Monthly Archives: August 2012

Departure Lounge, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

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

L.S. Media Rating ****

Cast: Glenn Adamson, Jamie Barnard, Michael Fletcher, Joshua Meredith, Hayley Clarke.

Douglas Irvine’s 2008 tour de force Departure Lounge has to go down as one of the best musical comedies to have graced the Unity Theatre ever! Its premise of four lads embarking on a final fling of youth in Spain before heading off to University will resonate with those who went down the same wonderful and somewhat reckless path and greatly amuse those that didn’t.

Departure Lounge, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(385 words, 1 image, estimated 1:32 mins reading time)

Kaiser Chiefs, Gig Review. o2 Academy, Birmingham.

Photograph by Ian D. Hall

Originally published by L.S. Media. February 4th 2012.L.S. Media Rating *****

The Kaiser Chiefs have got to be classed as one of the complete bands to emerge in the last 20 years. No matter how big and popular the Yorkshire lads have got, they look and play the part well of a band who are at home in a huge stadium, such as the Liverpool Echo Arena as they are in one of the many Academy venues dotted around the country.

Kaiser Chiefs, Gig Review. o2 Academy, Birmingham. full post

(579 words, 1 image, estimated 2:19 mins reading time)

Van Halen, A Different Kind of Truth. Album Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. February 6th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating *****

It’s been a long time coming and you pretty much know what you are going to get, but if you’re a fan of Van Halen it won’t stop you buying and revelling in the new album A Different Kind of Truth.

Van Halen, A Different Kind of Truth. Album Review. full post

(513 words, 1 image, estimated 2:03 mins reading time)

Whitechapel, Series Three, Episode Two. Television Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. February 7th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating ****

Cast: Rupert Penry-Jones, Phil Davis, Steve Pemberton, Sam Stockman, Claire Rushbrook, Shaun Evans, Christina Chong, David Schneider, James Dreyfus.

Just who exactly is watching you? One side of the argument could be the state, the police, Neighbourhood Watch! The other is the person you let in to read the electricity meter, the furniture delivery man or the amiable builder who happened to make something of that spare space.

Whitechapel, Series Three, Episode Two. Television Review. full post

(520 words, 1 image, estimated 2:05 mins reading time)

Paul McCartney, Kisses On The Bottom. Album Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. February 7th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating ****

There’s nothing quite like a forgotten old gem to make you sit and take notice. When you tag that onto the Liverpool legend giving a new life to the tune, your perspective suddenly changes.  You can end up digging through other timeless and wonderful songs that have sadly been neglected by a society that has moved on and away from its own soul. This is the result of Paul McCartney and the new take of old songs in Kisses on the Bottom.

Paul McCartney, Kisses On The Bottom. Album Review. full post

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

Big Country, The Crossing. 30th Anniversary Edition. Album Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. February 7th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating ****

Looking back at an album’s life can be unnerving. It reminds you of where you and what you were doing when you became conscious of the first notes of a debut record by a new and extraordinary fresh band. The time on the albums credits are indication to the passing of your own life, the mortality that’s attached to your love of the record. You treasured the time together, you poured out your own soul and fears whilst listening to the poetry and distinctive music of someone else.

Big Country, The Crossing. 30th Anniversary Edition. Album Review. full post

(614 words, 1 image, estimated 2:27 mins reading time)

Legally Blonde, Theatre Review. Liverpool Empire Theatre.

Originally published by L.S. Media.  February 8th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating *****

Cast: Faye Brookes, Iwan Lewis, Les Dennis, Claire Sweeney, Ray Quinn, Charlotte Harwood, Hannah Grover, Sinead Long, Sophie Isaacs, Micha Richardson, Zak Nemorin, Jon Reynolds, Graham Lappin, Nia Jermin.

If you just want a one sentence or even a word to sum up Legally Blonde, then can I just say phenomenal, must see, brilliant, and every other platitude that you will no doubt see on billboards and in papers for this exceptional and heart-warming musical.

Legally Blonde, Theatre Review. Liverpool Empire Theatre. full post

(483 words, 1 image, estimated 1:56 mins reading time)

Grammy Award Winning Singer, Whitney Houston, dies aged 48.

Originally published by L.S. Media. February 12th 2012.

In the early hours of Sunday the 12thFebruary, the news wires that had been quiet except from the fall out and the disintegration of Syria and the non-handshake that dominated the football match between Manchester United and Liverpool suddenly exploded with the news that American singing legend Whitney Houston had passed on at the age of 48.

Grammy Award Winning Singer, Whitney Houston, dies aged 48. full post

(675 words, 1 image, estimated 2:42 mins reading time)

The Lightning Seeds, Gig Review. o2 Academy, Liverpool.

Picture Ian D. Hall

Originally published by L.S.Media. February 12th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating *****

There can be no better sight than of a much loved band coming back to their home, to where they belong and giving such an astounding performance that it blows everything out of the water. Ian Broudie may be understated and private but there is no doubting his ability, his dedication to Liverpool and some of the best music to have dominated the musical airwaves for the best part of five decades.

The Lightning Seeds, Gig Review. o2 Academy, Liverpool. full post

(520 words, 1 image, estimated 2:05 mins reading time)

Interview With Barry Briercliffe, Cancer Research Charity, Music Night at Parr Street.

Originally published by L.S. Media. February 13th 2012.

Parr Street Studios will host a very special evening in aid of Cancer Research on Monday 27thFebruary. Presided over by Liverpool musician Barry Briercliffe, the night will be a celebration of good music with a couple of extra special guests thrown into the mix that will just one of those nights in Liverpool that in all honesty, you have to be at!

It is fitting that Barry should host this night at Parr Street, with a new album coming out soon, Barry has long been one of the musicians that Liverpool loves, in that he always gives back to the city just as much as he gets out of it.

Interview With Barry Briercliffe, Cancer Research Charity, Music Night at Parr Street. full post

(1015 words, 1 image, estimated 4:04 mins reading time)