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In Conversation – Lady and the Dies
Lady and the Dies are a young female DIY synth duo from Liverpool. Having released two singles already since February, these girls are determined to pave their way onto the Liverpool music scene and beyond. Whatever That Means and Villain show a clear direction in which the duo’s music is heading, and despite being produced solely in a bedroom, the tracks are high quality and show a high level of skill that both band members…
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Natalie McCool Releases New Single ‘Memory Girl’
Liverpool Based Singer-Songwriter, Natalie McCool, has released her latest single Memory Girl. The song was written as a follow up to her latest album, of the same name which was released in 2021. The album explores themes such as childhood and love which led to Natalie reaching out to fans for their stories for the single so it ‘felt exciting and inclusive’. With songs like Devils and Take Me To Your Leader, both on the Memory…
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Brooke Combe Supports Miles Kane in Liverpool
Soulful Edinburgh-born newcomer Brooke Combe will be supporting Miles Kane on his UK tour this Spring/Summer. This will include his Liverpool tour date on 14 May. Combe has recently unveiled her brand new single and video Miss Me Now on Island Records. The music video spirits Brooke Combe a world away from the small working class town she grew up in just outside of Edinburgh with her harking back to her heroes of soul music…
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iamkyami teases new EP with track ‘When I Call’
Manchester-based iamkyami has released her new single When I Call, featuring fellow bedroom-popper Lazygirl. The track, released ahead of her upcoming EP The Kenny Klubhouse, describes the trials of modern dating. iamkyami explained: “Beth (Lazygirl) and I didn’t really have an understanding of the lyrical meaning behind the song until we wrote the bridge over FaceTime. We had all these lyrics which basically sounded like a lesbian love song (which I wasn’t mad about) but…
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Sound City+ Conference Announces Full 2022 Programme Co-Curated By AIM
Established as the definitive new music discovery weekend that points the way to the future of the music industry we know today, Sound City continues to build anticipation ahead of its 15th Anniversary celebrations with full details of its Sound City+ Conference – taking place from Friday 29 April and kickstarting the festival weekend with a full programme of insights, discussions and panels pointing towards the future of the music industry. Taking place in 2022…
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Music
Future Yard and The Learning Foundry Launch Exciting New Sound Check Training and Employment Programme
Future Yard, a new community music venue in Birkenhead, has joined forces with The Learning Foundry, an Ofsted-Good rated local training provider, to support young people into careers in live events and the live music industry. All music venues, theatres and clubs need skilled people to make their events happen, including sound and lighting engineers and event managers, all the way up to massive stadiums and festivals. The new Sound Check training and employment programme…
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Arpanet & ‘The Book Of Drexciya’ Only UK Date At The Invisible Wind Factory This April
Jacques Malchance and the Invisible Wind Factory are presenting an exclusive only UK date for Arpanet (Gerald Donald) and The Book of Drexciya (Abu Qadim Haqq) on Friday 8 April. An unique evening with an incredibly rare line-up and gathering of minds with a very strong drexciyan connection, in the unique setting of the IWF Substation. Coinciding with the 20th anniversary of Arpanet’s first release, Wireless Internet, Gerald Donald (from Drexciya, Dopplereffekt, Der Zyklus, Heinrich…
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Music
Milap’s ‘Music for the Mind & Soul’ Concert Series Returns To Live Audiences This April
The ‘Music for the Mind & Soul’ concert series welcomes back live audiences to The Capstone Theatre in Liverpool this April, brought to you by Milap – the UK’s leading Indian arts and culture company. This unique concert series is a flagship of Milap’s performance work – an enchanting musical experience providing audiences with a window into Indian arts and culture. Over the past 26 years, ‘Music for the Mind & Soul’ has featured established…
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Euan Blackman Releases Beautiful New Single ‘I’m Not Scared’
Liverpool based singer songwriter Euan Blackman has released his highly anticipated new single I’m Not Scared. His fourth single release, Blackman’s previous single HIGHHIGHHIGH achieved radio play on BBC Radio One with support from Jack Saunders and has since been streamed over 10,000 times on Spotify. As an independent artist, Euan has built a loyal audience of fans on TikTok where he has over 11k followers and over 2.5 million views. His music has been…
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Festivals
Africa Oyé Is Back June 2022, Celebrating 30th Anniversary
A Grammy Award-winning Malian musician, an Afrobeats pioneer, and a reggae legend will headline The Africa Oyé Festival this summer. The festival team are delighted to announce that Oumou Sangaré, Fuse ODG and Eek-A-Mouse will top the bill at this year’s free celebration of African and Caribbean culture in Liverpool, along with a host of other acclaimed acts appearing on the line-up. Following a two-year hiatus brought on by the pandemic, the festival returns to…
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Sound City 2022 Preview: Bandit Q&A
Lively northern, indie rock 4-piece Bandit will be playing at Sound City this year, so we caught up with them to talk about their music, performing live and what 2022 has in store for them. Liverpool Noise: For anyone reading this who might not know who you are, how would you best describe yourselves as a band? Bandit: Y’alreet mon cheri’s, we are Bandit. We’re the indie poster boys, but we’re on the darker end…
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CRAWLERS Release New Single ‘I Can’t Drive’ Ahead of Sold Out Arts Club Shows
Liverpool-based four-piece CRAWLERS have released their stunning new single I Can’t Drive. The track is the band’s debut release on Polydor Records since signing to the label in January. It comes hot on the heels of their hit single Come Over (Again), which crashed into the Official UK Singles Chart thanks to fan power alone. To date it has racked up over 24 million streams on Spotify, 1.4 million views on YouTube and was a…
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Rudimental To Play Haydock Park Racecourse – 5 August 2022
The Jockey Club Live and Haydock Park Racecourse are excited to welcome genre-defying, BRIT-Award winning band Rudimental for a headline DJ set performance on Friday 5 August. Bursting out of London’s underground music scene with its thrilling world of pirate radio, crude DJ set ups, improvised studios and bleeding edge beats, Rudimental cracked into the mainstream on the release of their double-platinum selling debut album Home in 2013, which has since sold over 1 million units worldwide. Hits…
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In Conversation – Dorothy Bird
Dorothy Bird is a singer-songwriter based between Liverpool and Berlin. With ringing endorsements from BBC Introducing, Tom Robinson’s Fresh On The Net and BBC6music Mixtape, Mersey Radio and a plethora of tastemaking magazines both in England and her native Germany. We had a chat with her ahead of her upcoming Liverpool show and debut album release. Liverpool Noise: It looks like 2022 is going to be an exciting year for you, what with your upcoming…
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Africa Oyé’s 30th Anniversary Celebrations: The Oracle at Future Yard
Manchester Collective are preparing to visit Future Yard in Birkenhead to present a boundary-pushing concert with South African cellist, composer and singer Abel Selaocoe on Thursday 31 March 2022. It will see the long-time friends and collaborators come together to present The Oracle, a brand new show that promises to lift the spirits and take audiences of all ages on a spellbinding musical ride through time and space. A figure who stands alone as an…
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Starcoast UK Tour Includes Liverpool Date at District
On the 15 April, 2022, indie rock trio Starcoast will hit Liverpool on their UK and Ireland tour, accompanied by local bands Lunar Vertigo, Thunder and the Giants, and Thom Morecroft. The show will take place at District, the second to last stop on their three week venture following the release of their EP, We Three. They aim to create a show experience that blends all kinds of sounds and to spread a message of…
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Music
In Conversation II – Christy Bellis
The Klee Music EdenHurst Sessions was a programme to record and film twelve artistes over the course of 2021 at Liverpool’s 3rd Planet Recording Studios, under the watchful eye of up and coming Producer / Engineer Jose Ibanez. Each Artiste performed, under live conditions, a five song set including one cover song from the Klee Music Publishing UK catalogue. The sessions were filmed and edited by Scott Mealey, and the tracked audio mixed and mastered…
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The Mysterines Debut Album ‘Reeling’ Is Full of Punchy Garage-Rock Anthems
The latest tour de force album from Liverpool four-piece The Mysterines is a fuzz-ridden stress reliever. Reeling has 13 tracks of pure garage rock energy, with vocalist/guitarist Lia Metcalfe bringing a huge span of delivery from a scope of emotions that the album gives. “It’s a pretty ambiguous title for most people, but for me ‘Reeling’ sums up every emotion of the album in just one word,” says Lia. “It was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do,” she explains. Backed up…
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Jazz Saturdays At Ma Boyle’s In March And April
Ma Boyle’s have announced their next run of Jazz Saturdays from mid-March into April, starting this weekend on Saturday 12 March. Whilst the intimate hideaway is famed for its fabulous food and drink, the historic maritime hotspot also hosts something with a distinctly musical flavour each and every weekend. Working with promoters ParrJazz, Ma Boyle’s hosts Jazz Saturdays with some of the region’s most talented names performing, covering all the classic jazz bases whilst infusing…
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The One In The Woods Announces 2022 Line Up – DJ Hazard, Dax J, Calyx & Teebee, Fatima Hajji, Kings of the Rollers, Perc, Dillinja, SPFDJ, Matrix & Futurebound & Many More
The One In The Wood completes its full line-up for June 3 and 4 2022 with drum & bass icons Pendulum, Nastia, Luke Slater, Dax J, Fatima Hajji, Perc, AMC, The Protoypes, DJ Hazard, Kings Of The Rollers, Dillinja, Drumsound & Bassline Smith, Ragga Twins and more. Excitement is building for the second edition of this gigantic festival, which pairs the best in techno with the best in drum & bass across four stages. It…
