The Pop Corporation
WORDS ABOUT MUSIC + POP CULTURE
-
Tim Burgess has been doing Listening Parties on the internet for some time now, with a mix of new bands that make great music and need a leg-up, as well as some real legends of music. It’s been pretty wholesome all told. Well, all good things must come to an end and Tim’s Listening Party
-
Miguel is back – back being the operative word – playing some new stuff from his next LP ‘VISCERA’ and, to grab the headlines, he got his back skin pierced and then suspended from hooks through his bare back. With metal hooks through his flesh, dangling in mid air, he sang “I’m hanging onto nothing
-
Cybotron is a pioneer of techno and if you’re at all interested in Detroit club music, you’ll know ‘Clear’ as being one of the most pivotal releases in electronic music’s long and varied history. If you don’t know the track from ’83, then boy, you’re in for a real treat! Well, in thrilling news for
-
Aphex Twin performed at Field Day last weekend and now you can watch the whole set for yourself, filled with ear-bleeding beats, acid basslines, and of course, loads of daft graphics. It’s great fun. We were initially going to just write a garbled string of letters as a little joke, like some of Aphex’s song
-
There’s a breed of powerful, wealthy man that exists now which tries to offset their billions in wealth with scruffy caps, weird hair sculpting and crying laugh emojis on social media. It’s an unnerving, irritating sight as these blokes pass themselves off visibly as more akin to podcast hosts rather than wildly powerful individuals. The
-
Here’s the tracklist for the latest FREE RANGE radio show, which is effectively the listenable version of this website albeit with a different name and takes up way more of your time. At least you don’t have to use your eyes and it can join you on the commute to work. Here’s the show to
-
A piece of vintage kit that’s somewhere between a proto sampler and mellotron? YES PLEASE! A superb lo-fi thing shown off by the YouTube channel called HAINBACH, you see a kinda synth that uses floppy records to loop from and has all manner of cool and cute rhythms, and some gorgeous ambient synth tones. It’s
-
We’re very happy that there’s a spate of soft-pop knocking around at the minute. Focusing on gentle catchiness and easy-on-the-ear stylings, one of the most pleasant songs we’ve heard in a while is from Nature TV. The track is called ‘Frida’ and it’s a cuddly, warm thing and is set to feature on a new
-
There’s no popstar on Earth more likeable than Selena Gomez. Have you seen ‘Only Murders In The Building’ yet? She’s wonderful in it. Camp cult classic? ‘Spring Breakers’, everyone. A celebrity makeup range that is actually good and people sincerely like it? You bet. Came out of relationships with other celebrities looking like an actual
-
The new album from the clearly brilliant Portable Radio – who released new single ‘I Feel Like A Dog’ last week – have announced that their new LP ‘Counting To Three’ is available for presale on Where It’s At Is Where You Are recordings. On lovely red vinyl for the LP enthusiasts and of course,
STOP HOARDING TUNES
-
NED DOHENY / PEARL CHARLES TEE
As seen above, if you’re a fan of Ned Doheny, you’ve probably long lusted after a t-shirt he was seen in that simply reads ‘L.A. BABE’ on it. It’s an absolute beaut of a shirt, and new artist Pearl Charles agreed, as she got one of her own too! Both, clearly, are total babes. Well,…
-
REST IN POWER, SINÉAD O’CONNOR
Sinéad O’Connor has died aged 56. It’s strange to write about her passing as, like many music fans, we’ve spent a good amount of time worrying about. While O’Connor showed incredible strength for much of her life, it was obvious there were breaking points and, to be perfectly honest, much of the music press that…
-
NEW BLACK GRAPE, SURPRISINGLY
Black Grape have announced a new LP, which we didn’t see coming. They might have been talking about it for ages for all we know, but that’s not the point. We’re surprised and it’s not wholly unpleasant, is it? The group, of course, are a project of Shaun Ryder (Happy Mondays) and Kermit (Ruthless Rap…
-
HA HA THIS IS FINE, GOOGLE AI TO READ YOUR MIND
Much like recreational drugs, AI is a fine toy to muck around with if you already know what you’re doing, but wildly annoying in the hands of know-nothings with loud mouths and their hangers on who think it’s the future maaaaan. Anyway, with that, like recreational drugs, we’re going to have to live with it…
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 