Liverpool
News: Catfish and the Bottlemen announce further Arena dates
Hot on the heels of their new album The Balance, Catfish and the Bottlemen have bowed to fan pressure (and ticket sales no less) and added a couple of extra Arena dates to their November tour, which sees them hit Scotland with dates at Aberdeen’s P&J Live on Thu 7 November 2019 and Glasgow’s SSE …
Album Review: The Raft – Abloom
Backseat Mafia has been following with great delight the prolific releases of The Raft for the last few years – a series of brilliant EPs that somehow capture an unique Liverpudlian pop sensibility. The Raft have released a full album, containing the previously released single ‘Xanadu’, and it represents a glorious evolution and development of …
Track: Eyesore & The Jinx – ‘Swill’
Liverpool trio Eyesore & The Jinx rail against right-wing hate-mongering on furious new single ‘Swill’. Turning their gaze and ire towards moral panic conjured up by right-wing press, Liverpool trio Eyesore & The Jinx’s latest highly charged single Swill is as exhilarating as ever. Produced by Daniel Fox ofGirl Band alongside Matthew Freeman of Birkenhead’s Fresh Goods Studio, its panicky drums and bass shuffle …
New Track: The Raft – Xanadu plus album news
Xanadu, the new single from Liverpool’s highly talented The Raft is absolute shoegaze gold with a scouse glint that recalls all the pure pop glories of Ian Broudie’s The Lightning Seeds and an alumni of merseyside pop. The brainchild of Phil Wilson, The Raft has been an incredibly prolific source of shimmering glory – see …
Say Psych: Track: The Vryll Society – Andrei Rublev
Liverpool psychedelic rockers The Vryll Society announce the arrival of their latest single, ‘Andrei Rublev’ ramping up the hype prior to the release of their debut LP this summer. Having previously produced a series of critically acclaimed singles over the last few years, including ‘A Perfect Rhythm’ and ‘Shadow Of A Wave’, the fast-rising Merseyside …
Say Psych: Live Review: WRONG Festival, Liverpool 28.04.2018
Something WRONG is happening this weekend in Liverpool, and BSM is honoured to be a part of it. WRONG Festival is taking place over three venues; The Invisible Wind Factory (IWF), North Shore Troubadour (NST) and Drop the Dumbulls with an enviable line up that has seen people travel the length and breadth of the …
Say Psych: Track Review: Bonnacons of Doom – Argenta
Liverpool based Bonnacons of Doom have this week presented the second track to come from their hotly anticipated debut LP to be released on Rocket Recordings on 18th May. The track called ‘Argenta’ is some ten minutes long on the album, and so the have released an edited five minute version as a teaser. Recorded …
Track: Manic Street Preachers – Liverpool Revisited
In anticipation of the release of the new Manic Street Preachers album ‘Resistance is Futile’ on 13 April 2018, the Manics have released a classic track entitled ‘Liverpool Revisited’, which is about the Hillsborough Justice Campaign efforts to get some legal accountability for the death of 96 supporters in the 1989 stadium crush in Sheffield. …
Say Psych: News: WRONG Festival confirms full line up
Wrong Festival have announced the full line up for the unmissable second outing of the veritable odd ball rock gathering. The event set to take place on 28th April at Liverpool Docklands has already sold out of early bird tickets, with £20 discounted advance tickets on sale now. Cult Cardiff band Future of the Left …
ALBUM: Revolutionary Spirit: The Sound Of Liverpool, 1976 – 1988, Various Artists, 5CD Deluxe Boxset
Compiled by the team behind previous Cherry Red box sets (Scared To Get Happy, Still In A Dream, Millions Like Us, Action Time Vision and Manchester North Of England, the forthcoming release see Liverpool get its turn with this 5 cd deluxe set featuring some of the best from 76-88. Music has always been a …