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Welcome back to another episode of Trve. Cvlt. Pop! it's all about music basically. On this week's show Merlin Alderslade joins us once again, to give, and be given, a little education on an artist that he loves, and one he has never heard before, in what might be a new podcast idea. Merl gives Steve the 2006 album Random Album Title by Canadian house producer Deadmau5, whilst Steve responds by giving Merl his first listen to German electro pioneers Kraftwerk's underrated 1986 album Techno Pop (or Electric Cafe if you're going to go with its original title.) In the process they find plenty of similarities, and muse on the evolution of electronic music as well. There's also reviews of new music from Emma Ruth Rundle, No Cure, Foaming Mouth, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Diljit Donsanjh and Mykki Blanco.

Hello and welcome to another look at the world of musical movies with Trve. Cvlt. Fvlm! On this episode Steve looks at the new documentary/concert film Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger, the story of the massive Oasis reunion and subsequent world dominating tour that followed their return. Directed by Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern, famous for their documentary work with Blur, LCD Soundsystem and the New York garage rock documentary Meet Me in the Bathroom, the film follows Oasis around the world, showing the reaction from fans, the rebuilding of the relationship between the Gallagher brothers and some truly breathtaking live footage from the concerts.

Hello and welcome back to another episode of Trve. Cvlt. Pop! a podcast for your music needs. On this week's show Steve is joined by Jimi and Dazz from the Bangers & Mosh Podcast to talk about the sad news that we lost Andy Williams, wrestling star and former guitarist of Buffalo, New York hardcore band Every Time I Die, at the all too young age of 48 last week. As a tribute to him, we look at the incredible career of his band with a beginners guide to ETID. Formed in 1998, Every Time I Die released nine studio albums that straddled the line between pure metallic hardcore, Southern rock, melodic post-hardcore, groove metal and much much more until they abruptly split in 2022. They may not be the biggest band, but theirs is a back catalogue of rare quality, here we present the album to start with, the underrated classic, the album to avoid (if such a thing exists) and namecheck our own personal favourite live shows by the band.

Hello, welcome to this weeks episode of the "critically acclaimed" music podcast Trve. Cvlt. Pop! On this week's show Steve is joined by our old mucker Merlin Alderslade to talk about the career of one of the most consistently great bands in modern rock music, as we bring you a beginners guide to Cali goth punk legends AFI. Formed in 1991, AFI have made some incredible strides as a musical outlet in their 35 year long run as a band, from the snotty skate punks of their early years, to the horror inspired hardcore of their breakthrough, their dalliances with goth, indie, synth pop, post-punk, electronica and more has seen them become a band with a genuinely varied and unique back catalogue. If you've never gone in on the band before, now is your chance, as we give you the AFI album to start with, the underrated gem, the record to avoid, the all time classic and we rank suave, chameleon-like frontman Davey Havok's best look.

Hello there and thanks for tuning in once again to Trve. Cvlt. Pop! a podcast about music. On this week's show Steve is joined by... well, our listenership, as we break down what it is that makes your favourite band, your favourite band. It's more than just music isn't it, it's the look, the time, the place, the things they stand for, the worlds they have created, their relatability and all of the many things that life was chucking at you as you first discovered the music that you would come to treasure for the rest of your life. So we asked you who your favourite band or artist were and why, and here we go through them all to discuss and dissect what exactly it is that makes that one musical artist so special to you, and, fair play, you answered. If you'd like to contact us then please feel free to leave us a voice note at: https://www.speakpipe.com/TrveCvltPop

It's a bonus podcast review of the recent Outbreak Festival day of All Points East in Victoria Park in London, with a cast including Deftones, Idles, AFI, Amyl and the Sniffers, Deafheaven, JPEGMAFIA, Show Me the Body and more...

Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of Trve. Cvlt. Pop! the music podcast. On this week's show Steve is joined by solo artist and former member of the band Lionize, Nate Bergman, who has recently released a bunch of very interesting acoustic and country covers of some great punk and hardcore classics. Nate takes the 5 Album Challenge, going from Pig Destroyer to Tom Waits in only five moves. There's also a quick bit of chat about the return of Ozzfest in 2027 and the sad passing of ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard this week.

Hello there, thanks for tuning into Trve. Cvlt. Pop! a podcast about music... specifically metal music this week. On the show Steve is joined by Dez Fafara from Devildriver to talk about his bands excellent 11th studio album Strike and Kill, his recent announcement that he is battling a tumour and to take the five album challenge. If that wasn't metal enough, there is also a review of events at the recent Bloodstock Festival, and we mourn the loss of legendary producer William Orbit.

Hello, thanks for tuning in to Trve. Cvlt. Pop! a podcast all about music. On this week's show Steve is joined by Brit rock royalty Jamie Lenman to go through the entire career and back catalogue of one of UK music's most treasured bands; ska pop legends Madness. We pick one song from each of the Nutty Boys albums as our favourite and just basically go bad about how great they are. There's also reviews on new albums from Open mike Eagle and Kenny Segal, Negative Frame and, of course, Jamie's new album Puke, a live report of Life of Agony's headline show in London and chat about the state of pop stars vinyl pressing in the aftermath of Charli XCX leaving material off of the vinyl version of her latest album.

Hello everyone and thank you for choosing to spend your time with us here on Trve. Cvlt. Pop! where we talk about music on a podcast. On this weeks show Steve and Sam look at how we're doing in 2026 for music thus far; has it been good, has it been bad, what genres have thrived, which ones need to step it up in the next few months, what are we looking forward to before the year ends and what will 2026 be remembered for musically? We discuss that and get your thoughts, which you can send us, about anything, at https://www.speakpipe.com/TrveCvltPop There's also chat about the new albums from Charli XCX, The Strokes, Loathe and Sal, we look at the Mercury Prize nominations, grimace at Jared Leto and say a heartfelt goodbye to the late, great Lou Koller, who passed away this week.

Hello and thank you for choosing Trve. Cvlt. Pop! as your weekly musical podcast listen. On this week's show Steve is joined by old mucker Sam Sleight, who takes us on a journey of his most frustrating musical atrocities and one singular hot take... which isn't super hot if we're being honest. More, just sensible. Sam bemoans musical artists social media presences, O2 venues across the country (with a special mention to the one in Birmingham), clueless music journalists and more. Still, good news about his thoughts on Mastodon eh! There's also chat about the Reading and Leeds Festival deciding to bin off the BBC Introducing Stage and quick chats on new music from Nia Arcives, O'Flynn and M41NFR4M3.

It's time for your weekly does of musical podcast lovliness with Trve. Cvlt. Pop! On this week's show, Steve is once again joined by artist, guitarist, metalhead and breakfast buffet enthusiast Dan Goldsworthy, who takes us through his own personal list of steaming hot takes and fury inducing atrocities from the world of music. Dan SLAMS YouTube guitarists, PRAISES Canadian punk legends Propaghandi, DISSES funeral doom and goes WILD for synths in heavy metal, and much more. There's also reviews of recent live shows from Metallica, System of a Down, Nourished by Time and Agnostic Front, quick recommendations of new albums by Quicksand and Lido Pimienta and Dan picks a Gladiators approved Lvst. Cvlt. Pop! tune from 80's wonders It Bites.

It's time for another episode of Trve. Cvlt. Pop! a music podcast. On this weeks show Steve is joined by film maker, music video director and source of all his best hip hop recommendations Luigi Sigbona, who takes us on a road trip with an incredible playlist of some of his favourite tunes. There's also a review of the new album from Madonna, live reports of shows by Metallica, The Offspring, Duran Duran and Vulfpeck, we examine Damon Albarn and his oh so sensitive hearing and there is a lost banger from the very strangest place that the internet has sent us in some time from Ty Parr.

Hello to you, welcome back to another episode of Trve. Cvlt. Pop! a podcast about music. On this week's show Steve is delighted to be joined by Rosa Walton, half of excellent electro-pop duo Let's Eat Grandma and now solo artist in her own right, after the release of her excellent debut album Tell Me It's a Dream. She picks 5 albums to discuss, ranging from alt-rock royalty, to indie cult heroes, to shoegaze's finest hour and more. There's also a quick chat about the potential of a Ben Folds Five reunion.

Hello and welcome back to another episode of Trve. Cvlt. Pop! a podcast about the joy of popular music. On this week's episode Steve is joined by Gary Trelease of The Heaviest Podcast to discuss, debate and crown the four artists that deserve to be on the Mount Rusmore of three more genres of music. It's a heavy one this time, as deathcore, mathcore and metalcore all get their moment under the microscope. There's also chat about the leak of Deftones long discussed Eros album, live reviews of Skunk Anansie and Garbage and The Dillinger Escape Plan, album reviews of Olivia Rodrigo, Ecca Vandal and Ankhlejohn and V Don and a lost pop 90's banger from LFO.

Hello everyone, it's time for your weekly dose of music podcast goodness with Trve. Cvlt. Pop! On this episode Steve is joined by Murray Macleod, the frontman of one of Britain's most underrated and consistently great bands; The Xcerts. They have a new album coming on the 10th of July, their sixth, named i think i want to go home now. It's a deeply personal and emotion rollercoaster of an album, as Murray tells us. He also picked 5 albums that range from raging post-hardcore to gorgeous, slight piano ballads. There's also chat about Download Festival, Cavalera Conspiracy in London and Snot in Brighton.

Hello and welcome to another episode of Trve. Cvlt. Pop! where on this week's show Steve is joined by Martin Johnson, frontman of pop rock band Boys Like Girls and producer and songwriter for a myriad of various artists. We talk about how he transitioned from artist in his own right to hired gun songwriter for the likes of Taylor Swift, Avril Lavinge, Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande, Christina Perri, Papa Roach, Black Veil Brides, Daughtry, Olly Murs, Lady A and many, many more. There is also reviews of new music from Modest Mouse, Converge, Rosa Walton, Lizzo, Vince Staples, Jalen Ndonca and A.A. Williams and a look at the mad new mini-movie from Madonna.

Hello and thanks for choosing to spend your time listening to Trve. Cvlt. Pop! it's just a music podcast mates! On this week's show Steve is joined by renowned artist Dan Goldsworthy to talk about the art of album art. Is an iconic album cover a lost piece of music tradition? What makes a stand out piece of album artwork? And, most importantly, what are the greatest album covers ever? Dan picks his favourite 10 album covers of all time, shouting out some of the most inspirational artists of his life in the process. We also review new music from Boards of Canada, Vomitory, Labrinth, Restless Spirit and, again, They Are Cutting My Arms Off. Plus the Lost. Cvlt. Pop! returns with an infamous banger from The Reynolds Girls.

It's that time of the week again, time for another Trve. Cvlt. Pop!, a podcast about music. On this weeks show Steve is delighted to be joined by Sparta's Jim Ward, on the day of the release of his bands excellent brand new album Cut a Silhouette, who takes the 5 Album Challenge, picking everything from the piano man to punk rock. There's also reviews on new albums from Ed O'Brien, 6lack, Feeble Little Horse and They are Cutting My Arms Off and live reports of recent live shows from A and the reformed Sugar.

Hello and welcome to a weirdly early, mid-week Trve. Cvlt. Pop! With a new and just released album in their back pockets, their third, called Co. War. Dice., UK British rock cult heroes Marmozets are back after an 8 year break. Jack and Becca from the band join Steve to talk about the new record, about the time spent away, about their place in the rock scene, both back then and now, and to talk about 5 albums of their choosing.