Liverpool Bands
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POLICE CAR COLLECTIVE Continue To Impress with Their Latest Single
POLICE CAR COLLECTIVE’s new single I Guess It’s Over Now provides a more promising shoegaze sound that indie-pop bands have been trying to reshape for years. POLICE CAR COLLECTIVE are a new indie-pop duo made up of songwriter/vocalist Tyler Plazio and bassist Simon Quigley, whom derive their inspiration from contrasting walks of the music landscape, from Frank Ocean to The 1975. Their latest track I Guess It’s Over Now is the lead single for their…
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Police Car Collective Release Their 80’s Inspired Debut Single
Indie pop duo Police Car Collective have stormed onto the scene with their 80’s inspired debut track Mine. Taking heavy inspiration from 80’s bands such as New Order and The Smiths, they take that classic sound and give it a facelift, taking production cues from The 1975. The track has a cathcy hook and with just one listen you can remember the guitar lines; it’s perfectly produced indie pop. The band have a strong identity…
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Bands in Liverpool
RATS Release Poignant New Track ‘Dreams’
‘Dreams’ is the fourth single from the city’s passionate indie rockers, RATS. Before we press play and get into the music, the artwork for the band’s latest release is poignant and sets the mood, depicting a man with his head in the clouds. RATS first three singles have placed the emphasis on powerful anthems, energetic melodies and lively vocals. ‘Dreams’ however appears to be somewhat of a left turn as the Liverpool four-piece explore and…
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Bands in Liverpool
Future Yard Festival Announce Series of 2020 Events
The team behind Future Yard Festival has announced Near Future, a pop-up music venue and Birkenhead’s only dedicated live music space. Initially Near Future will be showcasing a series of live events between 25th April – 20th June 2020. It will present some of the most exciting emerging new artists from across the UK – and very special returning local icons. The success of the first Future Yard Festival last year proved that there is…
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Bands in Liverpool
The Jagz – Cathedral Dreams EP Review
The waves on the River Mersey are thunderous this time of year. The tide crashing against the shore at a ferocious rate with no sign of a white flag. It’s only fitting perhaps that our resident “Mersey surfers” The Jagz return with a second EP as they plan an assault on the music scene. Four new tracks that showcase the variation and quality of The Jagz as they strut onto your playlist and make the…
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Bands in Liverpool
Ukebox Release Track ‘Sing The Hooky Line’
Sing The Hooky Line is the latest showpiece from Ukebox as they add another upbeat, catchy soundbite to their eclectic smorgasbord. The track is early afternoon listening in it’s brightest form as the local act unveil three minutes and three seconds of happiness personified blended into a cocktail of contagious joy. Drink it in ladies and gentlemen. Ukebox as an act are unconventional in the sense that they don’t arm themselves with multiple instruments and…
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In Conversation – This Island
We spoke to Rachael from This Island about the “Into Stars” EP, the Liverpool Music Scene and where This Island fit into it… Liverpool Noise: ‘This Island” seems to have arrived out of nowhere. What is the background to the band, and what are your musical philosophies? Rachael: Philosophy? Song, melody, harmony, song, melody, harmony, song, melody harmony…and repeat…what better way is there to connect with an audience? Any audience, anywhere. LN: The “Into Stars”…
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Bands in Liverpool
The Cheap Thrills ‘Vue du Monde’ EP Review
The Cheap Thrills Vue Du Monde EP has got Jamie Hankin extremely excited and here’s why.… Shout it from the steps of St Georges Hall and bellow it from the roof of the Liver Buildings. The Cheap Thrills are back with a six song EP to cement their place and rightful standing alongside all of your local music mainstays. Vue du Monde is 20 minutes & 26 seconds of fist pumping pride and youthful exuberance.…
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Bands in Liverpool
SPINN Acoustic EP Review
Ahead of a headline show at the 02 Academy on 6th December, SPINN present a four-track acoustic EP where they strip back and rewire a few of their fan favourites. Popular tracks Who You Are, Is There Something That I Missed & Foundations are the selected few to be revamped alongside a cover of the Lana Del Rey hit Video Games as the Liverpool band present themselves in a new light. First in the chair…
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Bands in Liverpool
Hushtones Cement Their Musical Style With Recent Releases and Impressive Live Shows
Hushtones are a retro alt-pop band from Liverpool fronted by Martha Goddard and Mick Campbell, the two lead songwriters, alongside Caitlin McPaul on Bass, the band creates varied songs with soaring, playful melodies and a smooth blend of male and female voices. Inspired by the likes of Fleetwood Mac, The Beatles and Kate Bush as well as more modern artists such as Sunflower Bean, Arcade Fire and Wolf Alice. Joined by drummer Abraham Tesfachristos in…
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Bands in Liverpool
Buffalo Riot Announce New Album Along With Socially Conscious Pay It Forward Scheme
Liverpool’s very own self-produced 90’s Rock powerhouse Buffalo Riot are back with a new sound, and it’s bigger than ever: ‘Daydream Mouth’, the record is due to be released on 20th September 2019. They celebrated their 10th anniversary as a band in January of this year, and after working on this new record for two years it seems like the perfect time to release it: the album they’ve always been capable of. The advent of…
