Peggy James, Isn’t Anybody Coming? Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

How we respond to world events is not just a matter for the individual, it is the collective whole that needs to come together and fight the evil that lives within the hearts of political psychopaths and desperate antisocial deviance; the measure of refusing to aid another in their hour of need, whether it is those who suffer primarily or by association, the mothers, the loved ones, the children caught between not understanding and feeling the rage of despair for the first time, this is how we are judged, how we are assessed, and pronounced guilty if we sit back and do nothing when the cry goes out “Isn’t Anybody Coming?”

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(574 words, estimated 2:18 mins reading time)

Tiny Dinosaur, Songs For The Mass Extinction Event. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The playlist would be long, would court controversy, and not everybody would get their say, let alone their favourite musical number played, but when it comes to the Songs For The Mass Extinction Event the one thing you can be sure of is that its diversity and mix of the unique and playful eccentricity will be admired by many. Even as we march headlong into the new geological epoch, the thoughts of how we look the process in the face and sing along to our favourite songs will be one of nagging superiority at the back of the mind.

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(460 words, estimated 1:50 mins reading time)

Graeme Armstrong, You Are Free. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The act of being free is a double-edged sword, the dream of being unbound and unattached to every draconian rule and instruction can seem like a dream come true, but for some the idea, the practise, of being unanswerable to ‘The Man’ can cause panic, alarm, and fear, for in the process of having been chained to a perception of structure, they can no longer imagine the bliss of being anything but servants to the masters and their will.

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(444 words, estimated 1:47 mins reading time)

A J Reid: The Horseman’s Dream. Book Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

It was once argued that the future we could foresee, could never actually happen; that the dystopia was all the dream of the anarchist, the radical over thinker, or the doom-monger, the ones who delight in declaring bad news in the hope that they will be seen as bearers of prophecy when their predictions come to bear fruit.

The future is now, and we have paid for our ego, our belief, the hope, that the world will function as it always has, that humanity’s demands have not tipped the balance of a fragile entity and sent it on a collision course with our lives, with our very existence.

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(512 words, estimated 2:03 mins reading time)

Allehackbar, In Your Face. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The desire to prove the doubter wrong is an emotion that we must continue to nurture. Too often we have it unrestrainedly rammed down our throat that we cannot do something, that others have done it before so why must we do exactly the same, that we are only embarrassing ourselves, and that we shall surely fail in our endeavour; we must persist in proving people wrong, even if comes with alienating them, if it makes them angry…especially of it makes them outraged and indignant with rage.

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(403 words, estimated 1:37 mins reading time)

Don’t Breathe 2. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision * * *

Cast: Stephen Lang, Madelyn Grace, Brendan Sexton III, Adam Young, Rocci Williams, Christian Zagia, Bobby Schofield, Fiona O’Shaughnessy, Stephanie Arcila, Diaana Babnicova, Sofija Stojanovic, Steffan Rhodri, Miodrag Cvetkovic, Ibrahim Ishaq, Eydel Francisco Balbuena, Ron Rogell.

An argument persists that a surprising cinematic hit should at times understand that it should remain a solo outing. This reasonable contention does not always follow suit, the film lover perhaps only has to think of the Saw franchise to know how decent a series can be when its own universe and mythos is expanded, but on the whole a decently produced film with one particular dynamic should by all means refrain from ever thinking of creating cinematic offspring.

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

Spider-Man: No Way Home. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Marisa Tomei, J.K. Simmons, Jon Favreau, Jamie Foxx, Willem Dafoe, Alfred Molina, Benedict Wong, Tony Revolori, Andrew Garfield, Tobey Maguire, J.B. Smoove, Charlie Cox, Angourie Rice, Rhys Ifans, Thomas Hayden Church, Paula Newsome.

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(529 words, estimated 2:07 mins reading time)

Will Glaser, Climbing In Circles Pt.4. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The spirit that is free is not constrained by the bars of imagination, for even in a cell that freedom can arise, it can attest, it can take the stand and declare with certainty that the mind can achieve anything and certify its own truth and name its own terms for the thoughts it has dreamed.

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(430 words, estimated 1:43 mins reading time)

Alexandria Adamson, Country Bred. Single Review.

To reveal yourself in any artistic fashion is a far greater achievement than many give credit for. To open your soul to all that may come whilst displaying all the humanity and humility at your disposal is the difference between being involved, and taking a lead; and to take a lead in what you believe without being ruthless and being true to all you are trying to inspire is the gift for those who see beyond the sense of highborn elevation, the Country Bred and the secure of thought and deed in the cheek by jowl openness of the shadow of industry and community.

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(321 words, estimated 1:17 mins reading time)

Lois And Superman: Series One. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Elizabeth Tulloch, Tyler Hoechlin, Jordan Elsass, Alex Garfin, Erik Valdez, Inde Navarrette, Wolé Parks, Dylan Walsh, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Sofia Hasmik, Adam Rayner, Daisy Tormé, Zane Clifford, Joselyn Picard, Stacey Farber, Taylor Buck, Fritzy-Klevans Destine, Austin Anozie, Danny Wattley, Wern Lee, Eric Keenleyside, Pavel Romano, Leeah Wong, Monique Phillips, Dee Jay Jackson, Shawn Stewart, Kelcey Mawema, Ian Bohen, Samantha Di Francesco, Angus Macfadyen, Rya Kihlstedt, A.C. Peterson, Kayla Heller, Victoria Katongo, Ben Cockell, Jill Teed, Mariana Klaveno, Hesham Hammoud, Kennedy Chew, Miguel Castillo, Michele Scarabelli.

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(665 words, estimated 2:40 mins reading time)