What is a music scene without original music? Can you imagine an art gallery filled with copies of classic paintings? Would you patronize such an art gallery?
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POWER OF POP INTERVIEW – OBEDIENT WIVES CLUB
Power of Pop have been big fans of the RetroPop connoisseurs Obedient Wives Club ever since their debut EP back in 2012. The quintet viz. YinQi (vocals), Cherie (guitar, vocals), Man (bass), Lennat (drums) and Keith (guitar) have fashioned a unique style mixing 60s girls groups with a lighter 90s shoegaze touch, that they themselves have dubbed “Spectorgaze”.
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PoP RECOMMENDS | THE NEW ROCK N ROLL : EXCELLENT SKELETON – DEAR FEAR
Back in February, we had reported that the Adrian Jones-led Cardiff rock band Excellent Skeleton had released an eponymous EP that re-worked some of Adrian’s Basement in my Loft material to powerful effect.
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THE LISTENING BOOTH | THE NEW ROCK N ROLL : THE TECHNICOLORS – IMPOSTER!
Shades of Pixies meet the Strokes evident on this new song from Phoenix-based The Technicolors.
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GEEK OUT! STAR WARS: RON HOWARD CONFIRMED AS DIRECTOR OF HAN SOLO
Director Ron Howard has confirmed on Twitter that he will take over from the departed Phil Lord and Chris Miller to helm the Han Solo standalone movie.
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PoP RECOMMENDS | POWER POP ROCK N ROLL !!! : RICH MCCULLEY – OUT ALONG THE EDGES
Rich McCulley has been a popular singer-songwriter with Power of Pop and we have always done our best to plug his releases over the years. So we were pleased when Rich sent us his latest offering, Out Along the Edges.
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THE LISTENING BOOTH | POWER POP ROCK N ROLL : THE DREAM SYNDICATE – HOW DID I FIND MYSELF HERE?
2017 is definitely shaping up to be an interesting year for our beloved music with the announcement of a new album from seminal alt-rockers The Dream Syndicate!
THE LISTENING BOOTH | THE NEW ROCK N ROLL : LO TOM – COVERED WAGON
Lo Tom is basically Pedro the Lion and Starflyer 59 members coming together to form an alt- rock supergroup!
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GEEK OUT! GAME OF THRONES SEASON 7 PICS
GEEK OUT! GAME OF THRONES TRAILER #2
Winter is finally here and so is Game of Thrones!
PoPTV | POP POWER!!! : SAN MEI – UNTIL YOU FEEL GOOD
Gold Coast pop-rock songstress San Mei adds a music video to her pleasing single “Until You Feel Good” and has just announced her debut EP, Necessary out Friday July 14.
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GEEK OUT! STAR WARS | IS THE HAN SOLO FILM IN TROUBLE AS DIRECTORS LEAVE?
The Hollywood Reporter has reported that the directors of the Star Wars standalone prequel of Han Solo – Phil Lord and Christopher Miller – have left the film over ‘creative differences’.
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GEEK OUT! AMERICAN GODS SEASON ONE
Neil Gaiman is a critically acclaimed award-winning writer who started his career with comic books – notably on the fan favourite Sandman – and novels (viz. American Gods, Coraline, Stardust and The Graveyard Book).
PoP RECOMMENDS | RETROPOPROCKS : NEW ALBUMS FROM CHEAP TRICK, RIDE, MATTHEW SWEET & STYX!!!
So much music, too little time. We continue our periodic sharing of new albums from classic bands that refuse to lie down and give up. Fuck ‘relevance’ and enjoy critical recalls from power pop masters Cheap Trick and Matthew Sweet, 90s shoegazers Ride and even a surprisingly spry concept rock LP from Styx! Enjoy!!
PoP RECOMMENDS | POWER POP ROCK N ROLL !!! GOSPELBEACH – ANOTHER SUMMER OF LOVE
Brent Rademaker is a shining example of what a singer-songwriter-musician inspired by the right influences can achieve in respect of our beloved retro-pop music. Already a PoP legend for his work with Beachwood Sparks and The Tyde, Rademaker returned to music making in a big way with GospelbeacH.
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GEEK OUT! THE HANDMAID’S TALE SEASON ONE
Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale reminded us of Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle. Both are TV adaptations of award-winning critically acclaimed scifi novels that involve a dystopian reality, whether set in the past or the future.
SINGAPORE MUSIC SPOTLIGHT : ZEPHYR KHAMBATTA – SAIL AWAY
A straightforward modern pop song from Zephyr. Quite catchy too! Check out the video below.
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GEEK OUT! NEILL BLOMKAMP BREAKS OUT WITH OATS STUDIO – WATCH RAKKA SHORT FILM NOW!
South African-Canadian film director Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Elysium, Chappie) is going experimental with his work by forming Oats Studios to showcase his new film projects.
PoP RECOMMENDS | THE NEW ROCK N ROLL : FLEET FOXES – CRACK-UP
Seattle rock band Fleet Foxes, in our humble opinion, released the album of the Noughties – it’s eponymous debut being the spiritual descendent of such transcendental pop-rock classics like The Beach Boys’ aborted Smile and Todd Rundgren’s majestic A Wizard, A True Star.
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LIVE NEWS | METAL : KREATOR X VADER X TORMENTRESS – LIVE IN SINGAPORE!
German thrash-metal band KREATOR make their way to our shores in August for a night of mayhem and political commentary!
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GEEK OUT! THE TROLLS HAVE WON! DC FILMS WILL NOW BE MARVEL MOVIES!!
In a recent interview with The Wrap, and on the heels of the mega-success of Wonder Woman, DC Entertainment president Geoff Johns declared – in reference to future movies – that DC would, “get to the essence of the character and make the movies fun”.
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GEEK OUT! JESSICA CHASTAIN TO PLAY LILANDRA IN DARK PHOENIX?
Last time Fox attempted an adaptation of the classic X-Men “Dark Phoenix” story, they royally screwed it up in X-Men: The Last Stand.
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PoP RECOMMENDS | RETROPOPROCK : NEW ALBUMS FROM LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM CHRISTINE MCVIE, THE CHARLATANS, THE FEELIES AND THE SADIES!
More solid retro pop-rock in 2017 for your listening pleasure! A classic team up of erstwhile Fleetwood Mac members and a trio of seminal bands from the 80s/90s will keep you enjoying great new music!
ROCK HISTORY – THE KEY GENRES THAT MAKE UP POWER POP ROCK N ROLL! PART I
We love analysing our favourite music, which as it now stands, we apply the all-encompassing term POWER POP ROCK N ROLL to define. We do not believe that any artist or band worth their salt would create music that could be pigeon-holed so easily, which is why our term POWER POP ROCK N ROLL comprises quite a few key genres that we will spend a fair bit of time to discuss. We begin with POWER POP!
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THE LISTENING BOOTH | POWER POP ROCK N ROLL : A GIANT DOG – PHOTOGRAPH
Melodic rock heroes A Giant Dog return with a new album with the mighty Merge Records!
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