio studio album Strange Little Birds, Garbage will perform tonight on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Tune in to ABC at 11:35pm/10:35pm CST to catch the band’s return to late night television. Strange Little Birds was released last Friday, June 10, via…
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#songoftheday = CHRISTINA AGUILERA: “CHANGE”
Christina Aguilera co-wrote her melancholic new single ,”Change,” with Fancy Hagood and Flo Reutter. All proceeds from download sales will be donated to the National Compassion Fund to benefit the victims and the families of the Orlando mass shooting.
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An Exclusive Interview with Brandyn Burnette
Last month I was introduced to Brandyn Burnette’s music via his pensive single “Karma,” which already has 20k plays on Soundcloud alone. He categorizes his music as neo-soul, but to my ears “Karma” was sheer electro-pop bliss. In any case, I had to hear more after that taste and was lucky enough to get an…
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#songoftheday = PHANTOGRAM: “YOU DON’T GET ME HIGH ANYMORE”
Musically, Phantogram dive deeper into the realm of mainstream pop with their infectious new single, “You Don’t Get Me High Anymore,” but they certainly have not lost their edgy. They might even be edgier. I suppose some will complain that it’s more pop than electropop or whatever, but I happen to think it’s awesome.
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NEWS: Kristin Kontrol — Playing The Middle East in Cambridge, MA this Friday, June 17, 2016
This Friday night, June 17th, Kristin Kontrol will be playing The Middle East Restaurant and Nightclub located at 472-480 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139. If her name doesn’t ring a bell, perhaps you’ll recall her as Dee Dee from the popular rock band Dum Dum Girls, which she was lead vocalist for during the past…
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#albumoftheday = ELISA: ON
Elisa has been one of my favorite artists for over a decade now. In Italy, she’s a superstar, a veritable household name. In a perfect world she’d be just as popular here in the States, which she really should be when you consider that 95% of her music is in English. To that end, she’s…
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#songoftheday = DAWN RICHARD: “NOT ABOVE THAT”
Dawn Richard delivers another twisted R&B song destined to toy with your head with her latest single, “Not Above That.” It’s so far out there that I’m not even sure I should be calling it R&B. Maybe there should be an R&B sub-genre called gloom for songs like this? I suppose you could call it…
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An Exclusive Interview with Dean Garcia of SPC ECO, S T F U and M A D
interview by Michael McCarthy One of the very first interviews I did for Love is Pop was with Dean Garcia, formerly of Curve, who was promoting his new project SPC ECO, which finds him recording dark and dreamy music with his daughter Rose Berlin on vocals. Since that interview, SPC ECO has released several more…
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#songoftheday = PRIMITIVE OVERFLOW: “LISTEN HONEY”
I’m not a big prog rock fan, but I just found out that Donnie Vie — Enuff Z’Nuff’s longtime vocalist who is sadly not in the band anymore — is involved with this project. I’m rather impressed by it, too.
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NEWS: CHRISTINA GRIMMIE SHOT DEAD AFTER ORLANDO CONCERT
By now you’ve probably heard the news. If not, I hate to have to break it to you. Tragically, Christina Grimmie was shot and killed by someone after her performance opening for Before You Exit at the Orlando venue Plaza Live. Her brother immediately tackled the shooter, who had two guns on him, but during the…
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#albumoftheday / REVIEW: GARBAGE: STRANGE LITTLE BIRDS
Once upon a time — the mid ’90’s to be precise — I interviewed Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue for my hair metal zine, ANT, The Only Cool Magazine That Bites. I asked him what he was listening to lately and he said “Garbage and God Lives Underwater.” I went to Tower Records on the…
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#songoftheday = WHITE SEA: “BLOODLINE”
“I’m a monster / It’s in my bloodline,” sings Morgan Kibby, a.k.a White Sea, on her “Bloodline,” which is one of her most addictive songs to date and also one of her deepest, the lyrics haunting and melancholic. Those words could also be used to describe the song’s video, which Kibby directed herself. It’s beautiful…
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#albumoftheday = LADYHAWKE: WILD THINGS
We last heard from New Zealand’s Pip Brown when she released her 2012 album Anxiety, which was a solid pop record that featured a lot more guitars and considerably less synth and electronic sounds than her self-titled 2008 debut. Unfortunately, many fans — and critics — complained about the change of direction. On her new…
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#albumoftheday = VEGA: WHO WE ARE
A lot of recent albums by the heavy metal bands I grew up with have disappointed me. The latest Def Leppard album, for example. I’ve listened to that one at least 15 times and it does nothing for me. I just can’t get into it. I think it’s their first terrible album, really. Getting to…
Saw this show last night. I have seen a lot of tribute shows over the years, probably close to 100…
Great band, damn fine documentary.
Great review. Reminds me of your Cinezine days.
[…] and “inert” depending on the outlet. The most useful document from that period is the LoveIsPop review, a critic…
Thanks for reading and commenting. I’m going to see a Carpenters tribute called Carpenters Songbook Saturday night and I believe…