Issue 45

22
Bido Lito!
June 2014
Edited by Richard Lewis
Previews/Shorts
NIGHT BEATS
Based in Seattle, Washington,
NIGHT BEATS have twisted the
distinctive and oft-imitated golden
sound of 60s Texas psych into
their own hallucinogenic creation.
Switching between spiky garage rock and longform jams, the trio of cosmonauts are joined on
co-headlining duties by revered Californian DJ AL LOVER, noted for his Distorted Reverberations
remixes of Ty Segall, Thee Oh Sees and Night Beats themselves.
The Shipping Forecast / 4th June
NICK OLIVERI
A mainstay of the US
underground since the early 1990s
through his time with The Dwaves,
KYUSS, Mondo Generator and most
notably Queens Of The Stone Age,
NICK OLIVERI is venturing out on the road in support of his forthcoming solo album Leave
Me Alone. Performing an acoustic show here, his set features a slew of the sludgy stoner rock
grooves he became best known for as QOTSA’s bassman.
East Village Arts Club / 12th June
Coming with the title The
Play Zone, this meeting of minds
SUN ARAW
between West Coast psych/dub
doyen SUN ARAW and ambient
pioneer LARAAJI is a collaboration
that’s highly recommended to all fans of skewed psychedelia. The alias of Cameron Stallones,
Sun Araw’s recent Belomancie LP draws from the murkier ends of dub and krautrock, while
Laraaji’s zither skills have been put to use in his work with the master of ambient Brian Eno.
The Kazimier / 7th June
Positive Vibration Vol.2
If you’re planning on attending a twelve-hour marathon of music, you’re going to want a healthy mix of
reggae, ska and dub to keep you dancing long in to the night. Promoters Rebel Soul and Audio Voyeur don’t
need telling twice, which is why they’re bringing back their POSITIVE VIBRATION night for a second volume.
A celebration of Jamaican music, food and culture, this time around the event has been expanded to make
use of The Kazimier’s club and garden spaces in what we can only describe as a veritable aural feast.
The shindig commences at 2pm and winds down when the last person stops dancing. The bill
is comprised of some tried-and-tested Merseyside favourites – JEREMIAH FERRARI, BOLSHY, WE THE
UNDERSIGNED – complemented by a smattering of artists from further afield, including EXTRA LOVE, DUB
SMUGGLERS (pictured), GOLTY FARABEAU & THE JAHMADOU BAND and KAYANITES.
The Garden’s outdoor Rat Alley space will also be kept bouncing by a prime selection of selectors: SCHMAME
INDUSTRIES SOUND SYSTEM FEAT. ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL B AND LEO CRUSHER are set to lead the way in keeping
the party going well past the stroke of midnight, with a host of other DJs across the day. Add to this cornucopia
of delights some bespoke set design, art direction and a general theatrical flavour from MR WOLF COLLECTIVE,
and you can see how easily the positive vibrations turn Positive Vibration into a full-on event.
The Kazimier and Garden / 14th June
DJ SPINNA
Boasting a CV that reads as a
virtual who’s who of premier soul
and hip hop talent over the past
twenty years (having worked with De
La Soul, Eminem, Stevie Wonder, Mos
Def and Mary J Blige), DJ SPINNA can claim to be in the top tier of the world’s turntablists. Due
to the New Yorker’s resolutely underground approach, this represents a rare chance to witness
the prodigious talent up close.
The Shipping Forecast / 13th June
CHERRY GHOST
The resurfacing of Bolton’s
CHERRY GHOST comes with the
added bonus of a new LP. Herd
Runners was released to warm
notices earlier this month, showing
that the five-piece – led by songwriter Simon Aldred – have carved themselves a niche as
purveyors of lush melancholia in the vein of Richard Hawley and Doves. Their last visit to the
city was a packed-to-the-rafters affair, so expect something similar this time round.
East Village Arts Club / 20th June
Having made the jump from
Thrill Jockey to 4AD, Baltimore’s
FUTURE ISLANDS
FUTURE ISLANDS finally look like
making good on the breakthrough
promise they’ve shown over a number
of albums and EPs, thanks largely to the crossover success of new record Singles. Synthpop
with soul, or indie rock with bravado, whichever way you look at it their yearning, chestbeating
tunes beg for repeat listening.
The Kazimier / 5th June
Thea Gilmore
If you’d been lauded as “one of the few world class female singer-songwriters Britain has ever produced”
in national press circles you’d imagine that a certain amount of commercial success and acclaim would be
at your door. For THEA GILMORE, any kind of exposure – no matter how modest – is reward enough. Fiercely
independent, the Oxfordshire-born artist has shunned the advice of label bigwigs and A&R gurus to forge
her own path, which makes her steady increase in popularity just that bit sweeter.
Gilmore’s new LP Regardless is her fourteenth album release in fifteen years, and she has improved at
each turn since those precocious early days (debut album Burning Dorothy was released when she was
18). But throughout her career Gilmore has been constantly lavished with praise for her glassy vocals and
biting lyricism, which are married to a very honest approach in songwriting. While the major label and
high-profile dance remix offers have come in, Gilmore has kept her own counsel when choosing who to
work with, and her various collaborations with Martha Wainwright, Eliza Carthy and Mike Scott have all
proved pretty productive thus far.
Having lent her melodic flair to an album of unfinished Sandy Denny tracks, one of which was used
extensively for the London 2012 Olympic coverage on the BBC, Gilmore is ready to expand her repertoire
and show her ever-increasing audience that doing things her own way has been worth the effort.
Epstein Theatre / 8th June
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