February 2012
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A Free Show from the Ever Generous, Everisland...
The music industry is not known for its kindness, not famed for giving great stuff away with no strings attached. It’s nice to know though that there can always be an exception…
Tomorrow night (01.03.2012) the kind folks at Everisland promotions host a night of some of Liverpool’s most exciting live acts and one of LIPA’s finest exports at the Kazimier and they’re...
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Love-Fest // The Aftermath...
We all know you’re out there. Those cynics amongst us who approach the dreaded February 14th with a mixture of apathy and disgust. After all, it is a poorly disguised capitalist construction designed to tide over the greetings card industry between the twin peaks of Christmas and Easter. True too that it is more romantic to show your loved one that they really are ‘the one’ on...
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COMPETITION TIME // Win Tickets to see Spector in...
Ola Amigos! Seen as it’s a Monday and we know you love free stuff, LSRadio are giving away two tickets to see one of the most hotly tipped bands of 2012 live in Liverpool. Spector play the Kazimier on 22nd February and you could be there for free! All you have to do is answer one simple question…
What instrument do the band throw off a sand-dune in the video for new single, Chevy...
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Vinyl // A Retro Resurgence
LSRadio’s Tom Collier explores the reasons for vinyls continued popularity despite the digitisation of the modern music industry.
The noughties have not been kind to the music industry. Unfortunately my ears are all too often polluted with music which pushes no boundaries except those of my personal sanity. In a time of bafflingly consistent popularity for shows like The X Factor and...
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Live Review // Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
Chibuku have had a traumatic couple of months. The closure of the venue that was its home for so long was met with much bravado and suitable replacement venues were quickly found. The show, it seems, must go on. But the fact remains, that permanently finding a new venue to match the Masque in size and flexibility is no easy feet. Where else in Liverpool can provide three rooms for DJ’s and...
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January In Retrospect
Single Reviews:
Submotion Orchestra // Always
Jittery drum beats, jazzy piano/saxophone and Soul II Soul-y vocals…it’s hard to have a better introduction to this ‘Leodensian’ progressive-dubstep act. My only quibble is that the track never really seems to progress or change throughout. Sadly the Synkro remix doesn’t really add much to the original, but the Laxx remix is, to not be overly...
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LSRadio Introducing #3 - Stealing Sheep
Stealing Sheep are a female trio from Liverpool. Becky, Emily & Lucy, armed with Casio keyboards and Yamaha synths, create lo-fi atmospheric pop that evokes the 1960’s of hippies and the velvets. Swirling guitars, hypnotic beats and beautifully quirky harmonies, Stealing Sheep are fresh in their approach of utilizing past trends and taking inspiration to create something totally...