Reviews
A couple of years ago a young band from Stockport was playing to small crowds up and down the country. All my senses told me instantly that they had the potential to break on through to the other side (small time indie side to mainstream side I mean). Well they did have some very Doorsy sounding songs in their armoury in those early days. They...
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I have to say that I must be a very late developer: I’ve only recently discovered Liverpool band, Indigo Moon. Boy, am I making up for lost time. How could I have been so…musically impubescent. Their EP Anatomy currently takes centre stage in my hormonal ears, simultaneously rocking and lulling me out of my Indigo-ignorant coma. Live, they deliver a powerful, blistering set that packs...
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Sundara Karma rocked in to Liverpool for their biggest headline show to date, fresh off the back of a highly accomplished debut album: you know, the one with long, yet deep, title: Youth Is Only Ever Fun In Retrospect. If that were true then virtually everybody in the sell-out, mainly 14 (12??)-18 year old, O2 Academy crowd must have had a miserable time. When I arrived...
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To see Hidden Charms live is to see an uncontrolled explosion of feral rhythm and blues. Can I get a witness? To see them back where it all began three years ago is even better. The tension built as they toyed with the expectant audience that had gathered at the front of the stage, encouraged by hyped up, adoring members and friends of Liverpool band, Roomerz. ...
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Thoughts
A new hobby has entered the lives of many over the last few years. It involves checking the latest trends on Twitter. It has become a thoroughly depressing pastime over the course of this year. A tweet by @alex_greenough yesterday summed this up perfectly: “Love how David Attenborough and Bruce Forsyth are trending simply because they’re old and alive” It was retweeted 1,089 times at...
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A review of Icelandic band, Samaris, at Leaf Tea shop, Liverpool ,on Thursday, 9th June, 2016. Support from the ever brilliant Feral Love. Not usually one to be lost for words when writing, I am fast running out of superlatives to describe Feral Love. I almost feel like it is an undeserved privilege to have seen them for a third time in just over a...
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A review of Sundara Karma, In Heaven and The Night Café at the Arts Club, Liverpoool. 2nd June, 2016. A packed Arts Club Loft tonight witnessed the latest stage in the unstoppable rise and rise of Reading band, Sundara Karma.The anticipation and tension was palpable. Crowds swarmed into The Loft the minute the doors opened. The support acts experienced the knock-on benefit of the few hundred...
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The Cavern Stage was set, the script written. The audience had taken their position in the stalls. The actors had run through their lines and fine-tuned their skills. I recall it as vividly as if it was yesterday. But it was two days ago! My ears can still clearly visualise and smell and taste that beautiful, sunny day in May forever imprinted on my consciousness....
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