Tag Archives: Gig Review

Natalie McCool, Gig Review. Leaf, Liverpool Sound City 2013.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Natalie McCool is quite rightly considered one of the finest singer/songwriters in the north-west, either male or female. Her presence on stage is matched by her demeanour, confidence and stunning ability that once you have seen her play live once, you will go back time and time again to relish the sound you have heard. Whether as a solo intimate acoustic set or, as the growing trend seems to be, infront of an audience during Sound City 2013 that crowded the interior of Leaf to bursting point in the slim chance that they can catch a sight of her perform. One of the most talented in the region, more like one of the most eagerly anticipated acts in the country.

Natalie McCool, Gig Review. Leaf, Liverpool Sound City 2013. full post

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

Lolito, Gig Review. Leaf, Liverpool Sound City 2013.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

To start off Leaf’s involvement in this year’s Sound City with a band that isn’t that well known from across the Channel could be seen as a calculated risk, one that happily and wonderfully had those rare qualities of a surprise that was both exhilarating and fun to explore for the first time. The group, the very enjoyable Lolito, were not fazed by the looks on the faces of those attending the first band of the evening, the amazing bombshell that took people all of five minutes to get over and by the end of the first song, the smiles said it all.

Lolito, Gig Review. Leaf, Liverpool Sound City 2013. full post

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

The Endings, Gig Review. 02 Academy, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

George Harrison understood the heartache behind it, so much so he gave his solo album the title All Things Must Pass, that feeling and despairing knowledge that something has come to a natural finish, no matter how much people might clamour for it not to be true. For The Endings, the run was superb, a Liverpool band with a very big heart at its core, some great and incredible sounds and above all a belief that what they were doing was just another step in a long journey.

The Endings, Gig Review. 02 Academy, Liverpool. full post

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

Kate Nash, Gig Review. East Village Arts Club, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

As Kate Nash motored her way through a rather superb set at the newly opened East Village Arts Club, there was surely nobody in the excitable audience that couldn’t see how much the artist had grown as a performer and as a woman. The evidence was there for all to hear with the release of her third album, the exceptional Girl Talk, and yet somehow if that demonstration of womanhood was somehow and unlikely missed by the listener, anyone making their way to the plush new surrounds that house the East Village would have seen the corroboration with their own eyes.

Kate Nash, Gig Review. East Village Arts Club, Liverpool. full post

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

The Kill Van Kulls, Gig Review. 02 Academy, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The Kill Van Kulls was amongst the extreme highlights of Liverpool Sound City during 2012. The positivity they showed, the intense joy they bought to the stage was matched stride for stride by their ability and infectious music.

The Kill Van Kulls, Gig Review. 02 Academy, Liverpool. full post

(366 words, estimated 1:28 mins reading time)

The Fratellis, Gig Review. 02 Academy, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The sweat had barely time to dry off in the 02 Academy from the previous night’s storming gig by Big Country than the re-emergence of one of the most popular and endearing bands of the last decade, The Fratellis, stoked up the pressure cooker inside the venue and the keen excitement felt by all spilled over and added further to the party atmosphere.

The Fratellis, Gig Review. 02 Academy, Liverpool. full post

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

Big Country, Gig Review. 02 Academy, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Some journeys are never meant to end; there is always time for a new chapter, even in the most long and incredible of stories there is always time for one more nugget of information to be told and savoured. Within the circles of rock, Big Country’s story could have ended when much respected former vocalist Stuart Adamson sadly passed on as the new century began. No one would have blamed anybody as Stuart was a colossus, a man whose presence can still be keenly felt by many as they listen to his voice through the back catalogue.

Big Country, Gig Review. 02 Academy, Liverpool. full post

(567 words, estimated 2:16 mins reading time)

Joe Brown, Gig Review. Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The broad smile at the end of the night said it all, Joe Brown, one of the true great British music legends, had enjoyed his time back on stage in Liverpool and judging by the response and adoration that came his way, it’s fair to say that the audience enjoyed the respected musician’s couple of hours just as much as he did.

Joe Brown, Gig Review. Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. full post

(521 words, estimated 2:05 mins reading time)

Dennis Locorriere, Gig Review. Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Over the last few years the main stage of the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall has hosted many impressive evenings with musicians who have come from and wide and been part of many different genres. For every single one of them, whether Richard Marx, Roger Hodgson, Robert Cray, Brain May and Kerry Ellis it has been a matter of joy and pride to give the Liverpool audiences something to go home, sit down with a drink and exclaim, ‘Wow, wasn’t that ace!’

Dennis Locorriere, Gig Review. Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. full post

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

The Union, Gig Review. 02 Academy, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Even if you knew the fact, to hear Pete Shoulder say with more than a hint of apology in his voice that it was The Union’s first foray into the Liverpool’s music conscious was still more than a little surprising. With two members of arguably one of the great British Rock bands of the last 30 years, the soul affirming and musically forceful Thunder, in The Union, it seems almost remiss that the o2 Academy or any of the other vibrant venues in the city have not had the honour of hosting this exciting group.

The Union, Gig Review. 02 Academy, Liverpool. full post

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