Music & Listening

  • Radar: Julia Holter at Leaf

    Occupying the sweet spot somewhere between Stina Nordenstam and Laurie Anderson (we’d say Kate Bush, but which mildly kooky female performer isn’t compared to Ms...

  • Spin Cycle & Rinse: The Sound of Young Liverpool

    Matthew Street’s Hopskotch Street Kitchen & Bar, attached to the Hoax Hostel, is showcasing some of Liverpool's best new music.

  • Radar: Peter Hook and The Light

    Peter Hook returns to Liverpool to play New Order's Movement and Power, Corruption and Lies albums.

  • Glasgow Rocks Liverpool

    Glasgow’s Holy Mountain and Rungs Play the Lomax this Thursday - two fine Scottish bands making their Liverpool debut, Holy Mountain and Rungs play their...

  • Hallows Ritual at the Kazimier

    Trick or treat? Well, this one's a treat. Bird, Lovecraft and loads more all head up a Hallowe'en-tastic evening by local promoters Everisland.

  • Radar: Chickenstock Music Festival

    Pete Bentham's indie music festival returns this weekend at another unusual venue...

  • Efterklang Live…Plus Pyramiden Screening

    If you don’t love Efterklang…you’re not in our gang. The elfin Danish mavericks bring their lush, high-minded electronica to town this month: showcasing a career...

  • Alison Moyet at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall

    She’s back, with the best set of songs she’s had in, like, years. And, while there’s considerably less of her these days, she can still...

  • The Sun Shines Again: Sun Ra night at Kazimier

    Space is the Place - we know this. We’ve been around, and can confirm, space has the edge. It’s roomier, for one. And it has...

  • SevenStreets Presents: The New Mersey Beat (Video)

    When the last remnants of debris were hosed from the city’s gutters after last year’s Mathew Street Festival we were in combative mood. Our patience...

  • The Seven Best Detroit Songs

    So, farewell then, Detroit? Nah, we don’t believe a word of it. A city like that? Immortal. So, in due respect to Detroit, on the...

  • Really New Music: Wirral Festival of Firsts

    What is it about Wirral that inspires some of the region’s most forward-thinking musicians? Forest Sword’s new work continues to mine the screes of Thurstaston...

  • Radar: Arctic Monkeys at Liverpool Echo Arena

    We’re glad the Arctic Monkeys are back, you know. After a bit of a wobble a couple of years ago (when they decided to smoke...