Tag Archives: Liverpool

The Dirty Royals, Gig Review. Independent Pop Overthrow 2015. The Cavern, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The Saturday of the Independent Pop Overthrow has always been a powerhouse of emotions in which to revel in the glory of a festival so enormous in its preparations that it puts many of its counterparts to shame. The setting of The Cavern was exactly the right staging for the I.P.O. and the weekend the main focal point as visitors to the city, the throng of human activity, make their way to the music capital of the U.K. in search of something new, fresh and hopefully exciting.

The Dirty Royals, Gig Review. Independent Pop Overthrow 2015. The Cavern, Liverpool. full post

(394 words, estimated 1:35 mins reading time)

The Theme, Gig Review. International Pop Overthrow 2015. The Cavern, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Loud, boisterous, full of vigour and passion, to watch The Theme is to enjoy a great night and have you panting for more.

The inexplicable nature of life, of how it has changed in the last 40 years, sometimes for the better in that bands have more access to the world outside their hometown, sometimes for the worse as in there is only so much finite time in which to keep searching through the relentless onslaught of social media updates and the outpourings of invites to see many a new group, can leave you feeling as if all your life you have lived by a quiet oasis and yet you yearn for the bucket and spade in which to dig a thousand moats.

The Theme, Gig Review. International Pop Overthrow 2015. The Cavern, Liverpool. full post

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

ViseMenn, Gig Review. International Pop Overthrow 2015. The Cavern, Liverpool.

The ViseMenn at the International Pop Overthrow 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

The ViseMenn at the International Pop Overthrow 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

One of the main points of the International Pop Overthrow is to introduce music from far and wide to the shores of Britain. It is an ethos that has served David Bash, the organiser, the conveyor of such thought extremely well over the last 12 years and going into the week-long festival’s 13th year shows no signs of abating or slowing down.

ViseMenn, Gig Review. International Pop Overthrow 2015. The Cavern, Liverpool. full post

(419 words, 1 image, estimated 1:41 mins reading time)

Malene Markussen, Gig Review. International Pop Overthrow 2015. The Cavern, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

To be enchanted is an honour many never feel or even witness. So wrapped up in the pursuit of goals that in the end matter very little, they forget or even are unfortunate to live in places which look down upon, the feeling that comes with the sound of a voice filling the air and letting the heart break with a certain amount of joy, it is those other pursuits or government interjections that prohibit the reality of life, to be enchanted.

Malene Markussen, Gig Review. International Pop Overthrow 2015. The Cavern, Liverpool. full post

(361 words, estimated 1:27 mins reading time)

Alison Green, Gig Review. International Pop Overthrow 2015. The Cavern, Liverpool.

Alison Green at The Cavern. International Pop Overthrow 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Alison Green at The Cavern. International Pop Overthrow 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9.5/10

Almost a year has passed since Canterbury’s Alison Green sat down inside The Cavern as part of the Independent Pop Overthrow and gave what turned out to be a smashing debut performance in Liverpool. A year on and that taste of what resides in the heart of a woman with poetry in her veins and with an inquisitive mind in search of a great lyric to marry off to a prospective, potential chord has become something in which the Canterbury set of old would have been enthusing over and the legend of Whiskey Ginger Johnson would already be known far and wide.

Alison Green, Gig Review. International Pop Overthrow 2015. The Cavern, Liverpool. full post

(454 words, 1 image, estimated 1:49 mins reading time)

Luke Gallagher, Gig Review. International Pop Overthrow 2015. The Cavern, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

To watch Luke Gallagher on stage is to be reminded of times past in Liverpool but with a huge sign around the rememberance proclaiming a possible future, a very bright one for both music lovers and for Luke Gallagher himself as times collide and merge, the coalescing of universes being bombarded by the heroes of music history all coming together in the style and voice of a young lad from Wrexham.

Luke Gallagher, Gig Review. International Pop Overthrow 2015. The Cavern, Liverpool. full post

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

Fun Of The Pier, Gig Review. International Pop Overthrow 2015. The Cavern, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

There is nothing quite like an afternoon having the time of your life and Fun of the Pier, especially when you can replace the thought of outdated entertainment associated with a Victorian and Edwardian era, of sand and candy floss falling into the sea below and cheap entertainment designed to thrill the masses as they ward off the spectre of yet another attacking seagull, with one that sits comfortably with the audiences at The Cavern at this year’s International Pop Overthrow and in which has the added appeal of The Suns’ Dave Lloyd in attendance.

Fun Of The Pier, Gig Review. International Pop Overthrow 2015. The Cavern, Liverpool. full post

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

Two, Theatre Review. Lantern Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Jennifer Bea, Greg Russell.

A sharp and touching slice of English life set in a Northern Pub owned by a savagely bickering husband and wife. Two is a series of short vignettes that skilfully combines pathos and humour, with all fourteen characters played by two actors. During the course of the evening assorted customers pass through including a little boy left behind by his father – an event which triggers a movement towards a fragile reconciliation between the pub couple, as their own dark tragedy is revealed.

Two, Theatre Review. Lantern Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(475 words, estimated 1:54 mins reading time)

Mad Max: Fury Road, Film Review. Picturehouse@F.A.C.T., Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Josh Helman, Nathan Jones, Zoë Kravitz, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Riley Keough, Abbey Lee, Courtney Eaton, John Howard, Richard Carter, Angus Sampson, Megan Gale, Melissa Jaffer, Coco Jack Gillies.

There are times when a long chase sequence is played out in front of a cinema audience and the heart just groans under the pressure of being subjected to the Director’s whim and fancy. It can be viewed upon as just being delivered as if the Director has no other idea of what to place into the film’s story line than have several cars or vehicles race round for a couple of hours with no discernible universal truth being explored. It is basically a testosterone fight but with petrol pumping through the heart instead of blood; it’s been done so many times that it has almost become a pastiche of itself.

Mad Max: Fury Road, Film Review. Picturehouse@F.A.C.T., Liverpool. full post

(450 words, estimated 1:48 mins reading time)

Annisokay, Gig Review. o2 Academy, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The enigmatic smile that growls in the darkness on offer by German band Annisokay throughout their latest album, is nothing compared to the broad all knowing grin they lay out before a live audience, especially an audience that is treated to their performance for the first time ands in a city not noted for its love of the genre.

Annisokay, Gig Review. o2 Academy, Liverpool. full post

(457 words, estimated 1:50 mins reading time)