The Debt Stars have been a band bubbling under the surface for some time now, not to be rushed into releasing new music but we’ve heard that things are about to change for the Liverpool-based band. Their current track ‘Shallow Grave’ has been garnering attention on their Soundcloud page just recently; a teaser of what’s to come in the summer. ‘Shallow Grave’ is a punchy, brutal track. There is a nice sinister edge to the guitars…
Starting from 22 March 2017, the durational art project HEWILLNOTDIVIDE.US by LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner will be adopted by FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) in Liverpool, UK. A flag emblazoned with the words “HE WILL NOT DIVIDE US” will be continuously live-streamed from the arts organisation to www.hewillnotdivide.us for four years, or the duration of the 45th Presidency of the United States. The artwork is conceived by the artists as a resistance to division, and to the…
It was back in October that Liverpool Noise last spoke to Scott Duffy and Abigail “Abe” Sinclair about the inaugural Liverpool Print Fair. “We had sixty prints to give out to the first people through the door and they went in an hour” Abe tells me in the garden of The Merchant where her and Scott took a few moments away from the latest Print Social to talk to me. “And that was taking into…
Back for its third year is the sunnier sister of The Liverpool Food & Drink Festival, held on Easter Weekend in Sefton Park. Foodies will be impressed by the wide variety of sweet & sour stalls, displaying their best creations, whilst there will also be numerous opportunities to grab a drink, hopefully in the sunshine! Food stalls at the festival will include Neon Jamon, Mela Street Food, Little Furnace, Reds True BBQ, The Interesting Eating…
This June, The Baltic Triangle sees a new cultural event take over their venues, as Abandon Silence and 24 Kitchen Street join forces to celebrate the musical diversity that the area has become renowned for. It’s not been easy for The Baltic Triangle recently; with property developers plans guaranteed to have a negative impact on the alternative venues, the guys behind the driving forces of the alternative music scene in Liverpool have teamed up, promising…
Titanic Hotel has stepped into spring with the launch of its new Sunday Lunch menu, which brings together traditional family dining and the iconic surroundings of the city’s leading, luxury destination. Served in the acclaimed Stanley’s Bar & Grill with its unique open theatre-style kitchen, guests can see dishes being prepared as well as enjoying dramatic views of the hotel’s colonnaded terrace and the historic Stanley Dock. Locally-sourced and British ingredients comprise the foundation of…
Salt The Snail’s Caffeine-Fuelled Debut Single Is A Riotous Belter Salt the Snail are clearly no strangers to noise. From the first few seconds of their debut track ‘Coffee’ you can tell that things are about to get a little crazy. Sat, seemingly calm, behind a table of paper cups filled with everyone’s favourite ‘jitter juice’, it doesn’t need a genius to figure out what’s to come in the video. Building momentum with the thundering…
Orb Events have announced the full music line-up for New Brighton Seaside Festival. Man and the Echo, The Shipbuilders, Marc Kenny and Nick Ellis are among the artists performing during the inaugural three-day event in May. The fantastic festival will take place over the Spring Bank Holiday, 27th – 29th May at Fort Perch Rock, New Brighton Beach, Marine Lakeand Promenade in New Brighton. Headlining the Saturday night is Man and the Echo. Their debut album skirts numerous musical signposts, spanning the likes of The Smiths, Dexys, Pulp, 50/60s crooning,…
The team behind the city’s CIRCO brand has unveiled its next generation of entertainment in the form of Never Ever Land. With just over one month to go until the new Seel Street venue’s grand opening, owner Jason McNeill has unveiled a series of teasers, detailing the transformation that has converted the former ‘freak show’ into a ‘kaleidoscope of thrill-seeking enchantment’. Being the first of its kind in the UK, having drawn inspiration from other…
A newly established North West networking group, Future Boss Club, marked its arrival with an exclusive launch event held at the city’s latest social hangout, HUS. The aptly-named group, which was created by young females for young females to help support the next generation of future leaders, welcomed both rising talent and decision makers to explore the forward-thinking concept. While connecting with the region’s integral circuit, guests were treated to a trio of inspirational talks…
With less than three weeks to go before they take over Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle and following a hugely successful Crowdfunder campaign, Threshold Festival have now revealed the full line-up of acts that will be performing at their seventh annual celebration. Throwing a spotlight on the North West’s grassroots music and arts, the festival will return to Liverpool from March 31st to April 2nd. Following a shortfall in funding this year, organisers turned to the festival’s fans to help raise the £9000 needed for this…
One is never short of a good quality free read in this city. If you frequent a decent independent bar or coffee shop it is possible to pick up a complementary copy of Bido Lito, Good News or the north west edition of Scottish cultural newspaper The Skinny. Adding their name to this list of titles come Easter time will be the second issue of Liverpool based poetry magazine Jarg. Jarg began over two years…
Liverpool’s homelessness charity, The Whitechapel Centre, has launched its first online raffle to raise funds to help tackle homelessness in the city. The raffle is offering a fantastic first prize of a 7 night Scottish Highlights & Faroes cruise for two people. The cruise has been donated by Cruise & Maritime Voyages and departs from Liverpool on 15th July 2017. The company decided to donate the prize in order to support the excellent work performed…
The Liverpool International Music Festival (LIMF) returns in 2017 for its fifth anniversary. Taking place between Thursday 20th and Sunday 23rd July 2017, the LIMF programme is a grand-scale celebration of Liverpool’s rich musical history, diversity and continued relevance, reflected in its title as a Unesco City of Music. LIMF is made up of LIMF Summer Jam, a series of ticketed events LIMF Presents and the award-winning LIMF Academy. LIMF Summer Jam returns for a free three day musical extravaganza at Sefton Park with…
Let’s get straight to the point: promoters are the unsung heroes of any live music scene. Their drive, energy and commitment are vital for it to grow and flourish. Without them – taking risks, both financial and creative, muso’s will be confined to bedrooms, probably designing the front cover of that difficult second album….In other words, promoters are pivotal to the music industry. And having had some experience of the nerve-racking world of putting on…
TV, film, anime, comic book fans and gamerss turned out in their thousands for this year’s MCM Comic Con event in Liverpool which featured special guests including Flash Gordon (Sam J Jones) and the stars of Starsky & Hutch, Paul Michael Glaser (Starsky), David Soul (Hutch) and Antonio Fargas (Huggy Bear). There was an incredible selection of comic creators in the Comic Village from comic book classics to independent unique publications on offer. It was…
Grammy winning jazz vocals, Orb-riginal beats, hard rockin’ DIY action, cosmic disco’s northern origins, a moving elegy for a Southern songsmith, and a bunch of kunst from Nottingham: Doc’n Roll Film Festival returns to Liverpool for an exclusive season of unique music documentaries from March 31st – 2nd April. Featuring an all premiere selection of six music documentaries on subjects including Sleaford Mods, The Orb, The Melvins, Gregory Porter, Norwegian House, and Sparklehorse, plus Q&As…
Liverpool’s The Botanical Garden returns for its 3rd season in 2017. Liverpool’s only dedicated gin garden is ready to bloom for its third year, with the opening weekend taking place over Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th March. Widely regarded as the hidden jewel amid the warehouses and creative industries the area now harbours, at the Baltic Triangle’s heart beats The Botanical Garden. It’s a little piece of escapism in the city, a sublime sanctuary tucked…
Liverpool Carnival Company have announced that one of Liverpool’s favourite events, Brazilica Festival will return for 2017 and will be celebrating a tenth consecutive year, this year’s dates are confirmed as Friday 14 to Sunday 16 July. Last year’s festival included a packed programme of events leading up to the main Carnival Day on the Saturday – and this year promises to be even bigger, bursting with colour and with plenty of sights, sounds and tastes of Brazil to get you into the carnival atmosphere.…
The Found Footage Festival, showcasing weird and usually hilarious found-footage VHS videos from all corners of the U.S, will be bringing its new show to Liverpool’s FACT on 23rd March. Hosts Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett whose credits include The Late Show with David Letterman will debut their new show for one night in Liverpool, taking the audience on a guided tour latest and greatest VHS finds, providing live commentary and where-they-are-now updates on the people featured…