YES, THE POP GROUP IS STILL PISSED

One of the few politically-oriented groups to put its money were its mouth was,  the Pop Group always seemed to be playing live from the brink. Its brand of lashing politico/noise/funk/punk is well represented in a new package called CURIOSITIES, a re-issue of an earlier compilation WE ARE TIME (1980) and a new collection of rarities, CABINET OF CURIOSITIES. Not since The Last Poets  exorcised oppression with their first two albums,  THE LAST POETS (1970) and THIS IS MADNESS (1971) has a group of musicians shown this kind of anger against complacency.