Originally published by L.S. Media. January 27th 2012.
L.S. Media Rating *****
Rumours of Fleetwood Mac are surely more than a set of musicians and vocalists that covers the songs of the 70’s and 80’s super-group. They are, quite possibly, the reason why the music is still so loved and why thousands of people are willing to part with their money and turn up en-mass to hear songs that capture over two decades of musical brilliance and inspiration.
Originally published by L.S. Media. August 22nd 2012.
L.S. Media Rating ****
Alan O’ Hare was one of the members of one of the finest bands to come out of Liverpool in the last ten years. As part of The Trestles, they didn’t just make good music, the exemplified a growing disaffection with the world and their debut album was one of the most important made by a Merseyside band in years.
When The Trestles went their separate ways, to those that loved the music, it felt as though a voice was being lost to the high pitch babble that is force fed on occasion from reality television programmes.
Originally published by L.S. Media. August 22nd 2012.
L.S.Media Rating *****
When you want a job done properly, it’s best to call out a living legend. Sixteen studio albums down the line and Robert Cray still manages to make playing the blues sound like child’s play.
The Robert Cray Band’s brand new album, Nothin But Love comprises ten songs that are as rich and as diverse in their intricacy as it’s possible to get. Robert Cray, Jim Pugh, Richard Cousins and Tony Braunagel blend their respective instruments together so well and weave a tale of supreme blues together that the sound they create is nothing short of exquisite.
Photograph by Ian D. Hall
Originally published by L.S. Media. January 28th 2012.
L.S. Media Rating ****
Since the men who made up Top British band Thunder decided to finally bow out of the very top of the rock tree at the end of 2009 after a fantastic and very high profile goodbye to their legion of fans, the various members have not been lazy or dined out on past glories.
Originally published by L.S. Media. January 28th 2012. 
L.S. Media Rating * * * *
The new offering by Lamb of God won’t be to everybody’s taste. It won’t, for example, spend weeks at the top of the British charts. It won’t by any stretch of the imagination be nominated for any awards by fans of those who find the mass appeal of manufactured music and distorted view of the 21st Century version of celebrity exciting.
The Guardians at Mojo. Photograph by Ian D. Hall
Originally published by L.S. Media. January 29th 2012.
It’s funny what two years can do to a band. The name may have changed and given a more definitive harder edge. The group may no longer be known as Hippies on the Hill and now go by the more heavy rock sounding Guardians but the sound and the attitude is most certainly some of the finest Liverpool has produced in the last few years.
Originally published by L.S. Media. January 30th 2012.
L.S. Media Rating ****
If you are going to visit the The Lowry Theatre in Salford for the first time then it’s best to make the most of your time on stage. Hugh Cornwell has been around in the music scene for a long time, he’s seen it sang it and sold the tee-shirts by the lorry load, in terms of music he stands out as one of the greats but even the greats have a first night somewhere.
Originally published by L.S. Media. February 2nd 2012.
L.S. Media Rating *****
Cast: Colin Baker, Lisa Greenwood, Terry Molloy, Ashley Kumar, Jonathon Owen, Rhys Jennings, Granville Saxton, Robert Portal, Christian Patterson, Nicholas Briggs.
It’s long been mooted, chewed over, discussed and debated but the simple fact is that the B.B.C. and in particular those in charge of programming in the 1980’s woefully let down the legion of fans of Doctor Who and more importantly the sixth man to play the Time lord, Colin Baker.
Photograph by Ian D. Hall
Originally published by L.S. Media. February 4th 2012.L.S. Media Rating *****
The Kaiser Chiefs have got to be classed as one of the complete bands to emerge in the last 20 years. No matter how big and popular the Yorkshire lads have got, they look and play the part well of a band who are at home in a huge stadium, such as the Liverpool Echo Arena as they are in one of the many Academy venues dotted around the country.
Originally published by L.S. Media. February 6th 2012.
L.S. Media Rating *****
It’s been a long time coming and you pretty much know what you are going to get, but if you’re a fan of Van Halen it won’t stop you buying and revelling in the new album A Different Kind of Truth.