Tag Archives: Gig Review. Studio 2

Vanessa Murray, Gig Review. Studio 2, Liverpool.

Vanessa Murray, Studio2, Liverpool. November 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Time is such a precious commodity that to waste it, to allow the night to fall away into the arms of Morpheus without having seen something remarkable, something thrilling, something cool and loved without exception, could almost feel like a crime has taken place. To allow the night to just wander into obscurity, to fade away without falling in love, artistically or humanly seems a sad state of affairs to be in and in the words of the eternal prophet, something must be done; for it’s About Time.

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(477 words, 1 image, estimated 1:54 mins reading time)

Shannen Bamford, Gig Review. Studio 2, Liverpool.

Shannen Bamford at Studio 2, Liverpool. November 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Shannen Bamford is nobody’s fool and the sweet reflections of life she offers wherever there is a microphone with the right properties to care for her haunting and sensual voice should be heeded with big smiles of enjoyment and truth of life thrust into any day.

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(430 words, 1 image, estimated 1:43 mins reading time)

Dominic Dunn, Gig Review. Studio 2, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The solution that eludes some people is normally the one that sits patiently infront of them and stirs their passions without them realising. For many of a certain generation, those coming up behind them, those that should be entrusted with the flag, they see nothing new, nothing to get excited about, for in their minds they will only ever believe that their generation has the right to argue for a specific golden era to be heard, that anything that comes from the mouths of the young is either filled with X Factor wannabe celebratory or teenage angst that cannot be fathomed.

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(439 words, estimated 1:45 mins reading time)

The Buffalo Riot, Gig Review. Studio 2, Parr Street, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

A riot by any other name can still sound just as sweet, however, a riot, the eruption of sound associated with The Buffalo Riot is almost without equal and to that end even the great plains of America would shudder with greater exposure and bounding resonance to this terrific band than a million buffalo or bison could manage as they stampede in unison.

The Buffalo Riot, Gig Review. Studio 2, Parr Street, Liverpool. full post

(424 words, estimated 1:42 mins reading time)

Sana, Gig Review. Studio 2, Parr Street, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7.5/10

Stillhet’s Strings and Things monthly Sunday evening shows at the Parr Street Studio have always been of the highest quality, friendly and forthcoming when it comes to having musicians on board who might have been away from the glare of the stage and the music lover’s hearts. It is a trait of kindness and gentleness that allows any sign of nerves to be dispelled and left to wander freely back out onto the road and pavements and wrapped in its own negative thoughts.

Sana, Gig Review. Studio 2, Parr Street, Liverpool. full post

(439 words, estimated 1:45 mins reading time)

The Dirty Bomb, Gig Review. Studio 2, Parr Street, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

July can be seen as month in which experimentation with the senses goes into a kind of overdrive, the pleasure of the discovery of something new going hand in hand with the sultry and aurally naked. The velvet touch offered by a craving to take the heat higher than should be allowed but in which the temptation catches fire and stokes the engine to the point where whistles blow and steam gushes out at such a rate that the explosion of sound spreads out across the room with rapid expansion and the wake of The Dirty Bomb leaving a collection of smiling faces.

The Dirty Bomb, Gig Review. Studio 2, Parr Street, Liverpool. full post

(413 words, estimated 1:39 mins reading time)

Peasant’s King, Gig Review. Studio 2, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

There are bands that you watch live and you just instinctively know they need, musically demand, to be on a bigger stage to get the full blown effect that their music requires. It is a sign of good things to come that if the sound can grab you by whatever means necessary, whether by brain, the soul or any other bodily function that drives the musical desire, then it requires to be heard in a setting that really gets deep down and dirty with appreciation, such is surely the fate that awaits Pontipridd’s Peasant’s King.

Peasant’s King, Gig Review. Studio 2, Liverpool. full post

(393 words, estimated 1:34 mins reading time)

Dalaro, Gig Review. Studio 2, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7.5/10

There has always been a mutual respect and understanding between the two great areas of the North that straddle famous rivers and who look out far beyond the shores of the counties they reside in. Liverpool and Gateshead, and the Scottish equivalent in Glasgow, have much in common, much to celebrate, not just in politics, in its sporting prowess and its resilient people, but in the way they both have been left to rot by successive governments since the turn of the 20^th Century but who are both shining examples of sticking two fingers up to the Westminster Empire and being their own unique city.

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

Inge Bremnes, Gig Review. Studio 2, Parr Street, Liverpool (2015).

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Inge Bremnes may not seem to be a colossus, a man emulating the Gods of Norse mythology and whose stature comes with accompanying lightening strikes or with Freya’s beguiling charm but when he steps onto the stage a transformation seems to take place, the immensely likeable musician becomes something new, something exciting, and no matter how many times you have the honour of watching him the transformation from the humble to the riveting is rather thrilling and the music even more impressive.

Inge Bremnes, Gig Review. Studio 2, Parr Street, Liverpool (2015). full post

(435 words, estimated 1:44 mins reading time)

James Wyatt, Gig Review. Studio 2, Parr Street, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

A Sunday night in, the chance to rest, perhaps fall asleep in front of the usual television offering that the last day of the week affords, is a tempting offer. The weekend over, the winding down and wrestling with the thoughts of another seven days firmly implanted into the mind, is perhaps unavoidable and yet somewhere along the line, surely that means missing out on something nice, something tangible and with meaning, a sound that is haunting and beautiful, a set of songs in which the musician opens his heart live on stage and lets the words flow meaningful and with honour.

James Wyatt, Gig Review. Studio 2, Parr Street, Liverpool. full post

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