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Candie Payne’s ‘I Wish I Could Have Loved You More’ was one of the best albums of the Noughties, melding pop with ace ’60s girl group pop and noirish spy flick moodiness. These days, Candie is making art of a different stripe, but we’ve kept playing tracks like ‘All I Need To Hear’ and the
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if you’re in the market for some summery, retro, West Coast-ish yacht pop, you could do a lot worse than dig into the new track from Douglas A Benson. The track is called ‘On The Run’ and is taken from his forthcoming EP ‘Joys Of Growth’, which should land later in ’24. It’s going a
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If you love those ace LPs that spearheaded electronic music in the ’60s and ’70s, you’re going to love the imminent LP from the Will Gregory Moog Ensemble. It’s a debut LP called ‘Heat Ray: The Archimedes Project’ and it has made in collaboration with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Apparently, it was inspired by
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Annie-Dog hails from Ireland and has a new single out and, honestly, we’ve not ever heard anything quite like it. That’s worth writing about in itself, because it’s incredibly difficult to be original in a landscape that has an algorithm that favours familiarity, and of course, decades of music using up most of the ideas
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We nearly put a wrong photo on this article to see if anyone was paying attention, but that’s way too needy isn’t it? Instead, we’re just going to embed the video without too much ceremony. Besides, you’ve probably already worked out whether you like James Blake or not and we’re not going to influence you
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Geoff Barrow surprised everyone with a new album from his Beak> project which is fun! It also comes with some surprise tour dates for those of you who love a pint and some live music. It’s the first new stuff in six years, and if you know what the previous LPs were called, then you’ll
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Hey punkheads – there’s new music from Amyl & The Sniffers! There’s a couple of tracks for you to get your teeth into. In a bid to remind you that music is something to actively participate in, rather than passively soak up, we’re only sharing one of the songs so you can go find the
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Bab L’Bluz are one of the most exciting and fresh rock groups on planet earth right now. A wonderful mix of psychedelic rock and North African music, their ‘Nayda!’ album is a modern masterpiece and a firm favourite here at THEPOPCORPS, and exactly the kind of album you’ll casually put on the turntable and have
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There’s a number of bigger bands releasing stuff at the minute and they don’t need the promo and we’re not going to steal any traffic from the NME, so what’s the point? Instead, we’re all excited about DJ JakoJako’s new one called ‘Modus’. It’s a clicky, menacing, fun piece of techno which is no surprise
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Look, we can’t lie – we think a lot of shoegaze and grunge is pretty crappy, and the newer versions of them that’s been doing the rounds hasn’t been too great either. Now, that’s not to say that there isn’t excellent shoegaze and grunge old and new – far from it. However, it’s all a
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NISA IS DANCING ALONE
If we’re weary of two things in music currently, it’s post-punk shouty bollix, and whispery, breathy doe-eyed vocals. You might think this song falls in the latter bracket, but it has a bit more about it, so you should give it a whirl. Nisa’s ‘Dance Alone’ is out now, from the album out on Friday…
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ALT VERSION OF KISS FROM A ROSE
It’s a baroque pop gem of a song is ‘Kiss From A Rose’ by Seal. What’s remarkable is that he wrote the song in 1987 and hung onto it until everything was just right to release it on… well… the Neverending Story III soundtrack. And then the Batman Forever soundtrack. Initially, Seal wasn’t too keen…
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ITS NOW NATURE VS AI
We live in weird times, but sometimes, peculiar things happen and you have to embrace them. With artificiality becoming an increasing concern with the advent of AI and whatnot, what of nature itself? Well, someone’s had a bright idea to get nature its royalties. No, seriously. Many musicians include the sounds of nature in their…
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NEW MUSIC FROM OF MONTREAL
Do you like Of Montreal? Well, there’s a new song out called ‘Rude Girl on Rotation’ and is taken from the imminent new LP ‘Lady On The Cusp’ which you can grab on May 17th. Kevin Barnes says: “Rude Girl On Rotation” was inspired, in part, by my impending move from Athens GA to our…
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