SOUND CITY+ CONFERENCE ANNOUNCED

Sound City+ is the UK’s premier music and digital business conference that runs in parallel with the award-winning Liverpool Sound City music festival. Sound City+ returns 27th May with an intensive programme of speakers, T.E.D-style talks, debates, workshops and the acclaimed Sound City+ marketplace, that will feature the cream of the UK’s and international independent […]
Having already announced The Coral as a headliner, the festival has revealed that Catfish and the Bottlemen is the second headliner.  The festival is also declaring an exciting new partnership with hugely innovative dance music promoters Freeze who will bring Hot Chip (DJ set) and Leftfield (Live) to one of the UK’s most vibrant and […]

CATFISH AND THE BOTTLEMEN RETURN TO SOUND CITY

SOUND CITY 2016 ANNOUNCES FIRST WAVE OF ARTISTS

Following Monday’s news that The Coral are set to headline the festival on Sunday night, Sound City is proud to announce the first wave of 2016 artists including Circa Waves, Sleaford Mods, The Dandy Warhols, Young Fathers and Band of Skulls. Joining Saturday’s bill are Liverpool indie-rockers Circa Waves who actually formed after meeting at […]
– DOCKLANDS, LIVERPOOL – It has been said that Peter Cook was a comedians’ comedian and something of a hidden gem during his time. To hijack this vein of thought, Liverpool Sound City is most certainly a creatives’ festival. From the first day, with action centred around Q&As with industry veterans including Slits guitarist and […]

LIVE: LIVERPOOL SOUND CITY – 22/05/2015 – 24/05/2015

EDWYN COLLINS AND WAYNE COYNE TO APPEAR IN CONVERSATION AT LIVERPOOL SOUND CITY

  Edwyn Collins and Wayne Coyne will appear as keynote speakers at Liverpool Sound City. The pair will appear in conversation as part of the event’s The Unsung Hero theme, with other ‘mavericks’ and ‘mayhem makers’ set to speak including Mark E. Smith, Julian Cope and Viv Albertine. Former Orange Juice frontman Collins, will talk […]
The Cribs, Peace and Everything Everything are the latest acts to be added to the line up for this year’s Liverpool Sound City. Other acts added in the festival’s second wave of line-up announcements include Swans, Fat White Family, Bill Ryder-Jones and Honeyblood. They join previously announced headliners Belle and Sebastian, The Flaming Lips and […]

THE CRIBS, PEACE AND EVERYTHING EVERYTHING FOR LIVERPOOL SOUND CITY

THE VACCINES TO HEADLINE LIVERPOOL SOUND CITY

The Vaccines have been announced as the third headline act for this year’s Liverpool Sound City. The indie rockers will join previously announced headliners The Flaming Lips and Belle and Sebastian at the three day event, which will be held on May 22, 23 and 24. The London band recently previewed their new single, Handsome, and […]
It’s been about a week since Liverpool Sound City 2014 came and went, but the three-day festival is still fresh in my mind. If you haven’t heard of it, Sound City is the largest metropolitan music and arts festival in the UK. It originally started as a showcase of the UK’s Northwest acts at the […]

REVIEW: LIVERPOOL SOUND CITY 2014

NEWS: LIVERPOOL SOUND CITY EXPANDS PANEL BILL

Besides featuring an impressive bill of the most promising bands and artists for the coming year, Liverpool Sound City is taking it’s game up a notch with exploring the unavoidable links between music, football and style. Across the course of the festival weekend, there will be a host of experts and commentators from all areas […]
Liverpool Sound City has revealed a mighty third wave of artists featuring some of the hottest names in the industry such as Jagwar Ma, Public Service Broadcasting, East India Youth, Bipolar Sunshine, Blood Red Shoes, Pins, Glass Animals, Bird, Factory Floor, Ratking, Say Lou Lou and Sunshine Underground. The new wave includes an additional 75 […]

NEWS: LIVERPOOL SOUND CITY ANNOUNCES THIRD WAVE OF ACTS