SHARDS
The dreamy quartet are making huge strides as one of the leading lights of the Jacaranda Records roster
ISSUE 97 FINAL SAY
As the clock ticks down to the UK’s divorce date with the EU, Wirral South MP Alison McGovern considers how much value we place on all members of society
SOUND CITY 2019 LINE-UP ADDITIONS
Find out who's been added to the line-up for this year's Sound City
Order The 2018 Bido Lito! Journal
Collating and celebrating 12 months in Liverpool’s creative and cultural endeavours, bringing together the story of 2018 in a deluxe, coffee table book format.
GIANT STEPS?
As our city evaluates the impact of 2008, Craig G Pennington asks whether we need to rethink the way we invest in culture.
THE BIDO LITO! NYE GUIDE 2018
Avoid the guff and let us help you pick the best NYE parties in Liverpool this year
ISSUE 94 EDITORIAL
Live Editor Elliot Ryder ponders the long-lasting effects of 2008's giant footsteps
ALL YOU NEED IS LSD
Playwright Leo Butler talks about his new play coming to the Unity exploring the psychedelic revolution
KET WIG CARTOGRAPHY
Drugs and Scouse fashion. Niloo Sharifi broaches the topic to find out whether the city feels itself guilty of drug-induced fashion solipsism.
ISSUE 90 EDITORIAL
Editor Christopher Torpey sees the city as the perfect canvas for great art and great artists to be showcased
JACQUI MCASSEY
A new wave of documenters are giving female football supporters visibility and a sense of belonging in football culture.
FACT AT 15
When it opened in 2003 it was the first new arts centre to be built in Liverpool in 60 years; today, FACT is a central pillar of the city’s thriving arts community. Maya Jones considers how this futuristic building sparked a generation of experimentation in film, art and media.
WHERE IS THE UK’S LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL?
Songkick and Expedia’s latest research throws up some fascinating trends about live music across the world - Craig G Pennington chisels away at the data compiled for 2017.
OPEN 3: AFFECTING CHANGE
Yetunde Adebiyi and Danny Ryder talk about their work in Open 3: Affecting Change and radical politics in Liverpool.
ISSUE 80 EDITORIAL
Editor Christopher Torpey discusses how places shape their inhabitants (and vice versa), as well as the impending return of The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu
SOUND CITY 2017
BIDO LITO! COMMENT | For Sound City to reignite its flame, it must be embedded back within the city itself
ISSUE 78 EDITORIAL
Editor-in-Chief Craig G Pennington digs deep into the findings from our Liverpool, Music City? consultation to find plenty of civic pride
RECORD STORE DAY IN LIVERPOOL GUIDE 2017
Live music, giveaways and rarities - where to get yours on Record Store Day 2017
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