ALBUM REVIEW Band: Merry Hell Album: Head Full Of Magic, Shoes Full Of Rain Website: merryhell.co.uk Have you ever been in that situation where a band’s debut album has fast become one of your favourites, and then they release a follow-up and you’re apprehensive about listening to it just in caseContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Tom George Album: Postcards Website: tomgeorgearts.com The key to a good album is to be both eclectic and cohesive, and paradoxical as it sounds, that’s exactly what Tom George achieves on ‘Postcards’. Opening track ‘Drifter’ has that wonderful, dreamy, jangly quality of the Stone Roses at their mostContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist: Silent Cities EP: Eigenlicht Website: wherethesilentcitieshide.com I’m going to go ahead and assume that if you’re branding your music as ‘experimental’, you’ll take my calling it ‘weird’ as a compliment. ‘Eigenlicht’ is definitely both experimental and weird. The title, by the way, is a word for the greyishContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Just By Chance Album: Upbound Website: justbychance.net This is a fine collection of songs by Elizabeth Owen and Andrew Jones, known in combination as Just By Chance. All of the songs are good, and some are great. The pop-tastic “Pick You Up” is a particular favourite of mine, as isContinue Reading
One of the main suggestions to come out of the recent Liverpool Acoustic survey was to increase the News and Reviews content to include more reviews of regular acoustic events and open mic nights. In order to do that we need to expand our team of reviewers. Benefits Being aContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: The Good Intentions Album: Travelling Companion Website: thegoodintentions.co.uk Press play on Travelling Companion, the new album from The Good Intentions, and from the first notes of the opening track Gold Watch And Chain I guarantee you’ll be whisked away from your comfy sofas, iPhones, chippy teas andContinue Reading
SINGLE REVIEW Artist: Ragz Single: You Started It All Websites: ragzmusic.net | NuNorthernSoul You Started It All, the new single from Ragz Nordset, is released this week and initially I was in two minds about reviewing it. The Liverpool Acoustic remit is to support local performers of acoustic music, andContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Thom Morecroft Album: Moon Moon Shake It Website: thommorecroft.com Thom Morecroft has been a fixture on the local acoustic circuit for a while now. No matter if he’s hosting an evening down on Penny Lane, or headlining his own gig at View Two, you know you’re guaranteedContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist: Anna Corcoran EP: Anything Better Website: annacorcoran.com Anna Corcoran has a degree in music and many years experience as a live performer across the UK. So I suppose it was only a matter of time before she got round to recording some of her songs. The AnythingContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist: Wilson Minds EP: Face It Cracks Website: wilsonminds.com Doctor Who is in the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s longest running science fiction television programme. Undoubtedly, the main reason for its success over almost 50 years has been its ability to reinvent itself (new Doctors, companionsContinue Reading
