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Music
Studio 2 Launches FUNKOLOGY + Competition
Studio 2 are launching the new funk event with London’s Big Smoke Family next week, and you could be there. The Mook tells us everything we need to know.
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LGBT
Janelle Monae: Academy, Manchester
Heading to Manchester for Janelle Monae’s first full UK show in four years, Shona Carmen feels alive, emotional and included as the Electric Lady wows in a venue almost too […]
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Music
WIN Tickets For Our R&B Showcase + Submit Your Tunes
Shak Omar, Remée and Jazmine Johnson will share the stage at 81 Renshaw next week with Planet Slop and Out of Context.
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Film
Betty Davis: They Say I’m Different – the new biopic that delivers a big emotional punch
Matt Mak reviews the UK exclusive extended version of Betty: They Say I’m Different – the new biopic on pioneering Queen of Funk, Betty Davis.
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Live Reviews
Shout About It Live: Review and Gallery
Bringing together music and gig photography, Graham Smillie finds great potential in Shout About It Live.
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LGBT
Jake Shears, Sonic Yootha: Arts Club, Liverpool
The former Scissor Sisters man brings his solo show to the Arts Club, where Shaun Ponsonby finds a vibrant, colourful and thoroughly Queer show.
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Music
Rating Janet Jackson
As Janet Jackson drops her new single Made For Now, Shaun Ponsonby looks at the back catalogue of a genuinely daring, influential and underappreciated artist.
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Live Reviews
Vintage Trouble: Hangar 34, Liverpool
A perfect marriage of rock & soul, Shaun Ponsonby checks out California’s Vintage Trouble in the Baltic Triangle.
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Interviews
Preview: Shout About It Live
Bringing together music and gig photography, Shout About It Live returns for its second year in the Baltic Triangle this weekend.
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LGBT
The Radar: Addict by Afterhere
A pop legend finds a new musical soulmate – and it’s very different from what they’re known for.
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Music
L100 Spotlight #8: JR (Local 2 Global)
DJ2Kind returns to the pages of Planet Slop to introduce us to more from Liverpool’s hip hop, grime and R&B scenes. This time around, it’s Local 2 Global’s JR.
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Music
Get Ready For Betty Davis – the Original Queen of Funk
A new biopic has been made on the life and music of this 1970s Funk icon – and it’s coming to Liverpool for one night only on Monday 6th August 2018.
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LGBT
Pride Week: Planet Slop’s Pride Playlist
Planet Slop rounds off Pride Week with an extensive playlist celebrating the greatest past, present and future queer artists.
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Interviews
Pride Week: A Boozy Afternoon with Sonic Yootha
With Sonic Yootha staging their annual post-Pride party on Saturday, Shaun Ponsonby sat in a pub with the Yootha team, poring over records and talking trash.
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Live Reviews
LIMF 2018 Round-Up: Review and Gallery
With LIMF debuting their new set-up for 2018, Shaun Ponsonby and Soulfultiz take in this year’s event and ponder the future.
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Interviews
Pride Week: Queen Zee – “I’m from a long line of scary women”
Ahead of Liverpool Pride, Queen Zee talks to Shaun Ponsonby about alternative Queer influences, being championed by Iggy Pop, and the importance of education around trans issues.
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Music
The Radar: Tabitha Jade ft. Shak Omar – Mindreader
Two of Liverpool’s rising R&B stars join forces, with infectious results.
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Music
The Radar: Andy Weaver – Pink Light EP
Planet Slop looks at a debut solo EP from a regular face on the Liverpool music scene that encompasses jazz, funk, electronica, soul and hip hop.
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Live Reviews
George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic: Academy, Manchester
George Clinton makes his final visit to Manchester, but despite his impending retirement, Shaun Ponsonby finds a defiant Dr Funkenstein refusing to rest on his laurels.
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Music
Preview: Welcome To My City Tour
MC Nelson teams up with a host of talent from across the country for a unique tour celebrating Britain’s up and coming hip hop, grime and R&B talent.
