November 2011
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Interview: Tom George - "Fucking amazing" - Live...
Tom George surely has one of the most varied CVs of anyone on the Liverpool scene. A gig promoter, performance poet and fanzine writer, making music has been his most consistent activity.
(Tom George)
After singing and drumming in punk renegades Heads of State in the noughties, and a brief stint as lead guitarist with uber-wierdos Lovecraft, Tom has ploughed a furrow as an acoustic...
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Masque Liverpool - Gone But Not Forgotten
The Masque has been an integral part of our music scene for so long that it’s hard to image the city without it. There is no other venue like it left in the city which is a frightening thought! It was key for local large scale events and festivals as well being the perfect place for promoters, both experienced and newbies alike, to put the shows on that helped make our scene so great.
The...
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Interview: Animus
Animus: Ready to stop playing, and start playing.
(Animus)
-Gina Kershaw
It is Saturday afternoon and I am nursing a cheeky pint awaiting the arrival of St Helens based Metal/Alternative/Experimental band Animus. Two members of the four piece, Alex and Tom, arrive and apologise that people are running late. Although at this point and time I have only met two members of the band I have a clear...
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Review: The Fallows/All We Are/Supercannes/Luke...
(The Fallows)
18.11.11 @ The New Eric’s, Matthew St.
-Phil Oskoui
I haven’t been to the New Eric’s yet. The club which in its own right helped Liverpool stay firmly on the musical map in the seventies just as much as the Cavern had placed us there in the sixties. With bands such as Blondie, Buzzcocks, The Clash, Elvis Costello, The Jam, Joy Division, The Police, The Sex Pistols and The...
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Interview: We The Undersigned (WtU)
We the Undersigned Interview @ the Kazimier 4/11/2011
“WE WANT TO PLAY ON THE MOON”
Tonight I met with three members from We the Undersigned for a quick chat before their show at The Kazimier they were; Collen Chandler (Band leader), Ben Bielicki (Sax) & Matt “The Mook” Mak (Bass).
As I entered the backstage area they were enjoying a few pre-show beers and humus whilst the on-going sound...
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Review: Ska Wars @ MelloMello
17.11.11 @ MelloMello - Craig Ebbrell
(image by Andy Mulholland)
Ever since the dawn of time man has always craved to better himself,be it by making stronger shelters to protect himself and his family from being mauled and devoured by blood thirsty wolfs,to learning to speak a little French to impress that special lady,so from the moment she is placed on that velvet bed of roses and hears that...
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LMW Closing Party (Part 3) - The Phantom...
(Ghostpoet)
Part three eh? In all honesty to cover this show you would have needed a part 20 but for now we’re just covering the highlights. Let’s gerra bit of Ghostpoet shall we!…
The Phantom Band - Venue 2
(Phantom Band)
One of the big names on the LMW poster was Scottish six piece The Phantom Band. If I’m honest I didn’t know too much about these guys...
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LMW Closing Party (Part 2) - Bird/Man Without...
11.11.11 @ CUC - Aaron Rose
It was billed as one of the biggest nights of the year, Liverpool Music Week intended to go out with a bang, and I have to tell you, it did not disappoint. The CUC played host, a multi-tiered tower of wonder containing 10 staging areas, spread across 4 floors. Parading a seemingly endless array of musical talent whilst an eclectic mix of photographers, writers,...
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LMW Closing Party (Part 1) - Outfit/Muto Leo/Ellen...
11.11.11 @ CUC - Joe ManGone
My oh my, oh my, oh my…. What a night! First off congratulations to Mike Deane and everyone involved in the LMW closing party. You nailed it! I’ve got to be honest, when I saw the poster I hoped with my heart the line up was all one show but my reviewing mind hoped with every ounce of noodle that Ghost Poet was the only cool cat playing with Phantom...
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Liverpool Music Week: Summer Camp/Stealing...
10/11/11 @ Mojo - Phil Oskoui
I’m going to be honest straight from the start, when I was asked to cover this particular gig; I didn’t exactly jump at the chance. Call me a musical snob, my single minded, inexorable attitude can sometimes get in the way when I am trying to branch out and sample new delights. Having done a bit of research into the various acts that were on the bill, nothing...
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Review: Tom Vek - "A Breed Unto Himself"
Tom Vek @ Masque 11.11.11
If Tom Vek’s brand of sugary, advert-friendly synth-pop didn’t betray a vague sense of the American, the fact that he opted to name his new album Leisure Seizure probably would have. But when Vek addresses the crowd, it’s with an unmistakable London accent – the kind that’s impossible to imagine ending a sentence without the word...
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Review: Seun Kuti & Egypt '80 at the Kazimier
-Matt Mook Mak
Seun Kuti & Egypt ‘80 at the Kazimier (Thursday 3rd November 2011)
(image from Peter Guy’s Mersey blog. Click here to check it out)
It felt rather like a homecoming gig for Seun Kuti. The EGYPT ’80 bandleader spent three years living in Liverpool while studying at LIPA, and there was a twinkle in his eye and a definitive Scouse lilt to his English accent when he...
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Review: Louis Barabbas & the Bedlam Six @ Kazimier
Box Social Presents: Louis Barabbas & the Bedlam Six | We the Undersigned |The Science of the Lamps | Lou Lu & the Boy |Burnitov
The Kazimier, Liverpool. Friday 4th November 2011
-Aaron Rose.
Every once in a while there’s a show that manages to take everyone who witnesses it by surprise and fills everyone who missed it with regret. Last night The Kazimier played host to one of them...
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Album Review: The Sums - 'If Only'
-Shaun McCoy
(Image taken from The Sums’ Facebook. See links below)
The Sums make a welcome return with their excellent new album If Only. It’s been a long time coming, but it’s not the first time these songs have seen the light of day. This flux of compositions has been fantastically showcased during the band’s live performances…
The Sums haven’t released much material since...
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Liverpool Music Week: Tribes / All Mankind / The...
Mojo 30/10/11 - Phil oskoui
Liverpool Music Week. Or ‘Christmas has come early week’ for all of us musical junkie whores out there. Now I’m what some of you might refer to as a ‘dino rocker’, I like my old school rock and roll. So I see LMW as being an opportunity for people like me to sample some of the delights of the new and hopefully groundbreaking music that is...
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Review: Scroobius Pip @ Masque
-Chris McConville
Scroobius Pip @ Masque | Friday 28th October
This week the gig I went to was of Essex based spoken poet and bearded genius that is Scroobius pip. I had been absolutely dying to see this gig from my three previous gigs watching dan le sac vs scroobius pip, but this time it was different. Firstly he has temporarily scrapped his dance roots and turned to full band alongside, and...
