The Pop Corporation
WORDS ABOUT MUSIC + POP CULTURE
-
We’re in 2023 and what’s worse – people still excusing M*rrissey’s behaviour or people like us still falling for it and writing about it? Anyway, here we are, falling for it again and thinking ‘is it boring getting a few licks in for the craic?’ Probably. People who don’t like him are sick of hearing
-
Lists are fun, but we know they’re arbitrary. We all know that, but we still get worked up about them. That’s why publications do them. Hundreds of articles can sail by with barely a whisper of a reply, but as soon as you nail your colours to the mast, everyone’s at your throat and wanting
-
If you like PINS, then Faith Vern from the group has a new project called The Faux Faux, and cuts a very different figure from the garage punk of her other band. A little more kitchen sink and ’60s girl-group (but still a good amount of Northern Grit, you’ll be thrilled to know) and a
-
Fans of mildly psychedelic pop music should tune-in now, because LP Giobbi has a new track out that’s great and you’ll like it. It comes from a new album called ‘Light Places’ and will be out in May. As none of us are very good at waiting for things, you can hear the new track
-
12 years ago on this very day, Rebecca Black released ‘Friday’ and became a meme. She implored us that we needed to get down on Friday, and over a decade later with the release of her first LP ‘Let Her Burn’, on a literal Friday, it’s very easy to get down, because in a week
-
This summer, King Charles III will be getting fitted with a new hat and of course, us loyal servants will be allowed to stop averting our eyes for the day to look directly at a man who is still called Prince Charles really. Of course, like all public holiday things, the 24 hour news channels
-
Matthew McConaughey is going to provide the voice for Elvis Presley in a new animated TV series, which explains the terrible joke we made in the headline. Don’t worry – there’ll be more terrible takes to come. Producers at Netflix announced that the Oscar-winning actor will voice to the lead character in the upcoming action-comedy
-
You may know of BC Camplight already, but if you don’t, there’s a lot to love with Brian “BC” Christinzio. Parts stadium sized rock, part Todd Rundgren, part something else entirely his own, there’s always good stuff to be found on a BC LP. Well, there’s new shit coming on an album called ‘The Last
-
There’s no question that Burt Bacharach is one of the greatest people who ever lived. His way with a song is rarely matched and, sadly, he’s passed away at the grand old age of 94. With Hal David, all by himself, and with others, Bacharach has brought us a dizzying amount of classics. ‘Walk On
-
A lot of new psychedelic music falls into the same ol’ boring traps of drone music, dressed in skinny black jeans, and citing the same 4 or 5 bands as influence, when in fact, psychedelia is a much broader church than that. Which is why we’re thrilled about the newest LP from Marlene Ribeiro. On
STOP HOARDING TUNES
-
CHECK OUT BARDNEY POP FESTIVAL, 1972
We focus so much on Glastonbury and Reading in the UK, that we overlook some of the one-offs that happened in the ’70s in small towns, with insanely good line-ups and loads of opposition from locals. Back in 1972, if you lived in Bardney in Lincolnshire, you were aware that a festival was going down…
-
ALL STAR CAST FOR NEW KAMASI WASHINGTON
Kamasi Washington is one of the most prominent jazzers on the planet, so it’s no surprise that he’s attracted some premier talent for his new LP. The album is called ‘Fearless Movement’ and there’s a new song for you to listen to below, which goes by the name of ‘Prologue’. He’s said of this new…
-
ACE NEW PSYCH FROM TOMATO FLOWER
They’ve toured with the Animal Collective and now it’s time for their debut LP! IT’S TOMATO FLOWER! Now, we hadn’t heard of them til we saw their name on the Norman Records mailout, but pressing play, they sound like they’re right up our street! They’ve got that faraway psychedelia of The United States of America…
-
WE CAN’T MAKE OUR MIND UP ABOUT CHARLI XCX
Noughties fashion is back, obviously, because we only just had a ’90s revival, so it goes without saying. With something of a reappraisal of Paris Hilton, Ed Hardy biker jackets, baby tees, dangerous thinness and being able to see your thongs over your hipster jeans, then you shouldn’t be too surprised that Charli XCX has…
Search for a Topic
Categories
- 10 SONGS WITH
- BEGINNER GUIDE
- CHECK THE HARD DRIVE
- COOL STUFF
- HERE'S A COOL SONG
- MIXES
- MOVIES
- NEW TUNES
- NEWS
- NOT MUSIC
- OPINION
- REAPPRAISAL CORNER
- REVIEWS
- 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 