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Review: Threshold Part 2 - Saturday

14:30 - Chelcee Grimes

The day started early on the Liverpool Live stage with local hip hop gal Chelcee Grimes and a crowd of her adoring fans. One of which showing off her newChelcee tattoo!! That’s how much of an impact this girl is having on her scene. I always say I’m not particularly a fan but you can’t deny this girl has got a voice. A lot of her songs reflect life and growing up as teen which, just by looking at the faces in the crowd, you can tell these girls and boys can relate to. In between songs her on stage banter with the audience is awkward but she’s learning. She’s an amazing talent but as a whole she’s still growing on me if I’m honest…

15:35 - Miles Carrington

Over in the Nordic Church was Miles Carrington. I hadn’t heard of this guy before but with retro seasonal tones to his pieces it was a good change from some of the stuff I’ve been hearing in general over the past few weeks. It brought music back to it’s roots; no frills and story telling with a strong classic rock vibe to it. A great crowd warmer and alternative to the nippy weather outside.

16:00 - Tom George

Right after Mr Miles Carrington was everyone’s favourite busker, Mr Tom George. Not too long back from Berlin, Tom George was playing his tracks once again to a Liverpool audience. His tracks are built up of nice simple chord progressions accompanied by a voice I can only describe as ‘human’. Even off stage Tom is a really nice guy but you can really feel the personal attachment he has with his songs.

17:00 - Some Say Nothing (SSN)

Now for something completely different. Californian/French/hip hop/rap crew Some Say Nothing have unbelievable energy and retro vibe that takes you back to the ‘A Tribe Called Quest’ days. Donning a relatively new local female vocalist (who doesn’t appear on their Soundcloud tracks she’s so new), the 7 piece ‘rap and roll’ group bounce around, throw some hefty guitar licks out, show off their head banging bass player and spit like that’s what they were born to do.

19:25 - TJ & Murphy

Next to attract my eyes and ears were local country twosome TJ & Murphy. The day’s musical antics was either hip hop or acoustic for me today but TJ and Murphy brought Country zest that I love with acoustic guitar music. The guitar picking is humble yet exciting but then also relaxing. Plus, the guys’ voices compliment each other perfectly. A few tracks seemed to be missing a little umph sometimes but that really didn’t bother me. You don’t always want umph. Sometimes you just want a couple of guys and a guitar and these guys were that but in their own special way. And they do at times provide umph! Vocals were spot on, guitar was b-e-a-utiful and they were something different. Scouse Americana is the way forward!

20:30 - Jeramiah Ferrari

A band I recently heard on Radio 2 (I think) and fell in love with and couldn’t wait to see. I’d apparently seen them before which I didn’t know about? I suggested to Sam Garlick of Everisland he booked them for Tighten Up’s relaunch at Blade Factory to which he said they played the actual launch launch and I was there?? I don’t know. But anyway, the afro bounced and the reggae vocals came and the crowd was pleased. I’m not going to lie, I was just waiting for ‘Mindless Riot’ which was the song that got me following them but saying that their whole set blew me away. Big up to the boys.

At this point I had to get home for my girlfriend’s 21st (She was already pissed I was going to be late!) but I enjoyed what I saw up to that point on Saturday. Friday for me excited me a little more but that’s not to say the music wasn’t up to parr on the Saturday, just Friday was personally more up my street and, to me, seemingly more ‘diverse within genres’. All in all, Threshold part 2? A good day!

Words: Joe ManGone

Links:

Chelcee:

Miles Carrington:

http:// www.soundcloud.com/milescarrington
http:// www.milescarrington.com

Tom George:

http://www.myspace.com/tomgeorgeness

SSN (Some Say Nothing)

TJ & Murphy

Jeramiah Ferrari

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