Broadening the names of the top of the bill appeared to give Sound City 2019 a whole new audience. The Planet Slop team spend the weekend in the Baltic Triangle. […]

Celebrating four decades of skanking, Alan Parry catches The Specials for a night filled with dancing and overt political messages. Four decades ago, The Specials arrived as a fully formed […]

Liverpool Sound City announce their first wave of acts for 2019, with a little more focus on British hip hop and R&B. 

As The Darkness return with a new album and UK tour, Shaun Ponsonby takes another look at one of the bands of his youth and wonders whether they are the […]

What do Bruce Springsteen, Nelson Mandela and The Sopranos have in common? Ahead of Little Steven’s upcoming UK tour, Shaun Ponsonby takes a look at one of the most fascinating, […]

Three brilliant and talented scouse women – Miss Deep, Iona Fazer and Nicola Jane – collaborating on a new, female-led hip hop and R&B force to be reckoned with. Shaun […]

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.