Issue 60 / October 2015

Bido Lito! October 2015
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Josh T. Pearson
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DIY PRESENTS:
BREAKING OUT
earlier this year: this is the first time the band have ever played
on Merseyside in their 21-year career, and their monumental live
show is ideally suited to the former industrial recesses of Camp
and Furnace.
Shifting gear completely, LMW team up with city-based
promoters Harvest Sun to present country troubadour JOSH T.
PEARSON in the evocative surroundings of The Scandinavian
Church (Wednesday 28th). Formerly of cult indie rockers Lift To
Experience, the Texan singer-songwriter counts Mark Lanegan
and Guy Garvey among his many fans, while also commanding
a formidable cult following Stateside and in the UK. The semi-
Biblical nature of Pearson’s lyrical wordsmithery, coupled with the
fact that he’s one of the most intimidating-looking gentlemen in
rock, are the main contributing factors to this obsessive following.
Following their appearance in The Kazimier Garden in July
where they debuted their wonderfully off-kilter performance
Legs, STEALING SHEEP continue the dance theme via a hook-up
with IMMIX ENSEMBLE at The Bluecoat on Sunday 25th October.
The collaboration also features a live dance performance by two
of Ireland’s leading contemporary dancers and choreographers,
Fearghus Ó Conchúir and Aoife McAtamney. Staged in association
with Liverpool Irish Festival, the performance combines the
former’s sparkling alt. pop with the latter’s traditional orchestral
instrumentation.
Nipping over to Wolstenholme Square on the same night, US
noise rockers HEALTH play The Kazimier, their first show in the
city in half a decade. Known for their discordant and distinctively
deafening sound, the LA quartet manage to evade the usual
labels by ploughing an intriguing furrow between noise rock
and stadium-sized posturing. August’s Death Magic is their third
studio album, coming six years after their last (Get Color), and
two years after their soundtrack to video game Max Payne 3.
Though pegged as the heirs apparent to Trent Reznor’s theatrical
noise throne, HEALTH have a lot more in their locker to show yet,
especially given the newfound melodic strain on Death Magic.
On 29th October The Kazimier plays host to the latest Trance
Party from Ellesmere Port beatsmith EVIAN CHRIST. Presented in
association with Oscillate Wildly and Abandon Silence, this latenight
party is Evian Christ’s chance to bring together his favourite
artists from Beatland for one massive party, with not a hastilyerected
backstage cage in sight.
There’s another welcome return from an LA-based band on
Friday 30th when BEST COAST drop in at The Kazimier. The fuzz pop
duo – fronted by the cat-loving Bethany Cosentino – released their
third record, California Nights, in May, which sees them add a layer
of overdriven shoegaze guitars to their trademark weed-infused
alt. rock bounce. Best Coast are assured to bring the brightness of
summer cutting right through October’s dark nights.
A new element to this year’s festival, the Breaking Out series of
shows is presented in association with DIY mag, and aims to put
Liverpool’s music lovers in touch with the nation’s next wave of
alternative stars. Six such shows are scheduled – five at The Shipping
Forecast, and one at Arts Club – beginning on Friday 23rd October and
running until the following Friday (30th), with admission set at an
extremely reasonable £3 each; there will also be a limited number
of £10 wristbands that cover the entire series. Arena-bound indie
stars PALACE get the Breaking Out series rolling on the opening
night alongside newcomers THE AMAZONS, a quartet from Reading
with a penchant for chest-beating indie rock. Monday, 26th October
sees anthemic Irish alt rockers ALL TVVINS down in The Hold, a duo
who’ve already supported Pixies, Arcade Fire and Jungle so far in
their embryonic career. Sydney trio DMA’S join forces with Caithness
broodsters NEON WALTZ for what will be a bouncing show on
Tuesday 27th, and Wednesday 28th sees motorik London troupe
TELEGRAM bringing the glam to town. Another 4AD act, this time one
of the bright young things, drops by on 29th October in the form of
PIXX, the airy electronic pop project of 19-year-old Hannah Rodgers.
The sole non-Shipping Forecast show rounds off this Breaking Out
series when SHURA – the electro pop project alter ego of Aleksandra
Denton – appears at Arts Club (Loft) on Friday 30th October. All shows
will be complemented by a host of Merseyside acts on the respective
undercards, with plenty of future LMW headliners in the mix.
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