Music
Liverpool’s music scene featuring local bands and musicians as well as news on upcoming gigs from international and national touring acts
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Bunny Alex’s ‘Soft Spot’ Is A Melodic Manifestation of Romance
Bursting her way into 2024, Liverpool-based singer-songwriter, Bunny Alex provides a track for all of us hopeless romantics just in time for Valentine’s Day. With angelic vocals and an engagingly hopeful melody there’s something rather ethereal about this whole track. Taking us on a three-minute journey of finding and embracing those forming feelings of love, its beauty shines through so effortlessly. Sharing a similar bedroom pop style to that of Beabadoobee and MUNA it’s hard…
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Live Review: Malevolence At Liverpool O2 Academy
Following a sellout UK tour and an EU tour at the end of 2023, Sheffield hardcore band, Malevolence return to the stage for a run of intimate UK shows playing smaller venues than on their previous tour. With support from fellow Sheffield band Rough Justice, and New York hardcore band Pain of Truth, this was a tour not to be missed! So, let us set the scene: It’s a Monday night; The evening of the…
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Liverpool ONE Calls On Talented Buskers To Showcase Their Talents
Talented musicians will have the chance to showcase their skills as part of a brand new busking programme at Liverpool ONE. Launching on 8 February, Liverpool ONE Live offers buskers the chance to take to the streets at 12 locations across the retail and entertainment destination, providing a backdrop of music to visitors from across Liverpool City Region and beyond. From experienced performers and up-and-coming talent to budding music maestros and visiting artists, the programme…
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Motel Sundown Return With Upbeat Anthem ‘Lost Time’
Fresh from their triumphant appearance at the Black Deer Festival and the latest single Midnight Blue, Motel Sundown unveils their latest musical offerings Lost Time, and the timing couldn’t be more impeccable. This upbeat and driven anthem marks a change from their slower folkier style, showcasing the band’s versatility and songwriting talents. As you dive into Lost Time, it’s evident that Motel Sundown have found a new gear in their sound. The chorus, with its echoes of rich harmonies and…
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New Noise February 2024 Music Roundup
January doesn’t seem to be the longest month anymore, and as life seems to get quicker, the first month of the year seems to disappear in a flash. But the second month of 2024 gifts some great local musical releases to our ears… First up we have The Guize, who never ever disappoint. Bardo House, their new single, is full of great tune-age and riff-age, delivered with a huge dollop of Guize campness. This would…
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Jim Pearson And Mike Ryan Win The Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge 2023
The Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge 2023 Showcase Final took place at LEAF on Bold Street on Saturday 27 January 2024. A packed venue saw each of the finalists performing their song with a picture of the work of art that inspired it projected onto the big screen for all to see. At the end of the night Jim Pearson was announced as the winner of the Judges’ Award for 2023 for The Boy With The Red Hat, a song…
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Sound City Announce More Acts, New-Look Conference & Sponsors For 2024 Festival
Sound City is set to land in force this May with another essential weekend pointing towards the future of new music into 2024 and beyond. With even more unmissable artists confirmed across the weekend and news of a new-look and industry-leading conference programme there’s plenty to get excited about. Sound City Forum Sound City Forum is a fresh new voice in the music industry landscape bringing together those working across the music industry, artists, entrepreneurs…
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Milap Announce Spring 2024 Programme of Indian Music
Whilst Autumn saw the return of the renowned Indika Festival, a New Year offers an opportunity to embrace fresh starts with Milap’s thoughtfully crafted Spring season. Immerse yourself in a harmonious blend of Milap favourites, innovative East-meets-West compositions, and a headline performance by “India’s leading sitar player” – appearing for the first time ever in Liverpool. The Spring Season will begin with Milap’s annual return to the Liverpool International Jazz Festival, on Saturday 24 February, with The Attuned Quartet. The…
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The Ultimate Liverpool Gig Guide: February 2024
Orla Foster once again provides a rundown on some of the best gigs happening in Liverpool this February. Black Borough (Thursday 1 Feb)MetrocolaTickets An unmissable line-up boasting some of the premier names in Liverpool hip-hop, from the award-winning Blue Saint to a headline set from Black Borough: a dextrous trio combining the skyhigh talents of MC Nelson, Dayzy and Starkey the Messenger. Expect big things from MC Nelson in 2024 – he’s almost ready to…
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LIMF Academy To Host Unforgettable Musical Experience At Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Liverpool International Music Festival Academy has partnered with Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Session Orchestra to create an unforgettable musical experience in the iconic Liverpool Philharmonic Hall this February, putting the city’s finest young musical talent on one of the country’s most illustrious stages. Taking place on Saturday 3 February, this annual collaboration brings together musicians from Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Company with the best of LIMF Academy artists. Guests can expect to hear an extraordinary blend of musical flair…
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Novelty Island ‘Taped Over’ EP Review
Following the release of his single 1102, Novelty Island (aka multi-instrumentalist and producer, Tom McConnell) is set to release his next psychedelic-pop EP, Taped Over. A companion record to Wallsend Weekend Television, also recorded during his time at Abbey Road Institute, Taped Over is the awaited addition into McConnell’s imaginative, sonic world. It’s a sound that could easily be praised for its dreamy melodies and solid progressions but instead takes it that bit further with…
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Bill Ryder-Jones ‘Iechyd Da’ Album Review
The word “masterpiece” has dogged Bill Ryder-Jones’ career. It’s been used to anoint the elegant, conceptually-driven If…, the sparse and sorrowful A Bad Wind Blows in My Heart, the more radio-friendly West Kirby Country Primary and sombre Yawn. But being so heavily garlanded doesn’t always seem to sit well with him. If you’ve seen him live, brusquely fending off demands to play Two to Birkenhead, you’ll recognise a tortured relationship between writing authentically about his…
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Girl Power! Spice Girls at 30 Exhibition At The British Music Experience: 7 February – 8 September 2024
Girl Power! Spice Girls at 30 is a temporary exhibition at the British Music Experience, charting the history of the most important girl band in British history. In March 1994 an ad was placed in The Stage asking “Are you street smart, extrovert, ambitious, and able to sing and dance?”. The rest is history. The Spice Girls debut single Wannabe topped the charts in 31 countries in 1996, they sold 80 million records and had nine UK Number…
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Africa Oyé 2024 Festival Dates Announced
The country’s biggest celebration of African and Caribbean music and culture, Africa Oyé has announced its festival dates for this summer in Liverpool. Following record breaking attendances last year, Africa Oyé will take over Sefton Park once again for two packed days of live music, dance, workshops, DJ stages, food stalls, traders and more. The much-loved event will this year take place on 22 and 23 June 2024 with the festival running from 12:30pm to…
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Jacaranda Baltic Announce ‘Very Rare’ Intimate Album Launch Show With The Libertines
Jacaranda Baltic have announced an intimate acoustic album launch show with The Libertines which will be taking place next week. Pete Doherty and Carl Barat will take to the stage on Wednesday 24 January 2024 in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle area for an acoustic show. Carl Barrat described their acoustic shows as being ‘very rare’ so Liverpool is in for a treat. The Libertines will be in Liverpool to launch their fourth studio album entitled, All…
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Mutant Jazz Event To Be The Official After Party For The Liverpool International Jazz Festival
Mutant Jazz is a collaboration between promoters Parrjazz and You & I Present at Metrocola’s Metro Loft, on Leece Street, Liverpool. They have teamed up with the Liverpool Internationa Jazz Festival to offer a late-night extension to Friday 23 February’s jazz activities. The idea is to bring new artists who are part of the Northwest jazz spectrum and present them as key players in our rapidly mutating jazz scene, hosted and herded by the lovely…
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Grupo LUMA Returns To Liverpool Philharmonic After Hugely Successful National Tour
Following a highly successful year of concerts across the UK, Grupo LUMA return to Liverpool’s Philharmonic Music Room in March 2024 for an enchanting celebration of traditional and contemporary Latin American music. Showcasing their unique spin on a diverse range of music from across the continent – including Cuba, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Venezuela – the group take their audiences on a captivating journey of sound, exploring magical melodies, rhythms and the…
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Liverpool’s Brightest Musical Talent Take Over The City For Spectacular Live Performances
Having launched in October, the Discover a New Beat project set the stage for a revolutionary series of showcases that spanned the entire cityscape where music enthusiasts submerged themselves in Liverpool’s landmark soundtrack. The string of surprise pop-up showcases featured a lineup of Liverpool’s most dynamic artists performing across iconic locations and captured the city’s eclectic music scene, harmonising its historic roots with the contemporary. Woven into the fabric of this experience is a tapestry of sound…
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Jacaranda Baltic Announces Huge Free-To-Attend Launch Party Featuring A Line-Up Of Liverpool’s Best Talent
Jacaranda Baltic have announced they are throwing a huge free-to-attend launch party on Saturday 20 January showcasing Liverpool’s best talent and the best part is… everybody is invited! On the 1 January The Jacaranda sent shockwaves through Liverpool when they announced a brand new record store and 400 capacity live space in Cain’s Brewery, Baltic Triangle would be opening on Friday 12th January – 65 years after opening their original site on Slater Street. In…
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Fairport Convention To Play Liverpool’s Tung Auditorium As Part of UK Winter Tour
Coming hot off the heels of a more intimate, stripped back acoustic excursion throughout England, Scotland and Wales this past Autumn, Fairport Convention embark on a Winter Tour this February and March. Kicking off in Milton Keynes’ The Stables on Tuesday, 6 February, the nationwide jaunt will take in 30 dates, including a show at Liverpool’s Tung Auditorium on Saturday 10 February, before winding up in Dudley’s Town Hall on Sunday 10 March. Fairport Convention have been entertaining music lovers for over half a…
