Liverpool Music Scene

Find out about the musicians and bands shaping Liverpool’s music scene through features, interviews and reviews

  • Jacaranda Baltic Launch Party Poster

    Jacaranda Baltic Announces Huge Free-To-Attend Launch Party Featuring A Line-Up Of Liverpool’s Best Talent

    Jacaranda Baltic have announced they are throwing a huge free-to-attend launch party on Saturday 20 January showcasing Liverpool’s best talent and the best part is… everybody is invited! On the 1 January The Jacaranda sent shockwaves through Liverpool when they announced a brand new record store and 400 capacity live space in Cain’s Brewery, Baltic Triangle would be opening on Friday 12th January – 65 years after opening their original site on Slater Street. In…

  • Green Ways To Enjoy Liverpool's Vibrant Music Scene

    Green Ways To Enjoy Liverpool’s Vibrant Music Scene

    Liverpool, a city that lives and breathes music, has produced some of history’s most influential and diverse musical acts, from the Beatles to the Zutons. The city’s music scene is vibrant, innovative, and constantly evolving, offering something for every taste and mood.  How can one enjoy Liverpool’s music scene responsibly? The environmental impact of music events and venues, including energy consumption and waste generation, poses challenges linked to climate change and biodiversity loss. Balancing a…

  • New Noise January 2024 Music Roundup - Pleasure Island

    New Noise January 2024 Music Roundup

    As 2024 kicks off, here’s our roundup of releases for a notoriously quiet month. First up is Zenith, with their heavy heavy Bodycount. And I love this track, for many reasons, ok, well four. Number one, it starts a lot like Deep Purple’s Highway Star, with a very similar Blackmorian guitar tone. Secondly, this track isn’t produced to within an inch of its life. Its gritty, fuzzy and at times it sounds they are playing…

  • Bright Town Band

    In Conversation – Bright Town

    We talk to loacl rising stars, Bright Town, about their music, songwriting, production and plans for the future. Liverpool Noise: When and where did you form? Bright Town: We’d all been playing music together informally for years in nearly every possible different configuration, but it was during the lockdowns that we got our heads together properly and started incorporating more structure and purpose into the practice and writing. I’ve known Jay since I was about…

  • Def.fo Photo Credit - John Johnson

    Def.fo’s Debut Album, ‘Eternity’ Is A Captivating Blend of Psychedelia, Folk, and Trip-Hop

    Step into the captivating realm of Eternity, def.fo‘s debut album that beckons you into a warm, heady, and intoxicating mix. Having reviewed his previous work, we knew this was going to be good. This sonic journey seamlessly blends swirling psychedelia, warm folk, and pin-sharp trip-hop, guiding you through the dark corridors and sun-kissed mornings of the albums songs.  At the core of Eternity lies a lyrical consciousness that delves into the vaults of the past and demanding urgent…

  • Tapestry - A Tribute To Carole King - Visions of Albion

    Tapestry: A Tribute to Carole King, Live From The Liverpool Philharmonic Music Room – Review

    Liverpool has been enjoying a thriving surge in intimate tribute shows recently. Seasoned musicians, some of which are already on the scene with their original music have been re-creating their favourite albums in delicately crafted shows with a focus on more layered, nuanced performances rather than the high-energy sequinned covered nights we might associate the word ‘tribute’ with. With a welcomed return in the demand for live music there is a booming market for these…

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    KingFast Releases Impressive EP ‘ We Only Kill Evil’

    Paul Walker – aka rising Liverpool soul-pop sensation KingFast – has burst back onto the scene with brand new EP We Only Kill Evil. This follows the July track Dadadadada! and earlier single Praises, our review of which you can read here. Released on 2 December, We Only Kill Evil – the project’s title being an acronym for the term ‘woke’ – sees KingFast deliver commentary on current socio-political climate through a personal and intimate lens. Particular standouts on the EP include…

  • Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge - Danny Bradley

    Finalists Announced For Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge 2023

    Ten talented songwriters have won a coverted spot at the Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge 2023 Showcase Final taking place at LEAF on Bold Street on Saturday 27 January 2024. During the September entry period songwriters were invited to submit brand new songs inspired by works of art on public display across the Liverpool City Region. Judges Kaya Herstad Carney, Robert Vincent, Jon Lawton, Luke Moore and Alison Benson listened to all of the entries and…

  • New Noise December 2023 - Centerfold - Photo Credit - Dylan Cox Photography

    New Noise December 2023 Music Roundup

    Well another year has slipped effortlessly through our collective grasp, and to signal the end of the old and in with the new, here at Liverpool Noise we welcome the collective efforts of our local musicians to add their artistic perspective to this transition. So first up is Centerfold with their second single Changing World, whose press release assures us that they are a “modern rock band”. However, that’s where the relationship with modernity ends,…

  • Make Winter Indie Music Night

    Make Winter Indie: A Music Night Supporting Mental Health Charity Mind

    Get down to Round The Corner – a lovely little music venue in Liverpool’s Fabric District. Make Winter Indie is brought to you by university students, Katya-Sofia Neves and Haleema Williams who are studying Music Business at the Liverpool campus of SAE Institute. For indie music fans and to anyone hanging out on the Indie floors of the Liverpool club scene, Make Winter Indie is the live music night for you. Presenting indie bands who…

  • Mutant Jazz #2 Is Ready To Hit Liverpool This December

    Mutant Jazz #2 Is Ready To Hit Liverpool This December

    Mutant Jazz is a collaboration between promoters Parrjazz and You & I Presents at Metrocola’s Metro Loft, on Leece Street, Liverpool.  The idea is to bring new artists from the Northwest who are part of the jazz spectrum and present them as key players in our rapidly mutating jazz scene, hosted and herded by the lovely MC Motormouf. The first Mutant Jazz event in September sold out and is still being talked about. The artists…

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    Leonie Jakobi Releases Enthralling EP ‘Nothing More To Say’

    German born pop-rock powerhouse Leonie Jakobi has been blazing her trail in Liverpool since releasing her debut single in 2020 and she’s ready to embed her name as one to watch with new EP Nothing More To Say. Fans of old school favourites Suzi Quatro and Janis Joplin won’t be disappointed with the anthemic, gritty vocals and grungy guitars that feature throughout. Although, fresh names on the scene such as Larkin Poe and Dorothy were…

  • Rea Fortis Releases Explosive New Single ‘Dynamoment’

    Rea Fortis Releases Explosive New Single ‘Dynamoment’

    Dynamoment: a wild creation spun out of the words dynamic and moment. The new single from Rea Fortis featuring the unlimited talents of Reuben George, this song is an unpredictable dynamic moment that brings chaos and joy. A healthy mix of Samba beats, impressive Guitar licks and harmonious Horns, Dynamoment is certainly an interesting song. In her own words, “the lyrics are about everything and nothing at the same time – they consist of weird…

  • Esme Bridie - Photo Credit - Augustin Frandon

    Esme Bridie Releases The Infectious New Single ‘Too Good For You’

    The EPK states that following on from her debut EP in March 2023, Too Good For You is an “unhinged feminist track with intense spoken world vocal, dirty guitar and indie rock drums” which to these ears falls short of a full appraisal. The real hook is the filthy bass line presumably provided by George Higgins, which is a fantastical musical peg for La Bridie to hang her ranting libretto. You could put the track…

  • Dorsal Music

    The Genre-Defying Grooves of Dorsal: An Upcoming Music Maestro

    Amalgamating the hypnotic, chaotic groove of jazz with a modern and progressive electronic sound is not a feat to be sniffed at. Try adding some distorted vocals and, if it all goes well, you may replicate the sound of Dorsal. Expertly walking the line between the world of the singer songwriter and electronic music producers, the Yorkshire and Liverpool-based project has developed a unique sound that feels destined for great things. The relatively unknown artist has already attracted interest…

  • LIPA Live at the Cavern - Dryft Band

    LIPA Live At The Cavern: November Preview

    The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) is collaborating with the historic and iconic Cavern Club to continue to bring new music to the venue. LIPA was famously founded by Sir Paul McCartney, using the old building of the Liverpool Institute for Boys, where he and George Harrison attended school. In 2012 LIPA bought the Art College next door, which John Lennon attended at the time these three future Beatles began their music careers. LIPA…

  • Spartacus - Parrjazz - Photo Credit - @florintein

    I’m Spartacus! Collaborative International Jazz At Its Best

    “Can anyone lend us two drum kits, a Fender Rhodes, and a Nord please?” went the social media message whistling around the Liverpool music community. One hour later, the equipment was sourced, begged and borrowed from local musicians and a cheeky bunch of Liverpool University Students. When Grammy winners jump off the plane with a suitcase and their shiny bits, the rest magically appears here! Thanks Liverpool. Yet again Parrjazz provided an audience with the…

  • Enjoy Jazz Saturdays At Ma Boyle's This Winter

    Enjoy Jazz Saturdays At Ma Boyle’s This Winter

    Now the clocks have gone back and the nights are getting longer, there’s no better place to get cosy and snug than Ma Boyle’s Alehouse and Eatery and Jazz Saturdays. Each weekend, a vibrantly kaleidoscopic range of jazz sounds grace the iconic Liverpool venue, infused with and inspired by the magic of New Orleans and Brazilian beats to the simmering back streets of Paris. The Parrjazz team continue to book a spectrum of innovators, stars…

  • Clean Cut Kid New Album - A Crisis of Faith At The Death Of A Loved One

    Clean Cut Kid ‘A Crisis Of Faith At The Death Of A Loved One’ Album Review

    Alt-rock quartet Clean Cut Kid have released their new self-produced album A Crisis Of Faith At The Death Of A Loved One today, breaking down the personal stages of grief against a backdrop of intricately layered production in 30 minutes of indie-folk bliss. Every track on the album is awash with the warm retro sound of analaog tape, which when paired with the underlying themes of melancholy within the lyrics, string arrangements and chord progressions…

  • Roscoe Fox - photo by RJ Cader,

    Roscoe Fox Releases The Eclectic EP ‘A Series Of Extensive Eye Operations

    It would take the hardest of creative hearts not to be intrigued by a musical artist named Roscoe Fox, who also has the collective cahoonas to deliver a sonic smorgasbord that is A Series Of Extensive Eye Operations. This Fantastic Mr Fox gives us six tracks which are eclectic and electronic; ethereal soundscapes that hold the interest, and, when it appears, a beautifully melodyned voice that adds to the aural delight. This EP will, given…