What could be more uplifting right now than a high octane Britney Spears dance track about, you guessed it, dancing until the world ends?...
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#songoftheday = BON JOVI: “ROOM AT THE END OF THE WORLD” (#songsforourtimes #14)
One of my favorite songs on the album is "Room At The End Of The World," which isn't a song devoid of melancholy, but it's also one that I find full of hope. ...
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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 = ROBBIE WILLIAMS: “TIME FOR CHANGE” + ALBUM REVIEW
This year Robbie Williams finally did something I've been waiting for him to do for over 20 years: he released a Christmas album, appropriately entitled The Christmas Present. Not only that, it's a double album. If you get the deluxe edition,...
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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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#PREMIERE / #SONGOFTHEDAY WITH INTERVIEW: MICHAEL RIDER’S “CAPITAL”

review by Michael McCarthy Today I’m delighted to premiere Manhattan-based dream pop singer/songwriter Michael Rider’s new protest anthem, “Capital.” From its punchy main beat to its layers and layers of instrumentation and subtle vocal samples, which glide along under Rider’s lead vocals like a surfboard under his feet, its production is complex enough...
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#songoftheday / #amlistening = BABYMETAL: “ELEVATOR GIRL” (ENGLISH VERSION) + U.S. TOUR DATES
Japanese metallers BABYMETAL have just released a new, English version of their smash hit "Elevator Girl" and we're loving it here at Love is Pop HQ! Like the original version, it kicks some serious ass. ...
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#songoftheday / #amlistening = TEMPTRESS: “NAKED”
"Naked" is the latest single by South London production/artist duo Temptress, which consists of Jess Belgrave and Vlad Woodham-Smith, who've run up a couple of million streams since 2016. It doesn't take a genius to figure out why that it is when you listen to...
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#songoftheday / #amlistening = ILIRA: “WHISPER MY NAME” + “DO IT YOURSELF”
Rising pop princess ILIRA has two red hot tracks out right now via Insanity Records/Sony, "Whisper My Name" and "Do It Yourself."...
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#songoftheday / #amlistening = DOE PAORO: “SILVER SPRINGS”
It's no secret that singer/songwriter Doe Paoro is one of my favorite artists. If you frequent this site, you undoubtedly know that I regularly interview her. So, it should come as no surprise that I'm in love with her cover of...
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