You may remember that I reviewed Mica Millar’s launch of her single “Not the first” back in September, and I was rather impressed! I’m happy to report that there is now a stunning video to go with the song. It perfectly complements the song, but don’t take my word for it, check it out right […]
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With just over a month to go to Christmas, you’re probably already on your 3rd tin of Quality Street that you bought to “put away”, and you now face a month of braving crowds to max out your credit card to buy stuff you can’t afford that people probably won’t want (If aunt Clementine really […]
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Words & Pictures: John W. King Tonight Alison Moyet’s 22 date “Other” tour arrived in Liverpool at the Philharmonic. Often due to the relatively close proximity of Liverpool and Manchester, touring acts skip Liverpool for the larger catchment area of Manchester, knowing that people will travel through, so it’s always nice to see an artist […]
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This year’s Liverpool Music Week truly has been a thing of beauty, with a perfectly curated mix of musical styles. From the feel-good factor of a huge selling artist like Chic at the Echo Arena and the polished retro-soul pop of critically and commercially successful Jungle, to the joy of discovering Japanese Breakfast (really, listen […]
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Roots Manuva is one of my favourite artists of all time, so this really isn’t the review I wanted to write, but I feel it must be written nevertheless. Ever since my request for a photo-pass was approved I’ve been walking on air. I’ve been at some truly awesome gigs at Liverpool Music Week in […]
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I very nearly didn’t make it to tonight’s show. I couldn’t get there before 10pm, which I thought would be ok as she wouldn’t finish until 11pm, but then I saw the stage times today – a 9.15pm start! Normally I take stage times with a pinch of salt, more often than not bands go […]
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Jungle Jungle were one of the hotly anticipated acts of the week, which everyone seemed to be talking about. Did they live up to expectations? There was an interesting thread on Facebook today, talking about how every gig review seems to not only be positive, but hyperbolic – with the same stock phrases coming up […]
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Liverpool Music Week has been incredible for me so far – the sheer fun and danceable disco joy of Chic, the supreme artistic musicianship of the Bella Union night, and Dan Croll exceeding my expectations. Was tonight going to be flat in comparison? Not in the slightest! Sadly I missed the opening act, Bill Nickson. […]
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As any self-respecting Cocteau Twins fans will know, the Bella Union label was setup in 1997 by The Cocteau Twins, initially to release their own material. The band split soon afterwards so Simon Raymonde and Robin Guthrie took control of the label in order to release other bands. Once Robin Guthrie moved to France in […]
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Having just about recovered from the phenomenal Chic show on Thursday night I decided it was high time I got along to another Liverpool Music Week show. This time it was Dan Croll supported by Jalen N’ Gonda at Arts Club in Seel St. Dan Croll If you’ve never heard of Dan Croll, you’ve almost […]
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