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Popped Picks - April 2024

POPPED PICKS: April 2024 Our favourite picks from all of the new releases within the month. This month expect to see new music from the likes of The Mysterines, FontaineS D.C ( a pick by Rebecca Worthington) alongside tracks from Indoor Pets and an incredible new music project from Yannis and The Yak.

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LIVE REVIEW: Fond of Rudy

The Waiting Room, London – 29.03.2024 Words & Photos: Amy Butcher Brighton based band Fond of Rudy have got off to an exciting start to the year with the release of their EP Two, and leading single Infatuation. Taking inspiration from the likes of The 1975, it is a collection of indie pop songs with layers of carefully placed sounds woven together to create groovy, sparkling melodies for the…

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Popped Picks - February24

POPPED PICKS: February 2024 Our favourite picks from all of the new releases within the month. This time the playlist is made up of the Popped team’s faves and we might just have a few guest pickers from time to time too! February might be the shortest month of the year but it was absolutely jam-packed with new releases. So many that we have almost doubled our playlist from January. This month…

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LIVE REVIEW: Indoor Pets

The Grace, London – 31.01.2024 Words: Amy Butcher & Photos: Max Nicoll A low hum of anticipation settles at Highbury’s The Grace, as Big Flame by Doris Wilson protrudes throughout the small intimate venue (clearly a nod to the new drum skin on stage), signifying Indoor Pets’ return to the live music scene after a four year hiatus. With lockdown came a stand still in live music and the music…

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Popped Picks - January 24

POPPED PICKS: JANUARY 2024 For 2024 we welcome back our monthly playlist; our favourite picks from all of the new releases within the month. This time the playlist is made up of the Popped team’s faves and we might just have a few guest pickers from time to time too! Plus you get to vote your favourites – voting ends 15th February. The winner will be offered a feature on our site or Instagram.…

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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 “if you want, I can get you a job working the festival circuit, just doing stuff”.  I worked…

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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 for 2023. Considering this festival has only been around for 5 years or so, there…

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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 time the support acts come on.  There’s no piling into Wetherspoons or other cheap nearby pub for a nostalgic…

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Guest Blogger: Life Aquatic Band

Hello, Ben here from Life Aquatic Band, a group from Sheffield who likes to make a lot of noise that we sometimes call MUSIC. We’ve just released a new album called “FREE SUMMER” and Elena has been kind enough to ask us to write a few words about the album, where it came from, who our influences are and all that. Thanks Elena! First things first – this album is a summer album, packed back to…

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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 built lineups. We’re big fans of All Points East, having attended…

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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 it needed to be good, it needed to be great. I feel certain we made the…

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Festival Review: Kendal Calling 2023

Words: Julia Granthem Kendal Calling -July 2023Instagram There was a sense of elemental foreboding hanging delicately over Kendal Calling 2023. Seeds were sown for the very first KC back in 2006 and this year, the summer of love looked like it very wellmight have been drenched in rain. As I started packing for my two-and-half hour car journey Icouldn’t find my raincoat anywhere and I was…

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Just Listen: Red Rum Club - Black Cat

Red Rum Club – Black Cat Words: Elena Katrina Eyes are glaring at me from across the room. Concentration is etched in the brow that is furrowed above them. “Red Rum Club!” – Bingo! I do enjoy what has become an unintentional game of “guess whose new track this is” – without even having to ask or utter a word. Simply press play and watch the confusion, frustration, and concentration happen while…

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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 her demands, her requests and well, in this case, I suppose fewer…

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Festival Review: No Play Festival 2023

Words: Elena Katrina No Play Festival -Liverpool – 5th August 2023Instagram Although you might not necessarily think of Popped Music as your go-to place for heavier sounds, but believe it or not there are some heavy bands who we absolutely adore and some of whom played at this year’s inaugural No Play Festival in Liverpool. So we couldn’t resist the opportunity to head down and see what was…

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Album Review: The View - Exorcism Of Youth

The View – Exorcism of Youth – Released 18th August 2023Words: Elena Katrina I’ve sat on this new album by The View for a while, I just didn’t have time to write it up but now I’ve grabbed myself half an hour and I’m going to see what comes out as I re-listen and type away. It’s been some time since The View released any material, and actually even longer since I listened. I was there cheering…

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Just Listen: Life Aquatic - Brunch Mindset

Life Aquatic Band – Brunch Mindset Words: Elena Katrina I wonder if I could write a review how Life Aquatic Band have written “Brunch Mindset” – at least how I like to enjoy thinking they wrote it. In separate rooms with no idea of what anyone else writing it was thinking genre wise and yet what came out is absolute MAGIC. There is a chaos about it but also it’s total nonsense of a song and I…