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Music
Natalie McCool Releases High Energy New Track ‘Closure’
In this period of uncertainty, there is one artist that is pushing ahead and making sure nothing is stopping her momentum. Natalie McCool is back again with her newest single ‘Closure’. Following on from the recent national success of her latest single it’s time to keep the accelerator going, especially with this, a small taste of her forthcoming album. As we see from her career, creating her debut album ‘The Great Unknown’ in 2016, she has built upon her…
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Featured Posts
Coronavirus Lockdown? Football Manager Season Kicks Off: The Road To Nowhere
Liverpool Noise music writer, Jamie Hankin, is using the Coronavirus Lockdown to bring you all the action from his Football Manager exploits. Up The Purps! Recent circumstances have led to the majority of us having a lot more time on our hands than we could imagine. The current lockdown feels akin to the six-week summer holiday we used to have as kids yet laced with uncertainty and worry. To fill this time and keep our…
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Film & TV
Top 5 John Carpenter Films To Watch During Lockdown
George at Geeks That Don’t Want To Grow Up gives us his Top 5 John Carpenter Films To Watch During Lockdown. It’s a weird time we’re living in at the moment. A time of social unrest, and apocalyptic foreboding. However, it’ a good time to make the effort to see some movies, TV shows and read some books that you’ve been putting off for a while. In this vain it feels like we’re living in…
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Food and Drink in Liverpool
SKAUS Liverpool Home Delivery Service Is Keeping Scousers Happy During Lockdown
The SKAUS Liverpool Home Delivery service is one more reason to keep smiling during lockdown… Scouse is a staple dish in many Merseyside homes and Scandinavian inspired foodies SKAUS are delivering it to your door during the Coronavirus lockdown. You can order a freshly baked soda bread loaf, 24 hour cooked beef Scouse, Vegan blind Scouse, Pickled beets and there’s even Treacle tart for dessert. And now, due to popular demand, the SKAUS Team has…
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Music
Sound City 2020 Announces New Festival Dates: 25-27 September
Sound City 2020 rearranged dates have been announced due to the Coronavirus outbreak. The festival is now scheduled to take place 25 – 27 September 2020. Returning to the Baltic Triangle for its third year Sound City 2020 edition will feature an exclusive Friendly Fires headline show. Picture the music festival, which was established in 2008 as a sprawling block party where pop-up bars, clubs and warehouses make way for the hottest new music talent…
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Bars in Liverpool
Liverpool Coronavirus: How You Can Keep Supporting Local Businesses
Well, who would have though that this is how 2020 was going to pan out hey. People might be feeling pretty scared right now and it’s important that we all support each other as best we can. Liverpool Coronavirus confirmed cases are still pretty low but we also need to take the outbreak seriously and follow government guidelines. With more Liverpool bars, restuarants and shops having to make the difficult decision to close their doors…
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Health and Fitness in Liverpool
Root 22 Organic Fruit & Veg Box Deliveries Bringing Your 5 A Day To Your Doorstep
August 2022 Update – Root 22 is now closed Last Friday we received a fantastic box of organic fruit and veg delivered right to our doorstep from the lovely guys at Root 22 – an aptly named, new organic veg delivery service based in the quirky Red Brick Hangar and also making an appearance in our fabulous Baltic Market. The box was packed full of a super wide range of completely fresh produce of both…
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Liverpool Music Scene
RATS Release Poignant New Track ‘Dreams’
‘Dreams’ is the fourth single from the city’s passionate indie rockers, RATS. Before we press play and get into the music, the artwork for the band’s latest release is poignant and sets the mood, depicting a man with his head in the clouds. RATS first three singles have placed the emphasis on powerful anthems, energetic melodies and lively vocals. ‘Dreams’ however appears to be somewhat of a left turn as the Liverpool four-piece explore and…
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Culture in Liverpool
Doc’n Roll Music Documentary Festival Returns 26 – 29 March
Doc’n Roll Music Documentary Festival, returns to the Mersey for its biggest and best event yet: the 5th Liverpool edition, which runs from from 26 to 29 March 2020 at Picturehouse at FACT and The British Music Experience (BME). From Zambian rock to MySpace-spawned waves of electronic creativity, Doc’n Roll Liverpool 2020’s five acclaimed full-length feature films each spotlight a unique musical landscape. Witness the births of movements both musical (Drum & Bass and the…
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Music
Liverpool Noise Music Playlist For When You Need To Self-Isolate
If the next few weeks lead to us having to self-isolate because of Coronavirus then we think it’s our duty to provide you with a playlist to get through it. We’ve complied some of the best music by Liverpool bands and artists that will make the time fly by with The Liverpool Noise Music Playlist For When You Need To Self-Isolate! And yes, this is just a bit of fun! The full Spotify playlist with…
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Music
Esme Bridie Returns With Dreamy Folk Track ‘Say The Words’
Esme Bridie is back at it again, after wonderful reviews from her debut album, ‘Today It Rains’, she has harnessed all that energy and threw it back into her charmful songwriting style for some new music! With a couple of singles on the release horizon, it’s an exciting time to be a fan of this young Merseyside talent. If this is the first time you’re hearing her name, make sure to see her and her…
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Liverpool Music Scene
Euan Blackman Releases His Catchy Debut Track ‘Think About You’
LIPA student, Euan Blackman showcases his songwriting and production skills on his debut single ‘Think About You’. The song bio states that this track is two minutes of guitar driven pop / rock song full of synth hooks and lyrics that deal with modern day homesickness. Oh, and plus the obligatory soaring i.e.”anthemic” guitar solo. Yep. It’s all of these, and the fact that the track actually weighs in at around two minutes is a…
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Art Exhibitions in Liverpool
FACT’s Year of The Living Planet Launches With New Exhibition 20 March – 14 June 2020
On 19 March, FACT’s Year of The Living Planet launches with the opening of a major new art exhibition, And Say the Animal Responded? What would animals say to us if we listened to them? What might we learn about the state of our shared planet? At a time when billions of animals are being lost because of human activity, we still place the interests of humans above those of animals. Studies show that animals feel…
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Film Events In Liverpool
Ghostbusters Documentary Screening At VideOdyssey
One of the best films of the 80’s can be seen in a whole new light thanks to a new Ghostbusters documentary screening at VideOdyssey on Saturday 14 March. Having celebrated the 35th anniversary of Ivan Reitman’s cult favourite with its European premiere at BFI IMAX, CLEANIN’ UP THE TOWN: Remembering Ghostbusters is heading for VideOdyssey. Directed and produced by the brother and sister team of Anthony and Claire Bueno, the film pays a fitting…
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Festivals
Future Yard Festival Announce Series of 2020 Events
The team behind Future Yard Festival has announced Near Future, a pop-up music venue and Birkenhead’s only dedicated live music space. Initially Near Future will be showcasing a series of live events between 25th April – 20th June 2020. It will present some of the most exciting emerging new artists from across the UK – and very special returning local icons. The success of the first Future Yard Festival last year proved that there is…
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Festivals
Positive Vibration Announce Second Wave of Acts for 2020 Festival
The award-winning celebration of reggae music and Jamaican culture, Positive Vibration Festival has announced even more acts ahead of the festival’s return to the Baltic Triangle, Liverpool on 12 and 13 June 2020. Since its inception in 2016, Positive Vibration Festival of Reggae has established itself as one of the country’s most exciting and eclectic reggae festivals, playing host to internationally renowned bands, legendary sound systems + selectors and some of the brightest new talent.…
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Music
Bumpmen Release Debut Feel-Good Disco Track ‘Bill Murray’
Dance project duo, Bumpmen, have released their high energy, disco debut single Bill Murray and its guarenteed to get you up on your feet. Bumpmen is the new production project from Liverpool dance scene legends James Morgan (Liverpool Disco Festival) and John Dean, with the track being released on LDF Recordings. The song is available to listen to and buy on the LDF Recordings Bandcamp page now and will be on all streaming platforms from…
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Culture in Liverpool
Africa Oyé Announce First Wave of Artists Including Female Supergroup Les Amazones d’Afrique
Africa Oyé have revealed the first three live music acts for their 2020 festival of music and culture in Liverpool. Female pan-African supergroup, Les Amazones D’Afrique, Ghanian highlife stars,Santrofi and Cameroonian songstress Valerie Ekoume will all grace the Sefton Park stage when the festival returns for its 28th annual event on 20th and 21st June, 2020. An all-female collective of West African musicians, Les Amazones D’Afrique made a huge impact across the globe with their 2017 debut album, République Amazone. Singing out against gender…
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Liverpool Music Scene
Live Review: Mutant Vinyl at Jimmy’s
Richard Joy was at a packed Jimmy’s on Friday to catch multi-instrumentalist Mutant Vinyl. If 2019 was a busy year for Edwin James Pope -AKA Mutant Vinyl – the chances are that 2020 is shaping up to be equally exciting. His debut album – Daffodils In Angell Town – was critically praised, and to keep up the momentum this March sees the release of his A Year Of Autumn EP, the lead track Faux Rodeo…
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Activities in Liverpool
LightNight To Return On 15 May With ‘Home’ Theme
LightNight will return on Friday 15 May, once again keeping the doors to the city’s unique venues, museums and galleries open late to celebrate the arts and culture scene in Liverpool. LightNight is Liverpool’s one-night arts festival giving visitors the chance to see the city in a new light. The event presents new and ambitious artistic commissions amidst a vibrant programme of more than 100 events happening across the city. There’s everything from large-scale light…
