Tag: #nowlistening

  • #songoftheday = LENKA: “THE END OF THE WORLD”(#songsforourtimes #2)

    Today’s song of the day is Lenka’s “The End Of The World,” which hails from her exquisite sophomore album, Two.

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  • #songoftheday = GLEN HANSARD: “SONG OF GOOD HOPE” (#songsforourtimes #1)

    As of today, I’m starting something new on Love is Pop. Until the COV-19 virus, otherwise known as the coronavirus, is behind us or we’re at least in a much better position than we’re in right now, I am going to post a song of the day each day that’s relevant to what’s going in…

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  • FRENCH-AMERICAN STYLE: AN INTERVIEW WITH ARIANE

    FRENCH-AMERICAN STYLE: AN INTERVIEW WITH ARIANE

    interview by Michael McCarthy The following interview with French American singer/songwriter Ariane took place last Thursday on the 12th of March 2020. Not long after many people in the United States had finally started to feel the gravity of the COV-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. I think both she and I felt a little strange doing an…

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  • #songoftheday / #amlistening = BIF NAKED: “JIM”

    Bursting with layers and layers of guitars atop sonorous drum beats, “Jim” tunnels its way deep into your head and runs circles around whatever song you had stuck in there before it.

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  • #songoftheday / #amlistening = POLLY SCATTERGOOD: “RED”

    Spoiler alert: the above video for Polly Scattergood’s seven-minute+ new single, “Red,” is part two of a five-part short film she’ll be releasing this Spring. We’ve included part one here as well.

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  • #songoftheday / #amlistening = ADAM JENSEN: “INMATE 8576”

    “Lost my head inside this cell / I’m all alone / This place is hell,” sings alt-pop/electro-pop singer/songwriter Adam Jensen on his powerful new single, “Inmate 8576.” It’s the first new song we’ve heard from Mr. Jensen in quite some time and it turns out he has a good excuse for not releasing anything new…

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  • #songoftheday / #amlistening = POPPY: “ANYTHING LIKE ME”

    “You shouldn’t be anything like me,” pop star turned heavy metal kid Poppy sings insistently on her ferocious new single, “Anything Like Me,” which finds her sounding not unlike a female Marilyn Manson. “I’m sorry for what I’ve become / Because I’m becoming someone,” goes part of the first verse of the take no prisoners…

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  • #songoftheday / #amlistening = Yael Naim – “How Will I Know” (Live at Studios Ferber)

    There’s a strong foreboding feeling to French-Israeli singer/songwriter Yael Naïm’s new single, “How Will I Know,” for which she’s just released a devastating live video recorded at Studios Ferber.

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  • It’s a #premiere! It’s a #songoftheday! It’s “The Stones” by Ismay!

    Today we are pleased to exclusively premiere Ismay’s delightful and ethereal musings about very rare, glow in the dark stones that a friend once showed them. As they discuss in our interview below, they were a new type of stone, unlike anything they’d ever seen before. Suffice to say, they made such a strong impression…

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  • #songoftheday / #amlistening = BAR BRUTAL BAND: “SPECIAL TERMS” DEMO

    Bar Brutal Band, has just released a spot on new single, albeit in demo form, called “Special Terms,” which I simply had to share with you. It’s just too good for me not to.

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  • ROLLING ON: AN INTERVIEW WITH FRANKIE BANALI OF QUIET RIOT

    ROLLING ON: AN INTERVIEW WITH FRANKIE BANALI OF QUIET RIOT

    interview by Michael McCarthy The following interview with Quiet Riot drummer, songwriter and bandleader Frankie Banali was conducted on October 22nd, 2019, the day after he made the following announcement via metal podcaster Mitch Lafon’s Facebook page: <<I just want to let all of my friends and fans know what’s going on with me and…

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  • UP TO TEN: AN INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL SWEET OF STRYPER AND SOLO FAME

    UP TO TEN: AN INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL SWEET OF STRYPER AND SOLO FAME

    interview by Michael McCarthy What can I say about the great Michael Sweet that I haven’t already said? This is Love is Pop’s sixth interview with the extremely talented, super busy Stryper frontman/songwriter/co-lead guitarist and solo artist. We love the guy here at Love is Pop HQ and he’s always such a joy to interview.…

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  • PREMIERE / INTERVIEW: KATRINA STUART’S BLUE ROSES

    PREMIERE / INTERVIEW: KATRINA STUART’S BLUE ROSES

    interview by Michael McCarthy “All your blue roses don’t mean a thing,” sings Los Angeles-based singer/dancer/model/actress Katrina Stuart on her haunting new single, “Blue Roses,” an R&B and pop hybrid about someone hurting you and trying to fix it with flowers (or, I imagine, other material things). “You can take your pretty flowers and burn…

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  • #songoftheday / #amlistening = MANDY MOORE: “WHEN I WASN’T WATCHING”

    #songoftheday / #amlistening = MANDY MOORE: “WHEN I WASN’T WATCHING”

    It’s hard to believe, but it’s been an entire decade since Mandy Moore released her last album, Amanda Leigh. During many of those years, she was married to someone who I will not name and I couldn’t fathom why he didn’t produce an album for her. After all, her last two albums had been fantastic…

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  • CALLING OREGON: AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH BRIAN HALL OF TENTS

    CALLING OREGON: AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH BRIAN HALL OF TENTS

    by Michael McCarthy When I listen to indie pop band TENTS‘ dreamy new album, Medicine, I tend to feel like I’m floating in the clouds, perhaps riding a magic carpet. Their music sweeps you up, almost providing an out of body experience, giving one a natural high. Suffice to say, listening to it is always…

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