Perfect indie pop? “Afterglow” from Nashville trio The Lonely Biscuits comes pretty damn close.
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Month: February 2018
PoP20 | PoP LEGENDS : GEORGE HARRISON – BRAINWASHED [2003]
25th February would have been George Harrison’s 75th birthday. Thus it seems appropriate to repost a review of his final album from 15 years ago.
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PoP RECOMMENDS | PoP LEGENDS : TONY BANKS – FIVE
Genesis fans rejoice! But more than that, fans of Tony Banks’ songwriting will more than appreciate Five, the band’s keyboards player’s new orchestral album, which will also appeal to classical music and film score enthusiasts.
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PoP RECOMMENDS | THE NEW ROCK N ROLL : FAIRY BONES – 0% FUN
Short, sharp punky garagey rock ‘n’ roll is on the agenda when it comes to Arizona band, Fairy Bones.
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GEEK OUT!!! SUPERHERO FILMS | NO WAY BACK FOR THE DC EXTENDED UNIVERSE
Black Panther‘s astonishing domestic box office numbers for its opening 4-days is $245 million, which actually betters Justice League‘s lifetime US box office of $228 million!
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GEEK OUT!!! SCIFI FILMS | MUTE [REVIEW]
The knives are out for Netflix original films, as far as the critics are concerned. Bright was panned and now Duncan Jones’ Mute suffers the same fate. We demur.
THE LISTENING BOOTH | POP10 FT. AUGIE MARCH, ROAMING HERDS OF BUFFALO, LYNN TAYLOR & THE BARFLIES, BLAKE BROWN & THE AMERICAN DUST CHOIR, CAITLIN CANTY, KITTEN, RICH GIRLS, RUSSIAN BATHS, THE LAGOONS, THE SCANERS [SPOTIFY PLAYLIST]
New feature! A (hopefully) weekly Spotify playlist where we spotlight new modern rock music that we are confident you have probably never heard of BUT definitely should!
REEL TO REAL | DRAMA : WONDER WHEEL [REVIEW]
By Yong Shu Hoong
While Wonder Wheel bears a lot of writer-director Woody Allen’s finger-smudges – from the plain and simple opening credits, and the use of old songs on the soundtrack, to the featuring of big-name Hollywood actors – it’s unfortunately one of his middling works to be parked under those Woody Allen films that are more cursory than noteworthy.
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PoP RECOMMENDS | THE NEW ROCK N ROLL : AUGIE MARCH – BOOTIKINS
Listening to Bootikins, the 2nd album in Aussie band Augie March‘s comeback since they returned from hiatus in 2014, it’s hard to imagine music that is more far removed from what is trendy in modern rock circles than this.
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GEEK OUT!!! | SCIFI FILMS : UPCOMING MOVIES – REPLICAS, THE TITAN & THE CURED [TRAILERS]
Some scifi movies to consider in the months ahead.
PoP20 | POWER OF POP INTERVIEW – IMOGEN HEAP (2011)
You’re coming back to Singapore! What was it like playing in Singapore 1st time around?
Well, it was very brief sadly. We didn’t really see much of the town but looking forward to coming back this time and spending a little bit more time there. It was one of the most beautiful concert halls I’ve played in, no doubt I really saw that but it was a flying visit. But on this occasion I might come a couple of days early on my own. The band will join me the day before the gig. I’m also coming back to do a concert called Music Matters on the 26th of May, so I’ll probably spend a few days there then as well. I’m doing a talk and a workshop.
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THE LISTENING BOOTH | THE NEW ROCK N ROLL : MICHELLE MANDICO – “PTARMIGAN”
Nashville-based singer-songwriter Michelle Mandico has released “Ptarmigan”, her first single ahead of a new album, due in Spring 2018.
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PoPTV : LANEWAY FESTIVAL SINGAPORE 2018
Thankfully, the weather was good enough this year to get a better video look back on Laneway Festival Singapore 2018!
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SINGAPORE MUSIC SPOTLIGHT : STADIUMS – THE OTHER SIDE (FT. CHARLES ENERO)
Part of Singapore label Reunion X Records burgeoning stable, Stadiums recently launched its debut single “The Other Side” – true to its word – in Myanmar!
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GEEK OUT!!! | SUPERHERO FILMS : BLACK PANTHER [SPOILERS]
There is much to admire about Black Panther, Marvel’s latest addition to its cinematic universe but in the final analysis, the story is plagued with the usual blockbuster plot holes.
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THE LISTENING BOOTH : KEVIN MATHEWS – FARAWAY (DEMO)
It’s my birthday today! I turn 57. Hope you will indulge me this shameless self-promotion and enjoy my new demo – “FarAway”.
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THE LISTENING BOOTH | POP POWER !!! : THE RADIO SET – GOTTA CRUSH ON YOU (PETER HOOK EXTENDED 12 INCH BIG LOVE MIX)
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the new single from The Radio Set, produced by Peter Hook, no less!
GEEK OUT!!! | SCIFI – SPACE OPERA : STAR TREK DISCOVERY – “WILL YOU TAKE MY HAND?” [SPOILERS]
Perhaps the best way to view the maiden season of the fan-divisive (now a regular occurrence) Star Trek series, Discovery is to treat it mainly as the redemptive arc of Michael Burnham, and just leave it at that.
PoPTV | THE NEW ROCK N ROLL : NAKED GIANTS – “TV” [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]
Chuffed to present new music from Seattle trio Naked Giants.
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THE LISTENING BOOTH | POP POWER !!! : TIM HALPERIN – WEIGHTLESS
We are certainly not fans of typical modern pop but we give credit where it’s due. So … we must confess that Tim Halperin’s new single “Weightless” is catchy as fuck and scores very low on the cringe factor. WIN!
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PoP RECOMMENDS | THE NEW ROCK N ROLL : WATTS – ALL DONE WITH ROCK N ROLL (EP)
The world is as we make it. So what if the modern pop industry ignores rock ‘n’ roll in favour of hip hop? Well, we don’t give a fuck as long as bands like Watts keeps the spirit alive!
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SINGAPORE MUSIC SPOTLIGHT : JACK AND RAI – “HERO” [LYRIC VIDEO]
Jack and Rai are back with a new single “Hero”.
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PoP RECOMMENDS | THE NEW ROCK N ROLL : BEECHWOOD – SONGS FROM THE LAND OF NOD
Looking back to move forward. NYC trio Beechwood might be accused of backward gazing when it comes to musical inspiration but what’s the problem when the results are so good?
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THE LISTENING BOOTH | POWER POP ROCK N ROLL : SLOAN – “THE DAY WILL BE MINE”
PoPTV | POWER POP ROCK N ROLL : RANN – “COPYCAT”
“Apparent 80s flair” – is that a new genre or something? Just kidding, it’s yet another example of 80s pop pervasive influence over modern indie pop as demonstrated this time by RANN.
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