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  • Fozzy has a backstory almost as weird as Spinal Tap’s. The funny thing here, however, is that their backstory started out entirely fictional when they released their debut album nearly a decade and a half ago with the band saying they went to Japan with a record deal, destined to become huge rock stars, but…

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  • The sole track on Lykke Li’s new album produced by Greg Kurstin, who wrote the song with her, “Gunshot” is easily the catchiest song on the record. “I am longing for your honey / I am longing for your love,” Li sings during the bridge and her voice is so full of longing that you’ll…

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  • I’ve long felt that Girl’s Day were one of K-Pop’s most under-rated girl groups, but I won’t have to think that for much longer, as their awesome, new ’50’s throwback single, “Darling,” is doing quite well for them. In fact, in just one day its super cute video has accumulated 672,417 views on Youtube. Not…

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  • According to Wiki, the popular indietronic band I Heart Sharks’ sophomore album, Anthems, was released in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on the 28th of March 2014 and received very positive reviews. But, rather than simply releasing the album in the UK, the band is releasing a must-hear EP called To Be Young on June 7th.…

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  • Capsule reviews — mini reviews — are something new here at Love is Pop.  Not only are they shorter, they’re written in a more personal, almost spontaneous, blogging style.  If you prefer shorter reviews like this, let me know.  My reason for doing this is so that we can cover more albums by not always…

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  • To my ears, this song is pure witch house, which isn’t surprising, since he uses the character ‡ in his name… Yes, there are R&B and industrial influences, but the end result strikes me as witch house… Not sure that’s what he considers it though, as there’s no mention of the genre in the bio…

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  • With vocals and lyrics ripped straight out of the Kurt Cobain songbook, Allusondrugs’ vibrant “I’m Your Man” proves that they stand at the top of the pile of post grunge bands competing for the Nirvana slot when grunge finally comes back around. Of course, nothing ever sounds quite like it used to when it comes…

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  • French pop star Alizée’s career was launched after France’s most popular female pop star, Mylène Farmer, discovered her while watching the television program Graines de Star in 1999. The lyrics of Alizée’s first two albums, Gourmandises and Mes courants électriques, were written by Mylène herself with her writing partner Laurent Boutonnat composing the music. In…

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  • With artists like Zedd and Disclosure ruling the charts these days, lots of mainstream pop artists are hoping on the club music bandwagon. Of course, The Saturdays are no strangers to club music with plenty of hot remixes among their discography, the difference here being that “What Are You Waiting For?” actually sounds like a…

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  • In addition to having a lovely video, which you’re hopefully watching right now above, Beverly’s “Honey Dew” is a wonderful earworm that should make you feel all kinds of fuzzy inside and not just because it features lots of raw, fuzzy guitars, like shoegaze played with the volume on 10 with maximum distortion. Well, OK,…

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  • If you’ve heard Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ Grammy Award-winning song “Thrift Shop” then you’ve heard Wanz, otherwise known as Michael Wansley, who happens to be the guy who sings on “Thrift Shop.”  It turns out Ryan Lewis brought Wanz aboard for the insanely catchy tune because he wanted a singer who sounded like Nate Dogg,…

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  • The sophomore album is never an easy thing to tackle. Artists have their whole lives to come up with songs for their debut albums. But when it comes to making the second album, well, you might find it difficult to feel inspired if all you’ve done for the past year is tour nonstop. For Ed…

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  • Betty Who is a 22-year old Australian born, New York-based pop songstress who’s been gradually introducing herself to the world with a fantastic EP here and an awesome EP there. Currently, she’s just finished a successful tour of the UK and she’s just released her UK debut, an EP she’s dubbed Worlds Apart. Since we’ve…

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