Issue 48 / September 2014

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Editorial
One of the real plus points of being with Bido Lito! since issue number one is the ability to be able to
see people develop, be they the artists or events that we cover, or our own contributing team. Everyone
learns at different speeds, of course, and it’s fascinating to see what paths these little twists and turns
in the developmental process take people on.
Take By The Sea, for example, a band who are featured in this month’s issue, making this their fourth
feature in forty-eight issues. Their change in style and substance over this period has been massive,
and it’s been fascinating to document these subtle shifts over the past four years. We can say the
same about Bird, who we’ve featured three times, and We Came Out Like Tigers, All We Are, GhostChant,
Stealing Sheep, Sunstack Jones, The Tea Street Band and Outfit (all featured twice). Each feature we do
is like a snapshot of an artist at a particular
time, and we’d like to think that our body
of work as an independent monthly
cigars with us, and coerce us into writing pretty words about them – ha ha, imagine! The reality is far less
glamourous, of course: we just go to gigs, listen to music, and write about what we – as a team – think
is worthy of the ears of our readers (though we are partial to the odd drop of pink gin too). You don’t
have to agree with us: in fact, it’d be pretty boring if everyone did. Our ears are always open to criticism,
so please let us know what you think.
I’m sure it hasn’t escaped your attention that a lot has been going on at Prenton Park of late (and no,
I’m not talking about the Main Stand getting painted); and I hope that you are as excited as I am by the
arrival of Mark and Nicola Palios as new owners of Tranmere. No? Are you mad? This is the man who,
while playing for the mighty whites, man-marked Alan Ball out of an FA Cup tie in October 1973! He’s
the bloke who turned the FA’s finances around and got Wembley back on track, and Price Waterhouse
Cooper’s go-to man for turning around struggling businesses! He’s the Superman figure we need right
now, striding out of the boardroom, rippling biceps straining at the Lycra, and leading us into a bright,
sustainable, potential leveraging and financially prudent future. The term “audit risk” has never sounded
so sexy. And, henceforth, Faria Alam’s name shall not be mentioned in these pages.
At the time of going to press, the implosion of ATP’s Jabberwocky event is burning the airwaves, as
social media timelines turn blue at the cancellation of one of the biggest gigs of the year, just three
days before the event. I genuinely feel for the thousands of punters who’ve lost out by this fairly
catastrophic fuck up, especially those from overseas who’ve forked out for travel and accommodation
expenses that they won’t get back. Above all, it’s a bloody shame, as this disaster may well spell the end
of ATP after over a decade of brilliant festival curation. All good things must come to end, however.
Now go and stick some Corrupt Moral Altar on. They’re our latest “Bido Lito! band” you know.
Christopher Torpey / @BidoLito
Editor
publication has charted the progression of
these, and countless other, artists over the
past four and a bit years.
One of the amusing gripes we hear from
time to time about our coverage is due to
the artists we cover: “Oh, they’re a Bido Lito!
band”. This always makes me chuckle, not
least because I’m not really sure what is
meant by it. I wonder if people think we
run some kind of exclusive club where
Man Of Fiscal Steel
bands come and drink pink gin and smoke
Features
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8
CORRUPT MORAL ALTAR
10
THE MUSICAL POETRY
OF CALYPSO
12
GOOD GRIEF
14 GRUMBLING FUR
16
BY THE SEA
ECTOPLASMIC
AUDIO GUIDE
Regulars
4 NEWS
18
PREVIEWS/SHORTS
20
REVIEWS
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Christopher Carr, Can Brannan, Dirk Hebel.
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Ainsworth, Gaz Jones.
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