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  • ANNA CALVI + IGGY POP

    Iggy has lived a charmed life, and chosen so many interesting duets and collaborations. It is always worth pricking an ear to who he’s working with, and this time, it is Anna Calvi who is no slouch herself. “He’s disruptive, raw, and honest — a singular force,” Anna Calvi says of old Ig; “his presence…

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  • DJ SABRINA THE TEENAGE DJ MIX

    DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ continues to be wildly prolific and equally enigmatic as each year rolls on, providing music that is somehow purer than the driven snow and a little bewildering and unsettling. If that ain’t the most perfect encapsulation of how weird things are at the moment, we don’t know what is. With…

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  • FREE RANGE / FEBRUARY 2026

    The latest radio show we do is here. We do it every month and have listeners from all over the world, and when people tell us they’ve been listening, it keeps us going honestly. It is nice to put nice things into the world, and shine a light on records that might not get too…

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  • AURORA +  CHEMICAL BROTHERS = TOMORA

    Aurora and Tom Rowlands from the Chemical Brothers have teamed up as Tomora, which means new music and some small shows, which is very fun! Aurora has collaborated with the Chems before, but this is a brand new project. The new record is coming out set for release on April 17th and is called ‘COME CLOSER’. “This…

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  • THESE ARE THE GOOD RSD 2026 RELEASES

    Record Store Day is not what it used to be, but whether it’s been overrun by the worst of the music biz, it still puts a lot of money in the tills of independent record shops, and that’s always a good thing, right? So, with that, let’s have a look at the releases that are…

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  • ADAM NEELY ESSAY ON A.I., FASCISM, CREATIVITY & MORE

    Adam Neely is one of the best essayists on music theory and music culture around today, and this week, he’s tackled the thorny issue of artificial intelligence. If you genuinely care about what comes next, have 90 minutes to spare, and want to know about tech capitalism, the links with fascist ideology, technology, why A.I.…

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  • REVIEW / THE FEMCELS / I HAVE GOT TO GET HOTTER

    Every so often, a band gets a tonne of interest from the chatter of the editorial classes that have their rent paid for them by their parents in extortionately expensive cities, and we all have to put up with it. While recessions ensure that culture springs up in the rest of a country, the would-be…

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  • UNRELEASED STYLE COUNCIL

    The reappraisal of The Style Council has been a lovely thing to see, and now they’re getting the deluxe treatment on their records, that means previously unreleased gems are afoot. The album getting some love is ‘Cafe Blue’, and one of the treats from this expanded version is a longer version of the single ‘The…

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  • HEAVY PSYCH FROM EARTH TONGUE

    If you like your psychedelic music to be fuzzy and heavy, then you need to get on the new track from Earth Tongue. They’re going to release a new album – their third – and it is produced by Ty Segall. It will be called ‘Dungeon Vision’, and the track we’re sharing here is called…

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  • JAMES BLAKE WITH MORE ROBO SOUL

    James Blake has returned with some new music, namely, the first single from the new album ‘Trying Times’, which is landing on shelves digital or otherwise on March 13th. The new song is called ‘Death of Love’, which he performs live in the new video for it. Look, with names like those, they’re not going…

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  • NEW JAMES BLAKE

    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…

  • SURPRISE BEAK> FROM GEOFF BARROW!

    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…

  • NEW AMYL & THE SNIFFERS

    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…

  • REVIEW / BAB L’BLUZ / SWAKEN

    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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