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e suggested that the lack of recognition and disappointing box office performance of the film are caused by the overtly religious message throughout i would agree were it not for the comparative success of hacksaw ridge whilst set in a different time the two stories bear some striking similarities both are about men of faith persisting with the courage of their convictions and belief in the face of extreme adversity both are set in japan both convey overtly religious messages throughout and yet one has received academy recognition and one has not a more likely reason for the snub on silence is that the academy is not interested in taking risks of any kind films like la la land a pretty love letter to hollywood from hollywood were always destined to do well that it would pick up quite so many globes is something i hadn t predicted but it did not surprise me scorsese s silence is a punishing watch it offers no happy ending nor arguably an ending at all you do not end the film feeling uplifted and hopeful as with hacksaw ridge i believe films that are willing to go off formula are often the most rewarding in the long term and this is true of silence i have seen all the nominations for best picture and maintain that silence deserves a place amongst them my disappointing oscar prediction s piece will be up soon critical response to the critical response to x men apocalypse may 20 2016 may 20 2016 lily wilkins 3 comments i can distinctly remember the very first time i picked up a comic book it was september 2007 and i was thirteen years old for some this may be considered a little on the late side but it wasn t the dc marvel hoards that prompted my first visit to the limited edition comics stall in the local indoor market it was gerard way s dark horse umbrella academy series although that series ended in 2013 my love for comic books was born out of my love for way and his band my chemical romance so i m grateful to him and to that series for giving me a passion i have carried with me into adulthood once i d accustomed myself to the reading style of comic books the instalments of umbrella academy weren t enough to satisfy me i went back to that comic book stall and picked up the first comic book with a name i recognised the x men with its many variations and storylines spanning decades there was no shortage of material and i fell in love this backstory my origin story if you will may seem irrelevant and largely it is but i chalk my love of comics up to the wealth of brightly coloured good vs evil narrative i was exposed to through 1980 1990s x men these are themes i identified with most prominently when i went to see x men apocalypse last night i was blown away and i didn t even see it in 3d although i m going to see it in 4dx over the weekend some films are just made for 3d and the action shots in this one are a clear example of that i was so in love with it the colours the nostalgia the nods to the core fan base if it is to be director brian singer s swan song it s a fitting tribute to his unique reboot of the franchise and adequately paves the way for the new younger cast to take over the characters reading other reviews from so called critics i couldn t help but fear there was a little palm greasing from the disney machine disclaimer that s an opinion and not in any way factual please don t sue me corporate lawyer men most of the things the critics are dissing apocalypse for like predictable story lines and a fairly 2d villain are pretty standard marvel superhero movie traits but civil war and avengers age of ultron are held above this criticism apparently not to mention the key fact here films are for fans not for critics just as we can t expect film critics to know the complexities of a multi platform franchise for every film they see we shouldn t ignore the complexities of a franchise with this much backstory apocalypse has given us back some beloved characters that have been woefully neglected in the x men franchise of recent years it s making x men fresh again and bringing in new audiences whilst being meta enough to continue pleasing diehard fans if i were a professional critic i d give it 8 10 but i m not so i ll just say this the critical response to x men apocalypse has been surprising and frankly unjustified if you liked x men days of future past go see this film if you don t like x men and don t want to like x men maybe give it a miss and stick to the predictability of the disney machine s marvel movies at least then you re guaranteed the story tropes and characterisation you know and are apparently not tired of radiohead a moon shaped pool may 9 2016 lily wilkins leave a comment 4 5 yesterday radiohead released their 9th lp through online streaming services excluding spotify so we ll all have to work a bit harder to get ahold of it until the physical release for now moments after release the reviews began pouring in as both small and larger mags and critics scrambled over each other to get their piece out ahead of the curve in my experience and this is an experience shared by many radiohead are never to be judged wholly by the first listen of an album songs that seem to simply blend into one another at first contain many layers and with each new listen through the ear will pick up on a melody here or a clever lyric there that was missed at first with this in mind i provide a disclaimer to this review my opinions are likely to change and i may well post an updated review in 6 weeks after i ve inevitably had the album on repeat in the office as the soundtrack to my day for a month or so tuning in to the bbc 6 listening party i couldn t help feeling a bubble of excitement and the vague sense of belonging that comes from being part of a moment you know will be remembered in your personal history if not in musical history as a whole this was one such moment as the album was introduced as a worldwide listening party and burn the witch the single released earlier this week and first track on a moon shaped pool wriggled its way through my anticipation and the inevitable hype and began to sink in properly where the music video drew some of my concentration away from the sound i could now focus a focus that is always heightened when listening with a view to review my university honed analytical skills were activated and i began to appreciate burn the witch as a comment on society rather than just another vaguely unsettling track from a vaguely unsettling band i won t go through the album track by track radiohead albums work best as complete pieces you wouldn t review a book chapter by chapter unless it s a book of short stories but that doesn t apply here radiohead should be played continuously as a stream of consciousness throughout radiohead maintain their well honed knack for creating a hypnotic waking dream which makes you feel like the protagonist of a drama that probably ends in a horrific car crash after an extended driving through the rain at night to the sound of daydreaming sequence it makes you feel uncomfortable and out of sorts no matter where you are which is particularly disjointing when sitting in a brightly lit office listening through headphones whilst the rest of the world goes on around you in some parts a moon shaped pool sounds like a teenager experimenting with the various novelty buttons on an electric keyboard but they layer sounds with such technical brilliance that it would be sacrilege to accuse them of not knowing exactly what they are doing the album is full of lilts and lulls growing in richness and volume stripping itself back to almost nothing but vocals and a base line and then layering instruments so seamlessly you don t realise you re riding the waves until the track trails off and into the next it would be very easy to accidentally listen to 4 or 4 songs continuously without being able to discern where one ends and another begins which for an album of this magnitude is perfectly reasonable the creative choice to end the album with a remastered version of true love waits is an interesting one whilst the new version has received mostly positive reactions i am left unimpressed there are many arguably much better versions of the song floating around the web if you know where to look especially some well recorded live versions that do much more with the bare bones of the original song than this one perhaps it s a way for radiohead to remind us all that they are a big deal or maybe they re feeling nostalgic whatever the reason it doesn t take away from the fact that this is a good album an interesting experiment and a testament to radiohead s fearless commitment to creativity love them or hate them at least they re not producing the nondescript indie rock that is saturating the market counterfeit electric ballroom 23 04 16 april 26 2016 lily wilkins leave a comment blood sweat tears ok so the blood was down to inappropriate footwear and the tears were mostly a reaction to all the sweat in my eyes but still for those in the know counterfeit are the new ish kids on the block tearing the european rock scene a new one for those not in the know they re still tearing new ones across the continent so go check em out on one of their remaining dates i ve been a fan for a couple of years seeing the band through some lineup shuffles and a rebirth from the darling buds to counterfeit so i decided to go with the whole package the vip experience for an extra couple of quid the band will do your laundry homework and drive you home after the show disclaimer this might not be 100 true but no i got to enter the venue an hour or so early meet the band selfies and signings and then roam the venue aimlessly waiting for the bar to open first up were monarks a british four piece who had as first support the toughest job of the night electric ballroom are notorious for having early stage times with early curfews i guess because the place doubles up as a club even on gig nights so no crowd is likely to be 9pm enthusiastic or 9pm drunk at 7 monarks smashed it though setting the tone for the whole night and converting hundreds of people to their particular brand of good n heavy rock n roll i wanted to get a picture for this article but i was stuck behind some very tall people next came bellevue days this is the kind of band really cool edgy people listen to so you should listen to them if you want to sound cool and edgy as you stand in a bar in soho and talk about all the best new music on the scene they kind of made me feel like i was at a dave matthews band arena show probably because they re destined to be playing arenas in the not too distant future they ve balanced the serious stuff with the we re real people too stuff with anecdotally clever songs like ripped jeans that make you smile when they start off but have you kinda singing along by the end i squeezed my way a little further into the crowd as bellevue days left the stage feeling the crowd tighten and thicken in anticipation for the main event counterfeit are loud and brash and very in your face so i wasn t expecting them to take to the stage quietly the stage was bathed in purple light as prince s purple rain was played prior to the band s taking the stage it was a touching fitting tribute felt and experienced in a powerful way by everyone present it s rare i go to a gig and don t document the details for writing up later i can t help it the aspiring music journalist in my has to do it so it s a real testament to counterfeit s performance that i have but two blurry pictures and vague memories of my favourite songs being played maybe i shouldn t have waited two days to do the write up either but my ears have only just stopped ringing jamie campbell bower is a name you may have heard already he s done some acting and stuff but don t hold it against him he is one of the most energetic and charismatic front men i have ever seen unafraid to jump into the crowd with reckless abandon ambitiously climbing railings to rally the crowd into a tumultuous frenzy he is a hazardous ball of pure energy a key moment and one i m sure will remain in the minds of everyone present was the performance of letter to the lost jamie came down into the crowd guitar and all and after the mad crush of hysterical fans desperate to get a closer look at their idol they settled down forming a loose circle around him whilst he explained the meaning behind the song after losing a close friend to suicide he wrote letter to the lost and began volunteering for calm the campaign against living miserably which aims to help prevent male suicide the emotion of the song was tangible in the raw vocals and gritty guitar somewhere between a ballad and a lament counterfeit ripped through their most loved hits come get some hold fire and family suicide reminding the crowd of their criminally short ep hint hint but we were also treated to some live only exclusives addiction for the thrill of it and the catchily named untitled side note you may think that s a work in progress but these guys don t play by the rules so we may be stuck with it they exited the stage to screams pleas maybe even some threats and it was clear they couldn t wait the mandatory 5 minutes or so before regaling us with an encore launching back onto the stage long enough to grab a mic on his way through frontman jamie leaped into the crowd to deal the killing blow to the crowd in the form of their latest single and show closer enough this is a gig that will go down in the minds of many as the moment counterfeit really made us pay attention there were moshpits circle pits crowd surfing and a lot of jumping i entered the crowd feeling nervous and excited excited to see counterfeit live and nervous that they couldn t live up to their hype i left baptised into a new family drenched in the sweat of the strangers around me normal and missing both my shoes not normal tl dr counterfeit is more than a band it s an experience and you can t really review it in terms of setlists and ticket sales you gotta get yourself down to a show and judging by the reception in london they ll have to be back out on the road pretty soon new acts announced for reading and leeds 2016 march 1 2016 march 1 2016 lily wilkins leave a comment i haven t been that excited for the reading and leeds lineup this year other than maybe fallout boy there hasn t been a shut up and take my money band announcement until now the announcement this weekend of frank carter the rattlesnakes sleeping with sirens asking alexandria fearless vampire killers creeper citizen dillinger escape plan wakrat kvelertak dead has absolutely 100 made me u turn on my decision not to go i mean frank carter the rattlesnakes are seriously hot on the scene right now despite the marmitey love hate relationship i ve had with frank carter over the years sleeping with sirens crept up on me i heard king for a day a few years ago and didn t love it but bought with ears to see and 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