Just Listen: Clean Cut Kid – Runaway
Clean Cut Kid Listen to Runaway here: Watch the video for Runaway here: With air raid-like synths at the start Clean Cut Kid instantly grab your attention with new single Runaway. Just as with Vitamin C, there are more delicious male/female harmonies from husband and wife Mike (lead vocals, guitar) and Evelyn (vocals and keyboards). … Continue reading
Album Review: Killaflaw – Sleaze & Grit
Sleaze & Grit Released September 7th 2015 Words: Gary Lambert In the modern music world Dance Music has become a monster dominating all that surrounds it. Propelled by the power of Las Vegas’ EDM scene it has become the music of everywhere. As the scene expands though we get a shinier product, polished and engineered … Continue reading
Festival Review: Festevol Part 2
Festevol Part 2 The Kazimier August 8th 2015 Words and photos: Gary Lambert Warning: This review contains no song titles or insightful technical details on music performance. This is a study in the sheer enjoyment of being with friends, having beer in a plastic cup and watching live music. After Festevol Part 1 and … Continue reading
Just Listen: Banners – Shine A Light
Banners Listen to Shine A Light here: Shine A Light is the massive follow up single for BANNERS (formerly RAINES) and sees him take yet another step toward exploding into the public’s conciousness. Shine A light begins quite ominously, full of deeply dark and luxurious vocal textures set against the breakout of soaring vocals that … Continue reading
Festival Preview: Festevol 2015 Pt2
Festevol 2015 Words: Gary Lambert The Saturday after the Saturday before. We come to Festevol Part 2, headlined by the fabulous All We Are, and I am excited. After a fantastic day of revelry last week mixed with some brilliant music from the likes of The Probes, Zuzu and a knockout set from The Vryll … Continue reading
Festival Review: Festevol Part 1
Festevol Part 1 The Kazimier August 1st 2015 Words and photos: Gary Lambert Opening up in the rain soaked Kazimier Garden was the young talent that is local singer-songwriter Sophie Anderson. Despite telling the crowd that she was performing none of the music with her eyes open due to being able to see them all … Continue reading
Live Review: Clean Cut Kid – Liverpool
Clean Cut Kid The Shipping Forecast, Liverpool, 29th July 2015 Words: Gary Lambert Live Photos: Gaz Jones Support band Lying B’stards kept to their name by performing fifteen minutes later than their advertised start time. The wait was definitely worthwhile as they played a mixture of blues mixed with straight out rock music. Mixing the … Continue reading
Interview: Blossoms
Blossoms Words: Gary Lambert Photos: Gaz Jones When you get a text message asking if you want to meet one of the brightest hopes in the British music scene, the answer is always yes. When you’re given the chance to interview and photograph them, the answer is YES (followed by a deep breath to stop … Continue reading
Festival Preview: Festevol 2015 Pt1
Festevol 2015 Words: Gary Lambert One of the highlights of the Liverpool Music Calendar is the Saturday shenanigans of Festevol. A music festival put together by Liverpool promoter Evol spread over two Saturday afternoons and nights on consecutive weekends held at the beloved Kazimier and Kazimier Gardens. A Scouse-centric line up as per tradition allows … Continue reading
Gig Review: Heavenly 25, Liverpool
Heavenly Recordings 25th Birthday Party The Kazimier, Liverpool, 5th July 2015 Words: Gary Lambert For a record label so closely linked to London, it seemed a strange choice for Heavenly Recordings to set their 25th birthday celebration in Liverpool, but with a number of Liverpool bands signed up to the label and the Liverpool scene … Continue reading
Interview: Elevant
Elevant Words: Gary Lambert Photos: Gaz Jones If you have ever been to the waterfront at Liverpool you will know that it is windy on a good day. When we met up with Elevant it was not a good day and both myself and photographer, Gaz Jones, were struggling to find suitable places to get … Continue reading
Festival Review: Sound City 2015
Sound City 2015 Bramley Moore Dock, Liverpool 21-23 May 2015 Words: Elena Katrina and Lauren Grigor This year saw Liverpool’s Sound City festival take a brave new step away from the warm open arms of the city centre venues and take a massive leap into becoming pretty much a full on outside festival, open to … Continue reading
Live Review: John Joseph Brill – Liverpool
John Joseph Brill Leaf, Liverpool, May 13th 2015 Words: Gary Lambert Local promoter Harvest Sun have a reputation for gigs of quality but often acts you have never heard of. I am a bit of a fan of a random ticket purchase to their nights. It was one of those random nights at Studio2 to … Continue reading
Introducing: Lying B*st*rds – Head To Tokyo
Lying B*st*rds They are probably one of Liverpool’s newest and most exciting bands and Lying B*st*ards deliver all of the required ingredients for bringing some magical lofi to the party. They also mange to just take it just off kilter, adding some seriously funky bass. There’s not much to be found on these guys if … Continue reading
Interview: Scarlet
Scarlet Words: Gary Lambert Photos: Gaz Jones Picture the scene: you are in an up-and-coming rock band preparing to release your EP with a big gig in your hometown (ish) the next night. Do you: 1. Chill out with friends and family and relax? 2. Get the band into the studio and run through tomorrow’s … Continue reading
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