Sound City 2013: Noah and the Whale
Noah and the Whale were the last band of Sound City’s Thursday night to finish off in the Anglican Cathedral. Firstly, what a venue. The towering walls and huge arches at night are lit up, throwing dramatic shadowy More...
Sound City 2013: Jetta – review
Jetta is one of the first acts to hit off Liverpool’s Sound City. Having been based in London for the past few years, this Thursday was her first gig back in her home town for a while, and she was happy to be More...
Ditch the film, read the book: dark novels that didn’t work on film
We’ve all been there when one of your favourite books, your secret favourite, your book-mantra, the crème da la crème of your book pile is turned into a movie. When you first hear about it, you might see the More...
Sound City 2013: Jetta – preview
23 year-old Jetta is a Merseyside girl, born and bred. Her performance at Liverpool’s Sound City festival will be her first home town gig since moving to London, and the city should be eagerly awaiting her. More...
Hundreds join “bedroom tax” protest
A controvercial cut in housing benifit for social housing tenants “over-occupying” their homes triggered angry scenes at the Victoria Monument on Saturday All photos courtesy of Laconic Photographic Hundreds gathered More...
God of Carnage – review
The latest performance by LUDS is God of Carnage, in which two sets of parents meet to calmly discuss a fight between their two children. As tensions peak, a homely living room soon becomes a child’s crèche, More...
Johnny Panic & The Fever – interview
Johnny Panic & The Fever are a Liverpool based band from our very own uni. It’s hard to believe the seven-piece group is only four months old; carrying a mixed bag of instruments and styles, they have More...
Mama (2013) – review
Spanish-Canadian horror Mama is the story of two orphaned children, haunted and protected by the restless spirit of a mother who takes them under her wing. As the girls are found by their uncle Lucas and his girlfriend More...
Utopia: episode 6 – review
Channel 4’s Utopia has come to a head; it’s time for the final episode, and get ready for some blood. Surprise surprise, the final message you come away with at the end of this episode is trust no one –but More...
Utopia: episode 5 – review
It’s episode 5 of Utopia; our characters are more fragmented from one another than ever, and no more trustworthy. Slowly motives are reaching the surface for villains, heroes and the in between, and the episode More...