The Hit List – May – June 2022
The Screaming Target returns to cover the new releases from May and June, what a mixed bag we have for you for this month….
The Screaming Target returns to cover the new releases from May and June, what a mixed bag we have for you for this month….
Colin Serjent reviews the book A-Z of St Helens by local author Sue Gerrard who reveals the history behind St Helens, its streets and buildings.
Colin Serjent reviews the book, The Archaeology of Merseyside in 20 Digs, written by Liz Stewart and Vanessa Oakden who explore the stories of Merseyside’s past from mesolithic to modern times.
The Screaming Target reviews the new selection of releases from March to April. It’s a mixed bag, to be sure, but well worth checking out.
Music reviews by The Screaming Target of the past releases from January and February 2022 including Walt Disco, NoSo and Drug Couple.
Colin Serjent reviews the book by Les Jones, A-Z of The Wirral: Places-People-History, which delves into the history of the peninsula highlighting well-known landmarks and famous residents and its hidden places of interest.
Colin Serjent reviews The Beatles: Get Back – The Rooftop Concert, the film of the concert on the roof of Apple Corps on January 30th, 1969, showing at Picturehouse, Liverpool.
Colin Serjent reviews Cow, the documentary film directed by Andrea Arnold which follows the daily life of a Holstein dairy cow called Luma.
This is the last lot of music reviews before Christmas, featuring post-punk hustlers from Cumbria and some home-grown improvising free jazz musicians from our Liverpool home.
When he’s not been doing his Christmas shopping The Screaming Target has been busy writing album reviews, here are two for December, the albums Crawler by IDLES and Huffy by We Are Scientists.
Tommy Calderbank reviews The Great Escape, the new album by one of Liverpool’s finest guitarists, Neil Campbell.
Colin Serjent reviews the book by Alan Spree, Liverpool: The Postcard Collection, which showcases a selection of beautiful old postcards from the late nineteenth century to the 1940s.
Sandra Gibson reviews Van Gogh Alive, the immersive multi-sensory experience on at Media City, Salford Quays till January 23rd 2022.
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.
Rob Harrison reviews the debut album by Maple Glider, To Enjoy is the Only Thing, out now on Partisan Records.
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.
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.
Colin Serjent reviews Birkenhead Reflections, the new book by Ian Collard, where historic and modern images are merged to show the changes in Birkenhead through the decades.
The Screaming Target discusses how the pandemic has affected the music industry, and also reviews some of the latest tunes reaching the Nerve office.
Hey ho, here we are still in March, and still they come, The Screaming Target reviews a second batch of releases before they slip through the net.
The Screaming Target reviews the latest round of February and March releases, navigating a path through the ever present landfill indie as it’s called in the trade.
The Screaming Target says “Welcome back to the new releases, we may still be in lockdown folks, but the music still keeps coming and it’s alright”.
Colin Serjent reviews the book Wallasey History Tour, written by Ian Collard who shows how its famous landmarks used to look and how they have changed over the years.
Ritchie Hunter reviews the book The Monster Enters – Covid-19, Avian Flu and the Plagues of Capitalism, written by Mike Davis.
Sandra Gibson reviews a compilation of quarantine creativity by 50 people: a concept from photographer Chaz Rudd who compiled and designed it, with proceeds going to MIND charity.
Colin Serjent reviews the book Speke History Tour in which writer David Paul guides us around its well-known streets and buildings as well as exploring its hidden corners.
Colin Serjent reviews the book written by Les Jones, Secret Wirral, which tells many lesser-known stories of this exceptional peninsula.
The Screaming Target has returned and is here to review the new batch of releases to be found in this post-lockdown Blighty we now unwittingly find ourselves embedded in.
Colin Serjent reviews the book by David Paul, Woolton History Tour, which shows at how its famous landmarks used to look and how they have changed over the years.
Colin Serjent reviews the new audio-visual installation by Mikhail Karikis, Ferocious Love, on at the Tate Liverpool until 22nd November.
News from Nowhere give us their round-up of recommended environmental reads for 2020.
Ashley McGovern reviews the play Lippy, performed by Dead Centre and based on a real-life tragedy that took place in 2000 in Leixlip, Co Kildare.
Ashley McGovern reviews The Madness of George III, Alan Bennett’s multi-award-winning drama produced by Nottingham Playhouse.
Ashley McGovern reviews the documentary film Planet of the Humans which criticises the green movement and the renewable energy industry.
Tommy Calderbank reviews the book Spirits of Place, an anthology of essays on ‘spirits of place’ featuring twelve authors including Alan Moore and Warren Ellis and edited by John Reppion.
Amina Hersi reviews the film directed by Todd Haynes, Dark Waters, about the case against the chemical manufacturing corporation DuPont after they contaminated a town in America.
Richard Lewis reviews the gig by West Coast inspired Liverpool quartet The Garnetts who played at the Cavern on 20th February 2020.
Nick Daly reviews the South Korean film Parasite, the first foreign-language film to win a Best Picture Oscar, showing at Picturehouse.
Colin Serjent reviews the film The Lighthouse, directed by Robert Eggers and screening at Picturehouse.
Cassius James reviews two of the paintings by Simeon Solomon, on display at the Walker Art Gallery till 1st March.
Mina Hersi reviews the adaption of Susan Hill’s 1983 horror novel, The Woman In Black, directed by Robin Herford and performed at the Liverpool Playhouse.
Colin Serjent reviews the First World War film directed by Sam Mendes, 1917, showing at Picturehouse.
Colin Serjent reviews the film La Belle Epoque, directed and written by Nicolas Bedos and showing at Picturehouse from 22nd November.
Reviewed by Ashley McGovern reviews the film Earthquake Bird, directed by Wash Westmoreland and based on the novel by Susanna Jones.
Ashley McGovern reviews The View From The Top Of A Pyramid, the exhibition by Jacqui Hallum at the Walker Art Gallery on until 1st March 2020.
Colin Serjent reviews the book by Hugh Hollinghurst, Sefton: The Postcard Collection which looks at the history of Sefton through a collection of 170 postcards.
Rob Harrison reviews Inside Out, the debut album by Úna Quinn.
Neil Morrin reviews the Dead Pigeon Gallery, an exhibition of mixed media installations in a mid-terrace house in Anfield, open during November and December.
The Screaming Target reviews the new music releases to be found in and around the Nerve office, this time it’s the Political One with Vile Assembly, Beans On Toast and Cerrone.
The Screaming Target reviews the new music releases to be found in and around the Nerve office these past two months including Cigarettes After Sex, Emel Mathlouthi and Gazel.
Ashley McGovern reviews Joker, the new movie about the Batverse’s most notorious maniacal villain, directed by Todd Phillips and starring Joaquin Phoenix in the title role.
Sandra Gibson reviews the play Knee Deep in Promises, written by Deborah Morgan and directed by Paul Goetzee, on at the Royal Court Studio till 19th October.
Amina Hersi reviews NT Live: Fleabag, the one-woman show written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, broadcast live to the Picturehouse cinema from London’s West End.
Tom Bottle reviews the new book from Amberley Publishing, The Wirral in 50 Buildings, written by Les Jones who explores the history of this fascinating area looking at its most interesting buildings.
Colin Serjent reviews the film Bait, directed by Mark Jenkin and shot on a 16mm camera using black and white Kodak film.