January 2012
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Preview: Tighten Up! – Tropical Warehouse Party
SATURDAY FEB 4TH | THE BLADE FACTORY
Tighten Up! are teaming up with the folks from everisland & Waxxx to bring you a taste of island paradise for your Saturday night!
Converting a warehouse into a tropical haven, attendees will be treated to an evening of exotic visuals with music from the Caribbean, Africa & Latin America. Live music includes sets from White Bicycles (tropical pop)...
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Review: SICK CIRCUS + Sugarking
SICK CIRCUS + Sugarking @ Krazyhouse Liverpool – 20th January 2012
It’d be ridiculous to say that Liverpool has a “bubbling undercurrent” (whatever that is) of retro rock bands circulating the city. These two bands are out almost completely on their own, trying to find their place in a scene that…doesn’t really exist anymore. The more cynically-minded might decry their efforts, and it’s...
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Preview: Harvest Sun Promotions presents... LINDI...
7.30pm, Wednesday 1 February upstairs @ Leaf Bold Street.
Somewhere in an old 1960’s apartment building in the city of Toronto, Canada, a well worn pair of cherry red cowboy boots wait by the door. About a half foot from those boots sits a guitar case, brightly decorated with glittery stars and images of Mexican painter, Frida Kahlo… A little down the hallway and towards the bedroom, a...
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Liverpool GIT Award Panel Announced Today!
NME is coming to town…
This may have slipped under your radar until recently but Peter Guy of the GetInToThis music blog has used a dash of his creativity along with a sprinkle of his entreprenueralism to bring our city what it has needed for a long time. The Liverpool GIT Music Award…
Finally we can showcase our finest an award the talented people in the city with an award that...
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Preview: EVOL Presents...
03.02.12 | Clap Your Hands Say Yeah @ O2 Academy Liverpool
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03.02.12 | Clap Your Hands Say Yeah @ O2 Academy
Delighted to announce a fantastic show for next year from one of our favourites… Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Tickets £12.50 on sale Friday 14th October at 9am Via
Ticketweb | HMVTickets | Seetickets
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Lazy Genius - "It’s the end of an era... but these...
Interview: Tom Johnson of Lazy Genius
(Everyone’s favourite G. Lazy Genius)
Live music at Mojo. It just sounds right doesn’t it? Well not according to the big boys at the top of the chain. For years Mojo was the place were unsigned bands and artists got to play on the same stage as many big touring artists. Artists such as Miles Kane, Frankie and the Heartstrings and Three Trapped...
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Review: RAGZ - You Started It All
If you took an imaginary knife and cut Liverpool’s student body in half, you’d find a surprisingly large part of it is Irish and Norwegian. The Gaelic part can be explained away by this town’s ethnic and spiritual connection with the emerald isle, not to mention our similar drinking habits, but the Norwegian section is less obvious…
Firstly, Liverpool was a home from home for a lot of...
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Preview: This is SNUB round DEUX.
2nd, 3rd & 5th of February @ Lomax
Let’s stop the fighting amongst the bands. Let’s unite and bring camaraderie to the arts scene instead of bands fighting amongst …themselves for a mediocre slot not even their mothers can be bothered to get out of bed for. And let’s face it, if you wanted to take part in a voting system, you’d have auditioned for X-Factor… With the sad closure...
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Review: Harvest Sun Presents... Lanterns on the...
19/01/12 @ Static Gallery
“Last time I saw Lanterns on the Lake”, explains a self-confessed groupie in the Static Gallery bar, “they were supposed to be playing the bombed-out church, but they had to shift them to the O2 Academy when the wind got up. There was a rock band on upstairs and it just ruined the performance.”
A bit harsh on the rock band, we feel, but you’d really have to see...
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Preview: Harvest Sun Presents...
Preview: Josh Rouse and the Long Vacation Shows
26 January @ The Black-E (Great George Street) , 7.30pm
Album Review:
The Past. The Present. The Future. This record is in some ways unique. One that bridges both history, and what is to come. All highlighted in a musical collection that also reflects the current day, and the here and now for the artist. This is the world of Josh Rouse...
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Track Reviews: Audio Asylum
Audio Asylum are an indie rock four piece best served live. They are among the most talented and nicest guys on the unsigned circuit right now. With members of former ‘Silk Pigs’ fame (I hope the guys don’t mind me dropping that in there) their current formation is a treat to behold on stage, with dynamic songs that are full of energy, my question is: does this...
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Review: EverIsland Presents... 'THIRTEEN'
capac / Sun Drums / Loved Ones / The Hive Collective / John McGrath / Absense / Joe Pettersen / Jonny Davis @ Kazimier - 13.01.12
Everisland’s ‘13’ at the Kazimier. Friday the 13th. It’s unlucky for some and so I was running late most of the day due to a Merseyrail power outage, but luckily so were Ever Island’s ‘13’ festivities. I thankfully made it to the Kazimier well in time to catch the...
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Interview: Metro Manilla Aide - COMEBACK
My my my. Metro Manilla Aide (MMA). Where do I start? Well some (a lot) of you will remember these guys back in the day. Over 600 gigs, hardcore performances and a fan base that were just as insane as the band themselves! Then the worst happened, they split. I don’t know about you but Liverpool wasn’t the same without a poster as big a children branded with their name on every...
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Mojo - Music For The People
I’m sure the news of Mojo’s decision to pull live music has reached you by now but I would just like to go over a few things. This article is about larger venues…
The scene is getting smaller by the second with continuous closures cropping up around the city. Now as with all things, this has it’s pros and cons but as the pros take time to kick it’s hard not to...
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Artist Spotlight: Natalie McCool - Fortune
“McCool has that extra something that makes her a cut above even her most talented peers” … Chris Hawkins, BBC Radio 6 Music. A look at local star and LIPA student, Natalie McCool.
It’s a rare treat from the pop world to produce an artist whose music has such uniqueness and honesty. A blend of dynamic vocals and unforgettable hooks, Natalie delivers songs bursting with...
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Preview: Harvest Sun Present… Lanterns On The Lake @ Static - 19.01.12
Fuse the most fragile and graceful end of the folk music spectrum to the most luminous properties of cinemascope rock, and you have the stunning debut album from Newcastle-based sextet Lanterns On The Lake. Following two rapturously received EPs, Gracious Tide, Take Me Home warrants the use of often over-played...
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Interview: EverIsland Presents...
This interview nearly didn’t happen! Here’s what the plan was. Meet up with the EverIsland guys, Sam and Clarry, at Mello Mello. Simples. A sit down with Liverpool’s newest and freshest promoters sounded right up my street and where better to see them than where thier recent jam packed Muto Leo gig took place?
Got there, Mello was shut. It’s a long story so I’ll...
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Interview: Raw City - Soundtrack To A Good Night
It is Friday 23rd December and The Head of Steam has reason to celebrate. There is a cause for celebration not just because it is Christmas weekend but also because 4 piece band Raw City are playing their last gig of 2011…
For the Bromborough based band, made up of Phil Moore (Vocalist), Craig Ebbrell (bass), Jack Turner (guitar) and Dave Keenan (Drums), this venue also holds sentimental...
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Interview: Ninetails
City hard hitters, Ninetails have been fingering (in the musical sense) their way up the local food chain of recent to become one of the city’s finest. With spots on good quality line ups and a recent label deal there’s no knowing where these guys will be finding themselves next year…
I first heard of these guys way back when, midway through 2011. I hadn’t heard them...
December 2011
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Review: The Hummingbirds Christmas Show @ The...
15/12/11 @ The Kazimier - The Hummingbirds/Luke Fenlon/The Francis Jetty/The Grande/Ratty Little Fingers
The Kazimier is rapidly becoming THE place to play in Liverpool…… or so it seems. Down to the demise of such other great venues, its setting and acoustics are a great option for upcoming bands and it is great to see a venue such as supporting local unsigned acts as much as it...
