ISSUE 91 EDITORIAL
Editor-in-Chief Christopher Torpey embraces the winds of change, as we welcome three new members to our editorial team
THE VRYLL SOCIETY
Liverpool’s astral voyagers on a debut album that extends their cosmic trip into regions of experimental discovery
PUSSY RIOT – RIOT DAYS
Immortalised through their public acts of defiance and revered by revolutionaries across the globe, PUSSY RIOT’s current tour is a revolutionary piece of theatre and music.
NEW BRIGHTON REVISITED
From The Last Resort to Looking For Love: New Brighton through the lenses of three of the most widely revered contemporary British photographers.
MELODIC DISTRACTION
Liverpool locked in: the internet radio station embracing the ethos of DIY broadcasts in going 24-hour.
ONE WOMAN SHOW
Having heroically wrangled the chaos of last year’s Welcome To The Dark Ages, DAISY ERIS CAMPBELL prepares to shoulder her father’s legacy in Pigspurt’s Daughter, a new play that feeds into the narrative of a new counterculture
WAYNE SNOW
“I want to communicate with the language of my time.” 12 hours in Liverpool with a strident new voice in the global game of cosmic funk.
JOHN MOORES PAINTING PRIZE
The 60th anniversary of “the Oscar of the British painting world” shows that contemporary painting is still a blockbuster artform.
DANSETTE: HER’S
Stephen Fitzpatrick and Audun Landing – aka Her’s – reveal the influences on their debut album Invitation To Her’s.
YANK SCALLY
One of the city’s most underrated sound designers, YANK SCALLY’s experimental pop is a result of a joyous musical obsession that’s as inspiring as it is uplifting.
HANNAH AND THE WICK EFFECT
Square-peg indie? Saturn punk? Spiky riot girl meets Veruca Salt? Whichever way you choose to describe Hannah Brown’s music, you’ll not be disappointed with its ability to make you feel.
ANNEXE THE MOON
With a revolving line-up of members, this troupe of jangly psych-poppers turn their collective sunny disposition into insanely catchy gems. The group’s two core members take a break from their efforts to tell us what makes them tick.
TABLE SCRAPS
The Birmingham-based heavy garage trio talk about originality and why they feel at home on Merseyside.
TINY RUINS
From the River Avon to Auckland, Hollie Fullbrook’s blues-tinged method of storytelling is rooted the in the environment that has nurtured her.
ISSUE 91 FINAL SAY
The news of Constellations’ closure, Craig G Pennington believes, is an opportunity for us to cast off the comfort blanket of protest, and a chance to take matters into our own hands.
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