FESTIVAL PREVIEW: All Points East 2023
Words: Amy Butcher All Points East – The Strokes, Friday 25th August 2023 Instagram / Tickets London’s iconic two-day weekend festival, All Points East, is back for another cracking year. Featuring an array of musicians and bands playing across a few stages per day, there is a genre of music for everyone with the eclectically … Continue reading
Festival Preview: No Play Festival 2023
Words: Elena Katrina No Play Festival -Liverpool – 5th August 2023Instagram//Tickets Liverpool’s No Play Festival is an absolute necessity in your Summer festival diary if you’re looking for pure adulterated no-nonsense hard rock music. Set across 3 stages in the, surely now iconic, Invisible Wind Factory. We here at Popped only really dip our toe … Continue reading
FESTIVAL PREVIEW: TRUCK FESTIVAL 2022
Truck Festival 2022 Hill Farm, Steventon, Oxfordshire, 22-24 July 2022 Words: Amy Butcher I can’t believe I’m even writing the words, but festival season is properly back this year and so is Truck Festival! If you’re lucky enough to have snagged a ticket to the sold out festivities, you’ll be lucky to see The Big … Continue reading
FESTIVAL PREVIEW: FESTEVOL 2022
FestEvol 2022 Future Yard, Birkenhead, 2 July 2022 Words and Photos by Gary Lambert Good vibes are coming to Birkenhead! Last year’s FestEvol visit to Future Yard was a great way for uninhibited live music events to return to the Peninsular, and happiness is once again with a new set of bands. For all dayers, … Continue reading
FESTIVAL VIBES: BEDSIDE MANNERS
Bedside Manners Words and Photos by Gary Lambert With a heavy mix of guitars and swagger, Bedside Manners are made to be discovered at festivals. With a good hint of classic British indie rock Oasis and Kasabian about them celebrating a wall of power and noise, the north west five-piece are ready to hit the … Continue reading
FESTIVAL VIBES: KING NO-ONE
King No-One Words and Photo by Gary Lambert Undoubtedly King No-One are amongst my favourite festival bands. With on-stage drama, banging tunes, and an approach to lyricism which allows fans to realise they are not alone, King No-One are genuinely an impressive live music act. You are going to love them if you don’t already … Continue reading
FESTIVAL VIBES: HAVELOCK
Havelock Words by Gary Lambert Kent-born singer Havelock is an act I’ve not yet seen, but I am really excited to catch them performing at next week’s CloseUp Festival, at Colours, Hoxton. Their tracks have a wonderful electro feel to them, mixing the energy of bedroom pop with a smooth, high fidelity sound, and with … Continue reading
FESTIVAL VIBES: ORCHARDS
Orchards Words by Gary Lambert; main Orchards photo by Jessie Morgan Orchards have been a Popped Music favourite for many years now with their delightfully contrasting sound and energising live performances meaning that we’ve watched them play from Austin to Lincoln. They are the Friday night headliners of this year’s CloseUp Festival at Colours, Hoxton, … Continue reading
FESTIVAL VIBES: TORTURE AND THE DESERT SPIDERS
Torture and the Desert Spiders Words and Photos by Gary Lambert The hardest working band in Liverpool are playing two festival shows this weekend as they take to the stage in Birkenhead at Future Yard for She Drew The Gun’s All Roads Lead To The Future all-dayer and then over the river to Kazimier Stockroom … Continue reading
FESTIVAL PREVIEW: LIVERPOOL SOUND CITY 2022
Liverpool Sound City Various venues, Liverpool, 30 April – 1 May Words by Gary Lambert Well let’s confront the elephant in the room before we go any further, Liverpool Sound City this year is going to be a different festival than planned due to the untimely demise of Grand Central Hall. The result is that … Continue reading
FESTIVAL PREVIEW: CLOSEUP FESTIVAL
CloseUp Festival 2022 Colours, Hoxton, 20-22 May 2022 Words by Daniel Burton It’s Festival Season once more, and back in its regular slot in the calendar CloseUp Festival has returned bigger and better than ever – even boasting their first ever Sunday lineup. This year CloseUp Festival as you would expect is bringing some of … Continue reading
FESTIVAL VIBES: VOODOOS
Voodoos Words by Gary Lambert If fuzzy indie pop is your cup of tea, then at Liverpool Sound City you should get along to watch Voodoos. They’ve got an incredibly uplifting way with music that is reminiscent of Vistas’ ability to make music fans smile, and fresh from playing at the incredible TRNSMT festival it … Continue reading
FESTIVAL VIBES: VICTORS
VICTORS Words by Gary Lambert Liverpool Sound City is almost upon us, and it is going to be one of the most exciting weekends of the year. With the focus of Sound City being on the next wave of great bands coming through (mind you we love the headliners here too), it is the step … Continue reading
FESTIVAL VIBES: CRAWLERS
Crawlers Words and Photos by Gary Lambert If you have not yet joined the hype train behind Crawlers, then Friday night at This Feeling’s tent might be the ideal stop for you to get on. Mixing heavy riffs with trumpet interludes and lyrics that could be carved on your soul (tattooed on to your arm … Continue reading
FESTIVAL PREVIEW: CLOSE UP FESTIVAL
Close Up Festival Words by Daniel Burton TICKETS £16.50 HERE I think it is needless to say that the past 18 months have been full of uncertainty and disappointment, however if there is one thing that we can rely upon, it is CloseUp delivering one hell of a party and there’s no sign of 2021 … Continue reading
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