Finally we can welcome festival season back with open arms. We’re can’t express our hippie love enough as the festival months unfold. So we headed off to Liverpool for the awesome Sound City music festival. Over 7,000 bands applied to play at the festival proving how far and wide the Sound City message has spread. There were over 350 bands from 20 different countries playing on 25 stages. Liverpool Sound City has grown massively in it’s young six year existence. The music city breathes enthusiasm, the people are delightful and the venues unusual !
This year Sound City put on parties in; underground garages, arts clubs and iconic buildings such as the Liverpool Anglican Cathedral. Sound City doesn’t just stop there, CEO David Pichilingi states how expansion is on the horizon, ” Sound City aims to take it’s message, and values to locations not only in the UK but across Europe and internationally. We recently staged our 2nd edition of New York Sound City in Brooklyn. Pichilingi has specific criteria when working with new partners, “we want to be affiliated with cities that share our vision of independent and entrepreneurial spirit, the kind of city that wants to show to the world just how amazing they truly are.”
Some of our best moments came from scrapping our app itinerary and following the sound across the city. We stumbled across many new faces with this strategy. The sun shone during our breaks at Kazimier Gardens, where we rested our ears with a chilled acoustic session. Enjoy our photo gallery from the epicentre of musical talent.
We set off to Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral To See Noah and The Whale. The venue was sensational.
Noah and The Whale Serenade Sound City Fans
Our recommended Noah And The Whale track is “There will come a time.”
Sound City Fans Celebrate The First Night Of The Festival
Bastille’s Dan Smith Shook Up The First Night At The Garage – Pompeii Was Euphoric
Dan’s Cover’s Of “Rhythm of the night” and “City High” were absolute floor fillers !
AlunaGeorge show’s off her voice and amazing legs at The Garage
Aluna and George (to the left) make a brilliant electronic/R&B duo
Aluna’s Graphic Outfit Also Went Down Well With the Crowd
The Kazimier Gardens
Darwin Deez has an infectious Personality With The Ability To Hypnotize A Crowd
The Band Went On To Throw Shapes And Perform Epic Routines Throughout Their Set
Telling the crowd about “Chelsea Motel” lyrics
King Krule Performing His Set
Download Dan Croll’s track ‘From Nowhere.”
Big Deal Perform At The Shipping Forecast
Jacob Banks One Of Our Favourite New Acts At The Zanzibar
The Theme Park Brothers have a sound like no other. We felt like we were on a tropical holiday at their gig !
