The Pop Corporation

WORDS ABOUT MUSIC + POP CULTURE

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What’s the deal here? A music blog, being launched in a time when blogging is absolutely dead, especially trying to cover music? What’s the point in that? Well, call it a labour of love. Call it foolhardiness. Call it what you want, but the chances of this making any money is basically nil, and thankfully,…
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Jan 21

IRAN SENTENCE SINGER TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY

Tataloo is an Iranian singer and, once upon a time, he was deemed culturally significant enough to be used by ultra conservative politicians to get the ear of the nation’s liberal youth. However, a court in Iran has decided that the performer should be executed, after an appeal against a five year prison sentence. Amir…
Jan 20

TED LUCAS ACID FOLK REISSUE

Have you heard Ted Lucas’ eponymous acid-folk LP from 1975? It’s super good and, if you’re not able to get your mitts on an original copy, the good news is that there’ll be a reissue that’s more readily available. The album is getting reissued next month through the labour-of-love’ists at Third Man, and as well…
Jan 19

SUN RA’S MARSHALL ALLEN FIRST SOLO OUTING

Not many people reach the age of 101, and even fewer of them can say they’re releasing their first solo album at that age. Then again, not many people are Sun Ra Arkestra’s irrepressible bandleader Marshall Allen. He’ll be releasing his first solo cut and to whet your appetite, here’s a new track from him…
Jan 18

ACE POWER POP FROM THE CONVENIENCE

The Convenience are new to us, but we just listened to ‘I Got Exactly What I Needed’, and it really tickled our pickle. It might tickle yours too! The group are made up of Nick Corson and Duncan Troast, who have apparently worked with Drugdealer and others. Instead of being Beatlesy power pop, their stuff…

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.

POP CULTURE IS WORTH TALKING ABOUT.

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