Originally published by L.S. Media. March 17th 2012
L.S. Media Rating ****
Following on from the Sound of Guns debut album What Came From Fire is the jaw dropping sequel, the outstanding and brilliantly produced Angels and Enemies.
The alternative rock musicians from Liverpool have scored a direct hit with this record which has the guts and power to make sure that the band not only put their personal stamp on the local music scene but also at a national level.
Originally published by L.S. Media. March 25th 2012.
L.S. Media Rating *****
If you want an album that will really get the toes tapping in time to the beat of a heart that is being governed by the sound of excellent music then in all honesty you really couldn’t go far wrong that to purchase and revel in Hot Wire, the new album by Hue and Cry.
Originally published by L.S. Media. March 23rd 2012.
L.S. Media Rating *****
Before the curtain was raised even one inch on what became a night of high class comedy, the gentle and uplifting music of Neil Hannon’s Divine Comedy classic The Lost Art of Conversation filtered through the auditorium and to the awaiting, patient audience’s ears as they took their seats. If there is a song that fits perfectly the nature of comedy gig by Dara O’ Briain, then the man and his conversation surely is the one.
Picture by John Garfield-Roberts
Originally published by L.S. Media March 23rd 2012.
L.S. Media Rating ****
Cast: Liam Tobin, Keddy Sutton, Mark Keemar Smith.
There are so few theatre companies that get the chance to put on a recently found classic by Aristophanes, lovingly restored with some academic attachments and a room of serious people nodding their heads and then talking about why Greek theatre is better than anything that’s written today.
Mike Scott at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. Picture by Ian D. Hall
Originally published by L.S. Media. March 25th 2012.
L.S. Media Rating *****
Not content with releasing arguably the best album of 2011, it seems that The Waterboys will do anything to prove that they will be considered as the best live act to visit Liverpool this year.
Originally published by L.S. Media. Augsut 14th 2012.
L.S. Media Rating *****
There are just some musicians who shouldn’t be allowed, by act of law if need be, to be away from the public eye for too long. Scotland’s Karine Polwart is one such singer songwriter whose absence makes the world a darker place to inhabit, even though her songs are crammed full of enough of subjects that though nefarious and sad are what give life meaning, no matter how sorrowful.
Originally published by L.S. Media. August 14th 2012.
L.S. Media Rating ****
Cast: Michelle Williams, Seth Rogan, Sarah Silverman, Luke Kirby, Aaron Abrahams, Raoul Bhaneja, Albert Howell, Dianne Flacks, Diane D’Aquila, Danielle Miller.
The leafy streets of Toronto don’t have that many films attached to it to make it a serious rival to New York in which to shoot feature films, the sense of history is not quite there. Instead of the usual camera shots of well-worn cliché ridden snippets of Central Park, coffee houses and exclusive apartments, Take This Waltz relied on the majesty of the Toronto skyline and the idyllic settings of Little Portugal and Lake Ontario. For that alone gives the film credibility as it strays away from the well beaten production North American film path.
Originally published by L.S. Media. August 15th 2012.
L.S. Media Rating ****
He was once a teen idol, a musical genius who strode the pop charts like a colossus and who quite rightly scored hit after hit in the video ridden 1980’s.
In 1984 Nik Kershaw released his debut album Human Racing, now just under 30 years later, Nick finally releases his eighth album and as with a lot of things, time has been kind and improved the music that the man creates. In Ei8ht, Nik Kershaw becomes the musician he was destined to be.
Originally published by L.S. Media. March 25th 2012
This week saw the 30th anniversary of one the seminal albums of what became known as the New Wave of British Heavy Metal era. Iron Maiden’s The Number of The Beastnot only stands out as one of the best by the definitive Metal bands from Great Britain but also one of the best of the whole Heavy Metal genre.
Originally published by L.S. Media. March 26th 2012.
L.S. Media Rating *****
It always comes as a bit of a surprise that musicians have any spare time to be anywhere outside of their own bubble. The group ethic of a band that has been around for years must surely take most of the hours of daylight afforded them and quite a few of the night hours too when they take in the multitude of gigs that they do.