Monday 25 February
Tracey Thorn in conversation (central Library, 1-2pm)
Monday 25 February 2019, 1 to 2 pm: Tracey Thorn in ConversationTickets available here www.ticketquarter.co.uk/Online/tracey-thorn-in-conversation
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The Letter Room presents No Miracles Here – the story or Ray who performs with his band, the Raylettes. Northen soul, wall to wall dancing.
Edge Hill Arts Centre (Monday, 7:30, Tuesday 2:30 & 7:30). Free tickes for PMS listeners, call the box office after 2pm on Monday and quote PMS.

Tuesday 26th:
Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar.
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Music Room.

Wednesday 27th:
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival presents Palestinian Hip Hop crew DAM at Constellations.

Thursday 28th:
Dan Wilson & The Counterfactuals. The Victims Album launch.
Studio 2.
Emotion Wave – Reedale Rise, Isocore, Lo Five, DJ Andrew Bates.
Constellations.

Friday 1st:
Juan Martin
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Music Room.

Saturday 2nd:
Outpost punk party – Spoilers, Down & Outs, Natterers, Crocodile God.
Outpost, Renshaw Street.
DiN Double Bill – D’Voxx, Ian Boddy, Nigel  Mullaney & Ian Boddy present an evening of modular synth music. “
Capstone Theatre.

March 9th:
The Living Brain, The Shadow Kabinet,  Suzie & The OHM, Big Flower.
Sound. 

Monday 11th
Beatrice Dillon & Keith Harrison present Ecstatic Material – Caustic Coastal (Salford) 7:30pm
A live, experimental, collaborative performance from “two original figures from their respective fields”, musician/producer Beatrice Dillon and visual artist Keith Harrison. Sound meets sculpture in real time, as part of the 4th Outlands Network UK tour.
https://www.skiddle.com/e/13404177/
 
Tuesday 12th
Freeport – University of Salford, MediaCityUK (Salford Quays) – ongoing until Saturday
From Abandon Normal Devices festival, this commission was initially intended for Manchester Airport, picture the slightly more approachable/accessible Uni campus as ‘Terminal MCR’ with artworks, talks and screenings from international artists such as N-Prolenta and !Mediengruppe. Subjects range from cryptocurrency to (digital) citizenship. Expect fascinating-as-ever programming from AND. Free all week.
andfestival.org.uk/events/freeport-terminal-mcr
andfestival.org.uk/events/freeport-critical
www.thennn.eu
 
Wednesday 13th February
Rob Heron & Tea Pad Orchestra – Philharmonic Music Room – 8pm
Reputable ‘North Eastern Swing’ combo highlight jazz’s early 20th century American highlights.
https://www.liverpoolphil.com/whats-on/rob-heron--the-tea-pad-orchestra
 
Thursday 14th
Spine presents Arma Agharta, Territorial Gobbing, President Business – Factory Kitchen – 8pm
Ultimate alternative Valentines from the Lonesaw extended industrial music family, featuring Lithuanian high-speed noise, quasi-improvised big-band biz, and a drone act from Leeds. Upstairs at IWF, 25 Carlton Street.
https://www.skiddle.com/e/13458298/
 
Free R&R with Mincemeat, Vee VV, and Malfeasance – Sound Basement – 8pm
Alternatively, join the free rock and roll punk party on Duke Street, showcasing some truly outsider computer music from the opener.
 
Friday 15th
Deep Cuts:  Eli Smart, COW, Silver Linings, Heavy North, Dan Disgrace – Jacaranda Phase One – 7pm
A spread of five eclectic live acts from across the pop-musical spectrum as we’ve come to expect from the Get Into This tastemakers. Pure song-writing talent (Eli Smart) rubs shoulders with out-rock jam band antics (COW; Dan Disgrace), dive bar blues (Heavy North), and sizzling dissonance (Silver Linings). Note: at Jacaranda’s second premises – 40 Seel Street.
https://www.skiddle.com/e/13459151/
 
Seatbelts, Strawberry Guy, Sara Wolff, Roy – 81 Renshaw Street – 7:30pm
Well worth catching bizzarro bedroom psych-pop kid Strawberry Guy playing before the headliner, the re-jigged Hooton Tennis Club project.
https://www.skiddle.com/e/13432964/
 
Leon Vynehall – Meraki – 10pm
A pick from a while back, this electronic music producer’s own records have an imperceptible, gradually-building brilliance that is frequently reflected in his undulating DJ sets, all the more so given LV will play from start to finish (4am!), as part of his DJ-Kicks tour.
https://www.skiddle.com/e/13409263/
 
Nekk-Fest 2.0 – Drop the DumBulls Gallery – 8:30pm
Ultra alt. alternative V-day with fast, fun and funny music from the likes of local d-beat/crust-punk sender-uppers DAD. Expect the usual hyper-self-parodying brilliance from DtDB.
 
Looking ahead:
Wednesday 27 February - DAM – Constellations – 7:30pm
Palestinian hip-hop group who rose to prominence in the ‘90s as the first Middle Eastern act of their ilk to ‘break through’ to a wider, global audience, fusing Arabic rhythmic and melodic material with rapped Arabic verse. Opening act DJ Sotusura has been pro-active in the Middle Eastern hip-hop scene for some 15 years. 16+ permitted with guardian.
https://www.skiddle.com/e/13425022/
 
Saturday 23rd Feb – Omar Souleyman (re-scheduled) – 7pm
​Postponed previously from 9th of the month, Syria's original 'acid Arab' with wedding singer flair for the club. 24 Kitchen Street, 10pm finish, Jacques Malchance and Giovanna (SisBis) on world-aware DJ supports.

Thursday 7th
Mikey Kenney @ Leaf 7pm
Album Launch – The Reverie Road. 
https://www.facebook.com/events/510998819423003/

XamVolo/Mersey Wylie/Sub Blue/ Blue Vibe @ Arts Club 7pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/304029213568681/

Friday 8th
Anwar Ali (Bajuni Islands) & Dave Owen – Mchanga Mweupe EP Launch 8pm @ Naked Lunch
https://www.facebook.com/events/372991339930084/

Mama Snake @ Meraki 10pm – Experimental Electronica event platforming artists who are womxn, queer or people of colour. Mama snake will be bringing trance, techno, breaks and other sounds to Meraki.
Lupini & Ben Sleia also 
https://www.facebook.com/events/2240763966204702/

Saturday 9th
Emotion Wave: The Aleph/Kuyokuyo/Germanager/La French 8pm Drop The Dumbulls
https://www.facebook.com/events/1497132413751964/

58 Comeback Special @ Zanzibar 7.30pm
Other acts: Lolly Hayes and the Naked Flames, Krank Williams, Samya O’Grady
https://www.facebook.com/events/355721148546933/


Alien Sound: Ambient Music and the Limits of the Human – 10.30am-4.30pm Tate Liverpool
Talks, interviews and discussions on new possibilities for thinking and practising a different relationship to noise and music.
Guest Artists include Marie Thompson, Paul Reket, Dhanveer Singh Brar, Larne Abse Gogarty, Steve Davismoon, Rachael Rosen, Jon Davies, Annalaura Alifuoco and Silvia Battista.
https://www.facebook.com/events/381309895953888/

Sunday 10th
Queen Zee Album Launch 3pm Phase 1
https://www.facebook.com/events/348556335968784/