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TABLE OF CONTENTS on the cover CITY GUIDES

46 Charli XCX / Jack Antonoff: Life on the Run

Your comprehensive guide to six vibrant cities from today’s most influential bands.

FEATURES 40 St. Petersburg, Russia From Russia with Love: Pinkshinyultrablast Tours the UK 64 A Moveable Feast with Albert Hammond Jr. Los Angeles, CA 62 Chelsea Wolfe’s 6 Tips for Touring 68 Angel Deradoorian: Earthly Origins 72 Mini Mansions’ Donut City

20 London, uk Ghostpoet Happyness Jamie T Kindness Laurel Palma Violets Shura The Maccabees The Mispers The Orb

86 Paris, France Around the World with David Guetta 104 South Africa Petite Noir’s Worldwide Wave 108 PPL MVR’s Tale of the Secret Song Map 112 Royal Flush: Festival Edition

festivals 82 Toronto, ON Fucked Up: Toronto Long Winter Festival 88 Beijing, China Sounds of the Xity 94 The netherlands Music in the Lowlands

Current Obsessions 114 Out to Sea with Tennis Hometown Buzz The Bird and the Bee share their top 5 LA cocktails Sound Judgment Hotei’s favorite Japanese film soundtracks

food + drink 100 Coffee Talks Avid Dancer, Delta Spirit, Dustin Kensrue, No Joy, The Stone Foxes, Ivan & Alyosha and Surfer Blood meet us at some of San Francisco’s finest roasters to talk coffee.

118 Jester King Brewery, Austin TX 120 Fall Beer Picks 122 Ramen Across America

126 Travel playlists by PHASES

24 Toronto, ON Austra BadBadNotGood Black Pistol Fire Born Ruffians Cancer Bats Grounders July Talk The Balconies Tokyo Police Club 28 Tokyo, jp 5.6.7.8’s Guitar Wolf Masaki Batoh Shugo Tokumaru SIMON Taffy The Knocks Zoobombs 32 Philadelphia, pa Beach Slang Dan Svizeny Hop Along Jukebox The Ghost Low Cut Connie The Dead Milkmen The Starting Line The War on Drugs Vacationer 36 Nashville, tn CAPPA Civil Twilight Escondido Fly Golden Eagle Humming House Ian Saint Pé JEFF the Brotherhood PUJOL Ruelle Turbo Fruits

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80 Stockholm, Sweden A Letter from Peter Bjorn and John

Mixtapes

16 Melbourne, AU Banoffee Dick Diver Fractures Gossling Hiatus Kaiyote Husky Kingswood Miami Horror The Delta Riggs

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Theatres ATLANTA Midtown Art Cinema BALTIMORE Landmark Theatres Harbor East BERKELEY Shattuck Cinemas California Theatre Albany Twin Piedmont Theatre BOSTON Kendall Square Cinema Embassy Cinema CHICAGO Landmark’s Century Centre Cinema Landmark’s Renaissance Place Cinema DALLAS The Magnolia Inwood Theatre DENVER The Landmark Theatre Greenwood Village Mayan Theatre Esquire Theatre Chez Artiste Theatre Olde Town Stadium 14 DETROIT Main Art Theatre HOUSTON River Oaks Theatre INDIANAPOLIS Keystone Art Cinema Glendale 12 LOS ANGELES The Landmark Nuart Theatre Regent Theatre

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MILWAUKEE Oriental Theatre Downer Theatre MINNEAPOLIS Uptown Theatre Lagoon Cinema Edina Cinema NEW YORK Sunshine Cinema PALO ALTO Aquarius Theatre Guild Theatre PHILADELPHIA Ritz East Ritz Five Ritz at the Bourse ST. LOUIS Tivoli Theatre Plaza Frontenac Cinema SAN DIEGO Hillcrest Cinemas Ken Cinema SAN FRANCISCO Embarcadero Center Cinema Clay Theatre Opera Plaza Cinema

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SEATTLE Guild 45th Theatre Seven Gables Theatre Crest Cinema Center WASHINGTON, DC E Street Cinema Bethesda Row Cinema West End Cinema Atlantic Plumbing Cinema

CITY guide

Melbourne Australia As Told By:

CITY SOUNDTRACK

SONG THAT SUMS UP MELBOURNE Banoffee: “Mug” by SEAGULL The Delta Riggs: “Leaps and Bounds” by Paul Kelly Gossling: “Four Seasons In One Day” by Crowded House Hiatus Kaiyote: “Beer Sandwich” by the Fuck Fucks Miami Horror: “Do The Job” by Use No Hooks

Mr Kyeong Woo Kim / Tourism Victoria

Banoffee Dick Diver Fractures Gossling Husky Hiatus Kaiyote Kingswood Miami Horror The Delta Riggs

most common misconception about Australians

That we're all a bunch of foul-mouthed drunk racists who ride kangaroos around the streets. It's always going to be a small portion of people who ruin it for the rest of us. We are a diverse bunch over here and the vast majority of us are the complete opposite of the above mentioned kooks.

— Simon McConnell, The Delta Riggs BANOFFEE

HUSKY

FORMED IN 2013

FORMED IN 2008

SOUNDS LIKE GUMMY SYNTH, BITING WIT.

SOUNDS LIKE A SUN-BAKED RIVER STREAM.

STATS GOING SOLO AFTER PLAYING WITH BANDS OTOUTO

STATS THE INDIE FOLK BAND HAS OPENED FOR THE

AND DREAMY AND DELICIOUS, MARTHA BROWN’S SELF-

LIKES OF DEVENDRA BANHART, GOTYE AND NEIL

TITLED EP WAS RELEASED LAST YEAR.

YOUNG. THEIR SOPHOMORE ALBUM, RUCKERS HILL, WAS RELEASED ON JUNE 2.

DICK DIVER FORMED IN 2008

KINGSWOOD

SOUNDS LIKE HAPPY, GUITAR-CENTRIC DREAM ROCK.

FORMED IN 2005

STATS THE BAND, WHO GOT THEIR NAME FROM A CHARACTER

SOUNDS LIKE CRUISING AROUND IN AN OLD CHEVY

IN F. SCOTT FITZGERALD’S TENDER IS THE NIGHT, CAME OUT

TRUCK.

WITH THEIR THIRD STUDIO ALBUM, MELBOURNE, FLORIDA,

STATS IN 2014, THE BAND RECEIVED A NOMINATION

EARLIER THIS YEAR.

FOR BEST ROCK ALBUM AT THE ARIA (AUSTRALIAN RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION) MUSIC AWARDS

FRACTURES

FOR THEIR DEBUT ALBUM, MICROSCOPIC WARS.

FORMED IN 2012 SOUNDS LIKE A BOUNDLESS, STARRY ABYSS.

MIAMI HORROR

STATS MARK ZITO RELEASED SINGLE “REACTOR” THIS JUNE

FORMED IN 2010

AS A PRECURSOR TO HIS FORTHCOMING, FULL-LENGTH

SOUNDS LIKE AN ALL-NIGHT DANCE PARTY.

DEBUT, OUT IN 2016.

STATS THEIR SOPHOMORE ALBUM, ALL POSSIBLE FUTURES, WAS RELEASED THIS APRIL, FOLLOWED BY

GOSSLING

SOLD-OUT TOURS ACROSS THE US AND AUSTRALIA.

FORMED IN 2009 SOUNDS LIKE SWEET, HEART-WRENCHING POP BLUES.

THE DELTA RIGGS

STATS HELEN CROOME’S FIRST, FULL-LENGTH LP HARVEST OF

FORMED IN 2013

GOLD, WAS RELEASED NOVEMBER, 2013. SHE WAS PART OF

SOUNDS LIKE HEAVY DOSES OF CLASSIC ROCK

THIS YEAR’S AUSTRALIAN OPEN LINEUP.

AKA Second City

PSYCHEDELIA. STATS THEIR SOPHOMORE ALBUM, DIPZ ZEBAZIOS,

POPULATION 4.087 Million

HIATUS KAIYOTE

CAME OUT LATE LAST YEAR. THIS SUMMER THEY

TRADEMARK It’s Australia’s unofficial sporting capital.

FORMED IN 2011

PLAYED AUSTRALIA’S SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS

FUN FACT Melbourne was originally called ‘Batmania’

SOUNDS LIKE INTERGALACTIC SOUL-FUNK.

FESTIVAL ALONGSIDE TAME IMPALA AND BLUR.

after an explorer named John Batman.

STATS HIATUS KAIYOTE HAS BEEN ON TOUR ALL SUMMER — AND EVERYONE IS TAKING NOTICE. FOLLOWING THE 2015 RELEASE OF THEIR SECOND ALBUM, CHOOSE YOUR WEAPON, THE QUARTET IS PAVING THEIR WAY TO BECOMING LEGENDS. CULTURE COLLIDE . 17

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Photo Courtesy of The Old Bar

The Old Bar

Favorite Drinking Spot

— Nai Palm, Hiatus Kaiyote

hang out. — HUSKY

Photo Courtesy of dick diver

Cafe Romantica in Brunswick — all night pool, beer and pizza. It’s a must

Alex H W Khoo

I love getting loose at either Bar Open or Old Bar and dancing my face off.

Best Coffee

MEAT PIES: AS TOLD BY DICK DIVER

— GOSSLING

and you definitely don't ever want to eat one. Okay, so they're kind of a thing

Porgie & Mr Jones in Hawthorn. And they do breakfast all day!

Seriously, those things are fucked. You don't want to know what goes in them at the footy. But I'm convinced no one actually enjoys them that much. They just sit there, burning their mouths with molten animal arse and lips, talking to their mates about how good it is whilst secretly wishing they were eating a falafel or a pizza or something decent: “Faaaaark, how good's this, eh?!” I

Vegemite /'vεd3ımaıt/

Pronunciation: [vej-uh-mahyt]

noun.

An Australian spread made from left over brewer’s yeast.

would go to Sydney Road in Brunswick and get a feta and spinach pie!

best pairing with Vegemite Banoffee: POACHED EGGS. Runner up: Avocado.

The Delta Riggs: Toast and butter all the way. No compromise unless you only have crackers.

Dick Diver: Fresh bread and butter. But it's important there's more butter than Vegemite. Your tellies spreading Vege like a brickie putting down mortar. But it's really salty, you don't need much.

Fractures: Not chocolate. Cheese, on toast, on a biscuit. That’s all.

Gossling: Sliced avocado.

Hiatus Kaiyote: Buttery toast is the only thing Vegemite should be ingested with. My dad used to put it in gravy and that worked.

Husky: Hot toast with melted butter and a coffee (in the morning), a beer (in the afternoon) or a glass of red (in the evening). Vegemite works any time of day.

Kingswood: Cheese and bread. People don't understand Vegemite. They apply it like jam and then complain because the taste is so powerful. Trick is just a light streak on toast, and that will guarantee you pleasure.

Miami Horror: Cheese and butter on bread.

Best of

MEAT PIES Fredo, Frederickton (Kingswood) Hill-Top Cake Shop, Surrey Hills (Fractures) Pie In The Sky, Olinda (Gossling) TOWFD (The Organic Food & Wine Deli), Downtown (Banoffee) Williamson’s Pies & Pastries, Prahran (Miami Horror)

DRINKING SPOTS Black Cat, Fitzroy (Kingswood) Cafe Romantica, Brunswick East (Husky) Eagles Nest, Longreach (Miami Horror)

BEST WAY TO GET AROUND THE CITY

I’m not brave enough to ride a bike with my beautiful, soft skin and fragile bones, so put me on a tram or train. Buses are for chumps. — FRACTURES

Goldilocks Bar, Downtown (The Delta Riggs) Great Northern Hotel, Carlton North (Fractures) Lazerpig Pizza, Collingwood (The Delta Riggs) Milkwood Cafe, Brunswick East (Banoffee)

BREWERIES & BEER Carlton & United Breweries’ Melbourne Bitter (The Delta Riggs) Hawthorn Brewery, Hawthorn (Fractures) Little Creatures Brewery, Fremantle (Miami Horror) Mountain Goat Beer, Richmond (Gossling) No Lights No Lycra (Banoffee) Stone and Wood Beer, Byron Bay (Kingswood)

COFFEE

Dylan Reyes

MELBOURNE OVER THE YEARS

I think the only thing that changes is fashion and music trends; our attitude stays the same.

Melburnians have always been both quite fashion forward and ironic at the same time. They hate popular trends. — Ben Plant, Miami Horror

Admiral Cheng Ho, Abbotsford (The Delta Riggs) Brother Baba Budan, Downtown (Kingswood) Everyday Coffee, Collingwood (Banoffee) Monk Bodhi Dharma, Balaclava (Husky) Porgie and Mr. Jones, Hawthorn (Gossling) Seven Seeds, Carlton (Kingswood) Trunk, Downtown (Fractures)

Music venues Bar Open, Fitzroy (Banoffee) Forum Theatre, Downtown (Fractures) Howler, Brunswick (Banoffee) Northcote Social Club, Northcote (Gossling) Schoolhouse Studios, Collingwood (Banoffee) Palais Theatre, St. Kilda (Husky) The Corner Hotel, Richmond (The Delta Riggs) The Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood (Husky) The Old Bar, Fitzroy (Hiatus Kaiyote)

Angie Pai / Jordan Drysdale

Best Neighborhoods

I grew up in Clifton Hill, and it still has my heart. It is right by the Dights Falls and lush parklands. It’s a short walk to Collingwood Children’s Farm, which is an inner-city farm with its own café attached, and it is walking distance to Fitzroy, Northcote and Collingwood. It used to be old hippie families and ratty kids like myself. Nowadays it’s a bit “skinny latte mum” vibe, but it’s still where I can visit my mum and dad and get the closest to nature in the city.

— banoffee CULTURE COLLIDE . 19

CITY guide

London England Ghostpoet Happyness Jamie T Kindness Laurel Palma Violets Shura The Maccabees The Mispers The Orb

Best Place to Have a Conversation With a Stranger

The Orb: Crystal Palace Park with Ruby our Alaskan Malamute.

The Mispers: Food markets behind the South Bank.

Ghostpoet: Anywhere! I wish more Londoners did but we have our ways, init.

Happyness: The Hellfire Club. It's a big country house outside of London that turns into a swingers’ club every so often. They give out free hot dogs and soft drinks, apparently.

Palma Violets: The bushes on Hampstead Heath. The people there are much more friendly than city dwellers.

Laurel: Unfortunately London isn’t great for this. In fact, nobody likes to talk to each other. Unless they’re drunk, then you’ll make a lot of new friends.

The Maccabees: Nowhere in central London. Except maybe Soho. And DEFINITELY not on the tube. No one's got time for strangers anymore, which is a shame. Go to a good pub.

Jamie T: On the street. It’s a common misconception that Londoners don't talk to each other. Most people are always up for a chat, apart from on the tube. Don't talk to anyone on the tube; it’s seen as an admission of intoxication or insanity.

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As Told By:

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I love being outdoors unless it's raining like hell. Hampstead Heath reminds me of walking around with my twin and mum as a kid and so it's amazing to walk around, climb some amazing trees and go swimming in the open air lido in the height of summer. — Shura PALMA VIOLETS GHOSTPOET

FORMED IN 2011

FORMED IN 2009

SOUNDS LIKE BEING SUBMERGED IN VIVID PUNK LYRICS AND

SOUNDS LIKE A PERFECTLY SMOOTH AND HAUNTING MIX

RHYTHM.

OF ROCK AND RAP.

STATS THE BAND WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY MULTIPLE VENUES

STATS GHOSTPOET, GIVEN NAME OBARO EJIMIWE,

THROUGH THE FALL AND WINTER IN CITIES LIKE PARIS AND BERLIN

RELEASED HIS THIRD ALBUM, SHEDDING SKIN, IN MARCH.

BEFORE RETURNING TO THE UK FOR A SLEW OF PERFORMANCES SUPPORTED BY THE VACCINES.

HAPPYNESS FORMED IN 2013

SHURA

SOUNDS LIKE SOFT AND DREAMY AFTERNOONS DRAPED

FORMED IN 2014

LIGHTLY IN MELANCHOLY.

SOUNDS LIKE PINK, RED AND BLUE SKIES.

STATS THEY RELEASED THEIR LATEST EP, ANYTHING I

STATS SHURA’S SINGLE "TOUCH" HAS OVER 13 MILLION VIEWS ON

DO IS ALRIGHT, LAST OCTOBER, AND STARTING IN JULY

YOUTUBE. HER DEBUT ALBUM IS DUE OUT ON POLYDOR RECORDS

THEY’LL BE GOING ON A US TOUR, HITTING CITIES LIKE

IN 2015.

NEW YORK, CHICAGO, NASHVILLE, AND SAN FRANCISCO. THE MACCABEES JAMIE T

FORMED IN 2004

FORMED IN 2004

SOUNDS LIKE LONDON TRAPPED IN A WAVE OF POST-PUNK

SOUNDS LIKE STORIES TOLD PASSIONATELY THROUGH

NOSTALGIA.

STRIPPED-DOWN ARRANGEMENTS.

STATS THEIR LATEST RELEASE, MARKS TO PROVE IT, CAME OUT THIS

STATS AFTER A FIVE-YEAR HIATUS, THE RAPPER/SINGER/

SPRING, AND THE BRITISH BAND HAS JUST FINISHED PLAYING HUGE

SONGWRITER RELEASED MAGNOLIA MELANCHOLIA IN

FESTIVALS DURING THE SUMMER IN SUPPORT OF THE ALBUM.

APRIL, ALONG WITH VARIOUS SINGLES. THE MISPERS KINDNESS

FORMED IN 2013

FORMED IN 2009

SOUNDS LIKE BUSKER ENERGY THAT FOUND ITS WAY INTO THE STUDIO.

SOUNDS LIKE MELODIC, AMBIENT POP.

STATS THEIR LATEST SINGLE, “WEEKEND,” WAS RELEASED IN APRIL.

STATS AFTER THE RELEASE OF HIS SECOND ALBUM IN

THEY FINISHED A NORTH AMERICAN TOUR IN JUNE, WHICH INCLUDED

AKA The Big Smoke

OCTOBER OF 2014, ADAM BAINBRIDGE TEAMED UP WITH

A STOP IN TORONTO AND AT BONNAROO.

POPULATION 8.63 Million

ROBYN TO RELEASE THE SINGLE “WHO DO YOU LOVE?”AND

TRADEMARK The London

FINISHED A FULL NORTH AMERICAN TOUR IN MARCH.

Underground, also known as

THE ORB FORMED IN 1990

the Tube, is the world’s first

LAUREL

SOUNDS LIKE EARLY MORNING RAVE MUSIC MADE FOR THE CHILLEST

rapid transit system.

FORMED IN 2011

OF PARTY-GOERS.

FUN FACT It’s illegal to die in

SOUNDS LIKE SWEET, HAUNTING POP.

STATS THE BAND CELEBRATES ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR. IN

Britain’s Houses of Parliament.

STATS LAUREL IS POLISHING HER DEBUT ALBUM,

JUNE THEY RELEASED THEIR 13TH ALBUM, MOONBUILDING 2703 AD,

EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED THIS YEAR.

AND EMBARKED ON A US TOUR IN SEPTEMBER.

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Anna Soderblom

BEST PUB

The Old Red Lion in Kennington, South London. It plays great music and is sufficiently out of the way to avoid annoying people. It also manages to have craft beers for people who do that and also fizzy American lager for people (like me) who don't like headaches. They also do great food and have a DIY collection of Bloody Mary

Alex Paterson

Ed Miles

apparatuses at the bar. — HAPPYNESS

BEST Borough Islington, because it’s leafy, park-y, and has nostalgia attached to it, and it’s the home

BEST INDIAN FOOD

of the Emirates Stadium. — Palma Violets

Mirch Masala Cuisine of India on Tooting Bec to Tooting Broadway, or Clifton

BEST CLOTHING AND SHOE BOUTIQUES For men's brogues and boots, there are a whole load of old school shoemakers in Mayfair. Very pricey, but quality shoes that'll last forever. — KINDNESS

Jordan Hughes

Courtesy of Crockett & Jones

Brick Lane. — The Orb

BEST VIEW

Easily the best view of London is driving across Waterloo Bridge, from North to South, ideally from the top deck of a bus. It's on an arc in the river so you get a 180° view with so much crammed in it. On your left is Tower Bridge and the city; ahead of you is the national theatre and the south bank, and to the right is Parliament. Otherwise, the Bussey building in Peckham has a great view over South London, especially in the evening, and the obvious one is Hampstead Heath.

— The Maccabees

UNDISCOVERED GEM Pelicans & Parrots in Stoke Newington. Delightful vintage stuff upstairs and interesting events/nights downstairs. — Ghostpoet

Best of

Pub

View Franks Cafe, Peckham (The Mispers) Primrose Hill, Camden (Palma Violets) Rainham Marshes Nature Reserve, Purfleet (Happyness) Centre Point, Central London (Jamie T) Waterloo Bridge, South Bank (The Maccabees)

Sonny McCartney

Casita, Shoreditch (Ghostpoet) The Dove, Chiswick (Laurel) The Haggerstron, Dalston (The Maccabees) The Hawley Arms, Camden Town (Mispers) The Hemingway, Hackney (The Maccabees) The Latchmere, Battersea (The Orb) The Old Red Lion, Kennington (Happyness) The Pineapple, Kentish Town (Palma Violets) The Roebuck, Borough (The Maccabees) The Spurstowe Arms, Hackney (The Maccabees)

HOW TO FIND THE BEST UNDERGROUND SHOW

Go into any small independent record shop and ask. You can normally find something cool going on in the local area. — Jamie T

Borough Hackney (The Mispers) Islington (Palma Violets) Lambeth (The Maccabees) Southwark (Happyness) Tower Hamlets (Jamie T)

The Camden Pub Crawl, Camden (The Mispers) London’s Naked Bike Ride, Hyde Park (Ghostpoet) Notting Hill Carnival, Notting Hill (Jamie T) The Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair, Vauxhall (Happyness)

Indian Food Ahmed Tandoori, Wimbledon (Jamie T) Bermondsey Curry Den, Rotherhithe (Happyness) Tayyabs, Whitechapel (The Maccabees)

James Perrolls

Event

BEST NEW LONDON ARTISTS

Shura, an old friend who is exploding right now, alt-electro-pop; Jack Garratt, the most talented multi-instrumentalist you'll ever see; Rhodes — stunning voice — we've become good friends having done a few shows together and he gets better every time. — the Mispers

Coffee Allpress Espresso Bar, Shoreditch (The Maccabees) Beamish & McGlue, Lambeth (The Orb) Cafe Oto, Kingsland (The Maccabees) Climpson & Sons Cafe, Broadway Market (The Maccabees) Goode & Wright, Notting Hill (Laurel) Kennington Lane Cafe, Kennington (Happyness) Milk Bar, Soho (Ghostpoet) Monmouth Coffee, Covent Garden (The Maccabees)

Best city-wide event In the first few weeks of me living in London, thousands of people went past my house on rollerblades, all dressed in neon gym gear with huge boom boxes. They do

Honest Jons Records, Ladbroke Grove (Jamie T) Rough Trade Shop, Notting Hill (Shura) Sister Ray, Soho (Shura)

organised rollerblading events — I’ve never actually been able to find out how to join in, but every now and then, in different areas each time, they just roll through! — Laurel

Jack Lawson

Record Store

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CITY guide

Toronto Ontario As Told By:

Austra BadBadNotGood Black Pistol Fire Born Ruffians Cancer Bats Grounders July Talk The Balconies Tokyo Police Club

Austra: That we are very nice. I think Canadians are actually really passive aggressive and say sorry too much.

BadBadNotGood: That we’re all nice!

The Balconies: We all live in igloos.

Black Pistol Fire: That we all have this wild accent. The aboots, and whooses (houses) and whatnot. Don't get me wrong, you get a bit outside the city and it's bang on! But a lot of people in some of the major cities don't have it.

Born Ruffians: We only eat poutine.

Cancer Bats: I always let people down with how little I know about hockey. I played it my whole life but I never follow teams or anything. People internationally are always bummed they can't talk hockey with me.

July Talk: There are impolite assholes here too. We can't all be nice all the time.

Tokyo Police Club: I don’t think I say “about” like that.

Grounders: That we live and die for Tim Hortons. May as well drink a steamy cup of wet dirt, eh!

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Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC)

Most common misconception about Canadians

“In Toronto, there is no definable trait because you can literally find any lifestyle imaginable.

Any life you desire is within the city limits.”

— Peter Dreimanis, July Talk AUSTRA FORMED IN 2009

GROUNDERS

SOUNDS LIKE GODDESS POP.

FORMED IN 2010

STATS AUSTRA (AKA KATIE STELMANIS-CALI) WILL TOUR

SOUNDS LIKE HAUNTING PSYCH-ROCK.

MULTIPLE CITIES ACROSS THE NETHERLANDS, SPAIN, FRANCE,

STATS THEIR DEBUT SELF-TITLED ALBUM CAME OUT

CANADA, AND LUXEMBOURG WITH HER BAND THIS FALL.

THIS YEAR VIA NEVADO RECORDS.

BADBADNOTGOOD

JULY TALK

FORMED IN 2010

FORMED IN 2012

SOUNDS LIKE EXPERIMENTAL JAZZ-HOP.

SOUNDS LIKE BITTERSWEET GARAGE BLUES.

STATS THE GROUP COLLABORATED WITH GHOSTFACE KILLAH

STATS THEIR RECENT NORTH AMERICAN TOUR

ON THEIR LATEST RELEASE, SOUR SOUL.

WAS DOCUMENTED IN A HIGHLY CINEMATIC VIDEO DIARY SERIES, FROM THE ROAD. THEY WILL ALSO BE

BLACK PISTOL FIRE

FEATURED IN THE VIDEO GAME LOUD ON PLANET X,

FORMED IN 2009

ALONGSIDE TEGAN AND SARA AND METRIC.

SOUNDS LIKE CHAOTIC, COUNTRIFIED ROCK N’ ROLL WITH HEART.

THE BALCONIES

STATS DUO KEVIN MCKEOWN AND ERIC OWEN CONTINUE TO

FORMED IN 2007

TEAR UP US STAGES SINCE THE RELEASE OF HUSH OR HOWL

SOUNDS LIKE ‘90S MELANCHOLY MEETS MODERN,

IN 2014.

SYNTH-INFUSED ROCK.

BORN RUFFIANS

TOURING IN SUPPORT OF THEIR LAST ALBUM, FAST

AKA Hogtown

FORMED IN 2002

MOTIONS. THEY ARE CURRENTLY AT WORK ON THEIR

POPULATION 2.86 Million

SOUNDS LIKE POETIC, CATHARTIC ROCK.

NEXT ALBUM.

STATS THE BAND SPENT THE MAJORITY OF 2014

TRADEMARK Well-known for its skyscrapers

STATS THE BAND WILL RETURN WITH THEIR FOURTH LP, RUFF,

including the tallest free-standing structure

ON OCTOBER 2, 2015.

TOKYO POLICE CLUB FORMED IN 2005

in the Western Hemisphere, the CN Tower.

FUN FACT It is one of the most diverse cities

CANCER BATS

SOUNDS LIKE GROWN-UP, NOSTALGIA-LACED POP

in the world with over half of its residents

FORMED IN 2004

PUNK.

having been born outside of Canada.

SOUNDS LIKE FRENETIC, ANGRY PUNK.

STATS THEIR FOURTH FULL-LENGTH ALBUM,

STATS FOLLOWING THEIR ALBUM SEARCHING FOR ZERO

FORCEFIELD, WAS RELEASED IN 2014.

IN MARCH, THEY EMBARKED ON AN INTERNATIONAL TOUR THIS JULY. CULTURE COLLIDE . 25

Jerry Abramowicz

Clifton Li

BEST NEIGHBORHOOD

BEST MUSIC VENUE

The East End is pretty special. I love Little India, especially on a Friday when there

Toronto has too many to just pick one, but if you held a gun to my head I'd have

are lots of street vendors outside selling corn on the cob and other snacks. So much

to say "I'm calling the cops." If that didn't work then I'd say the Danforth Music

good food, and it’s a really nice place to buy cheap jewelery. — Austra

Hall. It's a special place for us. Our last big hometown show happened there two years ago. Confetti, fan karaoke, balloons. It was a dream show for us. Also it has great sound and good sightlines and all that other stuff or whatever.

Viktor Radics

Courtesy Ontario Science Centre

— Born Ruffians

BEST RECORD SHOP Rotate This is one of my favourite record stores in the world, and luckily it’s right up the street from me. Great selection and awesome people who own and work at the shop.

I've been going there since I was 17 years old. — Liam Cormier, Cancer Bats

HIDDEN GEM The Ontario Science Center is awesome! We used to go there on field trips in school, but it's even more fun going as an adult. They have a functioning rainforest, an OMNIMAX Theater, and some incredible exhibits. It's very educational, but

Best Place to Warm Up in the Winter

also pretty neat if you've got a buzz on. — Black Pistol Fire

Austra: Home. I spend most of the time hibernating in winter. It’s a good time to get work done.

BadBadNotGood: One of my favourite things to do any time of year and especially during the winter is go see a movie! Toronto has many unique theatres that show all types of cinema, like Bloor Hot Docs or the TIFF Bell Lightbox. Other than that, there are a bunch of great bars and restaurants where you can get a drink or meal to warm you up.

The Balconies: The Ace on Roncy. Delicious, hearty food with a warm atmosphere. OR, pick up a beautiful blanket at Cambie in Parkdale.

Black Pistol Fire: The Red Room is a great spot in Chinatown! You can get a decent meal, a cocktail, or warm up with some tea from their great selection. They play good music and it's always a great place to hang.

Born Ruffians: Toronto winters seem to be mild and slushy for four months, with one month of life-threatening cold wedged in the middle. Having a place to go to warm up is key, especially if by "warm up" you mean "drink booze." Get Well on Dundas Street West is a fine place to warm you from the inside out. Also they have pinball.

Cancer Bats: Depending on what neighbourhood you're in, I would say my toss up would be between Capital Espresso in Parkdale, Tucana Coffee on Dundas, Sam James Espresso on Harbourd, Dark Horse Coffee on Spadina, Bull Dog Espresso on Church, Black Canary Coffee on Sherbourne, and Jet Fuel on Parliament. That's the best coffee in town.

July Talk: Communist’s Daughter.

Tokyo Police Club: You can’t escape the bone-chilling Toronto winter by something so simple as “going inside,” so in the grand Toronto tradition of vastly overcompensating, I suggest finding the most popular band playing at the legendary Horseshoe Tavern and cramming yourself into the middle of the crowd.

Grounders: We get some pretty rough winters up here so usually when it gets really cold I’ll jet over to my local west end YMCA and soak in the hot tub with old guys until they TRAVEL WITH PURPOSE ask me26 to. leave.

Best of

MOVIE THEATERS Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, The Annex (BadBadNotGood) Rainbow Cinemas & Magic Lantern Theatres, Old Town (Tokyo Police Club) Revue Cinema, Roncesvalles Village (Tokyo Police Club) TIFF Bell Lightbox, Entertainment District (BadBadNotGood)

Bars & restaurants Bitondo Pizzeria, Little Italy (BadBadNotGood) Bombay Chowpatty, East End (Cancer Bats) Communist’s Daughter, Dundas West (July Talk) Get Well, Dundas West (Born Ruffians) Horseshoe Tavern, Queen Street (BadBadNotGood) Red Room, Kensington Market (Black Pistol Fire) The Ace, The West End (Balconies) The Annex HodgePodge Bistro & Catering, Dupont By The Castle (Born Ruffians) The Gem Bar & Grill, West End (July Talk) The Tempered Room, Parkdale (Balconies)

Cafes

BEST TOURIST ATTRACTION Toronto Island is actually a great place to hang out, there are a lot of music festivals and events there throughout the summer, and some great beaches and opportunities to explore nature and have fun. — BadBadNotGood

Bull Dog Coffee, Church Wellesley Village (Cancer Bats) Capital Espresso, Parkdale (Cancer Bats) Dark Horse Espresso Bar, Chinatown (Cancer Bats) Glory Hole Doughnuts, Parkdale (Balconies) Jet Fuel Coffee, Cabbagetown (Cancer Bats) Rooster Coffee House, King East (Tokyo Police Club) Sam James Coffee Bar, Financial District (Cancer Bats) Snakes and Lattes Board Game Cafe, Koreatown (Black Pistol Fire) The Black Canary, King East (Cancer Bats) Tucana Coffee, Dundas West (Cancer Bats)

Breweries Bellwoods Brewery, Ossington (BadBadNotGood) Creemore Springs, Creemore (Black Pistol Fire) Great Lakes Brewery, Etobicoke (Balconies) Indie Ale House, Junction (Tokyo Police Club) Mill Street Brewery, Distillery District (Black Pistol Fire) Steam Whistle Brewing, Entertainment District (Born Ruffians)

Tourist Attractions (that are actually worth a visit) Art Gallery of Ontario, Chinatown (July Talk)

MUST-VISIT

You can’t go wrong with Massey Hall, which doubles as one of the most beautiful buildings in the

CN Tower, Entertainment District (Cancer Bats)

city, period. Like all the best theatres, you can almost feel the ghosts of all the music that’s hap-

Ontario Science Center, East York (Black Pistol Fire)

pened there over the years. They’re doing some big renovations on it, which I’m sure will be great,

Toronto Island, Toronto Islands (Austra)

but I think I’ll miss the old, ass-busting chairs most of all. — Graham Wright, Tokyo Police Club

Music venues Hard Luck Bar, Little Italy (Cancer Bats) Lee’s Palace, Midtown (Cancer Bats) Massey Hall, Garden District (BadBadNotGood) Molson Canadian Amphitheatre, Queen Street (BadBadNotGood) Sneaky Dee’s, Chinatown-Kensington (Cancer Bats) The Dakota Tavern, Downtown (BadBadNotGood) The Danforth Music Hall, East End (BadBadNotGood) The Garrison, Dundas West (Tokyo Police Club) The Opera House, Riverdale (BadBadNotGood) The Shop, Little Italy (Cancer Bats) Wrongbar, Parkdale (BadBadNotGood)

Record Store Cosmos Records, West Queen (BadBadNotGood) Grasshopper Records, Little Portugal (BadBadNotGood)

ON TORONTO’S BEST NEIGHBORHOODS

June Records, Little Italy (BadBadNotGood)

Parkdale has evolved so much in the last few years and I love that it still has a chip on its shoulder.

Kops Records, Annex (BadBadNotGood)

Roncesvalles is filled with young couples and families and is very community-oriented. You have

Rotate This, West Queen West (Austra) Sonic Boom Records, Spadina (BadBadNotGood) Tiny Record Shop, Riverside (Born Ruffians)

everything you could possibly need between the two: Great bars, shops, restaurants, socially conscious butchers like Custodios, Sorauren farmers market, cafes; you're near the water, High Park... need I say more? — Jacquie Neville, The Balconies

CITY guide

Tokyo Japan As Told By:

28 . TRAVEL WITH PURPOSE

Best Neighborhood 5.6.7.8’s: Fussa.

Guitar Wolf: Harajyuku.

Masaki Batoh: Kichijōji.

Taffy: Shibuya is where it's at.

Zoobombs: Shimokitazawa. Lots music clubs, restaurants and bars.

The Knocks: Akihabara aka The Electric City. We are huge anime/ video game fans and this place was basically the mecca of both.

©TCVB

5.6.7.8’s Guitar Wolf Masaki Batoh Shugo Tokumaru SIMON Taffy The Knocks Zoobombs

Things you Find in a Tokyo Vending Machine Soda Hamburger Hot soup Ice cream Beetles Bugs Toys Ramen Noodles Erotic Books Veggies Eggs Udon Noodles

You can pretty much get anything you want to here. But that can be bad as well sometimes, it makes you wonder if you really wanted what you got because everything is so easy to get. But overall, I like this Japanese old saying, "Wherever you live becomes the capital," meaning where you live becomes where you like the most.— Taffy I like the way various things and people flow in the city and stay rather independent from each other instead of being together.

I find it comforting.

— Shugo Tokumaru

SHUGO TOKUMARU FORMED IN 2004 SOUNDS LIKE A VINTAGE TOY SHOP COME TO LIFE. STATS TOKUMARU IS KNOWN FOR USING A HUGE VARIETY OF INSTRUMENTS IN HIS RECORDINGS, INCLUDING FLUTE, KAZOO, AND XYLOPHONE. HE PERFORMED AT THIS YEAR’S HEINEKEN PACIFIC MELE IN HAWAII ALONGSIDE LOCAL NATIVES AND KAWEHI.

5.6.7.8’S

SIMON

FORMED IN 1986

FORMED IN 2006

SOUNDS LIKE GRITTY ROCKABILLY.

SOUNDS LIKE DREAMS YOU’D HAVE DURING A CATNAP ON A

STATS THEIR COVER OF THE 1959 TRACK “WOO HOO”

DOCKED KAYAK.

WAS FEATURED ON THE “KILL BILL” SOUNDTRACK. THEIR

STATS SIMON RELEASED HIS EIGHTH ALBUM RANANCULUS IN JULY.

MOST RECENT ALBUM, TANUKI GOTEN, WAS RELEASED IN MAY OF 2014.

TAFFY FORMED IN 2011

GUITAR WOLF

SOUNDS LIKE THE SOUNDTRACK TO A COOL ‘90S ROM-COM.

FORMED IN 1987

STATS FOLLOWING THE SUCCESS OF THEIR THIRD ALBUM

SOUNDS LIKE A FIERY COCKTAIL OF POWER PUNK AND

PLUS+++, TAFFY RELEASED EP DARKLE EARLIER THIS YEAR AND

NOISE.

EMBARKED ON A US/UK TOUR.

STATS THE PUNK BAND CO-STARS IN THE 1999

AKA Edo, meaning estuary POPULATION 13.35 Million TRADEMARK It’s the most populous metropolitan center in the world.

FUN FACT Tokyo is home to the most expensive restaurant in the world, Aragawa, which specializes in Kobe beef. A meal for one here would cost 35000 Yen (nearly $300).

JAPANESE ZOMBIE FLICK “WILD ZERO.” THEY RELEASED

THE KNOCKS

THIRTEEN ALBUMS BETWEEN 1993 AND 2013.

FORMED IN 2007 SOUNDS LIKE A SOUL LOUNGE REBOOTED.

MASAKI BATOH

STATS TO TEASE THE UPCOMING RELEASE OF THEIR DEBUT

FORMED IN 1984

FULL-LENGTH ALBUM, THE KNOCKS RELEASED THEIR THIRD EP SO

SOUNDS LIKE A WILDLY ATONAL BUT HYPNOTIC TRANCE.

CLASSIC EARLIER THIS YEAR.

STATS FORMERLY OF GHOST, BATOH RELEASED BRAIN PULSE MUSIC IN 2012, AN AVANT GARDE ALBUM THAT

ZOOBOMBS

MADE USE OF A BPM MACHINE TO TRANSFORM HIS

FORMED IN 1994

BRAIN WAVES INTO SOUND WAVES. THE RECORD WAS

SOUNDS LIKE GRITTY, PROJECTED DIVE BAR FOOTAGE.

DEDICATED TO THE VICTIMS OF THE 2011 TSUNAMI.

STATS THE BAND JUST TOURED CANADA IN APRIL AND IS PLANNING TO RECORD MORE MUSIC THIS YEAR.

the knocks' tokyo tour diary photos by the knocks

Lower East Side dwellers The Knocks (Ben "B-Roc" Ruttner and James "JPatt" Patterson) got their name from their neighbors — making music in the tiny apartment they shared right out of college on Avenue C, they were often met with knocks signaling it was time to quiet down. But the dance-pop duo didn’t let that stop them. They’ve since released remixes of Haim, Goldroom, and Santigold, and are gearing up to release their debut album in the fall, which will feature Cam’Ron, Phoebe Ryan, Walk the Moon, and more.

Fulfilling a love of videogames and anime, they ventured to Tokyo this summer to discover that more than NYC, this is truly the city that never sleeps.

The entrance of Mandarake, the famous anime store in Shibuya.

Jpatt on the subway going to Akihabara. We stood out like sore thumbs in Tokyo.

Two Japanese womEn walking from the temple in Asakusa.

The bartender and owner of an amazing bar called Bar Piano in Shibuya. Its off the beaten path and is tiny fitting about 5 people at a time.

Best Coffee

Japanese convenience stores’ 100 yen coffee. This is good, better than Starbucks. — Guitar Wolf

Best Record Store

Disk Union. Cheap and lots of stuff. — Zoobombs 30 . TRAVEL WITH PURPOSE

Favorite Alley Way Bar

Kuni in Sangenjaya. — Simon

Easiest Way to Get around

Local train and underground. — 5.6.7.8’s

Tokyo Over the Years

It became hard to hitch-hike. — Masaki Batoh

Best of

Alley Way Bar Bar Piano, Shibuya (The Knocks) Harmonica Yokocho, Kichijoji (Zoobombs) Inui, Chiyoda (5.6.7.8’s) Kuni, Shibuya (SIMON) Omoide Yokohco, Shinkjuku (Masaki Batoh) Poor Cow, Shibuya (Guitar Wolf)

Coffee Nagi Shokudo, Shibuya (Shugo) SABOURU, Jinbocho (5.6.7.8’s) Streamer Coffee Company, Shibuya (Taffy)

LATE NIGHT HAUNTS ARC, Minatoku (The Knocks) Bridge Bar, Mitaka (The Knocks) Kabukicho, Shinjuku (Masaki Batoh) New Lex, Minato (The Knocks) Tokyo Disneyland, Urayasu, Chiba (Taffy) Tsukui (SIMON)

Girl selling ice cream in Harajuku.

The chef at Morimoto, a famous Yakitori (Meat on a stick) restaraunt in Shibuya where we were staying.

This was a shrine near Harajuku that we stumbled across in A big park. Right as we got there these people were posing for what seemed to be a class photo type thing.

This is the entrance of a famous street in Harajuku where all the cool clothing stores are. This girl had a really interesting look to her so I asked her if i could take her picture.

After the class photo all the students walked in a perfect line away down a path into the woods.

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CITY guide

Philadelphia pennsylvania Beach Slang Dan Svizeny Hop Along Jukebox The Ghost Low Cut Connie The Dead Milkmen The Starting Line The War on Drugs Vacationer

32 . TRAVEL WITH PURPOSE

BEST VIEW OF THE CITY

Beach Slang: Bartram's Garden.

The Dead Milkmen: (Rodney Anonymous) From just below the statue of Billy Penn atop City Hall. Fun fact: When it rains, the water rolls off of Mr. Penn's scroll, giving the illusion that he is urinating on Broad St. (Joe Jack Talcum) The Free Library looking at City Hall. (From this angle it does look like William Penn has his wang out.)

Hop Along: Walking home from Drexel I used to pass over the South Street Bridge everyday.

Jukebox the Ghost: (Tommy) I grew pretty fond of the view from the Ben Franklin Bridge, since it was my daily running route.

Low Cut Connie: The Rocky steps at the top of the art museum looking down over the plaza feeling for one brief moment like a true champion. Then the long walk down and realizing you're still just a schmuck.

The War on Drugs: I actually think the best view of the city can be seen while you're merging onto the Vine Expressway from 95 South — it takes you right through the heart of Philadelphia and is a great moving portrait of the skyline.

R. Kennedy for Visit Philadelphia™

As Told By:

HOW PHILLY HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS

“It's gotten dirtier and braver, more tough and more romantic.

It's perfect.”

— Beach Slang LOW CUT CONNIE FORMED IN 2010

SOUNDS LIKE TIME-TRAVELING TO AN ERA WHEN PIANO-

CENTRIC ROCK WAS NOT A JOURNEY SONG. STATS THEIR THIRD ALBUM, HI-HONEY, WAS RELEASED

THIS PAST APRIL, WITH THE BAND TOURING IN 2015 BEACH SLANG

THROUGHOUT THE US, CANADA AND EUROPE.

FORMED IN 2014 SOUNDS LIKE CLASSIC POP PUNK GARNISHED WITH

THE DEAD MILKMEN

EMOTIONALLY VULNERABLE LYRICS.

FORMED IN 1983

STATS WITH THE RELEASE OF TWO EP’S, THIS NEW

SOUNDS LIKE SNARKY PUNK THAT ALWAYS GETS THE

BAND HAS TOURED ALONGSIDE MODERN BASEBALL AND

LAST LAUGH.

CURSIVE WHILE ALSO HEADLINING THEIR OWN SHOWS.

STATS AFTER A 13-YEAR HIATUS, THE BAND RELEASED

THEY ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THEIR FIRST FULL-

THEIR TENTH STUDIO ALBUM PRETTY MUSIC FOR PRETTY

LENGTH ALBUM.

PEOPLE IN OCTOBER 2014.

DAN SVIZENY

THE STARTING LINE

FORMED IN 2013

FORMED IN 1999

SOUNDS LIKE FUZZY VOCALS AND HEAVY METAL

SOUNDS LIKE BEDROOM POP PUNK YOU BLASTED IN THAT

MELODIES THAT MAKE YOU NOSTALGIC FOR THE DAYS

SHITTY BUT RELIABLE STICK SHIFT YOU INHERITED.

OF CLASSIC ROCK.

STATS THE BAND’S LAST ALBUM WAS RELEASED IN 2012,

STATS SVIZENY’S FULL-LENGTH ALBUM, WHITECAPS,

BUT LEAD SINGER KENNY VASOLI ANNOUNCED ONSTAGE

WAS RELEASED IN JUNE.

LAST DECEMBER THAT THE BAND WILL BE RELEASING NEW MATERIAL THIS YEAR.

HOP ALONG AKA The City of Brotherly Love

FORMED IN 2005

THE WAR ON DRUGS

POPULATION 1.55 Million

SOUNDS LIKE THE KIND OF FOLK PUNK YOU MAKE

FORMED IN 2005

TRADEMARK Birthplace of

ALONE IN YOUR ATTIC.

SOUNDS LIKE AN INSPIRING TRAINING MOVIE MONTAGE

the American Declaration

STATS THEIR LATEST ALBUM, PAINTED SHUT, WAS

FROM THE ‘80S.

of Independence and the

RELEASED IN MAY AND WAS THEIR FIRST ALBUM IN

STATS THEIR MOST RECENT ALBUM, LOST IN THE DREAM,

Constitution.

THREE YEARS.

WAS RELEASED IN MARCH 2014.

served his presidency in

JUKEBOX THE GHOST

VACATIONER

Philadelphia between 1790-1797.

FORMED IN 2003

FORMED IN 2011

He was the only president to not

SOUNDS LIKE YOU’RE HAVING THE BEST DAY EVER.

SOUNDS LIKE SIPPING ON SOME NEO-TROPICALIA.

serve his term in Washington D.C.

STATS THE BAND RELEASED THEIR SELF-TITLED FOURTH

STATS IN 2014 THE BAND RELEASED THEIR SECOND

ALBUM IN OCTOBER OF 2014. THIS PAST SUMMER THEY

ALBUM, RELIEF. THEY’RE CURRENTLY FINISHING UP

JOINED INGRID MICHAELSON FOR A NATIONAL TOUR.

THEIR TOUR WITH GREAT GOOD FINE OK.

FUN FACT George Washington

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Courtesy of Bob & Barbara's

BEST PLACE FOR A PHILADELPHIA SPECIAL (Shot and a Beer) Bob & Barbara's. Go there on Drag Night and you'll never forget it. It might change John Howie

your life or ruin your marriage. Good times! — Low Cut Connie

(Rodney Anonymous) Hands downs, it's got be Frequency Tattoo Company. My friend John Howie runs this place. The guy is a genius (although why a genius would be friends with me is a bit of a mystery, but I digress). John could tattoo the Mona Lisa on a fly's leg (then the fly could join that power trio it has always wanted to jam with).

(Dandrew) Wherever Tingles (a.k.a. Patt Whelan) is working. — The Dead Milkmen

Best Cheesesteak I'm glad you asked. Behind every great cheesesteak is a greater baker. It's all

Best Murals or Sculptures in the City

about the bread. John’s Roast Pork is the place. Don't pay more than $8 anywhere, it's a trap! — Hop Along

Beach Slang: Anything by Yis Goodwin Dan Svizeny: Teen Idols mural at 9th and Wharton THE Dead Milkmen: (Rodney Anonymous) The Gates of Hell on the doors of the Rodin Museum. A friend of mine once saw Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones admiring it. My friend worked up the nerve to ask Ron what he thought of it, but he couldn't understand his answer. (Dandrew) I like the giant clothespin by Claes Oldenburg at 15th & Market, or the Charles Dickens statue in Clark Park. (Joe Jack Talcum) “How to Turn Anything into Something Else,” a collaboration between an art collective and students aged 10 to 15. (Dean Clean) The mural at the intersection of Spring Garden and Broad St. is magnificent.

Hop Along: On the Frankford/Market line, from about 40th-60th street you'll find a series of murals referred to as "A Love Letter For You." I believe the artist's name is Powers and his work brings fresh air to an otherwise pretty dull train ride. We also have the Rocky statue, considered by many to be Philadelphia’s and the world's greatest artistic accomplishment.

Low Cut Connie: Across from Pat's and Geno's at the corner of 9th & Wharton is a mural of legendary musicians of South Philly. It includes our good pals Jerry Blavat (aka the Geator with the Heater) and Bobby Rydell. It's crumbling and needs a facelift, but still lets the cheesesteak tourists know that this trashstrewn neighborhood was a real hot-bed of rock ‘n’ roll and croony gold in the ‘60s.

The Starting Line: Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens on South St. is a must-see spot and it’s massive – it spans three city lots, and it’s like walking into another universe. The work was created by mosaic artist Isaiah Zagar and the mosaics are made up of everything from tiles, to bike wheels, to glass bottles, and it’s glorious.

Vacationer: The fountains in front of the Art Museum. They're beautiful, and people splash around on hot days. It's a nice vibe.

Courtesy John’s Roast Pork

Best Tattoo Shop

Best of

Cheesesteak Blackbird Pizzeria, Queen Village (Beach Slang) Dalessandro’s Steaks, Roxborough-Manayunk (The War on Drugs) Jim’s Steaks South St., Queen Village (The Dead Milkmen) John’s Roast Pork, South Philadelphia (Hop Along) Philip’s Steaks, South Philadelphia West (The Starting Line) Royal Tavern, Bella Vista (Beach Slang) Tony Luke’s Cheesesteaks, South Philadelphia (Jukebox The Ghost)

Black Vulture Gallery, Fishtown (Beach Slang) Frequency Tattoo Company, Upper North Philadelphia (The Dead Milkmen) Moo Tattoo, Queen Village (Jukebox The Ghost) Philadelphia Eddies Tattoo 62, Queen Village (Beach Slang) True Hand Society, Port Richmond (Beach Slang)

Cara Robbins

Tattoo Shop

Valor Tattoo, Bensalem (Vacationer)

PHiladelphia Special Atlantis The Lost Bar, Kensington (Hop Along) Bob & Barbara’s, Rittenhouse Square (Low Cut Connie) Bourbon & Branch, Northern Liberties (The Starting Line) Dirty Franks Bar, Center City (Dan Svizeny) El Bar, Northern Liberties (Beach Slang)

I feel like Philadelphia has somehow wed the high-brow and the unpretentious better than any city I've known (which is a lot). There is economic inequality, to be sure, like every city in the world, but those delineations somehow feel blurred here. Snobbery is uncommon, at least in my experience. People are a less image-conscious and little bit more relaxed—you don't have to choose what category you fit in. Do you love baseball, but also James Joyce? No problem. Do you work for a construction company but play in an art-rock band? Sweet. Are you deeply religious, openly gay and generally wear clothes that make you look like an extra in Tombstone? Welcome home. — Dave Hartley, The War on Drugs

Fountain Porter, East Passyunk Crossing (Dan Svizeny) Lucky 13 Pub, East Passyunk Crossing (The Dead Milkmen) Madira Bar & Grill, Point Breeze (The Dead Milkmen) The Fire, Northern Liberties (Beach Slang)

Record Store a.k.a music, Old City (The Startling Line) Beautiful World Syndicate, East Passyunk Ave (Dan Svizeny) Creep Records, Northern Liberties (Beach Slang)

Siren Records, Doylestown (Beach Slang)

Matt Schwartz

Tina Craig

Dan Svizeny

Liquid Vinyl Underground, Queen Village (Low Cut Connie)

Coffee

Philadelphia has the biggest and best

We have some of the most passion-

Most people who live in Philly grew up

Gleaner’s Cafe, Italian Market, Bella Vista (Vacationer)

pothole population on the east coast.

ate sports fans out there, and that is

within an hour’s radius of it, so they

The city has apparently taken great

such a huge part of the DNA of this

truly love it. It's in their blood.

strides to preserve its potholes, add-

fine city. It’s hard to not get caught

— Dan Svizeny

ing new ones every day. — Vacationer

up in the excitement. E-A-G-L-E-S!

Long In The Tooth, Rittenhouse Square, Penn Center (Beach Slang) Milkcrate Cafe, Fishtown (Vacationer) Philadelphia Record Exchange (Jukebox The Ghost) Repo Records, South Street District, Society Hill (Beach Slang)

Honey’s Sit ‘N Eat, Northern Liberties (Beach Slang) La Colombe, Rittenhouse Square, Penn Center (Dan Svizeny) La Va Cafe, Rittenhouse Square (Low Cut Connie) ReAnimator Coffee, Fishtown (The Dead Milkmen)

— Matt Watts, The Starting Line

Ultimo Coffee, Graduate Hospital (Beach Slang)

LATE NIGHT HAUNTS 12 Steps Down, Italian Market, Bella Vista (Jukebox The Ghost) Bar, Center City (Beach Slang) Divine Lorraine Hotel, Avenue of the Arts North (Hop Along) FDR Skatepark, South Philadelphia (Beach Slang) Fountain Porter, South Philadelphia (Dan Svizeny) Johnny Brenda’s, Fishtown (The War on Drugs) Laurel Hill Cemetery, North Philadelphia (The Dead Milkmen) Loco Pez, Fishtown (The War on Drugs) Monk’s Cafe, Rittenhouse Square (The Dead Milkmen) Ray’s Happy Birthday Bar, South Philadelphia (Low Cut Connie) Silk City Dine Bar & Lounge, Northern Liberties (The Starting Line)

Neighborhoods Clark Park (The Dead Milkmen) Fishtown (The War on Drugs) Old City (Hop Along) South Philadelphia (Low Cut Connie) West Philadelphia (Beach Slang)

Eric Ryan Anderson

Kraftwork Bar, Fishtown (Vacationer)

Philly Does it Best

As far as the Northeast, murals and dog parks! Two noble causes! — Jesse Kristin, Jukebox the Ghost CULTURE COLLIDE . 35

CITY guide

Nashville Tennessee As Told By:

CAPPA Civil Twilight Escondido Fly Golden Eagle Humming House Ian Saint Pé JEFF the Brotherhood PUJOL Ruelle Turbo Fruits

CAPPA: Music, coffee, style, artistic, diverse.

Civil Twilight: Vibrant, creative, fresh, historic, charming.

Escondido: (Jess) Small town, big city. Well, that's four. (Tyler) Friends, music, vibes, cheap, no.

Fly Golden Eagle: Bring your publicist with you.

Humming House: Scenic, eclectic, friendly, comfortable, popular.

Ian St. Pé: Southern Livin Sunshine Good Times.

JEFF the Brotherhood: This is where I'm from.

PUJOL: There's traffic everywhere here now?!

Ruelle: Eclectic, creative, communal, easy-going, expanding.

36 . TRAVEL WITH PURPOSE

photo credit: Jonathan Percy

Nashville In 5 Words

“[Nashville has] given us a ‘get what you've got coming to you’ kind of bent, tinged with a silver tinsel tone that's been tested by the fire.” — Fly Golden Eagle CAPPA

IAN SAINT PÉ

FORMED IN 2009

FORMED IN 2014

SOUNDS LIKE EARLY-MORNING ELECTRO.

SOUNDS LIKE SUNNY GARAGE POP.

STATS THE SINGER’S DEBUT SELF-TITLED EP DROPPED

STATS SAINT PÉ IS THE PROJECT OF IAN SAINT PÉ,

IN MAY 2015 WITH A SLEW OF SHOWS FOLLOWING

FORMER GUITARIST OF THE BLACK LIPS. HIS FIRST

THE RELEASE.

SINGLE “STREET LIGHTS” DEBUTED IN APRIL, AND HE JUST RELEASED HIS EP, SECULAR MUSIC, THIS PAST JUNE.

CIVIL TWILIGHT FORMED IN 1996

JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD

SOUNDS LIKE POST-APOCALYPTIC ROCK.

FORMED IN 2001

STATS THE BAND RELEASED ITS THIRD STUDIO ALBUM

SOUNDS LIKE A GRUNGY SUMMER SOUNDTRACK.

STORY OF AN IMMIGRANT IN JULY 2015 AND IS

STATS BROTHERS JAKE AND JAMIN ORRALL RELEASED

CURRENTLY ON TOUR TO SUPPORT THE LP.

THEIR NEWEST STUDIO ALBUM, WASTED ON THE DREAM, IN MARCH 2015. AFTER THEIR SUMMER TOUR

ESCONDIDO

SUPPORTING MUMFORD & SONS, DAWES, AND THE

FORMED IN 2012

FLAMING LIPS, THE DUO IS OFF TO EUROPE.

SOUNDS LIKE CRUISING IN A ‘68 CAMARO THROUGH THE DEEP SOUTHWEST.

PUJOL

STATS THE BAND’S LAST ALBUM, THE GHOST OF

FORMED IN 2012

ESCONDIDO, WAS RELEASED IN 2013, BUT A RECORD

SOUNDS LIKE A CRUSTY SUBURBAN MOSHPIT.

IS IN THE WORKS WITH THE BAND PREMIERING NEW

STATS THE SCRAPPY PUJOL RELEASED HIS LAST ALBUM

MATERIAL DURING THEIR SUMMER TOUR WITH POKEY

IN MAY 2014, BUT HAS RECENTLY MADE APPEARANCES AT

LAFARGE.

FESTIVALS LIKE SXSW AND GOD SAVE THE QUEEN CITY.

FLY GOLDEN EAGLE

RUELLE

FORMED IN 2007

FORMED IN 2014

SOUNDS LIKE A PSYCHEDELIC DREAM LAND.

SOUNDS LIKE ELECTRO POP WITH SOUTHERN CHARM.

STATS FLY GOLDEN EAGLE RELEASED A 26 TRACK

STATS RUELLE RELEASED HER EP UP IN FLAMES THIS PAST

AKA Music City

ALBUM, QUARTZ (EXTENDED EDITION), LATE IN 2014.

JANUARY. HER MUSIC HAS BEEN FEATURED ON SHOWS

POPULATION 626,600

THEY ARE CURRENTLY ON TOUR THROUGHOUT THE US

LIKE REVENGE AND GREY'S ANATOMY.

TRADEMARK Home to some of the

FOR THE REMAINDER OF 2015.

TURBO FRUITS

most famous venues in the nation like the Grand Ole Opry and The Ryman.

HUMMING HOUSE

FORMED IN 2006

FUN FACT Nashville has the highest

FORMED IN 2011

SOUNDS LIKE SURF ROCK THAT’S A LITTLE ROUGH

concentration of people working in

SOUNDS LIKE AMERICANA BATHED IN SOUTHERN

AROUND THE EDGES.

the music industry per capita than

SUNSHINE.

STATS WITH THE HELP OF PATRICK CARNEY OF THE

anywhere else in the world.

STATS THEIR SOPHOMORE ALBUM REVELRIES WAS

BLACK KEYS AND JEREMY FERGUSON OF BATTLE TAPES

RELEASED IN MARCH 2015 FOLLOWED BY A SUMMER

RECORDING, THE BAND RELEASED THEIR FOURTH STUDIO

TOUR SUPPORTING ST. PAUL AND THE BROKEN BONES.

ALBUM, NO CONTROL, FOLLOWED BY A SUMMER TOUR.

Pooneh Ghana

Rebecca Brogan

Best Brunch

TURBO FRUITS’ PERFECT NASHVILLE DAY

Marché in East Nashville. Hands down. Croissant french toast.

For me, it's this: Wake up in the morning on a ninety-degree summer day in July.

Need I say more? — Ruelle

Meet up with some of my close friends and head out to canoe the piney river. I like to call it "cabrewing". We take some sandwiches and an ice chest full of cold ones, float for a few hours, soak up the sun, enjoy the beautiful jungle-like surroundings of central TN in the summer time, head back into town with everybody, up with friends again and maybe see a show or do some bar hopping into the night! I love Nashville summers.“ —Turbo Fruits

Nashville Convention & Visitors Corporation

Lightning 100's Live On The Green Music Festival

grub down on some good Mexican food, go home, hop on my motorcycle, meet

Best Outdoor Event Live On The Green, free music fest downtown each fall put on by our rad local radio station Lightning 100. — Tyler James, Escondido

Best Music Venue The Ryman! It’s known as the “Mother Church of Country Music” and is a treasure to Nashville, but nowadays you can see everything from Foo Fighters to Del McCoury at the Ryman, and you know it’ll always be a great show.

— Humming House

JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD’S

GUIDE TO WAFFLE HOUSE Where can you get the best brunch? Waffle House.

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Pooneh Ghana

Best place for coffee? Waffle House!

Favorite late night haunts? Waffle House, my house, my neighbors’ house, the house down the street on Elberta that does shows.

Best of

Music venues Exit/In, Elliston Place (Turbo Fruits) Mercy Lounge, Sobro (CAPPA) Queen Avenue Art Collective, Dickerson Pike (PUJOL) Ryman Auditorium, Downtown (CAPPA) Station Inn, North Gulch (Ian St. Pé) The Basement, Edgehill (Escondido)

The End, Elliston Place (Turbo Fruits) The High Watt, The Gulch (CAPPA) The Stone Fox, West Nashville (Turbo Fruits) War Memorial Auditorium, Downtown (CAPPA)

LIVE EVENTS Circuit Benders’ Ball, Fort Houston (Fly Golden Eagle) Freakin’ Weekend, Elliston Place (PUJOL) Lightning 100's Live On The Green Music Festival, Downtown (CAPPA)

Sara Kiesling

The Cannery Ballroom, The Gulch (CAPPA) The East Room, East Nashville (PUJOL)

NASHVILLE DOES IT BEST

Community. It sounds silly, and when I first moved there I hated when people said it. But it’s true.

It’s like one big weird family. — CAPPA

Music City Food & Wine Festival, Downtown (Civil Twilight) Musician’s Corner, Centennial Park (Escondido) Nashville Film Festival, Downtown (Fly Golden Eagle) The Nashville Jewish Film Festival, Hillsboro Village (Fly Golden Eagle) Tomato Art Festival, Lockeland Springs (Ian St. Pé)

Brunch Spots Athens Family Restaurant, Deer Lake (Escondido) Charlie Bob’s Restaurant, Dickerson Pike (Fly Golden Eagle) Dino’s Bar, Lockeland Springs (Escondido)

Marché, Five Points (Civil Twilight) Margot Cafe & Bar, Lockeland Springs (Humming House) Sky Blue Cafe, East Nashville (Humming House) Tavern, Midtown (CAPPA)

Cafes Barista Parlor, Lockeland Springs (CAPPA) Bongo Java, Belmont-Hillsboro Village (Humming House) CREMA, Downtown (CAPPA)

Jamie Goodsell

El Jaliciense Mexican Restaurant, Maynor Place (Ian St. Pé) Frothy Monkey, Arts District (CAPPA)

FAVORITE NEIGHBORHOOD Applewood. They are getting all these new weird "tall and skinny" Tim Burton houses that look like

Eighth and Roast, Woodland in Waverly (Escondido)

the house from Beetlejuice, and they don't match anything around them, but there's this new app so

Portland Brew, 12 South (Escondido)

you can monetize the ghosts in them. It's Airbnb for dead people. — PUJOL

Sip Cafe, Inglewood (PUJOL)

LATE NIGHT HAUNTS Burger Up, 12 South (CAPPA) Cafe Coco, Midtown (Civil Twilight) Duke’s, East Nashville (Escondido) Pinewood Social, Downtown (CAPPA) Robert’s Western World, Downtown (Escondido) Santa’s Pub, Wedgewood-Houston (CAPPA) The 5 Spot Live, Lockeland Springs (CAPPA) The Treehouse Restaurant, Lockeland Springs (Ian St. Pé) Village Pub and Beer Garden, Inglewood (Humming House)

Neighborhoods Applewood (PUJOL)

Mason Poole

The Crying Wolf, East Nashville (CAPPA)

East Nashville (CAPPA)

City Inspirations

Historic Belmont-Hillsboro (Civil Twilight)

Nashville is a pretty unique place in the sense that it literally is music city. It is impossible to go to a

Woodbine (JEFF the Brotherhood) 8th Avenue (Humming House) 12 South (Escondido)

restaurant, coffee shop, gas station, the park, and not meet a musician. We’ve never been anywhere like it. It’s like Hollywood for musicians and songwriters. It feels like music is in the air here and it’s inescapable. — Civil Twilight CULTURE COLLIDE . 39

TOUR Diary

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TOUR Diary

Their music is a clear embodiment of this mentality: with both the release of EP Happy Songs for Happy Zombies in 2009 and full-length debut, Everything Else Matters in 2015, their sound is a stream of beautifully chaotic, shimmery dream rock you can easily get lost in.

Their tour of the UK, and chance encounters with the country’s wind and fog, will continue through the fall in cities like London, Glasgow, and Manchester.

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At the land of songs.

Lyubov and Roman on a coffee break.

Blown away by the wind.

Band members enjoying fish ‘n’ chips.

On the way to Wales. Taking pictures all the time. Great country.

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Day off in Aberystwyth. Enjoying the weather and embankment views.

Sergey enjoying the weather changing every 5 minutes by the sea.

CHARLI XCX AND

JACK ANTONOFF

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Luis Ruiz

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C harli XCX doesn’t get homesick.

Her friend and former tourmate, Bleachers’ frontman Jack Antonoff, embodies

Last night, she partied in Oakland with her bandmates; prior to that she was

Bruce Springsteen and Depeche Mode. And when it comes to the ‘90s, Jack’s

jet-setting across the world to perform songs from her 2014 album, Sucker,

tastes are more alternative: “Smashing Pumpkins and Spacehog — those were

stopping in Latvia before heading over to the States. And today she has just an

my favorite bands when I was growing up. When Weezer first came out, I was

hour to chat with us before her Skype meeting in Seattle, Washington.

really excited,” he says.

“It’s a rare sighting,” she says laughing, referring to how often she’s spotted at

And even though the two have somewhat clashing musical tastes, the

her home just outside of London where her mom currently lives. Though she

idea of them playing together, as Charli puts it, was “so wrong that it was

doesn’t it make it home much, that doesn’t stop her from decorating with exotic

right.” But they do connect on many points, mainly the idea of the tour

tchotchkes and housewares acquired during her travels. When she talks about

bus as home.

another pop decade altogether: His band’s music is a conscious homage to ‘80s

them, she lights up: “I try to find stuff for my house. In Asia, I got [something that] looks like a half-eaten burger, but it’s glass that’s been painted, so it’s

“[Touring is] hard on the people you love, and it’s hard missing people,

pretty funny. And glass sushi, custom chopsticks, stuff like that.”

and events and things like that,” Jack says. “But in terms of [getting] homesick, [the tour bus is] way more my home than anything else. Home

Born Charlotte Emma Aitchison, Charli XCX, now 23, cites ‘90s pop as her biggest

is a space that you carve out for yourself where you feel the safest and

aesthetic influence (the first CD she bought was Spice, by the Spice Girls), and she

the most comfortable. Sometimes if I leave my house I get very stressed

is good at constructing a retro-pop world around herself — even when she’s on

out; what if I need nasal spray or what if I need my computer, or this or

the move. “I definitely was super involved in designing every aspect of my show. I

that? But when you’re on tour, you have all your shit with you, and it’s

wanted it to look like this stupid, dumb, bubblegum kind of fake Tokyo situation.

really comforting.”

I wanted it to be bratty and really bitchy, and pink,” she says of the set.

It’s an aesthetic that’s carried over to her private dwellings, too: she describes

Charli and Jack will be back together for one night only this September at Jack’s

the space in her current tour bus as a “teen bedroom,” decorated with glow-in-

Shadow of the City festival held in Jack’s hometown of Asbury Park, New Jersey,

the-dark, stick-on snakes and stars that her bandmates bought for her.

along with Misterwives and The Front Bottoms.

An international icon whose musical collaborations include Iggy Azalea and Icona Pop, Charli XCX is the modern incarnate of a ‘90s superstar; her pop

Read on for a Q&A with our creatures of comfort that’ll further prove why these

persona is so essential to her being that it’s less an act, and more a way of life.

opposites really do attract.

Home is a space that you carve out for yourself where you feel the safest and the most comfortable.

— Jack Antonoff

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TOUR BUS, TULSA. SAME DAY DIFFERENT SHIT. ON TOUR. — C

Bilbao. Mikey and I went on a really long run trying to find the area of town where young people would have coffee, and we ended up finding these bizarre hills and nothing in it and I was just cracking him up with my outfit. — J

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KANSAS. CLIMBING UP A WATER TOWER SOMEWHERE IN EL PASO. FASHION FORWARD AS ALWAYS. — C

Right before we played the show in France. They just opened the gates and we had no idea what to expect. There were about 20K people bum rushing the stage, so we huddled up and played. — J

[To Charli] If you and Jack had to get matching tattoos what would they be of?

Charli: They would probably be of the guy who does the insanity workout.

What’s his name? I’m going to find out his name. We’d get his face tattooed on our bums. [We both Google it.] Sean T. There you go, that guy.

J: Oh yeah! I would love to have Sean T. on me. With a little voice bubble that says: “Get some.” I think we would get the Sublime logo from 40oz. to Freedom.

Who would you want on your zombie apocalypse task force?

C: I would have Jay-Z definitely because I imagine he has a helicopter and a pen that can [blow up] the world or something like that.

J: Bill Nye the Science Guy. C: Oh my god, that’s such a good shout.

J: I think that he would have the wherewithal to endure an apocalypse.

That’s a good answer.

J: Comin’ in hot. [Both laugh.]

What unexpected cultural differences have you encountered when talking to each other?

J: We talk a lot about how different the lingo is. Everything in the UK to me sounds very cute. And I think everything in American lingo sounds absurdly serious, the best example being, “the Credit Crunch” versus “the Great Depression.”

C: The other day I was talking about bogies. I was like, “Oh, I’ve got a bogey,” and Jack was like, “What’s that?” And I was like, “Oh, a booger.” That was kind of funny to me that he didn’t know what our version of a booger was.

J: I think in America, ‘bogey’ is a Top Gun phrase, like enemy fighter planes or something like that.

What are your pre-show rituals?

C: I heard you guys, you warm up a lot. You yell and shout for hours.

J: We have dressing rooms that are combined, so I heard your ritual for the first time [the other day]. It sounds like a dance party.

C: Yeah, that’s it. That’s all we do.

J: I think a lot of what we do is pretty much the opposite. We warm up for 30 minutes, and we each have a tiny shot, and I drink a big thing of caffeine and we all just talk about the show, and I think Charli’s is more — I haven’t seen it, but I imagine Charli puts on her sunglasses and just DJs a party in her room.

C: Yeah, basically, that’s right.

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Aix Le Bans, France, I was wearing the necklace as we were running all over these different cities. — J

Barcelona. We had a day off and we went on a run all the way to the water and came across this.

I wanted it to look like she was wearing my necklace. — J

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Barcelona at Sagrada Família. We were all excited to go inside and take a tour. We waited in line and it was sold out for the day so we never got to go in, but we got to walk around it and take photos. — J

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On the same run, we ran to the water and this monument there. The idea was to run there and take a cab back, but no one would take a credit card so we had to walk. — J

Which of each other’s songs would you most want to cover?

C: We’ve already kind of covered each other’s songs in a car, which was a very weird day. [Both laugh.] I already covered “Rollercoaster.” I watched your encore last night, and I really loved “I Wanna Get Better” live. It was really good. And I loved your Kanye West cover. Am I allowed to pick a cover of a cover? I kind of prefer that version to Kanye’s, and I usually never say that, because I think Kanye is God. I really love that cover though.

J: “Break the Rules” in that same scenario — in the vehicle. But my favorite song of Charli’s is “London Queen.” I would cover that. And it would be cool to call myself a London Queen.

So what happened in that car ride?

J: We can’t talk about it.

C: We can’t really say. It was a weird day. [Both laugh.]

Where did you two first meet?

C: We met at award shows. I actually went to Jack’s first-ever Bleachers show at the Troubador [in Los Angeles]. That was the first one, right?

J: Yeah, first one ever. It was right around when we worked in the studio together.

C: We kept bumping into each other, and we just got on well.

J: The first time I saw Charli, I didn’t meet her until a year after this, but I saw her at this festival in Montreal called Osheaga, and it was morning, and this was during Charli’s — was there a phase, Charli, where you were in big, black platforms, and your hair was shooting out in every direction?

C: Yes. That was a big phase for me.

J: What was that like 2013, 12?

C: Yeah, yeah.

J: So it was around that time at the festival, and I had just woken up, and I walked over to catering. I was sitting and eating alone, and then Charli walked in, in that whole look, and I was like, “What is that?” [Charli laughs.] It was just this wild human being, sleepwalking almost. You looked really tired, but you were in full wild outfit and hair, and I never forgot that.

I like Paris just because I like how romantic it is, even though sometimes it’s totally not when you’re there.

COLUMBUS. WALKING MY TOUR MANAGER ON A LEASH. DUH. — C

— Charli XCX

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These are the streets of Barcelona from when we ran to Sagrada Familia.

Everything in the UK to me sounds very cute.

And I think everything in American lingo sounds absurdly serious, the best example being, “the Credit Crunch” versus “the Great Depression.”

— Jack Antonoff

What’s the weirdest gift you’ve gotten from a fan?

J: A Voodoo doll of myself. I don’t know if it was meant to be a Voodoo doll, but it was a tiny doll. I took it home very carefully and put it on the shelf, and I left it there, because I really got this feeling that whatever happened to this doll was going to happen to me. So I put it in a very safe place. Fans are often such great artists and do such amazing work, and if it looked a little worse it would have been more comfortable for me. But it looks so much like me that it needs to be protected. I’m going to put a fucking helmet on this thing.

C: An inflatable, life-size Justin Bieber doll.

Do you have any favorite cities you’ve traveled to?

J: I like Portugal a lot. I think the people there are really excited to be alive.

C: I’ve never been to Portugal. I like Paris just because I like how romantic it is, even though sometimes it’s totally not when you’re there. I just had this idea of scenic, romantic Paris, when that stuff never really happens.

Have you experienced any kind of culture shock in any of the cities you’ve visited?

C: When I go to Asia or Russia, there’s definitely a big cultural difference in places like that. In Asia, in terms of audiences at shows and the etiquette at shows, it’s very polite and respectful, which is super interesting. It’s different from shows in the UK or even in the US. Does that disarm you when you get onstage?

C: Every place has a different vibe. I like that, it makes it special.

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The festival shared the backstage with a local beach. There was this man standing in the water in full jeans with his ass sort of hanging out and we couldn’t get enough of it. — J

WEARING A DRESS MY MUM WOULD BE PROUD OF. DETROIT.— C

HANGING WITH MY MANAGER IN THE RAIN. ST LOUIS. — C

KANSAS. PRE SHOW WITH MY ULTIMATE BB AND ASSISTANT SAM PRINGLE. WE DECIDED IT WOULD BE A GOTH SHOW TODAY. — C

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Bilbao, the city. On the same run we found a hill above the city and we ran to the top of it and this is what we saw. — J

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I’ve noticed rock songs from all over the world are often written English because it’s considered by some the universal language of rock.

C: I actually recorded some of my songs in Japanese. I can’t speak Japanese, but I kind of wanted to have songs in that language. I was going to try and play one but it’s so difficult to remember it. I had to learn everything phonetically.

Have you ever had an anxiety dream about performing?

C: I don’t think so. I have had an anxiety dream about me killing someone and having to run away and hide for the rest of my life.

A specific person?

C: No, I never remember who. It’s just sort of often that I’m hiding out. I don’t know … just being on the run. It’s kind of scary.

J: That’s a weird one, because I have anxiety about a lot of things.

Performing is not something I have [anxiety] about. It’s a place that I feel very fiercely myself so I’m not afraid of coming off as anything but. The root of anxiety is being a kid at a sleepover, and you don’t want to be there any longer. You wish you could go home to your space where people understand you and you understand yourself.

I’m the most anxious when I’m in a bad space and I don’t want to be, and that’s not the place that I’ve made for myself onstage.

How do you know when you’ve gotten to that point in performing?

J: You’re in the right space if you feel very present and connected. Nothing

This is an amazing picture because it’s from JFK when we landed, but for some reason it feels very European to me. It feels special that it was taken at John F. Kennedy Airport.

—J

in life is effortless to achieve and make happen, but that emotion and that gut feeling, that’s why it’s worth it to do all the 10 billion hours around it.

Do you both like Broadway musicals or is that just Jack?

J: Charli said she’d go to Wicked with me, I think.

C: Oh, musicals, yeah. It’s not my thing, you know, but I could maybe go to Wicked if I was totally not paying for anything and had the option to leave halfway through. It’s just not my shit; the world is not that happy and never will be, and no one just breaks into song. And that is how I feel about that. [Laughs.]

J: I grew up in Jersey, and my parents would drive us into the city to see Broadway musicals. It was just this weird, surreal thing: growing up in this place that was so boring and [also] right outside of one of the greatest cities in the world. We’d drive in, and it would be all wild and fascinating. We’d see Les Mis and it would be fucking larger than life. You get very connected to this feeling of being a kid from right outside of the city, which is a very defining characteristic for me.

One final random question for you: Who were you in a past life?

J: I have a lot of dreams about WWII, so maybe I would have been a guy who was drafted.

What about Charli?

J: Cruella DeVille’s nicer sister.

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Lisbon. Wandered into this restaurant and pointed at something we thought would just be a steak but turned out to be this giant pile of meats that was actually really good. — J

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Chelsea Wolfe’s 6 Rules for Touring Words by Chelsea Wolfe

“Basically just try not to totally self-destruct”

Packing Even though I don’t follow this rule, try to bring the smallest suitcase you can, especially to Europe. I actually wear a few prints and colors at home, but I pretty much only bring black clothing on tour. You can mix and match it and it doesn’t look as bad when it’s wrinkled.

Health Accept that you will become a giant bruise on tour if you do your own roadie-ing. Bring Arnica or Advil. Take shitty food off your rider and ask for fruits and vegetables. Drink water. Get used to sleeping with earplugs in. Basically just try not to totally self-destruct. Being in a van for 8 hours when you’re hungover is the worst.

Be a Good Person Try to be respectful and leave places nicer than when you arrived.

Moods

Thor’s Rules Refer to Swans drummer Thor Harris’s list, “How to Tour in a Band or Whatever.”

Fuck It Every once in a while fuck the rules, get fucked.

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Virginie Khateeb

Everyone’s going to be moody at some point on the tour, sometimes everyone is moody at once or sometimes you just start to feel claustrophobic and turn into a caged animal. Try not to take it too seriously — just move on. Don’t let the van turn into MTV’s The Real World.

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A MovEable Feast

Albert Hammond Jr. searches the world for his favorite dishes As the guitarist and keyboardist for legendary indie-rock quintet The Strokes, Albert Hammond Jr. has spent some serious time on the road. He’s gotten a chance to learn about the best cuisine in some of the coolest cities imaginable, including his favorite slice of margherita pizza in London, and where to obtain the freshest cuts of meat in Tangier. Hammond Jr., the man behind such classics as “Automatic Stop,” recently released his third solo album, Momentary Masters, via Vagrant Records. Read on for a culinary adventure through the eyes of a rock icon.

—Emily Nimptsch

photos by albert hammond jr.

Spaghetti alle vongole on the island of La Maddalena.

The butcher in Tangier hanging fresh everything. They would cut the heads off when you ordered one and pluck them.

Shrimp on salt from a tapas place in Barcelona at the Hotel Arts.

The best spaghetti pomodoro I’ve ever had, on the little island of La Maddalena that we  drove to on our rented boat.

Best slice in London at Home Slice, so close to my hotel.

The olive bar was a much calmer scene than the butcher shop in Tangier.

Words + Photos by Gigie Hall

We find Angel Deradoorian in line at Trails Café in Los Feliz, outfitted for the unusually humid LA morning. Neither of us is feeling particularly hungry, so we opt for coffee and tea as we sit amid Griffith Park’s oak and walnut.

Having been in bands since she was a teenager, Deradoorian broke into the spotlight as a bassist and vocalist for The Dirty Projectors. Deciding to leave the band was not easy. “I couldn’t really tell when I left the band how it would play out. It was a lot of self-discovery, because when you tour you put all of that to the side, and then I didn’t really know what music I liked anymore. So I took some time to find that out and learn how to write in a way that wasn’t so simple to me.” Having since collaborated with artists like Flying Lotus and Avey Tare, the multi instrumentalist and songwriter decided to make the recording of her debut album a solo endeavor. “The process was mostly solitary and I meant for it to be that way. But it’s really important to be alone too. It’s kind of the realization that whatever you want, you have to do it. Even if there are other people around you, ultimately you’re in charge and you better be ready.”

The result is The Expanding Flower Planet, an album that merges seemingly contrary images: old and new, plural and singular, the ancient and technological. Drawing from world traditions like Japanese, Middle Eastern and Ethiopian folk music, Deradoorian has crafted a sound that reaches both back in time and forward to places uncharted. In bonding those ideas, The Expanding Flower Planet moves towards a place of discord rather than perfection. “In eastern music, you have this one drone line that always meets back with the melodic line. And I think it allows for a certain kind of dissonance. It doesn’t allow a complete pure harmony, which I think is very prominent in western music right now, so everything sounds too clean to me...I wanted to bond the idea of finite and infinite.” From its meditative qualities to its earthly origins, Angel Deradoorian’s music transcends place altogether.

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“I wanted to bond the idea of finite and infinite”

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ANGEL DERADOORIAN’S RECOMMENDED LA HIKING SPOTS Favorite spots in LA I like Elysian Park. That one’s awesome because you can do the entire perimeter and it takes two hours. It’s really nice to experience all the terrain levels of Elysian and how much you can see the city when you’re way up there. There’s a spot in Topanga. All the national forest trail spots there are kind of freaky and psychedelic; you’re just out on the hills with the rattlesnakes. I really like the Point Dume hike. There’s a cliff hike you can do over there that edges the ocean. You go through the big parking lot at Point Dume and right when it ends there’s a trailhead. It’s not super private feeling but you get to these certain spots where it’s just the ocean and the cliff.

Favorite spots outside of the city I’ve gone to Sturtevant Falls in the San Gabriel Mountains.

It’s a little waterfall area off of the 210. It’s cool because the water goes through the entire hike and you’re pretty deep in the forest. I should tell you about my friend Butchy [Fuego].

He did the entire John Muir Trail. He started in Northern CA and ended here, and I think he did 30 days of hiking and scavenging food. He came back and his eyes were all bloodshot and he lost 20 pounds, and I was like “you are an ascetic monk type with major self-denial.” He’s amazing.

Do you ever feel the pull to do something like that?

Oh yeah, all the time, except I’m not as strong as him. Not yet at least.

Donut City

Mini Mansions Maps Out LA’s Sweetest Spots Words + Photos by Mini Mansions

Collaborating with artists like Brian Wilson and Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner, Mini Mansions constructs retro-laced electro pop, soaked in fuzzy, ‘60s production. The LA-based band is made up of Zach Dawes, Tyler Parkford and Queens of the Stone Age bassist Michael Shuman.

K’s Donuts, Encino

onuts are a comfort food in a very classical sense: iconic, ubiquitous, and a flagship in what most would list as staples of American food. Maybe donuts are ostracized a bit more these days in light of a national trend to be health conscious, but there is something umami about them that Americans have built an insatiable demand around. You can find a $4-5 artisanal donut in LA, but these will perpetually pale in comparison to the $1 crueller from the donut shop adjacent to the car wash.

Places like Stan’s Donuts, DKs and K’s are a few gems that Angelenos have been graced with for at least a couple decades now, with Stan’s coming in at the 1965 mark. These places are important to me because once inside, they are no different than any donut emporium you may encounter along the Bible Belt or random interstate in America. They are true to their roots while laying waste to the new but not improved shiny, plastic and subversively healthier alternatives. If it ain’t broke...

Peanut butter donut, Stan’s Donuts in Westwood

DKs in Santa Monica

Bacon maple donut, Cafe Dulce, Little Tokyo

K’s Donuts, Encino

K’s Donuts, Encino

Stan’s Donuts, Westwood

DKs in Santa Monica

Stockholm Dispatch

A letter from

peter Bjorn and John

photos by peter bjorn and john

“That’s the best thing about Stockholm, you never have to go far to see some woods and greenery. Put on your running shoes, unless you’re lazy, then just walk. Run aimlessly ‘round the woods and work up a sweat”

long winter in toronto an Interview with Fucked up's Mike Haliechuk

by Rachael Roth

Cancer Bats by Zach Slootsky

If the underground hardcore movement had moguls, the biggest would be Toronto’s Fucked Up. Forming in 2001, they’ve managed to both fuck shit up (MTV’s studios in 2007 and 2008, anyone?) while simultaneously making huge contributions to the art and hardcore scenes. Both in content and sound, their music knows no bounds. Lead vocalist Damian Abraham aka Pink Eyes aka Father Damien gives the band a persistent, grimy conversations exist between bass, drum and guitar. If you’d any doubt of the intricacy of their arrangements, their self-described “rock opera” album David Comes to Life lends a whole new perspective to the limits of hardcore. Ranging from political to self-reflective, their message is a conscientious one of humility and heart.

Alongwith their tour with DOOMSQUAD this August and

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auditory aesthetic, while underneath, lengthy, experimental

September, bandmembers Mike Haliechuk, Josh Zucker, and Jonah Falco will also put on the fourth iteration of their music and arts festival, Long Winter. The all-ages event curated by Haliechuk exposes crowds of 1,000-plus to local in the winter.

How do you go about curating the artists and musicians who play at Long Winter?

I do most of the music curation and our friend Alison Creba does most of the art. We try and represent the up-and-coming section of the arts communities in Toronto. Long Winter isn't the place where you find bigger, established artists — we try and be more of a chaotic, free-form type of event where you discover something rather than

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up-and-coming bands, and gives everyone a place to warm up

confirming something you already know. We also keep the focus local so that the entire event is kind of a summation of the community we all come from ourselves.

To me, Long Winter is a really romantic name (in the literary sense). How did you come up with it and what does it evoke for you?

The opposite. We all hate winter in Toronto and it seems to get longer it — Long Winter maybe can give people something to look forward to every month instead of hibernating and taking Vitamin D pills under the covers. The only cool thing is, it actually does make the winter seem shorter for us. We just stress and worry for 30 days a month until the event happens, and we constantly feel like we're running out of time to make shit happen, so it’s a bit of a silver lining.

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every year. We wanted to do an event that helped people through

How do you handle band hospitality? What sort of accommodations do you give the bands based on your experience playing festivals and shows?

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The one lesson we learned early is that you can pay bands less if you show them a good time. Not that we try and rip anyone off, but most of our money comes in at the door and it’s a pay-what-you-can event, and we've always gotten hundreds of people to pay each event. I wrote the FU rider because I love snacks and junk food, so we try to have a really cool backstage area with tons of nice cheese, olives, all the newest and coolest kinds of chips and cookies, etc. It’s always rammed with bands who've basically never seen a rider before and are losing their minds, as well as (not naming names) a bunch of artistic regulars who aren't part of the event who just come up to hang out and graze and drive me crazy.

Did you think you’d do this again when you started planWhy is it important to you that the festival is acces-

ning the first event?

sible to all ages and that it’s pay what you want

We knew we wanted a monthly type of series for FU to play over the

system?

first winter, but we certainly didn’t expect we'd have turned it into a

Because it’s important to give people choices. Early on we

minor-institution or be involved with a huge team of awesome people

were worried that the event was skewing younger, but now

and into the fourth year.

we embrace it because we want to be the kind of event that influences a generation of people when they become of age

What food or drink do we absolutely need to try at the

to be putting out their own stuff. I was lucky to be a part of a

festival?

tight-knit community of punk shit happening in Toronto when

Well, if you don’t drink we always have that Club-Mate stuff they

I was growing up, and that’s rare. We want kids to understand

drink at raves in Berlin. The food is always different but there are

that the character of an event is up to them — if things go

usually donuts, so, duh.

crazy it’s because they got too crazy, but if it becomes electric it’s because that’s the energy they brought to it together. It’s

What do you think people expect from this event knowing

a struggle for us to make ends meet at the event and we are

it’s put on by Fucked Up?

always pulling our hair out because of kids being unsafe, but at

I guess that it will "push boundaries," or whatever people say about

the end of the day it’s more important that people get to experi-

FU, but mostly we just want it to be a fun and inclusive party for

ence the kind of weird, free-form energy of a Long Winter event.

everyone.

Now that the festival is in its fourth year, what kind

What’s a common misconception about hardcore music?

of turnout are you expecting?

That it ended in 1987.

We're a bit hampered in our numbers because the venue has been dealing with some capacity bylaws for the last few

Would you ever move out of Toronto? If so, where would

years, but last year was great and the last event in March

you go?

was probably my favorite ever. We have 1,000-plus people

I've been everywhere and always look forward to being back here.

through the door every time and I’m sure it will keep growing

I guess if I was to spend any time anywhere else it would be Hong

and being crazy.

Kong or Istanbul or LA.

We all hate winter in Toronto and it seems to get longer every year.

We wanted to do an event that helped people through it — Long Winter maybe can give people something to look forward to every month instead of hibernating and taking Vitamin D pills under the covers

AROUND THE WORLD

“They put a screen in Sao Paolo, Brazil, while I was playing live from Belgium. There were 10,000 people there just in front of the screen, but hearing my music, and then I announced [Tomorrowland] was coming to Brazil and [everyone] went crazy. The people in Belgium could see and hear the people in Brazil and vice versa. I had shivers up my body.

We sold out Tomorrowland Brazil in just a couple of days.”

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David Guetta comes bounding into the hotel room with the same level of exuberance and excitement that he displays onstage at a major festival. He’s just had a burst of creative energy and a song he’s been working on has finally clicked — he is thrilled.

That crackling energy never lets up as he discusses his jet-setting lifestyle. “I don’t really have a home. I used to be based in one place, and my life was so hectic because I had to go back and forth all the time. Everything about my life is amazing except jet lag,” he laughs.

After over 20 years of playing around the world, he’s figured it out. “In the US, I am based between Miami and Las Vegas — then I go to Ibiza. I’m based there for the whole summer from June to September. Other bases are London and Dubai for when I work around Asia.

I have four homes now. It’s life-changing because I’ve never done this before.”

As a man of the world, his favorite haunts spread across continents. Add these to your travel bucket list.

TOP VENUES

I announced [Tomorrowland] was coming to Brazil and [everyone] went crazy.

It’s not that I want to promote my own places, but I pick the places I love the most.

The people in Belgium could see and hear the people in Brazil and vice versa. I had

In Vegas I play XS and Encore Beach Club. Encore Beach Club is very sexy. In Ibiza, I

shivers up my body. We sold out Tomorrowland Brazil in just a couple of days.

play Pacha, which is like my home and my family because I’ve been playing there for so many years. There’s also a new place, called Ushua. It is the best pool party in the world.

Ibiza Secret Party

It starts to get good around 8pm and the vibe is insane. It’s a really big stage, so it looks

From time to time in Ibiza they do parties on the beach, but you have to know about

like a concert, but with a pool inside.

them. Local politics with the clubs don’t let those events happen anymore because they take away business. They change them all the time because the policeman

PARIS HAUNT

always come and shut it down. There’s always a new one that’s happening and

When I was a teenager, I actually played the opening of a club that still exists — it’s

they’re always the coolest parties. You have to hang out with the right people and

called Queen. This club was part of a very important moment of my life. I was becoming

hear about them. They play really underground music — Guy Gerber played and he

more than a DJ; I was programming the club, and I started a concept — invite guest

was amazing.

DJs to play the club. It sounds crazy now because it’s such a common thing to do, but at the time it had never been done. I would invite DJs like Frankie Knuckles, DJ Pierre,

GUETTA’S PLAYLIST

Tinaglia — all the people who really created house music. I still play there from time to

Gaseffelstein — He’s amazing and we’re friends.

time. I love being loyal to people and places.

Brodinski — I like him a lot.

Flosstradomus — Just saw them. Oh my god, I took a punch in the face. It was crazy,

WEST COAST BREAKFAST SPOT

CRAZY.

The SLS Hotel has some of the best breakfast in the world. They have my favorite ham

Jack U — I didn’t think I’d heard any super exciting EDM production lately, but then I

— jamón iberico. They serve it for breakfast, and it’s very expensive so I’m surprised

heard the album of Jack U. Oh my god, I love this album. The combination of Skrillex

they put it in the buffet actually. It’s like my favorite food in the world — I go crazy.

and Diplo is really perfect because Skrillex has a rock element to him and Diplo is more

I’m always trying to eat clean, but there’s one thing I can’t resist and it’s that ham.

urban, and together I think they complete each other so much. They played right after

Whenever it’s on the table, I have to finish it. Ham and French cheese — those are my

me at Ultra, and I don’t want to sound conceited, but it’s hard to play after me and they

two weaknesses.

KILLED it!

Stromae — He’s like the biggest thing in France right now. To see him perform at

FAVORITE DRINK

Coachella, I was so proud. He was singing in French and I couldn’t believe it. It’s already

I don’t really drink alcohol so much. It’s a common trap when you perform because

one thing for me to be French and make it in the US, but my songs are in English. He’s

everyone has a little anxiety and alcohol really helps you get through it. But I perform

doing this in French and onstage; he’s such a beast. He’s almost like a theater actor. I

150 nights a year and then maybe have 50 nights when I go out myself with friends, so

was blown away that he could transmit this vibe to people who couldn’t understand the

it’s not really good to be drunk 200 days a year. It happened to me a long time ago and

words. He made them feel the song.

so I made the choice to not really drink alcohol. But I drink champagne. I’m very French when it comes to that and I really like the lychee martini at Zuma in Miami.

BEST FESTIVAL

Bonus Guetta Hair Care Tip!

Tomorrowland. I’m really very close to them because I played the first Tomorrowland

I have the worst hair, but everyone thinks it’s good because it’s long. I do have a

in Belgium 10 years ago and I’m the only DJ who has played every year since.

trick and it comes from America actually. Hair-finity, it’s like a vitamin. It really

Together we launched Tomorrowland Brazil and that was super exciting. They put

works! My hair stylist in Paris told me it changed her life, so she gave me a box.

a screen in Sao Paolo, Brazil, while I was playing live from Belgium. There were

It makes it grow like crazy.

10,000 people there just in front of the screen, but hearing my music, and then

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By Rachael Roth

Amid a country of bridges and canals, of cobblestone paths and bikers led by flower baskets, lies a vibrant and varied music scene. Though dance music and EDM are growing Amsterdam, Rachael Roth

in popularity, classic rock and jazz still dominate the airwaves and set the tone for Holland’s national culture. From the small city of Haarlem to the fast-paced metropolis of Amsterdam, there are infinite ways to immerse yourself in the Dutch music scene.

all Record Industry photos by Meisi Volt

The Record Industry, Haarlem The largest record plant in Europe, Record

Tourist Attraction for MusicLovers //

owner John Diyer Baizley in 1998. The

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height of production and sales for the plant was 2001; in that year they produced 8 million albums on vinyl. Ninety-percent of those records were 12”s of dance music. The day we visit, reissues of albums by Dolly Parton and the Red Hot Chili Peppers are being printed, record sleeves falling a short distance into clean stacks, 10,000 per day. The lighting is dim, and machine operators walk through the corridors dressed like lab techs as they reach into chemical baths designed to dissolve nickel, but everyone seems relatively happy. “Yes, you’re a machine operator, but you’re pressing a record,” Baizley says of the 100-plus employees, all of whom he aims to know by name. One name in particular stands out though: Rinus Hooning, whose claim to fame is that he pressed Pink Floyd’s original Wish You Were Here LP (they seem to be Holland’s favorite band).

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Industry was bought from Sony by nowPaard Van Troje, The Hague Meaning “Trojan horse” in Dutch, Paard Van Troje has been around since the 1970s, and has always favored quality over mainstream music. They hold a showcase at the Great Escape festival in Brighton, and have housed artists like Florence and the Machine and Tallest Man on Earth. The venue is outfitted with a fully-ventilated, indoor smoking room encased in glass, and an eclectic upstairs bar.

TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht Owned by a nonprofit that dates back to 1823, TivoliVredenburg was built where music venue Muziekcentrum Vredenburg once was. The new building maintains parts of the original structure, including the old hall, preserved for its “world-renowned acoustic character.” The venue has hosted artists like Morrissey, St. Vincent, and Modest Mouse.

Utrecht Canal, Rachael Roth

ist Jenneke, AKA Miss Fuzz, met fifteen years ago when they were both still in high school, but their ‘60s-style garage band, The Deaf, didn’t form until 2007.

Jenneke holds a yearly jam session-style festival on the beach called Jam de la Creme, and the first year she invited guitarist Spike Van Zoest and Carrera to play. “We both said we could play there, but only if we can play with [Jenneke]. It was the first get-together for the band,” says Carrera. Now a four-piece which includes organist Midnight Mau, The Deaf released their self-titled fourth album last November. Influenced by the Hives and The Kinks, they’ve achieved a very organic sound with the album, which they recorded and mixed for 24 straight hours. “We wanted to sound like a band in a room,” says Jenneke. If you’re in Europe this fall and winter, The Deaf will be playing festivals through December.

Catch them if you can. thedeaf.nl

Marteen Rijnvis

Band to Watch // The Deaf

Drummer Kit Carrera and bassist/vocal-

Musical festivals are held in The Netherlands weekly during the summer. Here are some must-sees.

BOSPOP, Weert In a city becoming rapidly infused with dance music and rock. The BosPop festival, held in the city of Weert, is a prime example. Headlined this year by ZZ Top, Melissa Etheridge, Gary Clark Jr. and Ed Kowalczyk, the festival also boasts several Dutch bands, like Navarone and Raccoon.

NORTH SEA JAZZ, Rotterdam Originating in The Hague by Dutch promoter Paul Acket in 1976, Holland’s annual North Sea Jazz festival was brought to Rotterdam in 2006. When the 1940 Rotterdam Blitz happened during WWII, the city was damaged so significantly that it was torn down and rebuilt. Though Rotterdam feels highly industrialized and modern, it still seems to be unofficially recognized as the underdog for its “lack of culture.” For this reason there’s an extra push to bring the arts to the city. This year North Sea Jazz featured Chaka Khan, Lionel Richie, Leon Bridges, Hozier, and Jessie Ware. This impressive lineup shouldn’t come as a surprise: Count Basie, Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald and Miles Davis are all North Sea Jazz alum.

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Rotterdam, Gigie Hall

Festivals //

electronica, most people are holding firmly onto classic

Nneka at North Sea Jazz, Meisi Volt

Rotterdam also holds a yearly fringe festival leading up to North Sea Jazz. This year that included a pop-up museum showcasing never-before-seen prints by German photographer Susanne Schapowlow, discovered posthumously, of musicians like Ella Fitzgerald and North Sea Jazz, Meisi Volt

Quincy Jones. The gallery also featured North Sea Jazz posters designed by art students from nearby colleges, and a photo series showcasing musicians’ instruments in place of their heads, by New York photogra-

At this year’s festival, 30-year-old Renier Bass was commissioned by North Sea Jazz to write a score for a musical that doesn’t exist, and the result was an impressive composition performed with a full band, entitled Princess Discombobulatrix. His latest album Smooth Jazz Apocaplypse is available now.

Govert Driessen

Notable Acts //

pher Michael Weintrob.

COFFEE TALKS Although we may think of Seattle and Portland as coffee culture’s dominant players, San Francisco is fast becoming a leading contestant. Not only are cafes a place to congregate in the city, the brewers at these shops take the craft of roasting to another level. We met up with touring bands as they stopped through San Francisco at some of the best coffee shops and roasters the city has to offer.

Delta Spirit, Dustin Kensrue, No Joy, THE Stone Foxes, Ivan & Alyosha, Surfer Blood, Avid Dancer

Words by laura tobey Photos by Tony Contini

FROM THE BARISTAS

FROM THE BANDS

BLUE BOTTLE 2900 18th St, San Francisco Barista/General Manager: Jason I’ve lived in San Francisco for 12 years and about nine of those years I’ve been enjoying Blue Bottle. Each barista takes pride in crafting the perfect cup of coffee, whether it’s a shot of espresso or a pour over, they ensure that they’re only serving the best beverage. The best thing about working here is being at the forefront of a changing industry and showing that there’s so much more out there in terms of what can be delivered, by virtue of attention to quality and hospitality.

RITUAL COFFEE ROASTERS 1026 Valencia St, San Francisco Barista/GM: Jeremy I feel like Ritual Kenyan coffees are part of the reason I work in coffee at all. They can be funky, they can be fruity, they can have some savory elements, and they can have some vegetal elements. Coffee that grows wild in East Africa is the most interesting to me. That’s really where people are like ‘Woah, I didn’t know coffee could taste like that.’

FRONT CAFE 150 Mississippi St, San Francisco Barista: Chris You probably won’t find a more purist cafe anywhere. We only do single origin coffee; there are no blends. Blends are used for consistency so you can switch out coffees when they’re out of season, but we only buy our coffees at the peak of harvest and we get as much as we can.

FOUR BARREL COFFEE 375 Valencia St, San Francisco Barista: Grant Kind of as a mirror of how we treat our employees, we treat our farmers, our milk vendor, and everyone that way. We want to make sure everyone is well paid for their effort; everyone feels like they’re in a relationship. Every year, we don’t go to see what the top scores are for farmers around the world and just buy those out of a catalog. We go to farms, we meet people. Maybe a farm has really great land and really great ideas, but they just haven’t quite gotten off the ground yet, and they’re on the upswing; we’ll invest in that farm. We’re in it for the long haul.

There’s not really anyone else doing this type of craft. We cut our own ice cubes, our cold brew is a single origin, and we take care of every piece.

Because we’re so small, we can do that.

Four Barrel roasts every bean on our vintage roaster that you can see in the shop. Every single bag of coffee is filled and stamped by hand. We also use our namesake, the Four Barrel sample roaster, to take a glimpse of the coffee before we commit to an entire batch.

Ivan & Alyosha

THE Stone Foxes

I never skip a day. I love the taste of coffee, I love the routine of it, but

Shannon: I went on this special date kayaking, and she loves coffee, so I went and

I had to switch to half-caf, so I don’t really know how dependent I am

got us some coffee and I was tripping out the whole day. I was like ‘Are you enjoying

on the caffeine. Just the comfort of a cup of coffee in the morning is

yourself? Are you having a good time? Do you want to go out again? I don’t know, let’s

definitely part of my day, and then a cup of decaf at night just for a

not hang out anymore…let’s hang out, let’s get married, let’s have kids!’

pre-dinner pick me up.

Dustin Kensrue No Joy

I was just over in the UK and I was drinking Flat Whites. I like the name, I like the

Laura: I don’t wanna say I can’t live without it, because then I’m

drink. It’s something foreign to me because I’ve usually only had it overseas. The

that guy, but it is essential to my everyday processing. The only

weird thing is, when I was researching it, there’s not a standard definition of what it is

days I don’t have it are when I’m so hungover I know I just can’t

exactly. It seems to be a little less milk, and the milk is foamier than a latte, but not dry

keep it down.

foam like a cappuccino. I [also] like pour overs and I like drinking espresso plain; I’ve

Jasamine: I like shitty coffee. Tim Horton’s is my favorite place.

been doing that on this tour a lot.

We were just in Vancouver and I walked past one and I didn’t even want a coffee, but I went in and bought a large one just because I

Avid Dancer

was like, ‘well, there it is, I need to have it.’

Brian: I’m actually pretty new to coffee. I never really drank it before; maybe like a frappuccino every now and then, I don’t know if you consider that coffee. I think it

Surfer Blood

was when we were out on the road last time, and it was just a cheaper alternative – and

Kevin: The problem is it’s just so delicious. The new danger has

probably better – than a 5-hour energy.

been all of the cold-brew. I feel like it’s made our caffeine tolerances

Adrian: We were hungover – this is a cute story – we were hungover and [Brian]

skyrocket.

crashed at my place, and I was like, ‘okay let’s get some coffee.’ We went down, he got

JP: It’s wonderful when coffee is cold and it comes from a tap into a

a coffee; I got a coffee, and he’s like, ‘ What do I do with it? Like, what do I put in it?’

pint glass, like you know it’s cool.

Delta Spirit’s Jon Jameson at Front Cafe Delta Spirit is a five-piece indie rock band from Southern California known for its experimentation with the genre. The band has seen immense success following its national tour with Cold War Kids. Members are Jon Jameson, Brandon Young, Matt Vasquez, Kelly Winrich, and Will McLaren. On their Evening with Delta Spirit + Friends tour, we had the chance to talk to bass player, Jon, a little about the uniqueness of the tour, his home of LA, and what’s next for Delta Spirit.

How would you rate your dependency on coffee (from

drippers and I have a good grinder and I measure things out — I have

eh, I could do without it, to if I don’t have coffee, I’ll

my scale and all that — I think that’s more consistent and better. I

murder someone)?

don’t know if I’m getting too old, but I don’t have patience for a pour

I’m right below the murder point, probably a 9.

over anymore; I just want a good filter coffee.

BIGGEST COFFEE SNOB IN THE BAND?

Do you have a favorite city or venue you’ve played on

Me.

this tour?

Maybe Montreal just because I had such a good time, and I haven’t What’s your go-to drink at any coffee shop?

gone back since then so it’s a bit nostalgic in my mind. We had a

I rarely drink coffee with milk. Sometimes I like to try normal filter

really fun day. We went to some good bars, and my friend who’s

coffee just to see how it is, but today it’s a bit brisk. So for coffee with

from there took us around and we had good food. We went up to

milk, I usually go for cortados like today. Usually I drink hot coffee at

some beautiful park that overlooks the city and there were people

home and I drink a lot of cold coffee if I’m walking around.

LARPing, and then there was this big drum circle. It was just so weird and amazing.

Have you had nitro?

Yeah! Stumptown has been very cool to us. They gave us a shitload of

What's your favorite way to learn about a city or culture

beans for the bus and some cold brew and some of the nitro cans that

when you’re visiting?

they just came out with which are awesome; I’m a big fan of it.

I bring a fold-up bicycle with me. That’s been my saving grace.

Otherwise, you’re really just touring bar to bar, and you can get

Best place for coffee in your hometown?

stuck in a weird part of town sometimes. You’re stuck in such close

Intelligentsia is great, I just don’t have patience for the line or the

quarters with people too, and I just need to get out and see things and

parking. So, probably my house. I got one of those Bonavita auto-

go places.

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Petite Noir's W o r l d w i d e W av e The South African artist gives us a tour of Johannesburg, South Africa, and a look inside his international arts collective, Drone Society.

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ME AND ROCHELLE GOING ON A RIDE

ME AND MY BEST FRIEND AND DRONE SOCIETY MEMBER, JORDAN LEE NEMBHARD

Yannick Llunga, better known by his stage name Petite Noir, has at 24, already developed a sound that is uniquely his. Llunga grew up in Cape Town, South Africa, singing and playing guitar in church, and briefly dabbling in metalcore around the same time.

Inspired by Kanye West's electro-heavy album, 808s & Heartbreak, he eventually began to incorporate deep electronic characteristics in his work, forgoing his previous metal style for a combination of chillwave and traditional African blues. He has tagged his current sound as "Noirwave," which he defines as “an African aesthetic and a sense of mental freedom. It is my way of letting go and breaking out into who I really am,” and has worked with artists like Solange and Yasiin Bey in addition to forming the creative collective, Drone Society, with his girlfriend Rochelle Nembhard. The international movement incorporates art, design and music, with members in places like Bangkok and London. “We support, love each other, and grow together, constantly learning and living through this journey,” he says of the collective. “It’s all about art in general. It’s a mindset. Once your mindset becomes Noirwave, you will unlock the aesthetic.”

Llunga will follow up his first EP, The King of Anxiety, with his debut, full-length album, La Vie Est Belle/Life is Beautiful, out September 11. — Eda Yu

A VERY GOOD FRIEND AND GREAT ARTIST, OKMALUMKOOLKAT [AKA KWESTA]

IN THE GARDEN THAT INSPIRED LA VIE EST BELLE/LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL

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DOING A PHOTOSHOOT

BUSINESS BUILDING WITH BILLBOARD OF MANDELA

MY GIRLFRIEND, MY CREATIVE DIRECTOR, WITH SOME MALACHITE. THE STONE OF TRANSFORMATION, LEADERSHIP AND LOVE.

THIS IS JAMAL, A GREAT DESIGNER AND INFLUENCER IN JOHANNESBURG. GOOD FRIEND OF OURS TOO!

GOING VINYL SHOPPING IN MY FAVOURITE VINYL STORE IN JOHANNESBURG CALLED POST

The Tale of the Secret Song Map Words + Images by

PPL MVR

We were journeying through the forest on a quest to find the goddess Arianrhod who we believed had sent us a secret message from the heavens. She appeared to each of us in our dreams the previous night and sang a piece of dissonant melody. When we hummed the notes together, the deep resonances rustled the trees and shifted the soil beneath our feet. The movements were subtle, but we knew these were beacons meant to help guide our path. So... we followed.

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After a few dreamless nights the signs grew so faint that it was difficult to tell if it was Arianrhod whispering through the trees or just another sparrow grasping for a branch. So K-Po suggested we sample the local fungus to see if we could induce a vision that might help set us back on course.

Without much food or sleep to help buffer the powerful toxins coursing through our blood, our senses shifted quickly. We did not encounter our goddess as we had hoped, but a terrifying imp came to us in the form of a faceless many-limbed tree creature covered in mud. He tore open our chests and plucked out our deepest fears and insecurities, displaying each one by one for us to gaze upon their every gruesome detail.

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Despite the trauma of this macabre exhibit we woke up lighter and with a new sense of purpose. We followed an unfamiliar sound to the east and came upon a large, growling beast with four round hooves. Suddenly two smaller beings ripped open the animal’s sides and ran screaming into the night! We would have thought this to be very odd were it not for the previous evening’s even stranger events. It seemed clear that Arianrhod had many adventures in store for us on this voyage.

We trekked through the night, following the hard, black trail that the round-hoofed beast had made, but we quickly realized that while our meal of enchanted mushrooms may have fed us spiritually, it did not nourish our fatigued bodies.

We prayed to our inamorata to save us.

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Just as we thought we might collapse from exhaustion and hunger, we beheld two large boxes in the distance which were greener than any tree in the great forest. We stumbled towards the coffers and flung open their hatches to reveal the cornucopia inside. Our plea had been answered!

As we gorged ourselves on the finest delicacies we had ever tasted, we realized this was the end of our great pilgrimage. Arianrhod had sent us a song-map from beyond to lead us to a new food source. Thank you, oh thank you great goddess!

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Outtennis to Sea stranded with Words by Alaina Moore

Indie-pop duo Tennis is made up of husband and wife Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore. The couple met while in college and started the band after returning from an eight-month sailing trip down the Eastern Atlantic Seaboard. We asked the experts for their ultimate survival kit for being stranded on a desert island.

Paul Simon Graceland

Neil Young After The Gold Rush

Broadcast Haha Sound

Again, this is because it perfectly fits the aesthetic of life on the sailboat: simple and earnest.

This is one of our alltime favorite albums.

It's mystical, lush, and perfect for a solipsistic moment with nature.

Judee Sill Judee Sill Songs about love and spirituality wrapped in wit and dry humor. I will never be without this record.

An unlikely choice, but for six months at sea we only had one CD (yes, CD!) and it was Graceland. It just never got old.

Desalinator

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The sound of a sun-drenched island.

essential tools

Knife

for drinking water

Hand crank flashlight

S.E. Rogie Palm Wine Guitar Music

Fishing Line And Lure

Wifi

so we can figure out to use any of these things

Knife by James Viola from the Noun Project / Flashlight by James Viola from the Noun Project / experiment by Creative Stall from the Noun Project

essential albums

Hometown

Buzz

CURRENT OBSESSIONS CARRY ON It feels like ages since Inara George and Greg Kurstin, AKA The Bird and the Bee, set the indie world aflame with their 2010 collection of Hall and Oates tributes. But fear not, our favorite folk duo have returned with a new album, Recreational Love. It’s out now, and their downright adorable new single ‘“Will You Dance?” premiered on Funny or Die and stars The Big Bang Theory’s Simon Heldberg and Patton Oswalt. You can also see them on tour this fall with stops in San Francisco, Chicago, and Minneapolis.

Words by Inara George Photos by Gigie Hall

The Bird and the Bee Share Their Top 5 LA Cocktails

As LA natives, George and Kurstin let us in on their favorite cocktails around the city. Cheers! — Emily Nimptsch

A Jack and Ginger at the Smog Cutter. I think there's something to just a plain old drink. Nothing fancy at all. And at the Smog Cutter it's not about the drink, it's about the fun that will be had. They have a tiny karaoke machine set up right next to the bar. It can get very ridiculous. 864 N Virgil Ave, 90029

A Margarita at Malo with their ground beef and pickle tacos. I've spent many nights at this restaurant and I can't seem to bring myself to order anything else but the beef and pickle tacos and a margarita. 326 Sunset Blvd, 90029

A Mint Julep at The Ivy, and maybe some soft shell crab. There's something so hokey about The Ivy, but I still love it. Whenever I go there I always feel like I'm celebrating some big occasion, like my 13th birthday.

113 N Robertson Blvd, 90048

A Dirty Martini at Musso & Frank Grill with one of their wedge salads. Musso and Frank is such a special place. I always feel like it has distilled the real "old Hollywood."

There's a gritty elegance to the place. 6667 Hollywood Blvd, 90028

A Kumquatini at Hungry Cat is so delicious and seasonal. They use fresh kumquats. I think most people never know what to do with kumquats. This seems like the best way to use them.1535 Vine St, 90028

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SOU N D J UD G ME N T Hotei Shares Japanese Film Soundtracks For Your Next Journey

Words by Tomoyasu Hotei

Japanese film has always been a source of great inspiration for the most legendary of Hollywood filmmakers. For over 30 years, Tomoyasu Hotei has been at the center of this world as one of Japan’s most beloved musicians, actors, and composers. He was the guitarist for the wildly popular Japanese rock band Boøwy in the ‘80s, and penned "Battle Without Honor or Humanity," the iconic theme song from Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill.

As we gear up for the October 16 release of his new album, Strangers, Hotei walks us through his all-time favorite Japanese film soundtracks.

— Emily Nimptsch

Seven Samurai

If I had the chance, I would love to try making music for an Akira Kurosawa film. Widely awarded overseas, this film is known as a masterpiece and credited with having influenced many other films around the world. I’m sure it would be really exciting if this work could be combined with the latest music that makes full use of new technology. Music and films have such a close and important relationship.

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence New Battles Without Honor or Humanity

This originated from a series called “Battles Without Honor or Humanity” that was made by one of Japan’s greatest film directors, Kinji Fukasaku, in 1970. Based on a true story of yakuza conflict, it was quite popular and attracted the interest of many film fans. For the new version of the film made in 2000, I participated in the project as both an actor and the music director. The theme song of the original series was very famous, and is often referred to as the ‘007’ theme song of Japan, and so when they asked me to create a new theme song for the remake of the film, I felt a great deal of pressure. Imagining a knife being pointed at a man’s heart, and the sadness lurking inside, I drew from this inspiration in creating the theme song. The song was used in one of the film’s most impressive and memorable scenes where a procession of outlaws emerge from black cars at the funeral of the yakuza boss. Following this, Quentin Tarantino watched the film and later phoned my office and made an offer, saying that he absolutely wanted to use this song for one of his films. It was actually Tarantino himself who requested to name the song “Battle Without Honor or Humanity.” You will probably recognize this song now as the iconic theme song from Kill Bill. It amazes me how this song has come to be so widely known and loved around the world.

Although many people do not know my name, I think there are few people in the world who have not heard this song.

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Ryuichi Sakamoto is Japan’s most respected composer and a wonderful pianist. I think the musical scales he uses are not merely those of Orientalism, but they incorporate a broader Asian temperature and humidity, and all of the delicate feelings and intricacies of the culture.

This is such beautiful music, and something I believe that Japan can be proud of.

Godzilla

As with the theme songs from Jaws and Terminator, the theme from Godzilla from the very beginning gives you goosebumps and brings such a feeling of thrill and terror. Made in 1954 at a moment when the nuclear weapons issue was quite topical, Godzilla is an iconic film that hinted at this growing problem in society. In the story, the monster is created as a result of the nuclear weapons that humans themselves have created, and thus this became a work of powerful metaphor that expresses the selfishness of human beings and the harm that they bring upon themselves. As nuclear weapons continue to be a serious issue in the world right now, I’m sure there are many who will watch this film and realize for the first time the folly of human beings.

Samurai Fiction

This film was my acting debut in 1998.

It was a really unforgettable time for me, and just earlier I had also performed at the Atlanta Olympics and played onstage with David Bowie. While we were in the midst of shooting the film, I was also on tour and during one show I fell from the stage and broke my right collar bone.

As a result I had to do all of the sword action for the film using my left hand, which was incredibly difficult. The director, Hiroyuki Nakano, aspired to make a new type of samurai film that would be fashionable and cool, and the film was very well received internationally. The soundtrack is packed with a variety of music, incorporating everything from traditional Japanese instruments, to experimental groove songs, to rockabilly.

It is often said that Tarantino took a lot of inspiration from cuts in this film when he was making Kill Bill, and I think everyone can notice that by looking at the opening cut.

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Founded in 2010, Jester King Brewery is nestled in Texas Hill Country just Southwest of Austin, TX — a region which is most notorious for its slow-smoked barbecue brisket and paradisal swimming holes. The crew at Jester King has spent the last five years building a name for themselves by harvesting their own wild yeast, souring bacteria off the land, and perfecting a house yeast which gives each beer its signature flavor.

Belgian farmhouse-style beers are a little unconventional and experiential by nature, which is just how Jester King likes to do things. With collaborations with everyone from Aaron Franklin of Austin’s own Franklin Barbecue, to one of Austin’s top chefs and restaurateurs, Paul Qui, and numerous breweries around the world like Prairie Artisan Ales, Mikkeller, and Evil Twin Brewing, Jester King is one of the world’s most forward-thinking and creative breweries. They are constantly pushing boundaries while remaining true to the tradition and artisanal craft of their forefathers in Belgium. Jester King crafts its beers in extremely small batches, which are then bottled by hand and bottle conditioned.

Most of their beers are offered exclusively at the brewery (one or two bottles per person while supplies last), although some of their larger batches can be found in Whole Foods, Central Market, and other specialty beer retailers. Some of our favorites from the brewery include Funk Metal, a sour barrel aged stout, and their seasonal “Dichotomous” saison series. We also recommend you try their Atrial Rubicite, a barrel aged sour ale re-fermented with raspberries, which happens to be one of the most sought-after and elusive brews in the beertrading communities.

The brewery itself sits on a picturesque farm-style plot of land and is accompanied by Stanley’s Farmhouse pizza, making it the perfect weekend destination for Austiners and tourists alike. Stop by the brewery on a weekend afternoon, grab some pizza, and finish the day at a nearby swimming hole.

Why does fall always have to be about Oktoberfest, Pumpkin and Harvest Ales? After spending the hot months drinking light, crisp lagers and bright, citrusy IPAs, we think it’s time to get heavy. The cooling of the air finally let’s us bring out those richer, more complex and yes, of course, darker beers that have been sitting in the fridge unappreciated all summer. Here are just a few of our favorites for your drinking pleasure.

Back In Black Black IPA 21st Amendment Brewery, San Francisco, Ca

A real hophead never truly tires of IPAs, but who’s to say we don’t get excited about a variation on our favorite style? And for fall, what could be more apt than the addition of some toasty, dark malts? Back in Black, the Black IPA from 21st Amendment Brewery, offers just that. This lovely, dark

Bitch Creek Extra Special Brown Grand Teton Brewing, Victor, Idaho

brown ale topped with a thick tan head has the strangely harmonious aroma

Imagine an Indian Summer. You’re camping in Idaho with some

of herbal hops, citrus fruit and roasted malts. Not too heavy, this ale offers a

friends. You’re posted up next to a river in the shadow of a beautiful

healthy dose of bitterness, orange zest and pine, complemented nicely with

mountain range. Blue skies, fresh air, feet resting on a rock as you

toasty (slightly burnt) malts. It drinks smooth but bright, and finishes dry

lean back, and what are you drinking? Grand Teton Brewing’s Bitch

and yummy. Something about the balance of flavors makes you crave sip

Creek Extra Special Brown (Remember: It’s a brown, not a bitter.)

after sip — it’s tasty, fun and unique. 6.8% ABV, 65 IBUs

This beer is as beautiful as the valley in which you sit. Take a moment to appreciate the dark mahogany body topped with a thick,

Milk Stout Nitro

Left Hand Brewing Company, Longmont, Co

brown-tinged foam. The head dissipates slowly leaving plenty of lovely lacing. Tiny bubbles reveal an aroma that’s a mixture of floral hops and dark chocolate orange. The taste starts sweet with a hop

Remember coming home after a trying day of kindergarten and being wel-

bitterness that quickly fades into creamy, toasty malts that coat

comed by a cold, frothy glass of chocolate milk? The perfect remedy for your

your tongue. The brew’s medium body contains hints of something

stress and frazzled nerves! We may be adults now, but sometimes we need

nutty, and floral hops with fruit around the edges, finishing smooth.

that same soothing tonic — with an ABV. Left Hand has designed its Nitro

Inhale, sip, exhale. What could be better? 6% ABV, 60 IBUs

bottles with an interactive delivery system. As the bottle instructs, pour hard, and watch as the tiny bubbles waterfall from the thick chocolate milk foam, slowly revealing a black, opaque body. Revel in the aroma of sweet,

Schwarzbier

roasty, chocolate right before you taste. There’s a touch of bitterness that is

Köstritzer Brewery, Bad Köstritz, Germany

quickly overcome with silky milk and chocolate. The smooth, full mouthfeel

Fall is here and you’re looking for something with a bit more

pleases, then ends cleanly. This brew will make you feel like a giddy child

complexity than the light-bodied lagers and witbiers you’ve been

who can’t wait to crack another and pour hard again, and at 6% ABV, that

guzzling over the summer, but you’re not necessarily ready to dive

shouldn’t be a problem. Have we mentioned it’s a grownup chocolate milk?!

into the full bodied richness of stouts quite yet. There is an agree-

You’ll be as excited as we are, we promise. 25 IBU

able compromise in the Schwarzbier or black lager. This particular German beer seems deep and imposing with its brownish foam,

Third Coast Old Ale Bell’s Brewery, Comstock, Michigan

black body and roasty malt aroma with a hint of Kahlua. The deception is revealed, however, when tasted. This brew is light bodied and balanced; with a lightly toasted vanilla and chocolate flavor with a

A glass full of a deep, dark marmalade liquid, topped with a brief tan foam

touch of bitterness and a very dry finish. Drinkable, refreshing and

makes for the perfect Autumn beer. It wafts of must, malt, molasses, bread

damn tasty, it’s perfect for guiding the lager lover in the direction

and herbs, and tastes like a rich, spicy, herbal cider. Low in carbonation with

of the stouts and porters that will be so prevalent throughout the

a sweet malt base, this slightly chewy brew combines hints of caramel and

cold winter months. 4.8% ABV 22 IBU

enough bitterness to finish dry with a lingering sweetness that is also old and earthy. Flavors of fennel, nutmeg, cinnamon, and a bit of dried fruit can be detected in Bell’s Third Coast Old Ale. 10.2 ABV, 96 IBUs 120 . TRAVEL WITH PURPOSE

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By Eli McAdams

Smoky Hollow Scotch Ale El Segundo Brewing Co., El Segundo, Ca

Celebrator Bavarian Double Bock

A Scotch Ale can be intimidating; sweet, malty, syrupy even. Finding a drinkable,

Ayinger Brewery, Aying, Germany

complex and delicious Scotch Ale that even those unfamiliar with the style can love

Just a reminder that lagers need not be abandoned when the

and appreciate could be a daunting task — until now. The Smoky Hollow is a pleasant

air gets chilly! Just switch to the darker persuasion, like the

surprise, perfect for the season. Its medium to full, mahogany body topped with a

Celebrator Double Bock from Ayinger Brewery. Not only is this

thick tan head emanates dried fruit, caramel and toffee with underlying leather and

brew delectable, it also comes with a little goat charm around

earth. The flavor starts with a bitterness that is quickly mellowed by bready malts,

the neck of each bottle. The Celebrator appears dark, is-walnut

then comes a touch of smoke, dirt and moss. That may sound daunting to some, but

topped with a thick, brown head and breaths malty, malty, malty

give peat a chance! You’ll love it. Smoky finishes dry with a memory of bitter hops. The

with a little caramel. It has only a touch of bitterness on the

best thing about this 8.1% ABV ale is that you’ll want another immediately, and you’ll

tongue and is mostly smooth and creamy with a full mouthfeel,

probably try something else new soon. Take your time, but go forth, there is so much

while not at all heavy. Full of sweet malts, caramel and molasses,

to discover in the world of beer!

it has a touch of herbs and nuttiness. You’re left with a soft, malty aftertaste, a warm, tingly tongue, and an appreciation for this

Peanut Butter Milk Stout Belching Beaver, Vista, California

Stouts! We like stouts! Especially of the chocolate and peanut butter variety. One of

complex, heavenly beer. 6.7% ABV, 24 IBUs

Hazelnut Brown Nectar

our favorites is Belching Beaver Brewery’s Peanut Butter Milk Stout (try saying that

Rogue Ales, Newport, Oregon

five times fast!). Its body is a dark, dark brown — almost black — with a brown foam

There are people who might not be fans of hazelnuts (this writer

that dissipates quickly, enticing you with its aroma of peanut butter, chocolate and

included!), but we implore you to find someone who is not a fan of

coffee. Add the essence of alcohol and you get the scent of spiked cocoa. This ale’s

Rogue Ales’ Hazelnut Brown Nectar. This European Brown Ale with

medium body first delivers smooth, roasted peanut butter and bittersweet chocolate,

natural hazelnut flavor is the ideal addition to your must-try list of

then sweet milk and slightly bitter coffee that tingles your tongue. The finish is creamy

fall beers. Not too heavy, it’s an easy drinking brown with a treat

and yummy, coating the mouth and sitting for a bit. Though balanced and drinkable,

of hazelnut! It’s something you can enjoy without thinking and

the dessert-like richness might stop you after one. However, if you’re planning any

have your mind blown. It starts in the glass with a thick, tan head

holiday parties, why not throw a scoop of ice cream in the glass and make a delicious

that fades fast over a mahogany liquid. The slightly sweet, nutty

beer float? Your friends will love you forever.

aroma, with an underlying vanilla note is intriguing and unique.

Take a sip and be pleasantly surprised by the smooth and soft

Saison Noir

ockmill Brewery, Lancaster, Ohio The cooling of the air, the hint of fireplace smoke and the turning of the leaves from

roasty malts, hazelnut, and touch of hop bitterness. Balanced and palatable with a medium body and a clean finish, this delicious brew is interesting, yet simple and delightful. At 5.6% ABV, you can enjoy it a couple times over! 33 IBUs

green to every hue of red, orange and yellow; these are all things that come to mind when the word “fall” is mentioned or when tasting this delicious farmhouse ale. It pours a thick, dark brown topped with a minimal, yet beautiful foam. The aroma of raspberry with a touch of chocolate entices you to taste. If there was such a thing as

Hog Heaven Dry-Hopped Barleywine Style Ale

red wine beer, this would be the best example of it. The medium to full body is rich

Avery Brewing, Boulder, Colorado

with berries and currants. The tartness is surprising, yet so pleasant, followed by a

Barleywines may seem a little too strong and decadent in the hot

sweet tobacco finish and a smooth, herbal aftertaste that lingers only long enough

summer months, but come the chillier days and nights with hay

for you to crave another sip. We know what you’re thinking: how could all those

rides and winter carnivals, doesn’t a Hog Heaven sound delicious?

things happen in the same beer? Believe us, this beer has it all. Doesn’t it sound

Don’t let the name frighten you — though complex and interesting,

perfect for an evening spent bundled up with good friends around a crackling fire?

this brew is balanced and a little too drinkable at 9.2% ABV. It is

Take your time: at 8% ABV, it’s best enjoyed with a friend.

gorgeous to look at with an off white foam over a dark marmalade.

The aroma hints at what’s to come, enveloping you in maltiness

Coffee Porter

countered with herbal hops and a pleasantly dank undertone.

So it’s no surprise when this robust beer brings a big dose of

Smog City Brewing, Torrance, California

floral and bitter hops (104 IBUs, Columbus) complemented with

We’ve got an idea: beer for breakfast! And we’ve got the perfect brew for it: Smog

sweet malts and dried fruit. Hog has a dry finish with a little extra

City’s Coffee Porter. It’s rumored that the brewers at Smog City start their day off

bitterness on the back of the tongue and a lovely herbal yet malty

with a pint and we can understand why. It pours dark and murky with a thick, brown-

aftertaste. An absolute pleasure to drink, this brew is incredibly

ish foam. The aroma hits you immediately like a fresh cup of espresso topped with

tasty and not too heavy or overwhelming. It’s the perfect beer to

chocolate shavings. The taste is smooth and slightly sweet with bittersweet chocolate

rave about while sitting next to a bonfire with your favorite people.

and coffee that hits the back of your tongue. Five pounds of locally roasted coffee are placed in every barrel of this beer to give it that caffeinated punch. Each sip alternates pure espresso with yummy cocoa and its medium body and dry finish make it easily drinkable. If beer is liquid bread, then you’re getting your morning coffee AND toast in one incredible ale. If breakfast is a little too early for you, this brew can also be enjoyed at lunch or dinner, or for dessert. 6.0% ABV, 26 IBUs

Eli McAdams gained her appreciation for craft beer growing up in the microbrew hearty town of Boulder, Colorado. Now living in Los Angeles, if she’s not drinking, writing about or studying beer, she’s enjoying the outdoors, watching a movie or dreaming about future travels.

Forget the Top Ramen you ate when you were on a budget — these restaurants are serving up fine, gourmet versions of this favored Japanese noodle dish. Once only a trend in major US cities, ramen is now popping up all over the users across the nation.

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country. Pick your broth and toppings, and try these top-rated spots according to

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PORTLAND, OR

PHILADELPHIA, PA

1025 SW Stark St, 97205 “We loved the atmosphere, music, friendly staff and of course the food!

The traditional pork belly ramen was amazing and the pot stickers are a must try.” Sarah S.

204 N 9th St, 19107 “The Spicy Ramen was the main contender! It had it all: flavor, texture, presentation...The broth was red hot and flavorful which got me salivating already.” Tho. P

Boxer Ramen

Hapa PDX

2872 SE Division, 97206 “YUmm-y! Don't come here thinking it's just expensive top ramen.

Homemade broth is the way to go. And smoked pork? Mmmm…” Melissa Y.

Frank’s Noodle House

822 NE Broadway St, 97232 “Everything was super tasty and fresh. We requested the noodles to have some spiciness added. These were the bomb & probably my favorite item.

I'm drooling a bit just thinking about it.” Pete H.

LOS ANGELES, CA

Tsujita LA Artisan Noodles Annex

2057 Sawtelle Blvd, 90025 “The service is best in class for the Ramen world. The lines are long but so are the firm yet chewy noodles that seem to soak up every droplet of the Tsukemen gravy and Ramen soup.” Aaron E.

Terakawa Ramen

Morimoto

723 Chestnut St, 19106 “One glance inside and you instantly have arrived at one of the coolest spots in town. I don't think any other restaurant screams chic, avant-garde more so than this restaurant.” John R.

DENVER, CO Uncle

2215 W 32nd Ave, 80211 “The spicy chicken ramen broth was so rich and flavorful, I loved it!! The only recommendation I would say, is swap the chicken out and get the chasu — that’s where it's at.” Peter S.

Daikokuya

327 E 1st St, 90012 “I came here (with a party of 3) on a Thursday night at 10:30 pm and got seated an hour later. Damn, an hour wait when it's extremely late at night?! It was so worth it though.” Vy N.

Tatsu Ramen

7111 Melrose Ave, 90046 “This place has a modernistic feel. It is cozy and casual. While the customers are waiting in line for seating, they can order what they want from an iPad. The full menu is listed in their iPads with images of food.” Tracy D.

Silverlake Ramen

2927 W Sunset Blvd, 90026 “Why this place has made a reputation for itself to be one of the best, if not the best ramen spots in LA, is in the broth. Thick pork broth and not too salty but full of flavor. The thick slice of pork is nice and crispy, not like the usual sliver slices like other places which would soften up once it hits the soup.” Helena H.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA Izakaya Sozai

1500 Irving St, 94122 “Skewers: can't go wrong with any of the choices, but there are some fun ones like bacon wrapped mochi and bacon wrapped okra." Tunaidi A. culture collide . 123

CHICAGO, IL Kameya

806 W Webster Ave, 60614 “Holy $&@% this ramen was amazing…the beef was incredibly tender and flavorful and once the ramen was gone I played "find the beef" until I'd extracted every single scrap left.” Matt K.

Slurping Turtle

116 W Hubbard St, 60654 “I was so impressed with this place! House made noodles are so very hard to find and the atmosphere is so approachable & fun!” Valarie G.

HONOLULU, HI

AUSTIN, TX

Ramen Tatsu-Ya

8557 Research Blvd. Ste 126, 78758 “I ordered the #2 Sho-yu at the recommendation of my brother and the whole bowl of noodles was just to die for. Broth was rich and creamy and the egg that comes with it is perfectly cooked.” Nicky L.

Michi Ramen

6519 N Lamar Blvd, 78752 “Yummmm! Let's just say the broth was so tasty my husband and I both took a spoonful, looked at each other after our first bite, said, ‘damn that's good,’ then didn't talk for another 10-15 min as we each became engrossed with our own bowls.” Sarah H.

Lucky Belly

50 N Hotel St, 96817 “Lucky Belly serves ramen and asian inspired dishes with a local Hawaii flair. Don't go expecting a Tokyo ramen shop experience.

Instead, go expecting a unique, delicious, locally influenced experience!” Tom P.

Goma Tei Ramen

1200 Ala Moana Blvd, Ste 42, 96814 “They always have such fast service and their food is always fresh and delicious! I'm honestly in love with Gomatei. I'd eat their food everyday if my wallet could handle it!” Mike M. 124 . TRAVEL WITH PURPOSE

MIAMI, FL MOMI Ramen

5 SW 11th St, 33130 “Unfortunately Miami doesn't have many noodle joints. Fortunately though, it does have this one.

MOMI does it right. Open late, chill atmosphere, amazing soup!" Marco F.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

NEW YORK, NY

1234 H St NE, 20002 “What I remember most is their amazing homemade Sriracha. I had the vegan noodle bowl and it definitely met my expectations. Best ramen in the city!” Maggie N.

32 Varet St, 11206 “What a cute, little, tasteful place! Samurai Papa was my first meal as a New Yorker and I'm glad to have started out on a delicious note.” Angela K.

Toki Underground

Sakuramen

Samurai Papa

Koa Restaurant

2441 18th St NW, 20009 “The noodles, made of egg and flour, are cooked perfectly. Not too soft and not crunchy. Pork belly is added to a medley of green onions, corn, bamboo sprouts and the signature fireball. It's a great meal." Richard W.

12 W 21st St, 10010 “Order the chasu ramen or slightly larger chasu sorba.

The meat is soft and tender, the broth is flavorful, and the noodles are the perfect texture. When I slurp down these delicious noodles, I am in complete bliss.” Lai H.

Daikaya Ramen Shop

Ippudo

65 4th Ave, 10003 “It's a perfect rendition of milky tonkotsu that's guaranteed to blow your taste buds and not your wallet all while adding some meat to your bones.” James I.

GIGIE HALL

705 6th St NW, 20001 “Daikaya's ramen game is strong. The portions are large, great flavor in the soup, satisfying noodles."

Angela Z.

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pHASES

Michael Runion, Z Berg (Jenny Lewis, The Like), Alex Greenwald (Phantom Planet), and Jason Boesel (Bright Eyes, Jenny Lewis) make up the LA-based four-piece PHASES. Formerly known as JJAMZ, the band returns with their album For Life on September 18. Prepping for a tour across the states with The Mowgli’s and LIGHTS this November, the band members gave us their go-to travel playlists fit for any adventure.

MICHAEL RUNION

JASON BOESEL

Z BERG

ALEX GREENWALD

“Blues Run the Game” — Jackson C. Frank A sad song from a sad man that lived a sad life. Perfect for an early morning drive after a late-night break up. “Catch a boat to England, baby, maybe to Spain...” Boarding a ship for a long voyage with no specific destination or purpose sounds like the saddest freedom ever.

“Rocket Queen” — Guns N’ Roses

“I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight” — Richard and Linda Thompson

“(You) Got What I Need” — Freddie Scott

“Fifth In Line To The Throne” — Camera Obscura Remember that time you and your best friend (the one you secretly had a crush on) sat in your parent’s car discussing the highs, lows and in-betweens until the sun started to come up, but you left the lights on and drained the battery, so you had to call your dad to come pick you up? Remember? That’s what listening to Camera Obscura feels like to me. Tracyanne Campbell’s voice is the reason mixtapes were invented.

“Epidemic” — His Hero is Gone Living in Los Angeles, you spend an ungodly amount of time in your car. I don’t have the figures in front of me, but I believe it’s roughly 6,000 hours a week. Listening to this song LOUD is a good way to let off some steam while you’re trapped behind the wheel.

“There Is A Light That Never Goes Out” — The Smiths “If a ten truck, kills the both of us. To die by your side, well, the pleasure, the privilege is mine.” Enough said.

“Everyday” — Buddy Holly Sounds like sunshine through the trees out the car window somewhere down in Florida. Hope and anticipation in a song. Appreciation for the life that’s passing by.

“Buffalo Springfield Again” — Neil Young This song is pure old-guy hope and enjoyment. Like your dad is telling a story on a summer’s day in the air conditioning of his Buick Park Avenue.

Listen up!

“Tornado Of Souls” — Megadeth This sucker will get you pumped to rip the road. The opening riff is so sick and when the drums come in, the dashboard is a fifteen-piece kit to whack upon.

“I Got A Name” — Jim Croce Jim Croce’s voice is hard to beat when it comes to staring off into the distance and wondering what’s happening or what’ll happen next. This song is a declaration of existence, which can come in handy out there in the middle of it all.

When you’re looking to get into some trouble, wherever you are.

“Everytime” — Family of the Year For when it hits you that being peripatetic means you may fuck up every relationship you’ve ever had and hurt everyone you’ve ever loved but you still love them and you still love leaving and there’s nothing you can do about it.

“Living Without You” — Harry Nilsson My first love put this on a mix tape for me when he was on tour and I was in high school and it was the most exquisite pain of missing someone I had ever felt.

As I repeat that scenario over and over again I always come back to it and it hurts just the same and just as beautifully.

“Elvis Presley Blues” — Gillian Welch I always test the mic at soundcheck with this song so it will forever be my on the road reverie. And how tragic and apt a song it is.

No one has ever gotten into a car accident while listening to this soul gem.

FACT. The chorus was used by Biz Markie in his 1989 song “Just A Friend.” Actually, both of these songs are more than friends to me.

“Faces” — Clio I think this qualifies as Italo Disco. It has a driving beat and it’s got sick chord changes.

“Funkin’ for Jamaica” — Tom Browne This track is funkin’ awesome; you can’t help but move when it gets played.

“Love( Is Gonna Be On Your Side)” — Firefly Late at night this song will echo as a reminder that “love is going to be on your side” if you don’t get on any onramps that say do not enter on them. The vocal tape delay is inspirational.

“Clouds Across the Moon Supernova Mix” — The Rah Band I listen to this and I’m driving over the Earth in the Winnebago from Spaceballs.

I should warn you, this might not be a good idea to listen to if it’s late and you’re speeding down a desert highway in a van full of your bandmates.

SAM BACKHAUS

“Who Gon Stop Me” — Jay-Z and Kanye West This sonic tour de force will turn any midsize sedan into a diesel-burning monster truck, ready to Grave Digger over any vehicles unfortunate enough to be in your path. Drive safely.

If you want to get sad in the back seat, this one works great.

City Guide Addresses London

Ghostpoet Casita- 5A Ravey St, London EC2A 4QW, UK Milk- 20 Bedford Hill, London SW12 9RG, UK Pelicans & Parrots- 40 Stoke Newington Rd, Dalston, London N16 7XJ, UK Happyness Bermondsey Curry Den- 281 Southwark Park Rd, London SE16 3TP, UK Birthdays- 33-35 Stoke Newington Rd, London N16 8BJ, UK The Old Red Lion- 42 Kennington Park Rd, London SE11 4RS, UK The Hellfire Club- Harris Way, Sunbury-On-Thames, TW16 7EL, UK Kennington Lane Cafe- 383 Kennington Ln, London SE11 5QY, UK Vauxhall City Farm- 165 Tyers Street, London SE11 5HS, UK Jaime T Ahmed Tandoori- 2 The Broadway, London SW19 1RF, UK Honest Jons Records- 278 Portobello Rd, London W10 5TE, UK London Callin- 115 Buckingham Palace Rd, London SW1W 9SJ, UK The 12 Bar Club- 203 Holloway Road, London N7 8DL, UK Kindness Bar Italia- 22 Frith St, Soho, London W1D 4RF, UK Wilton’s Music Hall- 1 Graces Alley, London E1 8JB, UK Laurel Goode & Wright- 271 Portobello Rd, London W11 1LR, UK The Dove- 19 Upper Mall, London W6 9TA, UK The Maccabees Allpress Espresso Bar- 58 Redchurch St, Shoreditch, London, E2 7DP, UK Cafe Oto- 18-22 Ashwin St, London E8 3DL, UK Climpson & Sons Cafe- 67 Broadway Market, London E8 4PH, UK Monmouth Coffee- 2 Neal’s Yard, London WC2H 9DP, UK Tayyabs- 83-89 Fieldgate St, London E1 1JU, UK The Haggerston- 438 Kingsland Rd, London E8 4AA, UK The Hemingway- 84 Victoria Park Rd, London E9 7JL, UK The Roebuck- 50 Great Dover St, London SE1 4YG, UK The Spurstowe Arms- 68 Greenwood Rd, London E8 1AB, UK Mispers The Hawley Arms- 2 Castlehaven Rd, London NW1 8QU, UK Palma Violets The Pineapple- 51 Leverton Street, London NW5 2NX, UK Shura Rough Trade Shop- 130 Talbot Rd, London W11 1JA, UK Sister Ray- Berwick Street Market, 75 Berwick Street, London W1F 8RP, UK The Orb Crystal Palace Park- Thicket Road, London, Crystal Palace SE19 2GA, UK The Latchmere- 503 Battersea Park Rd, London SW11 3BW, UK Beamish & McGlue- 461 Norwood Rd, London SE27 9DQ, UK

Melbourne

Banoffee Bar Open- 317 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, VIC, 3065, AU Everyday Coffee- 33 Johnston St, Melbourne VIC 3066, AU Howler- 7-11 Dawson St, Brunswick VIC 3056, AU Milkwood Cafe- 120 Nicholson St, Brunswick East VIC 3057, AU No Lights No Lycra- 909 High St, Thornbury VIC 3071, AU Schoolhouse Studios- 81 Rupert Street, Collingwood VIC 3067, AU TOWFD (The Organic Food and Wine Deli)- 28 Degraves St, Melbourne VIC 3000, AU Fractures Great Northern Hotel- 644 Rathdowne St, Carlton North VIC 3054, AU Hawthorn Brewery- P.O. Box 2037 Hawthorn Vic 3122, AU Hill-Top Cake Shop- 601 Whitehorse Rd, Mont Albert VIC 3127, AU The Forum Theatre- 154 Flinders St, Melbourne VIC 3000, AU Trunk- 275 Exhibition St, Melbourne VIC 3000, AU Gossling Mountain Goat Beer- 80 North Street, Richmond VIC 3121, AU Northcote Social Club- 301 High Street, Northcote VIC 3070, AU Pie In The Sky- 43 Olinda-Monbulk Rd, Olinda VIC 3788, AU Porgie and Mr. Jones- 291 Auburn Rd, Hawthorn VIC 3122, AU Hiatus Kaiyote The Old Bar- 74-76 Johnston St, Fitzroy VIC 3065, AU Husky Cafe Romantica- 52/54 Lygon St, Brunswick East VIC 3057, AU The Gasometer Hotel- 484 Smith St, Collingwood VIC 3066, AU Monk Bodhi Dharma- 202 Carlisle St, Balaclava VIC 3183, AU Palais Theatre- Lower Esplanade, St Kilda VIC 3182, AU

Kingswood Black Cat- 252 Brunswick St, Fitzroy VIC 3065, AU Brother Baba Budan- 359 Little Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000, AU Fredo- 73 Macleay Street, Frederickton, Kempsey, New South Wales 2440, AU Seven Seeds- 106-114 Berkeley St, Carlton VIC 3053, AU Stone and Wood Beer- 4 Boronia Pl, Byron Bay NSW 2481, AU Miami Horror Eagles Nest House- Moor St, Fitzroy VIC 3065, AU Little Creatures Brewery- 222 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, VIC, AU Williamson’s Pies & Pastries- 253 Chapel St, Prahran VIC 3181, AU The Delta Riggs Admiral Cheng Ho- 3067, 325 Johnston St, Abbotsford VIC 3067, AU Carlton & United Brewery- 77 Southbank Boulevard, Southbank VIC, AU Goldilocks Bar- Level 4, 264 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000, AU Lazerpig Pizza- 9-11 Peel St, Collingwood VIC 3066, AU The Corner Hotel- 57 Swan St, Richmond VIC 3121, AU

Nashville

CAPPA Barista Parlor- 519 Gallatin Ave, Nashville, TN 37206 Burger Up- 2901 12th Ave S, Nashville, TN 37204 CREMA- 15 Hermitage Ave, Nashville, TN 37204 Frothy Monkey- 235 5th Ave North, Nashville, TN 37219 Lightning 100’s Live On The Green Music Festival- 1 Public Square, Nashville, TN 37201 Mercy Lounge- 1 Cannery Row, Nashville, TN 37203 Pinewood Social- 33 Peabody St, Nashville, TN 37210 Ryman Auditorium- 116 5th Ave N, Nashville, TN 37219 Santa’s Pub- 2225 Bransford Ave, Nashville, TN 37204 Tavern- 1904 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37203 The 5 Spot Live- 1006 Forrest Ave, Nashville, TN 37206 The Cannery Ballroom- 1 Cannery Row, Nashville, TN 37203 The Crying Wolf- 823 Woodland St, Nashville, TN 37206 The High Watt- 1 Cannery Row, Nashville, TN 37203 War Memorial Auditorium- 301 6th Ave N, Nashville, TN 37243 Civil Twilight Cafe Coco- 210 Louise Ave, Nashville, TN 37203 Marché- 1000 Main St, Nashville, TN 37206 Music City Food & Wine Festival- 600 James Robertson Parkway, Nashville, TN 37219 Escondido Athens Family Restaurant- 7071 Old Harding Pike, Nashville, TN 37221 Dino’s Bar- 411 Gallatin Ave, Nashville, TN 37206 Duke’s- 1000 Clearview Ave, Ste 103, Nashville, TN 37206 Eighth and Roast- 2108 8th Ave S, Nashville, TN 37204 Musician’s Corner- 2500 West End Ave, Nashville, TN 37203 Portland Brew- 2605 12th Ave S, Nashville, TN 37204 Robert’s Western World- 416 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37203 The Basement- 1604 8th Ave S #330, Nashville, TN 37203 Fly Golden Eagle Circuit Benders’ Ball- 500 Houston St, Nashville, TN 37203 Nashville Film Festival- 3815 Green Hills Village Dr, Nashville, TN 37215 The Nashville Jewish Film Festival- 2012 Belcourt Ave, Nashville, TN 37212 Charlie Bob’s Restaurant- 1330 Dickerson Pike, Nashville, TN 37207 Humming House Bongo Java- 107 S 11th St, Nashville, TN 37206 Margot Cafe & Bar- 1017 Woodland St, Nashville, TN 37206 Sky Blue Cafe- 700 Fatherland St, Nashville, TN 37206 Village Pub and Beer Garden- 1308 McGavock Pike, Nashville, TN 37216 Ian St. Pé El Jaliciense Mexican Restaurant- 3225 Gallatin Pike, Nashville, TN 37216 Station Inn- 402 12th Ave S, Nashville, TN 37203 Tomato Art Festival- Five Points, Nashville, TN 37206 The Treehouse Restaurant- 1011 Clearview Ave, Nashville, TN 37206 PUJOL Freakin’ Weekend- 2219 Elliston Pl, Nashville, TN 37203 Queen Avenue Art Collective- 178 Queen Ave, Nashville, TN, 37207 Sip Cafe- 939 Gallatin Pike, Nashville, TN 37216 The East Room- 2412 Gallatin Ave, Nashville, TN 37206 Turbo Fruits Exit/In- 2208 Elliston Pl, Nashville, TN 37203 The End- 2219 Elliston Pl, Nashville, TN 37203 The Stone Fox- 712 51st Ave N, Nashville, TN 37209

Philadelphia

Beach Slang Bar- 1309 Sansom St., Philadelphia PA, 19107 Blackbird Pizzeria- 507 S 6th St, Philadelphia, PA 19147 Black Vulture Gallery- 208 E Girard Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19125 Creep Records- 1050 N Hancock St Suite 76, Philadelphia,

PA 19123 El Bar- 1356 N Front St, Philadelphia, PA 19122 FDR Skatepark- Philadelphia, PA 19145 Honey’s Sit ‘N Eat- 2101 South St, Philadelphia, PA 19146 Long In The Tooth- 2027 Sansom St, Philadelphia, PA 19103 Philadelphia Eddies Tattoo 62- 621 S 4th St, Philadelphia, PA 19147 Repo Records- 538 South St, Philadelphia, PA 19147 Royal Tavern- 937 E Passyunk Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19147 Siren Records- 25 E State St, Doylestown, PA 18901 The Fire- 412 W Girard Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19123 True Hand Society- 2424 E York St, Philadelphia, PA 19125 Ultimo Coffee- 2149 Catharine St, Philadelphia, PA 19146 Dan Svizeny Dirty Franks Bar- 347 S 13th St, Philadelphia, PA 19107 Fountain Porter- 1601 S 10th St, Philadelphia, PA 19148 Beautiful World Syndicate- 1619 E Passyunk Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19148 La Colombe- 1414 S Penn Square, Philadelphia, PA 19102 The Dead Milkmen Frequency Tattoo Company- 4038 Ridge Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19129 Jim’s Steaks South St.- Roosevelt Mall, 2311 Cottman Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19149 Laurel Hill Cemetery- 3822 Ridge Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19132 Lucky 13 Pub- 1820 S 13th St, Philadelphia, PA 19148 Madira Bar & Grill- 1252 S 21st St, Philadelphia, PA 19146 Monk’s Cafe- 264 S 16th St, Philadelphia, PA 19102 ReAnimator Coffee- 310 Master St, Philadelphia, PA 19122 Hop Along Atlantis The Lost Bar- 2442 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19125 Divine Lorraine Hotel- 699 N Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123 John’s Roast Pork- 14 E Snyder Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19148 Princeton Record Exchange- 20 S Tulane St, Princeton, NJ 08542 Jukebox The Ghost 12 Steps Down- 831 Christian St, Philadelphia, PA 19147 Moo Tattoo- 513 South St #2, Philadelphia, PA 19147 Philadelphia Record Exchange- 1524 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19125 Tony Luke’s Cheesesteaks- 39 E Oregon Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19148 Low Cut Connie Bob & Barbara’s- 1509 South St, Philadelphia, PA 19146 La. Va Cafe- 2100 South St, Philadelphia, PA 19146 Liquid Vinyl Underground- 934 East Moyamensing Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19147 Ray’s Happy Birthday Bar- 1200 E Passyunk Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19147 The Starting Line a.k.a music- 120 N 3rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19106 Bourbon & Branch (Run by Greg Altman of Vacationer)705 N 2nd St, Philadelphia, PA 19123 Philip’s Steaks- 2234 W Passyunk Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19145 Silk City Dine Bar & Lounge- 435 Spring Garden St, Philadelphia, PA 19123 Vacationer Gleaner’s Cafe- 917 S 9th St, Philadelphia, PA 19147 Kraftwork Bar- 541 E Girard Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19125 The Milkcrate Cafe- 400 E Girard Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19125 Valor Tattoo- 1448 Brownsville Rd, Trevose, PA 19053 War on Drugs Dalessandro’s Steaks- 600 Wendover St, Philadelphia, PA 19128 Johnny Brenda’s- 1201 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19125 Loco Pez- 2401 E Norris St, Philadelphia, PA 19125

Tokyo

5.6.7.8’s Inui- Kandajinbocho, Chiyoda 101-0051, Tokyo, JP SABOURU- 1-11, Kandajimbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP Guitar Wolf Poor Cow- Bldg. 4F, 2-9-24 Parkyard, Kitazawa, SetagayaKu, Tokyo, JP Masaki Batoh Kabukicho, Shinjuku- Shinjuku, Tokyo, JP Omoide Yokocho- Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo, JP Shugo Nagi Shokudo- 15-10 Uguisudanicho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JP SIMON Kuni- 1-5-5 Dogenzaka, Shibuya, JP Tsukui- 3-13-2 Taishido, Setagaya, Tokyo, JP Taffy Streamer Coffee Company- 1F 1-20-28, Shibuya, Shibuyaku, Tokyo, JP Tokyo Disneyland- 1-1 Maihama, Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture 279-0031, JP The Knocks ARC- Festae Omotesando Building B1, 3-18-19, MinamiAoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-0062, JP Bar Piano- 1-25-10 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JP Bridge Bar- Parkside Kyodo Bldg. 10F, 1-25-6 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JP New Lex- B1F, 3-13-14 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP Zoobombs

Denny’s Family Restaurant- 6-14-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku Green Tower Bldg. 2F,Shinjuku 160-0023, Tokyo, JP Harmonica Yokocho- 1-1-4 Kichijyoji Honcho, Musashino 180-0004, Tokyo, JP

Toronto

Austra Rotate This- 801 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M6J 1G1, CA Toronto Island- 9 Queen’s Quay West, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2V3, CA BadBadNotGood Bellwoods Brewery- 124 Ossington Ave, Toronto, ON M6J 2Z5, CA Bitondo Pizzeria- 11 Clinton St, Toronto, ON M6J 2P1, CA Bloor Hot Docs Cinema- 506 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M5S 1Y3, CA Cosmos Records- 607A Queen St W, Toronto, ON M5V 2B7, CA Grasshopper Records- Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M6J 1X3, CA Horseshoe Tavern- 370 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M5V 2A2, CA June Records- 662 College St, Toronto, ON M6G 1B8, CA Kops Records- 229 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M5V 1Z4, CA Massey Hall- 178 Victoria St, Toronto, ON M5B 1T7, CA Molson Canadian Amphitheatre- 909 Lake Shore Blvd W, Toronto, ON M6K 3L3, CA Sonic Boom Records- 215 Spadina Ave, Toronto, ON M5T 2C7, CA The Dakota Tavern- 249 Ossington Ave, Toronto, ON M6J 3A1, CA The Danforth Music Hall- 147 Danforth Ave, Toronto, ON M4K 1N2, CA The Opera House- 735 Queen St E, Toronto, ON M4M 1H2, CA TIFF Bell Lightbox- 350 King St W, Toronto, ON M5V 3X5, CA Wrongbar- 1279 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M6K 1L4, CA Balconies Glory Hole Doughnuts- 1596 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M6R 1A8, CA Great Lakes Brewery- 30 Queen Elizabeth Blvd, Etobicoke, ON M8Z 1L8, CA The Ace- 231A Roncesvalles Avenue, Toronto, ON M6R 2L6, CA The Tempered Room- 1374 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M6K 1L8, CA Black Pistol Fire Creemore Springs- 139 Mill St, Creemore, ON L0M 1G0, CA Mill Street Brewery- 21 Tank House Lane, Toronto, ON M5A 3C4, CA Ontario Science Center- 770 Don Mills Rd, Toronto, ON M3C 1T3, CA Red Room- 444 Spadina Ave, Toronto, ON M5T 2G8, CA Snakes and Lattes Board Game Cafe- 600 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M6G 1K4, CA Born Ruffians Get Well- 1181 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M6J 1X4, CA Steam Whistle Brewing- Roundhouse Park, 255 Bremner Blvd, Toronto, ON M5V 3M9, CA Tiny Record Shop- 804 Queen St E, Toronto, ON M4M 1H7, CA The Annex HodgePodge Bistro & Catering- 258 Dupont St, Toronto, ON M5R 1V7, CA Cancer Bats Bombay Chowpatty- 1386 Gerrard St E, Toronto, ON M4L, CA Bull Dog Coffee- 86 Gerrard St E, Toronto, ON M5B 1G6, CA Capital Espresso- 1349 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M6K 1M1, CA CN Tower- 301 Front St W, Toronto, ON M5V 2T6, CA Dark Horse Espresso Bar- 125 John St, Toronto, ON M5V 2E2, CA Hard Luck Bar- 772A Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M6J 1V1, CA Jet Fuel Coffee- 519 Parliament St, Toronto, ON M4X 1P3, CA Lee’s Palace- 529 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M5S 1Y4, CA Sam James Coffee Bar- 150 King St W, Toronto, ON M5H 3T9, CA Sneaky Dee’s- 431 College St, Toronto, ON M5T 1T1, CA The Black Canary- 61 Sherbourne St, Toronto, ON M5A, CA The Shop- 1139 College St, Toronto, ON M6H 1B5, CA Tucana Coffee- 1413 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M6J 1Y4, CA July Talk Art Gallery of Ontario- 317 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M5T 1G4, CA Communist’s Daughter- 1149 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M6J 1X4, CA The Gem Bar & Grill- 1159 Davenport Rd, Toronto, ON M6H 2G5, CA Tokyo Police Club Indie Ale House- 2876 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M6P 1Y8, CA Rainbow Cinemas & Magic Lantern Theatres- 80 Front St E, Toronto, ON M5E 1T4 CA Revue Cinema- 400 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto, ON M6R 2M9, CA Rooster Coffee House- 343 King St E, Toronto, ON M5A 1L1, CA The Garrison- 1197 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M6J 1X3, CA

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