Liverpool Music Scene
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Liverpool Music Scene
Live Review: Mutant Vinyl at Jimmy’s
Richard Joy was at a packed Jimmy’s on Friday to catch multi-instrumentalist Mutant Vinyl. If 2019 was a busy year for Edwin James Pope -AKA Mutant Vinyl – the chances are that 2020 is shaping up to be equally exciting. His debut album – Daffodils In Angell Town – was critically praised, and to keep up the momentum this March sees the release of his A Year Of Autumn EP, the lead track Faux Rodeo…
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Bands in Liverpool
Seprona’s Slick New Single ‘Lost In The Lonely Hearts’ Out This Week
I have always found myself being drawn to words and names that sound interesting: “Seprona” is one of them. I like the way the name trips of the tongue; it’s one of those words that you actually enjoy saying – Seprona! And when you delve into Professor Wiki’s Old Grey Almanac, Seprona also stands for the unit of the Spanish Civil Guard responsible for nature conservation and management of the hunting and fishing industry. So…
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Bands in Liverpool
‘Bang’ – The Explosive New Single From Little Triggers
Sometimes when you listen to a track, it can take a few listens to explore meaning and place. In the case of Bang, Little Triggers latest single, this could not be further from the case. From the moment that the track ignited, your imagination is sent on a wild goose chase. Charging guitars and a relentless drumbeat join forces to provide this intensity and adventure. In my case, I was sent on a late night…
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Bands in Liverpool
Threshold Festival Announces First Wave of Artists Including Nick Ellis and Empathy Test
Threshold Festival looks set to go out on a high with the final instalment of the grassroots music festival taking place on 3-4 April. The festival organisers announced the first wave of acts for the two-day event which takes place across venues in the Baltic Triangle. Accomplished musician and story teller Nick Ellis, urban pop artist Chinchilla and electro pop outfit Empathy Test are some of the highlights from the announement. Barberos, The Lutras, TEE,…
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Art Exhibitions in Liverpool
Live Music Photography Exhibition Coming To British Music Experience
The British Music Experience will present Capturing Live Music Through Photography, a solo exhibition by photographer Realm of Pixels/Charlotte Wellings. The exhibition will run from Friday 6 March – Sunday 3 May 2020. The exhibition features a striking series of photographs captured by Charlotte, featuring some of the world’s most iconic musicians – from high-calibre international artists Cher, KISS, Grace Jones and Lizzo to renowned UK acts Iron Maiden, The Charlatans, James Bay and many…
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Bands in Liverpool
The Liverpool Bands You Should Be Listening To in 2020
The team at Liverpool Noise pick their top Liverpool bands and artists you should be listening to this year. Michael Fell – Music, Food and Entertainment writer, puts the case forward for Trudy & The Romance, Dan Croll, Oya Paya and Samurai Kip. Trudy and The Romance This group have been going from strength to strength recently, after appearing at SXSW Festival and tours around Europe, these are certainly ones you need to keep an eye…
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Bands in Liverpool
Liverpool Psych Fest 2020 Announces Lineup including Altın Gün , Snapped Ankles & More
Liverpool Psych Fest 2020 has unveiled the full lineup for this year’s event which they’ve described as a 16-hour immersive journey through the sights and sounds of future psychedelia. Altın Gün, the Anatolian rock and Turkish Psychedelic Folk band from Amsterdam will be performing along with London post-punk outfit Snapped Ankles. Lo-fi psychedelic duo The Lovely Eggs and Boston psych rockers Sunburned Hand of the Man are also highlights of this year’s event. After a…
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Bands in Liverpool
New Music Festival Melon Yellow Coming To Invisible Wind Factory
Liverpool music promoters I Love Live Events’ new music festival, Melon Yellow, is set to take place this Spring. The festival is described as a celebration of Shoegaze, Punk, Arts & Sustainability. Taking place on Saturday 14th March at the Invisible Wind Factory, legendary shoegazers Ride have been announced as headliners. Other acts announced for the inaugural event are The Regrettes, Turnover, St Martiins, Lauren Hibberd and NewMoon with more names set to be announced soon. …
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Bands in Liverpool
The Kairos Release Roaring New Track ‘Teetotal’
The New Year as ever comes with promises of change. Dry January, resolutions and all that jazz. However some old habits never die hard. Liverpool’s genuine no nonsense rock’n’rollers The Kairos return with a second single Teetotal that is filled with all of the elements that their fan base have come to love. This follow up to first single Money Mind is another passionate and aggressive nod to society that leaves your feet pounding the…
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Bands in Liverpool
Leonie Jakobi Releases Debut Single ‘Are You Lonely Enough?’
Hailing from Frankfurt, Liverpool welcomes Leonie Jakobi and her no-nonsense, heavy-hitting rock sound to our city. Growing up with sounds like The Beatles and Bruce Springsteen, her style combines a mixture of folk, pop and rock, evident of those early influences to present a wide variety of movement and emotion in a single track. Leonie states her upcoming single Are You Lonely Enough? as a ‘product of years of sound and soul searching’. Certainly the accumulated work stemming into…
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Festivals
Award-winning Reggae Festival, Positive Vibration Returns This June
After a year-long hiatus, the UK’s award-winning celebration of reggae music and Jamaican culture, Positive Vibration Festival returns to the Baltic Triangle, Liverpool on 12 and 13 June 2020. Since its inception in 2016, Positive Vibration Festival of Reggae has established itself as one of the country’s most exciting and eclectic reggae festivals, playing host to internationally renowned bands, legendary sound systems + selectors and some of the brightest new talent. This year’s festival is…
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Bars in Liverpool
Melodic Distraction Radio Release Winter/Spring Music Guide 2020 Alongside Massive Competition
Melodic Distraction has launched a printed Winter/Spring Music Guide designed by local artist Neil Keating. To coincide with the release they have announced a never-before-seen competition; The ‘Golden Key To The City’. The Melodic Distraction Winter/Spring Music guide provides the perfect bite sized introduction to Liverpool’s independent music and cultural scene. Created by local artist Neil Keating, the dazzling poster design incorporates some of Liverpool’s most iconic landmarks, all beautifully collated into a picturesque cityscape. …
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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
The Cheap Thrills Live at O2 Academy Liverpool Review
There was feel in the air on Saturday. A feel of promise and anticipation. Excitement a plenty. The Liverpool music scene is thriving at the moment. Swaggering more than it has for a long time it feels. Across town, another local hit Jamie Webster is performing in The Jacaranda. At the 02 Academy, 550 adoring fans eagerly arrive to see The Cheap Thrills in a headline gig to unveil their new EP Vue Du Monde.…
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Gigs in Liverpool
In Conversation – Dave McTague (Mellowtone)
Liverpool Noise: We are about to celebrate Mellowtone’s 15th Anniversary. How did it all start? Dave McTague: It started as the idea of a night i’d like to go to … an evening of live music, DJs, intimate and interesting venues, laid back vibes, nice people in attendance … and we built from there. I’d had the idea for a while, but when i walked into the View Two Gallery on Mathew Street, I knew…
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Liverpool Music Scene
In Conversation – Steve Roberts
Liverpool Noise: You have reconvened 16 Tambourines to celebrate the up-coming 30th anniversary of the release of the “How Green Is Your Valley?” album. How did this come about? Steve Roberts: We have spoken on and off about doing it for years now but hadn’t managed to get it sorted. Organising bands is difficult and as you get older it becomes more so. We have families, jobs, live in different parts of the country, all…
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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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Bands in Liverpool
KEEF Release New Track ‘Day In Day Out’
KEEF’s brand new single, Day In Day Out is certainly one that is guaranteed to be on repeat in your head for the rest of the day. The idea of a repeating, blues-like chord progression, coupled with the theme of the song of monotony and the disillusionment of everyday life, hammers home the message both lyrically and rhythmically. With nods in their latest single to their psycadelic and alternative roots and influences spanning across the Northwest, this was…
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Bands in Liverpool
Sound City 2020 Reveals First Wave of Acts for Festival
Sound City, the UK’s leading independent festival and industry conference for emerging music, arts and discovery, returns for its 13th year across Friday May 1st – Sunday 3rd 2020 to launch next year’s festival season in fine style. Tickets go on sale from 10am Friday 25th October. The festival has revealed its first headline artists, the goth-pop champions Pale Waves taking centre stage with their female front-woman, Heather Baron-Gracie, and their music emboldened from last…
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Music
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”…
