Just Listen: Holy Holy – Darwinism
Holy Holy Words: James Booton After returning to the studio to release a new track less than year after their debut album, you could be forgiven for presuming Holy Holy had become greedy for success or perhaps that they were being pressured into new releases by their label. However, this is not the case. The … Continue reading
Festival Preview: Green Man 2016
Green Man 2016 Words: Elena Katrina TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT Website Facebook Twitter Green Man festival has of course been on our radar for some time but we have never been. Roll on 2016 and we are thrilled to be heading to, what will be our first Welsh festival. With an enviable line up to … Continue reading
Popped Playlist: #003
Popped Playlist #003 With more minutes of music coming in than hours available in the day to listen to and share there’s only one way forward. A collection of our favourite tracks that hit our ears each month. Some that have already featured on Popped and plenty that just we ran out of time for … Continue reading
Festival News: Off The Record – Manchester
Off The Record Friday 4th November 2016, Manchester We are thrilled to announce our involvement with a brand new concept festival for new music, happening in Manchester this November, Off The Record. Put together by the people behind 3 of the UK’s most loved independent festivals, Kendal Calling, Sound City and Blue Dot, the new … Continue reading
Festival Preview: Kendal Calling 2016
Kendal Calling 2016 Lowther Deer Park, Lake District, 29-31st July Words: Gary Lambert Are you a fan of music? Do you live anywhere and willing to travel for an amazing festival? Are you going to Kendal Calling? If you have answered yes to the first two questions and no to the third, you’re in luck … Continue reading
Festival Preview: LeeFest Presents: The Neverland 2016
LeeFest: The Neverland 2016 Secret Location, Kent, July 28-30th 2016 Words: Elena Katrina TICKETS ARE ON SALE HERE Website Facebook Twitter LeeFest is a festival that has been on my mind for a good few years but never one that really managed to steal my attention away from the bigger, well medium, sized festivals that … Continue reading
Festival Preview: Beat-Herder 2016
Beat-Herder 2016 Words: Elena Katrina TICKETS ARE ON SALE HERE Website Facebook Twitter Perhaps not our usual kind of festival but when every other person you know is raving about it you have to take a closer look. Beat-Herder has been going a full ten years before I paid it any attention and last year … Continue reading
Popped Playlist: #002
Popped Playlist #002 With more minutes of music coming in than hours available in the day to listen to and share there’s only one way forward. A collection of our favourite tracks that hit our ears each month. Some that have already featured on Popped and plenty that just we ran out of time for … Continue reading
Popped Playlist: #001
Popped Playlist #001 With more minutes of music coming in than hours available in the day to listen to and share there’s only one way forward. A collection of our favourite tracks that hit our ears each month. Some that have already featured on Popped and plenty that just we ran out of time for … Continue reading
Festival Review: Liverpool Sound City 2016
Liverpool Sound City 2016 Words: Elena Katrina Photos: Fi Carroll After last year’s move away from the city and along to Bramley-Moore Docks there was much to think about and much to feel excited about. As the year went on the prospect of another year at the docks slowly sunk in. It’s difficult sometimes to … Continue reading
Album Review: Band Of Skulls – By Default
By Default Released May 27th 2016 Words: Nick Jacques Band of Skulls return with their fourth album By Default on the BMG label. Formed in Southampton back in the haze days of 2004, the band have gradually developed a strong and impressive fan base which has seen them secure slots at top festivals the world … Continue reading
Festival Preview: Liverpool Sound City 2016
Liverpool Sound City 2016 Tickets for Liverpool Sound City are on sale now £75 for a full weekend or £42 for a day ticket here. Keep updated: Website // Facebook // Twitter This year’s Liverpool Sound City is keeping with it’s big move of 2015 and is staying a little less City, a little … Continue reading
Interview: The Amazons
The Amazons Words: Gary Lambert Regardless of how an interview goes, I always come away from the sessions feeling fortunate to meet the artist or band. It is exciting to see beyond the looking glass and get some insight into what goes on in the lives of a rock band. Sometimes the band you meet … Continue reading
GIT Award Preview 2016
GIT AWARD Liverpool 14th May 2016 The Getintothis Award, GIT Award, for short, has become a firm and exciting fixture in the Liverpool music scene calendar. Dubbed ‘The Scouse Mercury Prize,’ and backed by Yoko Ono, the winner of the GIT Award 2016 will be revealed on Saturday 14 May 2016, at it’s new home … Continue reading
Just Listen: Annabel Jones – IOU
Annabel Jones Annabel Jones takes an musical, electronic sledgehammer approach to her latest track IOU. The chorus feels as hard hitting as the words being spat. The track doesn’t start off this way though, in fact the sweetness of the vocal and bitterness of the lyrics work spectacularly well in the versus as an eerie … Continue reading
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