Sound City
The name first appeared in Austin, in 2007 as a showcase event at SXSW of the best of the UK’s Northwest acts. Then, in 2008 during the Capital of Culture year, came the first Sound City proper, in our home town of Liverpool.
Now, in 2012, we’re a hugely respected 3 day international music, media [...]

Liverpool Sound City 2011
Once again the organisers have dished up another comprehensive music feast to fully occupy me for three nights in the city of rock.

What’s so great about Liverpool Sound City is, with a couple of exceptions, the proximity of the performances and therefore the ability to cover a large number of diverse quality acts [...]

Liverpool Sound City 2010… 4 days… 35 venues… 400 artists… 1000 Delegates… 35,000 revellers: Shake Online spent all day and every night in the Mersey Paradise, Listening, Looking & Learning. Find out here what we found out!

I love Liverpool. Yes, I’ve visited many times to cover live performances there but last week Sound City had me walking the streets and driving around the various diverse enclaves as I searched for venues. It is rapidly becoming a truly great and diverse city that combines the best of the old with the best [...]

Day 1
With the major financial support of the Wales Arts Council, Focus Wales 2012 proved to be a worthwile showcase for new Welsh talent as well as encouraging acts to attend from as far away as Australia and Japan. With just four venues situated very close to each other and a user-friendly timetable, Focus Wales [...]

THE DUDLEY MOORE TRIO: ‘DUDLEY DOWN UNDER – UNABRIDGED’ The Full 1978 Sydney Town Hall Concert Released For The First Time (MARTINE AVENUE PRODUCTIONS)!
Tuesday, March 27th 2012 marked a poignant anniversary – it being ten years since the passing of the great Dudley Moore, at the age of sixty-six. As his legions of fans worldwide [...]

SERJ TANKIAN PUTTING FINISHING TOUCHES ON THIRD SOLO STUDIO ALBUM HARAKIRI DUE OUT THIS SUMMER
RECORDING SELF-PRODUCED ALBUM AT HIS OWN SERJICAL STRIKE STUDIOS IN L.A.
Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian is in his Serjical Strike Studios in LA putting the finishing touches on his third solo studio album, Harakiri, the [...]

Focus Wales will return in 2012 with a mix of live music, talks, workshops and discussions. It includes performances from a collection of the best in Welsh music, special guest headliners alongside internationally respected music industry experts giving key-note talks

Bruce Springsteen’s new album ‘Wrecking Ball’ has been set for March 6 release on Columbia Records. Marking his 17th studio album, ‘Wrecking Ball’ features 11 new Springsteen songs and was produced by Ron Aniello with Bruce Springsteen and executive producer Jon Landau. A special edition of ‘Wrecking Ball’ will also be available and include two [...]

CD/DVD: “Holding Onto Strings Better left To Fray”
Release date: 5th March 2012
Single: “Country Song”
Release date: 27th February 2012
UK Dates Announced
Seether’s “Country Song” named active rock song of the year by Billboard, USA -  Ahead of acts such as Foo Fighters and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
South African rockers Seether are set to return to the UK [...]