Jade's Music Blog

In today's review column we have the latest offerings from Moby, Uber Room, The Specials and Van Morrison.

You’ve got the band, you’ve got the tunes, you may even have the haircut. Now all you need is a helping hand to take your unsigned band to the next level...

Last year I spoke to Lee Barker, the man behind the fantastic Little Name. Lee created a world of music from his house in Merseyside, but felt he couldn't leave the safety of home for fear of panic attacks. It was something that he had lived with for a decade, meaning he'd never seen many of the developments in the city he'd grown up in.
Here, for the first time, Lee talks about his first forays into Liverpool in its Capital of Culture year.

In this week's review section we have the latest offerings from James, The Children of Agape Choir, Scouting For Girls and Ben's Brother...

ROCK’n’roll is not what it once was. Remember the days when touring was best seen through a haze of sex, drink and drugs? Not any more. Now it’s all Diet Coke and bananas. Or so says Tim Burgess.

Here, in the first of a season, we take a look at the albums that topped the UK charts this week in two different years...

This week we have reviews of the latest releases from Restlesslist, Whitesnake, Sia and and The B-52's.

Take the singers from two of the hottest bands around, throw in a whole load of retro influences and a full string section, and you’re going to have something interesting on your hands...

THEY’RE the new kings of lad-rock, the Glaswegian trio who won over the mainstream market with their rough and ready swagger and beery singalong anthems.

Continuing the season, we take a look at the albums that topped the UK charts this week in two different years...

The inaugural Skins Live Tour rolls into Liverpool tonight...

They’re super-sleek, super-shiny and uber-cool. Ladytron’s synth pop sound has carried their appeal across the world...

Asked to name the highlight of their career so far, The Maccabees answer without hesitation. It was 13 June, 2006 at London’s Café De Paris, the last date of their first UK headline tour. It hadn’t been easy. In some towns, they played to 10 people...

This week's reviews feature the latest releases from Ladytron, Chris DeBurgh and Royworld.

FULL of excitement, I burst into the office, flinging off my coat and eyeing up my the huge pile of mail on my desk. “I’ve got big news,” I told the girls...

Billy Bragg occupies the unusual position of being both an anti-establishment, socialist drum-banger and a lauded national treasure...

Sarah Burvill, one of the organisers of the South Liverpool Music Festival, talks about one of the summer's great up-and-coming festivals...