Opinion
That time of innocence
23 July, 2024 | popes80Something binds us forever to the first loves of a summer. Something, always with a song. A bare chin, shorts, a light body and a heavy heart, filled with dreams yet to be fulfilled. Read More
Lauren Jordan and Blue Moon, back to 80s rockabilly
21 May, 2024 | Francisco ReinaLauren Jordan publishes An Ace Up Her Sleeve. Demos, Rarities and Other Gems, while Blue Moon compiles her 45-year intermittent career in Anthology since 1979. It is a return to the rockabilly of the 80s, with … Read More
The day Carlangas was reborn
24 March, 2024 | Itxu DiazIt can hit your heart, tell you your own contradictions, and make your feet move. All at the same time. It's Carlangas, of course. I walk along the beach of a thousand shells without hearing the crunch of each step, because I've been in my … Read More
What have you done, Rafa?
March 12, 2024 | Itxu DiazHe takes out each record as if sliding it under the table. As if it were another turn on the Ferris wheel, with no more novelty than the talent already recognized at this point in the festival. He has just done it with Young, without fuss, … Read More
The open secrets
8 February, 2024 | Javier QueroI saw them yesterday. Nostalgia and sadness often coincide. My schemes were broken, then I understood… I understood the origin of many of his lyrics, I understood that they had ascended to the heavens of music and I walked 40 years back in … Read More
Oblivion and foam
6 February, 2024 | Itxu DiazDiego Vasallo no longer wants to make songs, he just wants to speak to the heart without intermediaries; nothing gets in the way here. The EP is a continuum, a river of photographs of imprecise time. Read More
And Celtas Cortos kissed the fire of the sea
24 June, 2023 | Itxu DiazRosemary, fennel, xesta, lemon verbena, fern, and mallow. St. John's water, bonfires, embers, and sardines. Queimada, hugs, and Estrella Galicia. Sand, salt, sea, and the bay of a thousand stars, blessed by the flashes of the lighthouse, in the heat of … Read More
A song for two hands
20 June, 2023 | Itxu DiazThe novel, Paper roses, It was finished and just sent to my editor. I had bled some pages for years and, after all, I suspected that the universe of that boy who stars in it was too small for the literary atmosphere. … Read More
AI recommends this song by Mecano: “many Popes80 readers will identify with it”
21 December, 2022 | The AI CriticDisclaimer: This recommendation and text has been provided by AI, via ChatGPT. Although some typos have been edited, it may contain other errors, and is the opinion of AI itself. Find out more … Read More