Jamie Webster has released his newest single This Place today – a personal love letter to our much-loved hometown of Liverpool. Known for his honest and relatable lyrics, Webster doesn’t disappoint in the new track, which serves as a “less cliché way of saying there’s no place like home”. This Place is the latest track to come from Webster’s forthcoming album We Get By, set for release on 21 August 2020. The album is made up…
Hanover Street has sprung to life over recent years with a good mix of restaurants and bars, whether you fancy Tapas, fried chicken, a gastro pub or a taste of France there’s plenty to choose from. Here’s our guide to Hanover Street Restaurants and Bars. Hanover Street Restaurants and Bars Lunya Lunya is a multi-award winning Catalan and Spanish deli, restaurant and bar just a stone’s throw from Liverpool One. Enjoy a glass of Sangria…
When that elusive British sunshine puts its hat on and temperatures rise here in Liverpool, there’s only one thing we want to do – drink! So here’s Liverpool’s best beer gardens & outdoor spaces. Nothing beats spending a summer evening sipping on an ice-cold beer or fruity cocktail in a sun-drenched beer garden. But where are the best outdoor spots in the city? Here at Liverpool Noise, we’ve rounded up the finest drinking dens you…
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival goes digital for the first time in its history next week. The UK’s longest running Arab arts festival opens a door into Arab arts and culture from 9 – 18 July, connecting artists and audiences from across the UK. This year’s festival will feature events from Ramallah, Beirut, London, Jerusalem, Morocco, Aleppo, Kuala Lumpur and more. Established in 1998, the festival usually takes place each year in arts and cultural venues…
Prestige festival Creamfields has announced the first wave of acts confirmed to perform at Creamfields 2021. This is good news for fans of the festival, after the COVID 19 crisis resulted in a global live event shutdown for 2020. This year’s festival would have featured renowned headline artists including The Chainsmokers, Armin van Buuren and Camelphat. The announcement was made via the Creamfields website, with renowned DJ’s such as Martin Garrix, Peggy Gou, Tiësto, deadmau5,…
You have to fire yourself as the writer when you direct something you’ve written. You have to fire yourself, or else you get precious about what you’ve written. You’ve got to open up and let the actors in, and re-conceive a lot of things. – Joel Schumacher Legendary Director Joel Schumacher passed away aged 80, last week (22 June). He battled against it for over a year, but finally the cancer won. He leaves behind…
Jetta is back with her second track of 2020, I Wanna Know. With a distinctive Liverpool musical pedigree behind her, the Liverpool Singer / Songwriter / Producer ushers in her latest track, I Wanna Know to her eager fanbase. And it’s one that doesn’t disappoint. Her vocal has a yearning warmth quality to it, which nicely jars with the stone coldness of the instrumentation and glacial production in general. The impression given to the listener…
Woo Tan Scran; The Lark Lane Plant-Based Chippy Is A Game Changer ** Unfortunately, Woo Tan Scran is now permanently closed.** There aren’t many places in Liverpool that could come close to Woo Tan Scran. Not only is it potentially the best tasting chippy I’ve ever had, but it’s also plant-based. Situated on Lark Lane, Woo Tan Scran identified a gap in the market for a vegan fast food establishment in Liverpool and have taken…
The highly anticipated new single from Red Rum Club, Eleanor, is out now. Another amazing creation straight from Liverpool’s own Parr Street Studios, we are delighted to see the long-awaited return of the boys from Red Rum Club. After making a stir from their debut album Matador in 2019, they’ve been busy at work behind the scenes with their newest single, Eleanor, which takes a short turn into a much brighter and upbeat number. Lead singer, Fran Doran, says: “It’s a perfect…
Liverpool’s live music industry faces a huge struggle for survival following the COVID-19 pandemic but it was struggling for some time before the virus. Simon Christopher at Doing Life Records takes an in-depth look at the problems we face and how we could overcome them. Well, it’s Groundhog Day again, and not the surreal comedy starring Bill Murray type either. Another venue in Merseyside has seemingly shut its doors, in what feels like the 1000th…
Liverpool Without Walls aims to get the city’s bars and restaurants back up and running as soon as possible. The ongoing Liverpool Without Walls project to re-imagine the city under social distancing, has announced further details today. The joint project is run between Liverpool City Council, Liverpool BID Company – which supports 1,500 city centre businesses, and Liverpool Chamber of Commerce. It is hoped that the project will give businesses in Liverpool the best chance…
Lucy Gaffney teams up with DMA’s guitarist for a beautiful cover of the Australian rock band’s track. Only mere weeks after our latest review, Liverpool Noise are back on the case of Lucy Gaffney, a fast-rising, honey-voiced Belfast/Liverpool-based singer-songwriter, who is quickly making a name for herself on the music scene even in this short space of time. From her arrival in April, followed by a succession of straight-to-socials acoustic covers that earned wild approval…
Check out our latest Vegan Guide here – Top 10 Vegan Friendly Spots In Liverpool. It wasn’t that long ago that a vegan meal was fairly difficult to find in Liverpool. However, there seems to have been a shift in recent years with more and more people adopting a meat-free lifestyle and this is being reflected in the restaurants, cafes and kiosks that are opening. It’s an exciting time to be a plant-eater and I…
Ian Skelly Captain Caveman is the first track taken from his upcoming Drifters Skyline album. To the masses, the name Ian Skelly is synonymous with The Coral, a staple on these shores that Ian founded two decades ago and has drummed for ever since. To a hardcore, inner circle you will also be pointed in the direction of Ian’s side projects. Eight years after his first solo album Cut from a Star landed, Skelly is…
The year has been anything but normal so far, so it’s nice to see that one of our favourite summer activities is back – Strawberry picking at Claremont Farm. You can now head over to the Bebington farm for their annual strawberry picking season, which is expected to last 3-4 weeks. This year they have considered some important measures due to the Coronavirus. Previously you would enter the farm shop and get a basket, head…
*Breathes out a relaxed sigh and quietly whispers ‘Kinky Om’* That should really be all that needs to be said on the matter of this stunning album Kinky Om from Brad Stank, but we’re probably going to have to give you a little more than that, aren’t we? Back at it again with his signature blend of low-fi funk, rich and soulful harmonisation over that effortless voice that pieces it all together, we have a collection of nine songs…
In the year 2020, when the human race is arguably the most tolerable and liberal it has ever been, you would not think that “Black Lives Matter” would be a controversial statement; yet, for some people, they take offence to it and retort with “All Lives Matter” as though the original statement discredits the importance of the lives of those who are not black. Being a resident of the UK, it may be easy to…
Milap, the UK’s leading Indian Arts & Culture company, is bringing the world of Indian music and dance to the masses during lockdown with a host of online interactive activities. Following a weekend of back-to-back live performances, workshops and discussions online to celebrate International Dance Day in April, the Liverpool-based organisation continues to provide high quality content via its online channels, featuring everything from full-length concerts from their ‘Music for the Mind and Soul’ archives, to…
Liverpool based singer-songwriter KingFast is due to release his next soul-infused single, Avenge on June 26. A blend of pop and soul, paired with the innovative use of his looped guitar and stellar vocals, Avenge is a beautifully powerful song and one which resonates deeply when you listen to it. KingFast is definitely one to watch in the local music scene, he is no stranger to performing, having taken part in various musical events in…
Following the announcement of his long-awaited debut album, Jamie Webster has released his unintentionally timely single Something’s Gotta Give on Liverpool label Modern Sky. Jamie Webster delivers here in all senses. On the surface, the track is well produced with lovely, folky guitar melodies and vocals that could be mistaken for Gerry Cinnamon on first listen. However, it’s not long before that unmistakable scouse accent captures your attention and cements Something’s Gotta Give as a…