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Aidan O’ Rourke, 365: Volume 2. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Art is at its best when it inspires other artists as well as the general public to be greater than they thought they could be. A poem that stimulates the writer to take on the length of a novel, the painting that arouses the passion of the film maker, and the boldness of music which has caught the meaning and fire of the enthusiastic sculpture, all contain the seeking out of mystery and explaining in greater detail what the world can be.

American Idiot, Theatre Review. Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Tom Milner, Luke Friend, Sam Lavery, Alexandra Robinson, Christian Tyler Wood, Daniel Law, Glen Adamson, Jennifer Caldwell, Joshua Dowen, Laura Marie Benson, Lucas Rush, Raquel Jones, Rory McGuire, Ross William Wild, Samuel Pope, Shekinah McFarlane, Siobhan O’ Driscoll, Amy Anzel, David Brooks.

Band: Robert Wicks, Chris George, Nick Kent, Charlie Maguire.

Riot V, Live In Japan 2018. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

To be Live In Japan, it is an act of worship and homage to a land of intrigue, fascination and beauty that few of us will ever be able to achieve but then not all of us have pursued the idea of causing our lives to be a riot, to glimpse at the communication possible and demonstrate the rampage that good hard rock can bring to the world.

The New Roses, Nothing But Wild. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Nothing But Wild, it is the answer to how we should be living life, away from the safe, the sedate and the unflappably dull, we should be seeing life as a challenge to be conquered, no matter how limited our resources, how rationed our ability, we must embrace the way of the wolf and be prepared to let everyone know that we are there, our fur bristling in the glow of the moon and the natural urge to bring out the big howl of the melody always enthusiastically signalled.

Real Authority, True Motion. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Punk was never meant to be seen as a gesture which would be looked back upon as a friendly wave of nostalgia, it was meant to terrify, to shake the rotten and self-centred to their core, and to signal a change in how we see the world, to open our eyes to the future and allow a sense of True Motion to begin.

Arcadia Sun, Can You See Me Now. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

As time passes, we are perhaps less inclined to constantly look for the new, always in favour of hanging on what makes us smile at certain memories, the echo of the new sound one that we cannot be blamed for trying to avoid. It is part of life; we refuse to acknowledge that anything can comfortably draw the same breadth of comparison as what we have built up in our minds as the epitome of our love.

Reuben Archer With The Brand, Boneyard. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

When the Personal Sin is over, all that remains is to be taken to the Boneyard to account for all you have done and rest assured that all you have done is beyond reproach; for Reuben Archer that thought is surely always there, for the sense of understanding that comes with always wanting to do more than what might be perceived as your best, to take the narrative one stage further and give life to a complete and rounded individual, is the point of searching for excellence that Reuben Archer insists upon.

Jailbirds, The Great Escape. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

If you really want to know how to get out of the rat race and restore your own life balance, to plan The Great Escape and inspire others to see that world needs more loose cannons willing to express the disaffection of their souls whilst proudly, and ferociously, offering ways to lighten the mood and find a way to rock in the best traditions of AC/DC or Airbourne, then it might just fall to the four riders of the new Aussie-calypse to provide the combined measure of the fight response that breaking free from the self-placed chains produces.

New Order, New Order + Liam Gillick: So It Goes.. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

We only ever witness the impact of a momentous event from a certain perspective, we may only realise there has been one long after the occurrence happened, so immersed in our own world, seeking out a path of the least resistance and the moment in which our own star shines, that we only see the glow of the night as it lights up the shadows that have already been experienced by others.

Spiderman: Far From Home. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Tom Holland, Samuel L. Jackson, Jake Gyllenhaal, Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Tony Revolori, Angourie Rice, Remy Hii, Martin Starr, J.B. Smoove, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Colbie Smulders, Numan Acar, Zach Barack, Zoha Rahman, Yasmin Mwanza, Joshua Sinclair-Evans, Sebastian Viveros, Toni Garrn, Peter Billingsley, Clare Dunne, Nicholas Gleaves, Claire Rushbrook, J.K. Simmons, Dawn Michelle King.