September 2011
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August 2011
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HOT DAMN-HOT PROPERTY ON THE POP PUNK MARKET!
Well look who we have here, the hottest pop punk band to come outta the valleys this summer. we caught up with Chris Evans(frontman)from the band HOTDAMN to chat all things teatopia.
Who are HOTDAMN?
Hot Damn are a Pop Punk band From South Wales with Chris Evans on vocals, Liam Torrance and Morgan Waters on guitar, Will Coburn on Bass and Chris Read on Drums
Who or what inspires you?
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BRAINJUICE!
BRAINJUICE-A LOCAL BASED LABEL!
These guys have just come up with their first release.
Astroid Boys-Welcome to the Zoo!
So go check it out and show the local love that these guys deserve
Listen to it here
& BUY IT HERE
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Continents-The new answer to Awesome!
We at teatopia are all about supporting local music,especially if its AWESOME local talent. so we had to catch up with these boys. Continents have only been around for 1 year but by god it doesn’t sound like it.we caught up with Tom the guitarist from theband and asked him the usual teatopian questions.enjoy…
Who are Continents? Continents are a five piece, umm, well I’m not sure...
April 2011
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TELEGRAM GRAM FROM THE QUEEN!
we got a treat for you guys today. teatopia magazine caught up with the guys in TELEGRAM FROM THE QUEEN for a bitta question time.
D is Dan Cashman and L is Leon Piers (if you couldnt work it out!)
Who are Telegram from the queen? L We’re Leon & Dan. Two dudes, always skint, getting by on beats.
Who or what inspires you? L - Urm, Mainly frustration and boredom….and aspirations...
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March 2011
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WERK IT!!! with CHERIE LILY
Wanna PARTY HARD and get fit at the same time…..Well Tea HQ do. So we hooked up with the amazing ‘Houserobics’ founder (and Andrew WK wife) Cherie Lily to find out more about getting fit and her ideal tea party guests. Get ready to WERK IT.
TT: Ok can you tell us a bit about Cherie Lily and Houserobics? Sure! My name is Cherie Lily and my music is called Houserobics. I’m...
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Cuppa tea for Jon Burgerman
Blimey our first ever celeb on teatopia magazine and we think he’s a corker. We managed to grab a few insirational words from artist Jon Burgerman via our lovely questions. There is nothing that this awesome artist work hasnt been on - Pepsi bottles and cans, Puma Sneakers, Munnys, Jinnys, Dunnys and even wallpaper you can cover your bedroom in and colour in. So if you dont know who Jon...
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Let's GO
So if your hitting Cardiff town on the 11th March make sure you check out Clwb Ifor Bach for the release show of Solutions 17 track album, entitled ’ the first two years’. Its a collection of old and unreleased material from……their first 2 years. So Tea HQ decided to hit the band with our questions to find out what makes Solutions tick…..or tock?? TT: Who are...
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TIGER BLOOD AND TEES
Our little t-shirt campaign to see this made worked a treat…….to bag yourself one of these beauties pre-order yours at http://toughloveuk.tumblr.com only a tenner.
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Animals on the Underground
Heres something different to do with your tube map…..check out http://www.animalsontheunderground.com let the fun commence
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KITTY COWELL - COME ROLL WITH ME. EP RELEASE!
One of our favourite local musicians Kitty Cowell has just released her new EP entitled “COME ROLL WITH ME”.
Yet again we will let the music do the talking
Latest tracks by Kitty Cowell
ALSO KITTY IS IN THIS MONTHS “HELLO KITTY” MAGAZINE. SO GO OUT AND BUY IT!
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THE BRAINCHILD BEHIND "THE MILK"
TT: Who and what is the milk?
The Milk is an angry triangular boot lift dark comedy flail into my bullshit I guess. Its like being punched in the face by a gummy whispering gimp pulling a trailer full of buffet food,yeah it takes you by surprise but you know it aint gonna bite hard & its full of hot fresh pastry meat parcels. The Milk Started with just myself but has now grown into a...
February 2011
8 posts
Hate washing? Love Droneboy Laundry
Boys and Girls welcome to the world of Droneboy Laundry and its exceptional designs you are all gonna want to wear. Music, film and animation inspired tees that are just what you need to spend all that hard earned cash on…..in fact I think I’m gonna buy one now. So check out our little interview with the brains behind the magic. enjoy TTM: Who is Droneboy Laundry?
DroneBoy Laundry...
Get your chic on..
Touring the UK and hitting Cardiff University Students Union on the 20th Feb is the oh so cool Judys Vintage Fair. The largest in the UK of its kind and one not to miss. So empty that piggy.
for more info check out http://www.vintagefair.co.uk
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M J Fox never looked better
Amazing artwork that just wants to jump out and punch you in the face from artist Rich Pellegrino. This guys work caught our eye when we spotted Marty McFly from Back to the Future along with Doc Brown (see below) and we wanted to know more about him. So we sent our Teatopian questions over via the magicweb and we got this for you………..enjoy TT: So who is Rich Pellegrino? ...
We want one.....
Hitting the web last year with slick tees for both guys and gals Thoraxx Apparel look set to continue strong into 2011 and beyond. We hooked up with the clothing label for an insight on whats going down and ask a few questions….
TT: Who is Thoraxx Apparel?
Thoraxx Apparel is an independent clothing brand based in South East England. We’ve been breaking fashion’s worthless...
Free.....Legal.....Skint
Skint Music Downloads began as a trial page on blogger in mid 2010, and then was re-launched onto Tumblr in December 2010. These guys have produced a slick free music hosting site, which is completely legal and a great way of downloading awesome bands like Funeral for a Friend, Town and Young Guns. TT HQ wanted to know a little more and find out what the future holds for Skint Music...
January 2011
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Shrunken not Stirred!!
Ok so heres something you might wanna buy for your loved one this valentines day :) or maybe its your grans birthday?? After hearing this guy on Radio 4 (yes we listen to Radio 4) we wanted to find out more about his fantastic shrunken heads…..so let us transport you to a time where guys used to chop each others heads off, remove the skulls, boil them (but not to much) and sew every hole up...
Time to BRAWL!!!
Its finally here…..LETS GET READY TO RUMBLE….Well roller derby more like. The girls from Tiger Bay Brawlers hit the battle ground ready to take out anyone who gets in their way. The hard ass women are ready to kick the hell outta the Bristol Harbour Harlots this weekend 15.01.11 at the Newport Centre…..and it just so happens to be Wales first ever roller derby bout. We caught up...
December 2010
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The Easy Life
Hitting 2010 full on and now looking set to go one further in 2011 its Cambridge four piece “The Easy Life”. We needed to hook up with these guys and grab a few questions before they hit the big time….You need these in your life.
1. Who are “The Easy Life” ?
We are a four piece pop punk band from a shitty town in the east of England
2. Who or what inspires...
Santa Claus is comin to town......
well we did it….we sent our letter full o questions to the north pole and he wrote back. We must have been good because this guy is always busy……Props to Santa Claus for this awesome scoop.
1. How is santa getting on this year with all the preperations?
Well let me say I had one of my helpers have a look at your onine magazine and he told me it was lovely. Im sorry I havent...
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You wanna "Danse" with the Devil
Our latest find is the amazing newly formed label Danse Macabre. These guys are looking set to take the highly competative t-shirt fashion world by storm with their creative prints and their “fuck fashion, fuck trends” ethos. With an ever growing army of followers via facebook and sponsored bands which they refer to as their sex slaves. They include Annotations Of An Autopsy, Martyr...
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No its not Santa Claus its Santa Macabre
Teatopia vs Maria @ Santa Macabre
Well we just found you lovely teatopians another amazing talent and this time its in the vintage/gothic horror world of bespoke jewlery, journals and artwork. Selling her wares in the amazing fairs in Cardiff its Maria Junko sole creator of Santa Macabre (as we know her on facebook) and we managed to grab her for a quick slice and dice interview teatopia style....
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November 2010
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ROUND 1
South Wales finest pop punk band Save Your Breath fresh from a UK tour with Jody Has a Hitlist and storming full steam ahead with an amazing sounding album (oh yeah we got access to some pre-production recording). Here at Tea HQ we managed to grab guitarist TO and and ask him a few question. We love these guys and can’t wait to see them play with Kids in Glass Houses this Christmas. 1....
Round 2 ding ding
HELL YEAH its TeatopiaTuesday and yes its number 2 interview for you (PHEW). Kicking us off is Bridgend/South Wales quartet ChrisOffMyspace. These lads are about to hit the big time bagging themselves some quality air time on a VERY POPULAR music channel (all hush hush) and plenty of interviews including Japanese magazines and ourselves :) But we managed to grab Chris for a little chat and ask...