Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10
The name and music of Alela Diane might be lost on the vast majority of people in the U.K., in the same way that some of these isles more eclectic and diverse musicians might be mislaid or even missing from the American subconscious. It doesn’t mean they should be dismissed, it just means that the ocean that divides a common tongue is sometimes just that little too wide, too expansive for a great ship to traverse.
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Runcorn may be famous for one thing in particular but the bridge that crosses the Mersey and brings people from the south of the country into the heart of the cultural heartland of England also brings forth its own scene, its own art that fends off the thought of being completely absorbed and overwhelmed by its near neighbour. In The Fireflys, there is the talent to give the town its own home sprung heroes and in their latest album, Embers of The Autumn, there is a voice, a displacement of rich guitar and a beat that goads others into following them and sounds just utterly cool and insatiable.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
There are some bands that just typify a new way of thinking by recognising and acknowledging the past. The sound they create and bring together is the special blend that others strive for but quite often gets lost in a murky and heady fog of ideas. For Joe Symes and The Loving Kind, the amalgam of 21st Century life in their home city of Liverpool and the consideration of what made the city stand out as the musical powerhouse of the country go hand in hand on their exciting and astonishing self-titled debut album.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
One of the shining lights of new music to come out of London, the outstanding Melic, is an experience that if left unheard for too long could cause the listener to hang their head in shame at the sound they have let go past them. Now there really is no excuse to let them pass anybody by as they release the incredible and timely An Hour To Anywhere.
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When a musician from New York makes a statement it usually pays to shut up, listen intently to what follows and then take in the enormity of what they have said or sang about. Just like Liverpool, New York, the cities on each side of the Atlantic are perhaps the closest comparable ones in the world. Never mind the size and scale of the two respective places; it is the beating heart, the artistic underbelly that drives the two seemingly polar opposites together.
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For many it was the album that was the beginning of Thrash Metal. The next logical step from Heavy Metal that found its way from America as in an exuberant recognition that British Heavy Metal had stolen a march on the genre. Metallica’s Kill ‘Em All certainly stands out as being part of the genre but it’s overall feel 30 years after its release is more of being the partially formed conception, the gestation period before the moment of truth with Metallica’s Ride The Lightning coming in 1984 and the genre exploding in its classic era between 1985 and 1992 when bands such as Sacred Reich, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax easily stood head and shoulders above anything coming out of continental Europe and in some respects the U.K.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Where others fall and drown in their lyrics, Dana Fuchs takes it all in her stride. With a voice that endears itself to the listener as she soaks up the intensity and passion afforded by the generous musicianship by Jon Diamond, Jack Daley, Shawn Preston and the superb Glenn Patscha and in return her gravelly smoky voice blows tenderness up the backside of those who might dare to dismiss her and her latest album, the fantastic Bliss Avenue.
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Unless the band are either extremely brilliant at what they do such as Megadeth or Black Sabbath, they have an incredible loyal fan base that will buy everything from the merchandise site which will keep the interest at peak levels such as Iron Maiden or are just plain quirky enough to keep the fascination going from album to album such as…well only Helloween and Rammstein really springs to mind, then a Metal album can soon lose it shimmering beauty. It needs to be constantly updated, taken to different areas, Prog, Doom, Speed and so on to keep it fresh and attention-grabbing.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10
Liverpool’s Eddie Cooney is the perfect example of a musician who doesn’t let life get in the way of achieving what he sets out to do, regardless of the employment that pays the bills; there is always time to go after your dream. There are certainly those who could do a lot worse than listen Mr. Cooney and realise this and look at their own potential. For Eddie though the music he has been inspired to record for his E.P. Moirai is enough to suggest that this hugely likeable man and artist keeps also inspiring others, for surely that is what he has done over the course of the five tracks.
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Historically Salisbury and its surrounding areas have had many instances on when something that stirred from within its valley persona, the shadow that goes through its medieval streets, it’s back alleys and multitudes of drinking establishments, catches the public’s attention and makes this city, more famous for its imposing cathedral and former resident of the close, more outwardly looking than it sometimes is ever given credit for. Though the band now have made Brighton their home, perhaps in recent times the most important city musically on the south coast, the stamp of Wiltshire lives in them and remains part of their soul no matter how long they have left it.