Category Archives: Music

Jared James Nichols. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Authenticity is a road few will travel along for longer than is necessary, eventually the lure of the beyond will transform the route being marched into one of golden pavements, of light feet, and fierce love from all; but to stay true to yourself, your ethic, to be genuine and faithful, is to be trusted without question; it is after all your name that is on the cover, your own stamp on the skin, and all will look to that for reassurance in times when others are happily circling the drain.

Jared James Nichols. Album Review. full post

(375 words, estimated 1:30 mins reading time)

Ladytron: Time’s Arrow. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

We require courage to see into the lives of others and witness their hurt, their moments of broken fragile nature, and yet it only takes the understanding of compassion, the truth of empathy, to set in motion the trajectory of Time’s Arrow back on its rightful and honest path.

Art enters our lives, not just by physical observance, but by a relief of osmosis, to find someone who has never been touched by a song, a line from a poet’s sonnet, a marble statue representing a state of grace between humanity and the heavens, is to come face to face with true and utter contemptible blankness, the arrow of time is not just off balance, it is wildly off the mark.

Ladytron: Time’s Arrow. Album Review. full post

(470 words, estimated 1:53 mins reading time)

Rose Tattoo: Beats From A Single Drum. Remastered Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The sound of a single drum can bring more visual interpretation to mind than that of the pulse of a thousand of its compatriots in full flight, the difference might be in volume, the thousand creating a sense of bulk, of inevitable destruction, but it is to the feel of the two sticks on a snare or medium tom, the kick on the bass, or even the cymbal high above that can bring the depth of fear in its tone, the concern of the repetitive tap quietly playing in the vicinity will bring a greater reveal than almost anything the mind can conjure with.

Rose Tattoo: Beats From A Single Drum. Remastered Album Review. full post

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

John McCusker: John McCusker – The Best Of. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

In the blink of an eye, that is how life can suddenly appear to have to slip through our fingers, the sands of Time running unnervingly, mechanically fast, as if spurred on by clockwork, and if we are not careful all we have to show for our lives is empty promises, the empty vessels of what could have been.

John McCusker: John McCusker – The Best Of. Album Review. full post

(424 words, estimated 1:42 mins reading time)

Beats & Pieces Big Band: Good Days. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

We rightly applaud the solo performer in their pursuit and dedication to portraying their truth on stage, the sweat and perspiration on the brow of solo artist of the crowd focusing all their attention on the weapon of choice, the guitar, the voice, any instrument in which the Good Days and melancholic wonders can combine in time to fill the void left by silence.

Beats & Pieces Big Band: Good Days. Album Review. full post

(398 words, estimated 1:36 mins reading time)

Graham Mackenzie: The Dawning. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Every country has its selling point, the one that is actually not for sale, but which can inspire those who love it to the point where they act as reference for the tourist board and see their work framed as a reason for the visitor to choose the area as a place of existential worship.

Graham Mackenzie: The Dawning. Album Review. full post

(380 words, estimated 1:31 mins reading time)

Christine & The Queens: Redcar Les Adorables Étoiles. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

To be in the company of those that refuse to be placed in comfortable boxes for the benefit of others, is to acknowledge that life is beautifully varied, and we all have the right to have our own truth, if not celebrated, then at least acknowledged for their truth to be heard.

We are fluid, in the eyes of who know us we are not the same person, it comes down to perception, and perceptions are unclear, they are assortments of the larger picture, and it is the same in art, for what one person finds unrealistic, perhaps confusing in one album, they can find demanding and pleasurable in another…and often by the same artist.

Christine & The Queens: Redcar Les Adorables Étoiles. Album Review. full post

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

Tim Readman & Andy Cooke: 12 Hits Of Christmas. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

It could be argued that one of the reasons that Christmas is so adored is the sense of the comfortable routine that people wrap themselves in, long nights inside beside a humble, but grateful fire, old familiar smells emanating from the kitchen as parents find ways to restore hope with the food they have worked hard for, the swapping of gifts, memories and tokens as songs, both of religious and spiritual meaning, and those we have come to expect, play out from radios, music channels on the television, and mixing in between the adverts like the unwelcome ghost at the Christmas dinner table.

Tim Readman & Andy Cooke: 12 Hits Of Christmas. Album Review. full post

(491 words, estimated 1:58 mins reading time)

Bright Town : Smithereens. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

It takes a village to raise a child, it takes a city to mould it, so what does that mean for the Bright Town that gives the youth its first sense of the dynamic that awaits, the joy of performance that waiting in the wings to be released; could it be that this is where the generations meet, where the once narrow road widens and encourages the youth to take on the mantle of adult hood and take issue with mess left in ruins by the previous incumbents, to smash the relics to Smithereens.

Bright Town : Smithereens. E.P. Review. full post

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

Daria Kulesh: Eve. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

It is the beginning and the source of life, the beauty of the unknown yet to unfold as we look to Eve to measure our love, and yet we soon allow this passion of the foundation of creation to be usurped by the gods of war, tin men with tin hearts, to employ the means of destruction.

Daria Kulesh: Eve. E.P. Review. full post

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