New Music

Micayl, Antonia and Michael Aldag lead this year's alumni....

Iona Fazer unveils her new drill persona, and it's unlike anything we've heard before. ...

Have an exclusive listen to the dynamic new single from Skinner's Lane. ...

Right in time for Halloween, the Chedeye Knights stalwarts drop this spooky and humorous track. ...

The stone cold gentleman of Liverpool's hip hop scene drops his latest track. Planet Slop chuckle along with Jamie Broad on Chat Up Lines....

Having supported a host of A listers and scored her own hits, Dan Spelman talks to the imitable Nina Nesbitt ahead of her performance at next weekend’s Fusion Festival....

Following on from his debut single, Micayl returns with Versailles - and Alan Parry took the time to learn more about this new mysterious artist....

Our final LIMF Academy artist is a face you may well know - an integral figure of Liverpool's R&B scene, Planet Slop talks to Tee. ...

Continuing our conversations with the LIMF Academy 2019 "Most Ready" artists, Planet Slop talks to 20 year old, Wirral-born Podge....

We're meeting each of the LIMF Academy Most Ready artists ahead of their performances at this weekend's festival. First up is the storytelling troubadour Lydiah....

The weather may be a bit shit at the moment, but Shak Omar is brightening up our day with a dancehall-influenced summer jam. ...

Hailing from Germany, but settled in Liverpool. Alan Parry listens to Micayl's soulful sounds on his debut single. ...

Teaming up with XamVolo, Tee Soulful and Danny Casio, Little Grace release their compelling new single, mixing modern electronica with classic soul. Northern R&B thre...

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. Sound Ci...

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 Po...

With Sound Women rally up for another shindig at the Sound Basement, Ste Knight takes a look at what is in store...

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 Warn...

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

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

About Time? You bet! With their debut EP finally due for a 2019 release, Eve Marie-Connolly hails the Tosin Trio’s debut video. ...

Joyous, yet emotional, Eve Marie-Connolly finds Everything Is Imagined deeper on repeated listens with a special mix of their self-titled tune. ...

An anthem of arena sized proportions, Alan Parry takes a listen to The Irenes’ Maniac....

After impressing us with their debut single Curio, Good Problems take Alan Parry to the next level with their follow up. ...

An astonishing performance to launch her astonishing EP, Mersey Wylie puts on an empowering night at Studio 2....

Hot on the heels of Fire, LUNA releases the next single from her upcoming EP. ...

With the release of The Skin I Live In, Mersey Wylie chats to Shaun Ponsonby about her debut EP, the changing attitudes towards mental health, her love of Michael Jackson...

Gradually conquering the trashy dredges of society across the country, Queen Zee return to premiere their debut album at 24 Kitchen St.  ...

Somewhere between Tom Waits and Britney Spears lies QFolk, a non-binary fantasy trash babe and a one human post-folk punk yelling experience....

Gary Dougherty catches XamVolo’s return to Constellations for his fourth instalment of The Art of Dffrnce....

With a new collaboration album as well as their own solo projects, Saint and Nicola Jane are two of the most prolific artists in the L100. Shaun Ponsonby speaks to them b...

Studio 2 are launching the new funk event with London’s Big Smoke Family next week, and you could be there. Here’s everything you need to know courtesy of Mat...

Shak Omar, Remée and Jazmine Johnson will share the stage at 81 Renshaw next week with Planet Slop and Out of Context....

Bringing together music and gig photography, Shout About It Live returns for its second year in the Baltic Triangle this weekend. ...

Three incredible Liverpool artists come together for one night at 81 Renshaw, and Graham Smillie was on hand to take it all in. ...

A pop legend finds a new musical soulmate – and it’s very different from what they’re known for. ...

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&...

Two of Liverpool’s rising R&B stars join forces, with infectious results. ...

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. ...

Despite clear influences such as J Cole and Usher, Shak Omar’s latest single still sounds like it came from these streets....

A month before the Liverpool International Music Festival kicks off in Sefton Park, LIMF Academy have announced the six local acts they will be mentoring for the next yea...

As Janelle Monae prepares to tour her latest album Dirty Computer, Shaun Ponsonby writes a gushing tribute and picks apart the artistry of the Electric Lady. ...

Evoking a touch of Scott Walker with a dose of progressive pop, James Lewis feels like Barney Goodall has found his own sound.  ...

Sub Blue just dropped the latest single from his upcoming EP, and Shaun Ponsonby can’t help but feel like it could be a game changer for him. ...

He used to be part of the Profit Saint crew, but now he’s gone solo. DJ 2Kind introduces Saint.  ...

Finding a sweet spot that is difficult to occupy, Shaun Ponsonby is introduced to the grungy fuzz pop of Good Problems. ...

The trio present electronic music with a slightly grimier edge and an unashamedly scouse delivery. ...

What happens when a Liverpool based soul singer collaborates with a Manchester based rapper? Planet Slop finds out....

Having been a popular live act for years, supporting everybody from funk maestro Craig Charles to Motown legend Martha Reeves, The Soul Rays have released their debut vid...

Jamie Broad releases new video for track L100 History, a timeline of his own journey through Liverpool’s Hip Hop scene. ...

Ahead of their show at Sound, Jack Burton takes a look at one of Liverpool’s most promising new groups....

Celebrating the 25th of Parr Street Studios, Planet Slop premieres an incredible live performance from Nu Tribe and No Fakin....

Starting the new year off with a bang, DJ 2Kind introduces Shak Omar – the artist formerly known as 4tune Tella....

Sound City announce the first wave of acts for their 2018 edition, but there is one band exciting Planet Slop head and shoulders above the rest....

Ahead of the release of Astles’ debut studio effort, Planet Slop talk to the hotly tipped artist and have an exclusive listen to his first EP....

As the Jamaican born singer-songwriter wins the fifth Sound Station competition, Shaun Ponsonby listens to his soulful debut EP One Day. ...

A Liverpool hip hop veteran with a beer swigging, foul mouthed, occasionally homeless, street fighting and penniless alter ego. DJ2Kind introduces us to the artist forme...

Gypsy-infused jazz with a striking visual element. Shaun Ponsonby takes a listen to Ocean Waves signing Long Finger Bandits. ...

Liverpool’s finest off the wall jazz-pronk band talk to Shaun Ponsonby about the punk-prog divide, humour in music and “experimental thrash comedy avant-gard...

Fancy a nice cup of tea? DJ2Kind introduces us to Jamie Broad, a Leonard Cohen loving Liverpool rapper. ...

Before Manchester’s Mica Millar launches her latest single in Liverpool, Soulfultiz spoke to her about the Manchester scene, performing in Liverpool and her new mus...

Is Boom Bap the true hip-hop sound? Prefects seems to think so. DJ2Kind catches up with him with L100....

Glyn Akroyd exclusively premieres Limerance’s debut single, Shine On, with Planet Slop. ...

Ahead of this weekend’s adventures at LIMF, Soulfultiz shares the act he’s most looking forward to seeing.  ...

Continuing his regular column celebrating the urban scene in the North West, DJ2Kind introduces the incredible Rosh....

Shy Billy premiere their latest single, Waiting Gracefully, exclusively with Planet Slop....

The urban scene in the North West often goes under-represented, so we asked L100’s DJ 2Kind to write a regular column celebrating the urban underground – star...

Keeping his ear to the soulful underground, Soulfultiz checks out the debut single from London’s JVCK James....