Pop culture musings by Kevin Mathews
ROCKISDEAD is the album name that got our attention. Especially when the music inside is ROCK! Well, blues-rock if you wanted to be specific. Nothing too radical as the likes of The Black Keys and Deap Vally deliver a similar vibe but it works.
Continue reading “PoP RECOMMENDS | THE NEW ROCK N ROLL: DOROTHY”
Robbie Robertson (real name: Jaime Royal Robertson) is perhaps best known for being the guitarist/principal songwriter of The Band, a highly influential group that were active mainly from 1968 to 1977. Robertson has also a solid reputation as a solo artist, film composer and producer.
Continue reading “ROCK HISTORY: TESTIMONY BY ROBBIE ROBERTSON”
Yeah yeah everybody’s got a fuckin’ list of recommended 2017 movies. Here’s ours – in order of anticipation. Nuff said.
2016 will forever be notorious for the number of celebrity deaths that occured during its 12 months. We are not of the view that there is anything too distinctive about the number of deaths this year, except to opine that this seeming increase in celebrity deaths may be down to a function of age and perhaps drug/alcohol abuse – though that does not quite explain Keith Richards’ remarkable longevity. We want to take this time to look back in rock history and remember the musicians who died much too young – before even turning 30 (the end of youth perhaps).
Sunday Morning is a musical project consisting of Bruce Wilson (Vocals) and Stephen Hamm (Keyboards), with a little help from their friends.
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Star Wars fans mourn for Carrie Fisher today, as the actress who portrayed the iconic Princess Leia passed away on 27th December.
Rest in peace, dear Princess.
We have always maintained that inside electronica lies the potential for pop music that embraces dramatic and emotional power within the context of dance and infection. Here’s an album that provides strong evidence for that assertion.
Continue reading “THE LISTENING BOOTH | POP POWER!!!: DOOMBIRD – PAST LIVES”
2016 is almost done with. And what have we learnt from modern pop culture? That rock ’n’ roll is dead? That nostalgia & fan service in movies trumps originality? That real life is slowly but surely upstaging science fiction for sheer bizarreness?
In 1977, Star Wars made the scifi movie highly bankable, taking the concepts of the pulp serials of the 30s and the B-movies of the 50s into the commercial stratosphere. Almost 40 years later, Star Wars still reigns supreme in the form of The Force Awakens and Rogue One – massive worldwide blockbusters which have captured the imagination of the casual movie-goer.
The eighth part of cartoonist Troy Chin’s autobiographical work finds our protagonist still trying to make sense of life in Singapore.
Continue reading “GEEK OUT! THE RESIDENT TOURIST (PART 8) BY TROY CHIN”
Rock ‘n’ roll might not have the same commercial or cultural impact it used to have but we promise to keep fighting the good fight.
Here are streams of new music that express the spirit of rock ‘n’ roll. Discover! Enjoy!
Discovering new pop music with POWER – pop with heart & soul! Enjoy!!
Continue reading “POPTV – POP POWER!!! FT. LOREN NORTH, ÄNGIE, AISH & CARNEYVAL & JACKSON BREIT!!!”
The Kinks is a band that deserve more recognition than they have received. Although never quite valued in the same manner as many of their 60s peers, in many ways, The Kinks contributed as much to the development of rock music as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who & Pink Floyd.
Continue reading “ROCK HISTORY – RAY DAVIES: A COMPLICATED LIFE BY JOHNNY ROGAN”
2016 promised to be the year of geek movies as Marvel, DC and Fox released superhero adaptations galore and Disney/Lucasfilm launched the first Star Wars standalone film. Geek blockbusters were once again thrown into the mix as young adult franchises were initiated. Let’s try to make sense of it all, alright?
A furious debate typically surrounds the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame when it announces its annual inductees. In 2017, the likes of Tupac, Pearl Jam, Joan Baez, Electric Light Orchestra, Journey and Yes have been added to the list.
Continue reading “ROCK HISTORY: FIVE REASONS WHY THE ROCK N ROLL HALL OF FAME IS A FARCE”
Discovering new pop music with POWER – pop with heart & soul! Enjoy!!
Rock ‘n’ roll might not have the same commercial or cultural impact it used to have but we promise to keep fighting the good fight.
Here are videos of new music that express the spirit of rock ‘n’ roll. Discover! Enjoy!
The OA poses more questions than it answers. But isn’t that a reflection of life?
Spoilers, duh!
Has social media been taken over by Disney press-bots? It gets very distressing when twentysomethings declare the standalone Star Wars film, Rogue One as “the best Star Wars movie ever”!
Rock ‘n’ roll might not have the same commercial or cultural impact it used to have but we promise to keep fighting the good fight.
Here are streams of new music that express the spirit of rock ‘n’ roll. Discover! Enjoy!
Discovering new pop music with POWER – pop with heart & soul! Enjoy!!
With the election of Donald Trump as the 45th President-Elect of the USA, commentators have remarked that perhaps this era will also see the return of the protest song, prevalent during the tenure of hardline conservative leaders like Ronald Reagan (USA) and Margaret Thatcher (UK) in the 1980s.
Discovering new pop music with POWER – pop with heart & soul! Enjoy!!
Continue reading “THE LISTENING BOOTH – POP POWER!!! FT. ASTA, RÉN, STRAE & FANNY ANDERSEN!!!”
Rock ‘n’ roll might not have the same commercial or cultural impact it used to have but we promise to keep fighting the good fight.
Here are videos of new music that express the spirit of rock ‘n’ roll. Discover! Enjoy!
