The 12th Liverpool Irish Festival returns to the city this October celebrating Liverpool’s unique relationship with Ireland and showcasing the finest in contemporary and traditional Irish culture. From the English première of Seamus Heaney’s final works to a celebration of Gaelic football with the first Liverpool Irish Festival Cup and a talk by John Larkin QC, Attorney General for Northern Ireland, this year’s Festival is bigger than ever spreading across ten days in a cavalcade…
Have you ever met someone who is a walking, talking contradiction? Someone, say, who is quiet and softly spoken but clearly has a fabulously dirty mind? Someone who looks like butter wouldn’t melt but wants to share his dark thoughts with you in the form of paint and glitter and sequins and feathers? Step forward Ben Youdan, artist and proprietor of Evil shop. Based downstairs in the old Central Hall on Renshaw Street in a…
Woolton Village is a funny place: leafy and quiet during the day, with its Farmer’s Market and little old cinema; hotbed of teenage drinkers and a bit like the Wild West at night. Always has been. But things are looking up. Simon Rimmer, Scouse celeb chef, massive LFC fan and inventor of pulled pork has just opened the old Elephant pub as The Elephant Bakehouse. Big refurb and it’s looking pretty again with a much…
For just over two and a half years The Kazimier has been the home of a gig, a night and, most importantly, a party quite unlike any other that you’ll find in Liverpool (or anywhere else for that matter) Âits name is 10 Bands 10 Minutes. The premise is simple: ten bands each play ten minute sets back to back  so tightly the people in the smoking area are rushing to finish the ends of…
Sometimes the hype and shenanigans follow a band wherever they go obscuring the main event, the music. That could well be said of The Fat White Family, a band who never shy away from controversy. But to concentrate purely on the seedy showmanship the band are notorious for would be to do them a disservice, for although the subject matter can cut close to the bone, both the content and delivery of their music can be…
Preceding International Beatle Week beginning August 20th, Rutherford Chang has brought his exhibition We Buy White Albums to FACT. His collection consists of 1,000 original copies of The Beatles highly sought after White Album; each LP has its own serial number making each one unique. This ‘uniqueness’ was the main draw for Chang when he first put out his advert to any White Album owners or sellers 8 years ago. Chang saw the famous cover as a blank canvas…
With the upcoming release of By the Sea’s debut EP ‘Endless Days, Crystal Sky’ the preview of ‘I See A Crystal Sky’ was released earlier this year. In the build up to the album’s release, the mystifying five piece band are set to play numerous festivals; from their recent performance at Wakestock festival and their forthcoming show at Festevol on August 9th. After previous single releases such as ‘Eveline’ and ‘Dream Waters’, By the Sea…
For a band with such an unpredictable sound, the choice of title sums it up well. ‘Radical. Anarchic. Bolshy. Scouse’ indeed – pretty concise for a debut outing. Across five songs and seven members Bolshy latch dub, salsa and hip hop to a third-wave ska-punk sound that provides their sonic backbone, and for the vast majority of the release they tie their influences together with refreshing stability. The success of the overall textural edge is perhaps…
Whilst hundreds of thousands of people from Liverpool, and visitors from outside the city, gathered to watch three colossal creatures roam through town, the question is what were the rest of us doing? Â One such alternative was only the second Liverpool Calling Festival, which took place throughout the Saturday of the Giants’ visit, and was spread across multiple venues including The Kazimier, The Zanzibar, Magnet, Sound Food and Drink and Maguire’s Pizza Bar. Â Giants were…
Though most were concerned about the return of those monolithic marionettes, the ‘Giants’ meandering around town and in some cases ‘farting’ and losing their head to the delight of thousands, 26th July also marked the return of a more subtle spectacle, namely Liverpool Calling. Like the ‘Giants’ Liverpool Calling is an event still in it’s infancy, with this being only its second year, but any music Âfans who failed to answer it’s call, in favour of…
We at Liverpool-Noise recently gave you an insight into Liverpool Football Club’s opening tours of their fantastic Melwood training ground, where we were given an excellent tour, and left very impressed with the state-of-the-art facilities on offer for LFC players. However, Liverpool were not done there. In another prime example of their pride in the city of Liverpool, and their close relationship with the fans, Liverpool FC have recently introduced the launch of their Open…
Liverpool has its fair share of musical talent floating about, it seems all venues in Liverpool these days have handfuls of fresh acts on all the time. Of all the aspiring bands emerging from the city, Clean Cut Kid are definitely one to watch out for. The band consist of Mike Halls, Evelyn Burke and Saul Godman. The bands image speaks clearly of the type of music it produces, their songs contain undertones of…
I arrived at Astral Coast on Saturday, a cloudy but very muggy day, don’t think I’ve been that sweaty before a gig. The bands were already blasting out the tune; I could hear the slamming of bass and twanging of guitars as I walked by to find the entrance to The Floral Pavilion. Located right on the coast of New Brighton in the Wirral, there’s an inviting atmosphere surrounding the area, it seems surprising to…
Liverpool’s finest Brazilian inspired restaurant has more than it’s delicious food to offer. During the World Cup, Las Iguanas has made the place top priority for football lovers as well as those who favour a taste of Brazilian cuisine. The restaurant was quite busy for a Tuesday evening, but we were seen to instantly and we got the best reserved seats in the house. Our waiter introduced himself and was very pleasant and helpful…
Natalie McCool’s latest single ‘Wind Blows Harder’ is another hauntingly beautiful release from the singer/songwriter. Winner of Female Artist of the Year award at last year’s Liverpool Music Awards, Natalie McCool is gaining further success since the release of her debut self-titled album and recent follow-up single. Having also received a one-to-one songwriting session with Paul McCartney back in 2009, there is undeniably something special about the LIPA-educated singer/songwriter, which has continued to blossom since.…
Broken Men are one of the rising stars coming out of Liverpool at the moment. This is a band with the production value and sheer quality of those in the ever changing, big leagues. A well thought out and stylised approach to not only their music, but also their stage presence, has given Broken Men that certain undefinable edge. Riffs that tear through the air and bass that breaks through your body tell of the…
It was only the other day I was thinking that there isn’t enough vintage tea shops around, and then I came across a cute little bakery – right in the centre of Mount Pleasant. My friend and I were stunned when we spotted the little bakehouse, expecting a massive colourful sign that shows off and is a bit too much in your face, but instead it was a simple black sign that we almost walked…
Saturday July 26th, 2014 Locations; The Bombed Out Church, The Kazimier, Korova, Zanzibar, Maguires Pizza Bar, Sound Food & Drink, Next to Nowhere, Studio 2 Anticipation for Liverpool Calling is rising as the final line-up is confirmed and a whole host of top venues and fantastic talent is added. Amongst all the newly added talent there are also new venues to accommodate them. The Bombed Out Church will host Liverpool Calling for the second year…
Liverpool’s Milky Tea Studio, the award winning team of highly skilled digital creatives, are producing a brand new game, Coffin Dodgers for PC, Mac, Vita, iOS and Android users. Set in the usually tranquil retirement village of Sunny Pines, the residents have found themselves forced out of their rocking chairs by the Grim Reaper. Help save their souls in the race for their lives. Arm yourself with anything from cod liver oil tablets to talc…
With most people flocking to beer gardens and parks to lap up the sun’s rays and bask in its scorching heat, it’s a wonder why anyone would want to steal themselves away in the halls of Liverpool’s own The Kazimier, with it’s rickety décor and fairÂground haunted house entrance. Though the weather was a pleasing spectacle, it’s solar might could not distract from another heat seeking creature of mythical proportion, namely, the SunÂBathing Animal. Not a…