Issue 52 / February 2015
February 2015 issue of Bido Lito! Featuring ALL WE ARE, ESA SHIELDS, THE LOST BROTHERS, KATE TEMPEST and much more.
February 2015 issue of Bido Lito! Featuring ALL WE ARE, ESA SHIELDS, THE LOST BROTHERS, KATE TEMPEST and much more.
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Bido Lito! <strong>February</strong> <strong>2015</strong><br />
FEBRUARY IN BRIEF<br />
SILENT SLEEP ON A MERRY SUNDANCE<br />
SILENT SLEEP ON A MERRY SUNDANCE<br />
Liverpool’s meandering globetrotting purveyors of soul-searching melancholia, SILENT SLEEP, dropped a brand-new LP before Bido Lito! even hit the<br />
presses on this first edition of <strong>2015</strong>. Stay The Night. Stay The Morning, Too is the follow up to the group’s 2013 debut and features guest appearances by<br />
Dan Croll, The Wombats’ Tord Knudsen and Vidar Nordheim of Wave Machines. The band head out for a string of dates across the UK and Europe, before a<br />
second appearance at the Sundance Film Festival in Salt Lake City, and a vinyl cut of the LP lands in March.<br />
Stay The Night. Stay The Morning, Too is available digitally now<br />
Edited by Jack Graysmark<br />
JULIAN COPE<br />
It is difficult to overstate the vision of musician, musicologist and all round mastermind JULIAN COPE. With thirty years in the music business which<br />
began with post-punk project The Teardrop Explodes, his extensive portfolio features over twenty solo albums, countless collaborations and now the latest<br />
chapter in the epic saga of his career; his debut novel One Three One, subtitled ‘A Time-Shifting Gnostic Hooligan Road Novel.’ If there’s one thing his solo<br />
show at the Epstein won’t be short on, it’s variety.<br />
The Epstein Theatre / 5th <strong>February</strong><br />
THE STAVES<br />
With a name like that, you can bet there’s going to be an emphasis on vocals in this folk rock trio, but what grabs you is just how bold their harmonies<br />
are, thriving off one another. Three years after their debut, Dead Born And Grown, THE STAVES return with If I Was, but to simply describe it as a follow-up<br />
would not do it justice, especially with Bon Iver mastermind Justin Vernon at the production helm. Catch them up close and personal to experience the<br />
new album in all its glory.<br />
Arts Club / 10th <strong>February</strong><br />
FACT GROUP THERAPY<br />
FACT have announced their latest major exhibition, GROUP THERAPY: Mental Distress In A Digital Age. This is a show originating from FACT’s extensive work within<br />
mental health over the past two decades and one which proposes that art and the creative use of digital devices can challenge dated ideas about mental illness, helping<br />
to reduce stigma and encourage open discussion about our personal wellbeing. The exhibition features Madlove by The Vacuum Cleaner, responding to the artist’s own<br />
experience of psychiatric hospitals as punishing rather than loving environments, and also includes a collaboratively designed asylum. Visit fact.co.uk<br />
for full listings.<br />
FACT / 5th March onwards<br />
RAE MORRIS<br />
With a barrage of singer-songwriters vying for our attention, the 'laying your heart on the line' strategy can come across as clichéd, if not cynical. But<br />
this is just the honest, humble ethos to which RAE MORRIS firmly clings. After a run of successful singles and a guest spot on Bombay Bicycle Club’s<br />
Mercury Prize-nominated fourth album, So Long, See You Tomorrow, Morris returns to Liverpool with a show at The Kazimier to support her debut album,<br />
Unguarded. Now with a solid backbone, Morris looks set to grab the New Year by the reins.<br />
The Kazimier / 1st <strong>February</strong><br />
HAWK EYES<br />
How do you improve colossal, savage riffs in a compact environment? Throw pizza into the mix. The DIY ethos of Maguire’s Pizza Bar fits perfectly as the<br />
host for two of Britain’s finest up and coming hard rock bands. Ahead of the release of their third effort, Everything Is Fine, Leeds-based HAWK EYES join<br />
forces with the vicious oozings of GOD DAMN. This can only result in a blistering bedlam of noise, but if you like your sounds heavy then it’ll be a little<br />
slice of heaven.<br />
Maguire’s / 12th <strong>February</strong><br />
THE WAR ON DRUGS<br />
Rescheduling from their original November date has only whetted our appetites further for THE WAR ON DRUGS’ Liverpool showcase. If you’ve somehow<br />
missed the acclaim from all corners for Adam Granduciel and co’s third album, Lost In The Dream, then you’re in for a treat: Granduciel’s intimate musings,<br />
elevated by the wayward Springsteen-esque melodies, have been cited as one of the finest albums to emerge in 2014. With a wealth of earlier material<br />
on which to draw, The War On Drugs should give the O2 Academy an unrivalled atmosphere.<br />
O2 Academy / 16th <strong>February</strong><br />
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