Issue 98 / April 2019

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PREVIEWS GIG Tirzah 24 Kitchen Street – 17/04 Tirzah Essex-born performer TIRZAH has been at the centre of the vital post-grime and UK garage sound of London for the better half of a decade, releasing a lauded run of releases on Greco Roman. But it’s only now that her work has come to full fruition, delivering what feels like a landmark debut LP on Domino. Devotion shines a brilliant new light on Tirzah’s unique experimental pop, exquisitely soulful voice and potent lyricism. Childhood friend and long-time and collaborator Mica Levi helped out on writing and production, bringing out Tirzah’s rawness of emotion and talent. GIG Swimming Tapes Sound Basement – 06/04 Harvest Sun Promotions aren’t treading water as we enter April. Diving in headfirst into the basement of Sound on Duke Street is the celestial noise of London’s dreamy five-piece SWIMMING TAPES. The show will be the perfect spring board for the band’s debut album, Morningside, which drops in May and is already garnering anticipation throughout London and beyond. Early cuts from the record, such as Pyrenees, have made quite the splash thanks to the band’s penchant for melodic riffs drenched in vitamin D. Just one cue that Swimming Tapes may just be behind an indie summer anthem or two this year. Swimming Tapes THEATRE User Not Found Leaf – 22/04-23/04 GIG Pinegrove Arts Club – 05/04 MEMBERS PICK It’s the moment of your death. There’s a magic button. Do you delete your entire online legacy? Or do you keep it? USER NOT FOUND is about our digital identities after we die. For the show performed at Leaf, audience members receive a smartphone and a pair of headphones and are immersed in one man’s story as he’s faced with keeping or deleting his partner’s online existence. A story of contemporary grief unfolds through this intimate, funny performance that gently interrogates our need for connection, which Time Out described as “a raw and magnetic performance... a gorgeous show about grief in the era of hyper connectivity”. Pinegrove are a band in constant motion. Since the release of their 2016 break-out album Cardinal, the Montclair, New Jersey group have toured relentlessly, selling out shows across the world and appearing at a number of high-profile festivals. Cardinal won widespread acclaim for its wiggly, open-hearted indie rock stylings, and their 2018 follow-up, Skylight, carried on in the same vein, albeit after a stuttering start. Their folk-ish math rock has always had something of the Wilco about it – but you can make your own mind up by catching them in the flesh. GIG Steam Down Alexander’s Live – 18/04 Steam Down Deptford-based community-led vibe collective STEAM DOWN bring their collectivist grooves to Alexander’s Live this month. Led by multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer Ahnanse, the group’s unique shows are earning them a special reputation for fun, interactive shows which channel a multitude of genres from jazz and Afrobeat to soul and hip hop. Community and collaboration is central to Steam Down’s infectious output and this show in the intimate confines of Alexander’s should be very special indeed. GIG Terry Riley and Gyan Riley 24 Kitchen Street – 10/04 Kitchen Street continue to diversify their music programme with a foray into the world of classical music, presenting one of the key innovators within the minimalist movement, TERRY RILEY, performed by the composer himself and his son, GYAN RILEY. Riley’s music is intricate, utilising improvisational structures and melding elements of minimalism, jazz, ragtime and North Indian raga. The legendary American composer will be performing an intimate aural exploration on piano, with his son accompanying on acoustic guitar, and support coming from Liverpool-based composer and saxophonist DANIEL THORNE. Terry Riley and Gyan Riley 36
CLUB Keep it Cryptic Secret location – 19/04 The collective behind KEEP IT CRYPTIC have discretely being building a following and reputation for their transcendent party nights which blur genre boundaries and put an emphasis on good people having a great time. Their fourth party takes place in a location which will be unveiled on the day of the event. The clandestine crew are bringing together the likes KŸOGEN, the project of PINS keyboardist Kyoko Swan, local indie jazzers SAMURAI KIP, former Black Grape man KERMIT LEVERIDGE and a further roll call of more than 20 other artists for what appears be an evening of entertainment which is as expansive as it is secretive. GIG Johnny Dowd 81 Renshaw – 18/04 A cult Americana hero, gothic story teller and alt country stalwart, JOHNNY DOWD is a respected name in the Venn diagram of worlds he operates. From Ithaca, New York the singer songwriter has a long and distinguished career which is brought right up to date with his newest album Family Picnic released in March this year. The dark subject matter and off-kilter sensibilities afford comparisons to the likes of Cave, Waits and Beefheart which has always enamoured him to Liverpool’s passionate Americana community. The veteran comes to Renshaw Street with RAE CLARK in support. GIG Roosevelt Collier Phase One – 14/04 Brought up in the House Of God Church in Perrine, Florida, pedal and lap steel guitar ace ROOSEVELT COLLIER has become a sought-after talent both on record and on stage. So proficient he’s affectionately known as ‘The Dr’, Collier is a regular ‘artist at large’, performing alongside musical luminaries in the fields of rock, blues and pop, including the Allman Brothers and Los Lobos. His solo debut, Exit 16, is a potent mix of blues, gospel, rock and, in his words, “dirty funk swampy grime”. Roosevelt built his sacred steel guitar prowess alongside his uncles and cousins in The Lee Boys, known for their spirited, soul-shaking live performances. CLUB Kate Miller North Shore Troubadour – 12/04 Berlin is undoubtedly the capital of techno, and Liverpool is fast becoming a North West outpost for the scene. North Shore Troubadour is the latest venue to get in on the action, hosting one of Berlin’s current hottest talents. KATE MILLER’s explosive, electro-focused sound has earned her regular slots at the infamous Berghain, and her own brand Oscillate has been making serious waves in the city. She has smashed slots at prestigious festivals the world over, from Gottwood here in the UK to Sugar Mountain in her native Australia (for Boiler Room), and is rapidly becoming one of Europe’s rising stars. Escape your planetary mindset as Miller pilots a journey into the unknown. Kate Miller GIG The Midnight Hour – Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge 24 Kitchen Street – 26/04 MEMBERS PICK Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge Two of hip hop’s most accomplished producers bring their new live project to town, featuring a nine-piece brass and string section. ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD (founding member of A Tribe Called Quest) and ADRIAN YOUNGE (Black Dynamite, Jay-Z, Ghostface Killah, etc.) began their work together in 2013 on the critically acclaimed There Is Only Now by Souls Of Mischief, and Kendrick Lamar’s untitled unmastered albums. THE MIDNIGHT HOUR is their ode to the cultural sophistication of the Harlem Renaissance that occurred in New York in the 1920s, pairing two of hip hop’s greatest producers with a tight rhythm section and a full orchestra. GIG Girli The Zanzibar – 18/04 Brazen London pop star GIRLI is gearing up for the announcement of her debut album Odd One Out, due on 5th April via PMR/Virgin EMI. The highly-anticipated record was co-written by Girli with various collaborators, such as Fast Friends and MNDR/ Peter Wade (Charli XCX, Brooke Candy), and follows on from 2017’s Hot Mess EP, the record that launched Girli’s chaotic mix of pop, electronica and punk. The eighttrack album marks her new mature alt.pop sound, drawing inspiration from real life experiences and exploring identity and the difficulties of adolescence. Girli GIG Bido Lito! Social: Dig Vinyl’s 5th Birthday Kazimier Stockroom – 25/04 Yammerer It’s party time! Bold Street’s vinyl enthusiasts Dig Vinyl are celebrating their fifth birthday in April, and we’re made up to be teaming up with them for the occasion. We’re throwing an old-school birthday party, with cake and balloons and lots of friends, plus loads of good music. We’re squeezing ourselves into the Kazimier Garden’s new Stockroom venue, along with YAMMERER, SAMURAI KIP and GOOD PROBLEMS, which is nailed on to be all kinds of raucous. And out in the Garden, a host of fine selectors will be on the turntables all night, which you’ll be able to enjoy for free. GROOVEYARD, LINSTER SANGSTER, NIGHTDUBBING and MELODIC DISTRACTION are gearing up for the heavy hits party, as well as Dig’s own superstar DJs. As usual, Bido Lito! Members get free entry – tickets are available now from ticketquarter.co.uk. PREVIEWS 37
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