Diamanda La Berge Dramm: Chimp. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Poetry is not a poor relation to the world of art, it does not sit at the back of the class looking out of the window and reminisce over the times it was able to sit under the tree, chew on a blade of grass and write whimsical metaphorical observances down for their eyes only – Poetry is a leader, an inspiration, it insists that all art is equal and urges all to sit at the table in the same way that King Arthur and the Knights of old achieved parity and union.

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(352 words, estimated 1:24 mins reading time)

Pistol. Television Series Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Toby Wallace, Anson Boon, Sydney Chandler, Jacob Slater, Talulah Riley, Maisie Williams, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Louis Partridge, Francesca Mills, Christian Lees, Ferdo Walsh-Peelo, Lorne MacFadyen, Toby Woolf, Rory Alexander, Jay Simpson, Beth Dillon, Emma Appleton.

Never mind the Big Bang, for many the social upheaval and the meeting of a few bored young men, two special women, and one radical entrepreneur, set alight, and arguably changed the world, in a way that made the Big Bang seem quite dull in comparison.

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(552 words, estimated 2:12 mins reading time)

Slanderus: Absorbing Infinity. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

What we perceive as forever is hindered in part by our own mortality.

To be found Absorbing Infinity would be a lesson on how to live beyond your time, and the only true way in which to conquer Time is to produce something so passionate that it stands out on its own, something unexpectedly human, rich, vibrant, uniquely cool, and full of a life that transcends the name.

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(456 words, estimated 1:49 mins reading time)

Tom Houston: Pushing The Pull Door. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Opportunities become skewed when we first step up to the building and the executives see us Pushing The Pull Door, the looks we receive confer on us that we could be seen out of our depth, that at best we cannot take instruction, at worst we cannot fulfil even the simplest of interactions; and yet we fail to notice there is a third option, we don’t take into consideration, that the poet, like the maverick, will somehow always find a way to still make that door open and let in the light where others will only find darkness.

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(473 words, estimated 1:54 mins reading time)

Sex Pistols: The Original Records. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

There are more books written about books, and there are more stars in the heavens that we can physically ever count, but you can also be assured that only it seems Britain’s Sex Pistols can have more albums released than the band actually managed to record in their short lived, but ever-lasting, career.

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(626 words, estimated 2:30 mins reading time)

Def Leppard: Diamond Star Halos. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Diamonds aren’t just a girl’s best friend, for those that appreciate the quality and commitment of a jewel created out of untold pressure, a rock of crystal pleasures and gems that sparkle and reflect the light caught in its star like quality, then arguably, decisively, Sheffield’s Def Leppard are on display as being a precious stone in a crown that is selective on the head on which it is worn.

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

Joanne Shaw Taylor: Blues From The Heart Live. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The Blues matter!

The turn of the century and the explosion of names that wanted to revive the genre from its spiralling slumber and almost decay arguably saved in many respects the pursuit of music as a form of knowledge rather than just as entertainment that was in danger of being dumbed down, of being eaten alive by those who would seek to undermine the art in favour of a quick return on their investment; such an emotional declaration shouldn’t have to be said, but it is Blues from the heart that makes the genre passionately defended, and one to which one of its modern Queens stands tall as she delivers it with honour, and live for all to experience.

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

Vendetta. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating *

Cast: Bruce Willis, Thomas Jane, Clive Standen, Theo Rossi, Jacki Moore, Mike Tyson, Maddie Nichols, Derek Russo, Lauren Buglioli, Kurt Yue, Eric Buarque, Caia Coley, Randy Gonzalez, Maury Morgan, Dustin Lewis, Cabot Basden, Jesse O’Neill, Patrick Lamont Jr., Darryl Dillard, Demetrius Stear, Nathan Hesse, Tamil Periasamy, Cindy L. Jefferson, Rashawd Ford.

It doesn’t take a genius to see the coloration between some aspects of cinema and the life led in the world outside, that what is seen on the screen is not only a mirror image of American society, but can also be seen leading it, a belief that is copied and turned into a monster that feeds upon itself.

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(583 words, estimated 2:20 mins reading time)

Inside No.9: A Random Act Of Kindness. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Jessica Hynes, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Noah Valentine.

Kindness is its own reward, but it rarely comes out of a place of virtue, of absolute benevolence to humanity, it always comes with a catch, even it is unthought at the time, it is an action that comes with a price heavily attached with that reward, and one that at any time can be cashed in and exacted as payment.

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

Raised By Wolves: Series Two. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vison Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Amanda Collin, Abubaker Salim, Winta McGrath, Travis Fimmel, Niamh Algar, Jordan Loughran, Felix Jamieson, Ethan Hazzard, Aasiya Shah, Ivy Wong, Matias Varela, Loulou Taylor, Susan Danford, Litha Bam, Shoko Yoshimura, Jenna Upton, Daniel Lasker, Garth Breytenbach, Clayton Evertson, Morgan Santo, Peter Christoffersen, Carel Nel, Selina Jones, James Harkness, Kim Engelbrecht.

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(486 words, estimated 1:57 mins reading time)