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Mattel will be releasing a limited edition Stevie Nicks Barbie doll, which is certainly going to sell like hot-cakes. Stevie Nicks said on the socials: “My Stevie Barbie has been with me now for several months. When Mattel came to me asking if I would like to have a Barbie made in the “Rumours” cover
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Because you don’t want to have to keep remembering to check what’s going on at The Pop Corps, remembering to click a link in an Instagram story, we’re in the middle of setting up a Pop Corps Substack. Basically, that means once a week, you’ll get a digest version of what’s been on the site,
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If you’re a fan of intimate, killer folk, then you’re going to love Miriam Gendron. Her ‘Not So Deep As A Well’ album came out in 2014 and quickly became a cult classic and hard to get your hands on. Well, it’s being re-issued (and available for the first time in Europe) on 17th November
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Chromeo are great aren’t they? They know how to have fun, and honestly, they were on the ’80s boogie and yacht rock tip long before a lot of bands decided to get on those genres. Well, they’re back and sounding great and have a new LP due called ‘Adult Contemporary’. It’s not out ’til next
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If you’re a fan of Italo pop, then you will have absolutely found yourself dancing to Ryan Paris’ ‘Dolce Vita’. It’s a classic of the genre. It’s basically a perfect little europop song. If you haven’t heard it, let’s fix that before cracking on with the current news relating to it. If the headline didn’t
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If you look at the bottom of the image above, you’ll see a teeny-weeny U2 playing in front of one of the most dazzling spectacles anyone’s likely to see. The group have taken up residency at the Vegas Sphere which is one of the most incredible live spaces ever seen, with a more-than-HD screen that
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The marvellous folks over at Munster have another banger of a reissue on the go, and this time it’s the fabulous Fruko LP from 1973 called ‘El Violento’. It’s dancefloor dynamite and full to bursting with super hot salsa music that’ll blow your head clean off! If you like Fania records and all that good
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Phoenix AZ’s Holy Fawn make music which is hard to pinpoint. Variously, it’s been referred to as ‘doomgaze’, ‘post-black metal’, and other heavy things. It’s a bit shoegazey, for sure, but harder. And weirder [non-derogatory]. It’s tremendously brain frying, which is always fun to do to yourself. Well, they have a new track out called
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Daft Punk may have press the self destruct button on themselves, but that doesn’t mean we’re not getting treats from the duo. They’ve released a drumless version of ‘Within’ and, rather predictably, it’s great. This is to celebrate the 10th anniversary of ‘Random Access Memories’, possibly. Whatever the reason, it’s a neat little release that
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You could call it alt-rap we suppose, but we’re a bit loathed to do it. Fact is, this is not mainstream hip hop and comes with a big dollop of soulfulness that makes it worth a listen. It’s hotly tipped duo H31R who hail from New York and they’ve got a new single out from
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IS IT THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR STREAMING?
Streaming is hugely popular and, on the strength of people sharing their Spotify Wrapped graphics to social media platforms, it doesn’t look like it will be going anywhere, anytime soon. Or is it? In the immediacy, Spotify, Apple Music, and the rest, won’t be worrying too much as they continue to rake in cash, left,…
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COOL GLOBAL HOUSE JAZZ FROM ROI TURBO
If you’re into Jazzanova, or even Todd Terje or Nu Genea, then here’s something you should get your chops around – the new single from Roi Turbo. The pair are two brothers who go by the name of Benjamin and Conor McCarthy, and they make the kind of music that crosses over out of the…
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YET ANOTHER BANGER FROM SHYGIRL
Shygirl really doesn’t miss, and has been making some killer party music for a while now. Unsurprisingly, she was invited to open for Charli XCX, to light the touch paper on Brat Summer. We like Shygirl in bouncy hip-house mode the best, so with the announcement of a new EP called ‘Club Shy Room 2’,…
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AZCHIKE WITH THE NEW BAP
A recent appearance on the new Kendrick LP, ‘GNX’, isn’t going to anyone’s appeal any harm. So with that, after a guestie, West Coast’s AZChike has released a new track while the iron is hot. It’s a clatterer and goes by the name of ‘Love Yo Weapons’, and you can hear it below. —
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