The first time I really listened to The War On Drugs was last summer. A friend had recommended them to me – he’d been listening to TWOD quite a bit after seeing them at Glastonbury and had mentioned their latest album, I Don’t Live Here Anymore. I also remember him saying that he thought I’d like the track ‘Harmonia’s Dream’.…
Sprinting out of Lime Street, I turn a few corners, take the stairs two at a time and make it into O2 Academy 2 just after doors. The incomparable Flyte are playing tonight. I find a place in the front row, lean my arms on the barrier and wait. Just…
Tiger Cohen-Towell, Felix Mackenzie-Barrow, Adam Peter Smith and Kasper Sandstrøm are four…
Yann Tiersen & QUINQUIS have embarked on a unique summer tour that will see…
You could say it’s been a long time coming… I’ve seen Preen live once before – they hosted their Spring Special at The George Tavern a couple of years ago. I knew I’d have to get tickets again if they ever ventured up north and, well, here we are. I…
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It’s a sunny Friday evening and I’m sat on a wall next to my Dad in the middle of Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle. We’re waiting for doors, sitting just down the road from the one and only District. Tonight is all about Florist, an indie folk quartet from New York that…
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Ernest Aines Gig Review: All Hallows Church, Allerton, 6/6/25 All Hallows C of E Church is a hidden gem in the suburb of Allerton just outside of Liverpool city centre; nestled in between semi detached houses and surrounded by a moat of greenery. It’s also where Melbourne folk singer-songwriter Ernest…
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I’m ashamed to admit that before this gig, I hadn’t heard of the four-piece Welsh punk band Panic Shack, and I can’t think of a time I’ve ever been so happy to be enlightened! Liverpool must have done something to get in the good books this week, because the city…
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Gengahr’s debut album A Dream Outside turns 10 this June. To celebrate, they’re heading out on tour – bringing their dreamy indie sound to grassroots venues up and down the country. They’re returning to rooms they played as a young band as well as visiting newer spaces. Supported by Alice…
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Tonight, I’m heading to Birkenhead for Do Nothing’s first gig of the year – the Nottingham four-piece are headlining Future Yard’s ‘Onomatoposter’ launch. The exhibition is a collaboration with printmaker/designer extraordinaires Toucan Tango, and gig posters line the walls of the Future Yard gallery space. It’s an unbelievably cool project…
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Geneva Jacuzzi is the embodiment of cool and unusual, as was her chosen Liverpool venue for her much anticipated tour with brooding synth pop goddess Riki: The Rough Trade Centre, vinyl and coffee shop by day, booming concert venue by night. I arrived at the venue at 7:45, and walked…
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It’s been almost a year since I started writing these reviews – since I saw Divorce support Willie J Healey on tour last November. Tonight, I’m heading to Future Yard in Birkenhead to catch them on their autumn headline tour. I’ve been looking forward to this one for ages. I…
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Skating Polly, the self described “Ugly Pop” group from Oklahoma, were a band I always anticipated seeing live. Having heard the amount of energy, charisma and raw ‘Riot grrrl’ spirit they had to offer in their recordings, I knew I was in for a good show. Needless to say, I…
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I reach Mountford Hall at about ten to seven and stare in disbelief at the queue that winds around the building in front of me. I follow it round two corners and finally come to a stop somewhere behind the venue. The next person to join the line raises an…
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