ISSUE 105 EDITORIAL
Editor Elliot Ryder looks towards those who seek to celebrate language in the face of growing isolationist rhetoric.
EYESORE & THE JINX
Satire and psychobilly in West Derby: how to turn Britain’s crumbling façade into high art via a darkly comedic filter.
BILL RYDER-JONES
An instant classic, Yawn is the fourth LP by Bill Ryder-Jones – a lush, disarming album that finds the Bard of West Kirby in the form of his life.
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.
FACT AT 15
When it opened in 2003 it was the first new arts centre to be built in Liverpool in 60 years; today, FACT is a central pillar of the city’s thriving arts community. Maya Jones considers how this futuristic building sparked a generation of experimentation in film, art and media.
FACT AT 15 GALLERY
Photographer Robin Clewley gives us a tour around the fascinating Wood Street building in this FACT At 15 Gallery
RONGORONGO
A six-piece whose increasingly impressive body of work broods about the state we find our world in, and seethes with threatening, infectious post-punk energy.
THE BIDO LITO! SOCIAL X OUTSIDERS STORE
XamVolo headed up stellar line-up of artists for the final Bido Lito! Social of the year with Outsiders Store
XAMVOLO
The enigmatic, genre-defying vocalist, songwriter and producer offers us an insight into his forthcoming debut album, still keeping his cards close to his chest.
All We Are
Watch the second part of All We Are's documentary on identity, focusing on Liverpool and their relation to it
QUEEN ZEE
Bringing together a perfect storm of sass, glam, punk and drag, QUEEN ZEE AND THE SASSTONES are the most essential band in Merseyside.
ALL WE ARE
All We Are are back with a brash, punchy record built on their experiences of society’s turmoil
GRADUATING WITH FLYING COLOURS
LIMF Academy stars XamVolo and Eleanor Nelly tell us more about the award-winning programme
I SEE RIVERS
Your latest Scandimania obsession is here, in the form of the pastoral float folk of this Norwegian trio
10 MINUTES WITH STEVE REICH
Damon Fairclough catches up with legendary composer Steve Reich to discuss how the brilliant Different Trains all came together
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