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The Heavy North Release Latest Single ‘Awake’ Head of Anticipated Album
There’s one thing that can be said about the current live music scene, boosted from the depths, is that its diversity and quality never fails to amaze us. Relatively fresh from their debut singles Don’t You Wait For Me and The Night Don’t Give No Love in November 2018, The Heavy North have leap-frogged from gig to gig and picking up momentum as they go. Championed by the likes of BBC’s Janice Long and Chris…
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Guide to Instagram Marketing for Record Labels
Every successful record label out there will tell you that having the right marketing strategy and branding will make a major difference in helping you find the right artists. However, the luxury of super creative resources and a massive marketing budget is rare, especially when you are a small record label. Fortunately, the growing popularity of Instagram among artists and musicians has made it a great platform for marketing and promoting record labels. In this…
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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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Live Review: THUMPER, This Is War!, Razzmatazz: Jimmy’s, Liverpool
Whether or not you subscribe to the view that Liverpool is the ‘second capital of Ireland’, you have to at least recognise the special relationship that the city has with the island and especially Dublin. The influences of Dubliners can be found all across Merseyside: industry, art, sport, and music has coupled up the two port towns over centuries. The link between the two remains strong, despite the strain of political influence, and promoters EVOL have taken…
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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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Sound City 2021 Preview: Our Top Ten Artists Not to Be Missed
Sound City returns to Liverpool city centre venues this weekend and we can’t wait to catch sets from some amazing local talent across the three day festival. I think we share the excitement of many who are so glad to see Sound City return to its roots, with festival goers milling around town heading from one venue to another, immersing in the party-like atmosphere. Over 175 acts will take over the city’s music venues with…
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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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Soweto Kinch Joins Parrjazz For Liverpool Concert This September
Award-winning alto-saxophonist and MC; Soweto Kinch will perform at city centre venue; District on Thursday 30 September 2021, making his second appearance in Liverpool for a night of British jazz and hip hop, hosted by well-established music collective; Parrjazz. Soweto Kinch; a jazz composer and arranger, alto saxophonist, and rapper made his recording debut in 2001 and has two albums to date; Conversations With The Unseen (2003) and A Life In The Day of B19:…
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Festivals
bluedot 2022 confirms Björk as closing headliner
In a UK festival exclusive, bluedot Festival (21-24 July 2022) has announced a unique Björk performance as Sunday night headliner. The genre-spanning pioneer will be joined by The Hallé Orchestra at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Jodrell Bank Observatory, accompanied by a projection mapping spectacle. The audio-visual performance will feature video and animated projections on the iconic Lovell Telescope, for a unique show exclusive to bluedot. This will be the first-time audiences at bluedot…
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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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3 Of The Greatest Bands And Musicians That Shaped The Liverpool Music Scene
Listening to music and watching live bands is one feeling that cannot be underestimated. The sensation and the feeling of relaxation that comes with it can never go unappreciated. The Liverpool music scene is quite famous for a number of bands and musicians. It has become quite diverse in the past few decades. In addition to that, it has become cosmopolitan. We are going to highlight some of the greatest bands and musicians that have…
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Liverpool Digital Music Festival Announce Hybrid Festival For October
Now in its fourth iteration, Liverpool Digital Music Festival returns as a live streamed online and attend in-person event. The hybrid digital music festival takes place at recently opened live venue St Barnabas Church on one of the most famous musical streets, Penny Lane, on 7 – 9 October 2021. Holding its inaugural event during the pandemic and mindful of the restrictions it imposed, the festival started as a four day online-only festival showcasing over…
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Blick Bassy – Live At Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Music Room This September
Cameroonian singer-songwriter Blick Bassy will perform with his three-piece band at the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic’s Music Room this September. Described by The Guardian as ‘one of Africa’s most inventive and distinctive singer-songwriters’ in a five-star review, Bassy’s Liverpool date follows the acclaimed release of his album 1958 – a defiant tribute to the heroes who fought and died for the independence of his native Cameroon. The album’s focus is specific, but its themes – the bondage of neo-colonialism, the need…
