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DRONEBOY & LALA DECORATE THE ROOM Teatopia Magazine...

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:46:00 +0100

DRONEBOY & LALA DECORATE THE ROOM

Teatopia Magazine hit Clwb Ifor Bach to check out the last minute free party featuring a new wall design by our friends and awesome artist Droneboy Laundry and Tattooist LaLa Omega. Droneboy’s artwork was well placed behind the DJ booth along with a large B&W wall to the side featuring LaLa’s both giving the room pop. With the likes of Benji on the mic and Various Dj’s through the night they made sure it went smooth. Good vibes and free artwork ment we went home happy.

Teatopia Magazine decided it was time to check out our first...

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:53:00 +0100

Teatopia Magazine decided it was time to check out our first roller derby. So we grabbed our camera and headed out to Cardiff to watch Tiger Bay Brawlers destroy RCRG Tender Hooligans.

The huge line outside ment it was a total sellout and the noise inside the leisure centre was to say the least LOUD. We had a great time and completly hooked. So if you get a chance get yourself down to a bout near you.

HOT DAMN-HOT PROPERTY ON THE POP PUNK MARKET!

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:21:22 +0100

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?

We are inspired by loads of different bands really like The Wonder Years, New Found Glory down to more gritty pop punk bands like Title Fight and Basement

What sets you apart from the rest?

I dunno really, basically we just write the music that we wanna hear and I don’t know of any other bands around South Wales doing the same type of stuff as us.

Do you have a favourite song you have made?

Cant speak for the rest of the boys but mine personally is ‘Loyalties’ off our new split

Where do you see yourselves in 15years?

15 years is absolutely ages away, Hopefully in 15 years time we will be on tour somewhere warm, or in our houses packing for a tour in a really warm place, if not I still wanna be doing something music based

Animals or humans?

Well you cant really speak much to an animal so after a while it would get kinda boring, so for that im gonna have answer human, I do wanna get a dog when I move out though.

Your mam said you can have a tea party, but you can only invite 5 people.Who do you choose? (they can be dead or alive).

Thats a tough one cause theres like a million people I would like to invite to a tea party, I think having the Jackass crew around would be pretty rad as long as they didn’t mess my house up, or the female cast of that MTV program ‘The Hills’ cause they are all crazy fit

What’s your all time favourite word?

I quite like calling someone a dil-end if they have done something stupid, it makes me laugh cause its just calling someone the end of a dildo

Whats on the horizon for 2011??

So far 2011 is going pretty rad, we got a tour line up starting the end of September (which you can buy tickets for now off out Facebook bandage) then we hope to record our new 6 track November in time for a winter release, Hoping to get a video recorded as well so that should be fun.

Get some of these tunes in your ears HERE

watch out for these guys in 2011/2012 big things are coming their way!

if you wanna go see these check out if they are playing your town this year

Fri,Sep 9
The Dolls House
Abertillery, United Kingdom
w/ The Guns, Astroid Boys, We Ride Tigers

Sat, Sep 10
Hydrant
Brighton, United Kingdom

Sat, Sep 24
Meze Lounge
Newport, United Kingdom
w/ Tag Your Targets

Sun, Sep 25
Boston Music Rooms
London, United Kingdom
w/ Tag Your Targets

Mon, Sep 26
TBA
United Kingdom
TBA
w/ Tag Your Targets

Tue, Sep 27
Sumo
Leicester, United Kingdom
w/ Tag Your Targets

Wed, Sep 28
Harrys Bar
Stoke On Trent, United Kingdom
w/ Tag Your Targets

Thu, Sep 29
TBA
United Kingdom
TBA
w/ Tag Your Targets

BRAINJUICE!

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:29:41 +0100

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

FOOD FIGHT!!!!!!!!!! Local boys SAVE YOUR BREATH release this...

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:20:48 +0100

FOOD FIGHT!!!!!!!!!!

Local boys SAVE YOUR BREATH release this beaut of a video and jump on the NEW FOUND GLORY tour.

Us at teatopia are so stoked for these guys.check out the video and check out their album Vices

BUY IT NOW&SUPPORT LOCAL MUSIC!

Continents-The new answer to Awesome!

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:13:00 +0100

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 what genre we are really but we’re a band from South Wales. We were once pigeon holed by an online magazine as “aggrometal” which I’ve since found out is the same as Nu-Metal and we’re all huge Limp Bizkit fans so I guess we’ll roll with that (no pun intended)

Who or what inspires you?

Well musically we all draw inspiration from different places, Darryl loves his more techy stuff like Veil Of Maya and Volumes, Phil loves older hardcore like Strife and Terror, Dom’s into newer stuff like The Ghost Inside and Mychildren Mybride, Ken likes metal like Feed The Rhino as well as some weirder stuff like Cloudkicker and I like a bit of a variety, anything from The Plot In You and Bury Your Dead to Circa Survive and PMToday.

What sets you apart from the rest?

Fantastic hair? Nah that’s not true, though I wish it were. I don’t know man, that’s a hard question to answer ‘cause I always feel like it’s saying “Why are you better than anyone else?” and truth is we’re not, but I guess we’re different because we don’t like tying ourselves down to one scene. We’ve shared the stage with bands from hardcore legends First Blood and Metalcore heavyweights Awaken Demons, and we know we’re not gonna be to everyone’s taste but at the same time I think people respect you if you can get up in that kinda situation and still give it 110%

Do you have a favourite song you have made?

Personally as soon as we write a new song it usually becomes my favourite, I’m not sure whether that’s because it’s new and shiny and exciting or just because we try and push ourselves to write the best music we can every time; but at the minute it’s a song called “The Incredible Misfortune of Mr. Peter File”, it’s the newest song that we’ve added to our live set and it’s a bit more mature than some of our other stuff so yeah, that’d have to be my favourite.

Where do you see yourselves in 15years?

Still owning kids on online pool? Haha. Band wise I have no idea, I’m not even sure where we’re gonna be in 15 days, the scene changes so quickly and there’s so talent out there that it’s really a case of step up your game and keep giving it everything or be left behind, quickly.

Animals or humans?

I’d love to say animals but I don’t really have the best track record when it comes to them haha. I once killed 500 tropical fish because I put fairy liquid in the tank. In my defence I was 6 and I was using my naive initiative to help my mum “clean the tank”, but yeah, I do like pets and since working in retail the general population infuriate me so I guess despite my troubled past I’d have to go with animals.

Your mam said you can have a tea party, but you can only invite 5 people. Who do you choose? (they can be dead or alive).

Oh man so much choice! Well the first invite sent out would definitely be Samuel L. Jackson, coolest man alive. Then I suppose I’d invite David Bowie because he’s just incredible, Matt Bruso because I met him last night and he’s one of the nicest guys I’ve ever talked to, a genuine dude. Then to stop it being a total sausage fest I’d invite Dessa, an American rapper that I absolutely love, actually could I invite the Doomtree Crew as one person? I mean you wouldn’t just invite Cory Taylor would you? You’d have the full 9 around for tea like, so yeah, Doomtree are coming for tea; and then last but not least Stewart Lee because he’d sit there hating everything and making dry, satirical comments all night and I’d love it haha.

What’s your all time favourite word?

Pulchritudinous – because no one knows what it means, it sounds like a disease or an insult and it you sound completely ridiculous when saying it in a sentence.

Whats on the horizon for 2011??

Well we have the video coming out in a week which we’re all super excited for, it’s been a long time coming. Then I think we’re just gigging and writing for the rest of the year, we’re looking to have our next record finished before the year is out and we’re already well into the writing and demoing process. So yeah, check us out at http://facebook.com/continentsband and see if we’re coming to a city near you, then come mosh, it’ll be fun. I promise.

Check out their new video here,its gonna be a big summer/autumn/winter/all the fucking time for these guys!

TELEGRAM GRAM FROM THE QUEEN!

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:27:00 +0100

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 obviously, the need to do better, go further. A select group of friends, and of course, DANNNNNNY BOOOY.
D - Heavy noises, Robots, Punk music, friends and the stupid situations we get into.

What sets you apart from the rest?
L - We’re definitely no bullshit, what you see is what you get! We’re involved within this type of music because it’s what we love and we love that partying that comes with it, even if we were to ever hit the big time there’s no chance of us behaving, not puking on stage, (that happened when supporting Rusko, he did not enjoy!) not climbing things etc… that’s who we are! some promoters don’t like it, and if its there prerogative to be allergic to fun so be it.
D- We don’t fuck about. We will make you move and not be able to hear anything for the next two days.

Do you have a favourite song you have made?
L - Mine is the most recent one Dethroned! Yet to play it out live, can’t wait!
D- I’m constantly astounded by the new sounds Leon manages to create so every new song becomes my favourite.

Where do you see yourselves in 15years?
L - Alive and Happy, I hope.
D- I’m pretty uneasy about this whole 2012 end of the world thing. Ask me that again after that whole shenanigan is done and dusted and I’ll give you an asnwer.

Animals or humans?
L - Today…Right now. My new kitten Millie.
D- Animals. They’re crazy as shit.

Your mam said you can have a tea party, but you can only invite 5 people. Who do you choose? (they can be dead or alive).
L - My girlfriend Alice, Dan, My mam, My sister, My mums bloke Garry.
D- My girlfriend Aliese, Leon, his girlfriend, Ross Noble and that Tesla guy. He was insane.

What would you feed each guest?
L - Subway platter. Done. Bosh.
D- Doughnuts.

What’s your all time favourite word?
L - Queedge.
D- Today’s word of choice is Piffle.

Whats on the horizon for 2011???
L - So far we’re just recording and stuff, but summer we’ve got a few things on, Big show on the first day of the season opening in ibiza! Hyped!!
D- We’ve got a few pretty big things in the pipeline. Got to get the songs out and plenty of shows.

we love these guys over here at teatopia. check out thier blog http://www.juvenilescum.com/

&take a listen to thier player we have given you below!

Check out the exclusive of the new ASTROID BOYS video for...

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:46:59 +0100

Check out the exclusive of the new ASTROID BOYS video for “roundabout”

BIG TUNE>BIG VIDEO!

cardiff’s finest dubstep dj exotope(one half of telegram...

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:54:00 +0000

cardiff’s finest dubstep dj exotope(one half of telegram from the queen) has a new video.

shot by tim fok

check this out proper awesome.

we love it here it teatopia

also if this is your kinda thing check out his record label http://soundcloud.com/juvenilescum

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Are you ready to Werk out with Cherie Lily??? I think you are

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 23:17:10 +0000

Are you ready to Werk out with Cherie Lily??? I think you are

WERK IT!!! with CHERIE LILY

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 23:15:57 +0000

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 a fitness professional, celebrity trainer, group fitness innovator, dance music producer, performer, musician, songwriter, apparel designer, and Andrew W.K.’s vocalist, dancer, and wifey. The music I create is called Houserobics - a fusion of self-produced, high energy, electro/pop/house, dance anthems, and fitness lifestyle with the purpose to get you sweaty.

TT: Who or what inspires you?
I’m inspired by seeing others live their dreams. I’m constantly inspired by Andrew because he’s pushing himself everyday to new heights and encouraging those around him to do the same.

TT: In the world of music/exercise what sets you apart from the rest?
I’m one of the few fitness professionals who create their music from scratch with the specific purpose to motivate their clients to go harder, bigger, and further. My music and fitness style is all inclusive and about having incredible fun.

TT: Whats your favorite song to workout to?
That’s a tough one because it’s constantly changing…but I’m always ready to get crazy to Andrew W.K.’s “PARTY HARD”.
TT: What’s your life goal?
My life goal is to make all my dreams a reality and to be grateful for the journey along the way. If my music and fitness projects inspire those around me, then I’m a success.

TT: Animals or humans?
I love animals and humans, especially baby animals and humans.

TT: Your mum said you can have a tea party, but you can only invite 5 people. Who do you choose? (they can be dead or alive).
Andrew W.K. - Madonna - Richard Simmons - RuPaul - Michael Jackson

TT: What would you feed each guest?
Persian food

TT: What’s your all time favourite word?
Awesome

TT: Whats on the horizon for the rest of 2011?
I’ll be touring extensively worldwide solo and with Andrew W.K. in 2011 as well as releasing my second solo EP. You can stay updated via my twitter (@CherieLily).

TT: And finally a little message to our readers???
The only limits we have are the ones that we set.
Thank you!!!

FOR MORE CHERIE LILY GOTO:
www.CherieLily.com twitter.com/CherieLily myspace.com/CherieLily facebook.com/CherieLilyMusic

BOOM!!!

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:23:11 +0000

BOOM!!!

Cuppa tea for Jon Burgerman

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:56:00 +0000

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 Burgerman is you will now. Check out this interview then head over to his lovingly named ‘webshite’ to check out more of his work.

TT: Who is Jon Burgerman?

He’s a man. with a beard. and likes salads

TT: Who or what inspires you?
Stuff with a sense of humour and sense of knowing.

TT: What sets you apart from the rest?
Im the only person called Jon Burgerman.

TT: Do you have a favourite piece?
Piece of what ? My favourite piece in chess is a rook.

TT: Where do you see yourself in 15years?
In the future

TT: Animals or humans?

Humans are animals silly!

TT: Your mum said you can have a tea party, but you can only invite 5 people. Who do you choose? (they can be dead or alive).
Firstly, thanks mum, that’s kind of you to let me have a tea party and perhaps revive the dead.I’d choose Jimi Hendrix, Jean Michel Basquiat, Hunter S Thompson, Jim Avignon and my brother Alex.

TT: What would you feed each guest?
Curry

TT: What’s your all time favourite word?
Mulch

TT: Whats on the horizon for 2011???
Living in NYC, working in my head, dreaming as I walk.

For lots of awesome work and goodness to buy head over to….

www.jonburgerman.com

Everyone loves Mr Schwarzenegger……and this new game...

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:13:28 +0000

Everyone loves Mr Schwarzenegger……and this new game for xbox 360 Kinnect lets you be him……no sarcasm there. Yoostar 2 lets you play out a scene from a ton o films and generally make yourself look like a bit of a tit. Good enough reason to buy it?? We think so

Die Antwoord are so good,no wonder (Leetopia) teatopia loves...

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:25:00 +0000

Die Antwoord are so good,no wonder (Leetopia) teatopia loves them so much.

so should you.

check out the exclusive to there new video “rich bitch”

Let's GO

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 22:35:00 +0000

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 Solutions? Nicky Williams, Rhys Pearce, Andrew ‘Eddie’ Edwards, Robin Williams.

TT: Who or what inspires you?

Rhys: Honest and genuine people.

Robin: Family and Friends, 2010 was a hard year for my family…and to see them all come through it without complaining…that’s pretty inspiring.

Eddie: Family and true Friends, 2010 was a hard year for my family along with Robins, but you need to get on with what ever life throws at you, no matter how hard or harsh it may be.

Nicky: Strict deadlines and long Indian summers

TT: What sets you apart from the rest?

Rhys: My ability to ramble on about Gus Van Sant movies and how great a certain camera shot was… I did it again!

Robin: I would say our diverse musical influences, we all have our own particular tastes in music which combine well and show variation in our own material.

Eddie: Personally, for me its not following the “scene” like most people tend to do, we all have differences in music and are all influenced by different bands and artists, so theres four different opinions on how things should go.

Nicky: “We are nothing more than all the things that came before, we’re just playing it by ear”- J Church. Absolutely nothing, then.

TT: Do you have a favourite song that you recorded over the past 2 years?

Rhys: We wrote this song called ‘Blank Cities’ for our new record, I really like that one.

Robin: Would probably have to be ‘Sons of Daughters’ and ‘Mexican Waves’, Both of which I got to really play around with drums-wise.

Eddie: Well having only been part of Solutions for under a year, I would say lake palmer off our next album

Nicky: Fighting Tigers.

TT: Favourite song to play live?

Rhys: I would have to say ‘Lake Palmer’. It’s just a great riff orientated rock song.

Robin: Mexican Waves, mainly because I start it ;)

Eddie: I love ‘Lake Palmer’, if you’ve seen us live you’ll know its an all out ear raper of a song and no doubt there will be more of them to come

Nicky: The first song of every set, whatever that may be.

TT: Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

Rhys: Roaming the land with a double barrel shot gun, saving innocent ladies from zombies.

Robin: Hopefully on the other side of the world with my best friends (solutions.) still playing and doing the only thing I’ve ever been good at!

Eddie: Still doing the only thing I’ve ever been good at and thats music, no doubt about that

Nicky: In the throes of a mental and physical breakdown brought on by SAD and chronic gout, heavily reliant on prescription medication, freeview and age reversal products to get me through the bitter and lonely days spent wishing I would have poured all my earlier efforts in life to becoming a self-sufficient man of an honest trade, rather than pissing thousands of hours and shocking amounts of money up a wall thinking I could be the next Tinnie Tempah.

TT: In the Uber competitive world of music, what will be your approach for 2011?

Rhys: Just let the music speak for itself and if people like it, that’s even better!

Robin: Release a record which will make people HAVE to stop what they’re doing and have a listen, whether they like us or not. To make even the strongest critic ponder “Well, this has something!”

Eddie: Play every gig we can, be trend setters and go getters, not bandwagon jumpers and scenesters

Nicky: Our approach will be to be as non-competitive as physically possible. If you’re that good then there’s no need to keep it in anyone’s face. No one likes a try hard.

TT: Animals or humans?

Rhys: Im gonna say Animals. In a fist fight, there’s no way your gonna beat a shark.

Robin: A hybrid, like a faun

Eddie: Humans

Nicky: Neither, to be honest, they both deserve everything they get. Though I do slightly prefer the taste of animals to that of humans.

TT: Your Mum said you can have a tea party, but you can only invite 5 people. Who would you choose?

Rhys: Kerry Katona, Katie Price, Peaches Geldof, Jack Whitehall & Bill Murray

Robin: Lips (Anvil), Rob (Anvil),Joe Strummer,Mike Schank (American Movie) And as my Mum is hosting it I’d let her choose someone too, I’d imagine that would be Aaron Neville or something.

Eddie: kurt Cobain, John carpenter, Richy edwards, Robert Englund, Zach Galifianakis

Nicky: I would invite my legal representative, a social worker, my heavily disabled brother and our current foster parents, I’d sit my mother down and ask her if she feels any remorse over the fact that my father committed suicide in front of my brother and I shortly after she abandoned us all for a new life in the Algarve in 1995.

TT: What would you feed each guest?

Rhys: I would feed everyone poison, apart from Bill Murray…whom I would serve the Blanquette de veau and a bottle of Dom Perignon 1962

Robin: Lips + Rob = ‘Frickin’ Goulash’, Joe Strummer = ‘Koka kola’, Mike Schank = ‘Vodka’, Mum’s choice = Toffee

Eddie: A boatload of cake and desperados

Nicky: Their own lies.

TT: What’s your all time favourite word?

Rhys: Crayon

Robin: Over-Zealous

Eddie: Probably a nice clean word like, FUCK!

Nicky: Mercy

For more info on the SOLUTIONS:

www.solutionsmusic.bandcamp.com

TIGER BLOOD AND TEES

Sat, 05 Mar 2011 14:22:00 +0000

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.

Animals on the Underground

Sat, 05 Mar 2011 13:55:13 +0000

Heres something different to do with your tube map…..check out http://www.animalsontheunderground.com let the fun commence

exclusive mac miller video right here for you guys! mac miller...

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 08:51:22 +0000

exclusive mac miller video right here for you guys!

mac miller is one of our favourite musicans from over the water, check him out and remember where you seen him first.

MOST DOPE!

KITTY COWELL - COME ROLL WITH ME. EP RELEASE!

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:24:00 +0000

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!