Trve. Cvlt. Pop!

Hello, it's another episode of Trve. Cvlt. Pop!, it's all about music stuff innit.On this weeks show, Steve and Gaz are joined by UK punk legend Gizz Butt, known for his work in English Dogs, The Prodigy, Janus Stark and many, many more, Gizz picks five albums from his illustrious career for us to pick through.There's also reviews on new albums from Neurosis, Chalk, Elucid & Sebb Bash and Worries and Other Plants, and live reports on recent shows by Carpenter Brut, A and Elbow. There's also a long lost lovely arena rock rager from Simple Minds.

Morning crap pop pickers, it's another look at some of the worlds worst music, as we give you another episode of Trve. Crvp. Pop!On this week's show, sadly, Sam has been struck down by a malevolent being... or he's just feeling a bit poorly, and he can't be here. Luckily, what knight from yonder should cross our paths? Why it's Paul Waller of the excellent A Year in Horror podcast. He's here as we discuss Kiss' Music from "The Elder" the 9th studio album from the hard rock legends, released on the 10th of November 1981.We later 70's going into the 80's was a squiffy ol time for Kiss. They had embraced disco, gone pop, seen ticket and album sales take a nose dive and even their plans for a Kiss themed amusement park (which I'm sure you'll agree, we'd all love to have seen) were shelved.When original drummer Peter "The Cat" Criss exited the band, to be replaced by Eric Carr and his, not as good, Fox make up, Kiss knew they had to stop the slump. And what better way to do that than to write a concept album based on a short story by bassist Gene Simmons about... well... a boy...? And he... he's got to train to save...? Look, we're not really sure. But producer Bob Ezrin, fresh off the success of Pink Floyd's The Wall, was brought in to make it all hang together. In reality, all he did was get other people in to play over the members of Kiss' tracks and bump a shit load of cocaine. Guitarist Ace Frehley hated it, the rest of the band were immediately embarrassed by it, it went down in infamy as one of the worst albums in rock history. But, how bad is it really? We'll let you know.

Welcome back to another episode of Trve. Cvlt. Pop! a pod music podcast.On this episode we're joined once more by Merlin Alderslade, pulling double duty this week, as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of one of the biggest singles in the history of UK music, The Prodigy's immortal Firestarter, by looking through the entire career of the Essex dance-crossover legends and picking a single, favourite song from each of their 7 studio albums.There's also chat on new music from Poison the Well, Murkage Dave, Eihwar and more, a review of a very disappointing night out seeing Echo and the Bunnymen and a long forgotten 2000's mash up that is one of the genre's finest.

Hello and welcome to a rare outing of Trve. Cvlt. Pop! Reviews. The show where we focus on one single album that we believe deserves your love and give it our full attention.On this episode Steve is joined by Merlin Alderslade to talk about the debut album from maximalist pop duo Haute and Freddy, Big Disgrace. Haute and Freddy are Michelle Buzz and Lance Shipp, a pair that were writing songs for the likes of Kylie, Katy Perry, Britney Spears and more in LA, before deciding to go it alone. With a look that is part Elizabethan Clown, part Marie Antoinette, part cast of Saltburn, and songs that mash up everything from Lady Gaga to Depeche Mode to Marina to Goldfrapp to The Human League their debut album is one of the most perfect examples of modern pop that you'll be likely to hear this year... maybe any year.

Hello friends! Welcome to another exciting episode of Trve. Cvlt. Pop! It's all about music innit.On this weeks show, our old buddy Sam Sleight is here to talk about the most integral artists in two of his favourite musical genres, as we induct 4 bands onto the Mount Rushmore of noise rock and industrial.Plus there are reviews on new music from Harry Styles, Lamb of God, Mitski and Carpenter Brut, a lost pop tune from Fiction Factory and we look at David Draiman weirdly getting up in Franz Ferdinand's faces.

Hi there, welcome back to another episode of Trve. Cvlt. Pop! a podcast about music.On this episode, it's been a while, so we dust off our three magic boxes that are already stuffed with songs, and add a few more to the A, B & C boxes. Picking huge songs that could be considered overplayed and deciding if we never want to hear them again, will tolerate/enjoy them if they happen to come on or if we are jamming them ALL the time.There's also a quick chat about the futility of The BRIT's, a lost banger from A-Ha and recommendations for new albums from Nothing, Carpenter Brut and more.

Hello and welcome back to another episode of Trve. Cvlt. Pop! a pop music podcast. On this week's show we're joined by our own Australian correspondent Alasdair Belling to chat about 5 things in the world of music that really get his goat.We also review the recent Deftones show at the O2, and take a look at some new music from Jill Scott, Charli XCX, Karnivool, Converge (again) and Uncultivates.

It's another episode of Trve. Crvp. Pop!, coming out on a weird day, to search for the very worst music ever made.On this weeks episode, we look back at the mercifully short but incredibly awful career of Barnet's finest; girlband Vanilla and their hit song No Way No Way from December 1997.In the aftermath of the success of the Spice Girls, loads of girlbands started popping up all over the UK music charts. You remember them don't you; All Saints, Atomic Kitten, B*witched, Honeyz, all that.None though were quite as bad as Vanilla, seemingly unable to sing, dance, write songs or dress well, they immediately became a joke everywhere from ITV's Chart Show to The Big Breakfast. We go through the entirety of their career... two singles basically, particularly focusing on their debut song No Way No Way and it's incredible video.

Hello, been a minute, but welcome back to another episode of the search for the worst album ever made, it's Trve. Crvp. Pop!.On this episode Steve and Sam throw the rulebook out the window and pick their own album to judge, it's the 5th studio album from rapper, actor, author, pop culture phenom Will Smith, Based on a True Story, which was released on the 28th of March 2025.Dunno if you remember, but Will Smith has had a funny old time over the last few years, he won an Oscar for best actor, but it went a bit pear shaped if you recall. After that, Will had to scramble around a lot to salvage his reputation, which he hasn't really been able to do. He did release this record though, which was his most serious and personal effort to date. It's basically him going on about how great he is and how he doesn't care what people think of him, whilst also moaning that he nearly got cancelled. Good job Will!

Welcome back to your weekly dose of Trve. Cvlt. Pop!, a music podcast.On this weeks show Steve and Gaz once again discuss which 4 artists get onto the Mount Rushmore of their own particular genre. On this episode we look at Grunge, Sophisti-pop and (what we have decided to christen) the mid-90's Reggae Revival. It's maybe the first time Melvins and Shaggy have shared the same space. What a win.There's also some chat on new albums from Converge, Silversun Pickups, Angel Du$t and more, chat about Maximo Park's recent show playing their debut album A Certain Trigger in full and a lost banger from Pet Shop Boys.

Welcome back to another episode of Trve. Cvlt. Pop!, a pop music podcast.On this weeks show, Steve and Gaz take you through the best bits of January 2026's releases, including new music from Robbie Williams, Urne, The Molotovs, Sick Joy, Megadeth, Blanket, PVA, By Storm, The Cribs, Sault, Gluecifer and Shaking Hand.We also quickly touch on the Grammys... sorry about that.

Hello friends! It's another episode of Trve. Cvlt. Pop!, the ol music podcast that you enjoy so much.On this week's show, Steve and Gaz are just jumping on the trend of looking back at 2016, like loads of people are. Luckily, it WAS a very good year for music. We go through a bunch of stuff that happened over that 12 month period and also pick out 5 favourite albums from the year.We also look at the record breaking feats of both Robbie Williams and Harry Styles and recall a long lost pop banger from M Beat and the big hat one off of Jamiroquai.

Hello and welcome back to another episode of Trve. Cvlt. Pop!, it's basically pop music.On this week's show Steve and Gaz decide to dive deep into the back catalogues of some of their collective favourite artists and pull out a couple of songs that deserve far more love; from The Smashing Pumpkins to AC/DC, via Prince, Daft Punk, Jimmy Eat World and Helmet, we give you some lost, forgotten and unloved gems.Plus there is a lost pop banger from Ja Rule, who got in on the love for Toto very early and was then bullied out of the music scene for it, chat about the mad support artists that Harry Style is bringing out with him this summer and we try and make sense of the BRIT Award's nominees... and fail.

Hello and welcome back to another episode of Trve. Cvlt. Pop! a music podcast. On this week's show, we're delighted to be joined by the lovely Joe Nally from one of our very favourite metal bands in the world; Urne.With a couple of weeks until Urne released their new album Setting Fire to the Sky, we get Joe on to give us five albums to chat about, ranging from emotional alt-rock, classic soul, 80's glam and much more.There's also chat about Scooby Doo's role in the most embarrassing wedding proposal of all time.

Hi there, happy new year and welcome back to Trve. Cvlt. Pop! a podcast about all of the music.On this weeks show Steve and Gaz are looking ahead at what we might be getting here in 2026 by previewing 6 albums each that they are excited to hear, a bunch of other releases we might be getting too, some big gigs coming that they'll be hoping to attend and a personal wish list of things they have their fingers crossed for. Plus Spandau Ballet provide us with our first Lost. Cvlt. Pop! of the year.

It's the final Trve. Cvlt. Pop! of 2025 and we end with a big one; counting down our 10 individual favourite albums of the year. Thank you for listening, we'll see you in 2026!

Hello there and welcome to another episode of Trve. Cvlt. Pop! a pop music podcast.It's the first part of our end of year bonanza, where, as ever, we count down our favourite 20 albums of the past 12 months. Starting with 20 all the way down to 11.

Hi there, sorry for the week off! It'll all get explained, but Trve. Cvlt. Pop! has returned, good news.On this week's show, Gaz is still away, resting up, so our good buddy Merlin Alderslade joins us to talk about the year in dance, EDM and electronic music. After a stellar 2024, does this year hold a candle to it? We look at the big releases, the new artists coming through, the best albums, the biggest disappointments and the live shows that we loved.Plus, we look at the Reading and Leeds line up for 2026, pay tribute to Mani and Jimmy Cliff and review recent live shows from Radiohead, Clipse and Gary Numan.

Welcome one and all to Trve. Cvlt. Pop! a podcast all about music.On this weeks show we are delighted to be joined by George and Nat, AKA electronic duo 601, in the aftermath of the release of their latest album We are Not the Same, for them to talk to us about 5 influential albums. Classic rap, industrial metal pioneers, big beat, instrumental hip hop and legendary hardcore punk all battle for space in the conversation.Plus there are live reviews of recent shows from Kneecap, Ash and Baby Seals and we break the glass on a true lost pop favourite from Let Loose. Yeah, we're going there.

Hey there, welcome to another episode of Trve. Cvlt. Pop! a bloody music podcast so it is!On this weeks episode, we're joined by our good mate Jimi from the excellent Bangers & Mosh podcast to give us a redacted, list of 5 things that would make his A-Z of Atrocities. Yup, we're going neggy again!From poor sound at venues, established bands not boosting new artists, shitty AI and the death of the album, he gives it both barrels.There's also live reports from Reef & Kerbdog's double header, and we are unquestionably the only podcast to review boyband royalty Five and upcoming black metallers Spectral Wound on the same show. So that's good.