by John Gibbons // 22 November 2012
CHRIS MOYLES has never heard of the Raveonettes. Or should I say had never heard of them. A number of years ago he was interviewing a nondescript indie band, lets say The Kaizer Chiefs, who had just been in New York. He … Continue reading
by John Gibbons // 29 March 2012
EP LAUNCH: SATURDAY 31ST MARCH – THE SHIPPING FORECAST IT TAKES a lot to get me inside the walls of The Shipping Forecast, but this show is well worth relaxing an already loose moral code for. It is being used … Continue reading
by John Gibbons // 22 February 2012
IF all your mates are off to London this weekend and you’re stuck in Liverpool, you’re probably starting to feel sorry for yourself round about now. Worst yet you might even be a Blue. So let me try and cheer … Continue reading
by John Gibbons // 1 February 2012
BEING in an un-signed band can be incredibly frustrating at times, with promoters often more interested in how many tickets you can sell for them rather than what type of band you are or whether you are any good or … Continue reading
by John Gibbons // 20 December 2011
THE LADS from Space kindly came in to join us on Episode 20 of the podcast last week and John Gibbons caught up later with Franny Griffiths from the band to talk a bit more about music, the 90s and … Continue reading
by John Gibbons // 30 November 2011
THIS week’s gig of the week is actually a tour, or, as Pete Wylie is calling it, “the only tour that matters”. The ‘Justice Tonight’ tour comes off the back of a very successful one-off gig at the Olympia which … Continue reading
by Neil Atkinson // 18 November 2011
MISTY’S BIG ADVENTURE’S nationwide tour rolls into The Masque Theatre on Thursday 24th November with support from three bands based or formed in Liverpool. Misty’s Big Adventure are an eight piece delight from Birmingham who seem to have been around … Continue reading
by Kev Howson // 31 August 2011
IF you’re sick to the back tooth of tiresome covers bands clogging the city and could throttle the next hairy git to murder “Paperback Writer” then there is an antidote. First up tonight Best Coast play at Mojo and tickets are … Continue reading
by Kristian Walsh // 19 August 2011
AS I walked up to the Static Gallery on Roscoe Lane, familiarity swirled around me like the warm, midsummer breeze that tickled my face. The public houses of Renshaw Street, some of which had been reacquainted over the course of … Continue reading
by TheAnfieldWrap // 8 August 2011
IT’S Thursday, July 21st, just before 10pm. I find myself above The Old Blue last in Shoreditch awaiting a hastily arranged gig by the man Noel Gallagher once described as the only contemporary songwriter who scares the shit out of … Continue reading