John Gibbons, part of Only Child’s live set at The Bluecoat, Liverpool. August 2014. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.
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If ever there is a time in someone’s life in which you can say to someone, “Wow, I am impressed with the dedication to the cause”, then to come on stage and play magnificently just after the heart, brain and soul have been swamped with the overwhelming emotions of becoming a parent for the first time is probably that time.
Niamh Jones, The Bluecoat, Liverpool. August 2014. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.
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Niamh Jones is a woman with such a sparkling voice that it is no wonder at the age of 15 she was given the opportunity to impress all who attend the highly respected nights hosted by the people at Liverpool Acoustic. Two years on, Niamh Jones is something special to behold, and inside The Bluecoat on an August day which betrayed the thought of blistering sunshine blasting its rays upon the multitude of people making their way to take in a day of music, Niamh Jones again showed the reason why she is thought of so well.
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There on occasions, admittedly as rare as finding that the speck of dust that you thought you had been seeing in the corner of the lens of a telescope is in actual fact a new star blazing away in the Universe, that an album will come along, announce itself with sincerity and then stomp over everything you knew. Not only will this action be like running at top speed into a stationary elephant but you will welcome it in to your life as if nothing else matters.
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Judging by the reaction of the assembled audience inside Studio 2 on Parr Street, Jimmy and The Revolvers had perhaps just given the performance of their lives.
Kieron Smith of Lyra at Studio 2, Liverpool. n Photograph by Ian D. Hall
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You can tell that there is more than a spark of quality to a band when adversity, that age old Moriarty to the Sherlock creature that resides in youthful talent, just seems to be kicked into touch quicker than a footballer finding out there is a spread bet available on the time of the first throw-in.
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Cast: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Sonja Richter, Christoffer Aro, Claus Maack Bahnsen, Marie Hammer Boda, Nynne Bojsen, Rasmus Botoft, Ernst Boye, Michael Brostrup, Kenneth Carmohn, Marie-Louise Coninck, Divya Das, Katrine Engberg, Eric Ericson, Tilde Maja Fredriksen, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Betina Grove Ankerdal, Anton Jarlros Gry, Anna Sofie Helligsøe Haahr, Tobias Stæhr Hansen, Anne Bærskog Hauger, Olivia Holden, Martin Boserup, Øyvind B. Fabricius Holm, Anton Honik, Dorte Højsted, Marijana Jankovic, Morten Kirkskov, Bebiane Ivalo Kreutzmann, Henrik Larsen, Per Scheel Krüger, Lane Lind, Claes Ljungmark, Magnus Millang.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Cast: Josh Brolin, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Eva Green, Powers Boothe, Bruce Willis, Rosario Dawson, Dennis Haysbert, Ray Liotta, Christopher Meloni, Jeremy Piven, Christopher Lloyd, Jaime King, Juno Temple, Stacy Keach, Marton Csokas, Jude Ciccolella, Jude Ciccolella, Jamie Chung, Julia Garner, Lady Gaga, Alexa PenaVega, Patricia Vonne, Bart Fletcher, Alejandro Rose-Garcia, Samuel Davis, Mike Davis, Kimberly Cox, Alcides Dias.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
MouseCraft is a platforming puzzle game available for download from the PlayStation Store for the PS4, PS3 and PS Vita. The game is a result of the formula Tetris meets Lemmings as you guide the mice to the cheese at the end of the level by guiding the mice through various puzzles.
MouseCraft tells the story of a crazy cat scientist called Schrödinger who is attempting to create a mysterious machine powered by mice, which sees you having to guide mice through the course of eighty levels set across four stages with a variety of puzzles and hazards.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10
Memory can be an alien feeling, a series of synaptic misfires in which what you remember, perhaps selectively, is not the whole story; the blanks are filled into your advantage and the medicine of regret taken half-heartedly and with a grimace.
Memory can also be a cathartic beast, especially when used as an artistic expression in music, poetry, literature or art; it can be useful to in the endeavour of creation and is far more productive to the soul than the initial outburst of anger that comes from certain situations. The sombre and sober reflection casting its eye over the words, the stroke of paintbrush or the shrewd addition to a multitude of musical notes are memory enhanced and in Peter Harrison’s debut E.P., Memory and Remedy, recall and recollection have a new champion in which to listen to and admire.
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The people behind Ruf Records really have got to the very root of being able to capture the love of live music down to a tee. Not just on one artist, but on a collection of musicians who exemplify the point of seeing a band or solo artist live, striding the stage like ancient Athenian warriors ready to pounce on the admiration of the crowd with a small tickle of the guitar. Unlike ancient Athenians’ war like efforts, no blood is shed from the 21st Century axe but in the hands of Mike Zito and the Wheel, what is shed, what is let loose, is inhibition and what is gained is an emotional connection. In Songs From The Road, that connection is bought straight into the most inaccessible of arenas, that of the front room or dull long journey in which music is the only escape.