Reviews of music releases, live shows, and more from the VPME
The remarkable thing about Minor Victories self-titled debut album isn’t just the astonishing quality of the music produced but also the fact that the band members, as the sleeve notes point out – ‘never shared
Liverpool Sound City – Conference Friday 27th May – Festival – Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th So the festival seasons getting into full swing, and our own local ‘urban’ festival/ showcase, Liverpool Sound City returns
Sunday night gig turnouts are always a bit iffy – hangovers , reduced services via public transport and the appeal of an early night before the working week arrives like a massive big shit
Kate Jackson’s debut solo album ‘British Road Movies,‘ has been a long time coming (‘on the drag’ in fact) although according to Kevin Shield’s clock eight years is but a mere wrinkle in time. There
After thirty odd years in the game, we can happily report that Primal Scream still have that incendiary rock and roll fire burning in their guts. Their recent mind-blowing gig at Manchester’s Albert Hall was
25 years not out. That’s some achievement for any record label given the seismic changes in the industry over the last 15 years and it’s certainly something to be celebrated (unless its Syco!) Of course
Whilst Kanye headlined Glastonbury we caught up with one of our musical heroes Helen Marnie from Ladytron ..Review and live picture gallery below. Had circumstances been different we could well have been standing in a
Personally, if I were Wolf Alice I’d be a little ticked off at being characterised a ‘hype’ band. Even more so given that the definition of hype is “a deception carried out for the sake
London based four piece Kid Wave’s debut album ‘Wonderlust’ is without doubt one of our favourite albums of 2015 so far. It’s a stunning collection of songs and reaffirms our view that singer, songwriter, guitarist,
Our somewhat delayed final round up of Liverpool’s Sound City saw us dash about the festival site with greater haste than Eric Pickles at a free buffet as we tried to take in as many
If our first day at Sound City (SEE HERE) was about getting our head around the festival and orientating ourselves to the site layout, the second day felt like the festival had begun in earnest
Inevitably, with Liverpool Sound City music festival changing location there will be comparisons, people will talk quite rightly, with affection of how things used to be. But perhaps the first step to enjoying the festival
