Author: Sounds From Nowhere

Married To The Sea‘s 10 Bands, 10 Minutes returns for a Christmas spectacular at the Invisible Wind Factory on December 10th. The fantastic special show is back for the first time since their final Kazamier show in December last year with a killer line-up. The theme stays the same, each billed bands have strict ten…

Legendary songwriter-poet Leonard Cohen has passed away at the age of 82. The renowned songwriter holds a legendary status for his strong impactful music over his long illustrious career, which included a thoughtful and great consistent discography including 14 studio albums over his six decades in music. Cohen‘s final album release, You Want It Darker,…

We’ve had lots of highly anticipated gigs in Liverpool this year, John Carpenter, The Specials, The Coral at Sound City, The Zutons reunion and many more, but one has been on everybody’s tongues since announcement, Peaches live at the Invisible Wind Factory.  This Friday, EVOL will finally bring Peaches to Liverpool for our pleasure and…

The London psych-y garage rock band Hidden Charms have announced a UK tour featuring a Liverpool Magnet date for Wednesday 8th February 2017.  The band, who have just finished a co-headline tour with Liverpool favourites The Vryll Society, will hit the Magnet for an now anticipated show with support from The Bay Rays.  Tickets are on-sale…

The highly-regarded Montreal band Arcade Fire have been announced as the first headliners of Isle of Wight Festival 2017, taking the Saturday headliner slot. Arcade Fire, who are currently at work on their fifth LP after 2013’s critically acclaimed Reflektor, have announced it will be their only UK festival of 2017. Isle of Wight‘s John…

​As Liverpool Music Week is closing, we’ve very sadly come to the end of DIY’s Breaking Out series. The band ending the unforgettable series, coming from Brighton boasting some great singles, Abattoir Blues brought their post-punk noise to the Arts Club Loft, our own writer-photographer, James Ainsworth went down to capture the event. But firstly,…

The DIY/LMW Breaking Out series continues when fun-punk rockers Dream Wife step onto the Arts Club Loft stage with some great support.  We walked in late to tonight’s proceedings, just as Whitecliff were on their penultimate song. The band didn’t seem to have the room’s attention and their music isn’t too original to grasp ours…

Liverpool Music Week has a history of great DIY/LMW line-ups, with last year’s inaugural including some names that have gone to bigger things. This year, instantly one name popped out to everyone, the twin-like duo of Let’s Eat Grandma.  Tonight opposite a packed headliner show, the wonderfully odd duo Lets Eat Grandma brought a calm…

The night started with my photo pass being restricted, annoying, as a photographer. So as I sat in the epic Arts Club Theatre, I wondered what the night had in store from this unusual sounding band, GoGo Penguin. Hailing from Manchester, this jazz trio released their first album Fanfares in 2012 and have since released…