by Dave Shez Bloc Party Live @ Birmingham's O2 Academy July 14th I don't think it was a massive shock… [more]
Liverpool has a great tradition of producing great bands and songwriters. Apart from the Fab Four, we've… [more]
I always find seated gigs somewhat difficult regarding creating an atmosphere. Throw in the fact that… [more]
You have a new album coming out on 19th July, called Hearts And Minds: what made you come up with that… [more]
I recently posted an open letter from Stateside Presents owner and show promoter Charlie Levy about the… [more]
by Dave Shez Bloc Party Live @ Birmingham’s O2 Academy July 14th I don’t think it was a massive shock for anybody when they discovered Kele’s first album The Boxer was a dance album, especially after Bloc Party’s last album, Intimacy. It was always going to be interesting to see how Kele would transfer it [...]
Brothers Chris and Anthony Grant formed The Grants in 2006 with long time friend and collaborator Sean Mcormick. They are a new and fresh band from Liverpool, a city with a long pedigree for producing great bands. All members are multi-instrumentalist, something that seems to becoming more and more commonplace, especially with bands from the [...]
The Burns Unit – Sideshow 9/10 If you are into your music and have dipped your toes into the world of acoustic folk, most of the artists in this collaboration will have prickled the hairs on your neck at some stage. The Burns Unit features: award-winning folk singer Karine Polwart; alt-folk royalty King Creosote and [...]
Liverpool has a great tradition of producing great bands and songwriters. Apart from the Fab Four, we’ve had Echo and the Bunnymen, The La’s, Edgar Jones and his various musical vehicles, not to mention The Zutons and more recently The Rascals. The future also looks bright with the raising profile of The Grants. But one [...]
Recently I was asked by a local radio show for my all time favourite tracks, a kind of Desert Island discs affair. There was a certain criteria to this in as much as one had to be a love song, plus I had to pick at least one track from the 60s through to the [...]
I always find seated gigs somewhat difficult regarding creating an atmosphere. Throw in the fact that it’s a band I really enjoy as an electric act, I was kind of skeptical pre-gig. On arrival we were presented with an order of service which was pretty novel, complete with song lyrics should we wish to sing [...]
Some of you may recall I recently ran an article on the internet viral music series Svengali. I recently caught up with Jonathan Owen who stars as the hapless Dixie in the series to fire a few questions. Mark: Hi Jonathan! Where did the idea for Svengali come from? Jonathan: It was Dean Cavanagh who [...]
