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Pocket Gods

Movies Music Industry 

This indie artist’s latest shot against Spotify involves this documentary.

October 28, 2022October 28, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Documentary, Pocket Gods, Royalties, Spotify

The Pocket Gods have been railing against the low payouts from Spotify for years. There’s now a documentary on their

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Recommended Music 

This indie band is selling an album for £1 million to fund an “ethical music streaming service”

October 2, 2022October 2, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Pocket Gods, Spotify, streaming service

England’s Pocket Gods have long been railing about what they believe is unfair payouts by Spotify. All streaming services only

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Music News 

This British indie band is selling their final album for £1 MILLION

July 10, 2022July 11, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Christopher Lee, Indie Album, Pocket Gods, Spotify

I’ve been following the exploits of Britain’s The Pocket Gods for years now. In case you don’t know, they’re all

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Music News 

Are we about to enter the age of “micro-songs?”

March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Microsongs, Pocket Gods, Spotify

Those who study the singles charges have noted that songs are getting shorter. In fact, the average length of a

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Recommended Music 

A single album with 1,000 songs? Yep.

January 27, 2022January 28, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Pocket Gods, Spotify

One of the quirkiest bands on the planet is The Pocket Gods, an English indie outfit that’s been around for

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100 30-second songs about The Beatles

December 4, 2021December 4, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beatles, Get Back, Pocket Gods

The Pocket Gods, the British indie band infamous for writing songs all about 30 seconds long (Spotify pays in full

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Music History 

This is the longest Xmas album ever

November 28, 2021November 29, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Max Planck, Pocket Gods, Quantum Physics

We’re awash in Christmas music right now, most of it (a) re-treads of traditional stuff, (b) schmaltzy and cheesy, (c)

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WTF? 

Weird album alert: White noise based on the periodic table

October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment Periodic Table, Pocket Gods, Streaming

You gotta love the UK’s The Pocket Gods. They are raging against the streaming machine by messing with Spotify’s algorithms

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: The shortest album in the world

August 26, 2021August 26, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Pocket Gods, Shortest Album

How long must a collection of songs be before it can be called an “album.” That’s a tricky question. Mike

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English band releases the world’s shortest album

August 1, 2021August 1, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Pocket Gods, Shortest Album, Streaming, World Record

How long must a collection of songs be before it can be called an “album.” That’s a tricky question. Mike

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Recommended Music 

A song about Jeff Bezos’ ride to space

July 21, 2021July 21, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amazon, Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos, Pocket Gods

As a space geek, I’m all for any kind of technology and exploration that anyone wants to do, be it

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