Age against the machine

Do you remember a band called Reef? If not look them up and thank me later. They once wrote a song called ‘Yer Old‘ and penned the lyrics ‘Hide away boys you’re no longer in favor,You’re yesterdays news and no longer the flavor.’ OK I admit, hours wasn’t spent creating…

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Review – Cat Called Dog

When I was given the band for my 2nd review, Cat Called Dog, I was excited straight away. What a cool name. Seriously, their name alone tells you that the band wants to be different: but are they? That’s what we’re going to talk about. Do they live up to…

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BeerdFest – September 6th

Like beards? Got a beard? Want to stroke a beard? On Saturday September 6th, Liverpool’s favorite Beard and Moustache Contest is back for a third time, offering BEER & RESPECT to winners! BeerdFest is made up of three  things: beards, beer and music! This time around they’ve got a fantastic…

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Review – Victorian Dad (The Thin Thread)

If you’ve ever wondered what the lovechild of Dave Grohl’s vocals, Alex Turner’s lyrics and the Traveling Wilburys’ instruments would sound like look no further. I don’t know how we’d make this musical 3-way work but Victorian Dad, apparently, do. I feel bad comparing them to other bands because it’s…

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Review – Lowlanders

How do you like it? Rough and dirty or slow and smooth? Like sex people want their music many different ways depending on what mood they are in or how many shandy’s they have had. It was only yesterday that whilst making a cup of tea I screamed ‘For the…

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Review – Little Jo & The Misfits

Little Jo & The Misfits are a varied band that seem to have slunk right out of the 20s, cheap liquor in hand. Their songs all seem to be some variant of blues, although never melancholic, which is refreshing as their songs never bring you down, just lift you up,…

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Sound City – The Most Famous Ones

The dust has settled on Sound City 2014, so we thought we would slap up our last installment of our Sound City 2014 review trilogy. In this year’s Sound City festival 2014, whipping up a buzz of musical excitement and urban commonality in the streets of Liverpool in early May,…

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KYNCHINLAY – DRINK ME – EP REVIEW

Fully recovered from my exploits at Sound City 2014 (the cut has healed and scab has fallen off) it was high time I got back to the reason this website was created, listening to hot off the press music from Liverpool bands creating original music. A few things made me…

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