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ISSUE 4 APR 2011 FREE
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Contents • 4/ News Page
A round up of what has been going in our beloved city since we last spoke to you.
• 6-7/ Ear Waxxx
You know the score by now, here is our personal recommendations of what we have been enjoying. As you will see, most of the things we have enjoyed since issue 3 have come from friends or from people in the same city which has been really encouraging. Viva Liverpool!!
• 8-9/ Festival Preview - Primavera/Melt/ Hideout/Open’er
We are not just writing a festival feature to get free press passes and the festivals we have chosen to talk about are not the only people to send us application forms back. We wouldn’t do that.
• 10-11/ Sound City Preview
Carrying on with our festival feature, Liverpool Sound City is always a date on the calender we all look forward to. We pick out bands we are most looking forward to seeing, plus an interview with Yuck.
• 13/ Reviews Section
Recent live shows reviewed, from Crystal Fighters to Dananananaykroyd and Picture Book.
• 14-15/Waxxx House Party Pics/Threshold Try and piece back your memory of what happened on 11th March 2011 at the Waxxx House Party.
• 16/ LIVERPOOL SOUNDS LIKE..... ABANDON SILENCE
Liverpool’s most promising promoter Andrew Hill kindly dropped by and answered a few questions about his journey so far and let’s us know what we will be dancing to in the coming month’s.
• 17/ The Who?
dancing to in the coming month’s. THE WHO? - Owen Rogers is new to the city and he is bringing his band with him. Who are they though? Over the next few issues, Owen will talking about the highs and lows of making a name for his band in the city, before we reveal who they are with a live performance.
• 18/ Sankeys Article
Sankeys Soap speaks for itself for all of us who enjoy electronic music right across the north-west. We caught up with guys to ask them about the secret of Sankeys and why we keep going back to Manchester week in week out.
• 21/ The Problem With Liverpool Is...
Lorne Ashley of Picture Book fame has joined the team and he isn’t a happy chap. He is disgruntled by the state of Liverpool’s music scene and nightlife and if your being honest....so are you.
• 30-31/ Waxxx On Art
What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger, and in the dark times of the arts funding being cut, we are still moving forward and creating. Matthew Lloyd describes how the Bohemia Space at Mello Mello is still trying to provide a platform for the artists of this city.
• 32/ Waxxx On Film
A look at forthcoming cinema releases and what Charles McIntyre thought of Submarine.
• 33/ Games Page
Bit of fun to fuck around with when your waiting for a date in the pub when they haven’t turned up yet! Honestly she will come! If in doubt read your horoscopes and see what’s in store!
• 22-23/ Dear Stephen... Goosing In 2011
Ste Baxendale returns as an agony uncle to the weird and wonderful people on the internet. He has spent the past two month’s interviewing people on the internet about the way sex has changed in 2011 and how people are experimenting more and more. We would suggest you put down whatever your eating right now!
• 25/ Projects
Do you ever have moments when you think to yourself..... “FUCK, what am I going to do with my life?”. You have your qualifications but you have no fucking idea what to use them for! Orla decribes the fear and frustration we have about finding a career you want to be involved in.
• 26-27/ A Foundation
So the Tories are in and the arts funding is out. A rant about the fucking catastrophe of the city’s most creative hub being dissolved.
Editorial Writing this, we are once again pushing our fucking luck. Our printers have left numerous voicemails now. So, please excuse me if this is rushed, misspelt or just a bit shit. This is the fourth issue of Waxxx. Many people thought we wouldn’t get this far. But in all honesty, we’re quite proud of this one. We have a crossword. That may not sound like much of a milestone to you but we decided precisely a year ago that we were going to leave our well-paid jobs, start a magazine (with a crossword) and take over the world. We haven’t yet achieved world-domination but having a puzzle makes us feel like we’re on the way. We’ve also booked Is Tropical! They’re playing a gig for us on 6th May and we couldn’t be more excited. Fingers crossed the pricks at Scottish Power come down and sort out the electricity before that. Speaking of which, we’re also incredibly sorry to mess up people’s weekend plans with our Waxxx Party. We did everything in our power to try and get both events to happen in The Magnet but in the end decided Shipping Forecast would be awesome anyway. We are definitely opening The Magnet at some point though! Thanks, Waxxx Xxx We’re still on the lookout for more helpers/assistants/ photographers/model makers/computer geeks etc to get involved in making Waxxx. Please email info@waxxx.co.uk for more information. Thanks xxx
Waxxx was made by:
Thanks to:
Michael Pickard - michael@waxxx.co.uk Joshua Burke - josh@waxxx.co.uk Ricky Narito - ricky@waxxx.co.uk
Nathan Jamm Factory, Mike Aitken and The Wolstenholme Creative Space, Chris Carney and Kaya Herstad, Staff at the CUC, Paul Hutchinson, Tom Gorton, Jay Freeman, Dave Berger, Tea Street Band, Picture Book, Klaus Joynson, Flynn, George O’Connor, Waxxx Party Attendees, Tramp, Tyrone Freeman, Steve Miller, Lewis Boardman, CNTMIXWONTMIXSHDNTMIXDONTMIX, All the contributors.
Edited By: Dave Cookson - dave@waxxx.co.uk
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Contributors: Waxxx, Dani Canto, Dave Cookson, Joe Danher, Abandon Silence, Owen Rogers, Mary Kim Naylor, Lorne Ashley, Stephen Baxendale, Sankeys, Vanessa Rose Evans, Mark Waugh, Matthew Lloyd, Charles McIntyre, Klaus Joynson, Rupert Mountjoy, James Stevens and anyone we’ve missed off.
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News WORDS: Waxxx
Bad weather on the way
“Hasn’t Much Value”
Spiral of Mist commissioned for Merseyside – as a way of cutting down our country’s huge financial deficit and ensuring young artists are supported and encouraged the Arts Council have commissioned multi-millionaire Antony McCall to create some more weather in the sky over the river Mersey. Most days you won’t be able to see it. A snip at just £500,000.
HMV Bold Street has now closed along with many others across the country. Leaving this city with just one large music retailer. Hopefully this will be a good thing for the small independent record stores in Liverpool like 3Beat, Hairy and Probe but it’s more likely that Tesco will sweep up the rest of the sales for Snow Patrol Live DVDs and the like.
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Baby Bieber came to Liverpool
Keep those eyes peeled
RAGS Boutique
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artwork by Klaus Joynson
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RAGS Boutique which makes clothing and jewellery out of all manner of materials including tyres, newspapers, plastic bags and shredded paper has opened in Liverpool. Every Friday and Saturday until April 22, the shop, in Renshaw Street (opposite the new Quiggins), will be open to the public free of charge.
He came, he saw, he got KB’d. “Bieber Fever” hit the streets, which just so happened to fall on the same day that special needs girls from all over the city were out on a school trip. They went mental. Many of them passed out, and were possibly put down after going lame. After his concert at the Echo Arena, seventeen-year old Bieber and his entourage attempted to go for a chilled beverage in Santa Chupitos. The manager told them all to fuck off.
Go look at what they’ve already done in this awesome space or actually help make some of their recycled clothing. A fashion show will be taking place on Good Friday (22nd April).
Upcoming Gigs...
2manydjs – in the interests of not getting shot, we aren’t going to mention what happened last time the gents from 2 many dj’s played Liverpool in Soulwax form. All we will say is that this will be awesome.
Fiesta Obscenic – although this clashes with Chew Disco we just had to put it in as it features some amazing artists and it’s also in the Wolstenholme Creative Space, scene of our very own Waxxx House Party in March.
Teeth – We’ve been banging on about Teeth for a while now. Still, this should be an awesome gig, as part of the Sound City Festival. Expect a delicious after party.
Yuck – Massively hyped Yuck have got an excellent PR team. We reckon they’re probably going to blow your socks off and tickle your feet whilst they’re at it though.
Black Lips – Once played downstairs in the much-adored Korova Fleet Street. Still going strong, the band will probably put on one of the years best shows.
GZA (The Genius from Wu Tang Clan) – A rather strange gig, we were supposed to be doing an interview over Skype. He was a bit too busy playing chess.
Jeniferever – Swedish 5 piece, Jeniferever will be playing upstairs at LEAF. If we aren’t still barred, we might make it down there too.
Cover Girl – Friends of Trash Kit, Is Tropical et al are playing at The Kazimier for a Ugandan LGBT charity as part of Chew Disco.
Dan Croll – Our Ear Waxxx single this month is by Mr Croll. We seem to plan a party every time Dan is busy and we’ve done it again on 8th April. Go watch before Waxxx in PMA at LIPA.
Waxxx Party – obviously. Self-promotion is still prevalent in this magazine. This Friday, we are pleased to announce we will be hosting our party in Shipping Forecast, possibly our best venue yet. Entry is only £3, but get down before midnight if you want to get in.
Is Tropical – We’ve booked this one for 6th May all by ourselves. It’ll be at the newly opened Magnet on Hardman Street followed by new clubnight Fake.
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The Strokes Angles ...
Dan Croll Home ...
2ManyDJs Chibuku 22/04/11 ...
Imagine if you will, arriving at a house party. When you arrive you’re given your favourite drink without asking, your coat is placed as neatly as possible on a coat hanger, you’re introduced to a fine buffet of the most delicious foods, the room temperature is pleasant. You then move into the room where plenty of gorgeous individuals of the gender(s) you’re attracted to hang on your every word. Perfection. Then after ten minutes the food is replaced with Netto sausage rolls, you’re drinking Skol, most of the beautiful guests depart and you’re left having a stilted conversation with the host’s auntie.
Making his first mark on the Liverpool music scene as front man for alt rockers Dire Wolfe (who split this past February), Dan Croll has since ventured out on his own and into new musical waters. Recently bringing home the prestigious MBF songwriters award, Dan Croll has already proved his merit as a budding solo artist. His latest offering “Home” pairs an endearing and warm vocal with a hurried acoustic jangle as Croll regales us with the familiarities that for him “feel like home”. The track plays out steady and sparse, offering little foresight to the lush soundscape enveloping the second half of the song at 2:25. His new progressive folk slant pays heed to the captains of the genre - Croll’s voice bearing similarities in timbre to Beirut’s Zach Condon, or even psychfolk legend Devendra Banhart on the more sober moments of the “Cripple Crow” album. The larger moments of “Home” evoke similar emotions to the peaks of Fleet Foxes “Blue Mountain Ridge” and Arcade Fire circa “Funeral”.
These two sexy bastards will be bringing their genre-crossing set to the Masque theatre, with a back drop of jaw-dropping visuals and we really can’t wait. It’s definitely show of the year in the Waxxx calendar. Mr Ellis and Miss Pepperminta are also hosting Ink with their Happy Endings party, massaging your ears with their jumble sale records on the turntables. Let’s hope 2 Many Bouncers don’t spoil the show.
This is essentially what the long awaited album, Angles is like. ‘Machu Picchu’ opens with dramatic intensity, a summery riff, indifference from Julian Casablancas’ vocals that fits brilliantly, it finishes with the hook still ringing. It really is one of the best indie tracks of the past year. It’s why The Strokes are huge, it’s why people still adore them. The next two tracks struggle to leave an impression, the first song to do so is ‘You’re So Right’ and that is only because it immediately strikes that Liars could claim that it is blatant plagiarism of their superior ‘Plaster Casts of Everything’. The key changes, the tempo, the effects, production, they’re all there. The album struggles to build a meaningful connection with the listener, the lyrics are frivolous and unimportant. Casablancas sings about how ‘We’re living in an empty world’ on ‘Games’, perhaps this is representative of the horribly unorganic method of putting the LP together, especially considering they weren’t all in the same room for parts of it. In terms of a track-by-track analysis previous album First Impressions of Earth was better than the mixed reviews suggested, it just wasn’t that cohesive. There was the odd poor track but plenty of good material. Parts of Angles sound like tracks that wouldn’t have reached demo stage for First Impressions, the poor non-event ‘Call Me Back’ labours horribly, it’s slow, doesn’t build up to anything and sounds like something Thom Yorke would create…once he was in the initial stages of recovery from a coma. Some charisma re-appears with ‘Gratisfaction’, yet another track inspiring thoughts of sun, a moderate drunken haze and a hint of giddy sing-a-longs. More refined improvement continues until the end of the album, with ‘Life is Simple in the Moonlight’ being a solid, driving closer. Alas, that’s the problem with Angles, its stellar moment comes immediately, and then struggles with material ranging from poor to good. The Strokes are capable of great things but this is a frustrating album, you know that given a little care and attention Angles could have brought indie rock right back to the fore. It doesn’t.
You can follow Dan Croll at - http://www.myspace.com/ dancrollmusic …and catch him as part of the 3rd Degree Festival on Friday 8th April, hosted at LIPA’s Paul McCartney Auditorium. Tickets available at the address below http://www.3rddegreefestival.com/index.php/tickets
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Esben and The Witch The Kazimier ...
Crystal Castles Baptism (Punks Jump Up Remix) ...
Esben and the Witch brought their own brand of gothic indie rock to The Kazimier with support coming from Teeth of the Sea and Liverpool based Anna Lena & The Orchids. With heavy backing from BBC 6 Music and Matador’s first UK signing in over 6 years, this is certainly a band to take note of. Rupert caught up with them before the show;
It could be a Monday afternoon when your experiencing major comedown, feeling blue and even welling up to homes under the hammer. The remedy for us has been Punks Jump Up remix of Crystal Castles ‘Baptism’. We are big fans of the original version but feel that Punks Jump Up give it an extra kick in the bollocks with their signature funk and cowbell style to remind us why we when we get to Thursday we are ready to put ourselves through a weekend of abuse again.
Have you guys played Liverpool before now? We have indeed. We played at The Kazimier as part of Liverpool Sound City last year. It went well by all accounts and we are all excited to be returning to the venue. The album is haunting with beautiful harmonies. I can hear echoes of Cat Power and Bjork, PJ Harvey there too, whom would you cite as influences to the band’s sound and the album? The record was influenced by all manors of things. People, places real and imagined, books, stories we stumbled across. Musically we were inspired in various ways and to various degrees by HEALTH, Godspeed and Joy Division amongst a host of others. In recent years there has been an increase of female, alternative bands each with distinctive sounds (Warpaint, Peggy Sue, Beach House) coming into the mainstream limelight. Do you think there is a current trend shift towards female alternative artists? There are certainly a great number of talented female artists making music at the moment, which is a fantastic thing. As far as we’re concerned though the real turning point will be when it becomes such a normal thing that it is no longer worthy of any special note. You are signed to Matador, one of the last great indie labels, how important is it for you to be signed to an independent label? It is something that is very important to us. We all feel very privileged to have the opportunity to work with a label of such stature. We have a lot of time for numerous bands on their roster, Sonic Youth for example. Matador affords us full control of our music and all elements of the aesthetic that surrounds it, which is essential to us.
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... Wouldn’t it be great if we could promote our own blog here? Yes it would but at the moment we don’t have a website because we decided that the future is in print, not online. Nothing to do with us being unable to build a fucking website or make a blog............. honestly. Fortunately, other people do have the ability to make websites, namely ‘Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers’. Taking their name from The Nationals second album, they enjoy nothing more than finding and bringing you the best new music before others have even heard it.
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Festival Preview Primavera / Melt / Hideout / Open’er WORDS: Chris Holland, Joshua Burke
1 Primavera Sound It’s no exaggeration to say that Barcelona is one of Europe’s prettiest cities with some of the best architecture in the world. It’s also common knowledge that Barcelona is home to one of football’s best known sides. It seems kind of shame then, that Barca’s contribution to the world of music has only ever been that really awful opera song were people needlessly yell “Barcelona” for an hour. That is, until Primavera Sound started. The first edition in 2001 had a relatively modest attendance of 8,000 people, with only 19 bands playing, but in 2009 the number of people had reached 76,000 and the amount of performers had expanded to include nearly 200 hundred artists. Now in its eleventh year and with most British festival line up look pretty disappointing in 2011, the five day Barcelona party shows us that as usual, things are looking decidedly brighter in Europe. Whilst there’s an admirable mix of genres on show here, the line up is geared mainly at those with a taste for sounds that veer somewhat from the mainstream. There are legends in the field of creative guitar pop like The Flaming Lips and Of Montreal listed right next to mythical masters of dark, nihilistic rock like Shellac and Swans. Whilst these bands may be far from household names, they are enough to steam up the thick-rimmed glasses of any indie record collector. That appears to be the beauty of Primavera Sound. With the possible exception of The National, Pulp and at a stretch Belle & Sebastian, none of the bands on show here have the fan base to justify many live dates around the UK, meaning this may be your only chance to catch cult favourites like Fiery Furnaces, Low or Gang Gang Dance, and to do so, not just in beautiful surroundings, but in the company of fellow music connoisseurs. This is one of the aspects of the festival that really differentiates it from its British cousins. Not only do you escape the mud of English fields in favour of the reliable Spanish sun and city streets, you also get away from the British festival mindset which has become a bit of a pain. Glastonbury is a glorified flashback for ageing hippies with a line-up designed to keep parents happy and Reading & Leeds could simply be renamed ‘Now That’s What I Call 17 Year Olds Who Can’t Handle Their Booze’. In short, British festivals are becoming less and less about music and more and more about what silly hat to wear while you watch Mumford & Sons. This seems unlikely to happen at Primavera though, what with there being such a leftfield line-up and, let’s be honest, the travel aspect sorting the real music fans from those looking for a place to drink at the weekend. A 99% chance of great weather, a 100% chance of great bands and a crowd made up almost entirely of joyful music nerds. Primavera is certainly one of the most appealing prospects in a summer littered with festivals.
2 Melt! Festival There aren’t many festivals that cater to electronic music in the UK. Well, there’s Global Gathering, but if you think their line-up is an accurate cross section of the talent working in electronica today, one can only assume you’ve been stuck under a rock (or under a massive radio that’s tuned to Kiss FM). If you do want an interesting electrocentric festival, then you should head to the German city of Gräfenhainichen, south east of Dessau, for Melt! Festival. Melt’s unique selling point seems to be luring bands that rarely tour or play festivals - certainly in the UK - to perform. This is probably due to the aforementioned lack of festivals actually taking meaningful interest in electronic music- seeing it more as something to shove into a token “dance tent” that’s littered with glow sticks and Chase & Status fans. In that atmosphere, it’s hard to imagine certain artists who are playing Melt, like Apparat or Nicholas Jaar, would get the attention they deserve as they’d most likely get bottles of urine thrown at them for not “putting a donk on it”. That’s not to say the Melt line-up is made up of reclusive, artsy types hugging their laptops, as there are plenty of muscular, no-nonsense dance bands playing. For examples, look at Digitalism, who frequently conquer any British dance tent they’re placed in, usually with the use of a laser, which makes it even more special, or Gui Boratto, who isn’t exactly known over here, but has been putting out Justice style dancefloor murdering electro for the last 5 years. Hell, they’ve even got the ‘King of DJs’ Carl Craig, a name that’s thrown around so much its almost impossible for him to live up to the hype. But then of course you listen to the sounds he was making 20 years ago and realise “Yes, he’s probably is one of the most important DJs or techno producers ever.” This is mainly because he’s stayed at the forefront of an ever changing scene since the kids from Skins were born, but he pretty much invented drum & bass/jungle music (and by extension, you could argue, dubstep) and he did it BY ACCIDENT. Whilst mainly catering to fans of forward (or floor-ward) thinking electronic music, there are some genuine bands on show at Melt including Pulp (can Jarvis satisfy a crowd of techno heads?), The Drums and the two best Glaswegian party bands in existence, Errors and Dananananaykroyd. Not to mention some out and out popstars on show, with Robyn playing as well as both Plan B and Katy B, who may or may not be related. Also landing rather inelegantly onto the line up are Beady Eye. Seeing as the Family Gallagher aren’t known for their acceptance of any music that isn’t made by white men who are stuck in the 70s, it’d be interesting to see how the ex-Oasis posse cope amongst all those synthesisers and laptops. Bonus points for anyone who hears Liam Gallagher say either “It’s just noise” or “It’s not proper music though is it?”
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3 Hideout Full Ticket £89 (accommodation booked separately) The promoters involved in this, the first Hideout festival, make it a sure winner. They’ve got so much up their giant sleeves, including numerous boat parties, treehouses, beds and sofas on the beach and in the forest, all set on the beautiful island of Pag in Croatia. Just before we went to print, we heard of new additions to the line-up, which already boasts lots of giant names. Non other than 2 Many DJ’s will be gracing the Hideout stage bringing out their festival favourites selection box of genre-hopping tunes, all mixed beautifully. Hideout Festival is setting its sights on becoming one of the leading dance festivals of the summer club season, attempting to overtake Ibiza as the new clubbing destination. The Warehouse Project and Electronic Music Group’s Hideout Festival will bring the absolute crème de la crème of international and underground dance music. Day one sees German idol and owner of Cocoon Records Sven Vath headline a Hideout stage. Vath is undoubtedly one of the most influential electronic DJs on the globe and is integral to the clubbing culture of this decade. Supported by Wax:On residents People Get Real, aka Simon Lister and Peter Wilson who will no doubt tear up the dance floor. Joining Friday will be the hugely successful Jamie XX; one third of The XX. Throughout 2010 Jamie established himself as a notable electronic collaborator and DJ. He earned his place high up on the bill of this festival and others like it after his immensely popular remixes including that of Gill Scott-Heron’s I’ll Take Care of You. Topping off an unbeatable mix, is Trash legend and icon in his own right Erol Alkan. Mr Alkan apparently used to sneak out of his bedroom to DJ in clubs as a teenager, but now as a big boy has been unleashed across the world and is gaining notable fans by the minute. Saturday sees BBC Radio 1 DJ Annie Mac, who claims to “officially start the weekend”. We’re not sure if that’s a scientific fact or not but Mac aka MacManus, regularly gets over one million listeners and has made a fool proof impression on the UK dance music audience. James Ford and Jas Shaw, otherwise known as Simian Mobile Disco (SMD) will be gracing the Croatian festival with their memorable tunes that have set the scene for the past three summer dance seasons. Waxxx favourite, Belgium based Vito De Luca, one half of internationally recognised Aeroplane will be joining the party with their psyche guitars and pop keys.
4 Open’er Open’er £85 (4 Day weekend camping ticket) Did you know Poland has a beach?! It actually has quite a few, and the Heineken Open’er Festival is located a stones throw from one of them in Gdansk. Similarly to Hideout Festival, Open’er is cheap at less than £90 (only Open’er includes camping in the price) and plays host to some of the best electronic acts in Europe. Take a look at the line-up, pick a letter, C for example. This year has Caribou, Chromeo, Cut Copy and er, Coldplay. You could see most of the acts right here at various festivals around the country however, you won’t have to max out your overdraft for a warm pint of Carling. The festival does have a big fat beer sponsor, namely Heineken but that’s not always a bad thing, (particularly if you happen to like Heineken). Expect to find few Brits abroad so if you’re hoping to be surrounded by fellow England shirts devouring a full English breakfast whilst drinking tea whilst reading the Sun newspaper then you’re going to be disappointed. In fact, if you are one of those people, what the fuck are you doing reading this? The Polish crowd are renowned for being a bit rowdy. My one and only trip to Poland led me to a club called Alcatraz in Poznan. Whilst walking down the stairs and into the club my friend was smashed in the stomach by an angry looking man and we had to leave within thirty seconds of entering. That’s not to say that that particular man is going to be at Open’er though, and you are likely to find Polish people want to do exactly the same as you. The rest of the line-up consists of: CARIBOU, SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO, COLDPLAY, FAT FREDDYS DROP, PAOLO NUTINI, THE NATIONAL, TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB, ABRAHAM INC, CUT COPY, FOALS, PULP, YOUSSOU N’DOUR, PRIMUS, BIG BOI, KATE NASH, HURTS, M.I.A., CHROMEO, THE WOMBATS, DEADMAU5, and THESE NEW PURITANS
Fake Blood, performing on Sunday 3rd July help close the three-day electronic feast. Hailed as dance music’s future star, with his colourful exuberant sound. Hideout Festival will run from Friday 1st July to Sunday 3rd July, on the beautiful Zrce beach on the Island of Pag, Croatia. The festival will feature two main stages, an indoor club and two outdoor swimming pools making the site 10,000 capacity. Although getting there isn’t simple, this only makes for a more interesting adventure and surrounded by stunning views and beaches the event is set to carve itself a new niche and maintain a loyal fan base year after year. The Warehouse Project and Electronic Music Group are sculpting Hideout Festival into the festival destination for true music fans to get their fix of the year’s best dance music.
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Liverpool Sound City 2011 WORDS: Dave Cookson, Rupert Mountjoy
ACTS CONFIRMED SO FAR
An answer to the question above may be that you would rather go and see Black Lips. The Georgian (US, not Eastern Europe!) garage rockers play at The Masque on Thursday, reminding so many of us of the stuff we listened to when we were in our teens, it made us intrigued about alternative music that was so much more appealing than the crap on the radio. Black Lips can boast a reputation as an unruly, out there live band, who could rival Les Savy Fav in levels of anarchic stage presence. If you aren’t familiar with Black Lips but like a good bit of American rock and enjoy the simple pleasure of mild debauchery then your Thursday should be spent here.
THE BLACK LIPS • THE VIEW • FUNERAL PARTY FRANK TURNER • STEVE MASON • PHILIP SELWAY SOUND OF GUNS • CAST • MILES KANE • MONA 19-21 May 2011 will see Liverpool play host to the SPANK ROCK & AMANDA BLANK • JAMIE XX • YUCK annual Sound City music festival across various indoor F**KED UP • & THE VIOLATORS venues.KURT < InsertVILE predictable generic grumble about• CULTS
One of the more intriguing events on the calendar will be when Forest Swords takes to the stage. The pseudonym of Wirral producer Matthew Barnes, the material released so far has been staggering, with scenester’s retreat Pitchfork singing his praises. Sometimes the aforementioned website, although a behemoth of online music criticism, can be a bit too keen on going apeshit about stuff that’s…well… boring. Barnes’ debut release Dagger Paths is anything but, with his brand of experimental guitar laden dub clinging to your brain tighter than Gaddafi clutching at his remaining power. If you listen to ‘Rattling Cage’ and it does nothing for you, then you might as well go and stick Lady Gaga on your mobile phone, blaring it out on the bus and face the fact that you are a loathsome person. Bit strong? No? Good.
British weather and how if we all lived in Barbados WILLY MASON • YOUNG KNIVES • THE WHIP we • TEETH!!! could listen to•the music whilst chilling out•next to SAND the CLINIC • MUGSTAR WAVE MACHINES THE BAND barbecue here. > THREE TRAPPED TIGERS • FOREST SWORDS • SBTRKT
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Popular music site Drowned in Sound will be running their own event on Friday night at The Kazimier. Despite being the champion of a wide range of genres, DiS have reverted to festival form, with Kurt Vile & The Violators headlining. Summarising Vile’s material is difficult at best as he has a tendency to leap between styles with little reservation. Warm guitarbased pop is Kurt Vile’s forte, but other influences should play out on the night. Ian Svenonius’ Chain and the Gang provide support in addition to Publicist. His own promotional material states ‘Publicist plays on the floor, not on stage, he is of the people and for the people.’ He is seemingly a health and safety maverick, a selling point that may get you down there early, don’t knock him over, yeah?
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Masque. Mason was a member of cult heroes The Beta Band, and has been churning out top quality solo material since. He played an eclectic set packed with visceral joy at The Bluecoat in July 2008 under the name Black Affair, but has since returned to using his real name, having also gone by the name King Biscuit Time. Sound City will come just over a year after Steve Mason released LP Boys Outside, a return to the style that The Beta Band employed. The album is not a lighthearted one, but is brilliantly composed with troubling lyrics such as ‘I’ve lost a friend, I’ve lost a loving partner. And all I have left is silence and the other.’ There are sure to be a few Beta Band fanboys attending, why not join them?
It’s been one hell of a ride for Jamie Smith over the last couple of years. His band, The xx released their nearly self-titled LP xx in August 2009 to widespread critical acclaim, so much so that it went on to win the Mercury Prize last year. Jamie xx as he likes to be known is all about remixes, with sparse beats and careful production. Plenty of his ultra modern repertoire will be available to the delight of your ears at the Young Turks showcase at The Shipping Forecast on Saturday 21st. He will be more than ably supported by SBTRKT (Subtract), who meets Jamie’s minimalist, echoey sound in the middle with a dose of LCD Soundsystem and funky experimentation. It’s the popularity of this kind of music with indie kids that can give a lot of samey guitar bands a much-needed kick up the arse. Young Knives are a band that are a lot better than they should be. Wearing stuffy jumpers and being unashamedly middle class, they somehow manage to deliver catchy and at times heavy post-punk. Debut album Voices of Animals & Men was outstanding with witty lyrics and tracks that still resonate years on, mainly ‘The Decision’ and ‘She’s Attracted To’. If you find yourself staring at a man calling himself ‘The House of Lords’ then you’ll probably be having a whale of a time.
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There are many more potentially brilliant acts playing across the festival with up and coming acts such as 1 Niki & The Dove and 2TEETH playing the Moshi Moshi Showcase, whilst more established acts such as Radiohead drummer Philip Selway, 3Fucked Up, 4 Frank Turner and 5Funeral Party playing at other venues. Entry is by wristband only. Waxxx tip for the festival….
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Imagine if you will, a debut album released in 2011 that sounds like the bastard child of Sonic Youth, Pavement, Yo La Tengo, Built to Spill and Dinosaur Jr, whilst managing to maintain a certain originality to produce great songs. That, my friend, is 6Yuck. Having recently been added to the mightily impressive Sound City line up, Rupert caught up with the band at a recent gig in Birmingham for a chat.
Have you played Liverpool before?
Yuck were cited on the BBC Sound of 2011 list as a band to look out for in 2011. Clearly for a band like Yuck it is great for exposure but how do you feel about the way these lists ‘predict’ artists like Jessie J will be big in 2011 when they are compiled by people who control how much airplay or column space these artists have?
You are playing at Kazimier during the festival. Are you playing any festivals this summer?
We have mixed feelings I guess, probably just indifference but I think there are positives. Like you say those people control what people listen to but I’d most likely just be put off personally, I certainly wouldn’t go there to be recommended an album, put it that way!
That’s it really, any plans for the future?
We played with Times New Viking to like, one person at The Masque [band all laugh] and they have a song on their new album called ‘Don’t Go to Liverpool’ but that was our one experience, we also got up extra early to go see a Picasso exhibition at the Tate but it wasn’t on.
Daniel: “Yeah, John Peel Stage at Glastonbury” Jonny: “Are we?! I thought you were making that up!” Daniel: “We’re also playing the Pitchfork Festival in Chicago and Primavera”
“Right now? You wanna come bowling?” Yes. Yes I do. Yuck are playing at Kazimier on 19th May as part of Liverpool Sound City, entrance is by wristband only with wristbands available from www.ticketweb.co.uk and HMV (Liverpool ONE) from £40. Full interview available at: rupertmountjoy.tumblr.com.
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ACTS CONFIRMED SO FAR
THE BLACK LIPS • THE VIEW • FUNERAL PARTY FRANK TURNER • STEVE MASON • PHILIP SELWAY SOUND OF GUNS • CAST • MILES KANE • MONA SPANK ROCK & AMANDA BLANK • JAMIE XX • YUCK F**KED UP • KURT VILE & THE VIOLATORS • CULTS WILLY MASON • YOUNG KNIVES • THE WHIP • TEETH!!! CLINIC • MUGSTAR • WAVE MACHINES • THE SAND BAND THREE TRAPPED TIGERS • FOREST SWORDS • SBTRKT WRETCH 32 • ED SHEERAN • YASMIN • SOUND OF RUM • DELS CHAIN & THE GANG • PUBLICIST • HANDSOME FURS • ZEUS BROKEN RECORDS • THE JEZABELS • CLOUD CONTROL THE RURAL ALBERTA ADVANTAGE • LOWER THAN ATLANTIS NIKI & THE DOVE • THE PHOENIX FOUNDATION • CREEP TROPHY WIFE • CHAD VALLEY • BRAIDS • WOLF GANG DINOSAUR PILE UP • KID BRITISH • DUTCH UNCLES • VERONICA FALLS MARINA GASOLINA • EMMY THE GREAT • COCKNBULLKID • DELTA MAID THE CHAPMAN FAMILY • FILMS • GRIMES • WORRIEDABOUTSATAN YOUNG LEGIONNAIRE • COLOURMUSIC • FLASHGUNS • MAZES THOSE DANCING DAYS • FICTION • THE GOOD NATURED • SPARK SMOKE FAIRIES • RACHEL SERMANNI • ALLIE MOSS • DAN PARSONS FIXERS • THE LINES • IDIOT GLEE • BEAT CONNECTION • PRIZES MARQUES TOLIVER • LANTERNS ON THE LAKE • ALESSI’S ARK & MANY, MANY MORE
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Reviews WORDS: Joshua Burke, Joe Danher
MCAT boy strikes again. Late. Again. Fortunately this time, the promoter was kind enough to halt the night’s proceedings in anticipation of my arrival. Either that or The Kazimier performances start later. Missed the first band, I think. The second, Get People instantly grabbed my attention, (which was rather difficult at the time). I was not alone in being grabbed, as the crowds began to fill the Kazimier, they too were more often drawn to the stage rather than scuffling off for a drink. Track Careless was an instant hit and even got sober people moving on the spot, although a second listen provides little insight into the live raw power the band offered up on the night. Get People are certainly destined for bigger things. The third weren’t as impressive as the first, but that’s not to say they weren’t good. Dustland hail from Liverpool and are probably awesome (they certainly have a lot of passion and talent and have just been signed to Deltasonic I believe). They packed their set with plenty of visual pleasantness and enough high-tempo keyboarding to keep the kids happy but I just couldn’t get past the Ian Curtis impersonating lead-singer’s vocals and went for a cigarette. When Crystal Fighters finally took to the stage they brought with them the energy and enthusiasm which often evades touring bands. Their basque-indieelectro-pop features beautiful melodies infused with heavy techno beats. You could be forgiven for thinking they’ve jumped on the “Crystal” bandwagon following the success of Crystal Castles, Crystal Antlers et al, however there is an excellent, if slightly pretentious reason for the band’s name. Crystal Fighters is the name of an unfinished opera of a former member’s Grandfather, but that has little relevance tonight. The crowd seemed slightly slow in sharing the enthusiasm of Crystal Fighters at first. Once they started moving though, they didn’t stop thanks in no small part to the powerful set laced with harmonies and dnb bringing something of a carnival to the packed out Kazimier, which by the way was the perfect setting for the affair. Fronted by Sebastian Pringle, a long-haired hippy from the home counties, Crystal Fighters took me and my entourage (girlfriend) by surprise. Having only heard Xtatic Truth on a Kitsuné Maison CD, I began hunting for more but got disenchanted and felt rather foolish on the evening for doing so. I want more.
Coined by the artists, their community and critics alike, an innavigable web of hybrid genres has emerged and continues to grow in both number and obscurity. Some are laughable cousins of that from which they are derived (whose idea was “Spazcore” anyway?) whilst others offer a firmer grasp of an act’s bid for individuality Meet Dananananaykroyd, the self professed “fight pop” six piece consisting of John Baillie Jr (vocals) Calum Gunn (vocals) Duncan Robertson (guitar) David Roy (guitar) Ryan McGinness (bass) and Paul Carlin (drums). It’s not a term you’ll have heard kicked around very often but clear none the less in its implications and certainly a crown that fits if their reputation as one of the UK’s most energetic live bands is apt Like their nod to the much loved canadian actor, there is nothing subtle about the tongue in cheek nature of the young Glaswegians. Take singles “totally bone” and “pink sabbath” or the rumoured working title of the new album “I honestly can’t believe you got that much ham into a solitary sandwich and still went to see Metallica” later revealed to be simply “There Is A Way” for example, not to mention their cover of Devo’s “whip it” on sydney radio station Triple J Having recently jumped the pond to Los Angeles to record their sophomore album and follow up to 2009’s “Hey Everyone” with legendary producer Ross Robinson, Dananananaykroyd are now back on home soil and facing the final show of their latest UK tour here tonight at the Shipping Forecast. My first thoughts are as to how the tiny stage is going to contain their reported animalism, and the short answer is...it doesn’t. They are barely 30 seconds into opener “Reboot” before John and Calum are stampeding into the crowd trading melodies, frenzied yelps and alternating screams that play out like a playground taunt dashed by tourettes. As a pair, the two share an enjoyably violent charisma, surfing out into the crawl space between the raised hands and basement roof, never afraid to ensnare a few of the front row in their mic cables (who doesn’t love a fight pop rodeo?), and spilling out tour stories of pot noodle theft and blu tack moustaches with a ramble that feels almost unobserved to the point where you feel that maybe you’ve just crashed their house party. They motion the basement to their knees before exploding into “What’s This” and the dissonant assault of “E Numbers”, by which point you notice how well Ryan (who replaced original bassist Laura back in ) and Paul feed off each other, providing a solid backbone in the thick of the music’s schizophrenic changes of pace. “Think And Feel “ referenced by John as “one you kids are gonna love” is as close to a fleeting moment of sanity that we can hope for, before a rolling crescendo gives way to “Infinity Milk”’s signature guitar hook, provoking an ecstatic singalong from the crowd as Ryan sways his Jag around in some demented slow dance. Indeed, the shared guitar work is angular and disjointed yet perfectly executed, falling somewhere between early Biffy Clyro and At The Drive In circa “Relationship Of Command”. “Time Capsule” sees the whole band venture into the fray to a surging half time beat and is arguably the cream of the new crop, whereas fan favourite and latest single “Black Wax” is hugely involving and perhaps the best ambassador of “fight pop” with a chorus that instantly registers and anthemic gang chanting from everyone in the venue. Nearing the end, all convention goes down the cattle grid altogether as David wrenches half of the drum kit into the centre of the floor for “Make A Fist”’s seamless transition into “Song 1 Puzzle”, thrashing amidst an apocalyptic eruption of camera flashes and wails before all chaos subsides for closers “Pink Sabbath” and “Some Dresses”, the latter of which sees the crowd split down the middle and collide in an embrace spurred on by the band who follow suit. Shamefully, I have to concede that my first impressions of Dananananaykroyd on record were not entirely favourable - altogether too raw and discombobulated to make any real sense of. Yet never has a single performance swayed my opinion so sharply as it has with this vibrant lot. It’s a live show that is unrelenting and inventive, whilst never becoming too self indulgent and certainly puts the album into better perspective for any reformed doubter. All in all, Dananananaykroyd are something bold. A cut above the all too predictable strain of Biffy bashers that has become common form of the Scottish alternative scene. If this is fight pop, I’m taping up my fists and heading to the yard.........it’s on
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Abandon Silence WORDS: Dave Cookson PHOTOGRAPHY: Abandon Silence
Abandon Silence is a club night in the midst of a meteoric rise within Liverpool. We spoke to founder Andrew Hill about what it has been like bringing an alternative night to Liverpool, where it’s heading and how he’s managed combining it with academic studies.
What inspired you to start Abandon Silence? The name and concept came from a music blog that I began in January 2010. As a journalism student, I had found it difficult to find work experience that involved writing about my favourite music, so I started the blog as my own personal outlet. After all the positive feedback I received on the music featured on the site, especially from people in Liverpool, I felt that the natural progression was to host the names that I was writing about at a club night in Liverpool.
How would you describe Abandon Silence to someone who has never been? An intelligent and passionate crowd gathering in an intimate setting with a huge soundsystem and some of the world’s best DJs and producers performing on the last Thursday of every month. No strict music policy, just good vibes all night.
What was your favourite AS night and why? We’ve had some great nights, but the one that stands out in the memory was the October show where Mount Kimbie played for us as a part of their UK tour. I had been a fan of theirs for so long, so I was so happy to be able to host them at my club night. It was a logistical nightmare, but it ended up being our most successful night. Definitely my proudest moment while running Abandon Silence was watching the crowd singing along to Mount Kimbie, it was truly special.
How have things progressed since its inception last June? It has progressed more than I could ever have believed. It was a jump into the unknown to start the night, and the fact it’s still going a year later is a bonus. There have been so many amazing parts to the 12 months it’s been running, from giving great artists like James Blake and Girl Unit their debut shows in the city, to bringing the Autonomic and Grime genres to a new audience. Plus, it is still continuing to grow. This Summer we are appearing at Parklife Festival in Manchester and Hudbu Festival in the Wirral, as well as already forging bigger and better plans for the next year!
One of the genres Abandon Silence focuses on is dubstep; which has seen a massive rise in popularity lately, why do you think that is? Over the last couple of years there has been a rise in so called ‘UK urban music’ which is now nearing its saturation point. Thus, major labels are looking for a new genre to push to the masses, and dubstep is the nearest to hand. Though to be honest, it has just been a matter of time until this happened. There has been a huge audience for dubstep bubbling up away from the public eye. ‘Dubstep’ means so many different things to so many different people, so I imagine it will only continue to expand and grow.
You’re currently a student, what is it like mixing studies with trying to put together club nights? University has been the one stumbling block in Abandon Silence’s progression. Back in September, I found it hard to balance the two, instead deciding to juggle the two. However, over time, I have adapted to the double life, and now I believe that I handle the balance well.
If money and logistics weren’t an issue who would you most like to have play Abandon Silence? I get asked this a lot, and I always seem to change my mind. Though at this very time I would go for… 10-12 DJ Shadow 12-1 Flying Lotus with DOOM 1-2 Radiohead 2-3 James Blake b2b Skream b2b Kode 9 …afterparty hosted by Burial, naturally. Can I have the cash please?
Are there are any acts on the underground music scene that you think the people of Liverpool should check out? On a local basis, there really are so many people doing many important things. Local producers such as Organik, Horus, Jake Daniel, SPD and Sertone are definitely worth checking out.. Also so much support and appreciation should be given to Dan Danko and Lee Dalema for setting up Sessions Faction Radio, as it has created a community in the city, which will be essential as the scene continues to grow. The other day in fact, I caught an acoustic guy called ‘Joe Versus the Volcano’ in Leaf on Bold Street. Don’t know a lot about him, but he was devastatingly brilliant.
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The Who? WORDS: Owen Rogers ILLUSTRATION: Mary Kim Naylor
“For as long as you read this article I will ramble on as we attempt to perform, swagger and ball-lick our way out of Liverpool’s largely unknown artistic soup.” Consider this: Microsoft Powerpoint has ruined higher education. As a student I spent the past three years staring glaze-eyed at endless slide shows, hoping that for such expense, a degree would magically fall into my lap. I mean honestly, my lectures worked out at about thirty quid a pop, so what’s that? One pound a slide? Fuck me, some of those were just shit word art! However, I ask you, having reaped the benefits of pound shop word art, would you risk all these “open doors” everyone raves about for one clumsy swipe at musical glory? I say yes, and furthermore, why not swipe in Liverpool, it’s artistic isn’t it? Some may realise that an opinion on this is actually of little concern to me, and instead what I’m trying to say is that I’m in a band that is new to town...…and Microsoft Powerpoint is wank. For as long as you read this article I will ramble on as we attempt to perform, swagger and ball-lick our way out of Liverpool’s largely unknown artistic soup. So if you’re the kind of person who might enjoy saying “Ah yes I knew of Blah Blah back when they were trying to escape Liverpool’s artistic soup,” then, well firstly you’re a thief of my intellectual property, but more than that, you will have a real ownership of our band, and an understanding of how we developed in this city and beyond. So what’s first? Songs, and with a sack full of adolescent material, or “pube tunes”, we felt it was time for a change. This was clearly a walk in the bloody park
as between us we’ve managed to give birth, breech, to about five tracks in eight months (other songs conceived in this time grew annoying, and were smothered out of frustration). Still, songs we now have, and I’m beaming; the music has depth, but it hooks like pop in places. I’m giving nothing more away today. Next on our pitifully small agenda was practice. A crazy time in our outfit. Imagine a group of hyper toddlers trying to solve a puzzle. Everyone’s playing, no one is concentrating. These episodes are of course intertwined with other pressing matters such as camp Fleetwood Mac renditions and the odd round of Cock or Ball. But fun and games aside, why are band practices such ruddy hard work sometimes? Ego=Musical Conflict2, cheers Einstein. Unfortunately I play in a band whose parents loved them or something, so confidence is annoyingly high. This means I actually have to sit through someone’s opinion before completely disregarding it. Does that sound harsh? Don’t worry, the cycle is then repeated until any new material has been violently fisted beyond recognition. Queue Fleetwood Mac – ‘Chained’ and an emotional reset. But now the blue moons have arisen, we toddlers need some attention. So how the hell do you get noticed in this town? A step-by-step guide in Vol. 2.
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Sankeys WORDS: Lorne Ashley - http://www.myspace.com/picturebookofficial PHOTOGRAPHY: Sankeys
Electronic and dance music is everywhere. With the rise of the super producer reaching unprecedented peaks like Deadmau5 and Guetta (!) there are, just like in every genre, hundreds of unsigned, underground and passionate artists beneath them spewing off into their own self-righteously tagged sub-genres, if only to help them to the top of their individual game(s). Hundreds of ravers embark upon a pilgrimage from Merseyside to Madchester every weekend. Our number one spot? Sankeys Soap. Keeping the Haçienda’s phenomenon alive, Sankeys is responsible for bringing only the very best in electronic parties to the masses, week in, week out. We spoke to the brains behind it all at Sankeys HQ about how they managed to connect with so many ravers and not only keep us coming back, but how they keep a smile on our faces, keep creating unforgettable memories and, most importantly, keep us listening to new music!
Firstly, why do you think people flock from Liverpool to Sankeys, week in, week out to party? Sankeys is an amazing place with an electric atmosphere and the Liverpool heads know this!
We know that your bookings and promoters are consistently on the ball. Could the pilgrimage be due to Liverpool not having enough good acts? Or not enough good venues? Or simply not enough ravers to justify a night? I don’t think it is due to a struggling scene - there is some interesting stuff happening in Liverpool currently. I think it simply a case of Sankeys delivering week in and week out!
Have you ever had an unforgettable night in Liverpool? Yeah I have, I was there a month ago for Kim Ann Foxman, it was class! Anything booked in that you’re really looking forward to? Any up and coming artists? Yeah, really excited to play alongside DJ W!ld and Benoit & Sergio on 9th April, DJ W!ld was the pick of the DC10 residents this summer for me…
Do you promote local talent? Where should we send our mix tapes to? Yeah of course – email me a Sound Cloud link! joe@sankeys.info
“He has a certain rapport with the up for it Liverpudlians; there’s chemistry but I can’t explain it!”
Who are you really loving at the moment? Who has rocked your socks off? Henrik Schwarz! Always!
Sankeys won DJ Mag’s Best Club in the World Award for 2010 - can you explain what it is that got Sankeys to that coveted no.1 spot? A loyal fanbase, people who attend Sankeys are very passionate about their favourite club and there way of showing this was voting us #1!
For a club to have lasted so long, and continued to evolve and keep right at the fore of music is an incredible achievement. What is the essence of Sankeys that keeps the club packed week in, week out? Sankeys never rests on its laurels - we are always striving to learn, change, grow and improve. It is this dynamic nature that has allowed, and will continue to allow for longevity in the often tricky world of nightclubs. This willingness to evolve is what keeps clubbers interested.
April’s looking like a packed month, what with two huge bank holidays and a very special Jackathon on Sunday May 1st - can you give a bit more detail about what to expect in April? Which party are you looking forward to the most?
(Checks whiteboard in the office.) We’re doing 14! There are only 30 days! It’s an action packed month, with as diverse a genre range as ever. The party I am looking forward to most is DJ W!ld and Benoit & Sergio on the 9th. DJ W!ld was the pick of the Circo Loco residents in DC10 this summer, Benoit & Sergio are white hot property at the minute too, a lot of buzz in Manchester for this line-up. (Also I’m closing up in the main room after DJ W!ld on this date = maybe that’s why I am little biased to choose this as it’s the one I’m most looking forward to, maybe…) It’s a massive month for Sankeys and I can’t wait for it – we’ve also got two full on bank holidays featuring everyone from Basement Jaxx to Calvin Harris, Art Department to Federation and Laid Back Luke to Jamie Jones. Plus a full Sunday May 1st Jackathon with Heidi, Steve Bug, Dixon, Wolf and Lamb and Soul Clap!
Laidback Luke appears to be a huge hit with Liverpool’s clubbers when he plays at Sankeys - why do you think this is? He has a certain rapport with the up for it Liverpudlians; there’s chemistry but I can’t explain it!
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Fri-01-Apr. Bugged Out! Fake Blood - Spektrum: Ramadanman, Pearson Sound, Ben UFO (Hessle Audio)
Sat-02-Apr. Zoo Project Evan Baggs, Federico Grazzini, Michael James, Gow, Nic and Kaleb, Rob Knight, Ellesse and Pete Zorba
Weds-06-Apr. Wednesday Special Prostitutes & Policemen, Crookers
Sat-09-Apr. Sankeys Carnival DJ W!ld, Benoit & Sergio, OD Muzique and Jozef K
Easter Weekend
Fri-08-Apr. Oh My God! Fabio, Ed Rush, Cyantific, N-Type, Wilkinson Fri-15-Apr. Sankeys Friday Mark Knight, Oliver Lang Fri-22-Apr. The Easter Haรงienda From Manchester to Japan with Love x Basement Jaxx (DJ Set), Justin Robertson, Peter Hook, Jon Dasilva, Dave Haslam ยฃ15 Adv. All proceeds will go to various disaster charities in Japan to offer some relief to the worse stricken areas. Fri-29-Apr. Sankeys Friday Laidback Luke, Oliver Lang, Dillan Joseph Fri-06-May. Eddie Halliwell 100th Fire It Up Radio Show Event: Eddie Halliwell, Micheal Woods, Jordan Suckley, Matt Everson Fri-13-May. Oh My God! Sigma, Futurebound, Matrix, DC Breaks + more Fri-20-May. Bugged Out! Presents Nightslugs: L-Vis 1990 & Bok Bok, Egyptrixx (Live), Boddika, Jam City Fri-27-May. Sankeys Friday The Swedish House Mafia After Party: Axwell, Steve Angello, Sebastien Ingrosso + support 10.30pm-6.30am
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Sat-16-Apr. Disco Electronica Cassy, OD Muzique Sat-23-Apr. Sankeys Carnival Easter Special! Matthias Tanzmann (DC10/Moon Harbour), Art Department + more Sat-30-Apr. Hot Natured Party Jamie Jones, Lee Foss, Richie Ahmed, Connekt DJs, LaLoop Sat-07-May. Sankeys Carnival Reboot, Alex Picone, OD Muzique Sat-14-May. Kaluki 5 years of Leftroom with: Matt Tolfrey, Subb An, Ellesse and Pete Zorba Sat-21-May. Disco Electronica Presents Monza Ibiza Launch Party: Nima Gorji, OD Muzique Sat-28-May. Sankeys Carnival Martinez Brothers, Ellesse, Connekt DJs
Thur-21-Apr. Bank Holiday Easter Thursday Benny Benassi, Oliver Lang Sun-24-Apr. Bank Holiday Federaton Royal Wedding Bank Holiday Thur-28-Apr. Sankeys Royal Thursday Calvin Harris (DJ Set), Ellesse Sun-1-May. Kaluki Heidi Presents The Jack-A-Thon: Steve Bug, Heidi, Dixon, Wolf+Lamb, Soul Clap, Ellesse and Pete Zorba Sun-29-May. Bank Holiday Sunday Federation
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The problem with Liverpool is... WORDS: Lorne Ashley http://www.myspace.com/picturebookofficial PHOTOGRAPHY: A brave man/woman
“...FUCK YOU to the oompa-lumpa and Alicantégoing motherfuckers that prowl around outside its windows, spreading GaGa smelling Chlamydia with every footstep.”
What’s next? What the fuck are we waiting for? The weekend? Korova to re-open? A new music genre to whip us into a frenzy (where would we even hear it)? More money? Firstly, thank fuck for Chibuku and Cream for consistently providing massive line-ups that keep us on the map but trying to explain what we all miss from the ‘good old days’ will no doubt be impossible… but let me give it a try… Magnet, as a prime example, is something I miss about getting fucked up in Liverpool. Fun. Friends. Cheap CHEAP alcohol. 6am finishes. Meeting people you’ve never met before. Hearing things you’ve never heard before. Hearing jams you’ve not heard in years. JagerBomb Tuesdays. ‘Me Nan Loves’ Thursdays. Massive sound systems that hardly fit in the place. Strange bookings. The predictable but awesome bookings. And, finally, reaching my point EXCITEMENT in nightlife and a feeling like you belong. Does anyone remember when we used to talk about how excited we were for ‘Joe Bloggs’ who was playing (we all knew where!) and how we all used to (and still do) reminisce, referring to ‘Joe Bloggs’ as a pin point? When was the last time we had a night ‘like that’? When was the last time you genuinely had a good night out in town? And I’m not taking about the usual laugh with your mates you have every weekend. You will have a laugh with them anywhere. What I mean is you actually got excited about an event/DJ/band and danced until you have to crawl to a taxi at the end of the night?! I think I can safely say that it feels like the oldies are taking over this city. It is poetic justice though, that the student, the intruder, is eventually pushed out of a creative driving seat of a city they never had a licence for. But when a city ignores the youth of the country, the youth will switch off leaving a blanket of unimaginative gunk in a bleak darkness. The same darkness where a drunk dawn and a k-holed dusk used to meet up, fuck, and create artists like The Streets and Digital Mystikz, who went on to change a whole lot for us in our last lulls. I believe that we are on the brink of a transition. More and more people are agitated at spending money on shit, pointless and non-life-affirming nights out. And this is where I am right now…. I am bored fucking shitless of walking from bar to bar, waiting to hear a good song. Every fucking place plays the same bollocks. To say I’m angry about this would be an understatement. I’ve played in a lot of bars up and down this city. Faceless DJ’ing, where all you need to do is put on the right flavours… but there seems to be only one flavour in this city...The DJ literally doesn’t have to change playlist for any venue at all. I could tell you horror stories of just how little difference there is per set, per venue. The amount of times I’ve been fired for playing something that people don’t know, that you and I would laugh at for being considered ‘obscure’… gems like Bonobo’s ‘Eyesdown’ or ‘Witness’ by Roots Manuva! I’ve even been fired for tweeting about my disappointment of a very unimaginative clientele that I was playing to… but i guess that’s my own fault for being so arrogant… but where’s the fun in asking for songs that you know every word to and have heard every night since it was released nearly 40 years ago?! I think we’re ready for a change though - playing at the Waxxx house party the other week was
incredible - you were all so on it! I dug DEEP into my collection for as many jams as I could find, and you asked for more and more - you reminded me WHY I’m here - there is no other city in the country that wants to party as hard we do. We’re being deprived of it every night - its soul, rock and indie, EVERYWHERE. I have one message to the venues around the city - CHANGE. Quick. Hire a DJ that see what they’re doing as a performance. Hire a motherfucking ARTIST. Not some random mate of yours with a ‘disco classics’ CD. Do you have any idea how many years we’ve slipped behind here? Literally thousands of minutes of new music have missed their window of opportunity to push our city forward. That’s why a lot of our club nights suck so hard - its full of shit unsigned bands that wouldn’t have even sounded modern when Beck were in the charts. But it’s a formula that works with the brain dead, I suppose. Like zombies after blood. Mindless chanting and linked arms as they devour their way through the top 20. Night time is scary again. We need to let the DJ’s know that we want some new shit. Some shit that we’ve never heard before. Something that’ll make us go, “WOW, who is THIS! What genre is this? How do you create this? Where do I find more of this?” If you’re feeling particularly rebellious (and bored, I imagine), remind them that those retards that want Rhianna and Black Eyed Peas on repeat all night, the ones that tell you what song to put on and threaten to leave if they don’t hear it NEXT. Remind Mr. DJ, that those people SHOULD LEAVE. Send them back to Concert Square and Matthew Street. We want to get SKANK on the dance floor and pull a bass face, shapes in the air and two step our souls through the night. Liverpool party life is in a lull. Don’t deny it, because I know you feel it too, and we’re the only people who can make a change. I implore you to ask every DJ, every bar staff every promoter for a track you love right now. Let our boredom be heard. Places to go First and foremost, go to D’jangos Riff. Still flying the flag for alternative music. I love that it’s all up in Concert Square’s anti-groove - a massive FUCK YOU to the oompa-lumpa and Alicanté-going motherfuckers that prowl around outside its windows, spreading GaGa smelling Chlamydia with every footstep. Other credit goes to Santa Chupitos who have the INCREDIBLE DJ Buddha (Skanky Panky records) with a weekly Friday residency there (The Mighty Mojo is also getting funky weekly too, which makes for a pretty perfect Sunday night). A quick, heartless, plug for a new night I’m getting involved with at Heebies Basement every Thursday - no name, just strictly electronica in the tunnel room. Everything from Flying Lotus to Pantha Du Prince. But for now, Stay awesome and sorry for shouting. I’ll see you on the dance floor!
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Dear Stephen... Goosing in 2011
WORDS: Stephen Baxendale - stephenbaxendale.blogspot.com ILLUSTRATION: Vanessa Rose Evans
Shagging, goosing, slapping the weasel, whatever you want to kill it, sex is getting weird. Scientists are saying are saying 2011 is the year of experimentation. I know it’s early, but things are only going to get better/worse from here on in. Make no mistake; it’s a fucking jungle out there. You’re going to need to be prepared otherwise you‘ll be up cum creak without a paddle. To give you a feel of what’s out there we interviewed three people off some seedy internet forums on the subject of sex and their sexual experiences in 2011.
The perspective of a slightly creepy 28 year old.
Wisdom from a 23 year old female pansexual.
How many sexual partners have you been with?
How do you define a pansexual?
Today?
It’s someone who is gender blind. Gender and sexuality becomes irrelevant to whether you’re sexually attracted to someone. You just take people for who they really are. It’s about taking a DIY approach to gender and not trying to put everyone in a box.
In total. Around 60 That’s a lot. How did you manage that?
Do you have any preference between men and women?
Freshers week. I’ve been doing freshers week for about ten years now. It’s almost a rite of passage for a fresher to have slept with me. I keep getting older but freshers stay the same age.
Men seem to think that they somehow own your sexuality because you’ve slept with them. They get angry and jealous when you’re with someone else but they expect you to be fine when they want to shag around.
Do you ever question the morality of that?
Have you noticed any strangeness, sex-wise, in 2011?
It’s important to remember women are not like us. You know in Ireland they used to have bottomless well’s that they would throw troublesome women down? When I was a younger man I once got so fucked and tried to dig such a well outside a bar. The only thing that stopped me was the bouncers. They beat the shit out of me.
I’ve noticed guys are getting crazier. I was with this guy last week; he stopped halfway through sex and said “I’ve had enough of this shit”. He stormed out and slammed the door. He came back in and stole a bottle of gin off my dresser, he looked me right in the eyes and said “I’m going to drink this!”
Any sex tips for our readers for 2011? Getting as much height as possible in the bedroom. Positions like the spider monkey and the jackhammer are really big on the circuit at the minute. It’s important to keep your sexual arsenal up to date.
Then he was gone for a long time. I assumed he’d gone home. He came back in to my room around 15 minutes later stinking of oil. When I checked in the morning the fucker had eaten all my meat and potatoes, I think he tried to deep fry the lot in a booze hunger and then ate it half raw off of the work surface. He slept on the floor like a dog for the rest of the night. In the middle of the night he began crying and pounding the floor. When I asked him what was up, he told me to “Shut my damn mouth!” In the morning I asked if I could walk him the bus station. He said “No. No not at all, I have to leave immediately, and you wouldn’t be able to keep up the pace”. The he ran out the door and then past my window. Screaming the entire time. Any sex tips for our readers? Men need to stop thinking that drugs and sex is a good combination. You may be able to last forever but being endlessly banged at a party, in a toilet by a wild eyed fiend is less appealing then most men think.
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A warning from a 50 year old man. Do you still maintain an active sex life? Too active. How so? My wife was made redundant last year. She’s had a lot of spare time and has discovered the internet. She’s been going through a sexual reawakening. It was good at first, she was finding new ways to spice it up and for us to be more intimate. It all went to shit when she fell in with the perverts. It’s like she’s Dante, except she’s climbing a mountain of porn, the soft core at the bottom and terrifying perversions at the top. Last night she was asking me to do all sorts but that’s another story. What’s the most disturbing thing that she’s been in to? For months she was really into using food. You know, girls using things that represent a phallic symbol. She kept showing me different food groups. I almost went insane. I used to work at supermarket, a month ago they asked me to restock the cucumber and carrots. I cried for an hour. They fired me last week. I’m sorry. That’s very sad. There’s no escape to it now. I don’t know what will be waiting for me when I get home. It could be anything, a strap on aubergine, pleasure ‘eggs’………anything. One more prevision and I’m done for. It will all be over. I’ll be ruined. Any sex tips for our readers? Stay away from the internet. And perverts.
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Projects WORDS: Orla Foster PHOTOGRAPHY: Rogelio Narito
“This guy I met at a party climbing the roof in his Snoopy pants: Head of Communications at a t-shirt company, churning out XXXXS vests adorned with dystopian fairytales and saviours of black metal.”
One thing I didn’t predict during my student days was the need to have projects afterwards. You know, accomplish things, succeed. I thought we’d all just graduate, get some job inputting data and decompose. I didn’t realise there was this other option.
the angel of death. A hole puncher is my pride and joy, trips to the kitchen to fix an instant coffee are treated with the gravitas of an anniversary. Why, even toilet breaks are a treat in this place. Something tells me I need to join the postgraduate project parade. And fast. What is holding me back?
Where did my peers pick it up? I just want some answers. Every slacker I once knew seems to have developed a new hide. Lashings of savoir-faire, knowing expertise and a whole library of Moleskines. Who are these paragons of poise? It makes me ill.
I’ve been trying, believe me. Not long ago I attended a 48 hour artists’ conference in an effort to become more project-driven. To glimpse at my notepad, I can tell you exactly what I learned: the artist-led environment engages with core notions of dissemination, and that any regulatory structures for a collective should be situated within a time-based sustainable framework.
Plus, the roll call of success just keeps extending. I mean, two of my friends established an arts and culture magazine in this borough of London I never heard of. The other day, they won a Pulitzer for a formatting decision they made in their December issue. I heard some crone on Radio 4 praise the weighting of their margins, and another critic said their use of Futura, while perverse, was exemplary. I can’t compete with that. I don’t even have Microsoft Word on my computer. Another friend just got awarded the keys to his own gallery. At the time, said gallery was just a heap of rubble between a Greggs and a bookies, so he rang around his acquaintances and got them to build this seven-storey grid shell masterpiece where he could exhibit ceramic structures to illustrate the decline of Western manufacture, footage of which was then transmitted across 96 plasma screens within the space. The project was a roaring success, and now he spends his mornings on the phone to movie directors in Manhattan, exchanging bon-mots and making plans to rendezvous for bagels some time. Meanwhile I’m hemmed in with the tippex-abusers in an office prevailed over by
“No!” I would rejoin, first brightly, then dolefully, then at last with tears of unfulfilled ambition flowing down my face. That wall hanging with the cut up CDs free with AOL – back in 1998 – why didn’t I finish it! The copper etching of an orca whale in the sunset, where did that go? My haikus on Diaryland? I could have got these people on my side! It seems that everybody I ever rubbed shoulders with in my life is on the highway to great acclaim. Sometimes I think they’re only doing it to give their parents more to talk about at dinner parties. This girl from my old school just embarked on a music career, critically-lauded of course. Quirky instrument of choice: the accordion. She tours the country flogging songs with choruses like “Weelya weelya wileya”, her newly raven hair hanging in tendrils about her freshly enigmatic face. She must have blotted the bottle-blonde days out of the history books because that’s not how I remember her. She used to curl her lip up sneering “Eee, yirra goat” at anybody who walked past. She wasn’t some elfin thing of wonder back then. But everyone’s so bewitched by the dazzling, hypnotic beauty of it all that they lap it up, and she gets to be revered and adored and in demand while I’m stood at the photocopier of life, trying to conceal legal errors passed to me by some battleaxe fresh out of a Martin Amis novel. The list is endless. Some boy I shared a flat with: commissioned to make promo videos for math-rock quartets. Probably telling math jokes the entire time. A pair of girls from my seminar group: mogulettes of a business selling cupcakes that are every colour of the rainbow and 90% cream. This guy I met at a party climbing the roof in his Snoopy pants: Head of Communications at a t-shirt company, churning
I learned that the process, being outcome-orientated, would both transcend and affirm the spatially-imposed ideological boundary and that it would be necessary to identify a premise under which mid-career studio holders might navigate the remit of hermetic platforms and institutions. The news that artists have their own Cyborg lingo was a revelation in itself. I thought we were just going to slice potatoes in half, carve triangles into them and start splattering the walls with acrylic. Shows how much I know. At last, over drinks and a curry flavoured with notions of external intuition, the real trouble began. As I shovelled chunks of aubergine and the occasional bay leaf into a willing mouth, exuberantly dressed go-getters, keen to mingle, would give me the chance to defend my presence at the event. “Are you an Artist?” each would snap accusingly, eyes darting with ill ease across my now redundant overalls.
out XXXXS vests adorned with dystopian fairytales and saviours of black metal. I don’t know when they came up with this stuff. Do you even remember university? Hint: nobody DID anything. There was nothing taboo in never having seen a morning in an eight-month stretch. An essay handed in on time was received as a tour de force. I never dreamt that all the no-hopers around me, despite the siesta drool trickling down their Jaeger-stained chins, were cooking up all these mega-plans on the sly. Traitors. Alright, working in a drone office isn’t so bad. You get used to the rules and the frowns and the conversations about going to the gym. But being a drone doesn’t stand you in good stead among the project pack — and that’s why I’ve started to dodge social gatherings. Endless nights of nodding politely and cocking a pious ear. People mostly just talking about what e-mails they sent that day and who inhabits what chair in what studio. Still, I guess they do it with more panache than I could ever manage because they’re working up to something. They have Projects. Projects. Projects. Projects. Projects. Let me tell you, I long to have projects, I long to talk shop. I long to take express trains to London and have a smart phone bleeping late into the night when I’m trying to drift off. Believe me, I fantasise about coffee meetings and letting the word “proposal” roll off my tongue, or being able to say “networking” with a straight face. I want to apply for funding to build, I don’t know, a brooch workshop in a European city I know nothing about. I want to schmooze. I want to make a living drawing pictures of cups of tea and every variety of woodland animal. So if you hear of anything, drop me a line. I’m not going anywhere.
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WORDS: Emma Harrison PHOTOGRAPHY: Mark Waugh
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The cuts are upon us and as the government’s mighty scissors come snipping away at our public sector, one area in particular is feeling the pinch. The arts are experiencing withdrawal symptoms like an MD addict on a Sunday morning, twitching, nervous and filled with the feeling that it’s never going to be that good again. We’ve ridden the wave of Labour’s artistic generosity and come down into a black hole of budget cuts. But it’s not all doom and gloom; someone must be salvaging the shipwreck of artistic integrity – surely? Well no, and this is probably going to depress the shit out of you but bear with me here. When searching for a topic for this article, I was informed by Waxxx HQ that the A Foundation on Greenland Street had closed its doors once and for all. Dismayed by the news, I delved a bit deeper and unearthed an almost predictable tale of spending cuts that had comprised the funding for the venue, not an unfamiliar story right now. However, upon chatting to Mark Waugh, the CEO of the A Foundation it became apparent that this wasn’t just a case of public funding pulling the plug on unprofitable endeavours but quite the opposite. Over the last couple of years the A Foundation, through its venues in both London and Liverpool, have taken public funds and raised nearly triple the amount of cash. So not only was it an economically viable operation but also a huge cultural asset to a city that has taken pride in the past couple of years in its vibrant arts scene. The A Foundation provided a great alternative to, and also complimented, the larger galleries within the city centre. The Tate takes pride in its larger than life exhibitions by renowned contemporary artists, whilst collections at the Walker remind us of the magnificence of pre-20th century masterpieces. But there was always room for one more contender in the ring, and A Foundation filled the position nicely. Distanced from the city centre and independently involved in the regeneration of the Baltic Quarter, the A Foundation had credentials that went beyond mere exhibition and instead focused upon revitalising a part of the city centre that had long been forgotten about. Amidst Liverpool’s cultural boom in 2008, the investor spotlight fell heavily upon one area as the city council attempted to lure in big business. But beyond the sparkle of Liverpool One, two anomalies cropped up. One sunny Sunday morning, tired of the usual haunts, I went for brunch in the now closed Leaf Tea on Upper Parliament Street followed by a trip to see the brilliant Tatsumi Orimoto exhibition at the A Foundation. However, the memory of that warm afternoon is now overshadowed by the fact that I now can’t repeat the experience. Both venues have been closed and in their places sit empty remains, surrounded by the debris of neglect. The Baltic renaissance, as short lived as it was, did not go unrecognised. In his opening speech for the 2008 Liverpool Biennial, Andy Burnham (Minister for Culture, Media & Sport at the time) acknowledged publicly the huge impact that the A Foundation had on the visual arts in Liverpool. And so it seems bizarre that one of the venues so heavily involved in propagating Liverpool’s image of a cultural capital has now been allowed to go into administration. And it certainly is tempting to hark on about the unequal geographical distribution of arts funding in general but this issue I feel is symptomatic of a current wider dismissal of the arts. Spending cuts are everywhere, and the arts are top of the list. Who needs galleries, theatre and God forbid, art-orientated educational outreach? Er, we do. In short, the arts awaken aesthetic experience and broaden the cultural scope and critical capacities of one’s mind- but hey, in the age of austerity, who needs an open mind?
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he’s got 99 problems, but fashion ain’t one... MODEL: Uknown PHOTOGRAPHY: Rogelio Narito
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The Bohemia Space WORDS: Matthew Lloyd PHOTOGRAPHY: Rogelio Narito
Over the past three months I have been ritually reading the papers everyday at Mello Mello Café on Slater St. Why? Let me take you back to post-apocalyptic times of late January. The very kind souls at the café had dropped me an e-mail asking if I would be interested in becoming the director, curator and organizer of art exhibitions inside their unique establishment. Having never done anything like this before, I felt I had nothing to lose (not even street cred. I lost that years ago), and believed I could pull off a great show, so I said yes to the opportunity in seconds. The space of Mello is appetising, with windows surrounding all sides and the amount of natural light making it a humble and welcoming place. Not to mention the amount of wall space available for large artwork, and downstairs lies one miniature room and a crypt like space, an excellent environment for a sculpture/installation piece. After surveying all of the café and what space I wanted to use, The Bohemia Space was in the initial stages of birth. I began to think of what type of show I wanted to put on. Liverpool Art Now Part One to me seemed a great way to have an opening show, I wanted to created an exhibition that would show off the best that Liverpool contemporary art has to offer, ranging from a mixture of mediums. January and February were spent finding artists, meeting them, and picking out their best work. Seventeen artists (including myself) and 32 art works are in the show. Some of the artists are from the 161 Collective (3rd year Fine Art JMU Students). Others are from Red Wire/Wolstenholme Art organisations. Some are doing their MA, and others have completed their education and have been living as an artist for a little while. Early March saw work delivered to Mello and two artists (Scot William and Amrita Paul) started their paper wall installations. On Thursday 17th March just past midnight it was hanging time. Myself and the Mello crew; Rob Longson, Adam Millington and Lee Isserow worked right up until sunrise to hang all of the works around the venue. It was a fun, nervous and exciting night I’m sure the four of us will never forget. The artworks in the show are placed in various spots, using the best of the available space. As you walk through the main door, above your head rests three large wooden board paintings by artist Martin Cooke (161 Collective). Titled ‘3 Tony Blairs’, we see the ex-Prime Minister painted three times. One a king, another a pope and finally a clown, appearing very strong as a three piece, Martin Cooke is showing us the chimera of Tony Blair; the different personalities that he portrayed to the public, his loyalty to the royal family, his strong religious views and his cheeky ‘war hog’ smile. Above our heads hangs a marvellous sculpture by former Red Wire member Jayne Lawless. The artist believes “art should be visually stimulating” and she has certainly been able to achieve this in her own work. ‘The Thing That Holds You Back II’ is a red pillarbox - a wooden cage with an old grey suitcase trapped inside it. This personal and autobiographical artwork from Lawless expresses the frustrated reality the creative industry experiences. One only has to see the recent cuts to the arts and the closure of galleries (A Foundation) and the restrictions this creates for all artists to find sources of inspiration. Continuing through The Bohemia Space just before the bar, artist Katie Craven greets us with a huge three-piece painting. Her work at Mello called ‘Ascendancy’ was created particularly for this space and it is extremely well suited to the wall and the whole environment. Made with a mixture of acrylic and pastel, Craven conveys a mixture of free flowing intuitive mark making and figurative painting. A tall female is the main aspect of the painting, with a projecting halo surrounding the back of her head. Other images include other faces and human body parts, even the face of a dog makes an appearance. Along with drips, splashes and dashes of paint, you could spend a few hours viewing this brilliant painting. Starting with the large wall going from one end of the café to the other, we begin with a small oil painting by Red Wire member Colette Lilley titled ‘Bottom’ which is exactly what it is. In the Red Wire studios I saw this painting at its first stages and I really liked it. After it was finished I loved it. You wouldn’t be able to tell but this is one of Colette Lilley’s first ever oil paintings. Colette Lilley is interested in the process of painting, coming from a holistic and spiritual point of reference. Lilley tries to combine the primitive looseness of art that is achieved in the right hand side of the brain, combining it with the precise and technical brain activity performed on the left. You can definitely see this process in the painting. The unfinished edges around the canvas, combined with the looseness of oil colours mix very well to make a technically intelligent painting. Next we come to the interesting artist James Lavott, who has two paintings in the show. One is called ‘Stage Dancer’, an abstract/figurative/cubist artwork full of colour, shapes and movement. The other is ‘Ascension’, almost every time someone has seen this painting they seem to have said the same thing: “What is it?” To some degree I’m not sure. The painting depicts a blue two-tone ghostly shape or being, floating in a sea of space, stars and galaxies. One of the most attention grabbing works in the show, measuring at 150x100cm this surreal painting makes an impact. Seven paintings now by artist Suza Ward, her series of ‘Ska Nights’ are full of personality. ‘Ska Nights’ shows seven portraits of ska music themed characters, from British mobs to skinheads. Suza Ward has picked out particular expressions and fashion accessories, and by showing just a block colour background these works really draw your attention to detail. Suza Ward has a strong style, and is clever in showing the important aspects of the subject. Originally from Vancouver, Canada, Holly Parmley has kindly made three new art pieces for this exhibition. ‘Monochromes’ features three canvas works but no paintings, I would liken it to a performance/sculpture, because her works are made entirely of chewed gum. Blueberry, strawberry and apple are the colours and flavours we see on canvas. Taking up about a full day for one canvas, Holly Parmley has been able to literally put part of herself on canvas. Parmley questions the self and explores expression of pleasure and pain. Feminine issues also play an important role, and as Parmley said “Through these elements, my practice takes advantage of conventions to highlight or blur the tension between irony and honesty.” Opposite Parmley’s work lies the first paper installation by Scot William. Titled ‘Prismatic Self-Portrait’, William has set up 50+ screen-printed pyramids protruding out of the steel beam going across the bar. These black and white paper pyramids show the contoured half naked body of William, all placed at different angles as a group, they look very powerful indeed. William
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addresses his research into his identity and the exploration of one’s self, emotions and judgement. Using the prism shape evokes presentation of personality; how one should look, and how others perceive you. Take a step down to the lower part of Mello and placed on the wall and on the shelf is ‘Magic Made Easy’ by Kate Studley. Two wooden boxes once opened reveal a deep red background with a hand poking out of the smaller box and a full arm posing in the larger box. Using old mannequin body parts, its clear to see that Studley is curious about the theme of magic and illusions. In some ways the artist has made magic easy by creating a still sculpture of what was possibly once a live performance, and even with the use of fake limbs these two delicate boxes are able to contain the fun, unusual and curious aspects of magic. The second paper installation is by Amrita Paul (161 Collective). A sprouting burst of paper butterflies - all a mixture of colours and sizes - fly up and around the wall as if trying to fly away. I first came across her work while walking around the LJMU Fine Art department and I immediately knew that it would work well in The Bohemia Space surroundings. Paul’s beautiful arrangement of her paper butterflies is a joy to behold. Her concepts come from Buddhism and research into her personal history, making an exploration into her own past and trying to discover more about herself. Each butterfly seems to carry its own identity, one full of life and as a group they bring warmth and calmness to the onlooker. Next we come to ‘The Tower’ made from perspex by Rosalind Hargreaves, nested inside the box space on the wall. This striking see-through pointy tower protects a collection of perspex feathers. The two shapes, although very different complement each other, the clever juxtaposition of manmade and natural shapes have a lightness about them, giving the piece fragile but potent appearance. Above is Liverpool based artist Cherie Grist (Wolstenholme creative space.) Her 60x60cm pure abstract painting ‘Because We’re Us’, made using a mixture of paints and a vast array of colours is painted straight onto wallpaper, creating lumps and bumps as the paper has broken and creased. This animates the painting, allowing it to breathe. Grist takes everyday life as her inspiration; painting to free her mind whilst making sure her process is intuitive. Grist’s extremely fabulous expressions earned her a spot on the shortlist for last year’s John Moores Painting Prize. With abstract work like this it can take years to find your own style but Cherie Grist seems to have found hers early on. From one abstract work to another, former Curve Gallery member Thomas Williams’ work hardly leaves any wall space as it hangs from the largest wall in The Bohemia Space. This massive lime green abstract pointy canvas work just screams motion, and looks like it’s trying to escape from its wooden frame. The lycra surface of the painting has been stretched over a wooden structure that shoots out of the wall. The brush strokes are achieved by moving the paint over wet PVA glue, creating mixed sharp rainbows. This sculpture/painting challenges the traditional notion of typical abstract work; Thomas Williams is able to give the work a physical presence and a sense of visual stimulation. As we appear on the stage at Mello, above the door leans one of Wolstenholme artist John O’Hare’s painted pallets. Standing high with red and purple wooden parts, O’Hare’s ‘Pallet Series’ sees the artist take standard wooden work pallets and gives them a new identity. Bringing elements of pop art, the artist paints the pallets in bold solid colours and then with a black marker pen highlights the marks and grooves in the wood, making the pallet seem weightless and cartoon-like. O’Hare’s ‘Pallet Series’ is an ongoing experiment where he wants leave the pallets around certain locations or in industry so that he can document their use. Located very high above the stage like a flag of protest, lies work made by none other then yours truly, Red Wire artist Matthew Lloyd. Made out of a lengthy white piece of wood and frame and using just a black oil stick, I wrote four words: ‘GOD SLAVE THE QUEEN’. I don’t tend to mess about when trying to get my message across so I find in some ways its best to just write it down, and express it. My painting titled ‘Volitional Rapport 1’ is a minimal text painting, which plays humour and harshness to the British national anthem. In this painting, I question the hypocrisy of British Culture, patriotism, God and The Royal Family. By only adding the letter ‘L’ into the mix of ‘Save’ I am able to change its full meaning and emotion, thus making a simple text painting, a strong and emotional piece of work. The final pieces of work lie downstairs. We see another of John O’Hare’s painted pallets, this time red and green. We see that the two holes in the wall have been taken up by 161 collective artists Bob Barrows and Tom Wray (a perfect location choice if I do say so myself). Barrows gives us one of his videos where you have to look through a peephole to watch. You are then greeted with Barrows’ face jittering away, giving the impression of someone being trapped inside the wall. The video is from an ongoing series of work where the artist documents the creation of an idea, the process and production, and the final outcome. (For more information about Bob Barrows’ piece please refer to Waxxx Vol 3 where I wrote a full review on the 161 collective’s work.) Last but not least 161 artist Tom Wray has placed his floating coffin inside the dark crypt-like space, creating a very creepy, magical and intriguing sculpture/installation. Wray’s perfect coffin pays tribute to his personal life and also questions morality. Both fantastic artists have the ability to create unique art pieces that are able to work in different locations, whether in a house or café space, making them work to their full ability. (For more info on Tom Wray’s work please refer to the 161 Collective review in Waxxx Vol 3.) The opening night on 18th March went off without a hitch, and was busy right from opening time till the early hours of the morning, creating a brilliant atmosphere in the café. I wanted to put on a exhibition that showed off the best of Liverpool art but also the variety that art has to offer in all mediums, which I believe to have achieved. I would just like to thank everyone who made it to the opening night, thank you to all the artists in the show, thank you to Mello Mello café crew for giving me this opportunity, and big thanks to Rob Longson, and Adam Millington. Liverpool Art Now Part One is on show at the Bohemia Space till the 30th April. Mon-Sat 13:00 - 23:00. www.thebohemiaspace.tumbler.com
The Bohemia Space’s next show in the summer will be Contemporary Drawing with a late night Artists’ Book Fair. Interested in being part of it? Contact me on lloyd_untitled@hotmail.com Upcoming reviews in future Waxxx Magazines; •The 161 Collective have their 2nd house exhibition. •Rene Magritte Comes to Tate Liverpool. •Liverpool has its Light Night.
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Waxxx On Film WORDS: Charles McIntyre
What’s Coming... At the Oscars!
Ones to Watch
The Review
Instead of ranting about the irreversible decline of the American and British film industry, I thought that this month I’d spoil you with a non-rantish-in-anyway-whatsoever run down of the Oscars – how they should have been.
Meek’s Cutoff – Released 15th April 2011
Submarine – Released 18th March 2011
If you thought the Western season ended with True Grit, then you were wrong. Meek’s Cutoff is a modest little cowboy yarn that promises big things. It follows three families who hire mountain man Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood) to guide them across the frontiers of America in 1845. The ‘Cutoff’ is Meek’s promised shortcut to safety, but things don’t go exactly to plan... Lost and hungry, the appearance of a Native American wanderer leads them to question their allegiances.
Directed by: Richard Ayoade
Firstly, let’s get something straight. GIVE OSCARS IN THE RIGHT YEAR. In the 2009 ceremony, Jeff Bridges was awarded the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in CRAZY HEART. You remember – the sloppily directed melodramatic snore-fest that made country and western fans out of us all. Now, I’m not saying Jeff Bridges shouldn’t be given an Oscar, but I am saying that he should be given it for acting in a good film, like, oh I don’t know, True Grit. Instead, Colin Firth got the Oscar this year for The King’s Speech – the weepy eyed, monarchistic drivel that newspapers want us to watch.
Michelle Williams is the biggest name here, but it’s a good chance to see her flesh out a role in a slow paced drama, instead of just being an underused extra (check out Synechdoche, New York). It also features Paul Dano who is bound to bring something interesting to the wagon (see There Will Be Blood for some truly ‘out there’ acting). Undoubtedly worth looking in to.
Firth gave a truly Oscar deserving, and almost entirely unrecognised, performance last year in A Single Man (the same year The Hurt Locker got Best Picture over A Single Man...Come on!) but that film was about gay people, and “the Academy” had already given the token ‘We’re not homophobic, honest!’ award to Sean Penn for playing Harvey Milk the year before.
A Small Act – Released 15th April 2011
This is the Academy award IOU scheme in full flow. “As long as everyone in existence eventually gets an Oscar, who cares what film it’s for?!” And to top it all off Christian Bale gets Best Supporting Actor – because apparently we should reward alleged family beating lunatics. Good work judges, darn good work.
The documentary follows Chris Mburu, a United Nations Human Rights Activist from Kenya who was able to achieve his position and education thanks to a scholarship provided by his Swedish benefactor, Hilde Black.
Enough cynicism, here is the list of awards that matter, let us call them ‘Charlies’* – simply giving recognition where recognition is due... *’Charlie’ being me, not the Sheen variety. And yes, I am winning. Best Film Charlie While True Grit was brilliant, the real hidden gem of 2010 was Winter’s Bone. About as close as you’re going to get to ‘real America’ on film. Superb. Best Animated Feature Film Charlie Did someone jokingly include Toy Story 3 on this list, or should I just kill myself now? The Ilusionist is the hands down winner. Poignant, funny (actually funny, not ‘There’s a talking toy who understands my life!’ funny) and beautifully made. Best Actress Charlie Yes, Natalie Portman can dance, but the best acting performance belongs to Jennifer Lawrence for Winter’s Bone.. Unexpected, unrivalled perfection. Best Actor Charlie Jeff Bridges deserved it for True Grit over Crazy Heart, but the true winner here has to be Javier Bardem in Biutiful. Even better than his performance in No Country For Old Men. Staggering. Best Supporting Actress Charlie Considering she probably has the most screen time in True Grit, it seems odd that Hailee Steinfeld should be grouped here, but what can you do? Best Supporting Actor Charlie John Hawkes is best known for his portrayal of Sol Star in Deadwood, but he went one better with his intricately constructed performance in Winter’s Bone. Pure Charlie material. Best Director Charlie Not a great deal of choice here, but let’s stop fooling ourselves and admit that the best directors are Joel and Ethan Coen. It’s just plain embarrassing to keep pretending otherwise. That’s your lot. I could go into the lesser categories, but do any of us really care, or know, what they are? Feel free to send in your designs for the Charlie trophies...
Bored of watching documentaries about fat kids on TV? Well fear not, there is a whole world out there full of stuff that actually matters, and A Small Act offers an insight into that rarely glimpsed reality.
In the film Chris searches for his benefactor, and sets up a scholarship program of his own to help those in the position in which he found himself as a child. Filmed at the time of the Kenyan crisis, this documentary shows the importance of charity and kindness, and the spirit of perseverance in the worst of circumstances. I’d choose that over 400 Tonne Fatso any day... Tracker – Released 29th April 2011 Another Western of sorts, (I’m not obsessed, honest) Tracker is set in the turn of twentieth century New Zealand. Ray Winstone stars as a Boer War guerilla hired to track down and capture a Maori (Temuera Morrison - or Jango Fett from Star Wars Episode II *shudders*) accused of killing a British soldier. An unlikely friendship entails, etc. This is actually familiar territory for Winstone, who also starred in John Hillcoat and Nick Cave’s love child The Proposition. But, if you know acting when you see it, you’ll know that Jango and the fat guy with the worst movie accent ever from The Departed aren’t always the most ‘convincing’ performers at the best of times. Let’s hope they don’t waste the potential offered to them here.
We all vaguely remember the ‘original’ Dixon Bainbridge. Slender, gruff voice, unconvincing moustache. It seemed right that the irrationally self-assured Matt Berry should replace Richard Ayoade as Vince and Howard’s arch nemesis in The Mighty Boosh. No one missed Ayoade’s lacklustre facial wig, and if it wasn’t for his later and much loved roles in Garth Marenghi’s Dark Place, Man to Man With Dean Leaner, ADBC and The IT Crowd, he probably would have disappeared into obscurity. But it turns out that as well as snagging himself a career in comedy acting, Ayoade has been directing many of his TV shows, gradually accruing the skills necessary to make what may possibly be the best film ever to come out of (or at least partially filter through) Wales. Submarine is based on the novel of the same name written by Joe Dunthorne. It chronicles a period of time in the life of Oliver Tate, a pubescent Swansea schoolboy who juggles the age old crises of sustaining his first relationship whilst trying to save his parents’ marriage. Tate (played by the soon to be everywhere, and occasional Bill Hicks lookalike, Craig Roberts) is an endearing and refreshingly alternative narrator. Forgoing the ‘trendy nerd’ tendencies perpetuated by the mind draining Superbad and the like, Tate is portrayed as a shady, only partially formed person (not just a ‘quirky arsehole’, this guy is actually interesting), brimming with rights and wrongs that don’t teeter on the outcome of a special effects laden car chase, or massive drug fuelled orgy, or whatever kids are meant to do now. A few familiar faces pepper the plot, with Paddy Considine, Sally Hawkins and Noah Taylor forming the heavyweights, a couple of Gavin and Stacey regulars supporting (it’s set in Wales so I guess they only have a few actors?), and even a Ben Stiller cameo (all gasp). The cast settle in nicely to the humble Welsh (but not too Welsh – a tolerable level) surroundings, gently pulling you into the characters’ lives. The film’s believability is achieved through Ayoade’s invariably brilliant script, which is hilariously realised. I rarely laugh (let alone in cinemas) and I audibly chuckled at several moments – trust me, that makes this film funny. It gets cringeworthy, but without the overkill you get from an episode of Extras. Ayoade balances the humour very well indeed. You wouldn’t be far off in comparing it to The Squid and the Whale. Although it does lack a certain degree of resonance and darkness, Submarine is not completely starved of meaning (the Submarine/waves/change/ emotional turmoil metaphor features throughout). One of the greatest things about this film is that it doesn’t have that feeling of ‘going somewhere’. You don’t have to concern yourself with working out the predictable ending before it happens, because it’s paced perfectly, and it has a sense of reality that just about covers up the cracks. A lot of thought has gone into every scene, and that can hold up a film before plot even comes into it. It’s also full of instantly classic lines that I’ve already forgotten, and some of the best playground comedy you’re likely to find. Bring on the DVD. A bloomin’ good comedy, and a directorial début to boot! (To be read in the voice of Moss from The IT Crowd.) Fully recommendable fun, and one of the few British comedies not set in London, which is always a bonus. 8/10
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Waxxx contributor Charles McIntyre is going to Kenya with Actionaid to raise money and help build new school classrooms in the village of Marafa. The classrooms are currently mud-walled and not safe for the children. There are currently no toilets and not enough desks. When it rains, the children donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get the shelter they need, making them prone to diseases and illness from the cold and rain. The improved classrooms YOU can help to pay for will encourage regular attendance and increase enrolment, having a positive effect on literacy levels in the area. Check out his donations page and buy yourself some good feeling. THANK YOU
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Horoscopes
Libra The number of ‘friends’ you have on facebook will peak at around seventy. That’s about as exciting as this month will get.
Scorpio Your response to the question “how do you like your coffee?” to which you reply “strong and black, just like my men” will finally wear thin after 20 years.
Sagittarius The stars say there’s nothing wrong with tightening your belt this month, but beware that this may be the reason for swellings on and around your genitals.
Aries The presence of Mercury in your sign indicates that this will be a good week for you, but the presence of mercury in your tap water says otherwise.
Taurus Although it’s nearly your birthday, don’t forget, no one likes ginger people so make sure the hairdresser covers all your roots you unfortunate freak.
Gemini This week you will claim you have nothing to wear. With Jupiter coming into your bedroom at night to take an item at a time, you’re finally right.
Cancer You won’t get any this month.
Leo Love and passion are in your zodiac sign this month, providing further proof that you are a human and not a zodiac sign.
Virgo You’ll continue to get away with your horrendous crimes against humanity without suffering consequences, although they will eventually get you for the tax evasion.
Capricorn Your religious beliefs will be put to the test this week when you return early from work to find Jesus being fingered by your girlfriend.
Aquarius The rather upsetting and reoccurring dream you are having may turn out to be important this week when you realise it was all real and the bodies in your bathroom were definitely your fault.
Pisces Your tendency to solve problems with your fists will be of significant help this week when discussing your tesco clubcard points.
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