Category Archives: Music

Queens Of The Stone Age: In Times New Roman. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Seduction and temptation go hand in hand, you can’t have one without the other, it is the thrill of the unknown as it glides your hand towards to the velvet, irresistible touch offered by that which holds a glint in its eye.

It is that contract of exchanged enticement, written In Times New Roman that sets the seal of attraction to the blissful and the seductive and the suggestive, the ink barely dry as the invitation is agreed to in full, for temptation is eye of the persuaded, and few can do that with as much charm as Josh Homme and Queens Of The Stone Age.

Queens Of The Stone Age: In Times New Roman. Album Review. full post

(350 words, estimated 1:24 mins reading time)

Steve Lukather: Bridges. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

There is no doubting that Toto will considered as one of the finest of America’s ever bands, a group of musicians that came together with a certainty in their collective hearts, and one that inspired their listeners to examine, like groups such as Chicago, Kansas, and Journey, their relationship with classic American Rock in an age that has straddled beyond its perceived time as the voice of a generation that sought to change the world in the shadow of the elders who stood still after they stopped being the Golden Generation.

Steve Lukather: Bridges. Album Review. full post

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

Nunnery Norheim: You Are Here. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

There comes an age where eventually you might become unmoved by art, the moment where you realise you are not where you once stood, but further disconnected from the ache of a poet’s heart, where you might have more in common with the stone discarded from a sculpture’s reason that the reveal of beauty you once stood in awe of. It is possible, and occasionally perfectly understandable to be so overwhelmed that all that is left inside is dust and tears.

Nunnery Norheim: You Are Here. Single Review. full post

(409 words, estimated 1:38 mins reading time)

Yusef/Cat Stevens: King Of A Land. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

To draw upon a wide variety of images and give them life is a fundamental part of being human, it is the soul of creativity, it is the heart of storytelling; and as each drop of inspiration collects on the surface of those we wish to see illuminated by these tales of fantastic lives and hopes of a better tomorrow, so the King Of A Land is revealed, and it not one of wealth or supposed divine right, but the man or woman who lives to encourage his fellow traveller on this short voyage of life to be better, to do more for others, who lives with compassion in their hearts.

Yusef/Cat Stevens: King Of A Land. Album Review. full post

(378 words, estimated 1:31 mins reading time)

The Alarm: Forward. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Courage is doing what you need to do despite all that life can throw against you.

Much has been written, proudly stated, said with concern for one of music’s true great icons and inspirations, a man of distinction, and those who hold him as dear as he holds them, and perhaps it is with most vocal of support that many openly declare that The Alarm, in which ever state of membership they are in, deserve to be listened to and taken note of.

The Alarm: Forward. Album Review. full post

(403 words, estimated 1:37 mins reading time)

John Jenkins: Tuebrook. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Under Milkwood is undeniably one of the great moments in literature, not just in the 20th Century, but across all the centuries in which the English language has played a part in delivering adaptions, translations, and unique voices to the passionate hearts of the nations and islands that make up ‘the sceptred isle”.

John Jenkins: Tuebrook. Album Review. full post

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

Jackson Williams: Live In Session. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Jackson Williams continue to impress. Five short words. Five words spoken in true honest praise. For in their latest release, Live In Session, the sense of purpose and charm they have always carried with them, is unrelenting and unashamedly cool, and so to carry the weight of expectation maybe a burden for some, but for Deborah Jackson and Skeet Williams, as well as fellow musicians, Andy Cooper and Sam Pritchard, it is a realistic set of measurable achievements.

Jackson Williams: Live In Session. Album Review. full post

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

Bella Gaffney: Reflections. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The reflections we see are often distorted by time and our own feelings of damnation that we carry through each day, the load becoming slightly heavier, slightly more cumbersome as time passes without us addressing the damage we may have caused, or the beauty we allowed to bypass us because we were too angry, too weak, too determined to miss it.

Bella Gaffney: Reflections. Album Review. full post

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

Ellis Paul: 55. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Life begins…

…whenever you feel that you have found the one purpose in life that marks you out as unique, an individual, or as someone who has lived through adversity and complication and found a reason to give back to the world via art, artistry, and love.

It is easy to seek the validation of sympathy when you come through an ordeal, it is rarer to feel the warmth of empathy and the growl that accompanies the urging of continuance when you create an iconic moment for all to enjoy, to take heat with afterwards.

Ellis Paul: 55. Album Review. full post

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

Steve Hackett: Darktown. (2023 vinyl Re-issue: 2023.)

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

There is within us all, a darkness which we must allow breathing space, the excitement and temptation of a future life that comes from highlighting and the re-evaluation of the past. When that moment itself becomes part of history, the need for reconsideration can be a powerful tool of both regret and equal contentment, the dichotomy of reason is uncontained as once more you are compelled to revise your appreciation of the light, and the Darktown where you first unwrapped all your feelings.

Steve Hackett: Darktown. (2023 vinyl Re-issue: 2023.) full post

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