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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Mar 9

KEEF COVERS VELVETS

To celebrate Lou Reed’s birthday the other day (he would have been 82), Keef Richards decided to do a cute cover of ‘I’m Waiting For The Man’ by The Velvet Underground. It might all feel a bit unnecessary, but it’s nice all told, eh? Besides, Light In The Attic are putting an album out called…
Mar 9

IWD PSYCHEDELIC MIX

We’re a day late on this, but that doesn’t diminish the quality of this psychedelic, woman focused mix from Jawa Jones. It also doesn’t diminish the wonderful socialist event that is International Women’s Day. Go read up the day’s origins. And yes, there’s an International Men’s Day. It’s in November. Of course, this mix is…
Mar 8

ISOBEL CAMPBELL NEWIE

Belle & Sebastian fans won’t need reminding who Isobel Campbell is, but other people might. So, yep, Isobel was one of the voices that made Belle & Sebastian so fun to listen to and, since that time, she’s gone solo. She’s got a new LP called ‘Bow To Love’ and there’s a track for you…
Mar 8

SXSW SPONSORED BY THE US ARMY

It’s usually pretty lame when some writer starts bleating on about something being beyond satire, chirruping ‘YOU COULDN’T MAKE IT UP!‘ and all that. However, sometimes things happen in real life and you are left thinking ‘what the actual fuck?’ and we’re wandering into that exact territory when you basically look at a hipster music…

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.

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