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36 Bido Lito! Dec 2016/Jan 2017 Reviews Sleaford Mods (Paul McCoy / photomccoy.tumblr.com) observation that, despite the supposed global we seem to be surrounded more than ever interconnectedness our modern world brings, with amplified voices that sound just like our v i n y l own (like, “None of my friends voted out”). The terrifying episode across the pond bludgeons the point home. And tonight is a lamentable and tragic reminder of this. Every fucker here looks like me, is the same age as me, they dress like me. I’m pretty sure they vote like me, obsess about pop music like me and are inherently flawed like me. Everyone in here is over 30. Shit, this gig is even in a student union, which makes the wrinkly turn out even more depressing. Go and see Sleaford Mods. Take your teenagers, take your nieces and nephews. If you don’t have any, borrow one. Play You’re Brave on repeat at family gatherings. Print transcripts of Face To Faces and pass them hand to hand at the gates of your local sixth form college. Because, for pop music to unfurl the banner that it has historically carried – as an international force for change, as a platform for collectivism, to champion communality, civil rights, women’s rights, as a platform for social and political change – we need groups like Sleaford Mods to connect with today’s angry generation. It’s the hot-headed kids of today who will pick up the baton, run with it, and ram it up the backside of the hideous new prevailing norms. Craig G Pennington RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY Digital Soul Boys @ The Palm House The exotic setting of Sefton Park’s Palm House is accentuated by striking green and purple lighting and the stream of bass-heavy grime, hip hop and soul being pumped out by DJ SUEDEBROWN as the Red Bull Music Academy tour kicks off. The Red Bull PR greeters look slightly askance as I decline a freebie (how could you NOT want a free can of Red Bull?). A young, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed audience is on the groove early and Suedebrown keeps things uptempo for a while and then pulls it back a little before the arrival of S.G. LEWIS. Signed to PMR, namechecked by Pharrell and touring on the back of recently released debut EP Shivers, the former Chibuku resident DJ takes to the stage, drummer and keyboard player in tow, and launches a heavy synth backdrop against which shimmering cymbal rolls and a stabbing keyboard pulse. The loops build layer on layer, and clean, fluid guitar lines embellish the thunderous bass and vocals. They proceed in a lighter, electro-pop vein but – call me old fashioned – when I hear a fine, soulful vocal performance I prefer to hear it emanating from someone on the stage and not a backing track; the absence of such leaves me somewhat frustrated. They are joined later by BISHOP NEHRU for a short, sharp, well-received rap salvo but then play the absent-singer card again, leaving me with a busted flush. The crowd, however, love it. There is immediately a more organic feeling in the air as JAMIE WOON’s band, consisting of drums, bass, keys and two backing singers, take to the stage. The vocal harmonies are watertight, and the band play with a certain élan. Forgiven sees them hit their jazz-funk stride, finger-snapping rhythms and sharp backing vocals a perfect counterpoint to Woon’s velvety croon. Latest album Making Time is well represented: the chilled, summery vibe of Celebration and the late-night groove of 150 Smithdown Road, Liverpool, L15 3JR 0151 306 7121 New Releases & Classics in Indie, Alternative, Punk & Emo plus everything else too Red Bull Music Academy (Diego Piedrabuena / livephotography.digital)
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