Liverpool Sound City Music Festival 2009

Liverpool Sound City Music Festival 2009 Liverpool’s Sound City Festival, still only in its second year is already being talked about as a possible future rival to Austin’s SXSW.  This year the city played host to over 400 artists performing in more than 30 venues across the city.  My mission was simple, to bend space...

Here’s…Jonny!! Jonny Cola And The A Grades Interview

"Shooting Up" By Jonny Cola & The A-Grades Free Exclusive Downloads here -Right Click Save as (Shooting Up & Disappearing Act Hellbent & Leather Remix) Myspace Jonny Cola & The A-Grades have been making waves in London since late summer 2008. They have performed live sessions for Resonance FM and Earwax Radio, played high profile...

Win Tickets to Secret Hockey Gig in London

HOCKEY COMPETITION - FREE TICKETS FOR SECRET LONDON SHOW We have a pair of tickets at an as-yet-unannounced secret show by VPME faves HOCKEY at The Flower Pot in Kentish Town on Tuesday 2nd June 2009 . Closing date for the competition is  Sunday 31st May 2009 at midnight. The winner will be notified by...

The Wonder Stuff Live Livepool 16/05/2009 “The Eight Legged Groove Machine” Anniversary

"Unbearable" (Live) By The Wonderstuff Back in the late 80's, the Indie scene had lost its sense of humour, it was full of pale, miserable tortured young poets who wore long Macintoshes and hid beneath their fey, floppy fringes in a look that seemed to combine a maudlin  Colombo with Brideshead Revisited.  Their music alas was...

C’est Magnifique- The Joy Formidable Interview

"Whirring" By The Joy Formidable Myspace How do you like your music served?  Are you happy to let “the man” dish up  a steaming plate of turd as he cunningly convinces you his shiny, pre packaged, empty crud is actually “the soundtrack to your life™?” Or are you a little more proactive? Then again maybe...

Mums The Word – Mumford And Sons Interview

"The Cave" By Mumford & Sons Mumford and Sons are Ted Dwane,Country Winston, Marcus Johnstone and Ben Lovett Myspace When a band is described as “the sorrowful sound of old men” it hardly gets your pulse racing and sends you spiralling into a giddy whirl of anticipation does it ?  You may be forgiven for...

Morrissey Live – Liverpool Empire 10/05/2009

"All You Need Is Me " By Morrissey Morrissey has had many roles thrust upon him by the music press, by accident or indeed design,  the poet, the plagiarist, the lonely misunderstood genius,  the patriot, the racist,(sic)  even the soapstar ,  and now in the autumn of his musical career could it be that he...

Gimme Some Truth- Kids Love Lies Interview

Kids Love Lies were recently described by the NME as "Tweecore/power pop/pop-punk" -Pardon ? Apart from over use of the word "pop" what does that even mean? "Tweecore", I assume is the polar opposite of hardcore, indeed the definition of "twee" means "Overly precious or nice" so lets throw that one out of the window straight away eh? Now then, onto power pop, pop punk ? A description that seems to be given to anything that is melodious but has a rather spiky attitude, yes ? Is it both punk and pop? However punk was surely the antithesis of "pop music" as we knew it and correct me if I'm wrong, but I can't recall the Pistols singing "Anarch-twee In The UK", although admittedly, John Lydon has since developed a disturbing penchant for all things twee-d.

Hit Hard, Aim Low-The Penny Black Remedy Interview

"The First Time I Saw Angels" By The  Penny Black Remedy or Myspace What makes a great song? The lyrics? The melody? The emotion? Maybe we should ask Simon Cowell, he seems to be quite the authority on popular music these days. A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing!...