Issue 29 / Dec 2012/Jan 2013

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News Do The Borough Road Shuffle Readers may be aware that Bido Lito! is something of a Tranmere outpost. Well, we’ve teamed up with the Tranmere Supporters Trust and their campaign to bring the club into fan ownership. THE BOROUGH ROAD SHUFFLE will bring together BY THE SEA, THE LOUD and OXYGEN THIEVES at Cammell Lairds Social Club (as per the classic Half Man Half Biscuit LP) for our first event. As a nod to Wirral’s indie finest, the show will be presented as ‘All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit’. BILL RYDER-JONES will be spinning the 7”s alongside Tranmere’s Welsh international keeper OWAIN FON WILLIAMS. theboroughroadshuffle.tumblr.com Bido Lito! Dansette Our pick of this month’s wax wonders… COMPETITION! Noisy Table And The Ping Pong Challenge NOISY TABLE at FACT is a ping pong table with a difference. Created by artist Will Nash, the table is programmed with digital instruments and samples. The vibrations created when the ball hits the surface are turned into live sounds. Obviously we had to get our mitts on such a madcap project, hence the Bido Lito! Inter-Band Ping Pong Challenge! Eight artists including CLINIC, LOVED ONES, ORGAN FREEMAN and AFTERNAUT will play a knockout tournament during the two-month exhibition, and Clinic DJs will be spinning disks at the opening on 6th December.. fact.co.uk/projects/noisy-table CALM Goes Seven Days A Week Unfortunately, not everyone manages to embrace the child-like wonderment of Yuletide joy that Christmas can bring along. For some, the festive season can be a time of great isolation and anxiety. To alleviate this pressure Merseyside charity CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably) is now offering a seven days a week helpline and text support service. To celebrate this expansion they’ve announced the acquisition of three new local ambassadors, MOBO Award winner ESCO WILLIAMS, prolific singer/songwriter STEPHEN LANGSTAFF and DJ/producer ANTON POWERS. For advice and support visit CALM at thecalmzone.net Winter Arts Market Returns Instead of stockpiling a forlorn rank of unwanted gifts this Christmas, why not head down to the largest arts and crafts market in Merseyside this December and bestow your loved ones with something truly original. On 8th and 9th December from 10am – 5pm St George’s Hall will host 150 artists and makers to offer shoppers the chance to buy homemade artwork and gifts to avoid those self-obliging wry smiles. With entry at £1.50 and fantastic live music curated by Mellowtone, ditch the gift vouchers and immerse yourself within a vibrant village of independent arts. To preview exhibitors visit winterartsmarket.com. Caledonia Christmas Single It wouldn’t be Christmas without a charity song or two. So, we’re pleased to bring you news that the lovely folks at the Caledonia have written and recorded a festive charity single of their very own, recorded at Sandhills Studio. All the tinsel wrapped proceeds are to be donated to the above mentioned charity CALM. Musicians involved include THE CUBICAL, PETE BENTHAM AND THE DINNERLADIES, LOOSE MOOSE STRING BAND and THE SPEAKEASY BOOTLEG BAND. Laura King, Landlady at the Caledonia, said of the project: “I love CALM and making money for charity at Christmas is boss.” For more info go to facebook.com/caledonialiverpool. The Sundowners Release Debut Single Extinguish those wintery blues with THE SUNDOWNERS and their airy assortment of dream pop as they launch their bracing new single, Hummingbird this month. Produced by The Coral’s James and Ian Skelly the record manages to distill the group’s effervescent Americana which is so infectious live and is set for release on Thin Skin Records on 3rd December. Having recently toured across the UK with rising starlet Ren Harvieu to great acclaim, the release marks the close of what has been a year of great progress for the group. You can check out their wistful, melting pot of a release at facebook.com/sundownersUK. For this month’s competition we have teamed up with the fine folk at Wirral based Fallen Industries Recording Studio & Rehearsal Rooms. As well as providing marvellous rehearsal spaces for local musicians and a brilliant in-house recording studio, Fallen also host a wide range of professional music education and training services, including individual and group lessons, workshops and arts award accredited courses which convert into UCAS university entry points. January can be a tight time on the band purse, so we’re pleased to offer a brilliant prize for the lucky winners of this month’s competition - a free weekly three hour rehearsal session for the whole of January! To be in with a chance of winning this brilliant prize, all you need to do is answer this question - Before being the home to Fallen Industries, the building in which the studios are housed was home to Champion, a company who were famous for making which car part? a) Tyres b) Brakes c) Spark Plugs To enter, email your answer to competition@bidolito.co.uk by 21st December. The entries will be placed into a large pink tombola, the winner chosen at random and notified by email. Good luck! Bos Angeles Taking Out The Trash TYE DIE TAPES BOS ANGELES’ wilfully lo-fi approach to recording is both their biggest appeal and their Achillees heel. The 21 tracks here comprise their first and last full-length release, with a beach surf via Joy Division snarl that places them as a British answer to Smith Westerns. Simultaneous rejoicing and mourning then for the passing of one of slackerdom’s best-monikered bands. Peaking Lights Lucifer In Dub WEIRD WORLD RECORDS This LA husband and wife duo confound listeners yet again as they give their calypso mish-mash of an album Lucifer a rub-a-dub scrub up, with Sonic Boom on mastering duties. Mr Kember ensures that the seductive and hypnotic bottom end wobbles stay on the danceable side of psychedelic, as perfectly distilled in the warmth of My Heart Dubs 4 U. The Family Monroe Hotel Room UNSIGNED Love, loss and longing are what make up this introductory set of navel-gazing ballads from Liverpool duo THE FAMILY MONROE. Managing to be both heartwarming and gut-wrenching at the same time, the quiet-quieter dynamics on Hotel Room, and lush string and guitar meshing on Let’s Go Live On The Moon, eke out a sliver of hope to cling on to amid the melancholia. Bruised hearts never sounded so good. The Cubical Arise Conglomerate HALFPENNY RECORDS Brass-led primal garage punk with soul is the order of the day here for THE CUBICAL’s third album, the majority of which was recorded in the analogue only Lightning Recorder Studios in Berlin. Dan Wilson’s gravelly voice is as tormented as ever, veering between Them and The Sonics on 1,2,3 Girl, and bar-room blues on Daily Grind. Scorching. Gig Guide and Ticket Shop live at www.bidolito.co.uk
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