Liverpool Music Artists
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Music
Live Review: Future Yard Presents The Belgrave House Band With Support From Sweet Beans
On a cold, rainy October night, it is tempting to not want to venture out, even to a gig. However, when the two bands performing are The Belgrave House Band and Sweet Beans and the venue is Future Yard, how could anyone resist? Arriving at Future Yard, the familiar buzz of a live gig was in the air. People were sitting around and chatting, the bar was busy and the faintest hint of a sound…
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Katy Alex releases brilliant new single ‘Maliblues’
Fresh off the back of successful performances at Liverpool’s Sound City Festival and Florrie Fest supporting the magnificent Red Rum Club, Katy Alex has released her brilliant new single Maliblues, a dreamy, dance along track, but one which asks deeper questions about materialistic tendencies and the hollowness that can come with seeming to have it all. Earlier this year, Alex released a six-track demo EP exclusively on SoundCloud and released two dance songs via Immersive…
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Sound City 2021 Review & Artist Playlist
Sound City made a triumphant comeback last weekend and for the first time in a long time things felt kind of normal. The festival’s return to city centre venues certainly brought back some nostalgia as well as acting as a reminder of what life felt like pre-pandemic. It felt good to be heading from venue to venue, despite the bad weather and some full capacity lockouts at certain times over the three days. There was…
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In Conversation – Christy Bellis
Steve Kinrade caught up with Christy Bellis to discuss her debut EP, her style, influences, subject matter and more. Liverpool Noise: Congratulations on your debut EP – Human Nature! Considering it’s your first ever release, the songwriting and production is very accomplished. I personally like the eclectic songwriting styles and the hint of an Eighties production. Were these conscious elements that you drew upon when you started the creative process? Christy Bellis: Thank you so…
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Liverpool-based Italian synthwave artist Gangalistics releases new video-single
Italian synthwave artist, Gangalistics has released his new video-single, cinematically shot across Liverpool and North Wales. Music producer, Gabriele Mario Ganga (aka Gangalistics) and Sardinian record label Nootempo continue to look to ‘build bridges between different cultures’ with their second music video shot in Liverpool, following the success of The Illuminator, which has chalked up over 10,000 views on YouTube. The new single Crystal Bay was released on 9 September and has already reached over 3000 views in less than a week. Gabriele was born…
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Liverpool Digital Music Festival 2021 – Artists Announced
Liverpool Digital Music Festival has revealed its line-up for the free entry, and free to watch live streamed festival happening from the 7 to the 9 October at St Barnabas Church, Penny Lane. The venue will open its doors with performances from Ask Elliot, Bedside Manners, Gallia, Glamboy, Gen and the Degenerates, Jack Gill, Munkey Junkey, Mutant Vinyl, Room D, The Merchants, The Jagz, The JJohns, Venus Demiilo and Meg Shaw. Now in its fourth iteration, Liverpool…
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New Noise October Liverpool Music Roundup
New Noise: October Roundup Only four submissions this month, but as the old cliche goes, where we may lack in quantity, the quality is in abundance. First up is the mighty Guise, who seem to be dropping quality singles with the same frequency as members of the Bullington Club burnt fifty pound notes in front of the homeless…And if you don’t get that reference – educate yourself and look it up. These people are ruling…
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Festivals
Smithdown Festival 2021: Preview
Liverpool’s renowned Smithdown Festival will return this weekend for its fifth year running. After the 2020 line-up was cancelled, the organisers revealed an impressive list of acts for this year’s festival last month. Alongside some of Smithdown Road’s most popular venues, a handful of new additions have been added to the line-up including Leaf Smithdown, Tavern Co, St Barnabas Church, Foghertys and Meatless. Since 2015 Smithdown Road festival has been home to a range of…
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Live Review: The Merchants, Turquoise Noise, Razzmatazz: EBGBS, Liverpool
EBGBS was the host of a gig this weekend that seemed to have been destined never to take place. The Merchants first penned this date riding high in a pre-pandemic world, and later rescheduled in hope at the back end of last year. But Saturday was to be the night that they finally took to the stage in front of their own sell-out crowd. On board with them were Razzmatazz, who opened proceedings to a venue that was already…
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Jamie Webster Releases Powerhouse New Single ‘Going Out’
After topping the newly formed UK Official Folk Album Charts last year with his debut album We Get By, Liverpool born singer-songwriter Jamie Webster has continued to surpass expectations and create more music for his eager fans with his latest single Going Out. Feverishly energetic and unforgivingly honest, the lyrics feature all the emotions of a young twenty- something confined to their own four walls in an incomprehensible new reality. Synonymous with the football anthems…
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New Noise September Liverpool Music Roundup
New Noise September Edition The summer that we have all craved for so badly is sadly on the wane; the nights are sneaking up on us, a gentle reminder that autumn is fast approaching. But let us stay steadfast to the majesty of summer with a track released on September 3 – Alchemy – by Jade Thunder. With a name like this you may expect some guitar driven call to homage for the Pagan Gods…
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Screentalk Release Anthemic Indie-rock Track ‘Amplified’
Screentalk have quickly filtered through the pile, flying clean-through it with laser precision with the latest release of their second single, Amplified. It’s unhinged, edgy and feels ready to kick off at any moment. The underlying harmony snakes its way through the song adding a layer of uncertainty, however the leaping key changes are a welcome addition and do lend themselves very well to the overall feeling of the song. Between the 5 members, Sean Currie (Lead Vocals), Stuart Mcnaughton (Keys/Synth), Sam…
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Ambro River teases debut EP single by single
Sundial is the latest release from Ambro River, the new alias of Liverpool-based alternative rock artist and Cavern Club resident, Richard Batty. Following the extremely successful June release of his debut single, Electrolyte, which has already amassed over 30k streams on Spotify and forming as part of a full EP later this year, his latest single, Sundial is the perfect, upbeat summer track. Influenced by a sundial in the playground of his old school, Ambro…
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Katy Alex Releases Earworm Debut Single ‘Sucker For Love’
Fresh into our Liverpool Noise postbox we were welcomed with the first official release of Katy Alex, who is currently one of the most exciting new voices to emerge from the already burgeoning Liverpool music scene. Sucker For Love was still on the horizon when Katy signed her first record and publishing deal after being nominated for a Youth Music Award and was also shortlisted for BBC Introducing’s Live Lounge to name but a few of her accolades. The release has been…
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New Noise: August Liverpool Music Roundup
New Noise: August Roundup Well, we’re well into the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, that competition that comes around every four – or five years, depending on pandemics, which certainly separates the winners from the losers. The good news for this months releases is that everything that has crossed our desks are all certified winners, with absolutely nobody left on the starting blocks…. If we are talking about relaxed grooves and sleepy, seductive vocals tailor made for…
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Kae Sera releases the enchanting new track ‘Dames Jean’
Kae Sera has truly exploded onto the summer music scene with this brilliant new track Dames Jean. Born and bred in Liverpool, Sera now resides in London and blends modern day electro-pop with familiar sounds from the 50s and 60s. This allows her to establish a sense of nostalgia and familiarity with her listeners. Her new track Dames Jean has been described by Sera herself as a track that was written when she was ‘exploring…
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Local band, SPQR, open Yellowbird Studio in Neston, Wirral
Members of SPQR are opening up the doors to their recording studio and offer artists the chance to record their music in the newly refurbished, Yellowbird Studio. Based in Neston on the Wirral, Yellowbird Studio offers recording artists, at any level, the rare opportunity to work through a professional hybrid recording system at a competitive price point. After launching their own label, Nuthin Gud Records, in late 2019 as a place to release their own…
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Singer-Songwriter Lee Ford Releases Anthemic ‘Where It Begins’
With the latest release from Lee Ford, we’ve got a brilliant insight into the newest singer/songwriter’s special knack for reeling his audiences in with catchy choruses. Following on quickly from his debut My Best Friend only back in April, he’s rebounded straight back into the thick of it, bringing us Where It Begins, which cuts a path into the anthemic sing-along festival vibes straight away. Its focus is positivity and life-affirming lyrics that fire up that dopamine…
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MAZED Releases Intoxicating Pop Hit ‘Echo’
Last week, MAZED released her latest single, Echo, ahead of her debut EP, Fearless Emotions, which is out at the end of July. Her previous releases have gained coverage from many other publications and radio stations both locally, nationally and internationally, and judging by these previous releases, Fearless Emotions, is going to be one hell of a record. Originally from an island on the West coast of Norway, MAZED is now based in Liverpool, firmly…
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Scott Beckett Releases ‘Time To Run’ EP
With local musicians on the cusp of having regular gigging back, it’s a brilliant time to share with you the latest EP from Liverpudlian Scott Beckett before he inevitably picks up where he left off performing across England and hopefully beyond. Time to Run is the most recent output, focussing on his acoustically driven sound where his emotional links really create an imagery reference point of a time in his life from where the songs come from.…
