Music & Listening

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    GIT Winners, Baltic Fleet: The Interview

    By on April 24, 2013

    It’s always satisfying when the right man wins. And, at last Friday’s excellent GIT Awards ceremony, that’s exactly the way things turned out. Sure, the...

  • WIN: Tickets to see Miles Kane at the Zanzibar

    By on April 23, 2013

    We remember watching Miles Kane back in the early 2000s as part of upstarts The Little Flames, whose sassy, aloof indie-pop briefly lit up the...

  • Na Na Na Night at House

    By on April 19, 2013

    Not at the GIT Awards tonight? Have no fear, there is a plan B. Hop over to House on Bold Street, where there’s a tasty...

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    Play and be damned: Why The BBC is wrong

    By on April 14, 2013

    Banning music is what Putin does to Pussy Riot. Is what the Taliban does to, well, music. It’s not something we do here. We keep...

  • Radar: Balkanarama at the Kazimier

    By on April 10, 2013

    If you’ve experienced a few nights at the Kazimier, you’ll know that despite the cutting edge dance music and indie that passes through its doors,...

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    7 of the best anti-Thatcher songs

    By on April 9, 2013

    So, she’s dead. It’s fair to say that only a tiny percentage of Liverpool and the north will be mourning Margaret Thatcher’s departure, and if...

  • Radar: Rockaoke at Camp and Furnace

    By on March 22, 2013

    Ever had ambitions of being Axl Rose? Or a burning desire to be Bryan Ferry? You’re in luck - Camp and Furnace are introducing a...

  • GIT Award 2013 shortlist: vote for your favourite

    By on March 22, 2013

    This year’s GIT Awards shortlist has been announced, celebrating the best of Merseyside music from the past 12 months. Wave Machines (pictured), Clinic, Dan Croll,...

  • Radar: Secret City at FACT

    By on March 19, 2013

    A Liverpool alumni returns to the city for a Q+A and screening of his new film about a very different, secret, City.

  • Bastille, Loved Ones added to Liverpool Sound City

    By on March 19, 2013

    We love a li’l bit of Bastille - last time they were here they played a storming gig at the Stanley Theatre, and this time...

  • Radar: UpItUp’s 10th birthday weekend

    By on March 19, 2013

    Founded ten years ago, UpItUp Records is arguably one of the most important labels to ever come out of Liverpool. One of the first places...

  • Super Conductor: Petrenko re-signs at RLPO

    By on March 13, 2013

    Vasily Petrenko extends contract as Lead Conductor at Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • Radar: Sirens at Drop The Dumbells

    By on March 8, 2013

    Pedals, noise and psychedelic guitars from Liverpool's female-fronted alt-music scene at Sirens.