Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
The war is over and now the stirrings of a Civil War in the family has begun to grumble down every side-street and political office in Fable Town. It is though a Civil War that will have to take place without either Snow White of the father of her children Bigby Wolf.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Cast: Jocasta Almgill, Jonny Bower, Tom Connor, Jessica Dives, Zita Frith, Sam Haywood, Ben Mabberly, Adam Keast, Nicky Swift, Francis Tucker.
There is no place like home; even if you have got used to the décor of another place, to come home, put on the fairy wings, let the wolf have the run of the back yard and immerse yourself into a great night of magical comedy, mayhem and misrule is to have your heart filled with joy.
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Empires pass, they have to for the next stage of evolution and growth to begin, some spectacularly, some with a whimper and some…well some just turn to stone and meld into the background and always acknowledged and remembered with fondness for what they delivered in their lifetimes. Empires pass, and so do legends and for AC/DC, the time to perhaps gather dust is upon one of the greatest Rock bands to ever grace a stage and tear seven bells of Hell out of a studio.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Don’t Die, Mr. Robot is an arcade game available for download from the PlayStation Store for the PS Vita. Infinite State Games tend to develop fun games such as 2012’s Shepherd: Mars Needs Sheep and 2013’s Frutorious that both have concepts just as unique as Don’t Die, Mr. Robot.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
Albion is a name that conjures up a different time, a place in which few would even think about now but for the odd semi-muted mutterings of a dusty academic or a fan of West Brom or Brighton after a win at home. The act of a union of a long gone age but which was forged in fire, diplomacy and the blood of many a soul. The coming together of the mythical Albion is entrenched though in some thoughts as the long established Manchester Rock band Ten is in others, and for them Albion is a by-word for an alliance of closely themed songs which can set the pulse racing just that little quicker.
“I tell you what”, she exclaimed with an annoying cackle in her throat,
“Why don’t we get shit faced tonight, it’s our big night after all
and we don’t care do we eh girls?”
The cackle spread to each of the six women like a domino
being tipped over by the last, and yet the women were surprisingly
over the age of discontent and then the phones came out to play.
The fingers danced over the tiny keys as if they had trained
all their lives in the art of pocket sized puppetry
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
It takes a Doctor who normally knows you well to prescribe you something extra that will get you out of a slump, the timely injection of the touch of prospective future genius in which to immerse yourself into. That Doctor will not leave you floundering like a salmon gasping for oxygen on the banks of raging river and with a bear looking hungrily on, he will not leave you in the dust, but he will prescribe you Dirt and the boost to the musical eardrums is opportune and sensible.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8/10
Touring with his new album Mutineers, this was David Gray’s first performance at the recently refurbished Liverpool Philharmonic Hall and his second overall since becoming one of the most sought after British artists of the last two decades. As soon as David walked on stage the crowd were on his side. Rightly so too, as David Gray’s career has been a long lasting one, with 11 studios albums under his belt; he has been performing live now for over 20 years.
Wallis Bird at Leaf, Liverpool. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.
Liverpool Sound And Vision Rating 9/10
There is something uniquely endearing about Wallis Bird as she takes to the stage, something deeply fascinating and mesmerizing. It is as if the room upstairs at Leaf on Bold Street, known more perhaps for its gentility and courtesy has been suddenly transformed into the Liverpool Echo Arena. The mesmerising power of the individual to make the room appear so vast, to make the sound generated that of a collection of Concorde’s taking off simultaneously next to you and yet the true focus of attention appear so larger than life that their essence makes Wembley Stadium feel like a match box is one that makes you feel compelled to believe in power of mass hypnotism. All of this and yet the only weapons of choice is an acoustic guitar!
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8/10
The eye of the storm is the most wondrous place, it is the moment’s serenity before the wall of sound assaults every sense possible and leaves you breathless and hungry for more. It is a storm of its own, it is the quieter but no less important, nor less impressive, time in which letting your guard down might just result in the surprise of your life and in the spirit of singer/songwriter Dani, that quiet repose was granted and yet with the power of a pre-rumbling earthquake, something seismic was unleashed inside Leaf.