2015-11-19

London, UK: The Sons of Bido Lito have premiered a new video for their single, 12 Commandments. Named after the Los Angeles hangout of their musical heroes (Doors/Love/Captain Beefheart), The Sons of Bido Lito is a band with a difference. Eschewing the more fashionable strands of psychedelia in favour of a darker and more menacing sound; their scuzzy, cinematic music is not out of place alongside the fantastic nightmares of Joe Meek’s more sinister sounding recordings. Their songs are three minute gems, sensual and powerful, drenched in a haunting yet soulful carnival organ, with jangling guitars and pounding jungle rockabilly drumming. The Sons of Bido Lito began to germinate in Sunderland in the summer of 2011, amongst a backdrop of hazy sunshine, leafy trees and some old Sergio Leone film tapes. Creating music drenched in jangling guitars, a haunting carnival organ and pounding jungle drums, their three-minute gems generate get feet a-tappin’ like an old Mississippi blues man. Since then they’ve supported Jaco Gardner and James Skelly & the Intenders, as well as performing at the Stockton Weekender on a bill that included Primal Scream. “We were just buzzing, seeing our name on the same poster as them. And then we [...]

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