Full disclosure, I play with most of these musicians on a regular basis and many are my friends. I feel perfectly comfortable telling you this because nothing I have written is hyperbole or designed to elevate my friends’ shit bands to a higher status, it is an account of a great evening through my eyes. […]
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VINNY PECULIAR is a man with a charm all of his own – he openly proclaims a love for words and he obviously cares about where he puts every word in every song, songs which he sings with passion and above all else, for me, a kindness. No wonder he’s been described as a “warm […]
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After bursting onto the scene in 2013 with their debut album Drenge and being lauded from all corners and critics – including Tom Watson MP – Drenge have continued to impress. Their follow-up second album Undertow was critically acclaimed – prompting a mass wave of coverage rolling out the ‘next big thing’ tag-line. However, Drenge promised much more […]
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Photo Credit: Dominique Daly With the sun finally making an appearance, you could be forgiven for wanting to soak it up in a beer garden, rather than hiding away in the EBGB’s basement. However, on this occasion there was no need to go outside with the good feel being brought on stage for Her’s headline […]
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Swansea-born Trampolene offered a voracious performance to an intimate crowd at Liverpool’s EBGBS. The atmosphere intensified by the basement venue’s brick-tunnelled ceiling. Himalayas and The Racket supported and were both brilliant. I caught up with frontman Jack Jones as he chatted outside the gig to fellow band members. Jones simply said, “I love playing in […]
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With a facebook tagline of ‘Stinking f**cking rock lords here, mate,’ you know from the off that Plastic are going to be fun, in your face, and not really arsed what your nan thinks. She may not like their grunge-rock, attitude-filled debut album, Here There is No Gravity, but that’s not going to make them […]
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You can’t beat a bit of the Bard on the stage and the Epstein Theatre in Liverpool is currently running two of Shakespeare’s arguably well-known, yet very different plays – the greatest, most tragic, love story of all-time Romeo & Juliet, and the comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Following on from last year’s successful stint […]
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We’re rather partial to Mica Millar’s soul music here at Urbanista, so imagine how gutted I was that I couldn’t make it to the launch of my favourite of her singles – The Defender! It was always going to be a long-shot, and an emergency at work caused by Microsoft changing things without warning us, […]
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TODAY: 1,200 shows and 5.4 million visitors later, Liverpool Echo Arena marks its 10 year birthday, having been a staple of the city’s live music scene since 2008. Liverpool Echo Arena and its parent company ACC Liverpool (who also run the convention and exhibition centres next door), are major players for Liverpool’s live gigs, being […]
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With the debut EP on the way, and having won the first round of the SPH band contest, Lotus Bay are primed for a promising future. Smooth vocals, Floyd-esque guitar, and an original approach to songwriting, this relatively new Northern band make it to the forefront of Urbanista’s radar. SPH describe them as ‘ready […]
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