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Local songwriter Dan Croll has announced his sophomore album Emerging Adulthood after months of delay and silence. The Ben Allen-produced album Emerging Adulthood will finally see Croll release the follow-up to his acclaimed debut Sweet Disarray and will show Croll develop his intriguing pathway into the pop front, especially following his singles “One of Us”,…

The iconic blues musician Chuck Berry has sadly passed away at the age of 90, confirmed St. Louis Police Department today after finding the legendary musician unresponsive at his home. The rock n’ roll pioneer had an amazing career during the 1950s after his work with blues icon Muddy Waters and producer Leonard Chess that…

Abi Harding, a former member of city favourites The Zutons, has announced the start of her new band under the name AbiChan. The band will debut live headlining one of Sound City‘s emerging gigs at the Magnet on April 26th* with support from The Sneeky Nixons, The Isrights and The Floormen. *Correction: Originally dated as…

After two great sell-out shows at the Electric Brixton in February, the electronic ambient rock outfit Tycho will bring their Epoch supporting show to Manchester for a show at the Albert Hall. Fresh off supporting their GRAMMY nominated LP Epoch around the world, Tycho will return to the UK to present one of their acclaimed…

The Damon Albarn-led cult animated band Gorillaz have announced a brand new festival under the name Demon Dayz, taken from their breakout album, that will take place on June 10th in Dreamland Margate, the amusement park in Margate. The festival will see the act’s first performance since their New Zealand shows in December 2010 and…

The gothic rock legends HIM have announced that they will disband after 26 years at the start of 2018 and after a lengthy farewell tour that brings the band to the UK for the final time. The Finnish goths have been a standout in the darker side of rock for over twenty years and have…

The final acts for FestEVOL Gardens have been announced and include Manchester post-punks PINS, All We Are, White Room, SPINN, Bribes and Chinah as additions to the bill. FestEVOL Gardens takes over the Invisible Wind Factory for an unmissable day of live music and features Wild Beasts, The Parrots, Pulled Apart By Horses, The Sundowners…

There’s so very few British acts throughout history that have made the impact that both Joy Division and New Order have made…and bassist Peter Hook was a founder in both. This Friday night, Peter Hook and his band The Light will preform both Substance albums by both iconic bands in a full, three-hour show that…

The second show in the Pioneers of British Electronic Music series has been announced and it’s an amazing show. Gary Numan will be returning to Liverpool following his mesmerising Olympia show last September to headline the second Pioneers of British Electronic Music show and he’ll be joined by special guest Ultravox frontman  John Foxx and The…

Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia have announced their first acts for this year’s festival, including headliners The Black Angels. The festival, staying at its home at Camp and Furnace, will feature headliners The Black Angels, Songhoy Blues, trailblazers LOOP, Laetitia Sadier (formally of Stereolab), Adrian Sherwood, Wolf People, White Manna and The Comet Is Coming…