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#songoftheday / VIDEO: Bleachers – “Like a River Runs”
There’s upbeat and then there’s UPBEAT. Bleachers’ “Like a River Runs” is definitely the latter with its ferocious, hard-hitting drums that gallop along like wild horses. But it’s not horses but the “rhythm of a wild heart” that drives this indie/pop rock gem, which sounds like it could’ve been on Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the…
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#albumoftheday / REVIEW: HOLLYSIZ: MY NAME IS
Hollysiz is the playful moniker for French actress Cécile Cassel’s music career. My Name Is, is her debut album and it’s been gradually taking the world of pop by storm ever since it was first released in France during September of 2013. In fact, it did so well in France that they re-released it in…
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RED HOT POP ALERT: Foxes – “Feet Don’t Fail Me Now”
Another winner from the lovely Foxes. Every time she releases a new song, I feel like someone has just handed me an expensive diamond. They’re all such beautiful and perfect treasures. “Feet Don’t Fail Me Now” just might sweep you off your feet. Otherwise, it’ll sure give you reason to dance!
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METAL SPOTLIGHT: KRISIUN: FORGED IN FURY
Vicious Brazilian death metal trio Krisiun’s new album — their twelfth — was produced by Erik Rutan, the mastermind behind Hate Eternal and former guitarist of Morbid Angel. His previous production credits include Cannibal Corpse, Six Feet Under, Malevolent Creation and Agnostic Front, among others, though this isn’t exactly his first rodeo with Krisiun —…
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#songoftheday / REVIEW: Calvin Harris & Disciples – “plagiarizeHow Deep Is Your Love”
No, it’s not a Bee Gees cover… It’s an original club banger by Calvin Harris featuring Disciples. To be honest, this is the first time I’ve ever heard the Disciples, so I don’t know if the singer simply lent her voice to this track or if there’s a producer in the group — or are…
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#albumoftheday / REVIEW: THE DARKNESS: LAST OF OUR KIND
If you were only a fan of “I Believe In A Thing Called Love,” the mega-hit single from Permission To Land, the debut album by The Darkness, then all I can say is that you’ve missed some incredible hard rock ‘n’ roll since then. To that end, their new album, Last of Our Kind, would…
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#songoftheday / VIDEO: WIZ KHALIFA: “SAY SO”
OK, so Wiz Khalifa’s new single “Say So” is only 2:12 seconds long, making it more like an interlude than a proper jam, but it has a nice vibe for chilling out and it sticks in your head like crazy glue on your fingers, so it gets props for those things.
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#songoftheday / REVIEW: Vanessa Carlton – “Blue Pool”
Vanessa Carlton has been a piano pop sort of singer/songwriter for a long time now, but somehow her beautiful new song “Blue Pool” sounds very different from her previous music. Perhaps it’s the production, as the song sounds like it was recorded outside, which gives the vocals a spacious quality. It also sounds as though…
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#albumoftheday / REVIEW: SWEET CALIFORNIA: BREAK OF DAY (SUPER DELUXE)
Sweet California is a girl group hailing from Spain. Why they’re called Sweet California, then, I have no idea. And, you know what, they’re kind of everything you should hate about pop music. Which is to say that they’re super, super cheesy, way too bright and shiny, music aimed at tweens, etc. Also, their songs…
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A LOVE IS POP VIDEO PREMIERE: NATHASSIA – “CONTAGIOUS”
To quote the song itself, “Red alert – it’s contagious!” If ever a song summed itself up perfectly, it’s half Dutch, half Indian singer/songwriter Nathassia’s ultra-hot new single, “Contagious,” which we are very excited to be premiering on Love is Pop! It starts off with dark and seductive Massive Attack-esque trip-hop percussion, Nathassia’s vocals sounding…
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NEWS: BOSTON CALLING ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25, 2015 & A WEEKEND LINEUP CHANGE, PLUS EXPANDED FOOD OPTIONS IN VIP
FRIDAY SINGLE DAY TICKETS AND WEEKEND PASSES GO ON SALE TOMORROW TUESDAY AUGUST 4, 2015 at 10am EST August 3, 2015 – Boston, MA – Boston Calling reveals its schedule of performers for Friday, September 25, 2015. The Avett Brothers, Of Monsters and Men and Gregory Alan Isakov will perform on the first night of…
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#songoftheday / REVIEW: Sweet California – “Wonderwoman” feat. Jake Miller
OK, this is bubblegum pop. The sort you chew on and it loses its flavor fifteen minutes later. But it’s damn catchy, isn’t it? Or maybe you consider your tastes too refined to enjoy a slice of bubblegum? That’s fine. It’s not for everyone. Personally, I prefer chocolate. (Who doesn’t?) But for the next fifteen…
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…