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Elvis. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Olivia DeJonge, Helen Thompson, Richard Roxburgh, Kelvin Harrison Jr., David Wenham, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Luke Bracey, Dacre Montgomery, Leon Ford, Gary Clark Jr., Yola, Natasha Bassett, Xavier Samuel, Adam Dunn, Alton Mason, Shonka Dukureh, David Gannon, Shannon Sanders, Charles Grounds, Gareth Davies, Chaydon Jay, Nicholas Bell, Josh McConville, Cie Morgan, Charles Allen.

The public face of an enigma is one in which all who profess they knew the figure well, actually understood him even less than the occasional fan.

Elvis. Film Review. full post

(592 words, estimated 2:22 mins reading time)

Genesis: B.B.C Broadcasts. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

An almost unrivalled collection, whether from these shores, or even on the other side of the pond that separates common listenership, the B.B.C.’s back catalogue of live recorded music is one to behold. Millions of hours of concert reels from every conceivable artist, and despite its faults, the indiscretions, the fall outs from flaws and blame, the criticism and inconvenient truths, the fact remains there is a repository of live music just waiting to be rereleased and given a fresh appraisal.

Genesis: B.B.C Broadcasts. Album Review. full post

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

Bullet Train. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Brad Pitt, Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Andrew Koji, Hiroyuki Sanada, Michael Shannon, Benito A. Martinez, Sandra Bullock, Zazie Beetz, Logan Lerman, Masi Oka, Karen Fukuhara, Kevin Akiyoshi Ching, Minchi Murakami, Kaori Takentani, Toshitaka Katsumi, Jim Garrity, Emalina Adams, Jenson Cheng, Nobuaki Shimamoto, Yoshi Sudarso, Johanna Watts, Ian Gabriel Martinez, Tania Verafield, Pancho Cardena, Julio Gbaey, Andrea Munoz, Nancy Daly, Arnold Chum, Naomi Matsuda, Benmio McCrea, Pasha D. Lychnikoff, Primus Johnson, Miles Marz, Michelle Lee, Parker Lin, Garland Scott, Jason Matthew Smith, Zooey Miyoshi, Kamil Aydin, David Leitch.

Bullet Train. Film Review. full post

(485 words, estimated 1:56 mins reading time)

Madness: The Liberty Of Norton Folgate. (2023 Album Re-issue). Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

One Step Beyond…for a group as universally beloved as Madness, whose record, so to speak, needs no explanation, just enough to know that in our lifetimes they appeared and blew people’s minds with their infectious music and consummate wit.

There has never really been a band such as Madness, and likely the fact is that there will never be again, and that in a way is good, because it means in the decades to come, those men of humour, insight, style, and songs that prick the conscious of the listener will be truly respected as one of the pioneers of their craft from the late 20th Century.

Madness: The Liberty Of Norton Folgate. (2023 Album Re-issue). Album Review. full post

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

Brian Bordello: Songs For Cilla To Sing. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Who truly remembers what they have kept under wraps, locked away in a dusty cupboard, in an attic that has lain unvisited, a damp and prone to pestilent basement, or the memory remaining dormant, of all they have ever wanted to show the world.

These thoughts, musings, reflections on times when a different kind of breed of star was all the rage in the pop charts, who appealed to a kind of instant hit maker, who were famous for who they knew rather than just being considered great for the talent discovered, are such that they play in the mind when revealed; when that dusty box gives up its long held secret, when the attic becomes a treasure trove of illumination, who knows if they Songs For Cilla To Sing, or for Brian to savour

Brian Bordello: Songs For Cilla To Sing. Album Review. full post

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

James Bauld: Where I Belong. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Home may be where the heart lays, but the soul is not content until it has the music in which fills every room, every emotion, only then does it allow the human machine with all its nooks, crannies, desires and wants to declare, this is Where I Belong.

It takes time to understand that self-declaration, and even then, we can be wrong, we can be found defending our position when the truth is we haven’t yet heard the right song or combination of tracks in which to truly feel at home.

James Bauld: Where I Belong. Album Review. full post

(400 words, estimated 1:36 mins reading time)

Endeavour: Prelude. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Shaun Evans, Roger Allam, Sean Rigby, Anton Lesser, Caroline O’Neill, James Bradshaw, Sara Vickers, Abigail Thaw, Nicholas Farrell, James Anderson, Nicholas Boulton, Rob Ostlere, Leaphia Darko, Imogen Daines, Tamsin Newlands, Kirsten Louie, Jane Lapotaire, James Doherty, Simon Harrison, Jack Bannon, Jenny Galloway, Jason Lines.

What was that single moment in your life where everything you did after was just a continuation, the first touch of the Prelude of temptation which led you on the path in which your actions affected everything you did and all those around you.

Endeavour: Prelude. Television Review. full post

(494 words, estimated 1:59 mins reading time)

The Answer: Sundowners. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Taking time away from what you love is not an act of sabotage or surrender, it is chance to reacquaint yourself with the feeling before the beauty was initially gazed upon, as the sun rises and falls so we must find ways of seeing the new opportunity to explore as one of increasing our depth of knowledge, so that when we do return to that which gives is meaning, we have something fresh and different to talk about.

The Answer: Sundowners. Album Review. full post

(357 words, estimated 1:26 mins reading time)

An Upside Down Tree: Sunshine at the Café Ridard. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Where you eat and drink is as important as what you consume, what you munch down upon, what tickles your fancy, or even consoles you, whilst you are at the bar, whilst you dine in company, or alone.

The Café Terrace at Night invites Nighthawks drinking coffee, tasting wine, or open air fresco declaring the savagery of a culture best left in the dark surrounding the patrons and drunks of Gin Lane, these are the habits of the evening songbirds as they imbibe, tell tall tales to awaiting ears, and leave the morning to those who wish to talk with passion of change as they witness Sunshine at the Café Ridard come pouring through the clear windows.

An Upside Down Tree: Sunshine at the Café Ridard. Album Review. full post

(388 words, estimated 1:33 mins reading time)

Connor Selby. (Self-Titled) Album Review. Deluxe Edition.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

What makes a self-titled release at times have more impact than almost any other record and album, almost nowhere else in the field of art has such influence or impression of name, and in even an autobiography there is always a tag line a : or – separating the appellation from its subject; but in music the impact is clear, this is a statement beyond reproach, this is a declaration of effect and power. For Connor Selby, the deluxe edition of the album bearing is name is unabashed, inspiration, and stimulating authority…why would you not insist on having your name on the sleeve when something so incredible has your heart and soul deep within its very existence.

Connor Selby. (Self-Titled) Album Review. Deluxe Edition. full post

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