Tag Archives: Liverpool

Joe Kelly, Gig Review. Constellations, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

There is something tremendously satisfying about sitting in a place of worship all day, feeling the sense of a different presence wash over you, especially when it from a song book you haven’t had the pleasure of hearing before.

The writer of the solemn text standing in the arena, the musical pulpit and with guitar in hand, keyboards and backing vocalists ready to praise the written word and laid down tune, worship is something you feel compelled to do. Though Constellations is far from a church as you can imagine, if your belief is in the power of the art that lays within us all, then the final act of Beerdfest 2016 would have anyone clutching their hearts and straining their ears to hear the words of Joe Kelly.

Joe Kelly, Gig Review. Constellations, Liverpool. full post

(414 words, estimated 1:39 mins reading time)

Benn Helm, Gig Review. Constellations, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The day is filled with the unseen and the unexpected, it is the time in which the shadows find glee at the darkness and shelter we simple spectres of humanity crave for; the comfort of the music we know and never daring to step beyond it out of fear or the thought of betrayal to the memory of the band that you have nurtured in your soul for as long as you have taken breath.

Benn Helm, Gig Review. Constellations, Liverpool. full post

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

SheBeat, Gig Review. Constellations, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Jodie Schofield is a much missed woman around Liverpool, the voice of a thousand dreams has found another part of the world in which to rest the souls of the anxious and play for those who need saving; it is a loss that quite rightly many in the acoustic scene of Liverpool have felt but it was also one that was quickly rectified, albeit too briefly as the performer behind SheBeat, not only hosted her day of praising all things beard but also found time to perform songs and put her new SheBeat E.P. into the public gaze.

SheBeat, Gig Review. Constellations, Liverpool. full post

(463 words, estimated 1:51 mins reading time)

Ste Neildsey, Gig Review. Constellations, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

In amongst the hirsute and the abundant floral facial decorations stood on stage a man to whom looked equally as impressive but also indomitable in his pursuit to be the very best man on display inside Constellations on a day when the wind and rain were conspiring to make every male in the city look blustery and windswept. Whilst others were going over their looks, quite rightly in appreciation of Beerdfest and everything facially follicle, the every impressive Ste Neildsy was marking out a path of his own and it was that excellent to witness, especially with one whose own reputation is taking great strides.

Ste Neildsey, Gig Review. Constellations, Liverpool. full post

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

Maddie Stenberg, Gig Review. Constellations, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

One of the most valuable lessons that can ever be learned is almost something that comes out of instinct and character; it is the intuition to keep going regardless is being thrown at you, to not give in to those obscene forces of the surface noise and the crackle of the amped and buffeted. It can be taught but it is an art that seems more natural if your impulse is to play through it all and still perform a great set.

Maddie Stenberg, Gig Review. Constellations, Liverpool. full post

(425 words, estimated 1:42 mins reading time)

War Dogs, Film Review. Picturehouse@F.A.C.T., Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Miles Teller, Jonah Hill, Bradley Cooper, Ana de Armas, Kevin Pollack, David Packouz, Eddie Jemison, Julian Sergi, Edson Jean, Patrick St. Esprit, Jeremy Tardy, Ashley Spillers, J. B. Blanc, Gabriel Spahiu.

War has always been good for the economy, especially those that want to make a killing. It is no secret that the point of war is not to spread peace but to make money and for some bullets and dollars are all that make sense.

War Dogs, Film Review. Picturehouse@F.A.C.T., Liverpool. full post

(504 words, estimated 2:01 mins reading time)

The Dream Team Search For The Sandman, Theatre Review. Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Aaliyah Garrett, Abigail Whiteside, Adam Gannon, Amber Williams, Anna Tremarco, Ashley Kaufman, Charlie Healy, Clara Mbirimi, Elle McEvely, Ellie Hale, Ellie Muscat, Grace Hillier, Harry Hughes, Holly Haines, Isabelle Simpson, Jake Warner, James Douglas, Jennifer Lowe, Joe Fay, John Readle, Jude Stephenson, Katie Kaufman, Kayleigh Lindon, Leah Whiteside, Lewis Jones-Davies, Lillie Jo Irons, Matty McCartney, Michael Ellison, Mikey Hall, Molly Madigan, Morgan Hughes, Natasha Riley, Niamh Fay, Olivia Gore, Passy Douglas, Poppy Cowell, Ryan Broadhead, Shannon Smart, Susan Segar, Tom Douglas.

The Dream Team Search For The Sandman, Theatre Review. Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(518 words, estimated 2:04 mins reading time)

Ladies, Gig Review. Studio 2, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

It has all the makings of a great introduction, the curtain raiser presented by a ringmaster of great repute and with a talent for the language of their craft to entice and beguile the wary watcher in from the cold, to dazzle and astonish as ribbons fall from the ceiling and the audience’s eyes are diverted for a while from the main event. It is not the jiggery pokery of a circus that attracts in this instance, it is the dynamic of a band from Leicester who have made Liverpool very much their home.

Ladies, Gig Review. Studio 2, Liverpool. full post

(433 words, estimated 1:44 mins reading time)

Anna Houghton, Gig Review. Studio 2, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7.5/10

To be on any invited bill shows respect, it shows a longing to hear more of what you offer and is a sentiment that should never be dismissed easily. To be on the bill of an E.P. launch, to be among the select crowd of performers installing reverie and flights of musical fantasy in the midweek desert is to know that music is not a delusion, it is not an unfulfilled desire, it is hope wrapped in sheet music, placed within the instrument of choice and given care.

Anna Houghton, Gig Review. Studio 2, Liverpool. full post

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

Cal Ruddy, Gig Review. Studio 2, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

The moment will strike unexpectedly and without warning, the musician on stage will look down upon the crowd that has gathered before them, perhaps so large that they can no longer see their eyes glimmering with hope, perhaps so intimate that the windows to the soul are all they can focus on. In the end it doesn’t matter, all that is significant is the true moment in which the musician gives the best of nights and you sit in the corner, breathless and broken, buoyant and a believer; it is the moment in which Cal Ruddy supplied at Studio 2 in which the venue arguably witnessed one of the finest ever performances inside its hallowed frame.

Cal Ruddy, Gig Review. Studio 2, Liverpool. full post

(466 words, estimated 1:52 mins reading time)