Quarantine Questions: Berries
Berries Quarantine Questions Additional words by Gary Lambert Berries are undoubtedly one of our most loved bands at Popped Music. Their punchy rock bangers (available here) are regularly coming out of my speakers at home, and their name has appeared several times on the bills we’ve put on. 1. How are you doing? Holly – … Continue reading
Quarantine Questions – Lauran Hibberd
Lauran Hibberd Quarantine Questions Additional Words by Gary Lambert Over the last couple of years Lauran Hibbard has very easily become one of the acts who seems to unite all of Team Popped with the bangers and bops she drops on a regular basis. In tracks like Hoochie, Sweat Patch and Bang Bang Bang we’ve fought … Continue reading
Quarantine Questions: Talkboy
Talkboy Quarantine Questions Additional Words and Photos by Gary Lambert During Lockdown one of my main listening outlets has been blasting Talkboy’s Over and Under Unplugged EP. The sunshine and joy that comes from every note of those four tracks has matched perfectly with the bright blue skies that have seemingly been gifted by Gaia … Continue reading
Quarantine Questions: Hushtones
Hushtones Quarantine Questions Additional Words and Photos by Gary Lambert There have been loads of cancellations and rejigging of events caused by the lockdown we are all under, but one of the biggest hits to the heart of Popped Music has been the postponement of Threshold Festival. One of the acts we had planned to … Continue reading
Quarantine Questions: Saltwater Sun
Saltwater Sun Quarantine Questions Additional Words by Gary Lambert One of the most positive things of the current crisis we are all going through, no the only positive, is how Britain has across the board re-discovered their love for the NHS. The frontline NHS staff right now are heroes risking their lives for others on … Continue reading
Quarantine Questions: Talk Show
Talk Show Quarantine Questions Additional words by Amy Butcher It is the turn of south London quartet Talk Show to be the latest to pass some Lockdown time with Popped Music. They should have been on a nationwide tour at the moment to showcase their debut EP, These People, which has been thankfully rescheduled for … Continue reading
SXSW With: Boy Azooga
Boy Azooga Words and Photos: Elena Katrina Admittedly, I’d only heard a handful of Boy Azooga tracks prior to SXSW but enough to know that he was a key part of my coverage for 2019, and he was certainly jostling for my attention amongst a seriously strong UK thing of acts travelling over this year. … Continue reading
SXSW With: Fatherson
Fatherson Words and photos: Elena Katrina When I first moved to Liverpool one of the first visiting bands to the city centre who I interviewed was Fatherson. Since then I’ve enjoyed a fair few shows, cried along to a few songs and thoroughly enjoyed all that they were about. It was, therefore, a no-brainier for … Continue reading
Playlist Winner Q&A: Little Brother Eli
Little Brother Eli Playlist 014 Winner For those who haven’t got to grips with you yet – please introduce yourselves: We’re Little Brother Eli. We’re mostly from the countryside. We mostly play music to dance to. Our guitars often don’t sound like guitars. How did you all meet and what is it you saw in … Continue reading
Playlist Winner Q&A: Pure Youth
Fick As Fieves Playlist 012 Winner For those who haven’t got to grips with you yet – please introduce yourselves: Harry and I (Archie) had played in a band together back when we were 12/13 years old, after that we both took different paths; Harry attended Colchester institute to study music, where he met Richard. … Continue reading
Playlist Winner Q&A: Bokito
Bokito Playlist 009 Winner For those who haven’t got to grips with you yet – please introduce yourselves: Moses Moorehouse(MM): I’m Moses Moorhouse and I’m the singer in BOKITO Sam Cahlin(SC): I’m Sam and I play Keys. I’m the newest member of the band, joining the guys for a gig around October time then joined … Continue reading
Playlist Winner Q&A: Tiggi Hawke
Tiggi Hawke Playlist 008 Winner For those who haven’t got to grips with you yet – please introduce yourself: Aloha! I’m Tiggi Hawke, I’m from London and based at Tileyard Studios. I trained classically and made the transition to electro-pop when I was about 15 when I started writing music for myself and other artists. … Continue reading
Playlist Winner Q&A: Kassassin Street
Kassassin Street Playlist 007 Winner For those who haven’t got to grips with you yet – please introduce yourselves: Hello we’re Row, Andy, Tom, Nath and Ry. We’re a psyche Indie band from Portsmouth. How did you all meet and what is it you saw in each other to decide to start … Continue reading
Playlist Winner Q&A: MarthaGunn
MarthaGunn Playlist 005 Winner For those who haven’t got to grips with you yet – please introduce yourselves: Hey, we are Abi, Max, Al, Frankie & Humphrey. We’re in a band called MarthaGunn, named after a famous heroine in Brighton. MarthaGunn was famous for dipping people in the sea as a spiritual healing ritual. How … Continue reading
Playlist Winner Q&A: Cinema
Cinema Playlist 004 Winner For those who haven’t got to grips with you yet – please introduce yourselves: We are Cinema, an alternative electronic pop band from Birmingham. We have been labelled as anything from tropical pop to electro soul. We are forever writing songs and love throwing in new percussion and world instruments. How … Continue reading
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