The Pop Corporation
WORDS ABOUT MUSIC + POP CULTURE
-
You can try and be a clever so-and-so when writing about music, but sometimes you’ve just got to give a musician what they want. We reckon Will Oldham would want that headline we just wrote. Why? Well, in his Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy guise, he’s back with a new song called ‘Bananas’, and it heralds a
-
Miley Cyrus has spoken about her new LP to Vogue, and said something rather interesting about it. Basically, that she doesn’t want to tour. She said that “singing for hundreds of thousands of people isn’t really the thing that I love.” She added: “It’s been a minute. After the last [headline arena] show I did,
-
The third album from Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan (best band name in the world, incidentally) is afoot, so if you’re into glacial atmospherics, gorgeous fonts and retro-futurist ambient electronic music, you’re in luck! ‘Districts, Roads, Open Space’ is a soundtrack to the inside of your head while thinking about concrete and council hallways. Smarter people
-
Dot Allison, who heads will know from being in One Dove and generally being ace, has new music out. The song is called ‘Unchanged’ and is taken from forthcoming long-player ‘Consciousology’ which will be released on July 28th. The LP features Andy Bell – former Ride guy, Oasis man, not him from Erasure [delete as
-
NxWorries – that’s one part Anderson .Paak and one part Knxwledge, shaken vigorously and served over ice – have shared their first song of 2023, which happens to be from the forthcoming LP that’ll be released on Stones Throw. ‘Daydreaming’ is the usual smooth-ass R&B which we all like, and comes with a video that was made
-
You’re going to be hearing a lot about Deary in the coming weeks – there’s a lot of good noise around them and they keep releasing cool tunes. The new one ‘Beauty In All Blue Satin’ might be their best yet. They’re a dreampop band of sorts – we wouldn’t like to pigeonhole them, but
-
Often misunderstood, quite possibly because they’ve been ahead of the curve or sheer unwillingness to stick to a formula, Dexys (FKA Dexy’s Midnight Runners) are a joy behold. Kevin Rowland and his cohorts are back with a new LP and it’s a mixed bag judging by the singles. Rowland says that the title track –
-
Everyone loves a bit of mellow, well-made, ’70s folk-rock. And if you don’t, that’s on you. Grow up. With that, it’s all well and good delving into the past and ferreting out forgotten gems – but what of the new bands carrying the torch? Well, let’s have a listen to Mapache. Mapache have announced a
-
The BBC Archives have hit gold again, this time with a brilliant look back at a London pirate radio station back in 1982. You’ll hear killer reggae from those with radio shows made with pure love. Pre internet, pirate radio was vital because often, it was one of the only opportunities anyone got to hear
-
One of the most underrated bands of the ’90s are Urusei Yatsura. They were noisy good fun and could deliver sugary sweet punk as well as delivering all manner of unholy noise on your ears. Hailing from Glasgow and with good hair, their gigs were chaos, with drumsticks used as blunt force to hit guitars
STOP HOARDING TUNES
-
BEST OF 2024
Arbitrary lists are no good, really. However, it is nice to praise musicians and the work they’ve done. They may never see the praise on a site as small as this one, but if we send good vibes out into the ether and at least some of you give them a listen, and maybe buy…
-
TINY DESK + THUNDERCAT + YO GABBA GABBA
We could write a load of stuff about this, but there’s very little point when the contents of the video are so fun and wholesome that it speaks for itself. THUNDERCAT! YO GABBA GABBA! NPR TINY DESK! Press play immediately!
-
STUPID MUSIC PREDICTIONS FOR 2025
Before we round up the stuff from 2024 that we thought was great, we’re going to have a little fun predicting what might happen next year in the world of music. Outside of music, you have to wonder if those stupid Marvel films are going to trudge on. They probably will. Of course, it’ll be…
-
LOOP DIGGING WITH THE ALCHEMIST
Look, we’ve been feeling poorly which meant no posts for a few days. However, we just saw this Fly On The Wall vid where producer The Alchemist is snooping around for loops with a tonne of records and it’s real nerdy and fun to watch. It’s with DAMNDUST and they’re in Bahrain, and you’ll like…
Search for a Topic
Categories
- 10 SONGS WITH
- BEGINNER GUIDE
- CHECK THE HARD DRIVE
- COOL STUFF
- MIXES
- MOVIES
- NEW TUNES
- NEWS
- NOT MUSIC
- OPINION
- REAPPRAISAL CORNER
- REVIEWS
- SONGS THAT RANDOMLY THE HEAD
- WE FORGOT TO TAG THIS
Posted Recently
Submissions
THERE’S NO MONEY IN THIS GAME ANYMORE, BUT IF YOU WANT TO WRITE SOMETHING FOR THE POP CORPS, YOU ARE WELCOME TO GET IN TOUCH. HAPPY HUNTING.
CHAT
POP CULTURE IS WORTH TALKING ABOUT.
CONTACT: HOWDYPOPCORPSATGMAILDOTCOM
The Pop Corporation 