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Welcome to the Pop Vulture blog - stories about music, film, pop‑culture, and the passion for those things that informs every product we make. Here you'll find quick reads, strong opinions, recommendations, and plenty of nostalgia...
Everybody That I Know Is Cooler Than Everybody That You Know LCD Soundystem inspired graphic T-Shirt
The Dads Who Shaped Our Sound: a Father’s Day Tribute
Because every music lover was raised by a Music Dad, whether we like to admit it or not. There are many types of dads - DIY dads, football dads, dads... Read more...
Pop culture punk indie band slogan t-shirt from Pop Vulture
The Most Influential Graphic T Shirts Ever
Graphic T‑shirts are more than simply something you wear. They're cultural time capsules, statements of belief, expressions of identity. They're the quickest way to say "this is who I am"... Read more...
Pop Vulture Believe in Bez T-shirt Happy Mondays
Believe
Believe. It’s a motif running through Pop Vulture. Believe in Bez. Believe in Jarvis. Believe in Debbie Harry. I’ve been asked a few times now what the whole Believe thing... Read more...
A banner reading The Only Thing More Powerful Than Hate is Love from Bad Bunny's Superbowl show
Seven Indie Love Song Bangers for Valentine’s Day (or any day really)
If music be the food of love, as someone once suggested, play it loud. Love songs don’t always have to be ballads – sometimes they can also be down and... Read more...
Oxford live indie rock music
Independent Venue Week
Monday January 26 marks the start of Independent Venue Week, the UK’s annual celebration of independent music & arts venues and the people that own, run and work in them.... Read more...
A mock up of Santa Claus DJing
The 12 Greatest Christmas Songs - Ranked
When it comes to music, Christmas is not actually the most wonderful time of the year at all... but there are exceptions. So slot in a new C90, hit play... Read more...
Mani, bass guitarist with the Stone Roses and Primal Scream
This Is The One
The first time I saw the Stone Roses was on a Granada TV show called The Other Side of Midnight. They were introduced by Factory Records boss Tony Wilson, in... Read more...
A still from the Salvador Dali movie Un Chien Andalou, inspiration for the Pixies' song Debaser
Girl, You're So Groovy
It’s one of the most incendiary opening tracks to an album ever recorded. A four-note bass groove, a blast of guitar noise that slams into a swinging, adrenalized surf riff…... Read more...
Happy Mondays 24 Hour Party People vinyl record Madchester
Twenty-Four Hour Party People
It’s not the Happy Mondays’ biggest hit. It’s arguably not their best song. It’s certainly not their most polished. But 24 Hour Party People is nevertheless the defining Mondays tune.... Read more...
Pop Vulture logo reading Believe in What You Wear
This is Pop Vulture
Pop Vulture was born out of a lifelong obsession with popular culture. Music, TV, films, books, magazines, fashion… from the moment Elvis swung his hips and mandated a minimum camera... Read more...