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 Epstein Theatre has enjoyed an amazing and eventful first year since reopening, re-establishing its reputation as one of Liverpool’s best loved theatres and as a leading venue for live entertainment. The venue is set to be even busier throughout 2013, the year which marks the 100th anniversary of theatre on Hanover Street and the Epstein’s management is delighted to announce an exciting and diverse line up across the coming months, with events spanning live music, comedy, the very best variety performances, burlesque, plays and musicals.
Elin Grande. Photograph by Ian D. Hall
Originally published by L.S. Media. May 19th 2012.
L.S. Media Rating ****
It seemed like a marriage made in heaven, the incredible and eclectic sound of Scandinavian band People of K and the sensational sound that St. Luke’s, known city wide as the bombed out church, produces.
As part of Liverpool’s Sound City celebrations, delegates, music lovers and the wider world started to flock to all the venues in the city in the biggest show of solidarity to the unknown, the bands that deserve greater recognition in a city that prides itself on being the capital of culture and the father of mother of all pop.
Daniel Kulhe at St. Luke’s Church. Liverpool. Photograph by Ian D. Hall
Originally published by L.S. Media. May 19th 2012.
L.S. Media Rating ****
Daniel Kuhle, as a member of the band Ironside, may be used to appearing on stages in varying venues but nothing would have prepared him to play in the atmosphere of St Luke’s Church.
The gothic almost unsettling feel of a venue that symbolises Liverpool’s refusal to bow down to any one, had already welcomed the Scandinavian band People of K and as the wind started to blow just that little bit harder and the threat of rain to the outside venue becoming a more distinct possibility, Daniel Kuhle’s amazing voice brought back images of filled churches listening intently to the one soloist that would guarantee a capacity attendance.
The Kill Van Kulls. Photograph by Ian D. Hall
Originally published by L.S. Media. May 20th 2012.
L.S. Media Rating ****
The Liverpool Academy of the Arts opened up their Saturday spectacle for the Sound City Festival with a very impressive band from the Greater Manchester area, The Kill Van Kulls.
Alongside the Matthew Street Festival over the August bank holiday, Liverpool Sound City offers the chance for upcoming bands to show why they should be taken seriously. Following on from some incredible performances by really outstanding artists on Thursday and Friday, it was time for The Kill Van Kulls to show their mettle and give some really special attitude to the audience of The Liverpool Academy of Arts.
Tommy Scott performing at The Liverpool Academy of Arts. Photograph by Ian D. Hall
Originally published by L.S. Media. May 20th 2012
L.S. Media Rating *****
Liverpool Sound City would have continued into the small hours of the Sunday, with other venues offering different strands of the musical experience to those willing to finally get into their homes at four or five in the morning. It’s doubtful though that any of the bands would have had the pull or guile as Space at the Liverpool Academy for the Arts.