Category Archives: Music

Paul Heaton + Jacqui Abbott: N.K-Pop. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Observation, too few find their wit and their senses keen in the face of distractions, the constant barrage of noise masquerading as information, the titbit veiled as highly classified data, the softly whispered moment of gossip acting as evidence in trials and judgements, we have become deaf to the art of listening, blind to the reality of our existence and partnerships and struck dumb in an age of mass communication; this a truth of our moment on the spinning rock we call home, we see everything through closed eyes believing that our memory is untainted by others in our orbit.

Paul Heaton + Jacqui Abbott: N.K-Pop. Album Review. full post

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

Miles Hunt: Things Can Change. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Things Can Change…we must believe that, for everyday for the better, sometimes for the worse, we are presented with the truth of those three words, the power of their conviction and their universality. The understanding that we are immersed into a large overwhelming society where there are people that will go out of their way to provide fear, loathing, and hatred in the hope that your life can spiral out of control, is to only love those whose heart explodes with meaning and sincerity more.

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

Studio 666. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Taylor Hawkins, Rami Jaffee, Chris Shiflett, Whitney Cummings, Jeff Garlin, Leslie Grossman, Jenna Ortega, Marti Matulis, Kerry King, Will Forte, Jason Trost, Mike Escamilla, Lional Richie, John Carpenter, Jimmi Simpson, Alexander Ward, Eli Santana, Aaron Valenzuela, Kayla Loadvine, Ivan Kungurtsey.

Studio 666. Film Review. full post

(750 words, estimated 3:00 mins reading time)

Only Child: Looking Forward To Looking Back – A Decade Of Only Child. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Time is there to either be sacrificed upon the cross of our dreams or fears, or it is the guide in which we walk, unafraid of its own lengthy shadow, understanding of all it has seen, what it chooses to forget, what it decides needs to be remembered; what we do with that information is up to us, how we deal with a year, two, a decade of information, of good times, or reflection and possible answers is purely down to us.

Only Child: Looking Forward To Looking Back – A Decade Of Only Child. Album Review. full post

(560 words, estimated 2:14 mins reading time)

Queensrÿche: Digital Noise Alliance. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

No matter how much we may deny it, we are now in a new era, not so much A.D. but perhaps more P.P., Post Pandemic, the signs are there, the drama seems unending, and it is not all down to a disease that caught the world out, it is a reaction and reflection to the unknown, the sense that the analogue has run out of room, and the Digital Noise Alliance stands at the gates of what is now acceptable, and what has been left behind.

Queensrÿche: Digital Noise Alliance. Album Review. full post

(594 words, estimated 2:23 mins reading time)

Beth Orton: Weather Alive. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

As the lyric suggests, the weather is a state of mind, it is part of the system that governs, that nature decrees. The weather is not fixed, it is fluid, ever changeable, ever possessed by the spirit of generosity and malevolence that mirrors that of the human being it follows…it could be argued that the question is not of the natural world but that it is the Weather Alive, that is sensitive and alert to the needs below on Earth, and whether we have pushed it to its extremes by not caring enough for its welfare.

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

Rob Clarke & The Wooltones: Rubber Chicken B Sides. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

There is always gold to be found in the use and employment of the rubber chicken, and yet that reliable comedy prop has at its disposal the power to disarm and relax a situation, to ask the question in the mind of those on the receiving end, just how serious can the message be if they are prepared to make you laugh first.

Rob Clarke & The Wooltones: Rubber Chicken B Sides. E.P. Review. full post

(391 words, estimated 1:34 mins reading time)

David Neville King: Vegas. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The temptation of Las Vegas is such that it has inspired a multitude of songs, a myriad of films, and a plethora of dreams, who can blame a single person for understanding this peculiar American desire to get rich quick surrounded by the sense of multi-coloured excess and the sound of machine designed to send the emotions whirling.

David Neville King: Vegas. Single Review. full post

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

Pink Floyd: Animals (2018 Remix). Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

There is always life in a beast with pedigree, no matter its age, all that the one walking by its side needs to know is that it will grow and protect, that it will offer guidance, sympathy, and a sense of freedom throughout its existence.

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(504 words, estimated 2:01 mins reading time)

Slipknot: The End, So Far. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

If you don’t know what you’re expecting by now, then you must be living in a circus, for how else do you explain the sense of colour, the wonderful madness, the sheer scope of the metaphorical three ringed extravaganza that accompanies the drama of Slipknot. For what you should be expecting is the unexpected, the inquisition of the unforeseen, the anticipation of the startling effect, and who better to grab your attention that one of the most dynamic and self-motivated bands of the last two decades, than that of Slipknot.

Slipknot: The End, So Far. Album Review. full post

(389 words, estimated 1:33 mins reading time)