Tag Archives: Brighton Rock

The Common Tongues, Tether &Twine. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Brighton is famous for many things. It is full if history, a passion that burns brightly, the capital of gay culture in the U.K. , the comedian Max Miller, The Levellers, the filming of Oh, What A Lovely War! and the superb Brighton Rock  all reside in the very fabric in one of the most beautiful cities in the south coast of England. Arguably only Plymouth and Dover are more historic and only Bournemouth is more picturesque. All this wrapped up in one city, it’s no wonder that there is a vibe, a certain acceptance to be creative in the area and the band The Common Tongues enhance this reputation and with their E.P. Tether & Twine look set to add another notable notch to the bedpost of Brighton life.

The Fear, Channel 4, Television Review.

Peter Mullan In The Fear. Picture from Channel 4.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Peter Mullan, Anastasia Hille, Harry Lloyd, Paul Nicholls, Demosthenes Chrysan, Dragos Bucar, Shaban Arifi, Julia Ragnarsson, Danny Sapani, Nigel Lindsay, Osy Ikhile, Sidney Kean, Lisa McAllister, Catherine Winter, Amarildo Kola.

Gone it seems, are the days of Pinkie Brown and the black and white days of the south coast’s criminal underbelly in Brighton Rock. Now the terrifying prospect of Eastern European gang culture rears in head in the seedy dangerous world of The Fear and it’s a far more dangerous world than teen hoodlum Pinkie could have ever have imagined.