Playlist: 10 Best Spring Gigs
Toby Hood compiles a mixtape of his favourite tracks from the best of this Spring’s touring indie musicians… With recent high winds and flooding, it might be hard to see the dawn of...
Playlist: Bobby Womack, Soul Man
Ahead of his live performance at Liverpool Philharmonic this Sunday, we look at soul legend Bobby Womack’s greatest hits… Bobby Womack is, by any account, an industry legend. With collaborators including Aretha Franklin,...
Playlist: Songs To Play At The End Of The World
After 12 years of quality programming, All Tomorrow’s Parties Festival (as we knew it) is no more, and it feels like The End Of The World… This weekend is the last ever UK...
Playlist: The (un-ironic) Joy of Easy Listening
When somebody mentions Easy Listening, what is your reaction? If it’s to cringe, consider yourself off our Christmas list… For some time now, the only way to properly appreciate the genre we term...
Playlist: Liverpool International Festival Of Psychedelia
The second Liverpool Psych Fest is almost upon us. We’ve got the playlist to get you in the mood… As DJ Bernie Connor noted in his piece in the Guardian Guide last Saturday,...
3 am: Wonder, Paranoia and the Restless Night
Inspired by the forthcoming exhibition of the same name at the Bluecoat, C James Fagan presses play on a mix probing night’s dark recesses… It’s 3 AM. Where are you? Lost in an...
10 Best: Autumn Gigs
As Autumn approaches, it’s comforting to know it brings with it an impressive batch of gigs. We pick our top 10… We hate to be the ones to break the news, but summer...
Rough Trade Records
A label with more peaks and troughs than its average signing, Rough Trade Records has a colourful history… When the Strokes’ debut, Is This It, surfaced in 2001, it served a dual purpose....
Literature in Pop!
Inspired by last week’s World Book Night, Nathan Richardson takes us through some of his best-loved literary songs… Last Tuesday (23rd April) was World Book Night. In cities across the U.K. a series...