Romeo 660 by Ian Cantwell and Marty Snape

Romeo 660 by Ian Cantwell and Marty Snape Album on Bandcamp Album review by Tommy Calderbank This album is something veeeery special indeed. Almost 10 years in the making, ‘Romeo 660’ may have had a longer gestation period than 5 elephants, but I’m happy to report it was definitely worth the wait. These tunes have been lovingly crafted, reworked, distilled and refined till the whole thing shines like a shimmering

Poor Things (18)

Nick Daly reviews the new film Poor Things, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and adapted from a novel by Alasdair Gray, showing at Picturehouse, Liverpool.

Those Roads

Rob Harrison reviews Those Roads, a new song by Úna Quinn and Neil Campbell, specially commissioned by the Liverpool Irish Festival 2023.

Siapiau - Pi - 161CD (2023)

Rob Harrison reviews the new album by Siapiau, an improvisational quartet who have been playing together in different formats for over twenty years. For this new project all that experience is put to good use in a blend of poetry and free jazz in this excellent CD from Discus records.

The Hit List – March 2023

Welcome back to The Screaming Target, the home of new releases, and the hits just keep coming as we head into the new year with Cymande, Mary Elizabeth Remington, Everything but the Girl and others.

Babylon (18)

Nick Daly reviews the period comedy drama film Babylon, written and directed by Damien Chazelle and screening at Picturehouse.

Review of Cellular Vessel

Ritchie Hunter reviews an absorbing film about rhythm and health and how a community copes with living next to the main arterial route for freight in and out of the Port of Liverpool.

Nope (15)

Nick Daly reviews the sci-fi western film Nope, directed by Jordan Peele and screening at Picturehouse.

Cow (12A)

Colin Serjent reviews Cow, the documentary film directed by Andrea Arnold which follows the daily life of a Holstein dairy cow called Luma.

The Hit List - October 2021

Music reviews by The Screaming Target who has been quiet this last month, but the music as ever hasn’t and there’s some new stuff to wrap your ears around including Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes, Parcels and Nadia Sheikh.

The Truffle Hunters (12A)

Colin Serjent reviews the documentary The Truffle Hunters, filmed over a three year period in the Piedmont region in north western Italy it follows the elderly men and their dogs who make a living from harvesting the rare Alba Truffle.

Gunda (PG)

Colin Serjent reviews the documentary film Gunda made by Russian director Victor Kossakovsky which follows the daily life of a pig with its litter and its farm animal companions.