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Liverpool's Courting return with new album teaser 'After You'!
Liverpool-based, rock band Courting  have released their second single from their highly anticipated third album, ' Lust for Life,  Or:...
Sally Lewis
Jan 31


LIVE REVIEW: Onomatoposter ft. alright (okay) & Do Nothing @ Future Yard, Birkenhead!
The new year has well and truly started and we’re all kicking back into gear (slowly). So, what better way to get back into the swing of...
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Jan 30


EP REVIEW: Funeralcare - Marathon
Funeralcare , an Electro-Indie group with a fresh energetic sound, have delivered an engaging debut EP in 'Marathon' that blends...
Cormac O'Carroll
Jan 27

Top 10 North-West shows to see during Independent Venue Week 2025!
Independent Venue Week is not only seven days jam packed full of fantastic live shows hosted by all your favourite local venues, it's...
BOOT - - - MUSIC
Jan 27


EP REVIEW: catbandcat - I Don’t Know Much About Rocks
If you can think back to the last time you chased a slightly tipsy spirit through a densely packed forest, you can imagine catbandcat’s...
Esme Morgan-Jones
Jan 26


ALBUM REVIEW: Delights - If Heaven Looks A Little Like This
With 2025 only just beginning, Manchester's Delights have just dropped their slick sophomore album ‘If Heaven Looks A Little Like This’...
Matilda Jane Sangster
Jan 18


Discover the haunting tones of Liverpool-based songwriter Odelia!
Although originally from the other side of the pond in Baltimore, Odelia is currently based in Liverpool and is leaving her mark on the...
Matilda Jane Sangster
Jan 15


Discover the roudy Manchester Jazz-Punks Leeroy Salmon and their debut single 'Kim Chi'!
Leeroy Salmon , a Manchester-based Jazz Punk band, released their first debut single ‘Kim Chi’ it does not disappoint. ‘Kim Chi’  offers...
Meg Howard
Jan 13


INTERVIEW W/ Circa Waves: "I went from thinking I’m going to die to finding a new lease of life"!
Liverpool’s Indie powerhouses Circa Waves are returning with their spectacular 6th album ‘Death & Love Pt.1’ on January 31st via Lower...
Niamh Crilly
Jan 9


The Jacaranda Celebrates 10 Years of Jacaranda Records with star-studded year of live events!
The Jacaranda , a Liverpool institution, is celebrated as one of the United Kingdom's most iconic grassroots music venues—a title...
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Jan 8


Manchester Indie outfit Delights gear up for new album with four singles!
Manchester Indie outfit Delights have always been one of our favourites in the city, however, they seem to have been sparked with a new...
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Dec 31, 2024


LIVE RECAP: Best gigs of 2024
Wunderhorse @ O2 Academy, Liverpool Jacob Slater took to the Liverpool O2 Academy stage wielding his iconic Fender guitar back in...
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Dec 29, 2024


30 of the best emerging artists from the North-West in 2024!
Seagoth Seagoth brings a fresh experimental Psychedelic sound to the Liverpool scene. Formed in 2019, their first release ‘Internet Cafe’...
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Dec 23, 2024


Liverpool songwriter Drew Friel returns with new single 'Telescope Eyes'!
If you want to wander through the sticky, cable covered floors of Liverpool’s bars, to poke your head out to a spinning sunrise, to dance...
Esme Morgan-Jones
Dec 14, 2024


Liverpool Grunge Rocker Tender Claws returns with new single 'Inferno'!
Tender Claws has smashed it out of the park with ‘Inferno’ , her third single and a true Grunge Rock anthem with powerful vocals...
Beth Turner
Dec 14, 2024


FESTIVAL REVIEW: Year's End Festival 2024
Is there a better way to close out the year than with one final day of new music discovery and frantic venue hopping around Manchester......
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Dec 8, 2024


Liverpool's Little Furry Things releases explosive single 'Marmite'!
Little Furry Things is a Liverpool-based, genre-bending outfit that consists of Alex Hannah, John Smethurst, Sam Holmes and Oliver...
Meg Howard
Dec 6, 2024


Dead Nature returns with huge new single 'The Fighter'!
Under the alias Dead Nature , producer and drummer for Spring King , Tarek Musa’s latest single ‘The Fighter’ sees him take an ethereal...
Sam Horsfield
Nov 29, 2024


INTERVIEW W/ MARiMARi: "It's a darker mood for me"!
Liverpool-based British-Japanese popstar MARiMARi invites you into a bold Hyper-Pop world, where shimmering synth soundscapes clash with...
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Nov 26, 2024


EP REVIEW: May Payne - High Demand
Carried by lulling plucks of the guitar, reminiscent of the continuous beating of a clock, is ‘Lantern Flies’ the first track off May...
Maili Jordan
Nov 23, 2024
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