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PREVIEWS GIG Michael Head And The Red Elastic Band Invisible Wind Factory – 16/12 Michael Head Put simply, MICHAEL HEAD is one of Liverpool’s greatest ever songwriters. The Shack and Pale Fountains alumnus rounds off a remarkable year with a show at Invisible Wind Factory, backed by the revolving membership RED ELASTIC BAND. The Kensingtonborn artist issued his first album in 11 years, Adiós Señor Pussycat, in October to rapturous reviews, already notching up placings on a score of Albums Of The Year lists. Equalling his best work to date, and coming 20 years since the release of legendary cult classic The Magical World Of The Strands, Head remains at the forefront among his songwriting peers. GIG This Is The Kit Leaf – 14/01 Returning to Leaf, indie folk project THIS IS THE KIT bring their hugely acclaimed recent album Moonshine Freeze to the stage. Led by singer/ guitarist Kate Stables and backed by a rotating line-up of friends, the Bristol-born songwriter’s stock has experienced a steady rise in popularity over the past decade, with Moonshine Freeze the group’s most celebrated release to date. This Is The Kit’s 2015 LP Bashed Out saw Stables working with The National’s Aaron Dessner, while the new album reunited her with PJ Harvey collaborator John Parish, on their first LP for iconic indie label Rough Trade. This Is The Kit CLUB Reggae Social Christmas Special District – 16/12 Liverpool’s award-winning reggae festival Positive Vibration invite you down for a skank with them at a Christmas special of their free get together. December’s event is the fifth in their series of monthly socials, showcasing and celebrating reggae music in all its forms – from ska and rocksteady to roots and dub. DJs and selectors from Positive Vibration’s crew of friends and collaborators will make sure it goes down a storm. And, with it being the last such social until March 2018, you won’t want to miss this one. GIG Mark Lanegan Band O2 Academy – 01/12 Following career-best reviews for his tenth album Gargoyle, and a sold-out UK tour in late June, MARK LANEGAN will finish a stellar 2017 on a celebratory note as he drops by Liverpool on an extensive European tour. That the former Screaming Trees frontman is still sounding fresh and vital three decades into his career is testament to the breadth of his songwriting ability, which has hit another high point on Gargoyle. The recent follow-up remix EP, Still Life With Roses, expands on this template, teasing out flecks of light from the originals’ gravelly depths. PERFORMANCE Dear Esther Philharmonic Hall – 26/01 Dear Esther First-person exploration video game has been a hit with PlayStation and Xbox gamers for close to a decade, and now the soundtrack to the acclaimed game can be enjoyed in the grandest of settings. Watch as the rich storytelling of DEAR ESTHER is brought to life in a performative work unlike anything you’ve seen before. BAFTA-winning composer Jessica Curry’s powerful score adds to the games extraordinary art, creating the gripping atmosphere that has marked it out from other, similar single-person narrative video games. Accompanied by live gameplay and narration, this performance invites to abandon your traditional view of video games and see the piece as a cinematic or theatrical performance. GIG Blade Jogger Make North Dock – 16/12 An event showcasing a spoken word/soundscape collaboration that chronicles a dystopian England eerily similar to the present one, BLADE JOGGER comes with a highly impressive provenance. Described as “Samuel Beckett soundtracked by BBC Radiophonic Workshop pioneer Delia Derbyshire”, the project pairs up acclaimed writer and Mark E. Smith biographer AUSTIN COLLINGS with Wirral alt. pop stalwarts BY THE SEA. Produced by Bill Ryder-Jones, the piece is being issued through Merseyside label War Room Records in a strictly limited edition of 200, accompanied with a 16-page booklet. The undercard for the evening also features woozy Wirral psych sorts PURE JOY. Blade Jogger 38
CLUB Lefto 24 Kitchen Street – 02/12 As another year passes, 24 Kitchen Street raises a toast to four years of existence as a nationally-acclaimed venue and a cornerstone of the arts community in Liverpool. With a nod to their more soulful side, the venue have cooked up a party with close friends Madnice, the Wonder Pot and Boogaloo, to bring a number of city firsts to the Baltic Triangle. Making his city debut, LEFTO is one of the most important tastemakers to come out of Europe. Revered by Gilles Peterson for his selections, the Belgian jazz and hip hop aficionado is consistently a couple of steps ahead of pretty much everyone, and is respected by artists as wide-ranging as Thundercat, Jordan Rakei and Madlib. Soul/ hip hop act CHILDREN OF ZEUS are bringing their own storm to the party, alongside a special guest who is yet to be announced. GIG Deep Cuts Is One Buyers Club – 12/01 Getintothis celebrate the first anniversary of their regular Deep Cuts night at Buyers Club with a single launch for brooding post-punks RONGORONGO, who follow up latest single Black Rain with the equally compelling Euclid. The rest of the night is a bit of a bustling party, with sets from artists who’ve wowed at previous incarnations of the regular show: JO MARY, PALE RIDER, EYESORE AND THE JINX and BILL NICKSON. It’s a good job it’s running late, as that only amounts to half of the bill: the dark intensity of KING HANNAH and the bounding, raw spirit of MAMMATUNG are also joined by a oneoff set from BEYOND AVERAGE, with RICO DON and guest MCs. Want more? OK – Bernie Connor and chip off the old block Buddy are on DJ duties, along with Hail Hail Records. GIG Lau Philharmonic Music Room – 05/12 Among the finest practitioners of folk music in these isles – with a clutch of BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards for Best Band to prove it – LAU stop by The Music Room at the venerable Philharmonic Hall. Comprising of Kris Drever (Vocals, Guitar), Martin Green (Accordion, Wurlitzer, Keys, Electronics) and Aidan O’Rourke (Fiddle), the trio take acoustic folk music as a starting point and branch out into spheres usually well outside the tradition. Combining electronic textures and post-rock elements, the three-piece bring the normally disparate genres together to make something of their own. EXHIBITION Gerry And The Pacemakers: Hit Makers And Record Breakers Museum of Liverpool – until 07/01 If you’re looking for a reason to get out and absorb some culture over the festive period, you can do a lot worse than heading down to the Museum Of Liverpool to take in their current exhibition on Merseybeat. Featuring more than 30 images shot by local photographers Graham Spencer and Peter Kaye, the collection captures the wit, warmth and energy of Gerry And The Pacemakers on their rapid rise to fame. Following The Beatles’ incredible success and the explosion of Merseybeat, Gerry Marsden’s band notched up six British top ten hits and were the first act ever to reach number one in the UK singles charts with their first three releases. Exploring the excitement of the period and the group’s enduring bond to Liverpool, the exhibition reveals the band at their touring peak as well as relaxing with fellow Liverpool star, Cilla Black. Gerry and The Pacemakers GIG Ren Harvieu Arts Club – 16/12 Ren Harvieu Salford born and raised, REN HARVIEU is a darkly enigmatic singer with a supple, yearning voice. Having been introduced to Irish folk songs and traditional music by her guitarist/vocalist father, Harvieu experimented with a wider swathe of musical influences in her teens – Joni Mitchell and Joan Baez, as well as local heroes The Smiths and even such contemporary artists as Alicia Keys – causing her own style to lean towards a mix of 60s pop, soul, and modern alt-rock. Harvieu is currently working on the followup to her 2012 debut album Through The Night, which is slated for release in 2018. COMEDY Andy Zaltzman The Atkinson – 13/01 It’s hard to work out if now is a great or a really difficult time to be a satirist, as virtually every political happening comes loaded with inbuilt capability for ridicule and schadenfreude. Which is where ANDY ZALTZMAN stands out as a stand-up comedian, broadcaster and author, firmly establishing himself in the vanguard of British comedy with his unique brand of topical commentary. This has seen him appear on shows as diverse as Newsnight and John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show. Zaltzman is also the writer and presenter of the hit satirical podcast The Bugle, which has gained a global fan-base since beginning in 2007, now averaging one million downloads a month. Andy Zaltzman GIG The Bido Lito! Social with Marvin Powell HUS – 25/01 Marvin Powell We started our amazing run of monthly Bido Lito! Social live shows in January 2017 at HUS, and it was such a blast that we decided to return to the scene 12 months later. Our first show of 2018 is lining up to be just as successful, with Skeleton Key Records’ Drakeian songwriter MARVIN POWELL on headline duties. Having released the sumptuous Wind Before The Train EP in August, and opened for John Cale in front of 10,000 people in May, Powell looks set to stretch his wings in 2018 with a full LP. We’re certainly looking forward to hearing how his winsome, sun-dappled acoustica translates to record. Support on the night comes from rising star ASTLES, whose most recent EP Sense Of Wonder shows impressive signs of development already. Advance tickets are £4 from bidolito.co.uk, with Bido Lito! members getting in free. PREVIEWS 39
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