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THE UNDERGROUND


century, featuring Steve Whilton (Last.fm), Chris Carey (EMI), Alex Hoffman (VICE/Noisey), David Hamilton (Pepper app) and Alexandre Passant (Seevl app). This year’s event will also give a voice to a new


generation of young, credible, forward-thinking record labels with a discussion between Rich Thane (Best Fit Recordings), John Rogers (Brainlove), Whiskas (Dance To The Radio), Hari Ashurst (Double Denim), Holy Roar - moderated by up and coming radio DJ, blogger and champion of new music Shell Zenner.


THE HIP-HOP expert


also co-authored (with Simmons) Russell Simmons's autobiography Life and Def. He directed Queen Latifah in the HBO film Life Support, and is an executive producer of VH1's long-running Hip Hop Honors broadcast. His most recent novel is The Plot Against Hip


Hop (Akashic Books 2011) which is a finalist for an NAACP Image Award. In 2012 George wrote, narrated, and co-directed Brooklyn Boheme - a documentary portraying the artistic community of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill that included Spike Lee, Chris Rock, Saul Williams, Erykah Badu, Talib Kweli among others.


THE EXPO Sound City Expo promises to bring the newest and most forward-thinking exhibitors to the Echo Arena in Liverpool - providing access for both consumers and music/digital professionals to interesting and helpful people, tools and services. LSC organisers say this year’s Expo is “a reaction to the traditional, staid music trade-shows that have proliferated the calendar”. SCE, taking place on the Friday and Saturday, will be fully integrated into both the convention and festival offerings of Liverpool Sound City, manifest in live demos, masterclasses, discussions and more.


Revered hip-hop author, filmmaker, journalist, critic and social commentator Nelson George will be giving a keynote this year. George is one of the first writers to document


hip-hop culture and is the author of several award- winning books on the subject, including Hip Hop America and The Death of Rhythm & Blues. He


Don Broco, White Arrows, Said The Whale, Yukon Blonde, Jake Bugg, Bear In Heaven, Post War Years, Mugstar, Wet Nuns, Jonquil, Swiss Lips, Shields, Vukovi, Fine Young Firecrackers, Crusades, Still Flyin’, Artwork & MC Pokes, Ben Caplan, Bendal Interlude, Bird, Bow & Arrow, Bwani Junction, Catfish and The Bottlemen, Cazadores, Cheap Thrills, Daytona Lights, Dead Cities, Dead Wolf Club, Dinosaur Bones, Elmo and the Styx, Farryl Purkiss, Funeral Suits, Get Back Colquitt, Hot Panda, Iktsuarpok, Inland Sea, Johnny Sands, Kazimier Krunk Band, Kestrels, Lake Poets, THE MARGINALS, Lilliput, Mammal Club, Man Get Out, Millions, Mind Mountain, Oliver Tank, Patterns, People Of K, Pete and the Harmonics, Ratty Little Fingers, Reptile Youth, Revere, Salem Rages, Scams, Slow


THE ART EXHIBITION Screenadelica is a gig poster exhibition, celebrating the art of the screen-printed gig poster. Originating during Liverpool Sound City festival in 2010, this year the show has travelled to Barcelona for Primavera Sound festival, SITE Gallery in Sheffield, Bestival on the Isle of Wight and Orlando Calling in Florida.


Down Molasses, Some Community, Spring Offensive, Step Panther, STRIKE, The Dead Class, The Lake Poets, The Red Suns, The Royals, The Second Grace, THE UNION DOLLS, The Vermin Suicides, Thomas J Speight, Tiro Lark, TRUDI


Kids In Glass Houses


SATURDAY James Vincent McMorrow, Space, Kids In Glass Houses, Ghostpoet, The Wedding Present, The History Of Apple Pie, Sweet Billy Pilgrim, D/R/U/G/S


Theme Park, Hey Sholay, Tea Street Band, Fixers, Invaders, Jinja Safari, Bleached, PINS, Lulu James, EJ, ThunderbirdGerard (USA/GER), Broken Lungs, Hideaways, Sissy & The Blisters, The Kill Van Kulls, Dan Croll, The Night, Algiers, Be Forest, Ben Salter, Blunt Truth, Bonfire Nights, Chelcee Grimes, Coffee and Cakes For Funerals, Common Tongues, Concrete Knives, Crash Of Rhinos, Death at Sea, Emma Louise, Esco Williams, Flat Back Four, Golden Fable, Goodnight Lenin, Heartbeat


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Hip-hop royalty: Nelson George will take centre stage


BELOW Art and performance: Screenadelica celebrates gig posters while PPL’s Keith Harris will chair a panel about PPL income and performers


Playing host to both UK and international


artists, Screenadelica hosts a wide variety of styles promoting the bands the artists love, inspired by the music they hear. With digital download taking over the music scene, the desire to still own something physical makes the screen printed poster all the more important, driving artists to create pieces of art for each show which encapsulates the music in their eyes. This then means that rather than one artist representing the bands sound, they get a whole range of interpretations of their music thru the screen printed gig poster. Screenadelica was founded by Liverpool-based


designer Horse but exists because of the artists that exhibit at the shows and the bands they design for.


THE PPL bash For the first time, LSC will be hosting a PPL Reception and networking event on Friday May 18 at The Hilton from 13.15 – 15.15. As part of the UK wide outreach program,


Keith Harris, PPL Director of Performer Affairs, will chair a panel discussion that will inform artists of PPL’s role in the industry and why the PPL income is so important for performers. Other members of the panel will include a


representative from the PPL Performer Board and an artist from the FAC. The session will be open to all LSC and local artists. There will be plenty of opportunity to engage with PPL during a Q&A session and the networking


drinks that will take place


afterwards.


Parade, HighFields, I am Dive, Inland Sea, Ironside, Jackson Firebird, Jazzhands, Jordan Cook (Reignwolf), Kasst, Kestrels, Like Spinning, Long Finger Bandits, Low Roar, Manuka, Matzka, Millions, Miss Stylie, Monkey Pilot, Mont Blanc, Ninetails, Oliver Tank, Owls*, Oxygen Thieves, Pete Bentham and the Dinner Ladies, Samuel Mason, Secret Rivals, Seward, Sietta, Silent Sleep, Silverclub, Slow Down Molasses, Southern, Step Panther, Strangers, Sweet Lights, Tall Ships, The Bowers, The Brownies, The Daydream Club, The Likely Lads, The Lunar Fields, The Suicide of Western Culture, The Sums, The Thespians, This Is Two, Towns, Vasco Da Gama, Waa Wei, Young British Artists


James Vincent McMorrow


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