Bands in Liverpool
Liverpool musicians and band interviews, features and reviews
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Lawoftheland Fill the Expanse With Their Instrumental-Only Sounds
It’s not an easy job for musicians to paint a picture with their songs, harder still if a song is devoid of lyrics and stripped back to just instrumentals. That’s where Lawoftheland have struck gold though – their songs fill an expanse that most musicians can only hope to. The Liverpool trio, Stephen Miceli, Adam Caine and Teddy Smith, evoke a progressive landscape in their title-track opening of EP Dancing Explosions. During the five minutes…
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Threshold Invites Artists To Apply For 2017 Festival In Baltic Triangle
Threshold Festival, Liverpool’s home-made celebration of music and arts, has opened submissions for its 2017 event. Bands and solo artists from across Merseyside are encouraged to apply for the 7thannual festival of grass roots talent via the official website at thresholdfestival.co.uk. Threshold 2016 brought thousands of people to Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle, showcasing the region’s finest emerging artists, new work/ first views, collaboration, DIY, avant garde and community based projects encompassing music, theatre, film, performance and visual…
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Top 10 Things To Do In Liverpool In September
September has some brilliant events lined up. Here’s are run down of the top ten things to do. Liverpool Pirate Festival – The annual Liverpool Pirate Festival at the Albert Dock returns with two days of swashbuckling fun on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th September. More info here. Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia – This year’s big names include Super Furry Animals, The Horrors, The Wythces, Eagulls, Silver Apples and The Stairs. With four stages of music…
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Fiesta Bombarda Constellations Carnival 23rd-24th September
Fiesta Bombarda returns with a two-stage, three-headliner extravaganza for a carnival at Constellations. The Fiesta is back in town. Join Fiesta Bombarda for one of their most unique events to date as they look to the stars and transform the Baltic’s best warehouse into a Neon Nebula with UV canons, neon facepaints, immersive set designs and interactive stalls. With two uniquely designed stages, four DJs and 6 live bands, it’s going to be a kaleidoscopic…
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The Butes Bring Their Rock ‘n’ Roll Tunes Into Your End-of-Summer Playlist
Relatively new to the music scene, The Butes have just announced their first single releases on a Double A Side EP – two chilled rock ‘n’ roll songs that are sure to become top of your late-summer playlist. The Wirral boys – Philip Collier, Adam Webb, Jon Couch and Sean Dagnall – all have a background in music, and it’s clear from these two tracks that they know how to collaborate to produce some catchy…
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Sneaky Nixons Return With Their Provocative Rock ‘n’ Roll, Belting Out New Single ‘Schadenfreunde’
Always one to draw a crowd for their wild performances, the Sneaky Nixons have returned with a new single that’s exactly not what the doctor ordered. Their reputation as Liverpool’s ‘bad boys’ intact, ‘Schadenfreunde’ is the kind of belter you’ve come to expect from the band. The name says it all, with the single being a two-edged sword – both riotously loud yet sickly sweet at times. Catchy riffs, a steady drum progression, and lyrics…
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Red Bull Music Academy UK Tour Comes To Liverpool October 2016
Tour hits city for the first time as part of 32-date series featuring shows, lectures and workshops across some of the city’s most iconic venues. Red Bull Music Academy today announces plans for its month-long 2016 UK Tour, stopping in Liverpool, Glasgow, London, and Leeds for a series of back-to-back mini-festivals. The Tour will visit Liverpool for the first time, recognising the city’s place as a vital hub for music and culture in the UK.…
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Liverpool Based National Music Website To Host Gig In Maguire’s Pizza Bar
The Pentatonic has today announced that it will be hosting what will hopefully be the first of many showcases of new talent from the city, and further afield. The gig, which is set to take place on the 28th September, will be in Maguire’s Pizza Bar, with all bands receiving payment before they have played a single note. The idea to have the show hosted in Maguire’s Pizza Bar is to have this back-to-basics approach…
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Julian ‘Ju Ju’ Marley Live In Liverpool 20th August
Punch Touring and Africa Oyé are bringing internationally acclaimed Roots Reggae superstar Julian ‘Ju Ju’ Marley to Liverpool this August. Grammy-nominated Marley will play hits like “Boom Draw”, “Systems”, “Lemme Go” and “Violence in the Streets”, complete with his 11 piece band alongside a very special support act, Iba Mahr. Julian Marley, son of reggae legend Bob Marley and Barbados-born Lucy Pounder, is a Grammy award nominated, roots-reggae musician, singer-songwriter, producer and humanitarian. In the…
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Darma Headline New Liverpool Noise Presents; Band Night At Brink – 17th September
Manchester masters of grunge perform with SPQR and Elijah James and the Nightmares at this exciting new event. Darma Darma are building a rock-solid following in their hometown of Manchester. The trio led by frontman Harry Corbett hit the stage like a rock hurricane, tearing through their high octane set, dragging the crowd with them. Having already released two EPs in 2016, Darma have more releases planned before the end of the year. They have already had…
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Grrrl Power Exhibition and Workshops – Aug 5th and Aug 7th At Constellations
Grrrl Power Liverpool emphasises the importance of encouraging creative women to work together. The initiative has been created in response to the problems and potential pitfalls faced by women in the arts. The group feel women are hugely underrepresented in comparison to their male counterparts within this sector, and their aim to address this imbalance by encouraging and developing safe environments in Liverpool where women have the capacity to thrive creatively. Friday 5th August sees the launch…
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Sound City Opens Artist Applications For Zandari Festival & MU:CON In South Korea
Sound City have announced today that applications are now open for artists to apply to showcase at Zandari Festival (30th September – 3rd October) and MU:CON (6th – 8th October), South Korea’s most important industry events. Zandari and MU:CON take place every October and form the gateway to the exciting and rapidly developing Korean music market. They are the biggest and most important city centre events of their kind in Korea. Taking place…
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Liverpool Band Glossom Release 5 New Singles Each With Accompanying Videos Every Day From July 11th
Each Track Combined Forms Their New E.P ‘Verbatim’ Having taken Liverpool by storm with their awe-inspiring live show, Glossom quickly became a band that found themselves at the centre of several niche, musical communities. They released 2 singles recorded at Liverpools Motor Museum at 2015’s end, receiving big props and garnering a lot of attention, finding themselves on ‘Ones to Watch’ lists and opening their arms to a much wider audience. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX6fnYB7T8I] ‘Verbatim’ will be…
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Darma, The Butes, Andrew Barney, Novacrow & The Slumdogs Live At The Jacaranda Friday 1st July; Review
The rejuvenated basement room at the iconic Jacaranda now features a decent stage and a comfortable, laid-back vibe. This re-jig of the layout means space is tight but the comfortable intimacy is no bad thing and is lacking in many Liverpool venues. The opening act was on which was totally unexpected. Classical pianist Andrew Barney brought an elegance and virtuosity rarely experienced outside the concert hall. Performing two pieces by Rachmaninov, excerpts from Piano Concerto…
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The Music Manual Presents; Kashmere, DUSST & Mad Alice At The Buyers Club 12th August
Award shortlisted, Liverpool music website, The Music Manual is pleased to announce the return of its live shows by welcoming Stockport based foursome, Kashmere to The Buyers Club on Friday 12th August. This first announcement reveals headliners, Kashmere will be joined by local, dirty blues foursome, DUSST and mysterious trio, Mad Alice. Part of Stockport’s ever-growing pool of talent, Kashmere have spent the best part of three years moulding themselves, keeping fans eagerly awaiting their debut…
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Liverpool Music Week 2016 Reveal First Round of Acts Including John Carpenter, Warpaint, Clean Cut Kid & More
Liverpool Music Week have announced the first round of acts for their 2016 line up set to take places across various venues in Liverpool from 26th October – 5th November 2016, including: John Carpenter, Warpaint, Cat’s Eyes, GoGo Penguin, Clean Cut Kid and She Drew The Gun. For its 12th edition, the festival will be based around the hub of the Arts Club venue in Liverpool City Centre, long a hub for music under various guises over the years, with a run of shows at the prestigious…
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Peaches Announces Liverpool Date As Part of UK Tour
Peaches has announced a UK tour this winter, playing Liverpool’s Invisible Wind Factory on Friday 11th November. Peaches’ tour comes following a string of sold out dates in December 2015 and the release of her latest records, ‘Rub’ and ‘Rub Remixed’, her first new releases for six years. ‘Rub’ earned some of Peaches’ best reviews of her career with Pitchfork saying it “arrives at a moment when the world needs Peaches most” and The FADER says “her message feels vital.”…
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Father John Misty LIVE At Mountford Hall;16th July
Creator of baroque pop masterpiece I Love You Honeybear, one of 2015 most critically acclaimed albums Father John Misty makes his debut solo appearance in Liverpool next month. The project of former Fleet Foxes drummer/vocalist Joshua Tillman, the US singer-bandleader has issued a score of records under his own name since his 2003 debut, before finding international recognition with two albums under the Father John Misty moniker. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtOToiIDNRA] Combining folk, country and indie rock,…
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Tickle The Ivories – World’s Only Official Street Piano Busking Festival Returns To Liverpool
Tickle the Ivories is back! From 1 July – 4 September 2016 six pianos will once more take centre stage for the world’s only official street piano busking festival, organised in partnership with Liverpool ONE. Whether you’re a professional or an amateur,we’d like to invite you to book a free time slot to perform on – or even around – the pianos. Tickle the Ivories is a unique opportunity to promote your act, have a…
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First Wave Stage Lineups Revealed For Liverpool Loves Festival
This year’s Liverpool Loves Festival will be delivered through a wide programme of quality artists across five separate stages – offering visitors to this free, public event a taste of just why Liverpool has been named a UNESCO City of Music. This year’s diverse afternoon Main Stage line-up includes a mix of genres from indie-pop and dance acts to ten-piece funk bands – and is designed to bring a real foot-tapping, festivalatmosphere to the waterfront. Acts include The Hummingbirds; Halem; The Native Kings and The…
