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Dion: The Rock ‘N’ Roll Philosopher. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

To praise a person for their life lived should always be shown by not only what they achieved for themselves but what they have done for others, that their life was one of empathy, of pushing others to reach a potential they might have thought impossible and most importantly being humble where the result of their kindness is concerned.

Laura Evans: Out Of The Dark. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

From Out Of The Dark comes either chaos or serenity, we peer into the shadows and hope that the sound we hear is that of the authentic and the brave, not that of the obscure and weepish dramas that accompany some who see the opportunity to self-serve rather than illuminate, to sacrifice their thoughts in the name of enlightenment.

Laura Evans has already made a name for herself by sticking to a principled line that encompasses genuine groundwork for her lyrics to grab the attention of the listener, and the steady beat of various genres standing with full value in broad, proud, and sincerely polished affection, a letter of love signed, sealed, and delivered with style and soul.

The Hack. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: David Tennant, Robert Carlyle, Toby Jones, Rose Leslie, Eve Myles, Nadia Albina, Mark Stobbart, Katherine Kelly, Kevin Doyle, Sophie Bould, Daniel Ryan, Dougray Scott, Barry Sloane, Rosealie Craig, Lee Ingleby, Neil Maskell, Jay Simpson, Rocky Marshall, Jamie Parker, Ian Burfield, Richard Pepple, Dolly Gadsdon, Pip Torrens, George Russo, Steve Pemberton, Ron Cook, Georgia Jay, Andrew Lancel, Nicholas Rowe, Adrian Lester, Lisa McGrillis, Jonathan Aris, Lucy Speed, Steve Waddington, Nigel Lindsay, Nicola Stephenson, Robert Bathurst, Robert Glenister, Paul Kaye, Lara Pulver, Sean Pertwee, Jonathan Coy, Lisa Dillon, Cara Theobold, Phil Davis.

Rianne Downey: The Consequence Of Love. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

We are urged to follow our hearts to the point where the outcome is often detrimental to our souls, the wishes of the moment burnt at the altar of the long-term expectation that turns to despair as we find ourselves often stony faced or weeping at The Consequence Of Love and all it entails, all it commits.

Kalandra: Mørketid. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Kalandra, the acclaimed Norwegian/Swedish quartet have once more surfaced from the studio armed with a set of songs that bring light to the moody darkness, a haunting to the soul which causes the listener to once more understand a significance of the Nordic influence on the psyche of the northern nations, a near unique sensation which delves back to the exploration of other lands, perhaps of conquest, but certainly of inspiration that the lands towards the Arctic held.

Peacemaker: Series Two. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: John Cena, Jennifer Holland, Danielle Brooks, Freddie Stroma, Steve Agee, Dee Bradley Baker, Robert Patrick, Lochlyn Munro, Nhut Le, Frank Grillo, Sol Rodriguez, Elizabeth Faith Ludlow, Tim Meadows, Brandon Stanley, David Denman, Reinaldo Faberlle, Michael Rooker, Dorian Kingi, Sean Gunn, Taylor St. Clair, Nicholas Hoult, Nathan Fillion, Isabela Mercad.

The second series of Peacemaker felt as if it was never coming, in amongst the turmoil of reorganisation and change at the now ended DCEU and its already established DC Universe fronted by James Gunn and Peter Safran, the only regular returnees are those which inhabit the world that surrounds Christopher Smith and the survivors of Project Butterfly.

Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Adventures: The Last Days of the Powell Estate. Big Finish. Audio Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Christopher Ecclestone, Billie Piper, Harki Bhambra, Camille Coduri, Dan Starkey, Mandi Symonds.

Ghosts and legends are not just born in palaces and grand houses, hauntings are not confined to estates where a single dwelling lords over all it surveys, they are formed in the most modern of aspects, on council estates where the only horrors initially imagined was how it was acceptable to house people in such cramped quarters in such a small area; offering a sense of community, but of little value to their everyday lives.

Blue Lights: Series Three. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Siân Brooke, Katherine Devlin, Nathan Braniff, Dearbháile McKinney, Frank Blake, Martin McCann, Andi Osho, Joanne Crawford, Michael Smiley, Nicola Robinson, Neil Keery, Seamus O’ Hara, Cathy Tyson, Lorcan Cranitch, Charlie Maher, Matthew Forsythe, Abigail McGibbon, Michael Shae, Antoinette Morelli, Paula McFetridge, Brendan Quinn, Conor Mullen, Sophia Adli, Nick Dunning.

Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway. 2025 Box Set Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway is an album that surely stands as a testament to the power of Progressive Rock, to the music of Genesis, and to the persuasive power of Peter Gabriel’s writing that seems to straddle an unearthly brilliance that not only recognised the zeitgeist that the genre and America were witnessing, but inhabiting it, prising open the cracks on a generation of New Yorkers that were finding the time they were born into devoid of the promises guaranteed by failures of politicians, of the scourge of unemployment, drugs, abuse, gender and social politics that were not designed to liberate but confine, to jail, to imprison the freedoms won after World War Two.

The Bangles: Watching The Sky. Box Set Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

There have been many all-female groups that have been respected and loved by the heavy pop and rock unions over the last few decades, few though have reached the heights of adoration that was focused upon the richness of songwriting and performing that could hold their own with their male counterparts that came about with groups such as The Liverbirds, The Runaways, The Go-Go’s, The Shangri-Las, Vixen and of course The Bangles.