Pop'n'Hops

01/04/2026

Here's DJ DIPAs (Trev) set from last Sunday:

The Superimposers – Would It Be Impossible (7” Little League)
Lou Reed – Walk On The Wild Side (7” RCA)
Tracey Ullman – Sunglasses (7” Stiff)
Crystal Stilts – Departure (7”)
Vincent Vincent and the Villians – Blue Boy (7” Young & Lost Club)
Roy Orbison – You Got It (7”)
Laurel Collective – Window (7” Pure Groove)
Electriphonvintage – Etap Hotel (7” Plastic Pancake)
Pocketbooks – Cross The Line (7” Atomic Beat)
Prince and the Revolution – Paisley Park (7” WEA)
Grace Jones – Pull Up To The Bumper (7”)
Acid Angels – Speed Speed Ecstasy (12”)
Chumbawamba – I Never Gave Up (12” |Agit Prop)
Human League – Louise (7” Virgin)
Bill Botting and the Two Drink Minimums – Graceland (LP Fika)
The Undertones – Wednesday Week (7” Sire)
The Temptations – Ball Of Confusion (LP, Motown Chartbusters V5)
Eddie Floyd – Bring It On Home To Me (LP Stax Soulexplosion)
Bauhaus – Bela Lugosi Is Dead (12”)
Uniques – People Rocksteady (LP Listen Up)
Bob Marley – Satisfy My Soul (7” Island)
King Tubby – Dub From The Roots (LP – Dub From The Roots)
T***s and the Maytals – Pressure Drop (|LP Greatest Hits)
Emma Po***ck – Acid Test (7” 4AD)
The Stray Cats – Stray Cat Struf (7”)
Baby Shakes – Stuck On Blue (7” S**t Sandwich)
The Garlands – You Never Notice Me (7” Big Pink Cake)
The Understudies – Erika K (7”)
Chook Race – Medicine (7”)
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Everything With You (7” Fortuna Pop)
Chorusgirl – No Moon (7” Odd Box)
The Wolfhounds – Cheer Up (7” Manic Pop)
Dog Legs – Toot Toot Hey (7” Odd Box)
Martha – Sycamore (7” Odd Box)
The Manhattan Love Suicides – Keep It Coming (7” Lost Music)
The Wolfhounds – Middle Aged Freak (7” Odd Box)
Help Stamp Out Loneliness – Torvill and Dean (7” WIAIWYA)
Young Romance – Pale (7” Banquet)
Choo Choo Trains – Save Me (7” Manic Pop)
Tigercats – Banned At The Troxy (7” Fika)
The Fischers – Down The Days (7” Lost Music)

****Intermission****

All About Eve – In The Clouds (12”)
Komon – Ebay Watchlist (7” Papillion Noir)
Cat Cat – Hate Me (LP Uralba)
Theee Bat – The Fly (\LP KAMINARI)
The Jesus and Mary Chain – Sidewalking (7” Blanco-y-Negro)
Orchestre Baba National – Sweet Sweet Mbomba (LP Kenya Special)
Honore Avolonto l’Orchestre Poly-rythmo– Tin Lin Non (LP Analog Africa 44)
Osaymore Jospeh – Who No Man (LP Analog Africa 91)
Kiko Medina – Tropical Jazz (LP Analog Africa 79)
Dr. Feelgood – Milk & Alcohol (7”)
Roxy Music – Over You (7”)
Slade – Mama We’re All Crazee Now (7” Polydor)
Status Quo – Caroline (7” Vertigo)
Iron Maiden – Phantom |Of The Opera (LP, EMI)
Motorhead/Girlschool – Please Don’t Touch (10” Bronze)
Joan Jett and The Blackhearts – I Love Rock’n’Roll (7”)
Kim Wilde – Kids In America (7”)
Radians – Iran (7”)
The Velvet Underground – Pale Blue Eyes (LP)
The Velvet Underground – Sister Ray (LP)

01/03/2026

St David's Day DJ Session in full swing.

18/02/2026

We bought too much Putty!

Sucks to be us.

But it's good news for you. You can grab a free can with any in shop order of £40 or more, whilst stocks last.

29/01/2026

Putty. Pouring now. Why wait until Friday?

29/01/2026

Delighted to be the Cardiff venue for the Polly's Birthday shenanigans! Pouring all _ beers on tap on Friday. We'll have cans of each, too.

So we've locked in our final venues, we're getting the bunting and party hats ready, but what if social media goes down on Friday 30th and you're stuck not knowing where your nearest launch venue is?

Your friendly Polly's pals have got you covered with an interactive map covering all 100+ venues across the UK and Europe.

We'll be active on socials throughout the weekend, so be sure to tag us in your posts wherever you may be enjoying our birthday beers and we'll reshare them!

Link in comments.

24/01/2026

Opening a little late this afternoon (Saturday). 1pm. We'll see you then.

17/01/2026

Back open today from 12. So come say hi. A week without being open for a small one man business is hard to handle so I hope you are all very thirsty.

We won't be open tomorrow as I need to rest up some more which means run club is back on 24th January.

14/01/2026

I'm not feeling very well so we're closed today. Hopefully we'll be back open tomorrow.

06/01/2026

This Sunday we launch the PnH Run club. All welcome.

02/11/2025

So you like Christmas? and you like Christmas No.1s? You like craft beer? You like books? Well, step my way on 7th December.

Join us at Pop'n'Hops for a jolly good time celebrating the release of Marc Burrows' latest book, The Christmas No.1!

Join us at Pop'n'Hops for a jolly good time celebrating the release of Marc Burrows' latest book, The Christmas No.1!

24/11/2024

Books, board games and vinyl sale today! We're open until 8pm.

23/11/2024

Wind back 8/9 years ago and we were relocating to Cardiff and I knew Liz (from The Moon) from booking her bands for shows in London and I had an idea for an indie beer place that could also facilitate live bands etc. So I dropped Liz a message asking what the venues in Cardiff was like. I got a very detailed reply that listed (with pros and cons of each space) all the places and spaces that could host live music from Liz (as always going above and beyond).

Here's the list without the added details:

Tramshed
Portland House
10 Feet Tall
Undertone
Buffalo
Gwdihw
Clwb Ifor Bach upstairs,
Clwb Ifor Bach downstairs
Four Bars At Dempseys
The Full Moon downstairs
The Moon upstairs
Abacus
The Globe
The Gate
Glee Club
Fuel
Chapter Arts Centre
Masonic Hall / Norwegian Church

A pretty sobering list. Admittedly not all these are/were regular venues. But the end that's taken a hammering are the smaller spots for upcoming bands or local acts. Part of the attraction of moving to the city (from London) was it seemed to have a vibrant music scene with plenty of space that could be called 'grass roots'. I think we as a City have lost this. It's really not the same place musically that we chose to move to in 2016.