XOX 16 by Same Teens

ISSUE SIXTEEN 4//INTRODUCTION // EUROCULTURED GERMANY 5//Berlin Guide 7//ART 9//Featured Artist NILS DUNKEL 13//MUSIC - MIT 15// MUSIC - TWO SHOES 16// MUSIC RECORD SHOP 17//GERMAN MUSIC MIX TAPE FRANCE 20//SEE PARIS AND DIE 21//Paris Guide 23//NORMANDY PHOTO SHOOT ENGLAND 25//Fashion – HERMIONE O’HEA 27/PHOTOGRAPHY 31// MUSIC - THE DRUMS 33// MUSIC- PEGGY SUE 34// MUSIC- FRIENDLY FIRES UNITED STATES 36// VIRGINS TOP TEN HANGOUT’S 39//COMPETITION

Editors Jade French & Nick Fraser Art Direction Ryan Doyle & Mark Edwards Fashion & Photography Ellen Angus We don’t want to make a tearful Oscar style speech but this was all made possible by everyone who wrote it and took photos - and to the good people at Umbro Industries. www.myspace.com/sameteensmanchester FOR CONTRIBUTIONS AND ANY ENQUIRIES EMAIL - sameteenscentral@yahoo.com

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INTRO

Sometimes it seems like the world is a very small place- easily accessible via the internet and the wonder of Google maps. But when you get down to it there are an awful lot of nooks and crannies for people to hide in- how do you know which are the best places in the deluge? This issue has a distinctly worldly flavour. From Berlin ’s effortless cool to the chic Parisian guides and beautiful Normandy beaches- to the gritty smog of London to the Atlantic scaled heights of New Zealand we’ve grabbed bits from the corners of the world and laid them out for you to have a look at. We’ve got illustrations and photographs by the fabulous Nils Dunkel who is based in Berlin , gone through the Parisian clubscene with a fine tooth comb and rinsed through some amazing UK photographers as well as sprinkling on top the best of the musical scenes. We also recently became involved with an event which endeavours to do the same- Eurocultured. Scaling the dizzy heights of art, dance and music the festival brings to the UK everything from Norwegian folk-lore to French electrodisco… And we’ve got a little piece of the action as we take over Sound Control during the event! We’ve been let loose in the proverbial European musical sweetshop so hopefully we will be bringing over some amazing bands to showcase alongside Murkage and Club Brenda We’ll be playing records at Glastonbury, Kendal Calling, Dockville and anywhere else that’ll have us - we’ll be wrecking the joint at more of our house parties and we just got asked to DJ for a very special JD Set gig with Mike Joyce from The Smiths playing Buzzcocks songs with the best list of guests you ever did see

BOOKS MOTTO Skalitzer Straße 68 10997 Berlin, Germany - 030 7544-2119 Open Mon-Sat 9am-6pm If you have a sudden yearning to get your hands on something creative then head to Motto in Kreutzberg. About 3 hours can be spent in here browsing through magazines, creative books, art mags, fanzines and independently made books. An oasis of inspiration with everything from architecture, poetry, photography, fashion and design spanning the lingistic miles as there are books in German, English, Spanish and Dutch. The shop also holds scholarly journals from far-away periods as well as the weird and wonderful such as circular magazines held in their own briefcase and piles upon piles of nonsesnse-newspapers. EATING On a budget? Instead of giving a complete break-down of Berlins many eateries and resturants instead here is how we only spent 50euros on food in 7 days. If you can make your taste buds suffer a meat and bread diet then this is perfect! TIP: Buy lots and lots of chilli powder to keep things interesting. - KAISERS - Supermarket - MARKETS - Buy lots and lots of spices and spreads here for the below items. - SAUSAGE - If you find the right place Bratwerst can be as little as 3euro - BREAD - 90cents. 90 CENTS! For a massive loaf. Also keep eyes peeled for 30 cents pretzels.

SHOPPING (CHEAP, CHEAP SHOPPING) Bernauer Straße 63 13355 Berlin, Germany Mauerpark Market A wonderful flea market set a mile across and a mile wide. There is everything you’ve ever wanted crammed into little stalls. A wonderful German/English book stall and clothes stall selling much needed jumpers and coats for 5euro or less are highlights. However, the best moment comes when you reach the end of the market and in the distance hear faint sounds of badly sung ABBA floating through the air; walking a little further, a great Grecian amphitheatre can be seen and in the middle of a crowd of hundreds are people singing karaoke. ‘Bear Pit Karaoke’ is just that- the bold, brave and show-offs alike strut forwards and pick a song from the charming Irish man who heads the idea. BONUS: Just pray that a man with a beard puts down his plastic carrier bags and heads up there- don’t judge- he’s about to sing the best operatic German rendition of ‘My Way’ you’ve ever heard and receive a standing ovation! For a more comprehensive (and expensive) guide www.berlin.unlike.net/categories/8-Shop

THEATRE Prater Theatre Kastanienallee 7-9 10435 Berlin www.volksbuehne-berlin.de/ Most of their performances, if not all, are in German so attending one of their avant-garde productions might be a daunting experience. However, we’ve heard marvelous things about some of the productions here- such as taking random people off the street to perform in the evenings shows, feeding the lines to the unsuspecting passerby as the audience watch on screen and stage. The interactive and hands on approach to theatre is a great idea as is the café indoors which is open all day. The simple décor and the shiney lights makes the cultural cool and music events as well as theatre are put on as well.

CLUBS DR.PONG Eberswalder Strasse 21. Prenzlauer Berg www.drpong.net Ever thought to yourself ‘I know what this club night is missing- a ping-pong table and a couple of bats’? If you have a secret penchant for ping-pong then this is definatly the place for you. The décor isn’t the most plush and the ping-pong table takes up a bit of room but the drinks and cheap and the game is on! It might get slightly competitive, and for the feint-hearted the balls fly sooner and faster than you might first think- but all in all it’s good fun set to music and alcohol.

GOLDEN GATE www.goldengate-berlin.de Dircksenstraße 77 10179 Berlin, Germany In direct contrast to the whimsical foppery of playing ping-pong is the Golden Gate which waves the 72-Hour-PartyPeople ethos in the air. Roll up on a Sunday at 11am and you’ll find the party still in full swing, many glazed eyes, cigarettes burning and limbs moving as well as the faint smell of sweat lingering in the air. But that’s okay- most people there on a Sunday morning at 11am have been in out since Thursday night! The venue is set under a railway with walls covered in graffiti, inside is a small room with red “mood” lighting, a DJ booth in one corner and a bar through a little door opening into a larger room. BONUS: If you collect 3 glasses you get a free beer!

FRUIT AND VEG R’N’B STALL M10 route Eberswalder Strasse This doesn’t count as a club but at the same time this little newsagents had everything you could possibly want from a night out. Fresh fruit and veg outside, open all hours, 30euro bread and choice r’n’b “choons” blaring out. If you can get away with dancing in the isles (pretend to browse the tinned goods) you can hear all the classics from Ja Rule to Aaliyah to will.i.am. Good times.

www.co-berlin.info/ Oranienburger Straße/Tucholskystraße, 10117 Berlin Art Galleries might conjure up the idea of a plush National Portrait Gallery, all glints and chintz, velvet and Old Masters. Even contemporary galleries sometimes try and create a glass-and-concrete house- not many decide to set up home in an old Post Office with paint peeling off the walls and cracks in the ceiling. Despite this less than glamorous appearance the C-O Gallery, focusing on photographic art, examines and supports the best in new talent as well as old. The peeling paint is a welcome antidote to today’s search for ‘perfection’ reminding us that smooth and young aren’t always the right buzz words. Sometimes the perfect history of a place evident in the scratchy stucco and broken doors can bring out the best of the art around it. The ornate floors and antique columns still stand despite the building being battered in the Second World War- the aesteic of the building is almost art itself. There’s no swarthy velvet to brush against as you stare at another Da Vinci, instead there is a real probability that a chunk of paint might fall onto your head as you look at a Nan Goldin.

Nan Goldin

By Ellen Angus Our recent trip to Berlin was made all the more special due to this lady...Nan Goldin.

Goldin is most famous for her documentation of New York’s post-punk new-wave music scene, the city’s vibrant gay subculture and the hard drug culture of the late 1970s and early 1980s. I guess it could all sound a bit tedious, ‘sex, drugs and rock n roll’ a subject matter which continually crops up in Vice, ID etc. so much so that one begins to tire of it. The difference between Goldin and the photographers who are closely imitating her style is the sincerity of the artist behind the lense . The subject matter of her work is not the sole reason for her photos’s aesthetic sublimity ‘...oscillating, as it does, between glamour and the gutter, with rare moments of normality and happiness..’ but from their radical intimacy. Goldin approaches only those who are close to her with her camera, thus sensitively capturing the everyday: mundane chores, suffering, baths, grief, sex, sickness, marriage, dependence, violence, and excess. She is not just empathising with the hardships of her family and friends, but is herself an essential part of their lives and experiences. Her photographic interiors and exterior views reveal the extent to which her photographs are interwoven with her personal fate. In these images, the acute suffering of her subject simultaneously comes to represent Goldin’s own abject condition.

Robert Frank

FILM: ‘Pull My Daisy’ by Jade French “Gum chewing geniuses… I could tell you poems that would make you weep with long hair ‘Goodbye, goodbye’” We stepped into the first room of the C/O Gallery and the senses were confronted with a dark room, a flickering movie almost finished and a gravely American voice. The images on the screen showed a group of people sitting around a table as the rolling American voice narrated what was happening. A bishop entered and the woman (the hostess) began to get frustrated at her husband as his friends began messing around on a sofa; a close up shot of a beautiful woman’s face and suddenly the camera cuts to Alan Ginsberg and the penny drops. Watching the film twice the entire juices of the Beat Generation seep out from the film and drip onto the floor of the gallery. The narrator transpires to be Jack Kerouac, the film-maker Robert Frank and the story of the film based upon an event of Neal Cassady’s life. Frank has been said to be looking for the truth, the true essences that exist within life. In 1950s and 60s America, where making films was Hollywood fare, it is easy to see that it might be hard to find this elusive truth. Taking a real-life situation, based in fiction by Kerouac and filmed by Frank as though looking into a cross-section of someone’s life there is a unique feel to ‘Pull my Daisy’ which blurs the lines between real and untruth. The setting is comedic and yet even within the funniest moments there is a sweeping melancholy as the wife of a railroad breakman is repeatedly ignored and reduced to picking up his “neckties and his tortured socks”. Kerouac’s narrative is full of rhythm, and at times almost sung. The repetitive nature of the narrative- with sounds and phrases going on forever- it almost feels as though he is making it up there and then. “Come on now, you gotta go to school… Learn all about the geography, astrology, piphilology, all them ologies, poetology and goodbyeology” Yet despite the Beats being rooted in spontaneity the film was meticulously planned and executed, and still manages to give the idea of a free-for-all filming. This mirrors the truth and fiction aspects of the plot as well. Robert Frank’s roots as a photographer can be seen within all the films that were shown at the C/O Gallery. Not only ‘Pull my Daisy’ (the Beat feast) but also in the personal, more auto-biographic films which explored his parental relationship with his son and daughter who lived in an artistic commune. Each film contained a core of the truth so desperately soughtat times funny, at times melancholy and at times honest- and showing at all times the faculties of existence.

Everything is possible in our digital century, you just need to upload a video of you dancinglike Kriss Kross and clicks are going to twinkle like stars on the sky. Everyone gets the possibility to do everything in the faith that they are talented and I am thankful that I found a pearl in the mountain of shit when I ran into Nils Dunkelʻs Myspace profile. His pictures kept me there for hours, which must sound quite stalking now but I couldnʻt get away form that exzessive and romantic power of his photographs which remind me of the youth I just watch from the outside, sober and always remembering everything which kinda scares me now. His lovely crowd includes Max Paul and Jan Au ,who are also photography talents, as well as the breath taking Anna who always shines in another light. Back to Mister Dunkel who does it all- he is a painter, model,photographer,graphic designer...an artist. A young multi-talent ,inspired by the daily life and incited by the German Unterschichten TVʻ who decided to print his paintings on t-shirts which appealed to artists such as Peaches (and I am not talking about the Geldof one). Everything started in 1994 when he discovered his passion for drawing, in 2007 he got his first job for the ,Deutsches Theaterʻ and designed also the cover of the 1000 Robota single ,Hamburg Brenntʻ. That doesnʻt sound unusual now, but wait for the next sentence: Nils is 19 years old. All in all it takes a lot of courage not to care about the whole world that can judge you via the world wide web.Always real, never fake- thatʻs how we like it and so is the work of Nils Dunkel. And now I will cry about that sentence and leave you alone with the stunning pictures. Take a look at: www.nilsdunkel.de WORDS EMY NEUBERT

PHOTOGRAPHY AND ILLUSTRATIONS//NILS DUNKEL

MIT Interview: Jade French and Ellen Angus Photographs: Pascal Chea Creating layered and atmospheric music straight out of the depths of Colognes past and now currently living in Berlin- one of Europe’s hardest partying countries- MIT are making a new kind of electronic music. Mixing elements of punk into their electro weave their shouting, pulsating music embodies what many think of when they cast their minds over Berlin. On a chilly Berlin morning we headed into a lovely park to scale steps to interview the band on top of an exbunker. The swirling autumnal leaves and wonderful views proved the perfect backdrop for asking about the bands recent China tour, the meaning of electro and perceptions on Berlin. You’re music doesn’t seem to just fit into an ‘electronic’ genre do you think where you’re from and the music you listened to when you were younger are factors in the sound you now create? “Kraftwerk or the electronic music which comes from Cologne is obviously an influence but it is more about their image that we’re interested in. It’s not only about the music, it’s also about the whole package which is something we’re really interested in. We don’t only listen to electronic music but punk music too and New Wave stuff like Joy Division when we were younger…” Do you think the technology which is around today helps the creative process? “Yes and No. You have a certain idea and then it’s quite easy to get to the end result- two steps and you’re there. But at the same time you’re kind of overwhelmed by the whole spectrum of things you can do and sometimes it’s much easier to have

two options and then you decide. So, we try to be as minimal as possible with technology.” You’ve just recently been to Chinahow did that go? “Very good but also overwhelming, every day you wake up and there is so much happening. There’s this good institute in Germany which spreads German culture into the world- they give you money and pay for your flight and book your shows for you to go to. They pick the bands and fund the tour. We played a huge festival over there to 20,000 people which was incredible. Bei Jing and Shag Hi and played shows in R’n’B clubs… Because they don’t have anything like ‘indie’ and hadn’t really heard of ‘electronic’. It’s not like Japan. They have a whole different culture of applauding- you play a song and they go mad for two seconds and then it’s silent. What was the best gig you played over there? “I think the festival we played was a highlight- we had proper technicians there and it was really professional and the other shows we played were rougher and didn’t even have a PA. We did a gig on the beach as well which was amazing. When I think about our music I don’t think about an open air space I always see it as in a dark club with lighting and stuff so it was strange to play on a beach where the sun was shining and it was really hot that was really weird for us; it didn’t really fit into our music which is quite dark. You don’t have control over that because you can’t decide you only want blue light” So you’re trying to create a whole mood then? “Yes, we’re not like ‘Okay we’re only using two red lights and three blue’- we work with what we have and then I guess our stage performance just happens.”

You’re signed to a label in Londonhave you played many gigs there? “Yeah we have. I think London and Berlin are quite similar. When we started out we played our first big show in Cologne and we got to know these people from White Heat in London and they asked us to come over. So we ended up playing five shows in London and went back five months later; we’ve got quite a good relationship”. How do you think your music has developed since you started? “I think it got a bit less excited, the music itself and we started working with more layers. We started as a really minimalist band and only had drum set and synth and vocals but now we’re working with backings. It’s got a bit more complexity to it”. Do you think people perceive Berlin in a different way than it actually is? “I was in New York and they were like ‘Yeah Berlin! It’s like NYC in the eighties’. I’m really happy to live in Berlin- the arts scene and the cultural side of it is really, really good. The music scene though isn’t as good. Especially when you’re doing electronic music it’s important to know where it came from and who invented it. It’s not like rock and roll- electronic music is quite young and to try and make something new out of it you really have to know what happened. If you don’t know that then you can’t make music. I also think you should sing in the language you feel comfortable with and that’s German for us. For most German bands it’s the easy way out to sing in English because it’s easier to write lyrics which sound good because the language is really different to English; it’s quite hard and you have these ‘ish’ sounds which make it hard to make a lyric sound good”.

BERLIN RECORD SHOP If you plan to go to Berlin please visit this man. The veteran himself...the pink faced record shop owner... A truly wonderful character whose only reason for living is to buy listen and then sell on records, and maybe drink a bit and get merry. He spoke in German with sprinklings of English, and was a very straight to the point kind of guy. We sadly only spoke in English apart from the odd greeting here and there...anyway despite that there are a few abrupt audible gems to be gathered that didn’t get lost in translation..

TWO SHOES E and J: Can you tell us a little bit about what you have been up to lately? TS: Two shoes have taken a year off playing live in order to concentrate on higher quality music, in order to keep all of the lonely punk rifts away, and getting a complete new set.... in around four months we will start playing live again. E and J: Why did you feel that it was best to take a break in order to improve your sound~? TS: Because we where not happy, everything got really fast....we started and after 7 or 8 months we where playing really huge gigs...we started to play with The Rifles, The Mystery Jets... Now we have had time to grow musically, we are really happy with the stuff. E and J: What would you say you

have done to dramatically improve your sound? TS: Okay hmm at first we sent our drummer to the cross roads...and the guitar players learned to play together... before it was two guitar players playing individually, now we are much tighter. E and J: do you get on better now? TS: Yes definitely We started talking about the expression of every song together...also the lyrics...we are getting back to the feeling of a song. E and J: Is the sound of other bands out there an important musical influence on your own? TS: Yes and No. Our drummer is really Baltic, we all have our own favourite songs and they’re all really different. E and J: What other prevailing sounds are there in Berlin? TS: It is very electronic. The electronic scene is more popular than indie. The U.K has the best Indie music. E and J: That’s funny, we think there is a lot of shit indie music in the UK.. Too many bands want to sound like the strokes or the liberties and

its nauseating. There’s quite an overwhelming amount of bands that sound like each other ....It’s like ah please surprise me, be something more... E and J:Why did you decide to sing in English rather than German? TS: We find it harder to make a song sound good with German you really have to take care that you don’t sound too kitsch...there are only a few German bands that don’t sound kitsch in Germany. Even then you have to take care with what you are writing pictures are used too often, its alot to do with the history of German folk music...we associate the language with that when it is put to music E and J: I find it hard to understand, if German is your first language and it’s the poetry you read and the literature you read how does that work? I read most things in English and I feel more of a connection to the English language musically.

With all these records at your finger tips what on do you listen to?. ..guitar music, punk music, a punk band called Situations- http://www.myspace. com/thesituations How do you feel about the contemporary music scene - yes it pleases me Berlin has a lot of good clubs and things Do you feel that the music coming out of Berlin is better than everywhere else in the world? I think London has good music and new York, San Francisco When you DJ what one song would you play in order to get everyone dancing? Gossip and indie music I guess. I don’t play all the music i have in the shop (there’s some pretty obscure shit)...the music that I play is more

personal as i have picked it for that purpose... And what would play to make them leave? White noise. Is there any music you have in the store that you never want to sell? No. Is it hard to own a record shop when the majority of people are just downloading music from the internet? It’s harder than before. But vinyl is best. Do you find that a lot of still people come and buy vinyl? More than 50% of customers buy vinyl from here...the rest CDs ELLEN ANGUS

A GERMAN MIXTAPE The German sound is still difficult to describe as most of the bands get influenced by the British or Skandinavian sounds nowadays. There are maybe a handfull German bands out there which are good in making music in their mother tongue. It isn‘t an easy game to use that language as a ,megaphone‘. Some do good, a lot of do bad. A lot of fail in the beginning and loads of them don‘t even give it a try. A band which made the German language attractive again was Kraftwerk, a big inspiration to musicians all over the world. But their focus was more put on the sound, a bit later during the the time of the Neue Deutsche Welle, a music movement in Germany, there were several good bands singing in German which has just been used before in old Schlager songs. So actually they were the triggers why the language became popular. Examples for that are Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft, Palais Schaumburg, Fehlfarben and Trio. In the 90‘s it were Tocotronic who carried a youth movement on their shoulders. They were part of the Hamburger Schule, a movement that started in the end of the 80‘s and included bands that were just singing in German but this time the songs were influenced by Pop, Punk and Grunge. So it was a big sound difference in comparison to the NDW. German can sound hard or poetic. It is a language that can be pushed into these both extremes. Since a couple of years there is a boom of pop music in German, for example Tokio Hotel made people wanna learn that language all over the world. German can also sound poppy, that‘s what the mass is looking for but the music lovers keep just have a few favourite German bands and loads of them are from the past. So here are examples of what I think is interesting in Germany right now, I must addmit that I included loads of unknown bands which even I wasn‘t aware of before I did some research. Ladies and Gentlemen: A German Mixtape....

Ler Haar- A Fryhole Ter Haar is a three piece male band from Berlin. Their songs are like an odyssey through melodies, ups and downs and an end that you‘d never expect. It is like a rolercoaster ride that definitly not ends in just one of these indie villages. They put their focus on experimental melodies. Have a listen at: www.myspace.com/terhaar

Me Succeeds- The Screws Holding It Together A danceable melancholy‘ would describe their sound perfectly. It isn‘t the dark one we normally experience, it is actually a nice one. Mohna Klawitter, Sebastian Krokus and Lohrin Strom moved together from Munich to Hamburg to study there. I SAW MUSIC is their own indie label where they publish bands and artists from Hamburg and Munich. They are just selling small copies on tapes and vinyls for lovers and friends. It‘s all with a message: ,Sick of the increasing digitalization of songs and distribution channels we try to reclaim the sources of the DIY-movement and want the “physical experience” of sound carriers to be as exciting as it used to be.‘, they‘ve written on their homepage. Me Succeeds is definitly one of my favourite German bands and their other projects are a recommendation as well. At the moment I am listening to the album of Mohna which is beautiful. Her video is just like her voice, a simple idea with a big effect, she seems fragile and strong at the same time. I am a big supporter of the things these three are doing. www.myspace.com/mesucceeds I Heart Sharks- Dots Dots Dots One English boy, one German boy, one lost boy.‘. That‘s how they described

themselves on their Myspace page. It is a mish mash between electro,indie and gameboy sounds which guarantees a lot of sweat. www.myspace.com/ iheartsharksmusic Jolly Goods-Girl Move Away From Here How could grunge sound in 2010?The answer:Jolly Goods. The voices and melodies sound like these two ladies have eaten their coolness with spoons. I didn‘t want to mention that Tanja Pippi and Angy are from a village with 8000 inhabitants. www.jollygoods.net Fotos-Giganten They show how the language can sound quite poetic but still accesible. There are a lot of bands from Hamburg I can‘t fall in love with cause they make the language sound to droned. Fotos found a good middle way combining pop with a rock attitude. And sometimes they appear in an English advertisement... Have a listen at: www.myspace.com/fotosmusik

Kissogram- The Deserter Why have I put Kissogram on my Mixtape?They aren‘t newcomers, they had a hit in 2001 when DJ Woody made a remix of their song ,If I had known this before‘. Founded in 1999, Jonas Poppe und Sebastian Dassé released three albums until now and supported Franz Ferdinand. ,Rubber and Meat‘ is their 2009er album which has been recorded in Sweden with Pelle Gunnerfeldt (producer of The Hives...). I want to get up with their song ,Rubber and Meat‘, want to spend my sundays in bed with ,She‘s an apple pie‘ (from their album ,Nothing,Sir!‘) and finally do a living

room dance to ,The Deserter‘, that is going to be a mad dance. So, I could make a whole soundtrack of my daily life with their songs...nice one. www.myspace.com/kissogram Bodi Bill-one or two ghosts On my journey through the world wide web I stumble across a sentence on motorfm.de (by the way that is the best radio program we have over there): ,They have soul without being cheesy and they have an electronic sound without acting cool.‘. Jawoll, that describes their sound perfectly. They are signed to the same label as Ter Haar, sinnbus records. www.myspace.com/bodibill Dillon- Contact us Titled ,Chansonette with a Megaphone‘ by the German press, it all began after her graduation. Dominique Dillon de Byington (yes,it is her real name and yes it is the best name I‘ve ever heard) sat herself on the piano, never played before she just started and recorded it with her videocamera and uploaded it on YouTube. Lovely Dillon. www.myspace.com/ladybirdd Use Your Fucking HeadphonesThunderpoo A Berlin based band with the ability to create melodies that stuck in your head and feet. The roughness of indie combined with poppy melodies turn the songs into danceable stories. Julius Liljeberg (I want to have that surname por favor!), Philipp Malong and Franz Lehmann formed the band a year ago and it is astonishing that they can create these songs after this short period of making music together. www.myspace.com/ useyourfuckingheadphones Dave A Marat- Limit is Moving I am really surprised that Munich seems to be a city where a lot is going on when it comes to music. Espacially guys under 18 seem to spend their evenings with playing in bands. A lot of them are quite good but all they need is some time I guess, so I‘ll maybe recommend them in a couple of years. Dave A Marat is one of the bands where the melodies convinced me but the non-singing voice of Gabo (vocals,guitar,synthesizer) is actually

a nice contrast to the good melodies. Some might say he should shut up but I say it makes their sound interesting. www.myspace.com/daveamarat Beta- Im Ozean I really had to think about putting them on my playlist as I am not a big fan of them. But well I need to include bands which sing in German. Beta were named Fickscheisse before they decided that they can‘t identify themselves with the former name anymore. The first song I‘ve heard of them was one where they sang about Anton Spielmann (1000 Robota) and I thought with that voice and that attitude they should better make hip hop. But hey: New name, new songs. They still don‘t get me. ,Indie rave pearls?‘ mmh, make your own decision. www.myspace.com/betaandthewolf

Hello 80‘s, hello Neue Deutsche Welle. It doesn‘t take more to describe their sound. Founded in 2004 and not in the 80‘s Kern Eddy and Sid released their first EP „Inferno“ in 2005. After three more EP‘s they finally released theri Album ,Alt und Neu‘ in 2008. So if you fancy the 80‘s, they know how to transfer them into our century. www.myspace.com/schwefelgelb Dancing Pigeons - Diary of 1912 Indie-Electropunk, yes i would put them in that box. As I am siting, dressed in one of these nice large sized t-shirts I want to start dancing RIGHT NOW! I even start to sweat like a granny on rolerblades just by listening to them. www.myspace.com/ dancingpigeonslikeicecream The Dudikoffs-Halloween It started two years ago with a post ,Making music is easier than having sex‘. Well, okay. Since then their songs got better and better. The Dudikoffs (Where has the Michael gone?) are definitly a band for trashy times. Go to Berlin and get messed up! www.myspace.com/ themichaeldudikoffs

The Charcoal Sunset-Maelstrom I thought a bit folk rock on my mixtape would be nice, so I‘d like to introduce you to The Charcoal Sunset. Bob Dylan comes to my mind as I listen to their songs. And even the pictures let me think of Bob, it must be the hair of the singer. It is a modern version of folk rock. Organ, harmonica and the good old guitars make the sound lovely. And to throw in another word: Retro. www.myspace.com/thecharcoalsunset Low Tech High Life- Chinese Food and Videotapes A band to keep an eye on are Low Tech High Life. I am listening to Chinese Food and Videotapes over and over again as the voice of the singer becomes interesting cause of the way he emphasises the words. I really like them cause their sound is not exaggerated with all the schnick schnack loads of bands need to sound interesting. www.myspace.com/lowtechhighlife Schwefelgelb-Ich hab dich gesehen

Elektrik Kezy Mezy-The Robot It is like taking a time machine and getting back to the 60‘s. The voice we hear sends some sexual tensions and seems to have a competition with the guitar. I like bands which do their thing instead of eating the trend with a shovel (I don‘t know if that makes any sense to you but it would work in my language, so i wanted to give it a go, if it doesn‘t work, don‘t hesitate to contact me). I just have to get used to their outfits, oh no, I don‘t have to, I just keep on listening instead of watching the video. The singer, Amadeus, founder of the label Flowerstreet Records, is quite

busy when it comes to bands. He seems a bit like a prostitute to music. Is there anything poppin‘ without this guy in Munich? www.myspace.com/elektrikkezymezy Kinky White Hórse A grown up version of Alice in Wonderland, riding on a Kinky White Hórse. All coloured with electronic beats and here and there a little mystical sound. Performances of these two are an artpiece in itself and the costumes of singer Stini turn it into a fairytale for grown ups. Inspiration: Iceland. www.myspace.com/kinkywhitehorse

Beat!Beat!Beat!-Stars One day I read a status on facebook that said ,Beat Beat Beat daily download on NME.co.uk‘, so maybe some of you already know them. I‘d say they are the best copy of the British sound we have in Germany right now. I don‘t mean that in a bad way, they are good. From time to time I just get bored by the nice indiepop, but they are young, so we‘ll see where the musical journey leads them to. www.myspace.combeatbeatbeatband 1000 Robota-Mein Traum It is not about the musical ability, it is more about the energy that these three guys from Hamburg transport. Lights are flashing, the heavy played guitar is full of blood and the words are powerfull. Even if you don‘t understand them, they get you. 1000 Robota show how to deal with the German language and that with a post punk attitude.I remember my first Interview with them two years ago. I didn‘t like music with German lyrics we have nowadays before and I was totally shocked by the arrogance and honesty of the singer Anton Spielmann, a slap directly into my face. After the interview I went to them and said that this was the first time I‘ve ever been nearly speechless in an interview, cause normally my mouth never stands still, and

that they should keep being honestly. It is their attitude that is often discussed by other people. They need a bit time because loads of things Anton says are good (for example at a concert in Berlin he was bleating about journalists taking space at the concert and ruining the atmosphere) and I am happy that there is someone who opens his mouth and isn‘t afraid of saying anything. It is such a nice contrast to all the we-justwant-to-have-fun-and-fuck-aroundindie bands.You get judged so fasten nowadays, especially through the www and it is brave to keep the mouth open. Sometimes it is just the way of how you‘re doing it that makes people angry... www.myspace.com/1000robota Jeannel-Dance Romance Jeannel knows how to combine techno music with classic elements and a touching voice. You want to hit the floor and dance the pain away. Have a listen at: www.myspace.com/jeannejjj

Dorcia- Firelights Tired of the sound of their old bands these five 20ers decided to form a band where they could play more than just good looking indie pop. It is like taking a swim in a deep, dark lake and something pushes you down, but after a couple of minutes you get back to the surface and you feel more refreshed than ever before. Dorcia recorded a couple of songs in Berlin with Max Cook, former frontman of GoodBooks. www.myspace.com/dorciamusic

Abby- Have you A sound that surprised me, a song that touches me. Oh god, that sentence is just horrible but that‘s how it is. Abby have a big sound and the ability to hit the radios outside of Germany. Their sound really seems to be nearly perfect. There is no roughness in it but in that case it is good without the normally adored imperfection. www.myspace.com/abbyband

Kingsize- The Daze These five guys recorded a couple of times in the Studio East which is situated in Berlin. It is brave if you are from England and you don‘t follow the musical trends. These Kingsizer‘s sold their soul to Rock‘n‘Roll and they are able to write smashing hits. If you ask me their time is going to come soon... www.myspace.com/thisiskingsize

AND FINALLY MY B-SIDE

Emy Neubert

As Berlin gets more and more attractive for artists, especially musicians, I decided to introduce you to three bands that are connected to Berlin in different ways. Honey And The Greek-Virus The voice of Meg Bellanne is really like honey. I would describe their music as pure sex.They combine rock and soul with the sounds of trumpets and horns. Formed in Berlin, the members of the band come all from different cities and different musical backgrounds. www.myspace.com/honeyandthegreek

Is the name of some implausible Myspace blog on the internet. What does it mean you may ask? Is he proposing that the beguiling scenery of one of the most romantic cities in europe, is too much for one to bear. That it is beyond comprehension? Does he mean that after visiting Paris i will DIE?! Maybe the trip will spark some sort of heart palpitation whilst climbing the Eiffel tower, a great fall from Pont Neuf into the murky waters of the Seine or worse still a spontaneous combustion in front of the mona lisa? Hmmm despite the obvious ridiculousness of his statement, i will confess that it was somewhere in the back of my mind as I boarded the Eurostar for a five month stay in

a City that was supposedly going to kill me. Well I didn’t die. The nearest i got to dying was accidently cycling the wrong way around the Périphérique (the huge motor-way that circles the outskirts of paris- cyclists are strictly forbidden.) I would say without wanting to sound mawkishly sentimental, that the trip left me with a wonderful sense of elation- to be alive. So as a thank you for not killing me, here is a brief guide of things to do in Paris....

BEFORE YOU GO Tis a good idea to book a youth hostel before you go, I can say from experience that this is often a cheaper and safer option than just arriving and looking for a bed. Bastille Hostel (prices start at 17 euros p/n) 6, rue Trousseau, 75011 Paris www.bastillehostel.com/Prices.html Paris Youth Hostel – St Christopher’s (prices start at around 20 euros p/n) 159, rue de Crimée 75019 Paris Tel: + 01 40 34 34 40 www.st-christophers.co.uk For a wide range of incredibly cheap places to stay for young people go to parisinfo.com/paris-hotels/youngparis/

For the Day time because there is a day time.... One stop along from Melimontant is Père-Lachaise, a perfect way to nurse your weary head after all that debauchery the night before. Here you will find a grandiose French Cemetery full of very famous dead people. Gertrude Stein (and her lesbian lover), Marcel Proust, Jim Morrison, Edif Piaf are all buried there.

Belleville- One of my favorite areas of Paris. A jostling, diverse and colourful community with local food markets and Paris’ China town. Traditionally Belleville is a place where a large number of immigrants have settled- The Ottonam Greeks, German Jews, Ottonam Armenians, Tunisians and Algerians. Now more recently artists have set up shop here. There are film studios and Squats, with many artist collectives and musicians tending to live here. It is no surprise then that Belleville’s Bars are the most charming (and oh so Parisian) to be found...Get off the metro at Belleville and walk up Rue de Belleville and arrive at Aux Folies 8, rue de Belleville (Boulevard de Belleville) +33-01-46-36-65-98 The first Bar/ cafe i went to in Paris is undoubtedly one of the very best. Completely away from the tourist hotspots, it is probably Paris’ far more alluring equivalent to umm well Bethnal Green but with a slightly more sophisticated ‘un-try hard’ clientele. It is located in Belleville and hailed as a ‘scuzzy dive bar’. The place has a curious personality, always busy, full of locals and is very cheap for wine. Favorite music venue/ club in this area is one metro stop along at Ménilmontant La Maroquinerie 23 Rue Boyer, rue de menilmontant +33-01-40-33-64-85 Here they have a great line up of live bands from all over

the world- I saw a bizarre range of stuff from there such as Lupe Fiasco, Esser, These new puritans and various Parisian bands including the artist Julien Ribot. Down the road from here still in Ménilmontant is La Feline 6 rue Victor Letalle (rue des Panoyaux) +33-06-60-40-88-17 packed with indie kids and french fashion extraordinaires wearing their grandad’s glasses. Good mixture of music- some soul, Motown, punk, Rockabily and Garage rock. A hop skip and metro ride away is one other club definitely worth venturing to La fleche d’or FREE VENUE! (has been closed recently for sound proofing so check online before you go) Metro stop- Gambetta or Alexandre Dumas 102 Bis Rue de Bagnolet (Rue de Pyrenees) +33-01-44-64-01-02 Brilliant free venue, one of the best places to see a gig- saw bands such as Fleet Foxes and Gang Gang Dance Still in the North East Region is the Spectacular Point Éphémère 200 Quai de Valmy 75010 Paris +33-01-40-34-02-48 http://www.pointephemere.org Described as a ‘Cultural Facility’ where one will find a bar and restaurant, a club, a venue, an art Space, studios and a Gallery. This diverse multi-functional

atmosphere attracts a wonderful and exciting range of locals and non-locals, people come along way to see gigs here. It is located on the canal which means that during the summer the canal side is heaving with people drinking and getting merry. The Calendar is very diverse when it comes to gig listings- One week i went to see some pretty scary Parisian Hip Hop and the next week there was Noah and the Whale. The Art Gallery is FREE too! Two Bars a little more central worth mentioning are Le Pop In and Zéro Zéro. Rather than getting off at the metro stop at Bastille go to either Saint-Sébastien - Froissart or Filles du Calvaire. In between these two stops you will find

Other things to do in the day- Get a bike! In Paris they have this wonderful system -Vélib (the word is derived from vélo libre or vélo liberté, meaning free bicycle or bicycle freedom.) This public bicycle rental system means that you can rent a bike from any of the thousand of computerised stations and but it back be delivered to the bar if your really in a different one at the end of your lazy. journey. see http://www.velib.paris.fr/ for bicycle routes etc. Cycle to the Musée du Louvre- The art gallery itself is worth seeing if you haven’t been before but for those who find the endless stream of tourists a harrowing ordeal then hop off your bike park it in a station and stroll around the Jardins des Tuileries- it’s a nice place to sit, there are tourists but its a large enough open space to not feel overwhelmed by them, and stunning enough to enjoy a million times over. There are often children racing there wooden boats on small ponds and sophisticated French

couples of all ages locked in passionate embraces...ooooh la la.. Just outside the Jardins des Tuileries towards Place de la Concorde there is the contemporary art gallery Le Jeu de Paume. Built during the reign of Napoleon III originally used as tennis courts, later as a storage space for looted ‘degenerate art’ that the Nazis where attempting to sell on the black market. Many unsold art works including that of Picasso and Dali where later burnt in the grounds outside Jeu de Paume. Really brilliant retrospectives held here aswell as some very forward thinking exhibitionsLe Palais de Tokyo 13, Avenue Président Wilson 75016 Paris, France +33 1 47 23 54 58 http://www.palaisdetokyo.com/fo3/low/ programme/ (Amazing bookshop!) Good food and a wonderful view of the Eiffel tower from the grande terrace. For the most awe-inspiring art related voyage you must go to theÉcole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts An art school like no other. Located at 14 rue Bonaparte, between the quai Malaquais and the rue Bonaparte, in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Près, just across the Seine from the Louvre museum.

It is my favorite building in the whole of Paris and it is still being used for its original purpose which makes it all the more magical. You can walk into this universities courtyard (although your probably not suppose to so look as if you are suppose to be there and if anyone asks just say your a foreign student on an exchange) There is this beautiful fountain in a courtyard that has the capacity to conjure up some bizarre sentiment drawn up from the bottom of my cold cold heart ha. It is the most moved i have ever been after seeing a stone monument. If you go on a Wednesday or Thursday between the hours of 2 and 6 you can sneak into their life drawing classes. Take a pen and pad. They are extraordinary, students draw life-size on black chalk boards- masterpieces that are then rubbed out and drawn over a hundred times. Visit this place! Last but not least Walk along the Seine to Pont Neuf, the oldest standing bridge across the river Seine and if you watch ‘Les Amants du Pont Neuf’ before your trip you will see why (apart from its beauty) it is the most romantic, and why many French teenagers suggest it for their first date/rendezvous. ELLEN ANGUS

Le Pop In Rue Amelot, 75011 +33 01-48-05-56-11 I saw film director Michel Gondry at his place. He is god. Anywhere he frequents is amazing. A very international crowd, they put on live gigs- local up and coming french bands and have a very unconventional open mic night on a sunday evening. just down the road is Zéro Zéro 89 Rue Amelot, 75011 Paris This place does the best ever house rum drink that knocks your socks off..a tiny bar open very late full of lovely looking young Bastille locals. You can order pizza from next door to

NORMANDY BY ELLEN ANGUS

These clothes weren’t made to be cool or trendy, or with the agenda to be liked by people, that may be the after effect, but however corny it may sound, they are about enjoyment. This is the second of the two collections I have made, and since I am not a fashion designer, that side of it didn’t interest me, fashion is disposable, joy is not! (Saying that, I won’t deny that I used the structures of historical fashion, and tribal patterns as inspiration to interpret the designs from the characters of the models wearing the attires) The joy that was kindled during making these clothes is held in by every stitch. But only to be felt when human skin rubs against the Indian silk linings; they become part of you. Because I used personalities to evolve the designs around, during the photo shoots the clothes seemed to sing and dance with the movement of their mistresses, (making a special point of photographing them outside among life its self, non of this studio light business). If hung up in a cupboard or dumped on the floor they are totally life less, possibly a little pretty, but dead non-the less. Clothes don’t make you, you make them. It is your energy that makes them moves, its your feeling that makes someone think they look great. I love the collection because every time a piece is worn it spreads joy, through the volumes of colour that are given freedom on waves of material, or jumping from dark backgrounds. After one fashion show I had them in a large case tucked away during a party that night. Some one must have found the case and suddenly the circus had come to town, the fun that was given to a brunch of fucked friends by the trying-on and running around in these clothes made me very warm and cheerful. I don’t like to be precious with them, some have been ruined, but only in high spirits, they shouldn’t restrict you, so a little or big rip is just a memory of delight. If someone puts love in to what they are doing you can tell, whether its making, painting, sculpting, writing , cooking etc…. To put love in the process of making clothes is such a wonderful feeling, because those clothes then surround the person wearing them, enveloping them in the joyfullness of their creation. I suppose what Im trying to say is, feel the bliss of the process, don’t fuss on the end result!

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ON...THE DRUMS The Drums have gained a phenomenal profile for a band who have only been together just over a year. Their blend of laid back beats and heart wrenching lyrics all set to the tone of being ‘New York’s Coolest Band’ (bet they’re thanking NME for that!) means that they’ve definitely succeeded in whetting appetites around the UK. Setting the bar high on the NME tour and playing two other gigs that night in Manchester they also show themselves to be as hardworking as they are perceived to be chilled. We recommend you don’t just run head first and listen to ‘Let’s Go Surfing’ but also take the time to settle down and hear ‘Down by the Water’ and the almost Joy Divisionesque ‘Submarine’. to see how fully rounded (and unlike the surf-tastic Beach Boys) the band really are! It’s a rise that has been meteoric as well as deserved and so we grabbed Connor from the band for a quick chat about touring, the hype and The Strokes.

On the NME Tour… “It’s going great, we just played our show earlier tonight. We open the show and tonight we’ve played three shows. The NME show, Sound Control and another one at Factory. The NME tour is great though because we hadn’t really heard much of the other bands until now but the guys in the other bands are amazing- everyone gets along really well. It’s like a rock’n’roll summer camp! Everybody just hangs out together…” On being an American band… I feel at the moment the UK and America, ones up and ones down. There’s not a lot of bands in the UK which impress me whereas five years ago I thought all the bands in America were crap. And ten years ago there were bands like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the Strokes who everyone wanted to sound like so it really fluctuates. I feel like there are some really good USA bands like the Smith Westerns, a really good band called Girls. There’s basically just some really great music coming from there and it’s really great that we get to represent that on the NME tour. On the hype… “We don’t really let that affect us. We only started about six or seven months ago. We just keep our heads down and don’t allow that to affect our creative process. It’s amazing that people come out to see us play though.

On their songs, surfing and the Strokes… We’re constantly writing, John the singer, Jacob and myself are constantly together- we’re often writing in the hotel and stuff. We all work together constantly. Our songs are all about being lonely and hopeless for the rest of your life. A lot of people just think we’re like a fun surf band and the fact is we don’t really listen to the Beach Boys. So we never listened to beach music or surf music… None of us surf- we all think it’s kinda cool but none of us do. Our lyrics are melancholy but who wants to hear about another band complaining about their lives. There are too many bands at the moment who are sitting around crying wearing black leather pants or tight jeans with long hair- but that’s just boring. There’s one band that came out in 2001 who changed everything out in New York and for the next ten years everyone just tried to sound like them. On the UK… Britain has had some really original music which changed everything. But even bands like the Libertines don’t really do it for me… The Strokes were really genuine who did a lot for music but the Libertines just wanted to sound like them. People in the UK have all heard the Smiths and Joy Division, bands like Orange Juice and Jesus and Mary Chain. We’re making pop music and for people in the USA pop music is Lady Gaga so we’re big in New York and big in LA but in the Middle States it’s a bit harder. Here everyone just loves that kind of music and so it’s a bit easier to play in way. read more in the blog at zavvi.com - interviews with Hockey, Egyptian Hip Hop and more every week”

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Peggy Sue, [Rosa, Katy and Olly “who doesn’t say anything, just sits there looking pretty”] played the Deaf Institute recently. I caught up with them for a chat about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, pouring beer over people and why it’s taken them so long to release their debut album; due out in April. First off, what happened to the Pirates?! Rosa: One of the reasons was because of Pete and the Pirates. We started to read things like “Peggy Sue and the Pirates poured beer over Pete and the Pirates” and we were like “What? No. We didn’t. We’ve never even met them, we quite like them actually.” It was just getting a bit silly. Katy: We’re sort of different bands now, and it draws a line under our older stuff. Rosa: It would’ve been sensible to completely change our name really.

Katy: Then we could’ve drawn a thick line under it, rather than a little thin dotted line. If you could be any TV character, who would you be? Katy: I’d like to be Jack Bauer Rosa: I’d like to be someone with actual super powers; Buffy the Vampire Slayer. That’d be really good. Katy: But Jack Bauer doesn’t need super powers because he’s so good. Rosa: If Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Jack Bauer were gonna have a fight, I would probably win. Katy: I think Jack Bauer would win Rosa: no, she’s got super human strength Katy: How come she doesn’t always win then? Rosa: she does. Katy: Does she always win? Rosa: yeah. After four years of EP releases, your debut album’s due out in April, do you expect to spend this amount of time on your second, or do you have material already? Katy: We released loads and loads of EPs because of the fact that we write

a LOT of songs, so its not lack of material, its just want to get them out, which is what we did with the album. We wrote loads of new songs and now we’re going to put them all on the album. There are already new songs waiting now though. If you had one day to rule the world, what would you do? Rosa: I should probably say something really selfless but I wouldn’t. Katy: The whole world? I don’t know; too much responsibility. Rosa: With great power comes great responsibility Katy: is that a quote from Harry Potter? Rosa: No! Katy: With great power comes great responsibility. Its lord of the rings! (Liz Green - the fabulous support act - enters the room.) Katy: what would you do if you ruled the world Liz? Liz: Give everyone what they wanted; apart from murder and things. Grace Brown

THE VIRGINS TOP TEN HANGOUTS NEW YORK 1. Peter Luger’s Steak house. Serious business. no frills, just a shit load of meat. 2. Kim’s Video. NY classic and the only place u can buy dvd’s anymore 3. Metropolis. best used clothing store in the world 4. Riverside park. I grew up across the street. Lotsa weirdos 5. Milano bar. My old drunk house. 6. Astor Place Market. Great food open 24 hrs. 7. My apartment. My guitars are there. 8. My parent’s apartment. Just a few blocks away and I can steal food and see our dog. 9. 30th Street Guitars. Heaven. 10. The Strand bookstore. Every book ever written. RHI THOMAS SPOKE TO NICK FROM THE VIRGINS

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Design Dr. Me Photograph Gavin Watson. Over the next few months we’re looking for contributors to a new, exciting project in conjuncture with Noise Lab.

Our objective is to showcase the work of young artists and writers and for them to collaborate on pieces and look at classic films with fresh eyes

Inspired by the Polish artists that did one off versions for their own cinemas of films from the US, UK and the rest of Europe (www.polishposter. com) we wanted to take a fresh look at 50 classic films and re-design the posters using young upcoming artists.

From the 50 films, 30 films will be picked by 30 pairs, consisting of one writer and one illustrator. Their brief is to produce a 500 word synopsis and review, alongside an A2 poster with brief notes as to what inspired them.

Our panel (writers from XOX, members of NOSIE LAB and Gavin Watson, who designed the poster for This Is England) will make a list of our 40 favourite films, ones which have made us laugh or cry or just watch them in awe – this is more than a round up of the most seen (so, no Titanic), this is going to be films which have inspired us.

A competition will then be launched to chose the films from 40 to 50 they think should appear on our ultimate list. Through Zavvi.com and the Same Teens network the competition will seek a writer/artist partnership of the readers’ choice to do exactly what our teams have done – produce 500 words on why their film is essential and also to produce an A2 poster inspired by film poster art.

To choose our winner we will be looking for the most inspired, most creative, and most persuasive film poster/review combination - the winner will receive a prize that will include all 50 titles on DVD As a final hurrah an exhibition will also take place at Noise LAB, featuring all the art from our teams alongside the winning pairs’ creation. It will enable young writers to work with young artists to a strict brief and deadline and the competition will give national coverage to all involved. A future edition of our magazine XOX (print run of 1,000, 8,000 online readers) will be dedicated to showcasing the posters. THE COMPETITION WILL OPEN ON MAY 1ST.

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