THE SETLIST
Your Access All Areas Guide to the Latest Events Hitting the Stage at Pop Recs
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[BY LIAM KITCHEN] For one night only, on the 29th of May, chaos will descend on Sunniside. Fifteen independent artists of all sorts of mediums and persuasions concentrated in one area for the sophomore iteration of Sunniside Nights. After an incredibly popular debut last year, with a great turnout of local arts aficionados, Sunniside Nights returns bigger, busier, and better than before. One of the main organisers, Ross Millard, generously…
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Our blog writer, Liam, talks to Rick McMurray, of Indie-rock band Ash, ahead of the launch of his side-project Burned As Witches. They make their headline debut at Pop Recs on Tuesday 14th April.
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[By Liam Kitchen] It’s difficult to put into words quite how big of a spectacle the all-action vaudeville of Tankus is. Six pieces of energetic rock n’ roll, with sprinklings of psychedelia, funk, and swinging New Orleans-style jazz. Tankus’ line-up includes your conventional rock setup of guitar, bass, and drums alongside a brass section; it’s as impressive as it sounds – and it needs to be to match the exuberance…
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[By Liam Kitchen] It’s thirty-nine years not out for Alan Brown, and his shapeshifting sort-of-solo project, The Great Leap Forward. What started as a rebound from his previous band, bIG*fLAME, The Great Leap Forward has since evolved into its own mythology; equal parts mouthpiece for Brown’s political musings – and a sounding board for some of his sweetest melodic experimentations. All the different directions the band has taken, all those…
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[By Liam Kitchen] Ask anyone who’s passionate about music in Sunderland about Baz Warne, and chances are you’ll see their face light up in admiration. It seems like everyone has a story to tell about Baz, or has seen him in action at some point in his storied career. Chronicling how he cut his teeth with renowned Sunderland-based punk outfit the Toy Dolls – to his joining of the Stranglers…
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We are buzzing to be launching “The Setlist”, our brand new blog on the Pop Recs website. We will be cherry picking some of the best upcoming events at Pop Recs and giving you the low down with interviews and feature previews. This is for everyone, whether you’re a Pop Recs regular, or have your ear to the ground and want to find out more. We’d like to start by…