http://musicblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/ en Copyright 2008 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:59:42 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Hamfatter are a trio from Cambridge consisting of Eoin, Jimbo and Mark. They formed five years ago and have released three albums, but earlier this year they decided to audition for the BBC Two show Dragon's Den. After a gruelling interview process, entrepreneur Peter Jones decided to invest £75,000 in the band to help with costs of recording, touring and promotion.]]> http://musicblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/07/hamfatter_are_a_trio_from.html http://musicblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/07/hamfatter_are_a_trio_from.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:59:42 +0000 JUST six months ago the Ting Tings were just another up-and-coming band. The last time they played in Liverpool it was to the half empty Mountford Hall at January’s NME Awards tour. But that was before That’s Not My Name knocked Madonna off the top spot, and their album, We Started Nothing, shot to number one.]]> http://musicblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/07/the_ting_tings_on_fame_fortune.html http://musicblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/07/the_ting_tings_on_fame_fortune.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:56:07 +0000 DURAN Duran are back in town. And you could be forgiven for thinking it’s time to dig out the leg-warmers, backcomb your hair and revel in a bit of 80s nostalgia...]]> http://musicblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/07/duran_duran_on_coming_back_to.html http://musicblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/07/duran_duran_on_coming_back_to.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:06:26 +0000 I've made a Glastonbury video. It's a bit wobbly as it's my first attempt at film-making, but if you want to see more of the Liverpool bands at the festival, plus my awful dinner lady dress that I bought there, take a look...]]> http://musicblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/07/post_37.html http://musicblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/07/post_37.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:41:24 +0000 There has been an invasion at the Glastonbury Festival. Not nu-rave music, flies or even mud. This year it’s been Merseyside bands that have taken over the world’s most famous music gathering. And it’s been all the better for it.]]> http://musicblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/glastonbury_08_the_liverpool_i.html http://musicblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/glastonbury_08_the_liverpool_i.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:03:26 +0000 THEY may not be able to hear his cheers of encouragement – what with the 12,000 miles distance between Anfield and New Zealand – but every time the Liverpool team play, Neil Finn is glued to the action...]]> http://musicblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/crowded_houses_neil_finn_on_jo.html http://musicblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/crowded_houses_neil_finn_on_jo.html Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:12:33 +0000 We take a look at two chart topping albums from this week in different years...]]> http://musicblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/post_36.html http://musicblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/post_36.html Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:30:35 +0000 The Wombats have apologised to fans after cancelling their gig in Liverpool tonight.]]> http://musicblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/wombats_cancel_secret_liverpoo.html http://musicblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/wombats_cancel_secret_liverpoo.html Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:34:05 +0000 Liverpool has surged to victory in Arts Council England’s search to find the UK's Most Musical City. After six weeks of campaigning across ten cities and with thousands of votes cast, the home of The Beatles, Frankie Goes to Hollywood and The Zutons secured victory with 49 percent of the public vote.]]> http://musicblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/liverpool_the_most_musical_cit.html http://musicblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/liverpool_the_most_musical_cit.html Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:25:18 +0000 Thank you for all your fantastic competition entries to see The Wombats - the winners have now been notified. I'm interviewing the mighty marsupials tomorrow and I'd love to put your questions to them, so if there's anything you've always wanted to know, now's your chance...]]> http://musicblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/what_yould_you_like_to_ask_the.html http://musicblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/what_yould_you_like_to_ask_the.html Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:35:42 +0000 Ever had one of those anxiety dreams where you’re in school and everything seems normal until you suddenly realise you’ve forgotten to put on any clothes – and everyone can see you’re naked? Well that happened to me this week. Except it was work, not school. And it was real life rather than my over-active imagination. Well almost.]]> http://musicblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/post_holiday_adventures_nudity.html http://musicblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/post_holiday_adventures_nudity.html Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:26:48 +0000 THE Zutons are an odd band. Not as people – a nicer bunch you couldn’t hope to meet – but if they wanted to be, theirs could be some of the most famous faces in music. Instead, they reject the whole celebrity scene, preferring to let their music do the talking.]]> http://musicblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/the_zutons_friday_the_13th_in.html http://musicblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/the_zutons_friday_the_13th_in.html Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:41:01 +0000 In the next of our series championing great Merseyside songs we have Alan O'Hare from The Trestles waxing lyrical about There She Goes by The La's...]]> http://musicblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/the_best_merseyside_songs_alan.html http://musicblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/the_best_merseyside_songs_alan.html Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:58:01 +0000 In the next of our series of guest columns on the best Merseyside songs ever written, we have Ian Prowse from Amsterdam championing Echo and the Bunnymen's superb Over The Wall. Read on and let me know what you think...]]> http://musicblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/the_best_merseyside_song_of_al.html http://musicblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/the_best_merseyside_song_of_al.html Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:31:14 +0000