You can’t really put the word ‘luxury’ to many things in our local music scene but tomorrows GIT Awards are as close as is gets up for us dirty lot. The event taking place at LEAF on Bold Street will see 10 of the 12 nominees perform and one of them take home the coveted GIT Award Prize! The invite only event will be displaying what a panel of musically inclined judges have picked as the cream of our Liverpool crop out of over 450 applicants!!
Miss Jaleh Negari, Mr Jeppe Brix, Sir Andreas Pallisgaard and Dr Jakon Falgren are a few pals who roll by the name Pinkunoizu! As part of the Harvest Sun promotions 2012 listings, Shipping Forecast will be playing host to to Pinkunoizu’s Liverpool leg of their tour which, for me, gets a two thumbs up.
Review: Muto Leo - ‘Cascades’ - Out tomorrow!! 06.04.12
First off, I only have the CD so I have no idea what all these tracks are called! All I know is Track One is called Glass! So in the situation I have been placed in I have decided to take it upon myself to rename the other tracks Track 2, Track 3 and Track 4. I’m cocky like that…
Last month, a new night opened at the Kazimier – Gold Soundz. It promised to be an alternative club night, playing classic indie, rock and pop from the 80s and 90s. It could be perceived by some as a night run by those on the scene for those in the know, but I was keen to make it down, partly to support friends but also out of curiosity and an interest in seeing something different on the musical landscape. I was early and the venue was pretty empty but it quickly got busy and as time wore on, any scenester fears dissolved. Overall, it felt like one of the most inclusive and welcoming nights of many I’ve been to at the Kazimier…
Review: Evol presents… Los Campesinos + Tall Ships + Vasco da Gama
Los Campesinos + Tall Ships + Vasco da Gama @ Liverpool O2 Academy
LOS CAMPESINOS, with their merry-go-round of members, are in Liverpool tonight to showcase material from their new album ‘Hello Sadness’. There’s a decent turnout for the darlings of the UK twee-pop scene, but VASCO DA GAMA’s 7:30pm slot means they can only count on modest support…
It turns out there wasn’t a fedora and flapper dress sale down Seel Street on Friday night; it was just Speakeasy’s first birthday at the Kazimier. The 1930’s theme night had its audience doll up in prohibition wear for a night of fine rap. More gangster than gangsta, if you will…
Preview: Gold Soundz w/ Vasco Da Gama + More - 16.03.12
Gold Soundz - 80’s & 90’s Alternative & Indie disco @ Kazimier
One of the most creative ideas on the scene in a long while, Gold Soundz, is launching tonight at the Kazimier!! Gold Soundz is the latest from cool cat Andrew Ellis, the master behind local promotion big dawgs, Samizdat promotions. As they have been kind enough to bring you the best indie/alternative/post-punk/grunge from the past 30 years, it is only fair that their encouragement of goth themed attire is taken in to consideration when it comes to dolling yourselves up tonight…
Harvest Sun Promotions presents… DIAGRAMS/Yeti Lane/Ninetails
Tomorrow night at The Magnet, atmospheric indie band Diagrams come to Liverpool thanks to promoting pioneers Harvest Sun. Rated as four star by Guardian music and with support from local favourites, Ninetails, who handle Gee-tars like no other, things should be real cool. Plus french synthers, Yeti Lane come down from Paris to strut there stuff…
Spotlight Kid’s sound is continuous and loud, never giving the audience a break. There was no exception to this as I stood underneath the Shipping Forecast, eyes and eyes focused on the stage. The white paint on the walls was chipped and had colourful static projected onto it as the bands first song hummed on. It slowly built, the audience expectant for when the turnaround was going to hit. When it did we were not disappointed…
Atop the balcony looking down on the ever increasing dancefloor, I could sense the eagerness to hear the alternate rock band Spector play their first gig in the Kazimer, Liverpool. Hearing some positive word of mouths reviews and listening their single ‘Chevy Thunder’, I was a part of the eagerness. I was interested to see what else they could bring to the table. The music being played through the speakers was cut off and the crowd held their breath for a few seconds, waiting to see the perfectly round glasses of lead singer Frederick Macpherson. The place exploded with applause when the entire band came down the steps of the uniquely set up of the venue. Dressed for the occasion, in monochrome black suits with white shirts Spector didn’t take long to show they have a lot to offer the music scene…
I heard about this guy around a month before the gig. I was just going through a few of his videos on YouTube after seeing him on February’s listings and as soon as I heard ‘Higher Love’ seep out my knackered Toshiba laptop speakers I was sold. This was a night I was going to brave the cold to see. The heating was broke in the house anyway but even if the house was burning I would have thrown my gloves on and got down to see mr James Vincent McMorrow warm up the sold out Kazimier crowd. After a brief telling off from Pippa on the door I literally had to push my way through to the bar, it was that packed. The thing about JVM is he really does have an exceptional voice which is echoed by the incredible and all aged turn out. His tracks have a beautiful unique simplicity to them that all these guitar, electro and what have you bands just simply can not possess so a show like this in many ways is a breath of fresh air from the norm…
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…
Prestigious Merseyside Music Awards For Our Grassroots Talent
Despicable rival and good for nothing Liverpool music blog, Get In To This, (Ooo how I hate those guys) are doing what someone in this city should have done a long time ago. Serenading this city’s musical talent with a prestigious award. Best thing? It could be you taking it home…
