Tag: Boston
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by Michael McCarthy photos by Rob Loud; used with permission Last night on the 23rd of September, 2026, I finally caught a solo performance by Brandon Flowers of The Killers. The Killers are one of my favorite bands and I’ve seen them several times, but circumstances had prevented me from catching either of their two…
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by Michael McCarthy Last night I was fortunate enough to catch St. Vincent’s one off performance with The Boston Pops at Symphony Hall in Boston. The audience appeared to be a mix of St. Vincent fans and Boston Pops patrons, creating an unusual but welcome blend of concertgoers. The show was conducted by Jules Buckley,…
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by Michael McCarthy [NOTE: I apologize for this review not having any photos from the show. My cellphone doesn’t have a very good camera so I didn’t take photos last night. Besides, I wanted to fully immerse myself in the show and if you spend half the time taking photos, you’re not enjoying it so…
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Once upon a time I published a hair metal zine called ANT, The Only Cool Magazine That Bites. During that time, there was a rock band out of the Boston area that I fell in love with called Ragtime. They weren’t exactly a hair band but I think they’d agree that they were fairly in…
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review by Michael McCarthy photos by Joshua Bernard This past Wednesday night on 9/11/19 the extremely popular Japanese heavy metal band Babymetal returned to Boston at the House of Blues on Landsdowne Street and blew away the packed house with their ferocious jams. (Swedish heavy metal band Avatar opened the show with a killer performance…
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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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Terence Ryan hails from our neck of the woods, Boston, Massachusetts. His location is what motivated us to check out his new song/video “Mean It,” but even if he wasn’t from Boston we’d still be making it our song of the day for today because it’s a damn fine R&B number with soulful vocals and…
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by Michael McCarthy Back in 2011 sister duo Puro Instinct rolled into town and played Great Scott in Allston, Massachusetts, which is considered part of greater Boston. I remember only hearing that they’d been to town after the fact and being really disappointed that I hadn’t known about it, as I would have made every…
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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, I hope you’re ready to be highly entertained because this weekend City Hall Plaza will be taken over the Boston Calling music festival and it’s going to be a blast! If you’re in or around Boston and you love music, you really must grab tickets while you still can at…
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PRESS RELEASE: April 7, 2016 – Boston, MA – Adding further excitement to this May’s edition, Boston Calling announces its food & drink lineup today. Accompanying 32 live music and comedy performances across three stages from the likes of Sia, Robyn, Disclosure, Sufjan Stevens, ODESZA, Haim and Miike Snow, a mouthwatering lineup of new and…
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Next Thursday, March 17, 2016, the Canadian indie staple Metric will be headlining a the Boston Orpheum for what promises to be a fantastic show, if the many positive reviews of their recent shows are any indication. The previous time I caught Metric live, they were opening for Paramore at the arena at Mohegan Sun in…
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On March 4, 2016 I interviewed Adam Jensen, a Boston native whose debut single, the deliciously dark, alt pop “Sandcastles,” was recently one of our #songoftheday selections. The only other track of his that I’d heard was his forthcoming second single, “Ritual,” which is even more amazing. Normally, I wouldn’t interview someone I’d only heard…
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This Sunday, November 1st, The Darkness will finally bring their ritzy brand of British hard rock to Boston, Massachusetts. And it’s about time; they’ve already destroyed Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle and other major cities across the U.S. But, according to their website, we have the honor of being the last date on their North American…
