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Album Review: The Raft releases the shimmering and dreamy album ‘Summerheads and Winter Beds’

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News: China Crisis Announce First Ever Tour to Australia/New Zealand

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Track: Manic Street Preachers – Liverpool Revisited

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It’s shaping up to be a pretty busy year for Liverpudlian Brad stank, who’s intent on making up for lost time after releasing his debut album Kinky Om in the depths of lockdown in June of 2020. Eventually returning to a full touring schedule, the R&B artist departed the spotlight to begin work on his …

Renowned as a leader in new music discovery, Sound City continues its incredible history with the first details of its hotly anticipated 2024 return. Nestled in the heart of Liverpool – one of the world’s most influential music capitals – Sound City returns to its core multi-venue roots between the 4th-5th May 2024. Sound City: the …

By Daniel Kirby Bonnacons of Doom brought their Trans-Pennine hypnotics to Liverpool’s Quarry on Saturday, 11th November, to celebrate the release of their new album ‘Signs.’ Their second full-length LP, issued via Rocket Recordings and released five years after their self-titled debut, ‘Signs,’ is a more atmospheric, experimental and grungier album overall. Five mirror-masked men …

The Zutons were one of those bands that seemed to burn brightly for an altogether too short a time before spluttering out in the early 2000’s. Purveyors of an intelligent style of indie pop inflected with a bit of soul, their greatest achievement – and one that is not recognised by many – is they …

The Coral have released a new single and video as a precursor to to the release of two new albums later this year on Friday, 8 September 2023. This is the first new single since the epic double album ‘Coral Island’ released back in 2021 (and lauded by us here). Ever a band to avoid …

The legendary Lightning Seeds returned to Birmingham this week bringing their latest tour to the beautiful Town Hall in the centre of Birmingham, surrounded by the bustling German Christmas Market. Arriving to the venue ahead of the scheduled door opening times I could see people filing into the Town Hall so I walked it and …

Legendary Liverpudlians China Crisis are celebrating 40 years together with an Australian tour in December 2022. China Crisis is a prime example of a band that is able to mix an inherent pop sensibility with intelligent lyrics and a danceable jet propulsion energy. From their very first single, the classic ‘African And White’, this band …

YEP. Yep. You’ve swooned for the baroque-pop, early-Seventies’ auteur styles of Strawberry Guy. Of course you have. Why ever not? The minute you walked in the joint I could tell you were a being of consummate taste. You’ve got a taste for one-man pop visionaries from the north-west, haven’t you? Hungering to explore more? This …

‘Sinking’, the new track from Liverpool ensemble Hushtones, is an effervescent and sparkling piece of sunshine: celestial harmonies, chiming guitars and a gravity-defying level of acceleration combine to create a euphoric blast. There is a swinging sixties merry-go-round whirl to the track, liberating, joyous and free wheeling. Duelling, harmonising vocals add to the vaulting chorus. …

LIVERPOOL’S upbeat popsters Red Rum Club are gonna be swinging into autumn with a new album, in which the sextet are gonna unveil a dastardly plan couched in well-turned tunesmithery – How To Steal The World. Top hats, twizzling ‘taches and some bloody decent tunes. Wanna hear a first single? Good-o, because “Nightcalling” is with …