Category Archives: Music

The Falcon And The Winter Soldier. Television Series Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Wyatt Russell, Erin Kellyman, Daniel Bruhl, Emily VanCamp, Carl Lumbly, Desmond Chiam, Indya Bussey, Danny Ramirez, Adepero Oduye, Renes Rivera, Tyler Deam Flores, Cle Bennett, Noah Miles, Florence Kasumba, Georges St-Pierre, Amy Aquino, Chase Rover McGhee, Aaron Haynes, Don Cheadle.

The idea that anything other features or familial quirks is automatically inherent can be quite a galling proposition, it lacks the belief of progression, that just because one person was, for example, a world leader of their chosen sport, does not mean that their offspring will hold any type of talent for the career their parent was able to pursue.

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(631 words, estimated 2:31 mins reading time)

Annie Keating, Bristol County Tides. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Bristol County Tides swell and rise each day, they drive the beauty of the area, the sense of being able to imagine the world as the channel fills and the banks become a haven for all who see the bittersweet release of continuance and renewal as one and the same natural event.

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(435 words, estimated 1:44 mins reading time)

The Marigold, Apostate. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

It is not about losing faith, it is about accepting that imposed limitations of progressive thought are not good for the soul, nor for the open-minded, non-judgemental approach we must seriously adopt as a species, as a society, if we are to move away from the shackled mindset dictated by doctrine and dogma of the last two thousand years and those that have suggested reprisals against any Apostate belief.

The Marigold, Apostate. Album Review. full post

(337 words, estimated 1:21 mins reading time)

Bibby, Don’t Break Me Up. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

It might not always be the case, but a song that undoubtedly comes from the soul is arguably indicative of the nature of the person who creates it, and who brings it to life in the performance. It is the reflection of the depth of humanity felt by the listener that reveals the nature of the art and the artist, and when the subject is stripped back to see how it works, how the cogs and wheels interchange within movements, it feels as though the intention was to fracture the spirit and not be concerned about the damage when somebody implores, “Don’t Break Me Up”.

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(385 words, estimated 1:32 mins reading time)

The Damn Truth, Now Or Nowhere. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

“If not now, then when”, the rallying cry behind every demonstration worth its salt, every call for freedom to pushed even further away from the haves and the questionable keepers of certain dubious traditions that maintain the status quo in their favour; it is to the ones who live just under the surface that arguably we should look to when seeking the exposure of the damned truth, for they are the ones who live within reach of both levels and can empathise with those underneath, and have the righteous fire and the combined learning of their trade to make a difference.

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(475 words, estimated 1:54 mins reading time)

Labi Siffre, My Song. Album Box Set Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

To take a day in which to listen to the very beat of a soul and another person’s existence, is arguably one of the great privileges of our own lives. To put aside our own ego and revel in the time between heartbeats as we find common ground, the unexpected, the deliberate observation and a truth of another’s time here on Earth, is behold and consider our own actions, to almost stop the grind of Time’s relentless pursuit on age and thinking.

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(466 words, estimated 1:52 mins reading time)

London Grammar, Californian Soil. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Sensuality is often coupled with a sense of joy, the conclusion of pleasure and rapture in knowing that you are bold in your charm, that you are seen as desirable enough to bring your sexual freedom to the arms of another human being.

What if though, sensuality was in fact the acceptance of melancholic thought patterns and the truth behind the open soul of benevolent love, that by exposing the mind as being as naked and vulnerable as the body in the grip of passionate encounters, we become more in tune with the physical reality of the universe that carnality is for the lustful, but that the fragility of the mind is for the true believers of absolute love and the authority of sexual confidence.

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

The Offspring, Let The Bad Times Roll. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The die is loaded against us, for whatever humanity does now will surely not be enough to stop the rot of our physical environment’s destruction, and for own spirituality to betray us, to let us wallow in the despair of the imagined realms of ownership, greed and possession. It is a wonder that a person in a freshly laundered tuxedo, holding a cigar tightly between forefinger and thumb, and sporting a cynical, but meaningful smile, has not as yet picked up a megaphone and declared to one and all with a voice that inspires the carney and the ringmaster, “Let The Bad Times Roll”.

The Offspring, Let The Bad Times Roll. Album Review. full post

(453 words, estimated 1:49 mins reading time)

Gary Moore, How Blue Can You Get. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Gone, but never once forgotten, and even in the ten years since the passing of one of the greats of Blues guitar, the outpouring of love for Gary Moore is equal the continued interest in his work, the retrospectives and the delved into live performances that have been made available since his untimely death, and whilst the feeling of neglect has never once entered the thoughts of the fans left behind, there is obviously sadness that there wasn’t just one more studio album for them to let their Blues hearts revel in, to let them have a final discussion on just how important Gary Moore was to the genre, to music.

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(435 words, estimated 1:44 mins reading time)