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There’s a Big Bear on the loose in Liverpool. It roars. It rampages. It makes a hell of a noise. It is untamed, feral. I unexpectedly find myself face to face with roaring Big Bear duo, Connor Di Leo (drums) and Joshua Pulleyn on vocals/guitar. Momentarily tamed before their headline gig at the Arts Club in Liverpool, they wax lyrical and melodical on everything from...
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With new single Ruins, Liverpool band, St. Jude the Obscure (duo Adele Emmas and Christian Sandford, with Grace Goodwin on drums) continue their effortless ascent from the ashes of past incarnations, Bird and Feral Love. The name may be different but the DNA is the same. The major change in 2017 has been the welcome release of fresh material. While Feral Love fans were starved...
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A couple of years ago a young band from Stockport was playing to small crowds up and down the country. All my senses told me instantly that they had the potential to break on through to the other side (small time indie side to mainstream side I mean). Well they did have some very Doorsy sounding songs in their armoury in those early days. They...
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I have to say that I must be a very late developer: I’ve only recently discovered Liverpool band, Indigo Moon. Boy, am I making up for lost time. How could I have been so…musically impubescent. Their EP Anatomy currently takes centre stage in my hormonal ears, simultaneously rocking and lulling me out of my Indigo-ignorant coma. Live, they deliver a powerful, blistering set that packs...
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Interview
A shot has rung out. A call to arms. A time for action. Man the barricades. Children of the vinylution unite. Cometh the hour, cometh ye army of vinyl warriors. To fight the assembled digital foes. A bit dramatic? Agreed! But read on… I find myself at Oval Space in East London for the second Flying Vinyl festival. There was no question of coming back...
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A pebbly beach. A cool, jacket-necessitating, Brighton afternoon. A small, intimate circle of photo-muso-arty aficionados. And a photo-guru or two. Enter the first Q&A/masterclass thingummyjiggumy with photo president elect, Charlotte “Vote for” Patmore, able vice president, Poppy Marriott, and Queen of all Queen Bees (Izzy Bee of Black Honey). This is laid back, make-it-up-as-you go-along gold. Spontaneous. Informal. Lounging at the feet of the mistresses...
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