Tiger Cohen-Towell, Felix Mackenzie-Barrow, Adam Peter Smith and Kasper Sandstrøm are four very talented musicians who sound like they’ve been playing together forever. But don’t be fooled – despite all being veterans of the Nottingham music scene, Divorce only really came into existence in 2021. Tonight, they grace Hangar 34 with their grungy, countrified alt-rock, clever lyrics and undeniable stage…
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…
Yann Tiersen & QUINQUIS have embarked on a unique summer tour that will see…
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With a headline like ‘Hope and Chaos’ you can bet Hope and Glory Festival won’t be winning any festival of the year awards. In a weekend that’s made national news, it wouldn’t be fair to say that Hope and Glory fell flat on its face. Instead, it stood tall on promises of a fantastic…
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Cop a look at some of the reviews of Brian Wilson Presents Pet Sounds and you’ll imagine a show featuring a shadow of the former musical genius indulging himself in his past glory on a farewell tour. However, what you’ll actually see is an adoring audience sharing an incredibly moving, once in a lifetime experience…
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Indie-pop four piece Spinn have been steadily growing their reputation as Liverpool’s next big act over the last few months. With a constant trickle of single releases, including ‘Green Eyes’, ‘Bliss’ and ‘Home’, the band have followed up with another catchy hit that will surely have you singing in the shower. The single launch…
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Liverpool’s music venues come in all sorts of weird and wonderful shapes. From the famous Cavern caves of Mathew Street to Maguire’s Pizza Bar, right up to the Echo Arena that adorns the city’s docks, there’s no end to the peculiar places you can host an open mic night in.…
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Since its beginning, Liverpool’s Sound City has evolved. No longer is it a small festival made up of multiple gigs in venues scattered across Liverpool’s centre. Now, the festival is an established event with a dedicated site, and for their third year as a one-site festival, the team at Sound City pulled out all the…
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Sound City has evolved. It’s no longer a scattered assemblage of mostly small-scale gigs. It understands that the word ‘festival’ has connotations of mud-covered drug-addled frenzy, beer in clear plastic cups, and young people flaunting their youth to music that can’t simply be slotted under the term ‘indie’ – it’s…
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AHOY! music lovers in the fair city of Liverpool and surrounding areas, in fact the World! Sound City 2015 is almost here! Are you excited? Well hell, you should be chomping at the bit (ewww). This years Sound City is even better (I know, how can it be) because of…
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The 2015 Threshold Festival is getting closer, have you got your ticket or maybe you are performing? The Threshold Festival brings a wonderful collective of creatives together, offering music and the arts. Each year the event seems to get better, and it’s looking this year could possibly be the best yet.…
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What do you get when you cross Kate Bush and Regina Spektor, and then proceed to put her into a Kill Bill catsuit? Jocie Adams, of Arc Iris, to cut a long guessing-game short. The band, considering it is their first gig in Liverpool, look more than comfortable as they…
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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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