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  • RANKING GIRLS ALOUD SINGLES

    The internet is filled with arbitrary lists – lists that are prone to change ten minutes after they’ve been written. We thought we’d do one. These things aren’t ever really useful in any way, or particularly relevant to any current affair, so we thought we’d rank the singles released by Girls Aloud because we happened…

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  • YOU’LL LIKE THIS ONE FROM TKAY MAIDZA

    Tkay Maidza’s newie is a gem of a track that we think you’ll like. It’s called ‘Out Of Luck’ and a rubbery, slinky piece of dancefloor ready R&B. If you like KAYTRANADA, you’ll dig. He’s on the LP on production duties, so this may well be him. We haven’t looked it up. The track is…

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  • CELESTIAL CANDYFLOSS FROM GRUFF RHYS

    Gruff Rhys has a new single out called ‘Celestial Candyfloss’ and of course, we’re always happy to hear his voice. However, seeing as the rest of the Super Furry Animals also have new music out as Das Koolies, it’s making us unhappy that all of them aren’t teaming up for a new SFA LP. We’re…

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  • TOPLOADER + TORIES: A DISSECTION

    Let’s get the gags out of the way first, regarding the news that Toploader played the Conservative Party conference this week. Were they doing a set of their greatest hit? Arf. It’s true though, that Toploader played at a party for awful, braying Tories. Various Tories and right-whingers shared clips of the group and had…

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  • GRRRL GANG / NEW HOT MESS

    ‘Spunky!’ is the name of the LP and Grrrl Gang are the band, and you’re going to be hearing a lot of them in the coming months. Every so often, a group appears and it just feels like everyone’s rooting for them – this is the latest band that feel like that. The debut album…

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  • AN AMBIENT BOX OF JOY

    Do you like ambient music? Fun gadgets? Technology that springs joy rather than necessity? You need to know about the FM3 Buddha Machine. Pre-smartphone dependency, these gorgeous devices played slow, simple music that’s like a futuristic music box. Soothing, calming music from a box designed to only do just that. Brian Eno, David Byrne and…

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  • STEVIE NICKS X BARBIE

    Mattel will be releasing a limited edition Stevie Nicks Barbie doll, which is certainly going to sell like hot-cakes. Stevie Nicks said on the socials: “My Stevie Barbie has been with me now for several months. When Mattel came to me asking if I would like to have a Barbie made in the “Rumours” cover…

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  • Because you don’t want to have to keep remembering to check what’s going on at The Pop Corps, remembering to click a link in an Instagram story, we’re in the middle of setting up a Pop Corps Substack. Basically, that means once a week, you’ll get a digest version of what’s been on the site,…

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  • GET TO KNOW MYRIAM GENDRON

    If you’re a fan of intimate, killer folk, then you’re going to love Miriam Gendron. Her ‘Not So Deep As A Well’ album came out in 2014 and quickly became a cult classic and hard to get your hands on. Well, it’s being re-issued (and available for the first time in Europe) on 17th November…

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  • CHROMEO NEW ONE SOUNDS JUST LIKE YOU WANT IT TO

    Chromeo are great aren’t they? They know how to have fun, and honestly, they were on the ’80s boogie and yacht rock tip long before a lot of bands decided to get on those genres. Well, they’re back and sounding great and have a new LP due called ‘Adult Contemporary’. It’s not out ’til next…

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  • OLD GUY NOT KEEN ON HARRY STYLES/BOWIE COMPARISONS

    Harry Styles dresses glamorously, so regardless of the music he’s making and thanks to a couple of sequins and whatnot, we are by law, required to liken him to some people from the ’70s. Seeing as most people identify the ’70s with David Bowie, then Harry Styles must be like him, eh? Now, we actually…

  • SHEENA EASTON DEBUT AGAIN

    Sheena Easton has had a funny ol’ career hasn’t she? From ‘Morning Train (Nine To Five)’ to being in a band with Prince, it’s quite the leap, eh? Well, concerning her own work, the lovely people over at Cherry Red are reissuing her debut LP ‘Take My Time’ from 1981. Now, we haven’t looked at…

  • NEW GILLA BAND

    Formerly Girl Band, now Gilla Band, they’ve got a new single out called ‘Sports Day’ and honestly, you can probably just scroll to the bottom of this article and listen to the track and skip all the fluff. However, the fluff is slightly necessary for us as we have to provide something that looks like…

  • MCCARTNEY DOCUMENTARY: WINGS YEARS

    Hey Macca fans! There’s going to be a feature documentary that looks at Paul McCartney’s life following the breakup of The Beatles. That’s the cool solo bits, Wings, and his life with Linda McCartney, and obviously, an insane amount of incredible music. We’re promised a lot of never-seen-before archive of Paul and Linda’s home videos…

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