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Live Review: THE DREAM MACHINE, Bright Town, Idyllic – Jimmy’s Liverpool, 23/3/23.

In preparation for the release of their eagerly anticipated debut album Thank God! It’s The Dream Machine, Wirral band The Dream Machine are embarking on a short three date residency at Liverpool venue Jimmy’s. On Thursday I went along to the middle episode of the trilogy to see what all the fuss was about. First […]

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Live Review: Rianne Downey. Oporto, Leeds. 19th March 2023.

There are some points in an artist’s career when, if you’re lucky enough, you can look back upon and say ‘I was part of that’. I’ve got a feeling that this tour, and Sunday night in Leeds, will be one of those.  I’ve seen Rianne Downey live twice before; once with just her guitar and once with […]

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Live Review: THE CLAUSE, FEVER, Wull – Jimmy’s, Liverpool -17/3/2023.

If you’d entered a packed Jimmy’s just before The Clause came on stage you may have felt a mild sense of dislocation. Witnessing the plethora of Tricolour flags and Guinness top hats, and hearing the occasional shouts of ‘Yam Yam Army’ you’d have been forgiven for thinking that you’d stepped into a pub on Digbeth […]

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Live Review: PANIC SHACK, Shelf Lives – Jimmy’s, Liverpool, 8.2.2023.

This was definitely an early contender for ‘Gig of the Year 2023’ as Welsh pop-punks Panic Shack combined with electronic rap-grunge duo Shelf Lives to systematically take apart a packed Jimmy’s basement. Respect to the organisers who limited the support to a singular act allowing Toronto/Northampton duo Sabrina and Jonny aka Shelf Lives free range […]

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Single Review: Apollo Junction – ‘By The River’.

Perhaps less dramatic than recent releases, but just as impactful and equally strong, the new song By The River from Leeds favourites Apollo Junction does not disappoint. Jamie Williamson’s vocals very much continue in a similar vein to previous releases – drawing you in through a clever, singular lilt before soaring between lines, grabbing you […]

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Live Review: JOE ASTLEY, Flechettes, The Facades – The Cavern, Liverpool – 22.1.2023.

Such was the show of support for Joe Astley at The Cavern that it seemed like Liverpool’s famous Mathew Street had turned into Wigan’s King Street. The good townsfolk of Wigan had travelled en masse down the East Lancs Road to attend the launch event for Astley’s debut album Twenty-First Century Times. The fact that […]

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TRACK REVIEW: AZILELI – ‘IN THIS HOUSE’

Azileli; an emerging South London artist hoping to make her mark in 2023 has released her latest single ‘In This House’.Azileli’s previous releases have been electronic muses that have a burgeoning industrial experimentalism to them. With a new year emerging Azileli has shown maturity and vulnerability in equal measure with the new single ‘In This […]

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IGGY POP – EVERY LOSER ALBUM REVIEW

Iggy Pop is 19 albums deep into his illustrious career and his passion for impassioned chaos refuses to be quelled. If you needed any confirmation as to Iggy Pop’s attitude and demeanour going into this record look no further than the opening lines of first track ‘Frenzy’. “I’ve got a dick and 2 balls that’s […]

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Book Review: Whatever Happened to the C86 Kids? An Indie Odyssey – Nige Tassell.

Like all the best ideas the premise of Whatever Happened to the C86 Kids? An Indie Odyssey is a simple one. Thirty-five years on from the release of C86 ‘a cassette that would shape music for years to come’ and ‘…was arguably the point at which indie was born’ Nige Tassell set himself the enviable […]

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Live Review: Tom A. Smith, Megan Wyn, Ruby J, Fiona Lennon – Jimmy’s, Liverpool, 8/12/2022.

Jimmy’s Liverpool wasn’t packed to the gills, but that was probably just as well as the burgeoning talents of Sunderland’s Tom A. Smith and a supporting cast of supremely talented, young artists needed a bit of elbow room to showcase their prodigious gifts. First up to impress was local singer Fiona Lennon. I have seen […]