Marc Vormawah, Gig Review. Music Room, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

It may have been a strictly confidential moment but one fitting the determination and selfless fortitude into which Marc Vormawah finds himself occupying with a smile and a host of the resilient survivor inflamed into his very being; invited to open up the evening ahead of Only Child’s new album release gig inside the Music Room of the Philharmonic Hall, it became the unveiling of a secret shouted with glory, a tale within the annals of Liverpool music that would live on in the open.

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

On The Basis Of Sex. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Felicity Jones, Armie Hammer, Justin Theroux, Sam Waterston, Kathy Bates, Cailee Spaeny, Jack Reynor, Stephen Root, Chris Mulkey, Gary Werntz, Francis X. McCarthy, Ben Carlson, Ronald Guttman, Wendy Crewson, John Ralston, Arthur Holden, Angela Galuppo, Geordie Johnson, Jeff Lillico, Callum Schoniker, Joe Cobden, Sharon Washington, Holly Gauthier-Frankel, Tom Irwin, Alexandra Petrachuk, Paul Spera, Aiza Ntibarikure, Marina Moreira, Moira Wylie.

 

If the biopic serves any purpose, it is to serve justice to the characters it is its honour to portray, a quest that for many falls short or has to be suitably arranged so that it spices up what is otherwise the dull and routinely languid.

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(499 words, estimated 2:0 mins reading time)

Cold Pursuit. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7.5/10

Cast: Liam Neeson, Laura Dern, Michael Richardson, Michael Eklund, Bradley Stryker, Wesley MacInnes, Tom Bateman, Domenick Lombardozzi, Nicholas Holmes, Jim Shield, Aleks Paunovic, Benjamin Hollingsworth, John Doman, Emmy Rossum, Dani Alvarado, Julia Jones, Michael Adamthwaite, William Forsythe, Elizabeth Thai, David O’ Hara, Gus Halper, Kyle Nobess, Raoul Trujillo, Nathaniel Arcand, Glen Gould, Mitchell Saddleback, Christopher Logan, Tom Jackson, Arnold Pinnock.

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

Instant Family. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne, Isabela Moner, Margo Martindale, Julie Hagerty, Gustavo Quiroz, Julianna Gamiz, Octavia Spencer, Tig Notaro, Tom Segura, Allyn Rachel, Britt Rentschler, Jody Thompson, Michael O’ Keefe, Joan Cusack, Gary Weeks, Joy Jacobson, Andrea Anders, Kenneth Israel, Hampton Fluker, Randy Havens, Lliza Schesinger.

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(639 words, estimated 2:33 mins reading time)

Liverpool Sound And Vision: A Musician Comes To Town, An Interview With Steve Harley.

 

Music doesn’t just resemble life, it reminds you occasionally of a certain song that seems somehow to frame your mood or your current position as you swim endlessly against the tide, it is life, it is existing, breathing in the moment, planning for the future and escaping to the glory or indeed the pain of the past and holding all the possible emotions that you are capable of in a dance of balance, of skill, precision and remembrance. Music is solitude, music is escapism, music has everything you can ask for and as Steve Harley explains across the telephone to me, “I’m a great fatalist, life is what it is, I’ve had pain, I’ve suffered as a kid, it made me who I am, you are who you are through the development of your experiences, influences and inspirations.”

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(3704 words, estimated 14:49 mins reading time)

Only Child, Emotional Geography. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

You may know where you are headed, the path that you have taken could be so well mapped that every detail of memory is overflowing with description, an endorsed narrative which is not ashamed of the lows but also is modest about the successes, every border etched and underlined, all places and achievements of interest highlighted.

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(438 words, estimated 1:45 mins reading time)

Rachael Jean Harris, Leaving Light. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Just by their very presence, some people display a brightness so illuminating that when they depart from your sight for a while, the darkness can feel consuming, it eats away at your soul because you understand exactly what they have bought to your life, through art, through the persistence of their ability and exceptional talent.

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

The Specials, Encore. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

It might have come out the blue, in the eyes of the fans and the casual listener a return of a sound, the unexpected and impromptu, unassailable positive siren like melody that comes from the most feverish of expressions; out of the blue but tremendously welcome and yet arguably a sadness in that was thought diminished in the U.K., has become a battle ground to which The Specials have to stand their ground and open fire with scintillating progressive thought.

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

Eabhal, This Is How The Ladies Dance. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Whichever way you choose to imagine your footsteps cavorting to the sound of music, whether it be in the realm of the Foxtrot, skipping the light fandango, the seeming purity of the ballet in Doc Martin boots or just even tapping along with your toes ever gesturing in the search for a partner to share the light with, mindful of the wallflower you have become, you can always be sure that your eyes will come across the pleasure of the well timed shuffle as you realise that This Is How The Ladies Dance.

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(373 words, estimated 1:30 mins reading time)

Liverpool Acoustic Celebrates Its Tenth Birthday In Style At Leaf.

In the modern world which embraces the instant and regular change as if it is a commodity in which to brokered and haggled over, it is refreshing to find the reflection of art and music that Liverpool Acoustic offers still going strong as it reached the tremendous milestone of being part of the city’s culture for 10 outstanding years.

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