After 2 cancelled years due to the pandemic the beloved indiepop festival Indietracks has announced they are no more, and their 2019 festival has become their last. Popoptica editor Sarah Lay watches the festival depart. You always think you have more time, until you don’t. The rhythmically comforting clacking on the annual trip along the railway …
With their self-titled fourth album out now Erin Hyde of Leeds punk band Nervous Twitch talks Sarah Lay through their approach to artwork for their music. “I always think the music comes first but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t think artwork was important! It’s a visual representation of your sound and should …
After the New York Times Music derided the album as having no place in the Age of the Song Popoptica editor Sarah Lay looks at whether the format really is dead. “The truth is that albums worked as a medium only because everyone was a captive…I wouldn’t be surprised if the next generation of pop …
If you’re looking for a new listen – any of these Albums of the Year comes recommended from editor Sarah Lay (there’s no-one else here at Popoptica right now so the choice was always going to be subjective). In what has been an unusual (yes, unprecedented if you must) year there has continued to be …
We don’t really do album reviews here at Popoptica but that doesn’t stop us wanting to enthuse about the great albums we’ve been listening to. Releases have landed thick and fast throughout the late summer but we’ve found listening hours reduced by, well, life. Yet here’s out list of albums we’ve been loving listening to …
We don’t really do album reviews here at Popoptica but that doesn’t stop us wanting to enthuse about the great albums we’ve been listening to. Releases have landed thick and fast throughout the summer but here’s out list of albums we’ve been loving listening to in August 2020. Popoptica albums round-up for August 2020 Paper Birch …
Huw Stephens (radio presenter), Paul Sng (filmmaker), Patrick Jones (poet) and James Adrian Brown (Pulled Apart By Horses) join forces in haunting cine-poem Ghosts of ’39. Artists: Huw Stephens, Paul Sng, Patrick Jones, James Aiden Brown Track: Ghosts of ’39 Label: self-released Released: Find it: YouTube | Spotify “When I was asked by Paul (Sng) …
We don’t really do album reviews here at Popoptica but that doesn’t stop us wanting to enthuse about the great albums we’ve been listening to. Here’s our list of 13 we’ve been loving listening to in July 2020. 13 Albums We’ve Loved in July 2020 Taylor Swift – Folklore (self-released) A surprise drop for Taylor …
This week a mass observation will take place as annual research project Harkive has its day and asks us to say how, where and why we’re listening to music. Back in 2013 I was part of the editorial team of website Louder Than War and an intriguing email dropped in about a new research project …
Recently we invited you to break out of the comfort of the familiar and discover some of the amazing new albums being put out by independent artists and labels while the world is on lockdown. The truth is our list was far from complete and we have much more to bring you – so here …