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
Live review: Silent Cities ‘Eigenlicht’ EP launch Support from Thom Morecroft & The Full Moon Band, Magic Arm, Mr Wolf Collective @LEAF on Bold St Saturday 18th May 2013 Last night I had the pleasure of attending the Silent Cities EP launch party entitled ‘Eigenlicht’, organised by Mellowtone and RebelContinue 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
Live review: Rob Jones & Rob White Support from Geoghegan Jackson @ View Two Gallery Saturday 11th May 2013 On my way to the gig I passed a bus load of people dressed as Where’s Wally characters, a gang of lads dressed as Hells Angels with head bands and tattooContinue 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
Live review: Cornmarket Acoustic Club @ The Cornmarket Tuesday 2nd April 2013 During the day, the streets that surround and hem in the business quarter into a hive of monetary activity, are awash with people going about their trades in the hope that the next big thing will come alongContinue Reading
Live review: Dennis Locorriere @ Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Saturday 30th March 2013 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 far and wide andContinue Reading
