Pages tagged “mika”

Ten Sugarpop Bands We're Not Ashamed to Love

Ten Sugarpop Bands We're Not Ashamed to Love

We’re aware that this genre didn’t exist until we coined it just now. A Google search revealed that “sugarpop” is a kid group that performed on GMA’s SOP sporting tuxedos and pink frilly dresses and fashionably-mussed hair and covering songs that were way beyond their emotional and hormonal depth. And, as it turns out, that’s a pretty good definition of sugarpop the genre. A little twee, kind of precious, it usually contains some combo of handclaps and cellos and boy-girl duos dressing in Value Village Mad Men chic. The duos in question might even make music videos where they wear...  read more

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Mika: The Boy Who Knew Too Much

Mika: <em>The Boy Who Knew Too Much</em>

"We are not what you think we are..."  read more

Found in: Music, Reviews