Trve. Cvlt. Pop!

Welcome back to Trve. Cvlt. Pop! a music podcast. On this week's show Steve and Gaz begin to round up what has been a frankly insane month of May in music, by reviewing a mere 10 of the excellent releases of this month... there's 10 more next week and we still aren't getting it all in! We look at new albums by Dua Lipa, Arab Strap, Knocked Loose, Beth Gibbons, Willow, Big Special, Les Savy Fav, Childish Gambino, Hot Water Music and Sebastian Bach. 

Plus we react to the news that Manchester recently opened Co-Op Arena is DEFINITELY cursed as Nikki Minaj gets arrested before she can perform there, the new that, despite Steve only saying a day prior that they would never reform, The Blood Brothers actually had already reformed a week prior and have sold out their entire comeback tour and we say HELLO (HA!!!) to a long lost dance rock banger from electro-synth legends The Beloved.

Welcome back to Trve. Cvlt Pop! and welcome back to the second part of our 2024 summer festival preview show. After going deep on the big 6 of UK festivals this month, we turn our attention to some of the more specialist and bespoke festivals happening over the next few months. We give you the lowdown on the likes of Bearded Theory, Slam Dunk Mighty Hoopla, Parklife, Margate Summer Series, BST, Guilfest, 2000 Trees, Wireless, Kubix, Secret Garden Party, Wilderness, Kendall Calling, Bloodstock, All Points East, Outbreak, Cream Fields and Boogietown. Who to see, who to skip, what you should spend your hard earned cash on, we'll do our best to let you know. 

Welcome back to Trve. Cvlt. Pop! where we are dusting off our bucket hats, filling a drinks cooler, making sure our camping chair is nice and sturdy and packing our wellies in preparation for the summer festival season by previewing as many of the big music fests as we can. In the first part of our deep dive on festival season we are looking at the big 6 of UK festivals; Glastonbury, Download, The Isle of Wight, TRNSMT, Latitude and Reading and Leeds. We go through the line up with a fine tooth comb to get you all excited about what is going to go down in the summer.

Plus, as promised, Gaz picks his 3 Steve Albini albums. 

Welcome back to Trve. Cvlt. Pop!, it's a music podcast... you know that. On this weeks show it's all gone a bit different from what we initially planned. Gaz is caught up at work, so luscious Sam Sleight stands in for him, and rather than do what we were originally going to do, we have decided to dedicate this week's show to Steve Albini, the legendary guitarist, frontman and producer, responsible for some of our collectively favourite records of the last 40-odd years. Steve and Sam pick three albums from the man to show why he was such a legend and talk about the influence and qualities that made him so revered. 

In happier news, we also look at one of the finest Eurovision entries in... well... maybe ever you know!

Welcome back to Trve. Cvlt. Pop! it's music podcast you know. On this weeks show we look back at the biggest releases of the past month, before that Steve has to apologise for all the coughing and spluttering he's been doing. When that nonsense is over we look at the latest albums from Fabiana Palladino, Taylor Swift, Pet Shop Boys, Pearl Jam, Justice, J Cole, Nia Archives, Baby Rose & BadBadNotGood, Bodega, The Baby Seals, ACxDC, Tourist, High On Fire, Feeder and Owen.

Welcome back to another exciting episode of Trve. Cvlt. Pop!, a pop music podcast. On this week's show Steve and Gaz are joined by Kerry from garage rock trio The Baby Seals, who takes our 5 album challenge and picks some killer, KILLER music from the likes of The Spice Girls, PJ Harvey, Lauryn Hill, Princess Nokia and Steve Hillage.

We also look back at a classic UK rap-rock... maybe nu-metal...(?) banger from Mark B & Blade with Feeder's Grant Nicholas, plus Everton manager Sean Dyche has told everyone that they MUST go and see Green Day... we're not sure we agree, but we're not going to argue with the gravel voiced, ginger hardman.

Welcome back to Trve. Cvlt. Pop! the music podcast, this week Steve and Gaz look back at a world where there was no podcast! The horror of it all! What would we have spoken about if there was one back in those years? Well, let us tell you. We head back to 2015 and motor all the way up to 2022, to pick one album from each year that we feel we would have gone mad for if we had been doing the podcast at that time. 

Expect pure jazz, heartland indie punk, stadium pop, experimental rap, classic house, synthwave and more.

We also chat about a banger from lost Aussie crossover crew 28 Days and wonder who had a shittier Coachella; Blur or Grimes.

Welcome back to a VERY grumpy Trve. Cvlt. Pop! the music podcast. On this weeks show we are continuing our look at some of our least favourite things in music as we go through letters E, F, G and H in our A-Z of Atrocities list. Find out why Steve and Gaz have no time for the band Enigma, a Freddie Mercury cash in album, the constant chatter around hardcore dancing, the bloke who formed Motown, album lists and a few other things. 

It's not all bad though, the new that Kerbdog will be playing their debut album in full, albeit only in their native Ireland so far, has Gaz all in a tizz, and we look back at an R&B classic from the 90's by Eternal. 

It's another Trve. Cvlt. Pop! It's the start of the month, and you all know what that means!... You do don't you? Well, it means Steve and Gaz round up all of their fave releases from the previous month. We look at new releases from Gesaffelstein, Grieving, Beyonce, Four Tet, Justin Timberlake, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Black Crowes, Judas Priest, Ride, Schoolboy Q, Ministry, Ancient Teeth, The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis & Elbow.

Welcome back to Trve. Cvlt. Pop!, on this weeks episode we look at movie scores. It was the Oscars a few week back, with Oppenheimer winning the coveted best score award at the ceremony, and so we have decided to dedicate this episode to looking at what makes a great score, rather than soundtrack, in the movie world. We chat about everything from 60's free jazz improv, groundbreaking early synth, the rise of immersive D&B and electro scores and more, including chat about everyone from Daft Punk to John Williams, Tangerine Dream to Danny Elfman and... er... the Police Academy score.

There's also live reports from recent shows in London by The Chemical Brothers and Young Fathers, plus we look at a lost classic from "troubled" UK reggae sensation Finlay Quaye.