Author: Sounds From Nowhere
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The Magic Band To Bid Farewell with Philharmonic Hall Show
Captain Beefheart‘s legendary backing outfit The Magic Band will bid farewell with a show at the Philharmonic Hall this November. The legacy of Captain Beefheart is long and winding with his extraordinary career and now his legendary backing band The Magic Band will close off Beefheart‘s career with their farewell tour. The band preforming is…
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Kasabian Announce Echo Arena Show, New UK Tour
English rockers Kasabian have announced a huge UK tour ahead of their headline appearances at Reading and Leeds this year and they’ve included a stop at the Echo Arena. The band will stop by the Liverpool Echo Arena on December 5th to support their latest album For Crying Out Loud. The band will also be…
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Bootsy Collins Announces First Album in Six Years
Legendary funk icon Bootsy Collins has announced his first album in six years which will be released in October. The record titled World Wide Funk is out on October 27th and features a boatload of guests including Big Daddy Kane, Buckethead, the late P-Funk legend Bernie Worrell and even Public Enemy‘s Chuck D. The first…
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The Magnetic Fields Set For Two Philharmonic Hall Shows Next Week
Cult indie-pop legends The Magnetic Fields are set to preform their acclaimed 50 Song Memoir over two nights at the Philharmonic Hall next week. The autobiographical concept album connects frontman Stephin Merritt‘s brilliant songwriting with the first fifty years of his life. The first night on Sunday September 3rd will see Merritt and his six…
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PIXX Set For Magnet Show With HMLTD In October
4AD‘s wonderous Pixx has announced a date at The Magnet this October in support of her brilliant debut album The Age of Anxiety. Pixx, the refreshing identity of songwriter Hannah Rodgers, will drop by The Magnet on October 5th in support of her acclaimed debut album The Age of Anxiety. She will share the bill…
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Liverpool V London: The Beatles Disastrous Aldershot Concert
284 miles south of Liverpool is the Hampshire town of Aldershot (pop. 36,000). As the “Home of the British Army” Aldershot has seen its fair share of historic events. Royal visits and military tattoos are regularly augmented with anniversaries of battles and various other reasons to have military bands marching through the town. However, the…
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Peter Hook and Ministry Collide With “Dancing Madly Backwards” Cover
Legendary Joy Division and New Order founding bassist Peter Hook and the iconic industrial metal heroes Ministry have collided on a new double A side split cover of 70s space-rock classic “Dancing Madly Backwards“. It’s unthinkable, we thought, the former New Order and Joy Division bassist Peter Hook and the industrial titans Ministry working on…
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The LA’s 1987: Interview with Paul Hemmings
Fans of The La’s have a great deal to be excited about this year with the 30-year anniversary of a very important period in the band’s career. Although their now legendary self-titled album was not released until 1990, 1987 found them at their creative peak in terms of writing and producing the songs that would…
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Toots and The Maytals, Liverpool Olympia 08/08/2017
Just as the legendary Toots and The Maytals waltz into the Olympia in Liverpool, SFN‘s Jack Cinnamond finds himself in the company of reggae royalty. “It’s been a long time!” exclaims the legendary frontman of The Maytals, Toots to an adoring crowd at the always-stunning Olympia as he cranks out another classic from the catalogue. …
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Hope & Glory 2017: Review, a Rant and a Thank You
We’d love to say that in ten years time we can look back and laugh while saying to ourselves “we were at Hope & Glory, that shitshow”, but it’s not as simple as that. It sounds woeful, but if this was a smaller festival in the likes of we’d be annoyed but it wouldn’t be…
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