Another amazing gig at British Wildlife on Saturday night. This one of their house-party vibes kinda gig at RnR. Never a bad night. In fact, I got educated on Galaxians. How could I have missed out on this band for this long, I have no idea. Galaxians is Jed and Matt (of Azores, ex Cissy) and they fuse all the best bits of disco, krautrock, and 80s italo together into a gigantic wave of live awesomeness. We're talking about pure dance music here, done with a DIY attitude with solid, live drums. It's got all the kids dancin like its 1989. [...]
Went to see MEN perform at The Brude last Wednesday. It was right after work, so I wasn't feeling my best. But that all soon changed after people started streamin' in - it wasn't as busy as I would have expected, but we all thought it was better that way coz we got to be closer with the bands. Pifco and Cissy opened for MEN, I've never seen Pifco before but thoroughly enjoyed their stripped down, jumpy set. Cissy was awesome as usual, they were tight that night, it's like seeing them for [...]

Chew Disco From: Liverpool Liverpool has always been a hotbed of alternative music. From Deaf School to Big In Japan, from The Bunnymen/Teardop Explodes/Wah triumverate of the early 80s through the Las to The Coral and The Zutons the city has always been one step removed from the mainstream and the music has been all the better for it. Over the past couple of years the attention of the British media has been diverted away from the Mersey and while [...]