Feeling like a rejuvenated section of the scene, the brains behind Wrong Festival present their second all-dayer. Graham Smillie earns his keep with both words and photos. 

Are you ready for Threshold? We are! In anticipation of this weekend’s festivities, Planet Slop presents its virtual stage – the trail we’ll be following all weekend. 

As the ever popular festival prepares its weekend festivities, co-founder Chris Carney talks to Planet Slop about their natural diversity.  

This year’s Threshold Festival headliner talks to Dan Spelman about Liverpool, his debut album and his mental health focussed podcast series. 

Following on from last year’s reggae-infused It’s Like, the ambitious Ocean Waves project returns by sprinkling a jazzy feel over the Jamaican sound with Warning. 

In the late 1980s, a new sound emerged that finally found common ground between hip hop and R&B, and brought soul music back to the streets. This is the rise […]

Shaun Ponsonby continues his community service for that time he swiped a shoehorn from a cobbler by watching this year’s BRIT Awards so you don’t have to. He wasn’t happy […]

LIMF 2019 is going DISCO with a massive closing act. 

One of the greatest events in the country announces its first acts for 2019, as Africa Oyé details this year’s festival.

A celebration of women that managed to snub a trailblazing queer black woman who all but stole the show. Shaun Ponsonby found this year’s Grammys an improvement, but frustrating. 

With Sheffield’s finest returning to the city this summer for a special show at Croxteth Park as part of Let’s Rock Liverpool, Shaun Ponsonby revisits the back catalogue of this […]

XamVolo launches his debut album, which Shaun Ponsonby believes has set a new standard for Liverpool music. 

Bronnie marks her homecoming with an incredible show at Zanzibar. Dan Spelman witnesses an artist hitting a whole new level.

He may be from Ellesmere Port, but That’s Juvey? is a thoroughly scouse MC. Shaun Ponsonby takes in his latest releases.  

The band behind Bob Marley return, playing the biggest selling reggae hits of all time. 

As XamVolo releases his debut album and preps a massive headline show at the Arts Club,  we dig out this fascinating interview our own Shaun Ponsonby conducted with him last […]