The Lomax has history, great bands have performed there, some iconic, others are part of the music heritage that Liverpool celebrates justifiably. It disappeared for a while and as other venues sprang up, it seemed that The Lomax, like many others up and down the country, was gone forever. Then like some phoenix arising out of the ashes, The Lomax returned and music has been playing on its stage once more. One of the young acts that has recently performed there is the band Chasing Infinity.
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Ripper Street, A Man Of My Company. Television Review, B.B.C. Television.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *
Cast: Matthew Macfadyen, Jerome Flynn, Adam Rothenberg, MyAnna Burling, Luke Allen-Gale, Edoardo Ballerini, Jonathan Barnwell, Lucy Cohu, Oliver Cotton, David Dawson, Amanda Drew, Rebecca Grimes, Rod Hallett, Shauna MacDonald, Ian McElhinney, Charlene McKenna, Clive Russell, Gillian Saker, David Wilmot.
At long last the murky and disturbing past of Captain Homer Jackson and brothel madam Long Susan becomes exposed and it is one that Detective Reid might not be able to deal with as the thrilling Victorian crime drama Ripper Street reaches its penultimate episode in the story A Man Of My Company.
The Shadow Theatre, Ghosts. Single Review.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
The Shadow Theatre, four lads from the heart of Maghull and Huyton release their first single today and it is a rip-roarer and a testament to the growing anger that dwells within a section of society once more. The anger of punk was never lost, it just has a new feeling and new bands in which to shake a few fists and take on the stupidity of what it sees.
Dominic Dunn, Gig Review. Rodewold Suite, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
To be 16 and have the world to explore and be part of the new music renaissance that has been making itself known in the last few years must be a thrilling and exciting prospect. In amongst the burgeoning singer/songwriters, superb groups and dedicated musicians that have put the city firmly in the mind of those seeking a new wave of artists now stands Dominic Dunn.
Miles And Erica, Gig Review. Rodewald Suite, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *
A year has barely passed by since Erica Nockalls and Miles Hunt were in Liverpool’s Rodewald Suite and giving a top class evening out to an abundance of fans. Then as now, both artists came prepared to give the audience a night out to remember but also to have a lot of fun, once more all the criteria was met as far as the excited crowd were concerned and the smile on the musicians’ faces more than told its own story.
Miles Kane Treats Liverpool At The N.M.E. Awards Tour To Something Special.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating: * * * *
Although not the headline act, it was to be Miles Kane who really stole the show at the Liverpool leg of the N.M.E. Awards Tour.
Playing to a hometown audience, the Merseyside Mod came out with all the swagger and determination expected. Opener Give Up packs the punch of crowd favourite Inhaler and with Kingcrawler and First of my Kind following, Kane had set his stall out early.
Much of the set comprised of newer material, however the infectious Rearrange and Counting Down the Days, both from Colour of The Trap, still draw mass sing-alongs.
Tommy Emmanuel and Martin Taylor, The Colonel and The Governor. Album Review.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *
They don’t come much more rich and musically exotic as Tommy Emmanuel and Martin Taylor, two men whose work ethic and contribution to music is outstanding and what better way to enhance their reputation to in effect stratospheric proportions than by working together on the outstanding album The Colonel and The Governor.
Steelesque, Johnny On The Spot. E.P. Review.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * ½
The steel cities that are divided by an ocean both have seen rough times and an industry that was decimated beyond recognition. Whereas Sheffield found solace in in burgeoning pop scene of the 1980s with the likes of The Human League, A.B.C. and Heaven 17, Pittsburgh, once rightly called the power house of America and the home of the great Pittsburgh Penguins now has a band to look up to and salute in the same way as the great Anti Flag.
I Love You Because, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.
Liverpool Sound and Vision * * * *
Cast: Lucy Mulvihill, Katie Louise Jones, Zoe Evans, Phil Teles Amaro, Stuart Crowther, Peter Fendall
The faint sounds of New York Jazz filter through the Unity Theatre and from there the audience is taken on a rollercoaster of emotions in which the modern day musical, I Love You Because, is the perfect way to spend time with those you love, even if they don’t know it’s you they are looking for.
Black Mirror, Be Right Back. Television Review.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
Cast: Hayley Atwell, Damhnall Gleeson, Claire Keelan, Sinead Matthews, Flora Nicholson, Glenn Hanning, Tim Delap, Indira Ingram.
When a person dies, it is understandable for those left behind to feel so much grief that the desire to hang on any part of them at all is so overwhelming. Their clothes, their favourite mug, a much loved picture of a wedding day are all there to cherish and hold onto for as long as it takes, but could you restore their voice, their physical mental being and download it into a synthetic machine that knows everything about the person they have supplanted but not how to act with instinctive. Such is the haunting premise of Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror series and its opening episode of the new series Be Right Back.