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The Maccabees to play at Liverpool Sound City

• 18th Feb 2010

Liverpool Sound City are delighted to announce their partnership with Eat Your Own Ears which is due to see The Maccabees play 2 shows at Liverpool’s 02 Academy on the closing day of the festival. With two sterling albums under their belt including last year’s “Wall of Arms” The Maccabee’s recently collaborated with Roots Manuva and are at the forefront of the new British music movement as they headline this years’ Showckwaves NME Awards tour.

Also fresh on the line up are The Sunshine Underground whose album “Nobody’s Coming to Save You” was released to all round acclaim this month. Based in Leeds and known for their high octane funk and punk sound they’re well placed next to local lads Hot Club de Paris for delivering engaging live shows. Born and bred in Liverpool Hot Club de Paris shot to success 4 year’s ago with their debut album “Drop it til it Pops” and have since toured all over the world. Joining them in Liverpool will be Welsh rock royalty Attack! Attack! and local rock n roll legend Ian McNabb has also been confirmed to play a one off special Sound City show.

From further afield, Canada’s Chilly Gonzales will be performing an exclusive piano and talk based show on the converted altar, at the palatially transformed ex-church, Alma De Cuba. Gonzales’ collaborations with such diverse artists as Peaches, Jane Birkin and Feist reflect the diversity of his approach and are an indication to his unique live style and performance. This show will be a must see!

Sound City Festival Director Dave Pichilingi states;
“Eat Your Own Ears and The Maccabees fit perfectly with the Sound City ethos. Eat Your Own Ears are the coolest promoters in the UK. They promote and book for some of the best festivals in the UK including Field Day and underage Festival. Their line ups are always eclectic and like our very own bookers they have those amazing ears and knack to book the right things at the right time. They do not jump on bandwagons but instead serve to present the best acts before anybody else gets to hear of them. Notable successes over the past few years include Hot Chip, The Temper Trap, Florence and the Machine and The Big Pink. Like our bookers they have worked with Maccabees from their earliest roots. This is going to be a must see show for Sound City 2010. “

Eat Your Own Ears Director Tom Baker states;
“We are really excited to be working with Liverpool Sound City after the first Eat Your Own Ears event that saw Florence and the Machine play to a room of 400 people and Four Tet headline the 2nd room in 2008… So great to be back, and exciting to see the line ups for 2010 come together over the next few weeks.”

With bands flocking into Liverpool from all over the globe, Sound City are also delighted to welcome along Australia’s Philadelphia Grand Jury and Teenagersintokyo, France’s Naïve New Beaters, Panico and Thieves like us, Canada’s You say Party! We Say Die! and the USA’s Here We Go Magic. Our cutting edge internationals are playing alongside North Atlantic Oscillation, My Passion, Reverend Soundsystem, Esben & the Witch, Rox, Lonelady, Stopmakingme, Dead Kids, The Delta Fiasco, Chickenhawk, and Sharks who’ve all been making waves on the UK live circuit, alongside the previously announced Paloma Faith, Speech Debelle and Wave Machines.

As the biggest metropolitan festival of it’s kind in the North, Sound City plays host to high profile names alongside cutting edge live performers. Always encouraging new talent 'bands are now also being invited to sign up to play at Sound City's regional showcases in association with Academy Music Group.

Showcases will be held in venues all over the North of England and Scotland giving bands the chance win a whole clutch of amazing prizes from sponsors and the chance to play on the main stage at Liverpool Sound City in front of the most appreciative crowds in the UK as well as an international music business audience.

Bands who want to get the chance to take part in this new initiative can sign up at link