Tag Archives: Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow 2016.

Alison Green, Gig Review. The Cavern, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow (2016).

Alison Green at The Cavern, Liverpool. Iternational Pop Overthrow 2016. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cut through the noise, reduce everything around you to a state of near silence, not so much pin dropping but that rare beat in which nobody breathes, nobody exhales or makes the slightest murmur at the exact same time, hack away at everything that detracts the senses and leave the bloodied corpses of indifference laying in their own pool of unreasonable understanding; for when Alison Green travels to the International Pop Overthrow, the event is one to savour for all its worth.

Alison Green, Gig Review. The Cavern, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow (2016). full post

(452 words, 1 image, estimated 1:48 mins reading time)

King Mojo, Gig Review. The Cavern, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow (2016).

King Mojo at The Cavern in Liverpool. May 2016. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The area around Middlesbrough, the town to which clings to the edge of the North East and its old Yorkshire heritage for all its worth, has had many excuse recently to party in celebration and joy as its sporting heroes place the town back once more in its arguably rightful place. It is one that is deserved but also tempered by the reality of government inaction, of a feeling of bitterness and anger at the way the area has been left to its own devices and face ruination at the hands of the dirty side of politics.

King Mojo, Gig Review. The Cavern, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow (2016). full post

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

The Theme, Gig Review. The Cavern, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow (2016).

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The look may have altered slightly, the line up somewhat different, however, there should be no doubting that the aspiration and kudos attached to the London band The Theme, the sound of a million marching ideas and clean cut lyrics remains the same, remains compelling and clear; this is still The Theme, this is still life as lovers of the International Pop Overthrow would know and understand.

The Theme continue the good work laid down in the recent past and whilst the band have changed some personnel, the commitment to the scene, to the rush of truthful grandeur and roughly inspired life continues unabated and with strength in depth.

The Theme, Gig Review. The Cavern, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow (2016). full post

(354 words, estimated 1:25 mins reading time)

The Corridors, Gig Review. The Cavern, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow 2016.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

When a band comes from out of the late spring warmth, the haze of the sun stretching deep into the bones and the fabric of a city that unquestionably is the finest in the world for its musical appreciation and welcoming stance to outside acts, and is able to grab you by the shoulders and dares you, challenges you, to look away for the entire time they are on stage and does so with complete trust in your sense of perspective, then you know just what a great group you have stumbled upon.

The Corridors, Gig Review. The Cavern, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow 2016. full post

(428 words, estimated 1:43 mins reading time)

Mylittlebrother, Gig Review. The Cavern, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow 2016.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The Lake District is arguably one of the great and unspoilt places within the whole of the U.K., alongside Dartmoor, the areas of Snowdonia, the lochs of Scotland and the banks of the furthermost reaches of The Mersey. The Lake District revels in its beauty, is not ashamed of its splendour and like a grand woman of any age, celebrates in its attractive qualities and injects that appreciation into anyone who has a heart that cannot contain the words in which to espouse or promote.

Mylittlebrother, Gig Review. The Cavern, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow 2016. full post

(367 words, estimated 1:28 mins reading time)

2am Turnaround. Gig Review. The Cavern, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow 2016.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The back stage at The Cavern, the one most associate with a time that never truly existed and the one in which the full warmth of the International Pop Overthrow has had many bands open up the proceedings on it in the last 14 years but perhaps none so much as enjoyable as the bright sparks and lasting flames put out into the Liverpool night as 2am Turn Around managed as they kicked of the 2016 International Pop Overthrow extravaganza with charm and beautiful harmony.

2am Turnaround. Gig Review. The Cavern, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow 2016. full post

(373 words, estimated 1:30 mins reading time)