Tag Archives: #amreading

CAUGHT UP IN A SPHERE: AN INTERVIEW WITH POLLY SCATTERGOOD

Posted Mar 13, 2020

interview by Michael McCarthy On May 1st, Polly Scattergood of solo and onDeadWaves fame will release her breath-taking new solo album, In This Moment. It features 12 tracks that each tell their own story, which one might breathe in like unique snapshots. These scenes portray everything from hospital waiting rooms to Viking sea...

AN AMERICAN CLASSIC: AN INTERVIEW WITH FRANCESCA LIA BLOCK

Posted Mar 5, 2020

3 comments

interview by Michael McCarthy Have you ever read a book that was so haunting you’ve never been able to get it out of your head? One that stays with you that you can’t stop thinking about? That just randomly pops into your head at the strangest of times and lingers for days whenever...

INTERMISSION (WE SHALL RETURN)

Posted Oct 17, 2019

One comment

Hey there! In case you haven’t noticed, I’m taking the month of October off from Love is Pop. I sent out an alert on social media, but I admittedly forgot to post something here on the site. There are two big reasons for the break. 1: I need this time to work on...

ALL THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS: AN INTERVIEW WITH DONNIE VIE

Posted Aug 8, 2019

5 comments

by Michael McCarthy I remember first seeing the video for Enuff Z’Nuff’s debut single, “New Thing,” on MTV’s Headbanger’s Ball and wondering what planet they were from. Sure, there were plenty of heavy metal bands – like Poison and Pretty Boy Floyd – who wore a lot of makeup, but Enuff Z’Nuff took...

MUSIC (GODDESS STYLE): AN INTERVIEW WITH NATHASSIA

Posted May 13, 2019

One comment

interview by Michael McCarthy “Synchronize your mind with me, a revelation,” sings Nathassia – channeling the Sumerian Goddess of love and war, Inanna – on her new single “Goddess.” It’s a trippy, electro/pop/dance/world music song that’s so, so good, it’s almost as divine and addictive as chocolate. Just listen to the mesmerizing track...

OUT NOW: BECOMING MADONNA

Posted Jan 30, 2019

One comment

Soap Suds Weekly has crowned her “the breakout star of 1998,” but Laurie Saint-Germain hates it when she signs an autograph and the so-called fan is upset that she signed her own name, not that of Sandy Lemonde, her happy-go-lucky character on daytime’s sensational Passionate About Love. ...

ALWAYS A PLEASURE: OUR 4TH INTERVIEW WITH DOE PAORO

Posted Jan 29, 2019

2 comments

interview by Michael McCarthy Between the intros for our previous three interviews and the live show and album reviews I’ve done covering Doe Paoro and her wonderful music, I feel like I’ve written everything I could possibly say about her already. However, for those of you who are unfamiliar with her and her...

BIG LOVE FOR SHE WANTS REVENGE: AN INTERVIEW WITH ADAM BRAVIN

Posted Nov 21, 2018

3 comments

interview by Michael McCarthy “They’re like if The Cure, New Order and Nine Inch Nails went through a blender and came out tasting like the greatest Frappuccino ever,” I recall saying to a friend while trying to explain She Wants Revenge’s invigorating sound was like over a decade ago when their self-titled debut...

A DRAG QUEEN BUT NOT A DRAG: AN INTERVIEW WITH YAYAH

Posted Nov 6, 2018

2 comments

interview by Michael McCarthy all photos by Chris Bogard (@chrisbogard_ on Instagram) all videos filmed by Rebecca Cave ### I first interviewed Camryn Nichols way back in 2013 when he was one half of the indie pop duo Ugly Bunny along with Gwendolyn Giles. Their album Tokyo was one of my favorites that year and...

ATTENDING THE WAKE: AN INTERVIEW WITH DAN “CHEWY” MONGRAIN OF VOIVOD

Posted Aug 11, 2018

3 comments

interview by Michael McCarthy If there is one thing Voivod fans have been able to expect throughout the band’s 35-year career, it’s that they never make the same album twice. You could say that’s true of all bands, but Voivod’s albums are very different from each other. Early on, such as on their...

ROCKIN’ THE O.C: AN INTERVIEW WITH CRAIG BROOMBA OF FILMSPEED

Posted Jul 16, 2018

2 comments

interview by Michael McCarthy I was sitting around bored one night, frustrated that I wasn’t finding anything that I was in the mood to listen to when I decided to check out some random albums being presented to me by publicists. It’s certainly not uncommon that I listen to things they send me,...

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

Posted Jul 2, 2018

3 comments

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...

Tag Archives: #amreading

Latest Content

THE BEST OF 2022 (ACCORDING TO LOVE IS POP)

#albumoftheday – The North Atlantic All Star Band: One More Christmas (The Gift)

#songoftheday – D.I.L.F. USA: “COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS”

She Is My Darkness He Is My Light

THE THIRD TIME’S A CHARM: A NEW INTERVIEW WITH DONNIE VIE

#songoftheday – BUTCH WALKER: “HOLY WATER HANGOVER”

#songoftheday = STRYPER: “SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL”

AN OPEN LETTER TO MARILYN MANSON

PERFECTLY IMPERFECT: AN INTERVIEW WITH CHIP Z’NUFF OF ENUFF Z’NUFF

#songoftheseason – “TWINKLING LIGHTS” BY AUNI

The Magical Mystery Tour 2021: An Interview with Chip Z’Nuff of Enuff Z’Nuff

BEFORE AND WAY AFTER: AN INTERVIEW WITH JUSTIN MASTERS

#songoftheday / #amlistening = GARBAGE: “THE MEN WHO RULE THE WORLD”

#songoftheday = BODY COUNT: “THE HATE IS REAL”

#songoftheday / #amlistening = Lady Gaga – “The National Anthem”

#songoftheday / #amlistening: Gabrielle Aplin – “Happy XMas (War Is Over)”

#songoftheday / #amlistening = LARKIN POE: “IN THE AIR TONIGHT”

#songoftheday / #amlistening = DEMI LOVATO: “COMMANDER IN CHIEF”

#songoftheday = ANNIE: “THE STREETS WHERE I BELONG”

EVEN THE DEVIL BELIEVES IN STRYPER: AN INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL SWEET

#songoftheday = FRONTIERS ALL STARS: “PUSH THROUGH”

RAISE YOUR HANDS: AN INTERVIEW WITH STEVE BROWN OF TOKYO MOTOR FIST, DEF LEPPARD & TRIXTER

#songoftheday / #amlistening = MICHAEL RIDER: “BREAKTHROUGH”

CHEERS TO THE BRAINWASHED GENERATION: AN INTERVIEW WITH CHIP Z’NUFF OF ENUFF Z’NUFF

#songoftheday = Lolo Zouaï: “Alone With You”

MICHAEL RIDER, AMERICAN FIGHTER: AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

#songoftheday = Enuff Z’Nuff: “Mother’s Eyes”

RISING DURING THE PANDEMIC: AN INTERVIEW WITH RORIE KELLY

#songoftheday = Emeli Sandé: “HOPE” (#songsforourtimes #22)

LUCKY SEVEN: CHATTING WITH MICHAEL SWEET OF STRYPER

CANDID CONVERSATION WITH DONNIE VIE: A LOVE IS POP EXCLUSIVE

BEING A CHAMPION IN THE TIME OF THE CORONAVIRUS: AN INTERVIEW WITH BIF NAKED

#albumoftheday = KENNY ROGERS: THE LOVE OF GOD

FRENCH-AMERICAN STYLE: AN INTERVIEW WITH ARIANE

CAUGHT UP IN A SPHERE: AN INTERVIEW WITH POLLY SCATTERGOOD

Twitter