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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Sep 29

SOULFUL RAP FROM H31R

You could call it alt-rap we suppose, but we’re a bit loathed to do it. Fact is, this is not mainstream hip hop and comes with a big dollop of soulfulness that makes it worth a listen. It’s hotly tipped duo H31R who hail from New York and they’ve got a new single out from…
Sep 29

OUTSIDER FOLK, STALKING JODIE FOSTER AND TRYING TO KILL THE PRESIDENT

March 30th, 1981, in the mid afternoon outside the Hilton in Washington DC, six shots ring out and Ronald Reagan is unceremoniously bundled into a car. His press secretary lies critically wounded on the floor, and injured too are a secret service agent and a police officer. The President of the United States of America…
Sep 29

PERU HEAVY PSYCH FROM TARKUS

Peru is responsible for some of the greatest psychedelic music ever recorded – much of it based in a love of The Beatles and Paul McCartney. However, for fans of heavier stuff, you need to get on Tarkus and fast! Munster Records (ever brilliant) have reissued the group’s sole LP, which has influences of Black…
Sep 29

PORTABLE RADIO / WHERE THERE IS LOVE

Portable Radio – talented and handsome – have released a third track from the forthcoming ‘Counting To Three’ LP, this time, a disco ballad called ‘Where There Is Love’. There’s a lyric video so you can singalong. The album is available to pre-order here and is available as a download or – and we imagine…

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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