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…
Yann Tiersen & QUINQUIS have embarked on a unique summer tour that will see the two Breton artists travel from their home in Ushant, and set sail for a tour of Celtic lands and the Faroe Islands. With a series of performances already confirmed, Tiersen and QUINQUIS will be travelling on their sailboat, Ninnog – named after a medieval…
Sprinting out of Lime Street, I turn a few corners, take the…
It’s half past seven on a baltic Saturday evening in December, but…
A tribute to Maguire’s: music from Code Break, AVAS & Spanish Announce Team. If you’re the kind of person that loves pizza and loud music, and reside in the beautiful city of Liverpool, there is every chance that you have visited Maguire’s at least one time in your life. Nestled…
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Sound City 2018 hit the streets this weekend, and what a weekend it has been. Firstly it’s a bank holiday (long weekend, whoo!) and the weather was beautiful, sun shining and blue skies. Sound City is a weekend deal, a Saturday and Sunday (+ the Friday conferences) full of musical…
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It was Halloween weekend in Liverpool (and probably everywhere else) and the Cavern Club seemed to be the hub for witches and ghouls for the evening. Luckily I wasn’t here to have the bejesus scared out of me, however I was hoping to be put under the musical spell of Steve…
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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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