ALBUM REVIEW: Indoor Pets – Pathetic Apathetic
Words: Amy Butcher Today is the day! After a hiatus, Indoor Pets are officially back with their sophomore album, Pathetic Apathetic and it’s a darker, grunge-led 36 minutes of absolutely stellar music. Since the release of their album Be Content, which was a high intensity pop rock debut, Indoor Pets have had a four year … Continue reading
FESTIVAL REVIEW: Friday at ALL POINTS EAST 2023
Words & Photos: Gary Lambert Friday at All Points East – Victoria Park, London – 28 August 2023 Instagram | Website I love festivals. Festivals make me feel like the happiest person on earth. Ten years ago I was sat at a table at Kendal Calling chatting to someone who had finished their shift and said … Continue reading
FESTIVAL REVIEW: Monday at ALL POINTS EAST 2023
Words & Photos: Amy Butcher Haim at All Points East – Victoria Park, London – 28 August 2023 Instagram | Website One of London’s most popular music festivals, All Points East, often marked in most south based festival goers diaries, with plans made around the two weekends has come back bigger and better than ever … Continue reading
Just Listen: Gig Review Muna, Liverpool
Words & Photos: Gary Lambert I say this as a straight, cis man, but there is nothing more supportive in music than a lesbian audience. If you go to a gig which is going to have a large number of femme queers then get there early because the venue will be pretty much packed by the … Continue reading
Festival Review: Camp Bestival Shropshire 2023
Words & Photos: Elena Katrina Camp Bestival – Shropshire – August 2023Instagram//2024 TICKETS This is a whole new direction for us here at Popped Music – this is a fully-fledged family festival review. After our trip to Deer Shed without my little ones, I suddenly felt compelled to take them to their first festival and … Continue reading
Just Listen: Gen and The Degenerates- Big Hit Single
Gen and The Degenerates – Big Hit SingleWords: Elena Katrina Signed to Marshall Records, Gen and The Degenerates return with their latest offering, “Big Hit Single“. Keeping to their punk rock roots the bass and drums are heavy, pounding and as expected steering you toward a loud clashing chorus. Then there is Gen, she shouts … Continue reading
Festival Review: Deer Shed 2023
Words: Elena Katrina Deer Shed Festival – North Yorkshire – 28th-30th July 2023Instagram//Lineup//2024 TICKETS Now in its 13th year, Deer Shed made its return to its home in Baldersby Park, North Yorkshire. Not only a music festival but one that really and truly looks after everyone. I can really attest to this on a very … Continue reading
FESTIVAL REVIEW: TRUCK FESTIVAL 2022
Truck Festival Hill Farm, Steventon, Oxfordshire, 22-24 July 2022 Words & Photos: Amy Butcher Close your eyes and picture this: the sun is beating down warmth onto your face, you’ve got a cold beverage in hand and the sweet melodies of The Magic Gang in your years. You guessed it, you’re at Truck Festival 2022. … Continue reading
JUST LISTEN: STUPID – STONE
STONE STUPID Words by Amy Butcher Liverpool based band STONE have only recently come up on my radar, but boy have they made an impact with their latest single ‘Stupid’. That is one thing this track is actually not, it brings a clever mix of nostalgia and newness into a modern fresh sound. Gritty, gutsy … Continue reading
JUST WATCH: Gen and the Degenerates – Girl God Gun
Gen and the Degenerates Girl God Gun Words by Amy Butcher A new single and EP announcement, it must be our lucky day – Gen and the Degenerates are back for 2022 with an amazing single in ‘Girl God Gun’. Having always been probed with the question: ‘what’s it like to be a woman in … Continue reading
JUST LISTEN: HOW DO I KNOW? – THOMAS HEADON
Thomas Headon How Do I Know? Words by Amy Butcher With his third EP Victoria released next month, Thomas Headon has given us another sweettaster in How Do I Know? for what is going to be an exciting piece of work. Having built anamazing online community around his music over the last two years, Headon … Continue reading
LIVE REVIEW: ALBERTINE SARGES
Albertine Sarges Jimmy’s, Liverpool, 2 February 2022 Words and Photos by Gary Lambert I would always recommend to music fans that you check out the bands from overseas when they come to your town. Despite the accessibility caused by Spotify and Apple Music, it is still more likely than not that they are playing smaller venues … Continue reading
JUST LISTEN: EUPHORIA – VLURE
VLURE Euphoria Words by Gary Lambert VLURE have the potential to be one of the greatest bands in British music history. Honestly, I type that and feel there is not a drop of hyperbole in that. The potential that these Glaswegian rave punk warriors have is stratospheric. If you have yet to see them live, … Continue reading
LIVE REVIEW: THE MYSTERINES
The Mysterines o2 Academy, Liverpool, 30 October 2021 Words and Photos by Gary Lambert The confident upward trajectory of The Mysterines is encapsulated by the fact that before they played their biggest, hometown headline show to date, the band had already announced another show at a bigger venue for 2022 (tickets available here). Undoubtedly, Popped Music … Continue reading
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