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Performance & Film / 11 Nov 2012

Radar. Radar: Five Broken Cameras, FACT

If you’ve not seen this piercing and powerful documentary, we strongly suggest you head over to FACT this Thursday. Shot over five years, the film documents a village and its fight against illegal Jewish settlers….

Art & Creativity / 10 Oct 2012

Radar. Radar: Designival at Camp and Furnace

We’ll be revisiting this again, but for now it’s enough to say we’re officially excited about Designival: the grudge match. Actually, that’s not what it’s called. But there is a spicy undercurrent to this hotly….

Music & Listening / 09 Sep 2012 / 1 comment

Radar. Radar: Bastille, at Stanley Theatre

Some bands effortlessly push all our endorphin buttons. Bastille is one. The south London project headed by Dan Snow is now a fully fledged band, mixing Miike Snow-esque production chops with industrial beats and twitches,….

Art & Creativity / 09 Sep 2012

Radar. Radar: Dot Art Life Classes

Liverpool’s most engaging gallery, Dot Art, is bringing back its autumn tutorials again this season. Inspired by the Biennial? Time to get your watercolours out again? Dot Art’s brilliant 10 week evening course in Life….

Music & Listening / 09 Sep 2012

Radar. Radar: Only Child at Leaf

Trestles frontman Alan O’Hare is an only child. That’s often a precursor for spoiled brats with too many Power Rangers. But, thankfully, O’Hare’s turned it into bruised and beautiful introspection on his latest musical project…..

Music & Listening / 09 Sep 2012 / 1 comment

Radar. Radar: Sue Denim

Whimsical ditties and lyrics of the ‘nah, nah, nah, something…something…dreaming’ variety will always find a soft spot in our cold, hard hearts. So check out Sue Denim, bringing her bicycle to town next week. Hooks,….

Music & Listening / 09 Sep 2012 / 1 comment

Radar. Radar: Sugar Man, Rodriguez at Liverpool Philharmonic

Anyone see that mesmerising documentary, Searching for Sugar Man - tracing the elusive career of Rodriguez: a hero in South Africa, and the greatest Rock’n’Roll star that never was? Well, you don’t have to search….

Music & Listening / 09 Sep 2012

Radar. Radar: Dry The River at The Kazimier

When a Norwegian born At The Drive In fan meets a likeminded set of spiky folk fans, you’re looking at a band ticking all the right boxes, right now. Welcome Dry The River.

Food & Drink / 09 Sep 2012

Radar. Radar: The Grimm Regale at The Kazimier

What are you doing next weekend? How about entering a surreal, fairytale world, complete with a groaning table of the finest foods and wines, accompanied by minstrels and performers, for a dinner party with a dark and delicious twist…

Bars & Nightlife / 08 Aug 2012

Radar. Radar: Waxxx Warehouse Party

Don’t look back in anger, celebrate the fag end of the 90s in style, at the Waxxx End of Summer party, at Camp and Furnace this month.

Events & Attractions / 07 Jul 2012 / 2 comments

Radar. Radar: Threshold Fundraiser

A full day of all that’s great in Liverpool (and around) right now: it’s exactly what a taster of Threshold should look like, and it’s coming our way this month…

Music & Listening / 06 Jun 2012

Radar. Radar: Ten Bands Ten Minutes

How best to honour the oeuvre of the man they once called Symbol? Do it in tiny, tasty mouthfuls. We think the great man would approve.

Music & Listening / 06 Jun 2012

Radar. Radar: The Low Anthem

We love The Low Anthem. They’re the perfect sultry mid summer soundtrack. We’ve got them. Is it too much to ask for the weather?