In 2004, the veteran Welsh rock band The Alarm pulled off an audacious hoax, releasing their single ’45 RPM’ under the alias of The Poppy Fields. The Poppy Fields were supposedly a new band of teenage rock stars in skinny jeans, as was the style at the time. As the […]
Podcasts
Cyndi Lauper in Vibes (1988) – Episode 113
Mick Jagger in Performance (1970) – Episode 112
Memo to you: Pop Screen is back for 2024 and we’re covering one of the wildest, most controversial and most ambitious rock movies of the 1970s. Starring Mick Jagger among a motley cast of models, gangsters, boxers and one father of a national embarrassment, Performance saw Nicolas Roeg and Donald Cammell […]
Metallica in Some Kind of Monster (2004) -Episode 111
S03E10 – Michael Caine (Muppets Christmas Carol, The Prestige & Get Carter)
Mariah Carey in Glitter (2001) – Episode 110
S03E09 – Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive & The Neon Demon)
Nick Cave in 20000 Days on Earth (2014) – Episode 109
Get ready for (a) love (-in): Graham is joined once again by the Uncut Network‘s Rob for a look at Iain Forsythe and Jane Pollard’s massively acclaimed sort-of documentary about Nick Cave. As well as providing an intimate look at the Australian legend’s creative process and history, it also features […]