CONTENTS New Music + Creative Culture Liverpool <strong>Issue</strong> <strong>89</strong> / <strong>June</strong> <strong>2018</strong> bidolito.co.uk Second Floor The Merchant 40-42 Slater Street Liverpool L1 4BX Editor Christopher Torpey - chris@bidolito.co.uk Editor-In-Chief / Publisher Craig G Pennington - info@bidolito.co.uk Media Partnerships and Projects Manager Sam Turner - sam@bidolito.co.uk Reviews Editor Jonny Winship - live@bidolito.co.uk Design Mark McKellier - mark@andmark.co.uk Branding Thom Isom - hello@thomisom.com Student Society Co-Chairs Daisy Scott - daisy@bidolito.co.uk Sophie Shields - sophie@bidolito.co.uk Editorial Assistant Maya Jones Proofreader Nathaniel Cramp Cover Artwork Ian Mitchell and Jacqui McAssey Words Christopher Torpey, Stuart Miles O’Hara, Jacqui McAssey, Maya Jones, Julia Johnson, Suzi Gage, Sophie Shields, Sam Turner, Frankie Muslin, Daisy Scott, Conal Cunningham, Georgia Turnbull, Conor Giblin, Alastair Dunn, Glyn Akroyd, Jake Penn, Ailsa Beetham, John McGovern, Ken Wynne, James Davidson, Laura Brown. Photography, Illustration and Layout Mark McKellier, Jacqui McAssey, Kristian Patten, Keith Ainsworth, Stu Moulding, Julia Johnson, Steve Rolles, Glyn Akroyd, Lauren Keir, Jessica Grace Neal, Mook Loxley, Andy Hughes, Rob Battersby, Michelle Roberts, Alex Knight. Distributed by Middle Distance Print, distribution and events support across Merseyside and the North West. middledistance.org.uk 9 / EDITORIAL Editor Christopher Torpey embraces the feeling of football fever that has gripped the region, and discusses how important it is to our collective psyche to let ourselves get swept up in sporting fairy tales from time to time. 10 / NEWS The latest announcements, releases and nonfake news from around the region. 12 / ART OF FOOTBALL The World Cup is coming, and the greatest football festival in the world deserves the month-long celebration of the game’s vibrant culture that is coming to Liverpool this summer. 14 / BEACH SKULLS Channelling the spirit of Frank Herbert’s Dune, the resurgent BEACH SKULLS prepare for a Catalan adventure with the release of a fizzing new LP of hazy, heavy sunshine surf. 16 / ARTS CENTRAL Julia Johnson takes us back to the Turner Prizewinning Granby 4 Streets project in the latest in her Arts Central series, looking at the lasting impact of art on a community. 20 / BONNACONS OF DOOM Humanity’s deep-rooted fascination with nature and the rituals associated with its majesty are reflected back at us in the startling debut LP by this from this cloaked collective. 22 / FESTIVAL CULTURES Pulling on specific strands of our shared heritage, festivals such as Positive Vibration and Liverpool Arab Arts Festival give us the opportunity to focus on the finer details of our city’s rich cultural tapestry. 24 / IT’S TIME TO TALK Are our attitudes to the place of drugs within music changing? Suzi Gage looks at the shift in the music sector which now views drug-taking as more of a health rather than a criminal issue. 26 / KEYCHANGE IS COMING More than just being great celebrations, festivals are also vital focal points at which to assess the state of the music industry. During this year’s Sound City, our Student Society team took a closer look at a sector-wide initiative aimed at bringing gender equality to our festivals within five years. 28 / SPOTLIGHT We take a closer look at some artists who’ve been impressing us of late: Tracky and Georgia Black. 30 / PREVIEWS Looking ahead to a busy <strong>June</strong> in Merseyside’s creative and cultural community. 34 / REVIEWS Shonen Knife, Alex Cameron, Lekhfa and Sound City <strong>2018</strong> reviewed by our team of intrepid reporters. 46 / THE FINAL SAY With Childish Gambino’s latest video offering a searing critique on racial tensions in the USA, Laura Brown discusses the importance of using film as both a medium for conversation and an art form in itself. The views expressed in Bido Lito! are those of the respective contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the magazine, its staff or the publishers. All rights reserved.
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