Paradise Circus release new single, Cascade

Paradise Circus release new single, Cascade

Returning with their second release of 2021, Midlands based band, Paradise Circus share their biggest release to date, ‘Cascade’. Consisting of David Purchase (vocals), Callum Cartwright (guitar), Sam Allen (bass)  and Nathan Shingler (drums), the four-piece first met as teenagers in Birmingham and quickly bonded by their unwavering love of music, that soon transformed the friends into […]

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 Review: JARV IS… at the Invisible Wind Factory

Review: JARV IS… at the Invisible Wind Factory

Liverpool’s Invisible Wind Factory offers the perfect stage for the JARV…IS ensemble, acting as host and multiplier of their seedy, backstreet neon. All limbs and libido, the icon is unmistakable, and instantly enraptures. She’s a Lady, the night’s opener and sole Pulp number, serves up verve, shimmy and strut atop urgent violins. it’s hard to […]

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 Richard Ashcroft brings Acoustic Hymns to Liverpool

Richard Ashcroft brings Acoustic Hymns to Liverpool

Richard Ashcroft blessed Liverpool’s M&S Arena with his ultimate sermon of acoustic hymns to a sell-out audience. I have to admit, even as a huge fan of the Verve and Ashcroft’s solo music, I had never seen either live – so when an opportunity see how the main man had reworked his back catalogue for […]

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 THE CHARLATANS 30TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR

THE CHARLATANS 30TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR

30TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR DATES THIS WINTER   NEW BEST-OF COMPILATION ‘A HEAD FULL OF IDEAS’, OUT 15 OCTOBER AVAILABLE AS: CD, 2CD DELUXE, 2LP, 3LPX EDITIONS THE CHARLATANS proudly announce their (Covid) delayed release of their 30th Anniversary tour and a career spanning best-of entitled: ‘A Head Full of Ideas’.  Released on Then Recordings through Republic […]

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 Live Forever – comes to Liverpool

Live Forever – comes to Liverpool

LIVE FOREVER:  New tribute tour comes to LIVERPOOL featuring OASIS UK, LAID – A TRIBUTE TO JAMES and STIPE – A TRIBUTE TO R.E.M.   Live Forever is a new touring production celebrating “music that will never die” and comes to Liverpool this Autumn with a stellar line up.  The show at the Eventim Olympia on […]

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 **VIDEO PREMIERE** Bobby West – All My Years

**VIDEO PREMIERE** Bobby West – All My Years

Urbanista Magazine are thrilled to bring you the video premiere Bobby West’s All My Years Watch here: The song came about after my writing partner showed me a rough demo he’d made in our studio — just some chords on the Hammond organ with a glockenspiel melody over the top. My initial thoughts were that […]

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 Jake Marley’s Track Of The Week: YONAKA – Creature

Jake Marley’s Track Of The Week: YONAKA – Creature

This was an easy one. This week’s Urbanista track of week is a belter – Creature the second release from your new favourite band, YONAKA’s new EP of the same name out Nov 16. It’s an absolutely huge venue-filling cut from a band that seemingly make nothing but phenomenal, infectious bangers. Groovy basslines, fizzing, infectious guitars […]

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