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BEFORE AND WAY AFTER: AN INTERVIEW WITH JUSTIN MASTERS

Posted Sep 17, 2021

interview by Michael McCarthy Singer/songwriter Justin Masters is one cool dude! He’s also a great friend. As someone who’s known him since the mid-90s or thereabouts, I am proud to know him and I’m even prouder that he’s releasing his music. Before And Way After is his second album, but rather than a...

BEING A CHAMPION IN THE TIME OF THE CORONAVIRUS: AN INTERVIEW WITH BIF NAKED

Posted Mar 29, 2020

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interview by Michael McCarthy Doing music interviews in the time of COVID-19 is weird, man. You want to talk about music, but at the same time, it’s the nasty virus that’s at the forefront of everyone’s collective mind. So, I knew we were due for a new interview here on Love is Pop,...

#songoftheday = DONNIE VIE: “HOW ARE YOU” (#songsforourtimes #10)

Posted Mar 27, 2020

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Former Enuff Z'Nuff frontman Donnie Vie took to Youtube today to release this version of his classic "How Are You?" recorded live in his home studio. ...

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

Posted Feb 18, 2020

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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. ...

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

Posted Sep 29, 2019

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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...

#songoftheday / #amlistening = PHANTOM PLANET: “PARTY ANIMAL” (BAND PLAYING BOSTON ON 9/19/19)

Posted Sep 13, 2019

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Today Phantom Planet has unleashed a veritable "Party Animal" unto the world. The guys are celebrating the band's 25th anniversary this year and if that's not a reason to party then nothing is. ...

#songoftheday / #amlistening = MICHAEL SWEET: “SHINE”

Posted Sep 5, 2019

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Michael Sweet of Stryper is gearing up to release his tenth solo album, appropriately entitled Ten, which will be out on October 11 via Rat Pak Records in North America and Frontiers Music Srl in Europe. Today we're pleased to bring you...

#songoftheday / #amlistening = BABYMETAL: “ELEVATOR GIRL” (ENGLISH VERSION) + U.S. TOUR DATES

Posted Sep 2, 2019

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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. ...

#concertreview #livemusic = RICK SPRINGFIELD @ MOHEGAN SUN ARENA 8/29/18

Posted Aug 31, 2019

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by Michael McCarthy First of all, I have to tell you something. When I go to shows that I’m there to review, I always write and post one. But when I go to concerts purely for leisure, I usually don’t review them because, well, I don’t think writing reviews is my strong suit....

#songoftheday / #amlistening = The Darkness: “Rock and Roll Deserves to Die”

Posted Aug 7, 2019

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When I think of The Darkness, I tend to think of songs that immediately grab you then blast your mind into a state of shooting stars and euphoria when they hit their highly infectious choruses. ...

EVERYWHERE YOU GO: AN INTERVIEW WITH JOHN CUSIMANO OF THE CRINGE

Posted Apr 16, 2019

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interview by Michael McCarthy Hailing from New York, rock band The Cringe is about to release its sixth album, Everywhere You’ve Never Been, this Friday on April 19, 2019. Although it didn’t start out as a concept album, a theme became evident during its creation; each song was about somewhere the band had...

HISTORY & THE NOT SO DISTANT FUTURE: AN INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL SWEET OF STRYPER

Posted Mar 31, 2019

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interview by Michael McCarthy If Michael Sweet isn’t the hardest working man in the business, I don’t know who is. He’s currently on a break from touring with Stryper, but is he off vacationing in Paris or Barcelona? Nope. He’s hard at work on yet another solo album, which will be his 10th....

RAGE WITH THE DEVIL: AN INTERVIEW WITH PHIL LEWIS OF L.A. GUNS

Posted Mar 27, 2019

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interview by Michael McCarthy L.A. Guns just released their much-praised album, The Missing Peace, on October 17, 2017, but they’re already back with a new one, a raw, aggressive record called The Devil You Know. It’s due out this Friday, March 29th, 2019, and I can’t recommend it enough. Guitarist Tracii Guns and...

A MACHINE FOR THE END: AN INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT MASON OF THE END MACHINE AND WARRANT

Posted Mar 12, 2019

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interview by Michael McCarthy The End machine – that’s how they stylize it – is a new band featuring some familiar players, namely George Lynch and Mick Brown of Dokken and Lynch Mob fame, Jeff Pilson of Dokken, Dio and Foreigner fame and Robert Mason of Lynch Mob and Warrant fame. Some listeners...

#songoftheday / #amlistening = CAR ASTOR: “DON’T STOP, DON’T SPEAK”

Posted Feb 14, 2019

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New York-based Car Astor's "Don't Stop, Don't Speak" is certainly one of the most unique songs to come our way of late. It's essentially a pop song at its core, but the instrument that drives the track is bass guitar and we're...

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