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Initially, this article was just going to be a video of a very tired, very angry baby. We bailed on the idea, because that one time someone reviewed a Jet LP with nothing more than a video of a chimp drinking it’s own piss was effectively the pinnacle of that kind of thing, and has…
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BONGZILLA. Just read that name back. It’s great isn’t it? Read that on a festival line-up, and you’re taking notice aren’t you? Handily, it perfectly captures their sound too – thick, heavy doom psychedelic rock. They’ve got a new song out which does exactly what you want to it to, called ‘Hippie Stick’, and they’ll…
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Goat released a behemoth of an LP called ‘Oh Death’ much to everyone’s surprise, and now they’re surprising us all again with a new EP called ‘Seu Sangue’ (due out on April 14th, somewhat lessening the surprise when it actually drops). The EP will herald a tour of the UK (and other places) and it’s…
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The Chemical Brothers – there’s no-one quite like them. Weird, heady drug music, but still a boatload of fun. Well, they’re back with a new thing. In fact, it’s the first new thing since 2021, which is nice. As ever, they’re back with a very heady drug video (that’s still a boatload of fun) and…
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We’ve heard people raving about Lankum, and like all nosey parkers, we wanted to know what was going on to see if we would find a new band we liked, and at worst, not like them and generally be dismissive of other people’s music tastes and bemoan the state of it all. Good news! This…
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We love Alison Goldfrapp – she can veer from witchy folkie wonderfulness, to synthpop glam dominatrix – and now she’s back, and this time, she’s eyeing up the dancefloor. The new track is called ‘So Hard So Hot’ and she said: “I wanted to do something that had that very clubby, acid-y feeling to it,…
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It’s great to hear someone say something directly sometimes. Poetry is all well and good and certainly has its place – but sometimes you just need someone to yell something in someone’s face. So with that, we turn to punks Lambrini Girls (fantastic name for a band, that) who have a new track out called…
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K-Pop stans and The Cure might seem like unlikely pals, but along with Taylor Swift’s ‘Swifties’, they’ve all got one common enemy – Ticketmaster. The two pop fanbases are rabid and have been burned by Ticketmaster prices, and the extortionate fees they impose on shows. Add to the scenario, some middle aged people who love…
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‘More Forever’ was a massive Pop Corps favourite, even if it predates the site – languid, psychedelic nu-new age music that had nods toward the dreaded B word Balearic, City Pop, jazz, ’90s ambient and prog. It was improvisational and beautiful, with gently clicking drum machines, Frippertronic-esque guitar noodles, dreamy loops and spiralling synths, with…
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Tina Weymouth’s group, Talking Heads, are coming back of a fashion. ‘Stop Making Sense’ – the iconic live movie – will return to theatres in 2023 with a newly restored 4K version, so it’ll look real pretty. It’s from A24 if you care about such details. Also, a Deluxe Edition of the film soundtrack will…
STOP HOARDING TUNES
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IBIZA ’89 // SEE IT FOR YOURSELF
If you’ve ever wanted to see what it was like during a seminal time on the White Isle, then you need to check Dave Swindell’s ‘Ibiza ’89’ book. Start muttering about the quality of pills and what constitutes ‘Balearic’ and all that good stuff, while leafing through some gorgeous photos of the time. There’s over…
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EUROVISION PLAYLIST 4U
If you want to listen to a load of Eurovision songs from all decades, then have we got a playlist for you! Now, this skews a little more modern than maybe most, but don’t worry, ‘Ding-a-Dong’ and ABBA are in there. Eurovision of course, has been so historically uncool that it turns out having innocent,…
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COUNTRY ROCK 70s GOODNESS FROM PETAL
Songs your dad loved are back in vogue thanks to a load of younger, possibly traumatised kids looking toward a simpler time of the ’70s or, at least, road trip radio stations, which sees younger artists wading into the comfort and flared jeans. With that, we tripped over a new song by Petal called ‘You…
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RIP POP ART PUNK, FRANK KOZIK
Where would we be without subversive, playful pop-art? The LPs and gig posters of the world would be drab without those with a flair for visual art. And one of the best to do it, Frank Kozik, has sadly left us. So it’s only right to celebrate his work in the hope that someone else…
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