Music

Paint Me In Colour Release EP ‘Labels Opinions & Preconceptions’

Paint Me In Colour have bowled us away with their debut EP Labels Opinions & Preconceptions. If there’s anything this 7-track EP shouldn’t have, it’s labels and preconceptions. Whilst they’ve officially been around since 2017, mostly writing and recording in their own studio, you’d be forgiven for not having already heard of this Liverpool 3-piece group. Since the release of their first two singles Feel It & 1968, which both eventually featured in the EP, they’ve been tucked away ensuring they…

Liverpool Nightlife

Liverpool Disco Festival Plan A Socially-Distanced Halloween Party

2020 has been a real challenge for the the hospitality and arts industry and Liverpool Disco Festival have already had to cancel their epic Easter event due to the pandemic. But they’re battling on to bring you a socially-distanced Halloween party at Camp and Furnace. A statement released earlier in the week said: “We have decided in the best interests of customer safety that we need to POSTPONE our event as planned for Halloween Saturday…

Things to do in Liverpool

Tenner Festival – Amazing £10 Offers From Your Favourite Independents In Allerton and Wavertree Throughout October

Tenner Festival will offer consumers some brilliant £10 deals on food, drink, shopping and beauty salons in Allerton and Wavertree this October. It’s been a hugely difficult year for businesses and consumers with the ongoing complications of the Coronavirus, which has seen schemes like the Eat Out To Help Out deal become popular with diners and now residents of South Liverpool can get themselves some more great deals throughout October. Candice Mulligan, co-owner of Bean…

Liverpool News

How Liverpool Locals Can Benefit From Installing A CCTV

Your property should always be safe and secure. With property crimes in Liverpool disturbingly increasing, more and more households and businesses are installing a CCTV in Liverpool, in hopes of keeping their property safe from danger. If you are mulling on the idea of installing a CCTV system in your home or your place of business, below is a list of reasons why it is beneficial for you. You can also just check out the…

Things to do in Liverpool

A Terrifying Halloween Woodland Trail is Happening In Merseyside

If you love being scared silly then this Halloween Woodland Trail in Formby will have you suitably entertained this Autumn. Go Outside have arranged a spine-tingling, mile-long forest excursion in complete darkness where they say ‘anything could happen’. Go Outside Halloween Woodland Trail Bookings of 3-6 people can be made with each group taking to the path together but will not interact with any other parties to ensure the event is Covid-safe. The event takes…

Culture in Liverpool

Moving to Liverpool: What You Need To Know

There are various reasons why UK residents move to Liverpool: starting a family, looking for a change of pace, entering the job market as a fresh graduate, jumpstarting a career, getting a quality education, or just fleeing the hustle-bustle of London without totally uprooting their life. Regardless, Liverpool is a forgiving place. Located in Merseyside, England, the most recent surveys estimate that Liverpool is home to almost half a million UK residents. This number makes…

Food and Drink in Liverpool

Here’s Why We Love Parr Street

Parr Street is probably best known for the world famous recording studio where the likes of Black Sabbath, Moby, Pulp, The Charlatans, Coldplay, Doves and The Beautiful South have recorded albums. There’s also a few other businesses dotted along here but can look pretty unassuming. But Parr Street is also home to three of our favourite places in the entire city, so this is our love letter to them: Almost Famous Almost Famous is a…

Music

Bobhowla release single and prepare for debut album launch this autumn

Southport’s newly assembled four-piece, Bobhowla have spent the last year getting a collection of songs into shape and are now preparing for the release of their debut album. Singer/songwriter Howard Doupé has been working alongside Idlewild’s Rod Jones to create an 11 track debut album. Entitled Everything’s Wrong, But It’s Alright, the album is set for release in late October. Lead track Midnight Fears is a psychedelic flurry of off-kilter grooves and claustrophobic inertia. Recorded and produced by Jones at Post Electric Studio over the…

Liverpool Music Scene

Sound City Announces 2021 Festival Dates and First Acts

Sound City Festival have set their 2021 dates for April 30th – May 2nd, with the first phase of artists set to inspire a promising comeback event. After the devastating cancellation of Sound City Festival 2020, alongside the abundance of tormenting cancellations that have ensued from this global pandemic, the festivals management team have decided to make next year’s jamboree a celebration of the inspiring music that has been released within this chaotic year. This…

Liverpool News

Liverpool to Lose Much Loved Bingo Venue

One of the city’s bingo halls, active for over a century, is likely to be lost after closing in March. The Pavilion Theatre, known by locals as the Pivvy, is set to become a takeaway food outlet after its recent closure. The Toxteth-based entertainment hall has been in continual use since 1908 and has been used as a bingo hall since 1961. Previously used as a theatre, the establishment on Lodge Lane has been used…

Music

STONE Release The Adrenaline Pumping ‘Stay Silent’

Its always quite amusing to read the press release accompanying a bands new musical  offering, as it more often than not gives an insight into how the PR company is  attempting to place their new charges into an already suffocating music market. So with STONE’s Stay Silent we get the usual press-prose about how this crew are the next musical meteorites, blazing a comet trail of uniqueness across the artistic firmament.  Refreshingly, Stay Silent exceeds…

Food and Drink in Liverpool

Moose Coffee: Grab a Slice of Authentic American and Canadian Brunch

Much like the affable Ron Swanson from Parks & Recreation, I am a big fan of breakfast food. I truly believe it is the most delicious and exciting meal of the day when it is done right, and Moose Coffee know a thing or two about breakfast food. I visited Moose Coffee’s Hope Street branch with my girlfriend and some friends, and if you are ever in the same situation looking for a go-to breakfast…

Music

MULTIBEAM release their addictive debut single Dimitri

Liverpool’s new glam-rock trio MULTIBEAM underpin their contemporary rock sound with colourful energy alongside a penetrating bass-line. MULTIBEAM are a fresh new addition to the roster of Liverpool artists and have spent their quarantine sharpening their songwriting ability whilst cultivating an image of modern glamour. Founded by front man Johnny Cosmonaut and brothers George and Jimmy Craig, MULTIBEAM have sprung into existence without warning and have set themselves a precedent for a future of addictively…

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Bongo’s Bingo Host ‘Freshers Goes Virtual’ Featuring Clean Bandit

Launching live at 8pm on Thursday 1 October, students across the UK will be able to tune in to a 3-hour, nationwide event like no other – Freshers Goes Virtual. The unique and very much crazy show will feature Bongo’s Bingo’s largest ever live-stream, incredible DJ sets from Clean Bandit and special guests, as well as heaps of prizes to be won during the show. There’s already an ever-growing roster of universities signing-up to access…

Music

The New Icons ‘Loner’ Is A Nostalgic Slice of Psych Rock

Back with a new single taken from their debut album, Electric Ghost Graffiti, scouse band The New Icons bring a nostalgic and retro feel to the local music scene.  This month, we’re channelling The New Icons’ latest single Loner into your earholes! After a successful release of their melancholy first single Everyone Knows and their new album Electric Ghost Graffiti, this second single ‘Loner’ promises great things from the local ensemble.  The band are lead…

Culture in Liverpool

Milap unites artists for a tribute to one of India’s greatest music icons

The UK’s leading Indian Arts & Culture company, Milap, has assembled an extraordinary ensemble of Indian virtuosos to record a unique version of one of Lalgudi G Jayaraman’s masterpieces. Somewhere in the world, every few minutes, someone is performing, listening to, or dancing to a composition of Lalgudi G Jayaraman. This maestro musician has made an unmatched contribution to the world of Indian Classical Music. A trailblazing performer, composer and teacher, he has left behind…

Culture in Liverpool

Unsung Heroes Mural Adds To New Brighton’s Impressive Street Art Collection

A brand new mural was unveiled today as part of New Brighton’s ever-growing street art collection. The Unsung Heroes mural is a portrait of local RNLI volunteer Mike Jones who celebrates 40-years of working at the New Brighton Lifeboat station. Painted on the gable end of a house on Virginia Road in the town’s thriving Victoria Quarter, renowned street artist SmugOne devised and executed the striking image. Known for his hyper-realistic work, Smug creates amazing…

Football

Why, despite sneers from afar, Everton’s summer transfer strategy represents a welcome change in approach

Everton kick off their 20-21 season campaign against Spurs, Sunday 13 September. Ask 20 Evertonians for their pick from the assortment of nadirs last season and you will likely get 20 different answers. Either of the two derby debacles across Stanley Park will get a mention. As will the limp defeats to each of the three newly-promoted sides, the Black Country bruising Wolves dished out or the tame surrender at Stamford Bridge. Quite literally, there…

Music

In Conversation – BANNERS

There’s no prouder feeling for us at Liverpool Noise than seeing local musicians and artists succeeding in doing what they love. We managed to grab a bit of time with the wonderful Michael Nelson of BANNERS, currently located in Toronto, to talk over his current situation and experiences of being a scouser in Canada and how it’s shaped his music career after forging his way in Liverpool. Liverpool Noise: Hello, Michael! So, making huge waves currently it’s brilliant to see, we…

Culture in Liverpool

BlackFest: Liverpool’s Black Arts Festival 21 – 27 September

Liverpool’s Black Arts festival, BlackFest heads both online and to city venues this September for a week long programme of diverse and thought-provoking entertainment and events. After two highly successful programmes in 2018 and 2019, BlackFest returns for its third annual festival this autumn with an exciting line up of music, theatre, film, performance, poetry, spoken word and panel discussions; many of them free to stream online. The festival opens on Monday 21st September with Locks, an online discussion about prison systems and racial profiling, featuring…