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“GET A CURRY ON THE CURRY MILE AND PUT ON A CARDIGAN AND WALK AROUND LOOKING GLOOMY, PRETENDING TO BE MORRISSEY.” SAME TEENS: Are you excited to be playing Manchester International Festival? Any plans to try and catch other shows? MYSTERY JETS :Yeah definitely. The Kraftwerk and Steve Reich show sounds amazing. What a collaboration! ST: Speaking of collaborations, Tim Burgess is Djing on the first night and he’s the king of collaborations. He’s done stuff with Paul Weller and Chemical Brothers - any duet plans? MJ: Ha! We’d love to. Maybe we could learn a Charlatans song and Tim could sing? Time’s running out, we’ll have to get going! ST: Drop him a Myspace messagewe did. We contacted most people we’re working with for XOX through the Weheart profile - Sarah Larnach, Ladyhawke’s artist did the painting of us . Gavin Watson, who’s done the cover for Vice and took the picture
We know you’ve been busy recording, what kind of sound are you trying for with the new album? People said you’re last album ‘Twenty One’ was seriously Eighties infused - do you agree? MJ: That’s a bit of a tough one to answer. We’ve got one song which sounds a bit like Richard Swift, one that’s got a T-Rex glam vibe, a couple of poppy tracks. That the whole album was completely Eighties is rubbish. There is an undeniable influence in ‘2 Doors Down’, but I think there are a fair few folksy songs too. With the new album the plan is to get thirty songs done and start recording. I think if we keep things low profile then by 2010 we’ll have people really excited to hear the new stuff instead of boring people with the same old things. ST: So, apart from seeing Kraftwerk cycling round the velodrome have you any other plans for Manchester? MJ: Yeah, we’ll probably go and have a drink in Big Hands at some point we love that place. Get a curry on the curry mile and put on a cardigan and walk around looking gloomy, pretending to be Morrissey. How about you? ST: We’ll be running round trying to organise stuff. As well as the main gig we’ve got Jeremy Warmsley playing at Mrs. Boon’s Tea Party. It’s all pretty hectic and we’re even offering bed and breakfast for 15 quid in a re-
ally cool backpackers hostel called Hatters in the Northern Quarter. MJ: How’s XOX going? There’s loads of publications out there, how do you reckon you’re different? ST: Well, we’re not trying to be anything we’re not - we love music and fashion so that’s what we write about. All the people who work on XOX are young too and people all over the world contribute - there’s a Same Teens Japan and Australia being run by a group of really cool kids, we’ve got an LA correspondent, Sky Ferreira, so maybe we’re a bit different because we want to get everyone involved - we’re always looking for new people too. Yesterday we met up with an 18 year old film maker called Ellery Roberts who’s made some amazing short films and filming the weekend for us. MJ: What are your plans for the Summer then? ST: We’re Djing at the Secret Garden Party and covering The Charlatans’ stage at the Isle of Wight festival for XOX. We have a stage at Kendal Calling and got our first ever European DJ Set at Dockville festival in Hamburg alongside MGMT and Patrick Wolf which we’re super excited to do. It’s going to be a packed summer JADE FRENCH Tickets for Mystery Jets on the Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th July only five pounds from www.mif.co.uk or call 0844 815 4961
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IT’S RARE THAT THE FIRST BAND OF THE NIGHT IS BETTER THAN THE LAST. AND ALTHOUGH DAN BLACK DOES KEEP THE CROWD ENTERTAINED WITH HIS ELECTRO-RIFFS, AND THE WAY HE GETS THOSE AT THE DEAF INSTITUTE TO CLUSTER IN A LADDISH-ROCK KIND OF WAY AT HIS FEET IS QUITE IMPRESSIVE, IT JUST ISN’T AN IOTA OF WHAT FAN DEATH DO. WITH EX-DANDI WIND AT THE HELM THE TWO-FRONT WOMEN ARE NOT ONLY THE EPITOME OF STYLE WITH SEQUINS, TIE-DIE AND 80S INSPIRED DRESSES ON SHOW, BUT ALSO HAVE THE SONGS TO BACK THEM UP. ......................................................................................................................................... It isn’t style over substance or even vice versa- it’s a nice balance between the two. Obviously having connections with Erol Alkan and dancing about the stage like a girl possessed with the spirit of Blondie and sex appeal there isn’t much that Fan Death can do but exude cool and embody Peaches sentiment “The boys wanna be her, the girls wanna be her”. Songs like “Veronica’s Veil” could slip easily into the ‘80s nostalgia’ cache yet the lyrics use a subtle blending of Biblical references and synthesisers and “The Constellations” is completely ethereal and eerie- a pretty far cry from the bubblegum pop of the eighties. There are the inevitable animal noises from the men in audience as catcalls and wolf whistles suggest not everyone is musing on the musical nuances of the set, but oh well. By the time ‘Son Will Rise’ has whizzed through with its tribal drums and Rocky-esque beginning it doesn’t matter.
We grabbed Fan Death for a brief chat, with a slight jet-lagged induced air. “This is the first night of the tour so we’re pretty excited but only just got off a plane a few hours ago! We’re off to London tonight too. I really liked the girl just on now [ Marina and the Diamonds]”. How does playing in Canada differ from touring the UK ? Is there a more receptive crowd? “I don’t think they’re more or less receptive. It’s different because Vancouver is pretty small. I mean, it’s a really up-and-coming city but it can’t compare to London . It’s weird though- you would think the cities scenesters would differ really wildly but nearly all hipsters look the same in any part of the world. It’s seems like it’s such a small group of people liking the same thing that the fashion thing crosses over” Speaking of fashion Fan Death have a pretty unique look “Yeah, this dress is from a tour that we did of vintage shops and we got paid in clothes. I love this though, it’s really comfortable!” There is a aura of cool surrounding
Fan Death- not least due to Erol Alkan’s admiration (manifesting itself in considerable producer help on Veronica’s Veil) but how do you manage just to slip onto the radar of Mr. Alkan? “Well Dandi knew him previously and we just sent him over some stuff and he loved it! So much that he invited us out to DJ in Miami with him- even the airfare was paid for. We got to swim in the sea in Miami for spinning a few discs- it was amazing” Will Smith would be proud! What type of music did you play? “Will Smith actually!! I’m loving that old 90s nostalgia trip. Fresh Prince and Jazzy Jeff…” What more could be asked for? An appreciation of Will Smith (before he was a Scientologist and making ‘feel-good’ movies; back when he was chillin’ with Uncle Phil and Jazzy Jeff and making songs like “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It”), style which could make Lady Gaga feel inadequate for it’s effortless cool and songs with catchy hooks taking influence from every era from BC to the 80s to 2009. Amazing. JADE FRENCH
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Ellen: How are you guys enjoying England? Passion Pit: It’s been interesting...we didn’t realise the amount of press we where going to have... Where have you been so far? We’ve been to Brighton, played Co-Co with the Black Kids... that was a matter of experiencing that venue more than anything else…really beautiful... honestly I don’t really know the names of many of the places we’ve been through I just kind of sleep. How did Passion Pit start out? Passion Pit The band itself started out as a solo project on my part I’m a song writer not really an instrumentalist... I don’t consider myself as a person who instruments songs. I was in a lot of slow chord indie rock bands and started playing around with electronic music and sequencing, I kind of put together this compilation of music and it happened to be this, these really joyous love songs that I wrote for my girlfriend, and it turned into a valentines day present for her. That was the press story, it really wasn’t intended for anything else than making my friends dance about and getting back into song writing. After that some guys in the band approached NME and where like ‘hey lets do this, lets flesh this out’...I was like ‘there’s no way in hell I want
PASSION PIT HAVE BEEN HYPED TO HELL AND BACK RECENTLY, AND WITH DUE JUSTIFICATION AS THE MELODIC LULLABY OF ‘SLEEPYHEAD’ ENTERED THE CONSCIOUSNESS- AND TAKE NOT, THIS IS NOT MGMT. IT’S ELECTRONIC EUPHORIA GATHERING UP THE LISTENER TO DIZZY HEIGHTS ONLY TO DROP THEM BACK DOWN INTO A LULL. WE GOT ELLEN TO CHAT TO MICHAEL FROM PASSION PIT ON HOW TO SURVIVE ENGLISH MANNERS (OR LACK), THE AMERICAN DREAM AND THE STRAINS OF TOURING. to do anything but music like this’ because frankly I knew that if anything happened we’d be playing the same music a year and a half two years after...and that’s what we’re doing now... this is so late in the game...and I’ve written so many more songs but we cant really play or do anything to them. So now we’re here at this point...
there’s also some.... Nuts people...? Yeah! They’ll come out and say what they wanna say.
How are you finding Bristol so far? Lovely people here. But why do people yell so much? You’d expect in England for people to have manners but sometimes it’s not the case at all
Really? You find ‘the English’ say what they wanna say?! I thought we where suppose to be the reserved ones that always apologised for everything? Are you kidding me that’s like nearly the opposite of what I feel... The thing is though when you’re away from home...every time something bad happens it’s like ‘THIS WOULD NEVER HAPPEN BACK HOME!’. I think that’s just part of being away.
[At this point some people tell us to move from some steps...apparently it’s a restaurant] See, some weird people here... I think more so than anything else we’re just kind of freaked out by the people here… there’s a lot of nice people but
I thought in America everyone was suppose to say what they want to say. And us English where more repressed? Yeah, I don’t mean it in anyway nasty, maybe its where we have been going
That’s just a frustration of the ‘business’ of it all isn’t it? It’s a pretty common tale y’know
Yeah I guess Bristol on a Friday night is not a good representation...if you walk down here you get abuse from horrid men its almost standard if your a girl… You just need to know where to go on a night out! Yeah man you get that where I live in Boston... It’s the College town of America...I live in Harvard...all colleges and fraternities. We get that shit there too! Is the Ralph Lauren thing is that the fraternity thing? Or is that just me completely living the American dream... [Getting too excited here]. Just watching films and being like ‘yeah fraternity things’. Do they wear like stripy tops and chinos and jumpers wrapped around their necks? uhhh nooo that’s a bit dated... [slightly crushed] Okay... But I would consider that cool I mean Vampire weekend did something like that... The whole Ivy League thing. Has it been difficult responding to the hype around the band? Honestly I think that’s what’s done it for me. We came here and we just got inundated with press. It’s because we’re just at that level where we just got signed with a major label so there’s that ‘hype band’ thing. Half the shows we play are mostly
to people in the industry and they don’t Where abouts have you been apart from England? care they just want to see if we’re We’re doing something were shooting gonna make money for them or not! a music video in Paris. It’s been more about focusing on recording the album And because its that industry thing they’re up for anything that’s of the for two months in New York and then as soon as we got out the studio we did minute...They’re not up for somea tour. This our first real tour...ever. thing that’s necessarily long standing... What do you get up to when you get I kinda think we have a secret upback home? per hand. Because there are so many bands in this position right now. Some When I go home I literally shut off who are like ‘we signed one of the best everything because I’m around too many people all the time. When I go record deals...that’s been signed in home, which is rare and almost never, I the past three yrs of any of the bands walk around because I live in a beautilike vampire weekend’ or...’we signed ful area. Although sometimes instead a great deal and we have complete of going home I go and visit people in control and as a song writer I do not LA or something. have to put anything from the old EP on to the new LP. I’m gonna go into the What do you love to listen to? studio and I need a children’s choir’. I just ordered the entire every single And for a ‘hype’ band usually they’re thing that Judy Sylls, a 70s songwriter, just like ‘okay get the singles out, get the kids out there and get electric feel has ever recorded ever on vinyl. ELLEN ANGUS out there’.
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WHEN GAVIN WATSON PICKED UP A CAMERA IN HIS EARLY TEENAGE YEARS IT COULDN’T HAVE BEEN GUESSED THAT WHAT HE CAPTURED THROUGH THAT LENS WOULD BE A GENERATION OF SUBCULTURE. MUSIC, FASHION AND HISTORY WERE ALL EMBODIED IN ‘SKINS AND PUNKS’ AND XOX GOT A SNEAKY LOOK AT GAVIN’S RECENT ESSER SHOTS TOO SHOWING THAT EVEN NOW THERE IS SOMETHING UNIQUE IN HIS PHOTOGRAPHY. WE ASKED A FEW QUICK QUESTIONS TO THE MAN HIMSELF.
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......................................................................................................................................... What made you pick up your first camera and start taking photos? I just got this urge to get a camera and a pair of binoculars, they were on sale in Woollies, I bought the camera first, never went back for the binoculars. Your photos capture something raw and vivid, of a specific time in British culture. How did you capture something so real with the Skins photos? Do you think it’s important to show a side to this subculture which isn’t completely understood by the mainstream? I never set out too prove any point with the pictures I took back then, they were just shots of my me mates doing our thing, I never even thought they were of interest too anyone. What advice would you give to those wanting to go into the field of photography?
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Take lots of pictures, don’t listen to anyone, find what you like and what suits you, and find the Epic in your world, its there. What’s your favourite memory from the 1980s? One memory in 10 years? Come on, I got millions of ‘em, the moment the 80’s ended, we were going down the M4 looking for a Rave in my camper, and there was a dead long pause after the countdown too news years, and then the DJ just pumped forth some classic Rave tune, I remember thinking, somebody out there knows what’s going on, a fitting end too the 80’s I think. Do you think there are any sub-cultures today with the same energy and power as Punk? Maybe the Mexican goths and emos, there pretty passionate, and those DONK geezers from up North, Bolton
I think that’s seems pretty vibrant. What would be the most important item of clothing for ‘Skins and Punks’? DOC MARTINS You photographed Esser recently. Who would you like to photograph the most at this moment in time? What are you working on at the moment? I don’t think about who I would like too photograph, so many interesting people pop up , I like to shoot the people behind stuff, that whole famous thing doesn’t really interest me, I feel I’ve managed to make ordinary kids stars in there own way, we’re all stars. Just finished a book with my brother Neville called RAVING 89, then its of too Norway for an Exhibition, and then a SKINS AND PUNKS exhibition in Milan as well as various other bits and bobs.
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TC INTERVIEW TIM 1: Hello Tim, we hope you’re well, which country are you currently in and what’s the word on the street? Doing well thanks! I am in Hollywood, CA Listening to records, kinda DJing for myself, there’s no one around! though things might change later as I am meeting with Rich Fulcher at UCB Theatre on Franklin Ave Word on the street is... that Sarah Silverman is going to show up. 2: The Charlatan’s 20th anniversary is coming up, did you ever forsee such a long and prosperous time with the band? When we finished mixing Indian Rope (our first 12’’) I thought we had peaked, I remember thinking it was the best record we would ever make and we would never be able to top it. Also, along the journey that is The Charlatans there have been bumps, hills and mountains to climb that only the very strong could endure, the answer is No - I never imagined 20 years. But now. Hey! I can’t imagine I could do any less.... 3: What non-musical event in your life shaped you musical destiny? Many things.., life was quite traumatic for me when I was young. 3 of my
closest friends died before I was 17 and another close friend of mine was paralyzed from the neck down in a freak accident, (I felt I carried a lot of this around with me especially in the early days) But! obviously troubled by all of this, I decided that where I lived was cursed, and with the spirit of my deceased friends, I fucked off….and looked for adventure and funnier stories 4: Are you a believer in intelligent extra terrestrial life? I do believe in extra terrestrial life, they all live in Los Angeles, are they intelligent? Certainly not! 5: The Birthday Party or The Bad Seeds? I actually think Nick Cave gets better with every record but I would have to say The Birthday Party – Prayers On Fire and Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – From Her To Eternity would be my favourite records 6: With the advent of downloads, unlimited access to virtually all music and ‘thumbnail record sleeves’ do you think music can ever affect kids the way it once did? Will kids ever spend entire
afternoons in dusty record shops anymore, sifting through mountains of vinyl just to find one 7” that costs a weeks wages, when they can just get it for free at the click of a button? I met the rest of The Charlatans in a record shop spent an entire months wages on A Factory Sample 2 x 7” and had butterflies in my stomach for weeks. I bought a ton of LPs on a whim and found a lot of incredible interesting people who I met later in life shared the same enthusism as me. I think there have always been pockets of individuals who try to seek out the next best thing/track/sound/ sleeve/statement etc, and I hope there always will be. I do meet really inspiring young people who are obsessed with records/ vinyl today. There will hopefully always be kids who will search for more, if they are hungry to find new/ undiscovered classics then I think they will help create/shape the sound of tomorrow. 7: When can we do a single? Lets do it in May/June so you have it recorded by the time we do the gig together.
8: Why do you look so much younger than the majority of my friends? I am a ghost x TIM INTERVIEWING TC 1:How are you? Where are you? and What are you doing? Tom: I’m deliriously tired from insomnia, in my bedroom listening to Comet Gain and watching a pack of stray dogs from my window. I sometimes think life can’t get any better, although I’m often told it can. Dan: I’m at home listening to the new yeah yeah yeahs album, I’ve just put a picture of myself wearing a dress onto our blogspot and I’m feeling pretty alarmed by my current mental state... in a good way. 2. I hear Syd barrett, PIL and Sub Pop in your music...who is your primary influence, who is you’re fav American band? Tom: I’ll always want to make music because of Pixies, Nirvana and Neil Young, whether I achieve anything close to their art is desirable yet debatable. Dan:my main influences at the minute are weezer, nirvana and the cribs, all three of these bands write insanely powerful melodic songs that really get
into your soul and make it a better place to be. 3. Anything to say to your friends in Manchester? any funny stories about hanging out in Manchester etc? do you think everyone talks funny? ;-) Tom: Whist not a particularly funny story, one of my most treasured experiences was turning up to play some songs on Channel M and being told that Frank Sidebottom was also going to be on the show, this fiber glass man hybrid who terrified me as a child, perplexed me as a teen and stole my heart as a brain frazzled 20 something couldn’t have been more of a gentleman. Perfect. Manchester is also the only place I have ever seen what could conclusively be labeled as a UFO...and I ALWAYS look for UFOs. 4. Joy Division or New Order? Tom: New Order, whilst retaining the right to change my mind in about half an hour. Dan: I know this is controversial but i prefer new order from a lyrical point of view! am i going to be sent to indie hell now? but the line “You used to be
a stranger Now you are mine” from ‘regret’ really touches me every time i hear it. it’s a very hopeful sentiment i think. 6. I was watching a TV documentary in LA the other night and it dawned on me that i have been wasting so much time watching shows about murderers and crooks. Seeing as the times we live in are at best quite desperate, and you being in a band called Televised Crimewave and all, do you think you can/want to make a change/dent in society with your name, music, spirit etc? Tom: Expecting your art or music to affect society is a heavy baggage to carry around and in times such as these I think people want answers and action rather than a manifesto and a microphone. Music will always be the perfect condiment for the revolution but I would never expect it to be the main course.
WEHEART REALLY DO HEART SOME OF THE BEST PEOPLE. THEY LOVE THE SAME PEOPLE CHARLES SAATCHI LOVES AND THE TYPE OF PEOPLE WHO LOVE LEGO. THEY MAKE IT EASY BY HAVING BIG, SHINY LINKS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF MYSPACE WHICH YOU CAN CLICK AND BE INSPIRED BY IN LESS THAN 2 SECONDS. YOU MIGHT SAY WE HEART WEHEART FOR PUTTING US IN THE KNOW OF PEOPLE ON THE UNDERBELLY OF CULTURE. WE’VE SEARCHED THROUGH THEIR ARCHIVES TO BRING YOU THE BEST PEOPLE WHO, AMONGST OTHERS, ARE MAKING ART, MAKING-UP FACES, MAKING ILLUSTRATIONS AND WHO ARE GOING TO BE MAKING IT BIG.
SARAH MAPLE www.myspace.com/jamesjohnsonperkins Worth checking out for his dancing lego robots on his website - dayglo bricks, 80s songs and dancing. Who said art had to be stuffy? Who are you and how would you describe what you do? I’m an artist that makes work inspired by 80’s nostalgia. I am currently making: a giant army of totemic Mega Blok and Lego men, which I call ‘robots’, scrolling message boards, Lego plaques with retro statements and an array of animations using 8 bit computer graphics and modernist geometric shapes. Who do YouHeart? I’m inspired by pop culture, looking at subject matter related to my adolescent experiences, including Lego models, and 1980s computer games . What do you hope to be doing in a year’s time? I am going to be living in Venice/Italy doing an arts residency with the Emily Harvey Foundation. What single thing would improve your life right now? I would like to better at robotic dancing.
www.myspace.com/sarahmapleart Erm, where to start with Sarah? The Independent said she’s ‘the heir to Tracey Emin’s thrown. Noel Fielding reckons she’s got ‘great hair’ and Charles Saatchi,the kingmaker of the artworld,crowned her winner of his Art Idol competition. Not enough? She’s funny too. Go check her out. Who are you and how would you describe what you do? My name is Sarah Maple. I’m an artist and point maker and comedian. Who do YouHeart? I heart Anne Boleyn because she’s my feminist idol. And Dinosaurs. What do you hope to be doing in a year’s time? Stroking the cat my landlady has finally allowed me to have. What single thing would improve your life right now? Nike hi-tops. Mmmmmm.
REBECCA VICTORIA www.myspace.com/beccismiles It’s not everyone who messages us after spending a day filming a video for Razorlight but Victoria did. Then again, it’s not everyone who’s appeared in Vogue and Cosmopolitan and travels from Japan to London to Moscow for fashion shoots. Who are you and how would you describe what you do? I am Rebecca Victoria, I’m a travelling model keeping it real, speaking the truth. Who do YouHeart? I heart batman. He is my hero. He keeps it real; he doesn’t need no super powers. What do you hope to be doing in a year’s time? Have conquered most countries, learnt more, be looking back at the present moment shaking my hand at how young I was. What single thing would improve your life right now? Ban the Recession! Feed the models!!! We can’t live on this budget!
TANK>AXE>LOVE www.myspace.com/tankaxelove Who are you and how would you describe what you do? I’m Paul Jackson and I am an illustrator. I go by the name of Tank.Axe. Love.I like to draw unusual things, things that get a rise out of people, Who do YouHeart?. I heart Steven Spielberg, he’s incredible. Everything he does has a cloud of class and originality to it; I can even overlook some of the cheesier elements as the good parts are SO good. He can make happy fun kids films, or really dark gory adult films, What do you hope to be doing in a year’s time? I hope to be counting money on my yacht, but I know that’s not gonna happen, so I’ll settle for exhibiting my artwork in London. What single thing would improve your life right now? I’d like a trained pet monkey that can clean up rubbings and dirty paint brushes, and fetch bottles of beer on command. You did ask......
BEA SWEET/ www.myspace.com/bea_sweet With a name like your favourite burlesque star and a job that’s just as glam. Bea completes our crack team of myspace based rising stars. Get over and say hello Who are you and how would you describe what you do? My name is Bea Sweet and I work as a Makeup Artist in London but I have always said it is the “Artist” part that is important in the job title, not the Makeup! Who do YouHeart?. I heart people with strength, character, vision and guts People inspire me, but they don’t necessarily have to be well known or have a name for themselves.. in fact, I prefer it when they don’t. What do you hope to be doing in a year’s time? “Prod it and see what it does”. What single thing would improve your life right now? Cheaper rent in London would make a very nice start!
TIMMY LEE Who are you and how would you describe what you do? Im Timothy Hon Hung Lee, A 25 yr old midlands based artist and I make ink drawings. The images depict elements of death & romance bound together with traditional Chinese methods of painting. Who do YouHeart?. I can’t pinpoint what it is that inspires me, its a combination of moods and feelings that I feel the need to exercise. If I don’t release these sentiments i wouldn’t grow as a person. My all time hero is Bruce Lee or my Uncle (Lee Man Sang) though i have many heroes to list. What do you hope to be doing in a year’s time? I hope to be doing exactly what I’m doing now but further along the path to success. I wish to keep creating and surviving. What single thing would improve your life right now? Peace of mind.
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The main inspiration for my paintings/ladies stems from my fascination with Cats. They have this esoteric attitude encased in elegance and cuteness. They are comfortable within their own bodies; know their own mind and what they want. I love that these fluffy little beings have no feeling of restraint from surrounding judgements. They are their own. These are the feeling behind my paintings. Other influences and inspirations come from Pinup girls, manga, tattoo, graffiti and toy cultures. WWW.MYSPACE.COM/ANARKITTY1
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......................................................................................................................................... London duo Comanechi are DIY to the core. They make garage punk that sounds like 10 girly indiepop bands being kidnapped, headbutted together, stripped naked and given some Slayer vinyl – and then all condensed into a cordial of awesomeness embodied in only 2 people. Although kicking around for a while now, their next release will mark their first full album release to date. We went on a photo adventure with them at a secret find disused train yard in Dalston and caught up with queen of DIY drummer/singer Akiko about winging recording on the sly and being East London’s time defying superwoman.
It took way too long for us to finish, we took a while to find the right person to record us, we found Jimmy Robertson. He recorded Klaxons, The Big Pink, Mystery Jets, The Gossip... He’s amazing. He basically recorded most of the tracks as a favour, but he was so busy with other bands recording that it took us a long time to finish recording and mixing. But while he was busy with other bands we wrote a few more great new songs! So it worked all out in the end.
No, because I have PRE to be able to do that. Comanechi is just a minimal set up with the girl on drums. It’s a challenge but I show how it can be done!
It straight up amazes me that you manage to keep 4 musical projects on the move at the same time. (Comanechi, PRE, drumming for The Big Pink and her own personal project Sperm Javelin) How do you keep going?! Do you just absorb energy from the sun like a lizard and never sleep? I never stop. I’ve just got such amazing Any surprises on the new record? bands that I never want to loose any of Yes it has a secret track on track 69. We had a special guest on drums Hanna them, so I have to keep up! from The Gossip for the song “Revenge Is it an ‘I love you all equally’ deal or of My Pussy” while i played bass. do you find your time is split unevenly So Keex, when can we expect your between your bands? next record to be released? It’s all working out for me to find times It’d called “Crime of Love” and is Is it not frustrating as a singer befinally coming out in the next couple of ing stuck behind a drumkit on stage? for all of the bands at the moment so I try not to think about it. I might be selfmonths on Merok Records. Looking at you in your PRE shows there’s all sorts of flailing energy go- ish being greedy trying to work everything out all at once… How was the recording process for ing on, do you ever feel kinda caged it, how long did it take to make? I by a necessity to keep the beat with WORDS AND PICTURES HOLLY LUCAS remember you telling me you funded Comanechi? it entirely yourselves, grueling.
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WELL, THIS IS MY FIRST EVER PROPER FEATURE IN THIS FANZINE. TO BE HONEST, THIS IS MY FIRST EVER PROPER ANYTHING IN ANY FANZINE. I’M 14 AND I’VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE. TO ME, BACKSTAGE WAS A MYTHICAL CREATURE, TO BE THERE WAS MYSTICAL, AND ONLY THE COOLEST PEOPLE GET TO GO THERE. THAT’S WHAT I THOUGHT UNTIL I REALIZED THAT “BACKSTAGE” WAS JUST A ROOM WITH A BUNCH OF INSTRUMENTS IN IT...
Still, it felt nice to be let in on the secret. These being my first proper interviews (by proper, I mean faceto-face), I was so nervous I couldn’t even walk straight, which left me confronting a brick wall, breathing deep breaths. Eventually my friend had to drag me out of a corner of Brick Lane and into the actual building. After finally getting upstairs to see the gigs in Vibe Bar (we’d somehow managed to get there by wandering through a series of red corridors and a cloakroom,) we got our hands stamped with a picture of a boy/ cherub/thingymabob (we couldn’t really decide...) It was quiet at first but when the music started the whole place shook. I reckon Artrocker deserves a big hard thump on the back for the amazing line-up of mostly small underground bands. Me, being very un-organised and un-experienced, was suddenly bombarded with a bunch of text messages, all asking
“when could I interview them?” I ended up interviewing Tiny Masters of Today first, which really wasn’t the original plan… Tiny Masters of Today are the definition of cool beans. Paste down the grating guitar riffs, the bangs, the booms, beating bass and an un-even stroke of fuzzy home-made cool on springs, and you’ve created that punk-pop prodigy that everybody’s raving about. They’ve got their second album, Skeletons, in the post, along with school and enough time to scrutinize the way “that kid called Reeko” in Hannah Montana eats, I honestly have no idea how they manage it. There are a couple of awkward pauses and nervous coughs (maybe they were communicating to eachother in some sort of band language) but at least I got some dirt on the Jonas Brothers! You’ve just headlined some shows in London, how did they go?
Ivan: Well, they were good. What else can you say? They were fun. Jackson: Yeah, we played with some good bands. We played with Black Jacks, they were awesome. They’re from South Africa they were really cool. You’re bringing out your second album already and you’re so young! Do you think your age made it harder or easier to get into the music industry? (Awkward silence filled with coughs) Ivan: Harder. Or maybe both. Jackson: But why? Ivan: I don’t know. There were things we couldn’t do because we were young... There were things we - (Ada chimes in) could do..- Because we were young.. If you could have magic powers what would they be? Ivan: Fly; to fly would be sweet. To be invisible would be cool. Jackson: Hmm..
......................................................................................................................................... Ivan: Teleportation? Ada: Oh yeah teleportation that would be cool! Jackson: Invisible teleportation would be the best. Ivan: Fly! Invisible teleportation? Jackson: So you wouldn’t even know your teleporting. I wouldn’t even know. It would be great. Jackson: If we could teleport that would be great. Then we wouldn’t have to fly... Flying would be pointless. Ivan: We have nothing really, nothing until the album comes out. Jackson: Yeah, that isn’t out yet. What do you think of Mickey-mouse bands? Bands like Jonas Brothers? Ivan: Like Taylor Swift orAda: Ivan’s’ in love with Taylor Swift. Ivan: Taylor Swift is not a Mickey-mouse
band. It’s true she’s not. Jackson: It’s true. Ivan: And she actually writes all her songs. I don’t know. The Jonas Brothers? I don’t know they’reJackson: scary. Ivan: I don’t know. They’re kind of scary, little freaky. Yeah there’s something kind of creepy about them. Jackson: Yeah... I don’t what it is. I don’t know if they’re even real. Ivan: And I can’t watch Hannah Montana. She looks crazy. Jackson: She does look pretty crazy. Really crazy. And she has veneers I think too. Ada: Yeah, I don’t think those teeth are real. Jackson: No... Ivan: Yeah, she has fake teeth.
Jackson: And her brother is also really crazy. Creepy. I don’t know, they’re all pretty creepy. Ivan: Actually only those few. Jackson: Who are the others? Selena Gomez. Ivan: She’s pretty scary too. Jackson: She’s alright. I don’t really know that much about her. Finally, is there anything you’d like to say to your fans? Ivan: Um. Thanks? Jackson: Spaghett. Ada: Spaghett! Jackson: I don’t know, anything? (Turns to other two) Anything for your interview? Ada, anything? Ada: Spaghett. Jackson: Well, I don’t know if anyone’s gonna know what that means but.. RHI THOMAS
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The Brownies; accidently named after either a cake or biscuit confection, you’d expect this band to be a sweet sugary mouthful. Well, you’d be wrong. Sophie, Nathan, Stevie, Michael and Maxxie do their very best to stick post-punk and happy-hardcore together to create a pounding, zinging beat that’ll leave you in your bedroom with your speakers turned up loud and a hairbrush in your hand. It’s a piece of ear-candy from Norwich and trust me, you’ll want to savour every last bit of ‘em. How’s your day been so far? Long... We left really early, ‘cos we’ve got a big van and we’re quite slow drivers! Even tractors were over-taking us. I’m excited to hear about your new album! What can we expect from it?
Most bands in their album sort of have like slow-songs in the middle, we don’t have any of those. Some-one said last night that they had to stop listening to it after track 4 because it was too heavy! It’s all kind-of fastpaced pop. How did you all meet? School. We all went to the school, CMS. -You don’t need to advertise our school! Yeah, some of us did GCSE music together and that’s how we formed the band basically and it just went from there. Describe your band as a type of cake... It has to be Brownies really. Is that a cake though, or is it a biscuit? Oh I don’t know. It’s a small cake. It’s its own genre. It doesn’t fit into either of those confections. Actually, at an album
launch, I baked a mountain of Brownies for everyone... And, I didn’t poison anyone! Your new single Cougar is coming out now, what’s it all about? It’s about a thing called bestiality, ‘bout how some people are attracted to animals and what happens when that’s the case. Lots of bands write songs about relationships and stuff like that, so we thought we’d do something different. Have you got anything you’d like to say to your fans? Tell them we’ve been annoyed at the lack of heaviness. -What? I thought we were going softer now. -STEPS! Tell them to be prepared for Steps! RHI THOMAS
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The Lovely Eggs are a Lancastrian cutesy kitsch concoction of homegrown xylophones, typewriters and outrageous optimism. The band consists of David Blackwell and Holly Ross; a married couple out to fight the world with the use of lemons and their lobster collection. (Yes, they have one of those. Windup ones -they assured me after seeing my face.) You’d be missing out on that sing-along that you’ve been craving since you were 4 years old if you don’t buy their new album “If You Were Fruit”. It comes out officially on the 1st of June. Come on, it even has a surreal lemon on the front of it saying “Eat shit”! Why are you called the lovely eggs? Every single song we write is based on something that happened. When I lived in Paris there was an abandoned nest that had one egg in it
one day, two the next. We were like “we’ll call our band the lovely eggs after those eggs because we’re hatching as a band, and they’re hatching”. And the baby pigeons were growing as we were spending the summer writing songs and being daft! You two are married aren’t you? Do you ever get on each-other’s nerves or are you living in wedded bliss? All the time. David’s a big hoarder, and collects loads of stuff, and I don’t collect anything, apart from lobsters. I don’t think being in a band makes it any harder than normal, it’s just funnier than watching The Bill. I don’t know what most married people do but we just go out and play gigs and meet people and go to parties and drink loads of beer. On your MySpace page, it says you both play guitar, the tambourine, and other stuff, what exactly is
other stuff? Things we’ve collected. Sometimes we’ll think this sounds like it needs a typewriter on it. Once we just rattled some spoons in a teacup for one of our songs “If You Were Fruit” just because we decided we wanted the sound of someone making a cup of tea in the background. There’s a bicycle in a song we did called “Weird Heart” just going round. Any particular favourite songs on your album? I really like our song “Jon Carling” because we wrote it for a real life person, our friend Jon Carling, who’s this artist in America. He was dead touched by it, and does us pictures in return! It’s a good way to get on the right side of someone. Have you got anything to say to your fans? Garstang Blue! That’s our favourite cheese. Eat cheese. Yep, that’s it. Eat cheese. RHI THOMAS
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......................................................................................................................................... What formal art training do you have, do you think a formal education is important? I have a Diploma Of Visual Arts, majoring in painting, minoring in printmaking, from RMIT Melbourne. I dont think that formal education is too important, but there are loads of benefits to be gained from it too. I certainly learned some essential discipline that i needed, and had access to processes (such as printmaking) that just arent readily available otherwise. And I learned great stuff in theory classes which didnt interest me a the time, but has proved invaluable since! ...however, the life experience that I went in with and have gained since might be the most important thing in my artistic practice. What inspires you as an artist? My friends, their actions and lives inspire me. And phtographic portraits inspire meI aspire to capture charecture as honestly and beautifully as great photographers do. I’m also inspired by my need to hold up non-typical beauty to be appreciated. How has your style developed over time? I’ve gone from a sloppiness which came from a lack of technical ability, to what I felt was a very technical style...and more recently back to a messier and quicker style which Im happy with as I get pictures out much quicker. Also, I move from oil to watercolour, though the way I used
both mediums had remianed the same- washy and in translucent layers. Have you always wanted to be an artist? Yes, but... I promised my Mum I wouldnt be one, as she had struggled as an artist. Then when she was making a living as an artist (after years in corporate jobs), I decided that the promise was rendered void! I had a hard time for a while because I wanted to work in music, and art was really bumming me out. Fortunately I bought my interests into perspective and its worked out.
bored and looking for adventure. I stayed because the tertiary education system here was more accessible (lower fees, better allowances, shorter courses etc) than in NZ at the time, and also because I’ve been having a good time.
You are good friends with Pip Browne, Ladyhawke, and do the artwork for her releases. When creating the work are you inspired by her music or her personality, or are they one in the same? They are pretty much one and the same. The music comes out of the personality, and has its roots in lots of bands and styles that we both enjoy. What other artists do you admire? But... I have created with the personality in mind, so far - sometimes the Photographers Richard Avedon (for his raw representation of beauty and music cuts a little too close to home, too close for my comfort, you know? great documentary portraits) and Guy Bordain (for introducing popular It’s sometimes about Pip’s life, and culture to amusing eroticism). Illus- I’ve witnessed some of these moments already, with no desire to revive them. trators Edward Gorey and Maurice Sendek for their dark humour and imagination. And Drew Struzan, who What do you see yourself doing in ten years? made all the best movie posters in I definitely be painting, mostly docuthe ‘70s ‘80s and ‘90s, which I had mentary series I imagine, and if I’m thought were photographic until I still interested in the moving image, found out about him. I’ll be working in videos too. Why did you decide to move from AUSSAMETEENS New-Zealand to Australia? I wasnt doing anything better! I was a year out of highschool, and I was
Death Cab for Cutie – The Forum 24.02.09
The Seattle sweethearts, well loved among many emotional teens and the like around the world, are definitely no strangers to Australian shores. This tour was their second within the space of 6 months, and I was certainly not going to miss out on seeing these guys for the third time, whether it was at another silly overage venue or not! Turns out this particular venue was not as silly as some others, and so I was able to drag my lovely mum out on a school night for a load of heartwrenching lyrics, killer jams and emotion-packed tunes. Sydneysiders and also ‘OC’ favourites Youth Group were the support act and a very fine support act indeed. Playing well known favourites including ‘Catching and Killing’, ‘All This Will Pass’ and ‘Two Sides’, along with sneak previews of the new album, Youth Group make a swell start to a night of really fantastic music. Then, of course, it comes time for four more talented musicians to come onto the stage, all smiles as they start off the set with the opening track off Plans, ‘Marching Bands of Manhattan’. The song is amazing, the sound is fantastic, the atmosphere is electric. A solid start to the set, Death Cab then kick off into the first track off Transatlanticism, ‘The New Year’. Time flies when you’re having fun, and before we know it, Death Cab are getting well into the set, with old favourites including ‘Why You’d Want To Live Here’ and ‘A Movie Script Ending’. Although nearly nothing has been mumbled by any of the band members as of yet, you can tell from their big smiles and occasional glances at each other that they’re having fun. Tunes from their latest album Narrow Stairs sound fantastic, following upbeat ‘No Sunlight’ with awkwardly relevant ‘Grapevine Fires’, Ben Gibbard mumbling something about it being dedicated to those affected by the Victorian bushfires. About halfway into the set, Gibbard stands under a spotlight and plays ‘I Will Follow You Into the Dark’, leaving the audience close to tears (or perhaps leaving just me close to tears, but y’know…), before kicking into the first single off the latest album, 8 minute ‘I Will Possess Your Heart’. The band finish the main part of the set with singalong The ‘Sound Of Settling’, leaving the crowd wanting more, and eventually getting it. Death Cab walk humbly back on stage, all smiles still, and play a brilliant encore consisting of three songs off Trans; ‘Expo 86’, angst-fueled crescendo built ‘Tiny Vessels’, and heart-tearing-emotion-ripping-saddest-songever ‘Transatlanticism’, where the band play with great amounts of emotion and heart and power, and amaze the audience beyond description. I’d waited three and a half years to see Death Cab For Cutie, and it was more than I could have possibly imagined it to be. Amazing is an understatement. This gig was absolutely one that the audience won’t be forgetting any time soon. Death Cab is definitely a band you must see before you die. Check them out if you haven’t already! EMMA SHIELDS Narrow Stairs is out now through Atlantic. The Open Door EP is available in stores from April 14th.
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CALYPSO’S GUIDE TO BROOKLYN
We’re Calypso from brooklyn, new york. we all live in the williamsburg neighborhood, and we’re going to let you in our secret and not so secret spots in our ‘hood. we love williamsburg because it has lots of trees and plenty of 24 hour bodega’s where we can buy beer whenever we want. It also has an amazing music scene with lots of great bands you know, and probably more great bands that you don’t know. anyways....let’s get started and we’ll run you through a typical saturday. We love hawaiian shirts in the summertime, maybe even year round. Ten Foot Single(285 n.6th street) has the beest selection of vintage hawaiian shirts in new york that we know of. they also have a good collection of vintage surf boards, old chuck taylors in every color, and a nice staff of rude japanese shop girls(who we love). Most of the hipsters will tell you that the best mexican food is at the endless summer taco truck on bedford ave. “endless summer” might be a good name, but as far as the food goes, we say fuck that. i want my mexican food made by mexicans, and
the best tacos in new york come from Taco Santana (310 keap st) in the south side of williamsburg. We LOVE mexican food and eat it every day. trust us, this is the spot. wash it down with a mexican coke(it’s made with real cane sugar, and you can’t get them anywhere else) if it’s a nice saturday you will find us, along with every other music fan digging through the record bins at Academy Records(96 n.6th st). It’s the type of place where you will run in to all of your friends, and if you get there too late you will most likely find them with an armful of records that you wanted. we’re usually hungover on saturday(or every day)and seem to get there too late. if not, we’re searching for old surf and punk records by bands like black diamonds and television personalities. maybe even new stuff like jay reatard and the new brooklyn band blank dogs. the staff is great and there are a few cats running around. after academy, we’d hop on our skateboards and skate down to McCarren Park(Bedford Ave and n. 12th street) on nice days everyone is hanging out on the lawn drinking
beer and enjoying the sunshine. This is a good place to hang with friends and find out about a good warehouse party or show is happening that night. and we’re always up for a diy show or a sweet rooftop party. the show promotor Todd P(www.toddpnyc.com) is currently doing great shows in williamsburg with bands we like such as Deerhunter andThe strange boys from austin who we got to meet when we played a show together here. they’re an amazing r&b band. check them out. anyways, all of his shows are all ages and at alternative venues, so you don’t have to deal with assholes hassling you about bringing in bud light 40oz’s. the last stop of the night would be Grand Morelos 24 hour Mexican Diner(727 grand st.) where we could eat more mexican food.best huevos rancheros at 6 am! and wash it down with a homemade horchata, which is rice milk with cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove. The best way to try and save us from an epic hangover when we wake up the next morning. our link is WWW.MYSPACE.COM/CALYPSOCOOL
PHOTO DIARY JONATHAN FLANDERS
XOX WANT TO SAY WELL DONE TO JONATHAN FLANDERS WHO HAS RECENTLY BEEN ACCEPTED FOR AN INTERNSHIP WITH RYAN MCGINLEY, NEW YORK’S COOLEST PHOTOGRAPHER. ALL THE BEST JONO AND GOOD LUCK!X
WE CAN TELL THAT SUMMER IS LOOMING (DESPITE THE HABITUAL WIND AND RAIN OF THE UK) BECAUSE FESTIVAL SEASON IS BEING TOTED IN EVERY MAGAZINE, MENTIONED ON EVERY BLOG AND POSTED ON EVERY SPARE BIT OF WALL IN CITY CENTERS EVERYWHERE! AND WE CAN’T WAIT! MUD, MUSIC AND INEVITABLY ONE MAD GUY WHO DECIDES THAT DANCING ON HIS OWN IN THE MUD TO THE MUSIC IS THE BEST IDEA EVER. AND WE’RE JUMPING ON BOARD THE FESTIVAL WAGON OURSELVES! IF YOU DIDN’T KNOW ALREADY THAT SAME TEENS AND XOX WERE PUTTING ON TWO MYSTERY JETS GIGS AS PART OF MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL ON JULY 3RD AND 4TH OF APRIL FOR £5 PER NIGHT WITH ESSER, TELEVISED CRIMEWAVE AND TIM BURGESS SUPPORTING (PHEW!) THEN WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? WE’RE JUST THROWING ABOUT CHEAP AS CHIPS MUSIC WITH A FREE TELEVISED CRIMEWAVE DOWNLOAD AND £5 GIG TICKETS (DURING THE CREDIT CRUNCH AS WELL), DAVID DICKINSON WOULD BE PROUD! AS WELL AS THE GIGS WE’VE GOT AN AFTERSHOW THAT’S GOING TO BE ONE TO REMEMBER. MYSTERY JETS ARE DOING A TWO HOUR DJ SET AND WE’VE GOT TIM BURGESS, NOW WAVE, UP THE RACKET, BRING ON THE DANCING HORSES SPINNING TUNES WHILE JEREMY WARMSLEY AND LORD AUCH WILL BE PLAYING LIVE - ALL IN THE LOVELY SURROUNDINGS OF THE DEAF INSTITUTE. WE’VE ALSO BEEN ASKED TO CURATE A STAGE FOR KENDAL CALLING WHO WE’VE FLUNG THE ANSWERING MACHINE, MAY 68 AD TOMMY SPARKS ON TO NAME A FEW AND WE’RE DJING AT THE SECRET GARDEN PARTY (SHHH) AS WELL AS HOPPING ACROSS TO HAMBURG TO DJ AT DOCKVILLE. FOR XOX10 WE’VE DECIDED TO DELVE DEEPER INTO OUR JULY GIGS AND HAVE QUESTIONED THE MYSTERY JETS, HAD TIM BURGESS QUESTION TELEVISED CRIMEWAVE AND VICE VERSA. WE GOT BEN ESSER KNOCK UP HIS TOP TEN TRACKS AND GAINED EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO GAVIN WATSON’S PHOTOGRAPHS OF A SHOOT THEY DID TOGETHER. YOU CAN WIN A VIP TRIP TO THE GIGS SO GET READING! AS WELL AS THIS WE’VE ALSO GRABBED A FEW WORDS WITH FAN DEATH AND PASSION PIT AS SIDE DISHES AND WASHED IT ALL DOWN WITH AN A LA MANCHESTER SHOOT. ENJOY! JADE X
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TELEVISED CRIMEWAVE MANAGE TO MELT BROODING ATMOSPHERE WITH CHANTING CHORUSES WITH MINIMAL SWAGGER- SOMETHING SERIOUSLY LACKING IN INDIE CIRCUITS TODAY. THE ABILITY TO PRODUCE SONGS LIKE ‘OBJECTS OF DESIRE’ WITH ITS RUMBLING BASS, THUMPING DRUMS AND EERIE AMBIENCE AND TO NOT LET THOSE THINGS OVERTAKE EVERYTHING THE BAND IS ABOUT IS NO MEAN FEAT. LACK OF POUTS AND PREENING IS A GOOD THING HERE. WITH PAVEMENT UNDERTONES AND A TOE IN THE POOL OF POST-PUNK TELEVISED CRIMEWAVE IT MIGHT BE EASY TO IDENTIFY THEIR SOUND WITH THE PAST BUT IT’S A NEW GRUNGE FOR THOSE WHO MISSED OUT THE FIRST TIME ROUND. AND GUESS WHAT! WE’VE MANAGED TO SNEAK A FREE DOWNLOAD FROM THE BAND FOR YOU ALL AS WELL! ‘THE FALL OF ‘91’ TAKES A REPETITIVE HOOK AND WINDS IT AROUND A MORE LIGHTWEIGHT REFRAIN THAN THAT OF ‘KIDS’. GRIPPING YOU BY THE SHOULDERS AND CREATING RIOTS, JUMPING UP AND DOWN AND SINGING ALONG THIS IS MUSIC WHICH IS FINALLY BREAKING THROUGH THE MUNDANE. TRUST US, THIS IS ONE FREE DOWNLOAD WORTH RIGHT CLICKING! WWW.ZSHARE.NET/AUDIO/5988165283B13BC0/
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COMPETITION Win 2 tickets for each night of our Manchester International Festival gigs 2 nights accomodation at Hatters 2 tickets for the afterhsow party (over 18s only) 2 Limited edition signed Ryan Doyle prints of the gigs
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The next XOX is being taken over. Unfortunately not by aliens but by the next best thing- The Answering Machine. We’ve allowed Martin, Pat, Gemma and Ben to compile and put together XOX11 with an exclusive track from the band for the Singles Club in honor of their album ‘Another City, Another Sorry’. The band are just about to support Manic Street Preachers on a UK tour so expect some inside info and backstage gossip
All you have to do is post this bulletin and message us and we’ll look through and pick a winner June 1st Check out the new XOX here http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog. ListAll&friendId=167897376 Interviews with Mystery Jets, Passion Pit, Tim Burgess, WeHeart In the blog every month www.myspace.com/sameteensmanchester This month’s XOX Singles Club is Fall of 91 by Televised Crimewave. Get it here www.zshare.net/ audio/5988165283b13bc0/ Erol Alkan subscribes so we think you should too..
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ESSER’S TOP TEN FAVOURITE SONGS Baby Elephant - How does the brain wave Thione Seck - Chauffeur Bi Alou Fané & Daouda Sangaré - Nambara Mogo Super Djata de Bamako - Bimoko Magnin Asha Bhosle - Asja O Mere Raja Etoile de Dakar - Aladj Ashanti Brothers Band - Odo Afre Me Dr. T.O. Jazz International Band - Asem Atome Oko’s Guitar Band - Ebeye Yie Rahul Dev Burma - Agra Taj Music
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