Live Review: Circa Waves: Liverpool
Circa Waves EBGBS Liverpool, 5th April 2018 Words: Gary Lambert Photos: Fiona Carroll Before I went beyond the world of being a music fan and started to write about gigs and pester bands about their opinions on life rather than just babble my congratulations in an overly excited manner, I had a very strong opinion of … Continue reading
Interview Exclusive: Marsicans
Marsicans Interview: Georgia Flynn Intro: Elena Katrina Having shown these guys much love for quite some time, and them us, when they came to play for us last year, we figured it was about time that we actually sat down with the Leeds lads of Marsicans and chewed the fat. Their recent UK tour gave … Continue reading
Just Listen: The Pale White: Loveless (Acoustic)
The Pale White Words: Samantha Sadler As a big fan of upcoming North East musical talent, especially anything indie, I was shocked that I hadn’t yet heard of The Pale White. Already making waves across the UK, the indie rockers are currently planning a headline tour following impressive support slots with the likes of The … Continue reading
Just Listen: Louis Berry – Stumbling
Louis Berry Words: Emily Leonard Popped music have always been a fan of Liverpool’s finest, Mr rock ‘n’ roll – Louis Berry, following him since early on in his career and his latest single only delivers more cause as to why we adore him. Stumbling is the first single off of Berry’s’ forthcoming debut album, … Continue reading
Just Listen: Xam Volo – Dark Teeth
Xam Volo Words: Rob Connor Hot on the heels of his support slot on Paloma Faiths nationwide tour, comes Xam Volo with his newest track Dark Teeth. If you haven’t heard Xam Volo before, this is a great place to jump in. Dark teeth is a brassy, sassy but always classy, slice of Xam’s distinctive jazz infused … Continue reading
Just Watch: Banfi: Never Really Cared About You
Banfi Words: Nick Jacques Never Really Cared About You has vocals and music styles that are wedged firmly between that of Bombay Bicycle Club and Alt-J – the vocals are smooth and reflective, the drums and guitar dynamics play out in a measured but expressive fashion. The single’s accompanying video also makes for immersive viewing … Continue reading
Festival Review: SXSW 2018
SXSW 2018 Words & Photos: Elena Katrina It’s a strange feeling this post-SXSW sensation. I feel both broken and exhilarated at the same time. There’s no amount of preparation you can take for either the festival nor the post-festival emotions. This festival is a beast. There is no other way to say it and I … Continue reading
Just Listen: Mute Choir – Behind The Bars
Mute Choir Words: Elena Katrina Mute Choir is entirely new to me, in fact, I only just found him floating around out there on the interwebz and as soon as I heard Behind The Bars I knew I needed to get this shared. There’s a really nice mix of scuzzy psychedelia and folk storytelling to … Continue reading
Just Listen: Pip Hall – Fire
Pip Hall Words: Nick Bewes When Editor Elena emailed about this track, she said ‘Pip Hall is amazing’. And you know what, she is. I’m ashamed to say that she’s a new name to me, but one that I’ll be keeping an eye out for especially as her debut album is due this summer. Described … Continue reading
Just Listen: Charlotte Lawrence, Nina Nesbitt and Sasha Sloan – Psycopath
Charlotte Lawrence, Nina Nesbitt and Sasha Sloan Words: Luke Pettican Nina Nesbitt’s pop resurgence is a testament to her undeniable fundamental talent. With Psychopath continues her streak of incredible, confessional pop tracks. Although, this time things are a little different. Psychopath is a collaboration with Sasha Sloan and Charlotte Lawrence, as part of Spotify’s Louder … Continue reading
Interview Exclusive: Vistas
Vistas Interview: Georgia Flynn Words: Elena Katrina Recently found out on tour with Leeds band Marsicans, Vistas sat down to chat with Popped’s Georgia Flynn for our first ever video interview. Since then the band have just released their most recent single, Calm, on Lab records, which you can also listen to below. The indie pop … Continue reading
Just Listen: PLYA – Feast My Eye
PLAYA Words: Nick Bewes PLYA are one of my favourite new bands and they are back with their latest and at least to my ears, best single so far. Feast My Eye starts off with a semi-spoken word intro, sounding a little similar to when Taylor Swift told us the old Taylor couldn’t come to … Continue reading
SXSW With: The RPMs
The RPMs Words & Photos: Elena Katrina Brighton’s The RPMs have not been shy in coming forward when it comes to getting people’s attention and getting where they want to be. They wanted to be at SXSW so here we found them. The band have been traipsing up and down the UK making fans and … Continue reading
SXSW With: Our Girl
Our Girl Words & Photos: Elena Katrina It’s OK to see a band you like more than once in a few weeks, it’s OK to see them 4 times in less than 3 weeks, I know this, because I’ve done it. I did it with Our Girl, though it wasn’t necessarily intentionally but if they’re … Continue reading
SXSW With: Breakfast Muff
Breakfast Muff Words and Photos: Elena Katrina I’ll be honest… I’ve never seen Breakfast Muff play live before, I don’t even know, truthfully still, if I’ve sat down and listened to them before now. I’ve seen their name on posters and I’ve heard them being talked about so I figured, when is best to get … Continue reading
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