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After almost 40 years in the game electronic pop pioneers The Human League headline the opening night of this year’s Liverpool Sound City. It promises to be a memorable occasion with guests the Art of Noise
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‘The Label’ is a fully functioning record label operating out of Edge Hill University, headed up by Film and documentary lecturers Carl Hunter and Clare Heney. Carl is no stranger to the music business, as
This year Liverpool Sound City celebrates ten years in the game, quite an achievement given that the festival was launched at the start of the economic downturn and at a time when seismic changes have
Sound City Emerging Talent – Ali Horn interview. The solo projects of members of well-established bands often create a palpable sense of expectation borne from the springboard of proven success. It’s rare to find that
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Phil Greenhalgh catches She Drew The Gun at Liverpool Central Library as part of the Get It Loud In Libraries and is blown away by the latest rising star to come from Merseyside. Get it