• LONG LIVE THE BASTARDS OF BEALE: AN INTERVIEW WITH ANTHONY CORDER OF TORA TORA

    LONG LIVE THE BASTARDS OF BEALE: AN INTERVIEW WITH ANTHONY CORDER OF TORA TORA

    interview by Michael McCarthy On February 22nd, hard rock legends Tora Tora will release Bastards Of Beale, their first studio album of all new songs in approximately 25 years. Their last release was Revolution Day in 2011, but that album was made up of recordings for what would’ve been their third album circa 1994. A…

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  • BOSTON BOUND: AN INTERVIEW WITH ALFIE OF HUDSON TAYLOR

    BOSTON BOUND: AN INTERVIEW WITH ALFIE OF HUDSON TAYLOR

    interview by Michael McCarthy I first encountered the music of Ireland’s hugely popular duo Hudson Taylor when I caught them opening for Gabrielle Aplin a year ago this month. I’d been a big fan of Gabrielle’s for roughly a half dozen years and was so excited to finally see her live. So much so that…

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  • OUT NOW: BECOMING MADONNA

    OUT NOW: BECOMING MADONNA

    Soap Suds Weekly has crowned her “the breakout star of 1998,” but Laurie Saint-Germain hates it when she signs an autograph and the so-called fan is upset that she signed her own name, not that of Sandy Lemonde, her happy-go-lucky character on daytime’s sensational Passionate About Love.

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  • ALWAYS A PLEASURE: OUR 4TH INTERVIEW WITH DOE PAORO

    ALWAYS A PLEASURE: OUR 4TH INTERVIEW WITH DOE PAORO

    interview by Michael McCarthy Between the intros for our previous three interviews and the live show and album reviews I’ve done covering Doe Paoro and her wonderful music, I feel like I’ve written everything I could possibly say about her already. However, for those of you who are unfamiliar with her and her sound, let…

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  • #songoftheday / #amlistening = Phildel: “Electric Heights”

    Critically-acclaimed UK pianist-singer-songwriter Phildel’s new single “Electric Heights” hails from her upcoming third album, Wave Your Flags, which is due out on 3/22, and we’ve been listening to it several times a day since discovering it last week.

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  • THE SKY’S THE LIMIT: AN INTERVIEW WITH TONY HARNELL OF STARBREAKER

    THE SKY’S THE LIMIT: AN INTERVIEW WITH TONY HARNELL OF STARBREAKER

    interview by Michael McCarthy photos by Photo by Bart Stadnicki Starbreaker started off when heavy metal singer-songwriter Tony Harnell was going to do a solo album while on break from the legendary band TNT circa 2005. Instead, he wound up forming Starbreaker with guitarist extraordinaire Magnus Karlsson from Sweden, who is perhaps best known for…

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  • #songoftheday / #amlistening = Bar Brutal Band (formerly For Fuck’s Sake): “Ride ‘Em Cowboy”

    Longtime Love is Pop readers will likely recall the tunes we’ve posted from James of Arth & Arth fame, “English Skies” and “Bones,” which he released under the moniker FFS (For Fuck’s Sake). Well, for various reasons he’s re-christened himself under the name Bar Brutal Band

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  • INTRODUCING THE NEW NORMAL: AN INTERVIEW WITH KANE ROBERTS

    INTRODUCING THE NEW NORMAL: AN INTERVIEW WITH KANE ROBERTS

    by Michael McCarthy I first remember becoming aware of Kane Roberts when he was in Alice Cooper’s band at the same time as Kip Winger on Alice’s big, 1986 comeback album Constrictor. Prior to that album, Alice had released nearly a half-dozen misunderstood records that failed to do very well. (Although I happen to like…

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  • #songoftheday / #amlistening: Vök: “Erase You”

    The too good to be true “Erase You” is Icelandic, electro dream-pop trio Vök’s latest single, following previous album singles “Spend The Love”, “Night & Day”, and “Autopilot”, which have received over 1 million streams collectively across all the usual platforms during the past few weeks.

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  • #songoftheday / #amlistening = ROBBIE WILLIAMS: “I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO LIKE ME”

    Robbie Williams seems to be juggling three careers these days.  There’s the mega pop star who last released the album Heavy Entertainment Show in 2016.  There’s the swing and jazz star who last released Swings Both Ways in 2013.  And there’s the “b-sides” star who’ll be releasing the third volume in his Under the Radar…

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  • #songoftheday / #amlistening = BUCKCHERRY: “HEAD LIKE A HOLE” (NINE INCH NAILS COVER)

    Buckcherry’s new album Warpaint isn’t out until March 8th, but they’ve already blessed us with the first single, a kick-ass rendition of Nine Inch Nails’ “Head Like A Hole,” which happens to be my all-time favorite Nine Inch Nails song.  Meanwhile, Buckcherry is one of my favorite hard rock bands of all-time. 

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  • #songoftheday / #amlistening = Kid Koala: “Allotropic”

    Do you like to listen to music when you draw?  Or when you chill out?  Or go to bed at night?  If any of these things appeal to you then you should adore Kid Koala’s ambient “Allotropic,” one of the wonderous instrumental songs from his Music to Draw To: io album

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  • CONCERT REVIEW: moon tooth // cryptodira // chuggernaut // sundress: BOSTON 12/8/18

    CONCERT REVIEW: moon tooth // cryptodira // chuggernaut // sundress: BOSTON 12/8/18

    review and photos by Joshua Bernard When I was younger, I used to be really into local, underground music. I would find local bands and follow their careers, attend their shows, and watch some of them go from being little local bands to somewhat major bands. I loved the intimacy of being able to be…

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  • #albumoftheday / #nowlistening = MYLENE FARMER: DESOBEISSANCE

    #albumoftheday / #nowlistening = MYLENE FARMER: DESOBEISSANCE

    Mylène Farmer – often called the Madonna of France – is my favorite female solo artist on the planet and has been ever since I bought her album Anamorphosée back in 1998 and immediately fell in love with her unique voice, both in terms of how her delicate singing pleases my ears and how her…

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  • #songoftheday / #amlistening = Starbreaker – “How Many More Goodbyes”

    Tony Harnell and Magnus Karlsson have done it again. “How Many More Goodbyes” is easily as brilliant as “Pure Evil,” the first single from their forthcoming album, Dysphoria.

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  1. Greetings! I just released my vocal and songwriter debut today called The Kryptonite EP and was reaching out to send…