Lick Neon has been gathering quite the following from playing basements and bars around their home city (and Love is Pop's nearest big city) of Boston, but since their adorable folk-pop song "Slip" went live on Spotify about a month ago, they've already...
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#SONGOFTHEDAY / #AMLISTENING: DONNIE VIE: “I COULD SAVE THE WORLD”
Donnie Vie is back! It's been a long time since he released a new album I'm pleased as punch to say that he has one on the way. Donnie describes the first single, "I Could Save the World" as, "A big song, full of passion and...
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#songoftheday = LAURE SHANG: “I LOVE YOU 2”
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#albumoftheday = PANIC! AT THE DISCO: PRAY FOR THE WICKED
I know I’ve said that I don’t do album reviews anymore, but the new Panic! At the Disco album, Pray For The Wicked, is just so life-altering that I can’t help it. And by life-altering, I mean that it just might end up nudging its way onto my Top 20 Albums of All-Time...
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#songoftheday / #amlistening = KAT CUNNING: “Make U Say”(Live)
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#songoftheday / #amlistening = Enuff Z’Nuff: “Metalheart”
Enuff Z'Nuff's last album, Clowns Lounge, was basically an album of old demos with one new song, "Dog On A Bone." The new song, which I thought was killer, featured bassist and founding member Chip Z'Nuff on vocal duties. ...
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#songoftheday / #amlistening = SELENA GOMEZ: “BACK TO YOU”
Well, it's not from a new Selena Gomez album, which I know we're all dying for, but here's a new track by the woman herself, "Back to You," which hails from the Thirteen Reasons Why Season 2 soundtrack. And what a superb song it is. It's...
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CONCERT + VENUE REVIEW: JULIANA HATFIELD WITH ABBIE BARRETT AT ONCE, SOMERVILLE, MA 4/6/18
review and photos by Michael McCarthy This past Friday night I finally saw the legendary Juliana Hatfield – one of my favorite artists – in concert. Being a fellow Masshole (slang for Massachusetts resident), I should’ve seen her years ago. I’m honestly not sure why I didn’t. I’m sure I wanted to and...
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#songoftheday / #amlistening = LOWELL: “WAR FACE”
"I wear my war face," proudly proclaims captivating singer/songwriter Lowell on "War Face," the first single from her mind-blowing new album entitled Lone Wolf. The album is her second and was released today on 4/6/18 and my jaw is still on the floor after it dropped as I...
#songoftheday / #amlistening = SALT: “HELIUM”
Today we have "Helium," the excellent second single from the artist simply known as Salt. I love the way the track blends synthesizers and snappy beats with her sometimes ethereal vocals. The artist she most reminds me of is the great Florence Welch (a.k.a. Florence + The...
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#SONGOFTHEDAY / #AMLISTENING = MIMOZA H: “WINTERLUDE” FEAT. JONATHAN CAYER ON PIANO
I imagine this would work splendidly as score in a movie. Perhaps in a suspense thriller that takes place during the winter. I imagine the protagonist fleeing from her captors, and she comes to the edge of a frozen lake, and her only chance of survival is...
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#CONCERT REVIEW: GABRIELLE APLIN, HUDSON TAYLOR & JOHN SPLITHOFF AT THE MIDDLE EAST DOWNSTAIRS 2/24/18
review and photos by Michael McCarthy This past Saturday night, 2/24/18, I had the opportunity to check out the English pop/folk singer/songwriter Gabrielle Aplin in concert for the first time at The Middle East Downstairs in Cambridge, MA. Simply put, she was fabulous. The same can be said of her opening acts, Hudson...
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#songoftheday = RUTH KOLEVA: “I DON’T KNOW WHY”
Bulgarian singer-songwriter Ruth Koleva's "I Don't Know Why" hails from her just-announced sophomore album, Confidence. Truth, which is scheduled for release on 3/30. It's an excellent example of what can happen when jazz and pop are blended into something that defies the unwritten rules of both genres. ...
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#songoftheday = KYLIE MINOGUE: “DANCING”
Kylie Minogue, Princess of Pop, is baaaaaacK (with a capital K for Kylie)! On her new single, "Dancing," she does what she does best: she dances and she sings about doing precisely that. (How joyous!) ...
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#songoftheday = KAT CUNNING: “WILD POPPIES”
As an actress, Kat Cunning has already appeared in Dangerous Liaisons, Cirque Du Soleil's Paramour and Sleep No More. You might call her a future star of the NYC arts scene. But, in my eyes, she's already a star. I felt like I was witnessing one...
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