Tag Archives: International Pop Overthrow.

Lloyd And Daly, Gig Review. The Cavern, International Pop Overthrow, 2017 (Saturday).

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The international Pop Overthrow remains one of the really great festival ideas to make its way to the Liverpool spotlight; the home of British popular music the perfect venue, the sense of graft and hard work overwhelming, yet for each band, for every artist, there is the goal of performance. For Lloyd and Daly, not only did they take The Beatles stage to task earlier in the week but on the busy Saturday, the day when the music gets deep, down and dirty, when the weekend kicks off and the social butterflies and serious music lovers intermingle amongst the memorabilia and the memory.

Lloyd And Daly, Gig Review. The Cavern, International Pop Overthrow, 2017 (Saturday). full post

(362 words, estimated 1:27 mins reading time)

Liverpool Sound And Vision: The Sunday Supplement. An Interview With Mark And Helen Luker (Fun Of The Pier).

The International Pop Overthrow is one event that shouldn’t be missed, regardless of where in the world founder and organiser David Bash takes it, it is a chance to come across the unexpected, the divine and the surprisingly brilliant.

The Cavern and the Cavern Pub have long had the honour of hosting Liverpool’s week of crowning new idols and loved musicians, of making new bands to admire and urge on. Amongst them is the fascinating duo of Helen of Mark Luker, or as they are better known as Fun of the Pier. It is a duo that gives an awful lot of pleasure on stage and one that really should have a bigger following.

Liverpool Sound And Vision: The Sunday Supplement. An Interview With Mark And Helen Luker (Fun Of The Pier). full post

(1830 words, estimated 7:19 mins reading time)

Sons Of Jet, Gig Review. The Cavern Club, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow. 2014.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

There must be something in the Merseyside air that draws James Styring back to Liverpool and away from his home in Lincolnshire. The smell of the past, the passion that still seeps out of every pore, every venue and the recapturing of the excitement that gave Liverpool the right to say with pride that it was and always will be the capital of culture, for James Styring and his band Sons Of Jet, that passion is something they capture with their music and the that long loved sound that is forever entwined in the Liverpool air, transfers easily to the flat country fields of Lincolnshire.

Sons Of Jet, Gig Review. The Cavern Club, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow. 2014. full post

(456 words, estimated 1:49 mins reading time)

AqPop, Gig Review. The Cavern Club, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow. 2014

AqPop at the Cavern Club as part of the 2014 International Pop Overthrow. Photograph by Ian D. Hall

AqPop at the Cavern Club as part of the 2014 International Pop Overthrow. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7 1/2/10

Liverpool is more than used to the music venues of Liverpool filling the local ears with contented understanding of its Norwegian artists who have made the city their home. It is one of the many strengths of the city that it embraces, not only the huge links between its Viking heritage and Scouse, but the immense influx of well-written and totally eclectic and narrative songs.

AqPop, Gig Review. The Cavern Club, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow. 2014 full post

(356 words, 1 image, estimated 1:25 mins reading time)

Dlugokecki, Gig Review. The Cavern Club, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Dlugokecki may be a word that looks as if it is designed to trip you up in a big way. Like those playground bullies of your schooldays that hung about near the lockers and stuck their foot out as you passed them and then laughed themselves into apoplexy as you fought to get back up with some semblance of dignity. Thankfully the band that bears the name are nothing of the sort, they are pleasant, self- effacing and with a front man who looks as if he the sweetest guy in the world. The name may be hard to pronounce but the music they play rolls of the tongue like Southampton legend Matt Le Tissier stroking a free kick home with an easy elegance.

Dlugokecki, Gig Review. The Cavern Club, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow. full post

(441 words, estimated 1:46 mins reading time)

Rooni, Gig Review. The Cavern Club, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

There is something stirring in the deep heart of Sweden. Alongside Norway, Denmark and Finland, the music that is coming out those Nordic lands is becoming more and more relevant to how Europe and especially the U.K. is thinking about Pop/Rock/Metal. Not only is it relevant, it is extremely good and stunning to hear and Stockholm’s Rooni shows this new energy to be gaining more and more ground.

Rooni, Gig Review. The Cavern Club, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow. full post

(401 words, estimated 1:36 mins reading time)

The 286, Gig Review. The Cavern Club, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow.

Liverpool Sound of Vision Rating 9/10

It doesn’t take long to fall in love, the barest of fleeting glimpses or sounds on a radio can be enough for anybody to start a life-times affair with the most defining of bands. Whether it is the intoxicating thought that the music supplied by The 286, is industrious, soul grabbing, slips you a crafty but loving wink in between each affectionate and amorous note or that it brings back so many memories of the only band to have ever tried anything as daring and eclectic as anything that one of Birmingham’s most favourite bands, E.L.O., ever conceived.

The 286, Gig Review. The Cavern Club, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow. full post

(395 words, estimated 1:35 mins reading time)

Norman Kelsey, Gig Review. The Cavern Club, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

As Norman Kelsey stands on the stage at The Cavern Club and takes in the audience’s reaction, it would be easy to forgive him if for the briefest of moments the broad smile he has had on his face all evening suddenly became as wide as the  River Mersey. For Norman Kelsey, the man who made his way from the West Coast of America to perform in this year’s International Pop Overthrow, to say his set was stunning would be a huge understatement.

Norman Kelsey, Gig Review. The Cavern Club, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow. full post

(396 words, estimated 1:35 mins reading time)

Adam Marsland, Gig Review. The Cavern Club, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The International Pop Overthrow wouldn’t be the same without the presence of California’s Adam Marsland being spotted and enjoyed at some point during the eight days. On and off the stage the man is a colossus and always gives a consummate performance worthy of some of the greats from the United States.

Adam Marsland, Gig Review. The Cavern Club, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow. full post

(440 words, estimated 1:46 mins reading time)

Magma Brain, Gig Review. The Cavern Club, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * *

Norway’s links with Liverpool are un-disguisable, even the favourite dish of the city, Scouse, originates from there and it is no wonder that all things Norwegian make their way to the city at some point or another. Some are taken to the people’s hearts straight away and some take getting used to.

Magma Brain, Gig Review. The Cavern Club, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow. full post

(393 words, estimated 1:34 mins reading time)