Issue 87 / April 2018

CONTENTS
New Music + Creative Culture
Liverpool
Issue 87 / April 2018
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Branding
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Intern
Maya Jones
Cover Photography
Robin Clewley
Words
Christopher Torpey, Maya Jones, Matthew Hogarth,
Del Pike, Julia Johnson, Sinéad Nunes, James Davidson,
Mike Stanton, Sam Turner, Bethany Garrett, Craig G
Pennington, Glyn Akroyd, Christopher Carr, Jessica
Fleming, Richard Lewis, Sophie Shields, Daisy Scott
Photography, Illustration and Layout
Mark McKellier, Robin Clewley, Boneface, John Latham,
Rob Adamson, Mook Loxley, Day Howarth, Glyn
Akroyd, Pete Carr, Darren Aston, Keith Ainsworth,
Gareth Jones, Anthony Chappel-Ross.
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9 / EDITORIAL
Editor Christopher Torpey looks at some
research that proves how vital art is to our
ability to build connections with our fellow
humans, and how deepening these links can
help us build a more civil society.
10 / NEWS
The latest announcements, releases and nonfake
news from around the region.
12 / FACT AT 15
Since it opened in 2003, FACT has established
itself as a central pillar of the city’s thriving
arts community, sparking a generation of
experimentation in film, art and media.
16 / PIZZAGIRL
A tasty pie of heartfelt synthwave and cheesy,
retro sensibilities is the order of the day with this
bedroom pop sensation.
18 / DAWN RAY’D
The anarchist revolution is coming, and it is
going to be soundtracked by DAWN RAY’D’s
battle-ready, poetic take on black metal.
20 / SOUNDTRACKING… A
CLOCKWORK ORANGE
Ahead of the Everyman Theatre’s production
of A Clockwork Orange, Del Pike revisits the
cult music and imagery of Kubrick and Burgess’
great Horrorshow.
22 / ARTS CENTRAL
In the latest in her series focusing on the
region’s arts centres, Julia Johnson looks at
how THE ATKINSON is maintaining a longheld
tradition of arts participation in Southport.
24 / BEIJA FLO
A daring approach to musical performance is
just one aspect of the activism and art of BEIJA
FLO, one of the most ambitious artists working
in the city today.
26 / DIE WITH YOUR MASK ON
Lifting the mask on the artist tasked with
drawing the sound of QOTSA ahead of an
upcoming exhibition of his new work at Buyers
Club.
32 / SPOTLIGHT
We take a closer look at some artists who’ve
been impressing us of late: Chupa Cabra, Wilroy
and Yammerer.
34 / PUBLIC SERVICE
BROADCASTING
Mike Stanton catches up with J. Willgoose Esq.
of the multi-faceted archive raiders ahead of
their Liverpool Olympia date in April.
35 / PREVIEWS
Looking ahead to a busy April in Merseyside’s
creative and cultural community.
40 / REVIEWS
China Dream, Manchester Collective’s 100
Demons, Wiley and The Wailers reviewed by
our team of intrepid reporters.
54 / THE FINAL SAY
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