It’s Karma It’s Cool: Old Bones. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Pop, it was once insisted, would eat itself.

For some the flesh of the genre might have been stripped down to the core, the power pop of generations past having lost its elasticity fighting for breath in a sea of consumption and want; and then there are those who have defied the argument, and for them it is more than just Old Bones keeping the genre together, it is the soul of appreciation that makes the body full, conversant with the sentiment of the day, and a full formed human observance that makes the songs dance with joy and spirit.

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(361 words, estimated 1:27 mins reading time)

Royzy Rothchild (ft: Emily Callacher) : Lonely Road. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

It is a Lonely Road we walk upon, and if we are fortunate enough to even find company for part of the journey in which to talk, to hold a hand when the going gets tough, or even just to contemplate silence and to enjoy the moment of having a comrade for the duration, then the lonely road is one that can still have songs accompany the time, the pace, and the meaning of travelling a distance with nothing but your own thoughts.

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(355 words, estimated 1:25 mins reading time)

Ghosts: Series Four. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Lolly Adefope, Matthew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard, Charlotte Ritchie, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Ben Willbond, Katy Wix, Yani Xander, Nathan Bryon, Geoffrey McGivern, Bridget Christie, Michael Fenton Stevens, Nisha Aaliya, William Andrews, Gina Fillingham, Aaron Collict, Richard Glover, Declan Baxter, Atilla Ainci, Eleanor Holzer, Dan King, Alistair Green, Toby Longworth, Skye Leheup, Caroline Sheen, Andrew Spooner.

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(500 words, estimated 2:00 mins reading time)

Joanne Shaw Taylor: Nobody’s Fool. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

The same fierceness, the utmost resolution in performing, a will and determination that has seen her become the undisputed queen of modern British Blues, and one to whom the listener at large falls for as they regale in the memory of songs she has placed before them; a modern British sensation on the world stage, a woman of substance, Joanne Shaw Taylor is Nobody’s Fool.

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(440 words, estimated 1:46 mins reading time)

Mike Ryan: Back Where We Are. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The sound of music is rarely anything but generous, if it is given permission to slide into the soul like first teenage love into the mind, it can be both pure, and exotic, the harvest it offers is enough to have you reminiscing at all times on its influence, how it makes you choose sides, how it ails you, how it lifts you to places that you never would imagine existing; and all that comes between is proof that it’s emotional resonance is all that is required to take you back…Back Where We Are, back to belief.

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(409 words, estimated 1:38 mins reading time)

a-ha: True North. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Admiration of longevity normally comes with a price, the understanding that a particular artist, a group, a collection of like-minded performers has been around as long as you can remember, ones that may have formed your early appreciation for the genre, can lead to feelings of buoyancy, and that of regret.

The upheaval of the heart is such that the memory is subject to a bout of melancholy, the soul searches for a True North, and the mind will wander, flicking from celebration of past works to the commemoration that like life itself, such things must eventually end.

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(397 words, estimated 1:35 mins reading time)

Harrison Drive: Harrison Drive. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Contrary to popular belief, not all roads lead to Rome, some have the extraordinary fortune to defy the straight progression and are able to double back on themselves to restart the journey, to offer a moment of reflection whilst the engine turns over, and then, with passion, restart in earnest and with the vehicle of expression in fifth gear, storm the future as Rome only beckons if part of a European tour, and with satisfaction that where you started in Harrison Drive was the most important stop along the way.

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(442 words, estimated 1:46 mins reading time)

Only Murders In The Building. Series Two. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Steve Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez, Amy Ryan, Jayne Houdyshell, Teddy Coluca, Michael Cyril Creighton, Jackie Hoffman, Cara Delevingne, Vanessa Aspillaga, Ryan Broussard, Tina Fey, Adina Version, Nathan Lane, Russell G. Jones, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, James Caverly, Daniel Oreskes, Zoe Margaret Colletti, Michael Rapaport, Jaboukie Young-White, Christine Ko, Ariel Shafir, Ali Stoker, Ade Oyukoya, Orson Hong, Kirk Kelly, Jane Lynch, Shirley MacLaine, Andrea Martin, Amy Schumer, Paul Rudd, Mark Consuelos, Wakeema Hollis.

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(615 words, estimated 2:28 mins reading time)

Doctor Who: The Power Of The Doctor. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Jodie Whittaker, Mandip Gill, John Bishop, Sophie Aldred, Janet Fielding, David Bradley, Colin Baker, Peter Davison, Paul McGann, Sylvester McCoy, Jo Martin, David Tennant, Sacha Dhawan, Jemma Redgrave, Jacob Anderson, Bradley Walsh, Patrick O’Kane, Joe Sims, Sanchia McCormack, Danielle Bjelic, Anna Andressen, Richard Dempsey, Jos Slovik, Nicholas Briggs, Barnaby Edwards, Nicholas Pegg, Bonnie Langford, Katy Manning, William Russell, Simon Carew, Jon Davey, Mickey Lewis, Chester Durrant, Felix Young, Richard Price, Andrew Cross, Matt Doman.

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(697 words, estimated 2:47 mins reading time)

Hugh Cornwell: Moments Of Madness. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Every one of us is capable of suffering Moments Of Madness, just as we are qualified to wreck someone’s day by just a simple act of unthinking, or causing devastation by being placed into a position of responsibility that leaves the country in a mess, and the whole world laughing at your response.

Every day we see others create an issue, an unthinking drama that unfolds because they switched off their brains and allowed air to fill up their minds, and that moment of madness becomes replayed in the modern age on social media platforms the wide world over.

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