• A TALE OF TWO SISTERS: AN INTERVIEW WITH REBECCA AND MEGAN LOVELL, A.K.A. LARKIN POE

    A TALE OF TWO SISTERS: AN INTERVIEW WITH REBECCA AND MEGAN LOVELL, A.K.A. LARKIN POE

    interview by Michael McCarthy “Black flowers grow in a garden / I put them all in my vase,” sings Rebecca Lovell on “Freedom,” one of the most powerful songs on Peach, the new album by sister duo Larkin Poe. She sounds downright ferocious, like she might bite your head off if you look at her…

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  • #songoftheday = Amanda Palmer & Jherek Bischoff – “Mother” (PINK FLOYD COVER)

    Today the legendary Amanda Palmer unleashed the above cover of Pink Floyd’s “Mother” and it’s haunting us already.  She came up with the moving arrangement with her composer friend Jherek Bischoff and it’s every bit as emotional as Pink Floyd’s original.  I know that’s saying a lot, but if you’re listening to it right now…

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  • #songoftheday = SIGRID: “STRANGERS”

    If you’ll allow me to pat myself on the back for a moment, I’d like to point out that Love is Pop was one of the very first sites to post Sigrid’s “Don’t Kill My Vibe,” which wound up being one of the biggest pop songs of the decade.  So, now I’m here to tell…

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  • THE BUSIEST MAN IN THE BUSINESS: AN INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL SWEET OF SWEET & LYNCH (AND STRYPER)

    THE BUSIEST MAN IN THE BUSINESS: AN INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL SWEET OF SWEET & LYNCH (AND STRYPER)

    interview by Michael McCarthy The following is my third interview with the legendary Stryper frontman Michael Sweet. We first spoke about Stryper’s blistering 2015 album Fallen, which I still feel is one of their strongest albums to date. (Check out opening track “Yahweh” and you’ll surely agree.) Next, we spoke about Michael’s high voltage solo…

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  • WHEN JUST DANCE COMES TO LOVE IS POP: AN INTERVIEW WITH GIGI ROWE

    WHEN JUST DANCE COMES TO LOVE IS POP: AN INTERVIEW WITH GIGI ROWE

    interview by Michael McCarthy Gigi Rowe is no stranger to us at Love is Pop. We previously made a few of her songs #songoftheday picks in 2016 and I actually interviewed her on December 2nd, 2016. It was one of the most fun interviews I’ve ever done, Gigi just gives off this contagious energy that…

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  • ASK ME YESTERDAY: AN INTERVIEW WITH TOM KEIFER (OF CINDERELLA FAME)

    ASK ME YESTERDAY: AN INTERVIEW WITH TOM KEIFER (OF CINDERELLA FAME)

    interview by Michael McCarthy Sometimes you wait a long time for one of your favorite artists to release a new album. Sometimes you wait a really, really long time. In the case of Cinderella’s Tom Keifer, I waited roughly 23 years. You see, the last studio album by Cinderella, the criminally-underrated Still Climbing, was released…

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  • LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

    LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

    Hi there peeps! You may have noticed that it’s been a bit slow around here during the past week or so.  That’s because I took some time off from Love is Pop to work on my novel Book of Shadows 4.  That said, I did do a few interviews that will be posted in the…

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  • #songoftheday = HEAVEN & EARTH: “THE GAME HAS CHANGED”

    The song is called “The Game Has Changed” and starts off with some funkilicous bass then bursts into action with a highly caffeinated amount of energy

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  • #songoftheday = Laure Shang: “The One That Ran Away”

    So, this is what happens when Laure Shang goes punk rock?  She comes out with an edgy, guitar-driven track that erupts with four on the floor energy as soon as you hit play.  It’s called “The One That Ran Away” and it finds Laure in a bit of a spiteful mood, wondering what the hell…

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  • STREAM, STREAM AWAY: AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH MEGAN DAVIES

    STREAM, STREAM AWAY: AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH MEGAN DAVIES

    interview by Michael McCarthy Several years ago, Megan Davies opened a Youtube account and posted a video of herself doing an experimental, classical guitar piece. It didn’t get many streams, but she kept the account open and eventually started posting other things. Those things being actual songs. Most of them were covers. Some of them…

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  • THE MAIN MAN: A INTERVIEW WITH JOHN O’CALLAGHAN OF THE MAINE

    THE MAIN MAN: A INTERVIEW WITH JOHN O’CALLAGHAN OF THE MAINE

    interview by Michael McCarthy I’ve been a fan of The Maine since they started out. I caught one of their early shows on a bill that included Good Charlotte, Boys Like Girls and Metro Station. I believe it was 2008. The tour was cleverly entitled The Soundtrack of Your Summer Tour. The reason I went…

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  • #songoftheday = Fischerspooner – “Togetherness” feat. Caroline Polachek (Official Video Fischer Version)

    Just earlier this week I found myself wondering whatever happened to Fischerspooner.  They were one of my favorite electronic music duos several years ago but they’ve been absent from the scene for quite a while now.  Well, it turns out they’ve been cooking up something good, which we’re getting our first taste of today with…

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  • AT PEACE: AN INTERVIEW WITH PHIL LEWIS OF L.A. GUNS

    AT PEACE: AN INTERVIEW WITH PHIL LEWIS OF L.A. GUNS

    interview by Michael McCarthy A year ago I caught Enuff Z’Nuff live and interviewed Chip Z’Nuff. The band was opening for Tracii Guns’ L.A. Guns, but Chip had me interview him outside in his van while they were onstage. When I went back into the venue after Tracii’s band was still playing, I watched them,…

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  • A GOD STRIKES: AN INTERVIEW WITH DEREK SHERINIAN OF SONS OF APOLLO

    A GOD STRIKES: AN INTERVIEW WITH DEREK SHERINIAN OF SONS OF APOLLO

    interview by Michael McCarthy Sons of Apollo is the blessed new prog rock venture by Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian of Dream Theater fame along with Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (ex-Guns N’ Roses), Billy Sheehan (The Winery Dogs, Mr. Big) and Jeff Scott Soto (ex-Journey, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen’s Rising Force). To be perfectly honest, I doubt I…

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  • KAYFOZZY: AN INTERVIEW WITH CHRIS JERICHO OF FOZZY AND THE WWE

    KAYFOZZY: AN INTERVIEW WITH CHRIS JERICHO OF FOZZY AND THE WWE

    interview by Michael McCarthy “Can you take the weight of my world,” asks Chis Jericho during the fourth track on Fozzy’s killer new album Judas, “Weight of My World.” If you’re 99% of people, the answer to that question is a definite no. I mean, who among us could handle everything Chris does? Whether he’s…

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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…