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Liverpool Music Scene
The Liverpool Bands You Should Be Listening To in 2020
The team at Liverpool Noise pick their top Liverpool bands and artists you should be listening to this year. Michael Fell – Music, Food and Entertainment writer, puts the case forward for Trudy & The Romance, Dan Croll, Oya Paya and Samurai Kip. Trudy and The Romance This group have been going from strength to strength recently, after appearing at SXSW Festival and tours around Europe, these are certainly ones you need to keep an eye…
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Activities in Liverpool
Pins Social Club; The Social Hangout That’s More Than Just A Bowling Alley
Pins Social Club is bringing a ‘competitive and immersive social experience’ to the city. Pins Social Club features 12 custom-built full-sized bowling lanes split across two floors, an amazing casual dining area (brought to you by the team behind Rocket & Ruby and Bacaro Pizza), a karaoke booth, shuffleboard, pool, table tennis, beer pong, live music, DJ’s and one of Liverpool’s longest and most impressive bars. The former indoor multi-story car park on Duke Street has been…
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Festivals
Liverpool Psych Fest 2020 Announces Lineup including Altın Gün , Snapped Ankles & More
Liverpool Psych Fest 2020 has unveiled the full lineup for this year’s event which they’ve described as a 16-hour immersive journey through the sights and sounds of future psychedelia. Altın Gün, the Anatolian rock and Turkish Psychedelic Folk band from Amsterdam will be performing along with London post-punk outfit Snapped Ankles. Lo-fi psychedelic duo The Lovely Eggs and Boston psych rockers Sunburned Hand of the Man are also highlights of this year’s event. After a…
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Festivals
Circa Waves Release ‘Sad Happy’ and Curate Festival Supporting Local Emerging Liverpool Acts
It’s been a busy few days for Liverpool natives Circa Waves following the announcement of their specially curated music festival, Circa Fest. We know that small independent venues across the country are being forced to close their doors, making it more and more difficult for budding new bands to be discovered, so the support of established bands like Circa Waves can have a big impact on the local scene. The band decided to take action…
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Activities in Liverpool
Axe Throwing In Liverpool With Timberjacks
Axe throwing has become a popular activity over the last 12 months with venues opening up across the UK where you can put your lumberjack skills to the test. And now you can do axe throwing in Liverpool thanks to Timberjacks. What is axe throwing you ask? It’s where a competitor throws an axe at a target, attempting to hit the bulls eye as near as possible. The closer you get the the bullseye the…
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Liverpool Events
The Flaming Lips Announce Liverpool Show At Invisible Wind Factory
The Flaming Lips will return to Liverpool this summer as part of their UK tour. The American rock band will playing the Invisible Wind Factory on 20 July. The last time The Flaming Lips were in Liverpool they were headlining Sound City in 2015 at the Bramley Moore Dock for what was a hugely memorable performance. Their live shows are famously eccentric, colourful and energetic. At Sound City their massive silver ‘Fuck Yeah Liverpool’ helium…
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Liverpool Music Scene
The Kairos Release Roaring New Track ‘Teetotal’
The New Year as ever comes with promises of change. Dry January, resolutions and all that jazz. However some old habits never die hard. Liverpool’s genuine no nonsense rock’n’rollers The Kairos return with a second single Teetotal that is filled with all of the elements that their fan base have come to love. This follow up to first single Money Mind is another passionate and aggressive nod to society that leaves your feet pounding the…
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Festivals
Sound City 2020 Announces Friendly Fires As Headliners And More Artists Revealed
The Sound City 2020 lineup is bolstered by English Indie-rock outfit Friendly Fires alongside Liverpool’s finest Louis Berry, SPQR and many more. 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 from around the globe.…
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Liverpool Music Scene
Leonie Jakobi Releases Debut Single ‘Are You Lonely Enough?’
Hailing from Frankfurt, Liverpool welcomes Leonie Jakobi and her no-nonsense, heavy-hitting rock sound to our city. Growing up with sounds like The Beatles and Bruce Springsteen, her style combines a mixture of folk, pop and rock, evident of those early influences to present a wide variety of movement and emotion in a single track. Leonie states her upcoming single Are You Lonely Enough? as a ‘product of years of sound and soul searching’. Certainly the accumulated work stemming into…
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Culture in Liverpool
Liverpool Chinese New Year 2020 Celebrations – What’s On Guide
We’ll be welcoming the Year of the Rat during the Liverpool Chinese New Year 2020 celebrations in the heart of Chinatown this Sunday. You’ve probably already noticed thousands of Chinese lanterns adorning the city centre as we prepare to celebrate the Chinese New Year on Sunday 26th January. And as the first established Chinatown in Europe you can guarantee we will be celebrating in style. Like we’ve seen previously, a number of buildings including Central…
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Culture in Liverpool
Discover Liverpool’s Urban Farm Growing Green Vegetables Under The Streets of the Baltic Triangle
Greens for Good Greens for Good is a new project from Farm Urban, aiming to grow food that’s good for people and for the planet. Farm Urban’s recent successful Kickstarter campaign saw people pledge over £25,000. This will go towards the organisation’s aim of getting fresh, healthy greens into every classroom in Liverpool and educate children and young people about where their food comes from. The funds raised also means they’ll be able to produce…
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Festivals
Award-winning Reggae Festival, Positive Vibration Returns This June
After a year-long hiatus, the UK’s award-winning celebration of reggae music and Jamaican culture, Positive Vibration Festival returns 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. This year’s festival is…
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Football
The Liverpool FC Fan Guide
Our Liverpool FC fan guide includes Liverpool fan sites, podcasts, fanzines, fan art, independent online stores, Liverpool pubs and more. Liverpool FC Fan Sites The Anfield Wrap is one of the best, most comprehensive Liverpool fan sites there is. At https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/ you’ll find news, match previews, reviews features, interviews, videos and even their own podcast. The Anfield Wrap is the best there is – their book ‘Numero 6’ is well worth a read and available…
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Football
The Everton FC Fan Guide
Our Everton FC fan guide includes Everton fan sites, podcasts, fanzines, fan art, independent online stores, Everton matchday pubs and more. Everton Fan Sites There’s plenty of Everton fan sites out there but we recommend checking out https://www.grandoldteam.com/ for all the latest news, match previews, reviews and one of the best fan forums. In 2019 Grand Old Team was recognised as the Best Forum in world football at The Football Blogging Awards. Another great site…
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Things to do in Liverpool
Relaxing Things To Do in Liverpool
Looking to de-stress? If you’re looking for relaxing things to do in Liverpool here’s 7 things you can do to help you unwind. Visit Float Planet Liverpool’s first and only float centre, Float Planet is number one on our list for relaxation. Flotation therapy involves lying effortlessly on your back in a specially designed floatation tank. You float in 10 inches of water with over 1000lb of Epsom salt dissolved into it. The tanks block out light…
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Bars in Liverpool
Cheers to that! Mikkeller Running Club Liverpool
We don’t want to be a ‘New Year, New Me’ cliche but the timing of our feature about Mikkeller Running Club Liverpool is pretty perfect. Whether you’re a seasoned runner or looking to take up a new hobby, the Liverpool ‘Chapter’ of Mikkeller Brewery’s worldwide running club is a pretty attractive option. So first, a brief history of Mikkeller Running Club. The Danish brewery company’s founder Mikkel Borg Bjergso was a former college runner who…
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Food and Drink in Liverpool
January Food & Drink Offers In Liverpool
Read our January Food and Drink Deals for 2023 feature here. We’ve compiled loads of January food and drink offers in Liverpool so you can grab yourself a great deal or two this month whilst supporting our local restaurants and bars. Check out the offers below for your January #FoodGoals. Albert’s Schenke 50% off Cook Haus Classics menu, available Monday-Friday. Book here: https://www.albertsschenke.co.uk/50off/ The Alchemist 50% off all food in January when you book online…
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Things to do in Liverpool
What to do in Liverpool this Christmas
Liverpool is a city that loves to celebrate Christmas, with a plentiful array of festivities on offer. Buckle up, and we’ll take you on a tour of what to do, see, and post to Insta in Liverpool this Christmas. Liverpool Christmas Ice Festival Every Christmas the Pier Head is transformed for the sparkling Christmas Ice Festival, which sees it turned into a giant skating rink set against the iconic Liverpool backdrop. This year the festival…
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Festivals
INDIKA: Europe’s finest festival of Indian arts returns to Liverpool for 2020
Indika, Europe’s finest festival of Indian arts, returns to Liverpool for 2020, taking over the city for a vibrant 10-day celebration. Looking ahead to its 10th year, the Indika festival, presented by Milap, is renowned for hosting some of the biggest names in Indian arts, as well as some of the very best rising talent from India and the Diaspora. Indika will return in 2020 with an expanded and eclectic programme of events, featuring contemporary Indian…
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Gigs in Liverpool
In Conversation – Thom Morecroft
Liverpool Noise caught up with Thom Morecroft to talk about his new album and being part of 81 Renshaw’s brand new record label. Liverpool Noise: Congratulations on your new album “The Feng Shui and the Sushi”! Tell us how long it took to write and where did you record it …. Thom Morecroft: Hello thanks for having me! This album is a collection of songs; some were written when I was 16 and some I…
