Tag Archives: Matthew McGurty

Matthew McGurty, Gig Review. Studio 2, Liverpool. (2016).

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The last time Matthew McGurty performed in Studio 2 to such a loyal and intensely proud audience the winter of 2015 was in full blast and the cold was such that that the music of the man was not just a welcome glow in the corner of some good old fashioned public house, the type where they won’t let you leave for home without checking that you are safe to do so and if walking, pouring you the fortifying aid of a hearty whisky, it was the shine of the sun on a near broken spirit and the smouldering of a dusky maiden kiss.

Matthew McGurty, Gig Review. Studio 2, Liverpool. (2016). full post

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

Matthew McGurty, Gig Review. Studio 2, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Winter is such a cruel and heartless master. If you are not careful, it becomes far too easy to sit in the front room of the house and be force fed the type of insipid, characterless and unadventurous music that television dictates. If the winter is a long and hard one, it might end up having a Government warning attached to it that simply states, “Staying in can seriously undermine your natural ability to check out exciting new music.” It might be the only Government warning worth worrying about.

Matthew McGurty, Gig Review. Studio 2, Liverpool. full post

(379 words, estimated 1:31 mins reading time)

The City of Music: K’s Choice 2013, Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

They say there is strength in unity; it can, however that strength can be a double edged sword for in a lot of places the pride in which the artistic scene clubs together is all well and good but it doesn’t flourish because the nature of the sprawling city is not geared up to recognise the distinctiveness that resides at its heart.

The City of Music: K’s Choice 2013, Album Review. full post

(537 words, estimated 2:09 mins reading time)