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QUIZZICAL Presenter, actor and long-standing advocate of the Sheffield music scene, Carl Maloney works to shine a spotlight on local musicians and bands. Ask him nicely and he might also tell you about the time the Arctic Monkeys supported his band at The Grapes. With his latest project, The Quiz, out now we grabbed Carl to find out more.
So how did the idea of Carl Maloney Presents come about? I was asked to host a few music gigs around Sheffield and I kinda just ended up as a local music “person” hosting gigs around the city and loads of other bits and pieces. I was part of this brimming Sheffield music scene and loved hanging around with a new batch of characters, weirdos and primadonnas. So the old cogs got ticking and I decided to start my own gigs, giving birth to Carl Maloney Presents. How have things grown since then? Social media is massive now so I started to film live interviews with the bands and to give them something to showcase their talents I package an interview and live song together for them for free to put up online. After building up loads of content from my live gigs I started to produce a monthly podcast as another channel of promoting what’s going on out there and that moved into Carl Maloney Presents TV, my
YouTube channel – all designed to showcase live music and support the scene. What can people expect to see on the show? Good quality bands and artists, interviews, a Never Mind The Buzzcocks-style quiz plus other bits and pieces. We have a good laugh with the audience and get them involved – all hosted by little old me. Which episode is your favourite so far and why? It has to be the Carl Maloney Presents the Quiz, it was a massive project to undertake and came out really entertaining, a two-part extravaganza pitching two teams of local musicians together. How can people find it and when do they come out? Every Monday night at 8pm I release a brand new interview on my website, Twitter (@CarlMaloney) and that Facebook thing. I’m here to support the Sheffield music scene so I encourage acts for all around our fair city to hit me up and say hi.
HEAD TO WWW.CARLMALONEY.COM FOR INTERVIEWS, PODCASTS AND QUIZZES PROMOTING SHEFFIELD MUSIC. 94 | For more listings and reviews, head to exposedmagazine.co.uk