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This month we have the completelyfabulous-ridiculously-lovely Ms Banks on the cover, and Tara Joshi gets down to all the details in her interview from page 26. Want to know where she got her name? Get on it. In other news we managed to introduce Banks to the wonderful world of Kettle Chips and hummus so, all-in-all, a very successful cover shoot I think. Elsewhere in the world - is anyone else feeling a little overwhelmed by all these festival announcements? It is serious out there and it feels like everyone is getting more creative and imaginative than ever. We run through some of our favourites on page 74 to help guide you through the confusion. It’s making me long for long summer evenings more every minute. Don’t miss our Events page this month either because we've dug out some real gems for you, mostly full of art and food, so what’s not to love?
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JUNGLEPUSSY
the tracks we can’t stop listening to this month JESS: Junglepussy - State Of The Union DAVE: Madge - Fight or Flight Club LOKI: Kero Kero Bonito - Only Acting DANNY: Nilüfer Yanya - Thanks 4 Nothing GEMMA: Goat Girl - The Man JACK: Lazy Day - Weird Cool RACHEL: Isadora - Visions LiS 05
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FULL MARCH GIG LISTINGS
TALES FROM THE CITY
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EVENTS
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Sweet stuff happening soon in London 26
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IN LONDON
with Kate Nash
by Bishop Nehru 22
GIGS OF THE MONTH
Our pick of March’s best shows
Chrystal, Octavian & more
FESTIVAL PREVIEWS
The latest news from festival world
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PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS by Dave Rowlinson
ON THE STEREO with Piano Day
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ALBUM REVIEWS
Superorganism, Young Fathers, Frankie Cosmos, Yo La Tengo, Rolo Tomassi, The Breeders & more
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NEW SOUNDS CHRYSTAL
by Gemma Samways
If you’re labouring under the misapprehension that all the UK’s best rap and R&B originates from the South, it’s time for a long overdue reality check. Be it Blackpool grime MCs Soph Aspin, Afghan Dan and Little T, Mancunian creative collective LEVELZ or BBC Sound of 2018-approved trap queen IAMDDB, the North West of England is currently home to many of the scene’s most exciting young voices. Head a little further up the A666 from Manchester and you’ll find Chrystal, a B-O-L-T-O-N-based vocalist and producer creating incredible, streetwise pop and proudly revelling in her northern roots. Drawing on an eclectic range of influences ranging from Aaliyah and local boys Blackout
Crew to, ahem, The Venga Boys, the 26-year-old’s output to date has been centred around springy beats, soulful, accented vocals, and a healthy smattering of lyrical sass. Following last year’s grime-inspired single ‘Waves’, and the more melancholic, low-slung beats of ‘New Shoes’ – produced by Dave-collaborator 169 – she’s back and armed with the sugary bounce of ‘2 Real’. Created with John Calvert of Nao and Bonzai fame, released via 37 Adventures, and accompanied by a fun video taking in her favourite local haunts, it swaggers, it soars and it screams “potential breakthrough hit.”
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Part of the Essie Gang crew, French born, South East London rapper Octavian is breaking out with his two latest tracks catching fire and piquing the attention of names like Drake, Pigeons & Planes, Pitchfork and Radio 1. The latest of his two releases ‘100 Degrees’ is a chilled and confident track that worms its way into your subconscious. Sitting alongside first offering, ‘Party Here,’ together they paint the picture of a multifaceted and thoughtful artist on the cusp of something massive.
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Gwenno words: Rhian Daly
“Music is such a utopia in itself I can’t imagine being able to have this conversation any other way.” e Kov isn’t a place you can visit, at least not physically. The inspiration behind Gwenno’s second album, it’s an imaginary city on the bottom of the sea - a sunken utopia off the coast of Cornwall that was once a land where people could be free to be whoever they liked. It sounds like exactly the sort of sanctuary the world could do with right now... That fact isn’t lost on the Cardiff-born singer. While her last album, 2015’s Welsh-sung Y Dydd Olaf, had politics at its core, Le Kov is far more relaxed. “I’m personally seeking out and responding really well to art that lifts my spirit,” Gwenno explains from her home in Cardiff. “Not that it doesn’t challenge me, but that it challenges me to think positively rather than going, ‘Yes, isn’t it shit?’ because we all know that.” Le Kov has that same uplifting nature, a fun and beautiful mash of psychedelic pop, boasting songs about as varied and surreal topics as cheese (‘Eus Keus?’), isolation (‘Herdhya’), and a lullaby for her son Nico (‘Hunros’). Although it’s entirely Cornish, it doesn’t feel inaccessible to non-speakers there’s something bewitching about these unusual combinations of sounds that feel like they’re taking you into another world. LiS 14
While Gwenno might not have visited Cornwall too much, she is fluent in the language and grew up speaking it at home thanks to her father, the St Tudy poet Tim Saunders. Y Dydd Olaf ended with ‘Amser’, a musical adaptation of a poem he had written in Cornish, and Le Kov reflects the musician’s decision to claim the vernacular of her dad’s home. “When I was growing up, I thought it was my dad’s thing and we just speak Cornish,” she says. “As I got older, I was like, ‘That’s a bit rubbish.’ If your parents have given you something, you either go ‘that’s nothing to do with me’ or you take ownership over it.” She describes the album as a “declaration of existence” for Cornish, which was at one point considered extinct, but had its status changed to “critically endangered” by UNESCO in 2009 following a revival. Still,
the amount of people who use it is in the thousands. “The story of the Cornish language itself is fascinating and it would be really lovely if anybody thought that was interesting as well,” Gwenno says. “Music is such a utopia in itself - I can’t imagine being able to have this conversation any other way.” Made with her regular collaborator and husband Rhys Edwards, another exercise of Le Kov was for Gwenno to “reconnect with [her] inner child”. ‘Eus Keus?’, based on an old harvesting phrase about cheese, is “the kind of song I would have made up as a five-year-old”, while ‘Daromres y’n Howl’ is a bouncing ode to the frustration of traffic jams, sung with Gruff Rhys. “I like the idea of a duet about [that],” she smiles. “Normally duets are really clichéd, so I
thought it would be good to do a duet about being stuck in traffic and that being quite annoying. It’s just a bit silly.” Le Kov is the antidote to the storm swirling around the world right now - bright, mythical, and magical. For Gwenno, that was always the aim. “Things are increasingly stressful and we’re bombarded with information,” she says. “I just wanted to make an album that was really warm, intimate, personal, and happy, and just try to find the joy, and the ridiculous, and the utopia of home.” Job done. If only Le Kov were a real place. LiS
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Le Kov is released March 2nd via Heavenly Records. LIVE: Rough Trade East, March 5th. Hoxton Hall, April 12th Sea Change Festival, August 25th. End Of The Road Festival, August 30th-September 2nd. @Gwennomusic
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TALES FROM THE CITY by BISHOP NEHRU The first time I came out to London was five years ago, and it was my first time travelling anywhere at all outside of the United States. So it was definitely a really different experience for me! I'd always seen in films that cars drive on the opposite side of the road, and seeing that first hand seemed crazy to me. Overall it was just an amazing trip because I was able to meet one of my favourite musicians and rap artists of all time, MF DOOM. I opened from him and Ghostface at a place called The 100 Club, and we met up backstage. That sparked a really great relationship, which grew and led to us making NehruvianDOOM together - a lot of that was recorded in London - and has continued beyond that right up until now and my current album. It all stems back from that first trip going out to London. I definitely have a special, close relationship with both the UK and London. Since the first visit, I've been out, like, 5 our 6 times now, I think. One of my favourite things out there for sure is Quavers chips. American's won't know what I talking about, but all the UK people will know about them! They're fire! I definitely enjoy London, and have never had a bad experience out there at all really. It's definitely nice vibes, and I'm looking forward to coming back out again later this year and some more in the future too. Bishop Nehru releases Elevators: Act I & II, produced by Kaytranada and MF DOOM, March 16th via Nehruvia. @BishopNehru LiS 19
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A GREAT PIZZA ON THE ZONE 3 BORDER THING YARD SALE PIZZA, LEYTONSTONE The TSB, the Holy Pepperoni, cheesy Marmite garlic bread, collaborations with London legends like Monty’s Deli, Patty & Bun and Deeney’s, a Guardian OFM award, that night with Macaulay Culkin, the new musical pizza box(!)... The reasons to love Yard Sale pretty much go on forever, but one of our favourite things about them is, as we’re all pushed out of central London and further afield, they’re opening restaurants in the same directions, so when we move in they’re already there. Now it’s the turn of Leytonstone to experience the joy of one of London’s very finest on their doorstep. Suddenly that Central Line slog doesn’t seem half so bad. WHEN: Soft launch from March 12th. WHERE: 622 High Road, Leytonstone, E11 INFO: yardsalepizza.com // @yardsalepizza
A SWEET CHILDHOOD MEMORIES THING WINNIE-THE-POOH: EXPLORING A CLASSIC The V&A have created an immersive world for Winnie the Pooh lovers this month. With sketches, letters, photographs and cartoons bringing the much-adored book to life, it really is an exhibition for all ages. Discover the story behind the creative partnership between A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepherd and find out more about the creation of these timeless books. WHEN: Now till April 8th. WHERE: Victoria & Albert Museum, SW7 INFO: vam.ac.uk // @V_and_A © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
A GENDER EQUALITY CAMPAIGN THING HE FOR SHE Needs (a not-for-profit events and label series) has teamed up with the UN Women’s HeForShe campaign for an all-day (and into the night) event at East London’s Oval Space. Featuring panels and talks from the likes of Munroe Bergdorf, Keith Harris, Abby Raymonde and more, it’s going to be a inspirational whirlwind of a day, all topped-off by a set from one of our absolute favourites, Peggy Gou. WHEN: March 11th. WHERE: Oval Space, E2 INFO: facebook.com/needsnotforprofit
A FICTIONAL INSTITUTION MADE REAL THING THE AGENCY OF VISIBLE WOMEN Essex seaside utopia Southend is just a short train ride from London, and until April 14th this is where you’ll find the Essex Feminist Collective presenting The Agency of Visible Women. A collection of artworks by self-identifying women, the pieces are there to make women visible and highlight the myriad ways this visibility is challenged, even within the intersects of our feminist communities. WHEN: Now until April 14th. WHERE: Beecroft Art Gallery, Southend, SS2 6EX INFO: @EssexFemCollect LiS 23
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“It’s not that deep – I’m actually a doughnut.” ising South London rapper Ms Banks is chowing down on a panini and laughing about how her freestyles can misleadingly make her seem “very serious” (her words). The 23-year-old shot into the public consciousness almost two years ago with her remarkable turn on Fire in the Booth, a slot that saw her spitting formidably about politics and London life over Kanye’s ‘30 Hours’ beat while Charlie Sloth looked on in awe.
“That was deffo a peak moment for me,” she says now of that breakthrough which, she recalls, saw her trending on Twitter for the first time. But it’s fair to say that the peaks keep coming for Banks, as she gathers all number of fans in the wake of her deft blend of braggadocio bangers, lithe UK afrobeats tunes and those more potently introspective, political moments. She got that infamous Fire in the Booth slot following a feature on a track with Stormzy, Tinie Tempah and JME. The MC received a co-sign from none other than Nicki Minaj last November, when the superstar rapper tweeted out some of Banks’ lyrics leading to a beautiful exchange (“Had all my ppl reciting the verse over n over last night. Last 2 bars is a mood,” said Minaj).
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She also toured with hottest-rapper-going Cardi B last year. The day of the interview, too, Banks has retweeted a fan’s painting of her – this kind of artwork, she says, has become increasingly common (“I haven't quite got my head around it yet, it's still very overwhelming”). We are at a point when British rap has never been better, and South London especially is having a moment – and Ms Banks is very much at the forefront of that. So while Banks might be insistent that she’s actually “a goofball” who “talk[s] a lot of shit”, and self-deprecatingly comparing herself to dessert items, it’d be remiss to ignore just how seriously she’s being taken – and just how good she is. Her forthcoming tape The Coldest Winter Ever is her strongest body of work to date, and looks set to seal her place in the rap world with her stunning flow confronting how fucked-up love can be, considering the situation in Libya and Syria – but also going out and getting drunk with her mates. “This whole ‘bragging about money’-type rap, it’s just a phase – it doesn't have to be what it's all about,” she says animatedly, “There were groups like Public Enemy that spoke about things that were going on in society, more real things. I really wanted to be more open and show how I feel on this project. To not just talk about the good times, but talk about the bad times – but at the same time, I’m not going to start making it too preachy or too heartbreaking. You’ve got to find the balance – that’s what I’m about.” The tape gets its title from the 1999 book of the same name by black American author and activist Sister Souljah. Banks credits her strict Auntie Barbara for misguidedly giving her the book while she was staying in Leeds, not realising “it was juicier than anything that was on TV”. The story follows drug-dealer’s daughter Winter Santiaga as she grows-up in the projects in Brooklyn, New York, ignoring the advice of guardian
angel-type figure Sister Souljah: “Winter’s life went downhill,” says Banks, “But in my situation I‘m not stupid like Winter, so I listen to that voice in my head who is like my Sister Souljah.” Indeed, this feels a crucial part of Banks’ narrative: in the face of obstacles, not taking the easy route and backing down, but instead persevering – “My whole story is coming from nothing to something,” she says at one point. The odd juxtaposition of being raised on a council estate in one of the most expensive cities in the world is not lost on her – she speaks of how standard it is for us to see a
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“...am I going to let the environment I grew-up in stop me? No, I’m going to make it push me to get where I need to be.”
poor man on the street outside of somewhere like Selfridges, and how wealth is always in your face in London. “A council estate here is as low as it gets, that's the bottom of the bottom. You've got people with all different types of issues on all different types of benefits and it makes you see all this weird stuff. Growing-up there makes you feel like that's where you're going to end, and so you decide to just sleep on yourself and be a bum.” But this was never an option for Banks: “Yeah, I did grow up in a slum, but am I going to let the environment I grew-up in stop me? No, I'm going to make it push me to get where I need to be.” LiS 29
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Another obstacle is the matter of being a dark-skinned, black female MC, though she is hesitant to entirely consider it one. Banks agrees that things are much better now than when the 90s and 00s music press saw all female MCs pitted against each other as if there could only be one – but the rap world is still undeniably a harsh one for women, and the music world is a tough place for women of colour in general. She is characteristically considered but confident on the subject: “Things that have been cons have also been pros, because it's helped me to stand out. There's so many males in the industry, whereas as a girl... well, sometimes people don't really want to give you
your credit... but when people do pay attention, they're really ripped for you.” As for the matter of race, she’s aware that she’ll have to fight her corner more than others might have to, “I try not to focus on it too much, but I know it's there. All I pray is that people will see my star as much as they would see it if I was lighter-skinned or a white person – sometimes because of the whole historical background of race, people subconsciously have this mindset. I know it's there and I know that I'm as good as a lot of other people who are successful, so all I can do is work – even if I have to work 10 times harder, I'm going to do it.” Contrary to popular belief, Banks’ surname is not, in fact, Banks, but rather Oji – Banks was a nickname acquired because her first name is Thyra, pronounced like the supermodel “Tyra”. She decided to add the “Ms.” to make her sound like a divorcée – strong, independent, confident, but also with the implication that she’s come out the other side of a struggle, ready to get turnt up. It’s a name that suits her.
“I know that I'm as good as a lot of other people who are successful, so all I can do is work – even if I have to work 10 times harder, I'm going to do it.” Jacket - Rebecca Bradley Leotard - Astrid Andersen Choker - Shop Dope Girls Club Sunglasses: Flame Lily LiS 30
For all she might laugh off the idea of being labelled as a serious artist, The Coldest Winter Ever finds an MC who is confronting her internal demons, battling societal obstacles, and coming out stronger for it. As she says when the interview wraps up: “Nothing can stop you, only you can stop you – so keep going no matter your environment or what people are saying. Just keep going.” LiS The Coldest Winter Ever mixtape is released March 23rd via AWAL. LIVE: Omeara, March 28th. Lovebox, July 13th-14th. Reading Festival, August 24th. @MsBanks94
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We’re listening to Hazel Scott’s ‘For You, For Me, Forevermore’ as we type this on a Sunday afternoon and, we’ve got to say, it feels pretty damn good. The reason we’re listening? It’s because March 29th is looming and that day (88 keys on the piano, 88 days in the year takes us to March 29th) sees Float present Piano Day again in London. And what’s Piano Day? Well, it’s the brainchild of one Nils Frahm, started in 2015 and seeks to do nothing more complicated than celebrate all things piano. Which, let’s face it is something that’ll be a) really enjoyable and b) will make us all feel a little bit smarter. Once again our friends at Float are putting on a really special Piano Day event, this time at The Jazz Cafe, and to get us in the mood for it the Float team, and performing artists, have chosen a selection of little-known piano tracks they think we should all know and cherish. Hazel Scott was a great start, and now we’re going to listen to the rest... LiS
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Piano Day takes places March 29th at The Jazz Cafe. Tickets and full details available on wearefloat.co.uk @piano__day / @wearefloat LiS 32
IRVING FIELDS WHERE SHALL I GO Irving Fields is not exactly an undiscovered artist, but a bit forgotten I’d say, and worth rediscovering. Died at the age of 101, his ‘Where shall I go’ on his 1959 record Bagel and Bongos is evocative, melancholic and it combines a brilliant musical flow with a virtuoso piano playing. Andrea Belfi (Artist)
GUILLAUME PONCELET MORNING ROOTS
GIRMA YIFRASHEWA
Guillaume Poncelet is an active producer and composer based in Paris who just released his first solo piano album; a work that he started back in 2014. ‘Morning Roots’ is a beautiful track - simple and unpretentious, moving on a constant flow. Sebastian Plano (Artist)
GIRMA YIFRASHEWA AMBASSEL I discovered Girma Yifrashewa a few years ago when we shared a bill in NYC. He finds a perfect balance between the best aspects of folk music from his native Ethiopia and the western classical tradition, whatever that means. What draws me most to Girma (and another Ethiopian piano favourite Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou) is the depth of touch, particularly in the left hand. It has a way of sucking in your brain and forcing it still. Bing & Ruth (Artist)
DUVAL TIMOTHY I DO IT
HAZEL SCOTT FOR YOU, FOR ME, FOREVERMORE
Duval Timothy's playing has this touch and weight that allows simple structures to weave detailed narratives. There is so much storytelling in his work. Creating full bodied characters lines of melody, his changes create a world for them to exist in. I find it hard to listen to his music and do anything else because the imagery is so consuming. Francis Redman (Creative Director, Float)
Hazel Scott was a musical prodigy who could play classically but also go punk on the piano too. She was passionate about breaking down racial barriers in the music and film industry and once refused to play when she saw people had been seated separately according to their race. She’s an incredible inspiration. I’d highly recommend listening to her albums as she’s often forgotten about. Sofia Ilyas (Founder, Float) LiS 33
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or anyone that’s tracked the evolution of George FitzGerald, the perceived musical departure of All That Must Be should come as little surprise. Despite initially specialising in sweat-flecked stompers that packed dancefloors around the world, there was always a sense that he was being stifled, and 2015’s debut Fading Love dialled down the trademark claustrophobia and embraced a warmer, more expansive sound that appears perfected on most recent single ‘Burns’. It’s a direction, FitzGerald admits, he had envisaged from the beginning. “If I’m honest, I feel like I’m doing the things now that I’ve always wanted to do. It was almost like I was cutting my teeth with the club stuff and finding a sound and experimenting with certain things. And it was a useful time. There’s a lot to learn as a producer and I feel like you need to build up to making your first record, especially when you’re doing almost all of it yourself.” “It’s just a natural reflection of where my life is at. I mean, I still DJ in clubs but my existence is slightly different to what it was five, six, seven, eight years ago when I first started out,” he confirms, referring to his abrupt relocation from Berlin to London and newfound fatherhood. “I was in clubs all the time, for enjoyment as well as when I was playing, and my life is a little bit different to that now. It’s a natural thing for the music to have one foot in the club and one out.” Without his youthful obsession with club culture, however, you suspect that the lush, hypnotic expanses of ‘Two Moons Under’ would be reigned in, or ‘Siren Calls’’ menacing strut might be sacrificed for a conveyor belt of monotonous crescendos. Perhaps All That Must Be wouldn't exist at all. Enhanced by his passion for combining past loves with fresh sounds, FitzGerald’s mastery of the slow-burning reveal is a thrill for every listener. “It’s cool to get a certain amount of inspiration from your scene but, if you just listen to your immediate peers, you end up bored and also a bit uninspired. I think it was for my own sanity, but it also had a really positive effect on my music, just to listen to what you listen to, whether it’s classical or country or jazz or ambient. And then you come back to getting ready for a DJ set and you’re really energised, rather than just deadened. Otherwise you’re just listening to kick drums all day, and that would drive anyone insane.”
“If I’m honest, I feel like I’m doing the things now that I’ve always wanted to do... ” LiS 37
“Some people have a fixed idea about what music should be and it’s actually quite restrictive and it’s rewarding to get past that...” Even if the new album represents a continuation of the sound FitzGerald has regularly been striving for, he’s aware that a minority of fans might not be willing to join him on his forays beyond the restrictive blueprint that house and techno often adheres to. “Intolerant is the best word,” he tells me. “Some people have a fixed idea about what music should be and it’s actually quite restrictive and it’s rewarding to get past that as an artist and be like, ‘fuck it, I’m just going to do what I want to do to the maximum extent possible’. That’s not to say I get it right all the time, but I think you’re much better off pushing the boundaries of what you try to do. Imagine the reality of going into the studio and doing the same thing over and over again. That just fucking sucks, to be honest.” While he’s keen to point out that the vast majority of listeners have been been “unbelievably cool and supportive”, he remains mystified by the narrowmindedness he’s encountered from some
quarters. “I’ve had people question my credibility for wanting to write songs, which I find ridiculous. If you think about it, it’s absolutely crazy. As if by writing this kind of music I’m trying to be Ed Sheeran or Justin Bieber. If anything, my ethos as a producer has become more DIY, more independent, more self-reliant by doing this kind of thing. When you make changes, you gain some people and you lose some people and I’m can’t say I’m very sad to let those fans go. It’s like yeah, well, fuck you guys.” It’s arguably this resilience that has resulted in All That Must Be, a deftly rewritten soundtrack to bridge the divide between the club dwellers and the masses, and it only feels possible because George FitzGerald is no longer waiting for approval. LiS
All That Must Be is released March 16th via Double Six Records. LIVE: Islington Assembly Hall, March 27th. All Points East Festival, May 25th.
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RD: With the internet these days, it feels rare to be surprised in this way – to come to something that feels so complete already – without a hint of prior knowledge.
RECORD OF THE MONTH
Does the album live up to that early promise?
Superorganism exploded into 2017 with day-glo enthusiasm and a huge pop hit in ‘Something For Your M.I.N.D.’. Now, with a debut album ready to go, Danny Wright gathers Rhian Daly and Rachel Finn to see if the record can live up to all that hype... Do you remember when you first heard ‘Something For Your M.I.N.D.’? RD: I vaguely remember hearing it when it was first sent out a while back. I really loved Orono’s voice - that very effortless nonchalance - but also just how different it was to most of what else was happening in music (and still is). RF: It’s one of those songs that you hear once and is stuck in your head for three days. Did the fact that it had come out of nowhere make it more exciting? RF: I originally assumed it was just a solo act and then when I found out they were a group it made way more sense because there seemed way too much going on both sound-wise and visually for it to just be one person.
RD: Yes - it’s a really strong record that continues the inventiveness of ‘Something For Your M.I.N.D.’ without retreading the same ground or running out of ideas. It’s one of my favourites so far this year, for sure. RF: There’s so much going on. I’ve listened to it a few times and not sure if it’s completely sunk in yet but it seems a really strong sort of pop record, though not explicitly pop. How would you explain that sound to the uninitiated? RD: To me it’s this very bright, slightly cartoon-ish alt-pop. The only musical reference I get when I listen to it is Gorillaz, but - and this might be kinda niche - it always makes me think of those surreal scenes in Broad City with Bingo Bronson (that weird blue stuffed toy Abbi has). It would be the perfect soundtrack for the episode where Abbi hallucinates it’s a real giant version of itself in Whole Foods. RF: You had a way more specific idea than me! I’d say “Weird and wonderful multilayered indie pop” maybe?
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So what’s your favourite song on the record? RD: I’m stuck between ‘SPRORGNSM’ - which I love cos it feels like their own theme tune and is just so infectious - and ‘Everybody Wants To Be Famous’. It’s their take on celeb culture, but it doesn’t feel cynical or like they’re taking the piss. It’s so joyous and celebratory. RF: I like the title track too because of its big, blaring choruses. It seems to sum up what the band is about - just having a really great time. There’s the stuff about celeb culture and online life and there’s a weird sample of Anthony Robbins, the motivational speaker, in the first song - do these themes come across as you listen? RD: Hmm, I think some of it comes across more immediately than others - the message of ‘EWTBF’ feels very obvious, but the Anthony Robbins sample took me a few listens to really process. It’s good that you have to dig a bit for some of it though. Another theme is technology, I think. ‘Reflections On The Screen’ ends with the lyrics “It makes me feel alive/Sat in bed lit by the light/Of a silly gif playing on repeat”, which is terrifyingly relatable and a comment on our constant connection to our screens. RF: I like the way it has this circular idea where the first track starts with “good morning” and then the last track, ‘Night Time’, is like the end of the day. I read it as an album that runs through all the thought processes
you go through in one day; exploring how everything intertwines, not being entirely sure what to do, and wanting to fit in, have fun and just generally being a bit confused. And then you go to sleep and wake up the next day and start all over again, and that’s life... RD: I like that idea! Does the thought of these people from all over the world living in a house together in east London excite you? RD: Yes! I love that. It’s like the Xenomania house, or The Beatles’ fictional house in Help!, but the east London version. It’s really interesting that they were this band that came together online from all over the world and have moved that existence into ‘real life’ - I read Orono moved over to live in the house weeks after graduating high school! RF: I live in east London and it might be kinda strange to have them as neighbours... with all the weird noises and sound effects… You can go and join in! RD: Please go and become a member, Rachel. Sounds so fun. RF: Haha, yeah, me as the latest addition to the band. You heard it here first! Superorganism’s self-titled debut is released March 2nd via Domino. LIVE: Oval Space, March 8th. All Points East Festival, May 25th @SPRORGNSM
NAKHANE // YOU WILL NOT DIE BMG // March 16th
Last year, South African artist Nakhane released ‘Clairvoyant’ – an urgent, bare-faced pop song about queer love, delivered with tight production and an unwavering, soulful voice. His debut record, You Will Not Die, is a collection of experimental pop songs exploring the complexities between religion, sexuality and everything in between – a conflict Nakhane knows well growing up as a gay man in a strict Christian household. Album highlights ‘You Will Not Die’ and ‘Presbyteria’ are slow-burning, piano-led anthems that put tenderness at the forefront of the record; his pain is there, demanding to be heard, but it’s resilient. Over all, You Will Not Die is a careful ode to queerness and tenderness in the face of adversity; throughout this journey it seems that not only has Nakhane found a unique space to occupy in music, but also within himself. Rachel Grace Almeida LiS 43
YOUNG FATHERS COCOA SUGAR
Ninja Tune // March 9th
Though the Mercury Prize has the potential to fast-track winners to mainstream stardom, that was never going to be the fate of Young Fathers, following Dead’s triumph in 2014. Politically-conscious and proud to shun the right-wing press, the Edinburgh group were too principled – and too uncompromising in their abrasive creative vision – to take shortcuts. Instead of basking in the glory, their default response was to head straight back into the studio to record White Men Are Black Men Too, an incendiary second album that received rave reviews and won them influential collaborators in Massive Attack and Danny Boyle. Three years on, Alloysious Massaquoi, Graham ‘G’ Hastings and Kayus Bankole are clearly no keener to convert casual listeners by making concessions to their art. Cocoa Sugar is every bit as stylistically unclassifiable and lyrically barbed as its predecessors, and yet the trio have finessed the aggressive cacophony to create arguably their most potent and energetic set yet. There’s often an unsettling sparseness to production, as a minimal synth motif mixes with hip hop beats on ‘Holy Ghost’, or clattering percussion and discordant piano compete with layered chants for prominence on ‘Fee Fi’. And yet from the left-field, Young Fathers have summoned an abundance of bittersweet pop hooks, be it the melancholic bounce of ‘In My View’ or the shimmying digi-funk of ‘Border Girl’. On form this blistering, they’re in real danger of crossing over on their own terms. Gemma Samways
THE BREEDERS
SOCCER MOMMY
4AD // March 2nd
Fat Possum // March 2nd
ALL NERVE
Yes, it’s taken them 28 years to write as many albums as King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard manage in a bank holiday weekend, but at least The Breeders have never released a single note of bad music. Unsurprisingly, All Nerve continues that trend. It certainly doesn’t sound like it took 10 years to make, but some impulsive magic has been captured here; tearjerkers like ‘Walking with the Killer’ have a simplicity that can’t be imitated, the forceful smirk of ‘Wait in the Car’ is an off the cuff gem, and the guitarsolos-in-inverted-commas on ‘Howl at the Summit’ are all the better for sounding like they were written precisely at the moment of recording. The universal truth persists: Breeders records are good records. Thomas Hannan
CLEAN
“I wanna know her like you / I wanna be that cool” sings Sophie Allison, early into her debut album Clean. The twenty-year-old Nashville artist has outgrown the bedroom where her journey as Soccer Mommy began, yet this selection of songs maintains all the chilling intimacy we came to love from Collection, while the production of Gabe Wax has added a fullness and instrumental intricacy to proceedings. Allison’s songwriting is as beautifully bare as ever, with tracks like ‘Blossom (Wasting All My Time)’ and opener ‘Still Clean’ putting her flawless vocal front and centre; the former providing one of many moving moments on Clean. That punk-tinged attitude is never far away though, as ‘Skin’ and ‘Last Girl’ show a crunching, snarling side, all coming together to prove that Allison is indeed that cool. George O’Brien LiS 40
“It’s Frankie Cosmos at their absolute best and most charming” - Emma Madden
FRANKIE COSMOS VESSEL
Sub Pop // March 30th
LOST GIRLS
FEELING EP Smalltown Supersound // March 2nd
Inspired by Alan Moore’s graphic novel of the same name, Jenny Hval and Håvard Volden are Lost Girls. Frustrated with the restrictive nature of recording for performance, Lost Girls have been working on FEELING since 2014, a composition that physically cannot be replicated in a live setting. ‘Drive’ is a thirteen-minute journey through percussion and ambient undulating soundscapes. “I keep buying… just to buy something” Hval murmurs, her spoken word intimate yet threatening; existential commentary on materialism, gender and technology. ‘Accept’ is an abrasive listen: eleven minutes of white noise, shrill synths and crashing cymbals punctuate the space between Hval’s soaring wordless vocal and stuttering dissonant guitar. Open and somehow undemanding in its complexity, the shapeshifting nature of FEELING asks the listener to become lost in its textures. Katie Thomas
In Virginia Woolf’s The Waves bear with me here - there’s a character called Bernard who writes phrases in his notebook. The kind which are brought on by those little periodic episodes of clarity. The ones we now write drunkenly on our phones. Frankie Cosmos’ latest is the most glorious set of drunken IPhone notes, it’s a real Bernard. While Vessel lacks the musical momentum of previous bops like ‘Fool’, it’s all the more charming for it. The phrases come first and the music purposely struggles to fit itself around them and that’s no bad thing. Listening to Vessel is like being invited into your coolest friend’s bedroom to hear them riff. It’s Frankie Cosmos at their absolute best and most charming. Emma Madden
YO LA TENGO THERE'S A RIOT GOING Matador Records // March 16th
Yo La Tengo have always had a dry sense of humour, always been a little selfeffacing. That their 15th album shares a name with Sly & the Family Stone’s brooding, bleak but potent masterpiece shows it’s not been lost. The title works for both, of course: that 1971 record was created amid civil unrest and, you might have noticed, there’s a riot currently going on all around us. But this record is less a riot, more a beautifully shuffling glide. A gorgeous, quiet album made in loud, confusing times. It starts with ‘You Are Here’ which builds into a dreamy swirl of guitars and synths, takes in the gently clattering rhythms of ‘Above the Sound’ and enchants with the understated, scuffed folk of ‘Shades of Blue’. Then joyfully, towards the end, comes ‘Esportes Casual’ which sounds like the theme tune to their own TV comedy show. It makes beautiful, bizarre sense in these bewildering times. Danny Wright LiS 45
TITUS ANDRONICUS
A PRODUCTIVE COUGH Merge // March 2nd
From their civil war-elegising breakthrough The Monitor, Titus Andronicus have managed to posit themselves as one of their generation’s true all-American rock bands. Now on their fifth album, and the first since Trump came to power, frontman Patrick Stickles is exploring his homeland’s current divisions alongside his own personal turmoil through the warm lens of the 1970s. As Stickles himself points out, this is the group’s first release on which the rich instrumental arrangements are not obscured by a wall of overdriven guitars, but brought to the forefront. The fury of the previous albums is still abundant, but this time around it feels like Titus Andronicus are having a hell of a lot of fun: and boy how we need that right now. Jack Urwin
PREOCCUPATIONS NEW MATERIAL
Jagjaguwar // March 23rd
Preoccupations formed in 2012 under the name Viet Cong. In that year the NME and Pitchfork almost proclaimed they’d found post-punk still breathing as they championed groups like Merchandise, Protomartyr, Parquet Courts, Milk Music, and Destruction Unit. Viet Cong were the Canadian ones. Like all of them, bar Merchandise and a small vital slice of Protomartyr’s and Parquet Courts’ catalogues, Preoccupations’ music hasn’t aged well. The lazily titled New Material sounds truly funereal, monotonous, and affected. Reverb-caked mixes permeate the bland atonality of dirges like ‘Espionage’ and ‘Decompose’. There’s nowt more traumatising than feeling the hours seemingly melt away, only for you to look at the clock and see that barely ten seconds has elapsed… You still haven’t reached the midpoint of ‘Antidote’ yet... Tim Hakki
ROLO TOMASSI
TIME WILL DIE AND LOVE WILL BURY IT Holy Roar // March 2nd
Holy Roar's flagship band continues to lead the pack with a sparkling new release. For early detractors it was easy to dismiss Rolo Tomassi as a curio, but the group have had time to mature and metamorphose into a more nuanced beast. Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It is a bright counterpoint to the tarnished gloam of 2015's Grievances, and easily their most melodic offering to date. At once accessible and sprawling in scope, Time... delivers powerful blows with its harmonies, placing the song writing at the forefront ahead of technical proficiency. Special mention must go to drummer Tom Pitts, still relatively fresh behind the kit, whose sensibilities for a direct rhythm appears to have resulted in the band ringing in tight unison. Grant Bailey LiS 46
GIGS OF THE MONTH
Our pick of the best upcoming shows around London
O2 SHEPHERD’S BUSH EMPIRE
O2 ACADEMY ISLINGTON
ALDOUS HARDING
HANNAH WILLIAMS & THE AFFIRMATIONS
March 28th £15adv // @o2sbe
Shepherd’s Bush
SERVANT JAZZ QUARTERS
Angel
THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS
ROZELLE + POLO March 22nd £6adv // @ServantJazz
March 25th £12adv // @O2Islington
USA NAILS + BO GRITZ Dalston Junction / Kingsland
THE LOCK TAVERN LOCK TAVERN FESTIVAL THE PARROTS + WESLEY GONZALEZ + DRAHLA & MORE March 29th-April 1st FREE // @thelocktavern
Chalk Farm / Camden Town
March 19th FREE // @shacklewell Arms
Dalston Junction / Kingsland
THE LEXINGTON SIR WAS March 14th £12.50adv // @thelexington
Angel
THE DOME ANNA VON HAUSSWOLFF March 12th £15adv // @DomeTufnellPark
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MOTH CLUB
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Hackney Central
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OTIS
ESOTERIC
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03—18 MOTH Club Valette St London E8 Wednesday 7 March
HERE LIES MAN Sunday 18 March
MILD HIGH CLUB Friday 23 March
IMARHAN Sunday 25 March
MARTHA Wednesday 28 March
PIP BLOM Shacklewell Arms 71 Shacklewell Lane London E8 Thursday 1 March
MINT FIELD Friday 2 March
DENT MAY Friday 16 March
SUNWATCHERS Tuesday 20 March
WOODEN INDIAN BURIAL GROUND Friday 23 March
THE WYTCHES
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Programming
The Waiting Room 175 Stoke Newington High St N16 Thursday 1 March
HELM Saturday 3 March
NATHAN GREGORY WILKINS + JOE SPURGEON Thursday 8 March
MARTHA FFION Friday 23 March
IDENTIFIED PATIENT Saturday 24 March
HAPPY MEALS The Lock Tavern 35 Chalk Farm Rd London NW1 Thursday 8 March
MOTH TRAP Saturday 10 March
THE NEW TUSK Tuesday 13 March
THE NYX Saturday 24 March
WEIRD MILK Thursday 29 March—Sunday 1 April
WARMDUSCHER, WESLEY GONZALEZ, THE PARROTS
IN LONDON with KATE NASH Why do you live in London? Coz you can take the girl out of Harrow but you can’t take the girl out of Harrow What are your go-to places to eat and drink? Palm Vaults (Clapton), Golden Kitchen (Harrow), Mr Chilli’s (Harrow), FED (Dalston). Super kebab and Dough Society! Spring’s finally in the air, do you find it changes the city, or you? Yes I think it’s a relief as it’s so fucking cold and I feel like I take a beating in the Winter, it’s just hard core. I find it such a relief when the spring comes, we all get very excited in London when the sun’s out. Sun’s out, buns out. What’s the best way to spend a day here? On foot, pounding the pavement. There’s so much going on in Hackney that I’m into. Lots of nice vegan spots opening which is great for eating. Eve, pro woman's wrestling in Bethnal Green, is the best day/night out. I don’t drink anymore but I still find nothing beats sitting in a nice pub with friends. Do you have any favourite outdoor spaces? Hampstead Heath ponds where you can swim with the duckies! Freezing and sludgy and delicious. If you could live anywhere in London where would it be? Hackney or Harrow.
What’s the worst thing about London? Rush hour on the tube. Seeing pigeons get run over. Pop smells on the bus. Do you have any favourite venues? Shepherd’s Bush Empire! Moth Club is always fun too. Does living here influence the music you write? I’m such a traveller that I feel like I’m never on the ground long enough to know exactly how I’m being influenced by a place. But honestly the thing I know is as soon as the plane hits the runway and I feel the UK under my feet and head into London I suddenly remember exactly who I am and I feel filled with purpose and confidence. It’s the place I feel most sure of myself and hopeful that we can change the world for the better and beat all the bastards. How would you advise someone to get the most out of London? Spend a lot of time here. Don’t expect it to be easy. Walk as much as you can and spend time in pubs and markets meeting people.
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Kate’s new album Yesterday Was Forever is released independently March 30th. @katenash
FESTIVAL PREVIEWS Feel that ever-so-slight change in the weather and your spirits? That’s the unmistakable feeling that comes with the first slew of festival announcements and the knowledge that soon you’ll be running through the streets of a city-based event (hey, Great Escape!), watching the world go by on grassy slopes in the countryside (hey, End of The Road), or maybe even boarding a plane to run through streets or sit on grassy slopes in another county. Whatever your plans, it’s been amazing to see the lineups coming through - it feels like so many organisers have pulled out all the stops this year to make 2018 one of the most fun festival seasons we’ve had in years. We’ll be keeping a close eye on future announcements on londoninstereo.com where our festival editor, Katie Thomas, is working tirelessly to make sure we don’t miss a thing, and here in the magazine we’re going to present a selection of Katie’s latest highlights – with different festivals every month – so we all know what’s going on.
FARR FESTIVAL
PARKLIFE
FARR FESTIVAL - Thursday 5th July – Sunday 8th July Now in its eighth year, in 2018 Farr will expand to four days for the first time. An intimate party in the woods, Farr is extra appealing in its affordability and its accessibility to London. With Sunday’s bill still to be announced, the current programme is varied and impressive. Highlights across the weekend include live shows from Jacques Greene, Mr G and Kelly Lee Owens, as well as DJ sets from Moodymann, Eclair Fifi, Galcher Lustwerk and Willow.
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FLOW FESTIVAL
FIELD DAY (photo: Max Miechowsk)
FIELD DAY - Friday 2nd June – Saturday 3rd June Obviously one of our favourite announcements thus far; we’re super happy to be partnering with Field Day again this year as they invite the mighty Erykah Badu to their new home in Brockwell Park. The queen of contemporary soul will be joined by the likes of NAO, Madlib and Loyle Carner, and we can’t wait to soak up Four Tet’s stunning live show as he headlines the second day. Saturday’s programme will also feature the imitable Nils Frahm, another U.K. exclusive in the form of the incredible Fever Ray, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Avalon Emerson and so much more. PARKLIFE - Saturday 9th June – Sunday 10th June The years of Parklife taking place over one day in Platt Fields Park feel like a lifetime ago. Now in the eighth edition, having graduated to a gargantuan sixteen stage event across two days in Heaton Park, Parklife’s line up is bigger than ever before. Our top picks for Parklife 2018 include N*E*R*D, Lorde, Justice, J Hus, Midland and Or:la.
BESTIVAL (photo: Victor Frankowski )
BESTIVAL - Thursday 2nd August – Sunday 5th August Bestival was always my final fling; the last dance of the summer before heading back to school/uni/life without sunshine. Not anymore, as they’ve moved the festival to the first weekend of August instead. Rob da Bank & co. kick off their second year at Dorset’s Lulworth Estate with a bill that is noticeably more female-focused than many of its competitors. There’s still lots of work to be done, but it feels good to see women in the headline slots. Highlights across the weekend include M.I.A, Grace Jones, Jorja Smith, IAMDDB, Kelela and Honey Dijon. LiS 75
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PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS ...and as I believe Roxette once said by Dave Rowlinson Many tomes – voluminous, wordy and weighty – have been written about creating the perfect song, and every page of those tomes is a waste of both your time and my time. Which, when you think about it, is just about all the time we have. The only thing a person need read to discover a route to musical nirvana is the title of Roxette’s seminal 1995 greatest hits collection: Don’t Bore Us, Get To The Chorus!. You’d think, here and now in 2018, this wouldn’t need repeating but I’ve seen it in the stars and I’ve heard it in advance album streams. I’m afraid I have to inform you that men in bands are jamming again. Witness the forthcoming album from the indie hero who has pop instincts to burn, and regularly burns them to cinders by refusing to stop touching his guitar. Someone please warn him it’ll drop off one day. See the solo album by a man from a really great band swamp potential magic by allowing someone to drown it in 70s-referencing keyboard solos. Let’s be clear here: there is only one good guitar solo, it lasts about two seconds and is followed by the words “Oo-ee-oo, I look just like Buddy Holly”. There are no good keyboard solos. In the interests of research I listened to every song that’s ever been recorded (apart from the new Shaggy and Sting one) and discovered this: there are three perfect songs, The Ronettes’ ‘Be My Baby’, The Ramones‘ cover of The Ronettes’ ‘Baby I Love You’ and ‘Mr Tembo’ pretty much any Girls Aloud song of your choosing. They are perfect because not one second is wasted. Every note matters, every idea achieves something. This ain’t about the three minute pop song - Hookworms’ album is my favourite this year and has tracks hitting 8 minutes, but it’s all vital. It builds and strides with purpose. It’s got a plan. I don’t care how much a song slaps, bops or bangs, it’s gotta have a plan. Jamming is a directionless anti-plan and, also, it’s really really boring. Is it solo Paul Weller’s fault? Well, yes - he’s a pernicious evil whose influence seeps through generations without them realising, but it’s too late to get to Weller, so we need to take individual responsibility. We need music store owners to quiz keyboard players on favourite Doors songs and, if they answer with any Doors song, refuse to serve them. We need producers to stop recording as soon as a guitarist’s tongue sticks out in earnest concentration. We, as audiences, need to boo vociferously at concerts as soon as a band deviate from recorded version lengths, and threaten to make an already-late night later. Let them know either the song’s done or you are. These are our lives to waste, don’t let a man with a wah-wah pedal waste it for you. Dave Rowlinson is deputy editor of this magazine you’re reading, and believes an artist famed for wearing a hat shouldn’t take that hat off and declare himself the new Chance The Rapper. Agree with him on Twitter at @dave_rowlinson
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