Trve. Cvlt. Pop!

Stephen Hill

Trve. Cvlt. Pop! Is a music podcast that doesn’t care about genre.

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Oct 18, 2024 · 1 hr 54 min
Ep.105: The Cure Discography Deep Dive
Hello friends, welcome to another Trve. Cvlt. Pop!, it's all about music basically. On this weeks show we are getting excited about the fact that we are tantalisingly close to getting a new album from goth legends The Cure, their first in 16 years! We'll be reviewing that, of course, but in the meantime, we decided to go back through their entire discography and pick one song from each of their, usually, brilliant records. There's also chat about the disastrous SNL skit where famous cockneys Noel and Liam Gallagher bicker and a review of the recent Lauryn Hill and Fugees show at the O2, which... well, it was a LOT.
Oct 10, 2024 · 1 hr 7 min
Ep.104: Six More of the Best from September
It's time for another Trve. Cvlt. Pop! podcast, it's about music basically. On this weeks show we look at six more releases from last month that we think are well worth your time. There's chat on new albums from Fred Again..., Ezra Collective, The The, The Black Dahlia Murder, Joan as Policewoman and Nada Surf.
Oct 4, 2024 · 1 hr 6 min
Ep.103: Six of the Best of September's Albums
Welcome back to another TCP... yeah, we're shortening it for time. On this week's show we look at a bunch of really, really great records from September. Including both of our faves from the months. There's chat on big new ones from Mercury Rev, MJ Lenderman, Fat Dog, The Jesus Lizard, Floating Points and Zetra.
Sep 27, 2024 · 1 hr 31 min
Ep.102: More August Albums Reviews
Hello, it's Trve. Cvlt. Pop!, a music podcast, here. Hope you're alright! On this week's show we go back to snaffle up even more of the cracking albums that were released in August and flob them back into your face in review form... not literally, that would be disgusting! But there's is perfectly hygienic chat about new releases from Doechii, Sofi Tukker, Charly Bliss, Zeal & Ardor, Melt-Banana, Thee Marloes and Swarmi John Reis. Plus we catch up on the music world having gone absolutely drunk on idiocy over the last few weeks, no Smiths reunion but a troublesome Linkin Park reunion? Yeah. Diddy... seems he did! Not that we really want to get into that quite yet.
Sep 23, 2024 · 1 hr 14 min
Trve. Crvp. Pop! Ep.12: Duran Duran - Thank You
Hello friends and welcome to another edition of Trve. Crvp. Pop!, where we try our very best to find the very worst album ever created in musical history. On this weeks episode we look at the 8th studio album from UK new wave legends Duran Duran, Thank You, released on the 27th of March 1995. Duran Duran were obviously massive in the 80's, but in the 90's it was far harder for the huge pop bands of that decade to succeed amongst a radically changing landscape. Duran Duran actually did manage it for a while though, their 1993 self-titled album (known as The Wedding Album) and it's lead single Ordinary World was a surprise smash. You'd think that all you'd need to do was make another one of them and you'd have yourself established as a proper 90's band... or you could do what Duran Duran did and make an album of covers. Covering the biggest artists of all time, from Bob Dylan to Public Enemy, Iggy Pop to The Temptations, Lou Reed to Led Zep, Elvis Costello to The Doors. Bold strategy, it killed their career for a while. But is it actually any good?
Sep 21, 2024 · 1 hr 16 min
Bonus: Best of August Reviews
Hello everyone, it's a little bonus Trve. Cvlt. Pop! podcast as weren't able to give you our normal show and we have been trying to review the best records from August for what seems like forever. So here's a tiny selection of great stuff from Fontaines D.C., Hifi Sean & David McAlmont, Sabrina Carpenter, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, JPEGMAFIA and Nails.
Sep 20, 2024 · 57 min
On Holiday Podcast: Track One Side One with Stu Whiffen
Hello, welcome to not really a Trve. Cvlt. Pop! Podcast. No, it isn't. Steve was on holiday this week, so, rather than give you nothing at all, we've delved back into the archives of Gaz's old podcast, Track One Side One, an unearthed a cracker. This is Gaz's conversation with podcast high roller Stu Whiffen, he of the Off the Beat and Track, Hardcore Listing and many other shows, talking about Stu's 5 favourite album openers. If you'd like to hear more, search out Track One Side One wherever you get your podcasts from, there's 53 banging episodes ready for your consumption. We also pay tribute to legendary music PR Michelle Kerr, who sadly passed away this week. Please consider donating to her Gofundme here - https://www.gofundme.com/f/michelle-kerr-memorial-fund Normal service resumes next week.
Sep 13, 2024 · 1 hr 56 min
Ep.101: 2009, Music's Maddest Year of the Millennium
Hey everyone, it's time for you to listen to this podcast, Trve. Cvlt. Pop! It's a slight change in scheduling this week, because Gaz is away and Steve is about to go away, so in steps Louder's own former editor of Metal Hammer and ex-podcast lad Merlin Alderslade. We discuss the events across the 12 months of 2009. Not a banner year in your mind possibly, but there's a very good chance that 2009 was the most eventful year for music so far in this Millennium. There were high profile deaths, the making of future superstars, the launching of the king of the streaming world, shocking events at awards shows and lots and lots of great albums that pointed toward where music was going were released. We talk about it all.
Sep 9, 2024 · 1 hr 23 min
Trve. Crvp. Pop! Ep.11: Various Artists - Urban Renewal: The Songs of Phil Collins
It's time for us to attempt to find the worst album ever made once again, that's correct, it's Trve. Crvp. Pop! On this episode we go back to the year 2001 and look at Urban Renewal, a tribute album to the work of Phil Collins, featuring a cast of R&B and hip-hop stars of the era... we aren't making this up by the way... it's really Ol' Dirty Bastard, Pharell Williams, Kelis, Brandy, Montell Jordan and... Dane Bowers... ? Honestly, we're not making this up. In the late 90's no one could have been less cool than Phil Collins, and so, obviously, this got a kicking. But is it really that bad? The third worst album ever bad? Korn's Daddy played on a piano bad? Not on your nelly!
Sep 6, 2024 · 2 hr 42 min
Ep.100: It's Episode 100.
Hello and thanks for joining us once again for an episode of Trve. Cvlt. Pop! it's a music podcast mate. It's episode 100, we've reached the milestone that is triple figures. As a sort of celebration all of the podcasts big players have got together, Steve, Gaz, Sam and Alasdair, to interview each other. We touch on everything from discovering noise rock, the definitive British band, what would make you commute to the other side of the world, living in Bosnia in the 90's, why one of us aren't into Linkin Park and, obviously, Alan Partridge. It's a lovely chat.
Aug 30, 2024 · 1 hr 36 min
Ep.99: The Return of Oasis and the Other Biggest Ever Reunions
Welcome back to Trve. Cvlt. Pop! it's a music podcast u kno. Where else could we go this week?... well, anywhere we wanted really, but we choose to spend the episode talking about one of the biggest music stories in forever; the reformation of Oasis after 16 years away. Will it work out? Who will be in the band with Liam and Noel? Who will support them? We pose all the questions. Plus, is it the biggest reunion of all time? Well, we'll dive into that too, picking some of the most shocking, surprising, successful and famous reunions in music's history and comparing them to the madness we've seen this week.
Aug 23, 2024 · 1 hr 42 min
Ep.98: The Most Overrated Albums Ever!... or ARE They(?) + LOADS of Shaggy
Welcome back to another Trve. Cvlt. Pop! a Shaggy Podcast... well, a music podcast, but this week Shaggy plays a HUGE part in the show. He's not totally dominant though, although... look it's a lot of Shaggy. But Steve and Gaz look at a recent article proclaiming the 25 most overrated albums of all time and see if the criticism holds up. Plus there is a report of a recent show in Gent by returning death metal heroes The Black Dhalia Murder. It WAS us actually.
Aug 16, 2024 · 1 hr 47 min
EP.97: The Big Bloodstock 2024 + Korn Review
Hey there YOU! welcome back to Trve. Cvlt. Pop! your definite favourite music podcast. This week Steve has been out and about, watching bands at both the recent Bloodstock Open Air Festival and Korn's first ever UK outdoor headlining show at Gunnersbury Park, talking about raisins, going to festivals and getting his hearing blown clean off. Great. Gaz hasn't, but he is happy to chuck his two cents in for thoughts on the official announcement for next year's iteration of the BOA Festival. It's gonna be good that! We also do a very quick Box A, B, C game as well. Lovely stuff.
Aug 9, 2024 · 1 hr 49 min
Ep.96: The Big July Album Review Round Up Pt.II
Hello and welcome back to another episode of Trve. Cvlt. Pop! the podcast about all music, except, as you'll discover, rock music. On this episode we look at the second group of albums from July, which, we'll be honest, isn't quite as strong as the first. We look at new albums from Empire of the Sun, The Smashing Pumpkins, Denzel Curry, Soft Play, Rakim, Cigarettes After Sex, X and Los Campesinos. There's also a review, well more a drunken recollection, of Brighton Pride and Girls Aloud and a rant. A massive rant.
Aug 2, 2024 · 1 hr 54 min
Ep.95: The Big July Album Roundup pt.I
Yes mate! It's another Trve. Cvlt. Pop! your favourite music podcast. On this weeks show Steve and Gaz round up the best releases from July, starting with 10 bangers from Jack White, Berwyn, Eminem, Remi Wolf, Common and Pete Rock, Gorgon City, Orange Goblin, Childish Gambino, Hatti Vatt & Kessoncoda. Plus there are live reviews from Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at Wembley stadium and... Winnebago Deal, in a pub. Range! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Jul 28, 2024 · 56 min
EMERGENCY TRVE. CRVP. POP!: Katy Perry - WOMAN'S WORLD
STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING! It's an emergency Trve. Crvp. Pop!, the spin off of the Trve. Cvlt. Pop! podcast where we search for the worst album of all time. That's not what this is though, Steve and Sam are back because 2000's pop megastar Katy Perry has launched her return to music with a song that Rolling Stone have posited as "the worst comeback song of all time" so we felt that we needed to intervene. That's right, Katy is back, and rathe than the more serious stuff she has been doing over the last half a decade, we assume, like everyone else, we haven't listened to it properly really, but her bubblegum pop persona is back! good news eh! Well... you might want to sit down for this. See, she's only gone and written a feminist anthem with someone who has some, ahem, pretty shady back story, has made a mad as fuck video and has tried to pass the whole thing off as satire. Is it as bad as the rest of the world seems to think? Is it an affront to femininity? Or is something else going on here? It's a complex situation. Luckily, two straight men are here to let you know what to think. THANK GOD! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Jul 26, 2024 · 1 hr 24 min
Ep.94: The A-Z of Atrocities - I, J, K & L
Hello and welcome back to another episode of Trve. Cvlt. Pop! Steve and Gaz are in a GRUMPY mood as we delve into our own personal pet peeves in music and discuss the letters I, J, K and L in our A-Z of Atrocities. Expect furious vitriol aimed at classic heavy metal bands, Weller Dads, comedy music, awful Christmas cover songs, poorly placed venues, Leeds based, jaunty indie rock bands and more. Hey, it's not all bad though, we get a "Hoorah!" at the news that Gojira will be playing alongside Celine Dion and Lady Gaga at the Olympics opening ceremony, an "OOOHHH!" at the pretty ace list of Mercury Prize nominees and a "Yesssss!" as we discuss a great, lost classic from soul queen Natalie Cole. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Jul 19, 2024 · 2 hr 1 min
Ep.93: The Eminem Discog Deep Dive
It's another Trve. Cvlt. Pop! Podcast, a bloody music podcast mates! On this weeks show, thanks to the recent release of his latest album The death of Slim Shady, we take a look back at the entire discography of Eminem, one of the most unique, important and successful rappers in the genres history and pick one song from each of his albums that we feel is the finest moment. It's certainly an up and down discography, so, you know, expect some caviats! We also look at a lost classic from US indie rock band Mercury Rev, ask whether Tenacious D's recent split is the weirdest in musical history and talk loads about the football... skip the first bit if you're not fussed by that innit (13.09 if you're asking). ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Jul 12, 2024 · 1 hr 55 min
EP.92: Gaz Goes Death Metal feat. Bangers and Mosh Podcast
Welcome back to another episode of Trve. Cvlt. Pop! the pop music pod... well, actually, very much not pop music this week. On this weeks show Steve does his best to finally try and make Gaz a fan of one of the most divisive sub-genres in music; death metal. We're joined by the lads from the excellent Bangers and Mosh podcast to see if we can finally sell him on the glory of death metal. The boys have picked 6 albums that they have specifically curated for Gaz, expect classic metal, prog, groove, hardcore aggression and much more. We also talk about recent live shows from Palm Reader and Harms Way, wish Sick of it All frontman Lou Koller all the best after his cancer diagnosis and remember a long lost grime banger from Lethal Bizzle's More Fire Crew. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Jul 5, 2024 · 1 hr 51 min
Ep.91: The Big June Review Catch Up Pt.I
Welcome back to the music podcast that is Trve. Cvlt. Pop! on this weeks show Steve and Gaz begin rounding up the very best releases from the past month (with more to come later, it's been a long month). There are reviews on new music from Charli XCX, Kneecap, Joey Valence & Brae, Fu Manchu, Umbra Vitae, Isobel Campbell, Mabe Fratti and Love Letters. Plus there is a review of the recent AC/DC tour that hit London earlier this week. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★