Tag: review
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OK GO: HUNGRY GHOSTSAs you may remember, I reviewed OK GO’s fantastic Upside Out EP back in August of this year. All four of those incredible, tasty treats are served up deliciously here on the band’s new album, Hungry Ghosts, which is, simply put, baked to perfection. But before we get to the brand new…
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The Picturebooks is a German duo consisting of Fynn Claus Grabke [vocals, guitar] and Philipp “Maddin” Mirtschink [drums]. The two first met hanging out at a skate park and became fast friends, realizing they had more in common than skateboarding, especially their mutual adoration of motorcycles and bands like The Smiths, The Cure and Minor…
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Oh, Whinnie Williams, how can we count the ways we love you? Remember the first time you heard Lily Allen and it felt so magical and new? Or the first time you heard Ellie Goulding, perhaps? Well, Whinnie Williams’ Bad Girl EP is just as wonderful and exciting, primed to give you a rush like…
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“She ate my heart / I love New York City,” sings Lenny Kravitz, oh so passionately, on “New York City,” one of the best cuts from his primo new album Strut. Roughly ten years ago on his Baptism record he did a tune called “California,” putting the golden state up on a pedestal, the song…
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Sweet, sweet, sweet, holy mother of bliss! Damn, if “My Beat,” the debut single by husband and wife team Kenny and Laura Cash, is not the catchiest song we’ve heard all week!
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“Even if I’m hurting, I keep moving on,” sings actress/singer/songwriter Cassie Steele on “Dreams,” the new single from her recently released EP entitled Patterns. The entire EP is an electro-pop masterpiece and “Dreams” is a shining example of that. Except that it’s not so sunshiny, veering more on the melancholic side of the emotional spectrum.…
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“Just breathe and breathe once again,” sings Chad Hollister during his latest tune, “Breathe.” It’s a lovely little song that can lift your spirits on a bad day. In fact, I was having a bad day after discovering that I accidentally installed Malware with a Chrome or Firefox extension yesterday. This really freaked me out…
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Inspired by Metallica and Guns ‘N’ Roses, who each released collections of unexpected cover songs, Butcher Babies bring you Uncovered, a collection of killer — and brutal — cover tunes to hold fans over until their next album of original material. Each member of the band selected one tune for the EP, which was produced…
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Obviously, if you’re a fan who’s been pining for a new Interpol album your prayers have been answered. And while it doesn’t really have the spark of reinvention, sometimes more of the same is all one needs. If you’ve ever loved this band, it’s impossible not to get enthused about “All The Rage Back Home,”…
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The first thing that I have to say about Simian Ghost’s new album The Veil is WOW. And it takes a lot to wow me lately. I generally choose to review things that I feel positively about, but I am not so easily impressed. This album, however, is nothing short of glorious and a sparkling…
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I’m always listening to new music, picking things that stand out among the crowd to review for Love is Pop. The problem is, sometimes you have to listen to a lot of mediocre music before you find something truly marvelous. I was having one of those days when everything I listened to seemed quite dull when I…
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Maroon 5 have sure changed a lot since their 2002 debut Songs About Jane. I suppose selling 10 million albums worldwide will do that to you. But whenever I listen to V, the experience is overshadowed by the fact that I know that most of these songs were not written by the whole band but…
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Pixie Lott’s 2009 debut Turn It Up was one of the year’s most promising — and downright infectious — debuts. With gems like “Mama Do” and “Boys And Girls,” which both topped the UK singles charts, she was a pop star tour de force. Or, a force to be reckoned with. And while her next…
