Sykofant: Red Sun. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Many are drawn to the music created by Progressive Rock bands because it boldly expands on the narrative that comes with life; the pop song has its place with its repeated chorus and catchy delivery and momentary diversion, and even rock itself plays a part in musical appreciation However, the art of the Progressive movement is in its ability to weave with patience a world in which fiction expands far beyond the short structure and deliver an insight into the human ability to bring forth a lengthy discourse of virtuosity and beauty to the lives of the everyday and the people caught by the chronicles and storylines conceived.

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

Bob Bradshaw: Live In Boston. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

To step out of your usual routine is to explore a world of possibilities, it is to live rather that exist, and when we have the belief within our souls that along the unpredicted route we may find an adaption to our song, that our way of thought once dominated by habitual standards, can blossom further and with great effect on those we seek to entertain and inspire.

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(387 words, 1 image, estimated 1:33 mins reading time)

Hannah Wicklund: Live At The Troubadour. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Imagine being able to witness an entire room perfectly entranced by a performer. It doesn’t have to be a large arena, nor a parlour where several people are rapt in the gaze of a poet, unconsciously flirting with the master of the ode, but somewhere in between, somewhere that resonates with the heartbeat of a music fan, a place where history was so often made, where photographers held their breath waiting for that one perfect moment…that is the position where you yourself as the witness lose the awareness of your soul and are captivated by the unfolding scene before you.

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(448 words, 1 image, estimated 1:48 mins reading time)

Only Child: Holy Ghosts. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

We can dismiss the paranormal with a wave of a hand, but that doesn’t mean we don’t see ghosts out of the corner of our eye, that on the streets we walk, the shops we use, the venues we spend our free time in, these are the relics of hallowed and the sacred spectres of every decision, every moment of life, is forever seen from our point of view; and these Holy Ghosts, these often blessed, melancholic, passionate reminders are viewed with what could be seen as a heady mixture of sorrow, of purity, and the spiritually honoured.

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(478 words, estimated 1:55 mins reading time)

Don Felder: The Vault – Fifty Years Of Music. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

What the vault offers us is security, that our valuables, those precious treasures we hold dear, are in a safe place, strong enough to withstand the bitterest of blows from friends and former allies alike, that the combination of memories associated with these trinkets we have gained through knowledge and hard work are, and always be protected…until the time comes when are ready to open the door and place the contents before the world at large.

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(442 words, 1 image, estimated 1:46 mins reading time)

The Damn Truth. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

One man might pronounce with rhetoric that he hungers to have what Canada can offer, but there is one thing guaranteed that he will never be able to lay his hands on, and that is The Damn Truth.

One of Canada’s most electrifying bands, The Damn Truth, once more come full throttle to the listener’s attention with their new self-titled studio album, and it is a release that fans of the Montreal band will no doubt salivate over as the immensity of the sound pounds at the ears and the soul like a hammer against the bells of St. Jospeh’s Oratory, the iconic domed building adding a vibrancy in the imagination to the effect the band have had on the rock genre since they blazed on to the scene with Dear In The Headlights.

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(381 words, 1 image, estimated 1:31 mins reading time)

Gabriel Moreno: Nights In The Belly Of Bohemia. Album Review.

Lead me to those who seek life outside of the rigid norms of society, the freethinkers, the non-conformists, the individual bohemians who seek a different agenda, not ruled by the greenback or the acquisition of the constant slummy, for somethings, as artists will often petition to be understood, are more than riches counted in gold, they are the wealth of leaving something beautiful to the ages and beyond.

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(462 words, 1 image, estimated 1:51 mins reading time)

Godley & Creme: Parts Of The Process – The Complete Godley & Creme. Boxset Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

We are always advised to trust the process, whether it be in sport’s management or from those to whom dictate our lives in government, and dare we argue that the process is far from satisfying, that the flaws within are too obvious, as individuals, as society we expect a certain kind of kick back, we get called names, showered with discourse of an unseemly nature, we become gaslit by those we are advised to trust.

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

Gillan:1978-1982. Box Set Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

One of the few frontmen of rock to have found success across a myriad of bands or indeed been at the helm of a group that carried his name, not once, but on three separate occasions, performing on the Black Sabbath album Born Again, and being part of one the big names in rock in three different eras…never standing still, never allowing time to catch up with him…and in that Ian Gillan deserves the accolades and fandom he has continually found, nurtured, and given all for.

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(491 words, estimated 1:58 mins reading time)

Marie Davidson: City Of Clowns. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

We live in a microcosm that is ruled by psychopaths and sick-minded individuals, a town hall filled with fools and inhabited by a City Of Clowns bent on anarchy and chaos of the mind. It’s perhaps to the make-up of these lawlessness states of being that the scathing nature of Marie Davidson’s brand-new album hits home with such power, with a scathing rebuke of the antagonist shaking their head at the insanity of it all.

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