Pop Blog

Follow the musings of the Musicngear team as we write about our experiences along the journey of building our own music startup, advice about building your music career, interviews, reviews, artist features and much more. The blog is organized into the following sections:

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Written by Eimear O Sullivan

Fresh To Death: Best New Alt Pop and Electronic Music This Friday

Fresh To Death is a series where I write about some of my favourite new music!Featuring Coco & Clair Clair, Anna Kozonína, Ivana...

Written by SKAUSS

"I create art that I fuck with" - An Interview with SAFIRE

Inside SAFIRE's world of desire, symbolism and dark club-pop and the restless instinct that keeps her creating, questioning and becoming.

Written by Eimear O Sullivan

A Sunlit Walk in The Underground Forest:New Pop, Folk , Rock and Indie Music We Loved

Welcome to A Sunlit Walk in the Underground Forest: a series where I hand-pick music I love.Featuring Lora Mouna, Hovvdy, Caitlin Starr...

Written by Eugenia Roditis

"I have to make each song in a way that fully serves its message and world" - An Interview With Anja Kotar

The Bay Area artist on turning books into songs, classical melodies into new worlds, and waiting into an act of creation.

Written by SKAUSS

SAFIRE: Enter the World of EROTICA

Desire, power, fantasy and self-authorship collide in SAFIRE’s darkest world yet.

Written by Eimear O Sullivan

"I keep shaping and manipulating the sound until it feels as close as possible to what I hear and feel in my mind" - Thunder Bae on her new album A WOMAN

An interview with Düsseldorf-based singer, songwriter and producer Thunder Bae, on her debut album ‘A WOMAN’.

Written by Eimear O Sullivan

Musicngear Picks: 5 Pop Artists To Watch

I hand-selected some of the most captivating pop artists to watch in 2026.  Note: I know that pop refers to a wide range of styles and sounds...

Written by Eimear O Sullivan

Inside the Weird and Wonderful World of Blums: An Interview with NYC's Most Interesting Artist

An interview with New York City’s Blums, the project of songwriter and musician Kelsea Feder.

Written by Eimear O Sullivan

A Sunlit Walk in The Underground Forest: New Pop, Folk , Rock and Indie Music We Loved

Welcome to the new edition of A Sunlit Walk in the Underground Forest - a series where I hand-select some of the best new music releases!...

Written by Eimear O Sullivan

A Night Walk: New Synth Pop, Alt Pop + Electronic Music We Loved

Welcome to A Night Walk in The Underground Forest - a series where I hand-select new synth pop, alt pop, electronic, and alternative music I love...