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NEWS: BOSTON CALLING ANNOUNCES A FESTIVAL APP, AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD TODAY + FINAL BLOCK PARTY OF THE SEASON AT DEWEY SQUARE PARK THIS THURSDAY
BOSTON CALLING ANNOUNCES A FESTIVAL APP, AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD TODAY, WITH THE COMPLETE PERFORMANCE TIMES FOR SEPTEMBER 2015 BOSTON CALLING WILL ALSO HOST ITS FINAL BLOCK PARTY OF THE SEASON AT DEWEY SQUARE PARK THIS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015 Before the press release I just wanted to reiterate how excited I am about this month’s…
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#albumoftheday / REVIEW: DEVIL CITY ANGELS: DEVIL CITY ANGELS (OUT 9/18)
Back in 2014 ex-L.A. Guns guitarist Tracii Guns played at a Keith Moon and Jon Entwistle tribute show alongside Poison drummer Rikki Rocket and Cinderella bassist Eric Brittingham. The three had great chemistry and decided to start a band together. Rikki suggests they check out his singer friend Brandon Gibbs, who Eric previously played with…
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#songoftheday / VIDEO: Duran Duran feat. Janelle Monáe & Nile Rodgers – “Pressure Off” [OFFICIAL 360 LYRIC VIDEO]
OK, so I already praised this gem of a song (“Pressure Off”) in my review of Duran Duran’s new album, Paper Gods, but it’s one of the best tunes I’ve heard all year, and they’ve just released this nifty 360 lyric video, so I’m writing about it again… Not that there’s really anything I can…
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SOUL ASYLUM WITH THE MEAT PUPPETS FALL DATES + SOUL ASYLUM PLEDGEMUSIC CAMPAIGN
PRESS RELEASE: After a fun-filled and successful summer trek, Soul Asylum and The Meat Puppets once again gear up to embark on a fall tour. Of the summer shows Blurt Magazine thinks ”both groups managed to prove over the course of the night that they have not lost any of the energy or edge that…
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NEWS: PHASES STREAM NEW ALBUM, FOR LIFE, ON ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
PHASES, one of the best bands we’ve encountered since we started Love is Pop, is now streaming their new album, For Life, on Entertainment Weekly. Normally, we don’t make posts about things on other sites, but PHASES’ album is just too good for us not to share it with you. Who are PHASES? Longtime friends Z…
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VIDEO: Rudimental – “I Will For Love” feat. Will Heard
Quite touching!
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#songoftheday / REVIEW: Kylie + Garibay feat. Shaggy – “Black and White” [FULL KYLIE + GARIBAY EP REVIEW]
Last year Kylie collaborated with frequent Lady Gaga producer Fernando Garibay on a four track surprise EP called Kylie + Garibay, which was given away for free on Soundcloud. (Sadly, you can’t download it anymore, but you can still listen to it.) The tracklist for this 2014 EP was: “Glow,” “Wait,” “Break This Heartbreak” and…
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#albumoftheday / REVIEW: DURAN DURAN: PAPER GODS
It’s 2015 and Duran Duran currently consists of Simon Le Bon, John Taylor, Nick Rhodes, and Roger Taylor. The only member of the classic line-up who is not present is Andy Taylor, who has had nothing to do with Duran Duran since 2004’s criminally under-rated Astronaut album. Duran Duran’s last album was 2010’s Mark Ronson-produced…
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VIDEO: Karmin – “Didn’t Know You” (Acoustic Version)
It might be an acoustic version, but it’s every bit as invigorating as the original version…
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#songoftheday / REVIEW: OWEN FRANKLIN FEAT. LAUREN GILMOUR: “THE LOVER I LEFT BEHIND”
Owen Franklin is a very talented fellow who makes wonderful independent music and movies. “The Lover I Left Behind,” a truly touching piano ballad if ever we’ve heard one, is the theme song from his debut feature film, She Moved Through The Fair.
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#albumoftheday / REVIEW: HALSEY: BADLANDS
I first heard Halsey when I saw her live at Boston Calling music festival back in May. She was a replacement for someone who canceled at the last minute and by the end of her seductive set, I wanted to call up and thank whoever canceled for freeing up the slot for her. I’m pretty…
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#songoftheday / REVIEW: CHE-VAL: “LOVE STILL WAITING”
We have saved CHE-VAL’s luscious new single, “Love Still Waiting,” for the last day of the week so we could declare it not only #songoftheday but #songoftheweek as well, being that it’s the most addictive and well-crafted tune we’ve heard this week.
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#albumoftheday / REVIEW: PAINTED PALMS: HORIZONS
A year and a half ago, Painted Palms released their wonderful debut, Forever, which was an album full of diverse songs, which seemed to draw inspiration from such artists as Passion Pit, Best Coast, The Beach Boys and Of Montreal. On their new album, Horizons, it’s not so easy to discern their influences, as their…
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#albumoftheday / REVIEW: CARLY RAE JEPSEN: E·MO·TION
Some songs can become too huge for their own good. Take Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe,” for example. For a few years there, it seemed like it would be her only mega-hit single. Especially when the album it was from, Kiss, more or less flopped. But sometimes lightning strikes twice. Earlier this year Jepsen…
Why put something on TV that was SO good and then leave people hanging was very disappointed need to get…
loved this show …. ALL THE DRAMA, TRAUMA AND the cast was so good.
J is the nephew , not cousin.
Do you, and will you ever tour the west coast of the USA ?? I’m in northern Oregon and would…
AWESOME REVIEW, MIKE!!! I was hoping up until the very last moment that we could fly in and go with…