Trve. Cvlt. Pop!

Welcome back to another episode of Trve. Cvlt. Pop! a pop music podcast... not this week though! Steve and Gaz have decided to dig deep into the underground and discuss some of the best extreme metal releases of 2024. We take a look at recent albums from Ihsahn, Job For a Cowboy, Brat, Crippling Alcoholism and Darkest Hour, plus we have a quick listen to some of your shouts for extreme metal bangers.

We also shout out a lost classic from Brit-pop-punks from the early 2000's Crackout and pay our respects to the late Karl Wallinger of World Party and The Waterboys. 

Welcome back to another episode of Trve. Cvlt. Pop! where we are delighted to be joined by James, AKA Brit-Pop Memories, on the show for a second time. This week we look at the raft of new releases by former Brit-pop glories that have already come out this year and muse on why it is that there appears to be such an appetite for these bands now in 2024. We look at four new releases (and 2 UK number one albums) from Liam Gallagher and John Squire, Shed Seven, Cast and Kula Shaker and see if they have rolled back the years and made albums worthy of their legacy.

There's also chat about a Trve. Lvst. Pop! classic from The Real People and live reports from recent shows by Greg Puciato at the Garage and the Knocked Loose and Deafheaven double header at the Forum in London. 

Hey you, welcome back to another top quality episode of Trve. Cvlt. Pop! On this weeks episode we would like to introduce you to a NEW voice on the show; our brand new correspondent all the way from the other side of the world, the lovely Alasdair Belling. Who will be poppping up here and there to give us the lowdown on what's happening in the Australian music scene. 

As a way to get us going Alasdair has picked what he believes are the 10 most essential, important and definitive albums released by Australian artists since the start of the 2010's (and one a little bit before that actually). We also talk about last weeks BRIT Award ceremony (Kylie won the Global Icon Award, so we're keeping it on brand) and share the news that one of our favourite British hardcore bands, Palm Reader, are calling it a day... there's no Antipodean link there I'm afraid. Sorry about that. 

Welcome back to another Trve. Cvlt. Pop! where we are looking at all of the music that we missed throughout February. Steve and Gaz run you through their thoughts on the latest releases from Declan McKenna, Church Chords, Ghetts, The Last Dinner Party, Manga Saint Hilare, Little Sims, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Dizzee Rascal, Sean Ono Lennon, Love Remain and Vijay Iyar.

We also big up a Lvst. Cvlt. Pop! should have been classic from Brighton based dance rock band The Qemists, and talk about regional nightclubs in the late 90's. Standard. 

Hello and welcome back to another episode of Trve. Cvlt. Pop! A POP MUSIC PODCAST! Steve and Gaz have decided to launch back into the tried and tested formula of the A, B, C Box Game that we love so much. You know the drill by now... but for those of you that don't, this is the deal; we take some overplayed songs of popular culture and decide if we would like them turned off (Box A), listen to them if they're on (Box B) or relentlessly play them FOREVER (Box C). We tackle song by the likes of ...

Plus we give you another banging lost single in the segment we call Lvst. Cvlt. Pop!, and we talk about US country star Oliver Anthony going all Dixie Chicks in London this week... sort of.

It's Trve. Cvlt. Pop!, a podcast about pop music. On this weeks show we discuss what has been a busy couple of days for us over at TCP Towers. Firstly, both Steve and Gaz headed down to London's O2 to watch The 1975, Still... At Their Very Best apparently, before hooking up for a lovely Valentines day treat seeing both Black Honey AND Crowded House on the same day, we then rushed back and fired up the YouTube's to see Usher's massive Superbowl Halftime performance. It's been pretty ace.

It's amazing that we got to fit anything else in, but, seeing at it is 32 years since Bart Simpson topped the UK singles chart with Do The Bartman, we look at some of the most interesting examples of fictional artists and find 5 banging songs from Teen soap characters, cartoon cats, big screen musicians played by Lindsay Lohan and Hugh Grant and... whatever Damon Albarn thinks Gorillaz are these days. We also look back at a classic Lvst. Cvlt. Pop! from UK soul-pop nearly men JoBoxers. Ooooohhh it's a good show!

Welcome to another episode of Trve. Cvlt. Pop!, a full on podcast about music innit. This week marks the 60th anniversary of the legendary performance by The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show on the 9th of February 1964. So, we decided to celebrate by looking at some of Gaz's favourite performances by bands in the years since. We go from art-pop with Wogan to glam rock with Jimmy Kimmel, stopping off for novelty grunge hits on Letterman and greasy rock and roll on TFI Friday along the way. 

We also have a quick chat about the recent Grammys and MOBO awards and pay tribute to the late Wayne Kramer of The MC5, who passed away this week. 

Welcome back to Trve. Cvlt Pop! where we look at popular music in a podcast format. This week Steve and Gaz are looking at all of their favourite releases from the month of January. We review new music from The Smile, Fakear, Future Islands (who Steve also saw in concert this week), Black Grape, Sleater Kinney, Unlearn the World, Keyon Harrold, Sprints, Ulysses Owen Jnr and Generation Y, Josiah Soren, Leaf Dog and Bolts of Melody. 

There is also a quick chat about Depeche Mode live for the third time in a week (there is a reason, trust) and we introduce our new feature Lvst. Cvlt. Pop! with a 1990 UK rap banger that you may well have forgotten about. And we slag off Green Day, because, why not!

Welcome back to another Trve. Cvlt. Pop! a pop music podcast. VERY pop this week as Steve and Gaz enter the murky waters of cover versions by Boybands, a tricky place to navigate, as, in the main, boybands covering other people's songs get quite the bad rap. But we've had a good 'ol nose around and have come up with five each that we think are worth your time. From Take That and East 17 here on our own shores, to Boyz II Men and New Kids on the Block on the other side of the pond, there are some gems to be discovered... and some that might just be nostalgia on our part.

There is also a report on Bring Me the Horizon's recent O2 show, two nights of Depeche Mode's UK tour and we also pay tribute to esteemed music journalist Neil Kulkarni, who passed away this week.

Welcome back to Trve. Cvlt. Pop!, this week Steve and Gaz have to move fast, which means there is no earworm of the week (wait till next week though! YOU'LL LOVE IT!) and we only get a couple of minutes to talk about the Coachella line up and why one of us is VERY excited by the return of No Doubt and the other one... well, he's threatening to leave before the encore. 

The reason for our haste? We're joined by a special guest in Black Honey lead singer and guitarist Izzy Phillips, who has taken our five album challenge mere weeks before her band heads out on their Inclusive Extravaganza tour, which culminates in a huge show at London's Kentish Town Forum. We look at massive albums from Pixies, T Rex, Blondie, The Spice Girls and Nirvana.