Tag Archives: Gig Review. L.I.P.A

ENO G, Gig Review. L.I.P.A., Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The relief of being in a country where all forms of music are given a fair go, are to be congratulated for the feeling of exotic nature they bring to the ears of the local music lover, is to understand that the world is not to be confined to the borders of the North Sea, The English Channel or the coast of Wales and its mountain ranges casting their eye warily over the waters towards Ireland and the United States; music is after all above such petty things as borders and in the express train ride that is South Korea’s ENO G, the feeling of exotic is balanced out by the temptation of sound on offer in the best traditions of funk fusion and heartfelt lyrics.

ENO G, Gig Review. L.I.P.A., Liverpool. full post

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

Grace Eliza, Gig Review. L.I.P.A., Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The Paul McCartney auditorium may have been still and as quiet as a family of gently snoring mice as they snoozed under the duvet before the arrival on stage of Grace Eliza, however they soon joined in the loud appreciation for the young R&B singer as she blistered through a set at the L.I.P.A showcase with tremendous ambition.

It is an ambition that will serve her well in the coming years and it is one that also matches the depth of beauty that is very much in evidence as the audience almost scrambled to the front of the stage to get a full look at the raven haired songstress.

Grace Eliza, Gig Review. L.I.P.A., Liverpool. full post

(375 words, estimated 1:30 mins reading time)

Satin Beige, Gig Review. L.I.P.A., Liverpool.

Satin Beige, LIPA, Liverpool. April 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Satin Beige, LIPA, Liverpool. April 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Relaxed, composed and only the barest hint of the immensity that resides in her fingers showing as they strain at the leash wanting to fly with the same feeling of majestic endeavour that she showed ahead of supporting Tommy Scott’s acoustic evening at Leaf in March, Satin Beige looks as if she doesn’t just want to give a performance to remember, she wants to show exactly why she is so highly regarded and so admired.

Satin Beige, Gig Review. L.I.P.A., Liverpool. full post

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

Novacrow, Gig Review. L.I.P.A., Liverpool.

Kitty Staunton of Novacrow, LIPA, Liverpool, 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Kitty Staunton of Novacrow, LIPA, Liverpool, 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

If every song needs a hook in which to guide it to the listener’s emotions then does it follow that every live performance needs something other than the music to really make it memorable? It either depends on how the sound is appreciated, a folk band for example certainly don’t need the extra polish attached their gig, neither does a solo performer serenading with almost perfect ease, and yet in some quarters, what is already rather enjoyable, even tremendous in some places has that little something extra with the visual memento mori attached.

Novacrow, Gig Review. L.I.P.A., Liverpool. full post

(438 words, 1 image, estimated 1:45 mins reading time)

The 69 Watts, Gig Review. L.I.P.A, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Raw, un-mitigating power, the abilty to drive a musical note so far down the ear canal that it pops out the other side as if hurtling round the Higgs Boson Hadron Collider, power but with controlled aggression, not to see where the origins of the Universe may lay, not to marvel at the prospect of where the place of birth is in the cosmic soup but to introduce a the great sound at the disposal of The 69 Watts.

The 69 Watts, Gig Review. L.I.P.A, Liverpool. full post

(370 words, estimated 1:29 mins reading time)

The Hazel Empire, Gig Review. L.I.P.A, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

There is a natural tendency to see a band perform in one setting and immediately wonder how they would sound somewhere else, how they would grab the attention in a smaller venue, one on a larger, perhaps more acoustically challenging and accustomed to the rigours that come the way of a young band making inroads in the career. That natural tendency is born out wanting to see the band do well and hearing songs that made your heart flutter initially, but also the dreadful spectre of betting against yourself that surely without reasonable doubt, they cannot be as good as the first initial contact made with them.

The Hazel Empire, Gig Review. L.I.P.A, Liverpool. full post

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