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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The terms ‘iconic’ and ‘legendary’ are too easily used in this day and age. They are exclusive terms that should be applied sparingly and bestowed upon those who have elevated the collective consciousness. Bob Marley & The Wailers created music that has left an indelible mark on popular culture and whose message continues to resonate […]
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Due for release any day now, the debut EP ‘Swallow’ from God On My Right is a sonic wonder, banging together a variety of industrial sounds. There are throwbacks to the eighties (think New Order) hints of nineties rave (think Chemical Brothers and The Prodigy) over which lives a mixture of dreamy-pop and urban, spoken […]
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In the 2016 Urbanista review of Astle’s Live At The Nordic EP Urbanista stated that if the Southport songwriter could take the vulnerability of his live recordings into a studio production, then it would be something special. Safe to say, we were right. The Full of Wonder EP is exactly what it says on the […]
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At Urbanista we love a good road trip and we have an insatiable appetite for top notch house and techno — on Saturday 9th September we’ll be combining the two by attending TAKE’s Manchester debut with their huge booking of CamelPhat! Our electronic music connoisseur, Justin Hopper, will be taking a crew down to Manchester’s […]
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Thursday afternoon. Phone buzzes. Urbanista. “Two press passes to Boomtown tomorrow, can you cover it?”. The answer, of course, a resounding YES. Within a couple of hours and a few phonecalls, we were packed and ready for the rolling hills of the Matterley Estate. Turned for four days into the UK’s craziest city, the Winchester […]
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Words: Kate McCann With my pocket money pressed into my hot little hand, I’d often skip down to the likes of Our Price, HMV or Woolies as a girl to buy a record of one of my favourites. Streaming and downloading just doesn’t cut it for me, far more satisfying to actually hold something. I […]
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Words: Michael Coates Pictures: John W. King The anticipation was perspiring from eager numanoid bodies as they marched past me to the Exhibition centre to witness the genius of the pioneering godfather of electro-pop, Gary Numan. This was Numans 2nd Liverpool gig in 12 months and from overhearing conversations in the ticket queue i learned […]
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