EP REVIEW Artist: Ste Hedley EP: Gig @ Your Door Website: stehedley.co.uk Gig @ Your Door is Ste Hedley‘s first EP which follows his debut album Graces, recorded while at LIPA. It was there he played for a number of Gospel choirs whilst majoring in bass guitar, which he hasContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: The Grande Album: Bleaker St. Website: thegrande.co.uk Way back in 2008 at the start of my first ever CD review for Liverpool Acoustic I explained that one of the ways I measure the quality of a CD is by the length of time I keep it inContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Dead Cities Album: This Killer Wave Website: deadcities.co.uk The universe has so many unanswered questions. Why is the sun’s corona hotter than its surface? Why is Eastenders so depressing? And when are Dead Cities, Liverpool’s favourite Indie alt-folk trio, going to get round to releasing anContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: David Goss Album: Existence Website:davidgossmusic.com This is my first review for Liverpool Acoustic, and I was feeling a certain amount of trepidation about it – I’d never heard of singer-songwriter David Goss, and I was worried that his album might be a load of drippy “troubadour” nonsense. Fortunately, fromContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist: Matt Swift EP: Lesson Over Website: mattswiftmusic.co.uk Matt Swift’s new EP Lesson Over announces its arrival like an acoustic Muse and says goodbye with a tune that wouldn’t sound out of place on a modern Take That record! Lesson Over takes in all points in between tooContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Gary Fulton Album: The Devil’s Hand ReverbNation: reverbnation.com/garyfulton Amazon: Amazon MP3 CD Baby: cdbaby.com/cd/garyfulton3 Listening to Gary Fulton’s new CD The Devil’s Hand in my car and at home in my den re-created the atmosphere that I think Gary’s fans must experience and enjoy at a liveContinue Reading
SINGLE REVIEW Artist: Sensorites Single: Slipstream Website: sensorites.blogspot.com Facebook: facebook.com/Sensorites Bandcamp: hollowholerecords.bandcamp.com Monday 22nd August sees the release of the new single from brothers Nathan and Gareth Kirkham, otherwise known as Sensorites. Slipstream is an happy, catchy, upbeat number with a retro feel, and an opening riff that echoes Maxine Nightingale’sContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist: Joe Rhead EP: Growing Signs Website: facebook.com/joerheadmusic Growing Signs is Joe Rhead‘s first EP and if this is a sign of things to come we are in for a treat. Rhead, formally from Leek, Staffordshire, now living and working in Liverpool, has a clear idea what heContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: The Trestles Album: What Do You See? Website: thetrestles.wordpress.com I went on a farewell tour of the old Gateacre Comprehensive School building the other week. It’s due to be knocked down when the staff and pupils move to a brand new building in Belle Vale and IContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Tricia McTeague Album: The Pleasure Is Mine Website: triciamcteague.com I have to admit, before I came across this artist I would have probably, flippantly, described her style of music as ‘not my musical cup of tea’ but after catching a live gig in town and verifying theContinue Reading
