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Abigail Hopkins: Stardust. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

When you evoke the image of the universal you have to make sure you deliver the empathy and emotions of the eternal struggle of being human, tempered always with the belief that through your vision, the listener is given the chance to see Stardust glimmer against the darkness of space and life.

Liverpool’s Central Library Hosts A Celebrational Exhibition of 100 Years Of The Empire Theatre.

Liverpool is blessed with theatrical talent and the grandness of theatres that surely makes other city’s blush with envy, and whilst we have lost some over time, those that remain, and despite the difficulties that many have faced due to the current times we live in, stand proudly with their history on show, the memories of performances, of the smell of grease paint and the actors to have made the stage their own; and when a sizeable anniversary is reached, it should be celebrated with style.

The Last Voyage of The Demeter. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Corey Hawkins, Aisling Franciosi, Liam Cunningham, David Dastmalchian, Chris Walley, Jon Jon Briones, Stefan Kapicic, Martin Furuland, Nikolai Nikolaeff, Woody Norman, Javier Botet, Graham Turner, Andy Murray, Nicola Passetti, Christopher York, Vladimir Cabek, Rudolf Danielewicz, Noureddine Farihi, Malcolm Galea, Adam Shaw, Jack Doggart, Joe Depasquale, Sally Reeve.

V: Visitation. Big Finish. Audio Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Annabel Baldwin, Janie Dee, Jack Myers, Geoffrey Aymer, Nicholas Briggs, Hannah Brown, Jesse Dunbar, John H Elson, Louise Falkner, Raj Ghatak, Helen Goldwyn, Kate O’ Rourke, Gesella Ohaka, Logan Ritchie, Arabella Smith-James, Andrew James-Spooner, Holly Spooner, Sam Stafford.

The allegories and symbols that were explicitly portrayed on the hit American television series V were so plain to the naked eye that the viewer never once had to question that the sci-fi classic was truly about the representation of war, collusion, consent by power, and the requirement of all citizens to take a stand against the evils of fascism.

Nosferatu. (2025). Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Lily-Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult, Bill Skarsgård, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Willem Defoe, Emma Corrin, Ralph Ineson, Simon McBurney, Adéla Hesová, Milena Konstantinova, Stacy Thunes, Gregory Gudgeon, Robert Russell, Curtis Matthew, Claudiu Trandafir, Georgina Bereghianu, Jordan Haj, Katerina Bila, Maria Ion, Tereza Duskova, Liana Navrot, Mihai Verbinstschi, Karel Dobry, Andrei Sergeev, Matej Benes, Marek Pospichal, Jan Filipenský, Alex East, Christian Dunkley-Clark, Andrea Miltner, Robin Finesilver, Paul A Maynard, Charles Horne, Ella Bernstein, Meredith Digings.

Mitch Ryder: With Love. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

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With Love, an expression of truth that some may abuse, but for the majority doesn’t come easily, only to be used in moments when no other words suffice, that will capture the emotions and the sensations that true adoration dictates. It is a fondness framed at the end of a letter, a declaration of fealty, an allegiance to one’s country, with love comes hopeful respect; and it is too respect that Mitch Ryder unveils his latest album with a clear and untameable resolution, to admit that the result is a statement of intent for the listener, that in his words, it is “essential listening”.

Kim Wilde: Closer. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Album artwork for Closer by Kim Wilde

What was once close can, over time, become Closer; it is an elevation of the Muse that provides in which we can gain ground and see the details of our emotional heritage in a finer focus, a sharper existence without rumour and without static; and which adds a grandeur we take into the decade of our life which perhaps offers greater reflection, which dictates softly we must take advantage of the Muse’s affection.

Perdition.

Perdition

By Ian D. Hall

April…

The children loved to watch a hanging in the park; it was free entertainment after all, and the increasing noise, the chanting of the adults, their parents, their uncles and aunts, and occasional grandparent, meant that they were observing the ritual, the convention, with strict, but glorious observance.

Doris Brendel: Dog Eat Dog World. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

To appreciate the Muse, you must admit that you adore them, for whatever stirs the passion of your craft makes not only your soul unique, but your voice rage against the most powerful tornado of indifference that might come your way as others blow to knock you off your steam driven journey and exploration.

To live without a Muse, no matter the face the place upon the guardian angel’s torso, is surely an intolerable feeling, it offers only a bland expression, a weight of unimaginable tediousness that makes a world suffer and the artist weak, flat, and lacklustre in their offerings to the world.

G3: G3 Reunion Live. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

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When gods get together the resulting thunder and storms can be so colossal that those who see and take in the wonder from the seats upon the eternal stage cannot but help be in awe, and when those giants and gods are in harmony, then the resulting dynamic is one of collaborative eruption, a release of energy so spectacular it rivals a volcano in terms of how people view the event.