Dig the new breed! Yishay‘s brand of anthemic electro-rock is a breath of fresh air.
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POWER OF POP INTERVIEW : YEO
Melbourne-based producer/multi-instrumentalist Yeo is a smooth operator when it comes to music. His work is slick, creative and instantly likeable.
PoP RECOMMENDS | THE NEW ROCK N ROLL : GEOFF GIBBONS – BUFFALO HOTEL
Gotta love Geoff Gibbons’ country-folk vibe on his new album Buffalo Hotel, which was released earlier this year.
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LIVE NEWS | MOSAIC MUSIC SERIES : YEO – LIVE AT THE ESPLANADE CONCOURSE
Yeo will be making his Singapore debut as a part of the Mosaic Music Series at Esplanade Concourse on November 11th at 7.45pm.
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REEL TO REAL : RAVING IRAN
Anoosh and Arash are young men who make up the DJ-producer duo called Blade & Beard. Nothing special about that fact until you realise that Anoosh and Arash are from Teheran, Iran.
PoP RECOMMENDS | THE NEW ROCK N ROLL : JULIEN BAKER – TURN OUT THE LIGHTS
Rock ‘n’ roll is not all about sex, drugs and partying but as an art form has allowed the fragile soul to express the deepest and darkest thoughts on existential angst. This is certainly true of singer-songwriter Julien Baker.
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PoP RECOMMENDS | POP POWER !!! RINA SAWAYAMA – RINA
There’s no way to write off modern pop music when artists like Rina Sawayama demonstrate that it is possible to imbue sophistication and verve into what many consider a pre-fabricated music format.
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LIVE NEWS | PoP LEGENDS : SQUEEZE LIVE IN SINGAPORE!!!
Oh we are so stoked about this news! Squeeze will play in Singapore on May 4th, 2018 at the UCC Hall, NUS.
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THE LISTENING BOOTH | THE NEW ROCK N ROLL : SPENCER ROBINSON & THE WOLF SPIDERS – “DRINK GASOLINE, SPIT FIRE”
Spencer Robinson brings an interesting perspective to the now marginalised art form we call Rock ‘n’ Roll.
PoPTV | THE NEW ROCK N ROLL : VISTA KICKS – “GOTTA GET AWAY” PERFORMANCE VIDEO
Los Angeles based Vista Kicks is Derek Thomas, Sam Plecker, Trevor Sutton, and Nolan LeVine.
The quartet, originally met on the kindergarten playground in their hometown and are thus more than bandmates. They are lifelong friends and creative brothers with a knack for writing infectious songs and throwing a great party.
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LIVE NEWS : BLUESFEST BYRON BAY 2018
Power of Pop will be attending Bluesfest Byron Bay 2018! The festival have already announced the likes of Robert Plant, Chic, First Aid Kit. Gov’t Mule, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real etc and have recently added to that list!
PoPTV | THE NEW ROCK N ROLL : SMALL TOWN TITANS – “ME, MYSELF AND MONSTER”
Hard rockers Small Town Titans hail from York Pennsylvania and already have two full-length albums under their belts.
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SINGAPORE MUSIC SPOTLIGHT : NICHOLAS CHIM – “DOWN THE WAY”
A casual observer of the local music scene would not find acoustic-based singer-songwriter Nicholas Chim’s adoption of electronic arrangements a surprise, as this has become rather trendy in 2017.
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PoP RECOMMENDS | THE NEW ROCK N ROLL : BULLY – LOSING
Broken record time – those of us who are rock ‘n’ roll observers have been talking up a 90s rock revival for some time now. So add Nashville’s Bully to the list of hopefuls…
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PoP RECOMMENDS | POP POWER!!! : XAVIER BOYER – SOME / ANY / NEW
Terrific news for the PoP faithful as Tahiti 80’s Xavier Boyer releases his debut solo album, Some / Any / New!
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THE LISTENING BOOTH | THE NEW ROCK N ROLL : CURLS – EMOTION
Christopher Owens, who once fronted a band called Girls, has formed a new group called Curls!
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PoPTV | PoP LEGENDS : MORRISSEY – “SPENT THE DAY IN BED”
Indie pop pioneer Morrissey returns with his 11th studio album, Low in High School, his first with BMG and out in mid-November.
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PoP RECOMMENDS | POWER POP ROCK N ROLL : THE NATURALS – WE ARE THE NATURALS
Fans of Retro-pop are drooling over the new releases from the Gallagher brothers. We say fuck them and instead spend your time and money on brothers Aaron and Keiren Jolly a.k.a. The Naturals!
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PoP RECOMMENDS | THE NEW ROCK N ROLL : COURTNEY BARNETT + KURT VILE – LOTTA SEA LICE
Not the “Kurt and Courtney” of the 90s but certainly this collaborative album between Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile is highly evocative of that decade’s alt-rock highs.
PoP RECOMMENDS | POP POWER!!! : BECK – COLORS
Would be fair to assert that singer-songwriter Beck has generally covered three distinctive styles in his career thus far – country-folk roots, urban hip-hop R&B and post-modern pop-rock.
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PoP RECOMMENDS | THE NEW ROCK N ROLL : SPIRIT AWARD – NEVERENDING
We loved “Fields”, the first song we heard from this new album from Spirit Award and we are glad to report that Neverending fulfils its promise.
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THE LISTENING BOOTH | THE NEW ROCK N ROLL : THE DECREES – SONS OF RAGE/WEST SIERRA
Where’s the music underground? It’s called The New Rock N Roll! Case in point : Scottish band The Decrees who’s intense rock style echoes the 80s legends Big Country!
PoP LEGENDS : REMEMBERING JOHN LENNON
October 9th would have been John Lennon’s 77th birthday. Come December 8th, he would have been dead for 37 years.
SINGAPORE MUSIC SPOTLIGHT : iNCH – ALL RIVERS LEAD TO THE SEA
“All Rivers Lead To The Sea”, the title of local singer-songwriter iNCH’s new song delivers a powerful message of an ocean filled with plastic waste and encourages listeners to take action.
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PoP RECOMMENDS | POP POWER !!! : KARLA KANE – KING’S DAUGHTERS HOME FOR INCURABLES
Singer-songwriter Karla Kane takes time away from The Corner Laughers to come up with a delightful solo album.