Tag Archives: Liverpool

Stealing Sheep, Gig Review. St. Brides Church, Liverpool.

Photograph by Ian D. Hall

Originally published by L.S. Media. April 29th 2012

L.S. Media Rating ****

Stealing Sheep have had an impressive rise the last twelve months, not content with giving a show stealing performance supporting Emmy the Great at the Stanley Theatre at the University of Liverpool; they were also nominated in this year’s inaugural GIT Awards hosted at Leaf on Bold Street in the last week.  Now at St. Brides Church, as part of an eclectic night of music hosted by All We Are, they blew the audience away to the point where the crowd simply sat and appreciated their dynamic music and with big smiles on their faces.

Stealing Sheep, Gig Review. St. Brides Church, Liverpool. full post

(416 words, 1 image, estimated 1:40 mins reading time)

All We Are, Gig Review. St. Brides Church, Liverpool.

All We Are at St. Brides Church. Photograph by Ian D. Hall

Originally published by L.S. Media. April 29th 2012

L.S. Media Rating *****

You can count on the fingers on one hand the amount of bands that could get away with playing a video of their latest single at the start of a gig, that figure would be greatly reduced to one once you get to see the phenomenal All We Are on You Tube.

All We Are, Gig Review. St. Brides Church, Liverpool. full post

(533 words, 1 image, estimated 2:08 mins reading time)

Hue And Cry, Gig Review. Eric’s, Mathew Street, Liverpool.

Hue and Cry. Photograph by Ian D. Hall

Originally published by L.S. Media. May 3rd 2012.

L.S. Media Rating ****

There are times when you don’t need a full band behind you giving you the extra impetuous to thrill a capacity crowd. A voice perhaps and keyboard will do and when you are Greg and Pat Kane from Scottish Jazz/Funk stalwarts Hue and Cry.

Hue And Cry, Gig Review. Eric’s, Mathew Street, Liverpool. full post

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

Mary Shelley, Theatre Review. Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool.

Originally published by L.S. Media. May 9th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating *****

Cast: Kristen Atherton, William Chubb, Ben Lamb, Flora Nicholson, Sadie Shimmin, Shannon Tarbet.

To take the life of one of Britain’s foremost radical and supreme female writers of the last 200 years and present it as a dramatic and inspiring piece of theatre takes incredible fortitude, guile, a cast of infinite quality and a writer whose work is undoubtedly amongst the best in the country right now.

In Helen Edmundson’s Mary Shelley at the Liverpool Playhouse, the audience was treated rather spectacularly to all of the above and then some.

Mary Shelley, Theatre Review. Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(415 words, estimated 1:40 mins reading time)

Route 22, Gig Review. o2 Academy, Liverpool.

Chris Blythyn, lead singer with Route 22. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Originally published by L.S. Media.L.S. Media Rating ****

Wirral band Route 22 have all the right attributes and dedication to succeed, what is more impressive is the way, that on a night of supporting the supports at the o2 Academy, Liverpool, the four members of the band did it in front of an audience that had already spent their energy watching the previous group on offer and were now resting away from the stage.

Route 22, Gig Review. o2 Academy, Liverpool. full post

(334 words, 1 image, estimated 1:20 mins reading time)

Broken English, Gig Review. 02 Academy, Liverpool.

Broken English. Photograph By Ian D. Hall

Originally published by L.S. Media. July 14th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating ****

There is something particularly engaging about the band Broken English. It may be the that four of the group have roots that spread far beyond these shores, it might be that for all the bluster and appeal of a Saturday night out in town, sometimes you catch a little gem of a band that makes you smile for no reason or it may just be that they are a very good band to catch live.

Broken English, Gig Review. 02 Academy, Liverpool. full post

(360 words, 1 image, estimated 1:26 mins reading time)

High Violet, Gig Review. o2 Academy, Liverpool.

The High Violet. Photograph by Ian D. Hall

Originally published by L.S. Media. July 14th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating ***

The o2 Academy, Liverpool has been blessed in the last couple of weeks with some very good support bands. Sometimes these bands are overlooked as the entrée before the main filling, the bread you fill up on before the well served steak is presented to an awaiting audience. In High Violet they really should be considered much more than an appetiser, they have the real chance of making some very big waves in the years ahead of them.

High Violet, Gig Review. o2 Academy, Liverpool. full post

(398 words, 1 image, estimated 1:36 mins reading time)

Dave O’ Grady, The Lomax. Gig Review.

Dave O’ Grady at The Lomax. Photograph by Ian D. Hall

Originally published by L.S. Media. July 16th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating ****

Would you fly back home from foreign fields and the same night perform to a room full of people? More than likely not; even if doing your own job, no matter how important, normally takes a back seat after an arduous journey in the air. Not for Dave O’Grady.

Dave O’ Grady, The Lomax. Gig Review. full post

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