doops talk about debut album ‘The Space Between’ !!!
Local Reading legends doops release their debut album on Friday 28th of November and celebrate with a show at the Purple Turtle on the 29th!
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Reading and Leeds Festival 2025: An Exclusive Interview With EVILLE
We sent Brighton metal band Eville a few questions ahead of their Reading and Leeds debut. They are on the BBC Introducing Stage at 1:50pm Saturday at Reading and Sunday at Leeds.
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Reading and Leeds Festival 2025: Exclusive Interview with Mouth Culture’s Jack Voss
Alt rock trio Mouth Culture have a brand new single out today! It is called ‘Regret 101’. They play the Festival Republic Stage at 2:05pm on Saturday at Reading and Sunday at Leeds. Frontman Jack Voss answers a few questions ahead of their Reading and Leeds debut.
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Reading and Leeds Festival 2025: An Exclusive Interview With Wench!’s Kit Bligh!
We highly recommended you go and see these young punk warriors from Hull burn up the BBC Introducing Stage at 1:50pm on Sunday 24th at Reading and Friday the 22nd at Leeds. The two releases they have put out so far are incendiary and a bright future awaits. We spoke…
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Reading and Leeds Festival 2025: An Exclusive Interview With Rising Indie Star Finn Forster!
From Teesside’s industrial heart, Middlesbrough, Finn Forster is well placed to be the North East’s next big breakout star. In recent years, Finn has supported Bastille, The Lottery Winners and Stereophonics as well as being named a winner of a Drake YolanDa Award for Emerging Young Artists and named a…
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Reading and Leeds Festival 2025: An Exclusive Interview With Mcxxne
Mcxxne (pronounced Max-seen) blends R & B, soul, pop and gospel. She plays on the BBC Introducing Stage at 17:30 Sunday at Reading Festival and on Friday at Leeds. We find out a little bit about her ahead of her Reading debut.
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Exclusive Interview: Slung, your new rock heroes doing it all back to front.
Just before Are You Listening? Festival we talked to, and saw, one of the most exciting new bands in the UK. The album had already blown us away and the live performance absolutely backed it up. Slung are the real deal. In the time since we spoke they have had…
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Exclusive Interview: The Sick Man of Europe
The Sick Man of Europe open the door ajar, a tiny bit, on their intriguing new album.
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An Exclusive Benefits Interview headlines our ‘Are You Listening?’ Festival 2025 Preview!
We take a look at the final line-up, stage times and speak to Benefits, Cholly, Doops, Skunkworm and The Dazed Minded who are all on this years line-up.
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Slung to play the Purple Turtle in an unmissable free gig
This grunge tinged alternative rock outfit from Brighton are touring to support their excellent debut album In Ways. You don’t want to miss out on this one!
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Exclusive Interview: Nothing Rhymes With Orange
We were back at the Turtle on the 2nd of April 2025 for another quality line-up and to interview the excellent Nothing Rhymes With Orange.
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Exclusive Interview with the Rising Welsh Rock Duo Alffa
With two great albums already under their belts, and a stunning live presence, this young Welsh band are ready for greater things. Despite a five-year gap between their first and second albums these young talents are still in their early twenties and are heirs apparent to great rock duos like…
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Exclusive Interview: Baby Said
Incoming crazy value free gig with Baby Said, The Dazed Minded and The Certs – Get down to the Purple Turtle in Reading on Monday the 10th of February at 7:30pm. Wow, any one of these bands would be a steal at a free gig but all three together is…
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Introducing The Certs
Our exclusive interview with The Certs is now available to watch.
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Mad about ‘The Certs’ boys? You soon will be. Reading Indie Life heads to The Purple Turtle to find out more.
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Reading Indie Life 