Subbacultcha Belgium October2011

Unruly Music Magazine October 2011

The Positive Issue

Dirty Beaches, Crystal Antlers, Magic Touch

THE CHUCK TAYLOR ALL STAR COLLECTION

the right to get in

M

E

M

B

E

R

S

H

I

P

COMING UP TRUE WIDOW + CRYSTAL ANTLERS 07 October - Ancienne Belgique, Brussels

MAGIC TOUCH + MITLAND OCH LEO + DISCO NAÏVETÉ 09 October - Dok Kantine, Ghent

PIGEONS + MIAUX

12 October - Renold (KRAAK), Brussels

CRAFT SPELLS + PING PONG TACTICS 15 October - Charlatan (Democrazy), Ghent

AHLEUCHATISTAS + ONE MAN TEAM DANCE + TRUE CHAMPIONS RIDE ON SPEED + THEO 24 October - Scheld’Apen, Antwerp

THE EX

29 October - Vaartkapoen, Brussels

DIRTY BEACHES

1 November - Trix, Antwerp

BRAIDS

7 November - De Kreun, Kortrijk

THE SANDWITCHES

16 November - DOK kantine, Ghent

SUUNS

25 November - Cactus Club Maz, Bruges BECOME A MEMBER FOR €7/ MONTH AND SEE ALL THESE SHOWS FOR FREE!

SIGN UP AT WWW.SUBBACULTCHA.BE

The Positive Issue

This is a photo of Damon Palermo, aka Magic Touch, checking out the bottom of a plant pot that is hanging from the ceiling in his kitchen. The photo was shot on film by Nicholas Venaglia in Damon’s home in San Francisco. As you can read in the interview on page 18, Damon is a very positive guy. He likes to look at animals, he likes sunshine, palm trees and Mexican breakfast and he uses emoticons in his emails, especially ‘the one with the guy hugging the other guy’... how’s that for a Magic Touch?

Page 5

Content

The Positive Issue

Magic Touch

Dirty Beaches

Page 18

Page 28

Mittland Och Leo

Agenda

Page 25

Page 47

TOP 5 NEW MUSIC WE SAW YOU MAGIC TOUCH MITTLAND OCH LEO DIRTY BEACHES CRYSTAL ANTLERS NEW RELEASES

11 12 16 18 25 28 33 34

FEATURED ARTIST FOOD 99 PROBLEMS AGENDA SUBBACULTCHA SHOWS OTHER SHOWS FREE STUFF AFTER MIDNIGHT

38 43 44 47 48 53 61 63

Good times are ahead of us. We’ve extensively recapped 9/11 and thereby concluded an era of fear, grief, violence and mourning. The Middle East was revolutionised overnight. The UK wasn’t. The worst summer ever is behind us. Organic food and local produce is the next big thing. So are community-driven projects. The art world is bursting with entrepreneurial creativity and the alternative music scene is flourishing like never before.

The ‘don’t like’ button still does not exist on Facebook and crisis is nothing more than a six-letter word. Enjoy the Positive Issue. You deserve it.

Page 6

New Music Colophon

This WhoMonths we arerecommendations and what we do

Subbacultcha! Magazine is published by Subbacultcha!

Gent Office Krijgslaan 53A, 9000 Gent, Belgium www.subbacultcha.be. magazine@subbacultcha.be Amsterdam Office Da Costakade 150, 1053 XC Amsterdam, the Netherlands www.subbacultcha.nl. magazine@subbacultcha.nl We are Editors: Leon Caren, Bas Morsch and Kasper-Jan Raeman Editorial Assistant: Sarah Gehrke Design: Bas Morsch Interns: Marina Henao, Ryanne Lannoye and Freek van Heerikhuize Good Girl: Loes Verputten Printing: Drukkerij Gewa, Arendonk Contributors: Oli-B, Jonny Bell, Ulrike Biets, Carly Blair, Basje Boer, Brenda Bosma, Leon Caren, Zofia Ciechowska, Sarah Gehrke, Marc van der Holst, Bas Morsch, Martyn F Overweel, Mittland Och Leo, Kasper-Jan Raeman, Stine Sampen, Eno Swinnen, Johanna Valdés, Nicholas Venaglia, Gert Verbeek and Brent Wingen Distribution: Brussel: Jesse Van Pée Gent: Bart Bruneel Antwerpen: Antonio Marques. Brugge: Pieter Devriese Leuven: Elmo Lê Van Kortrijk and Hasselt: Kasper-Jan Raeman Luik: Collectif Jaune Orange Pick up Subbacultcha! Magazine here (among 200 other places): Brussel: AB, Buzz On Your Lips, VK* Concerts, BOZAR Gent: Democrazy, Vooruit, SMAK, DOK, Music Mania Antwerpen: Scheld’apen, Trix, Kavka, American Apparel, Think Twice Brugge: Cactus, De Werf, Snuffel Kortrijk: De Kreun, The Pits Leuven: STUK, Depot, De Werf Hasselt: Muziekodroom, Popacademie Luik: Jaune & Orange If you want your bar, venue, store or business to be on the distribution list, please send us an email.

Advertising To advertise in Subbacultcha! Magazine send an email to magazine@subbacultcha.be Memberships Become a member of Subbacultcha!. For only €7 a month you get free access to all Subbacultcha! shows and the monthly magazine sent to your house. Plus, you get a fresh Subbacultcha! bag. Check the website to sign up.

Cover Image by Oli-B Page 8

RZA LOGOS:

RZA SHOT BY KAI REGAN w w w. w e s c . c o m / c h a m b e r s

sounds of europe presents

field fest

Rits / BeuRsschouwBuRg

12.10

17:00

19:30 20:15 21:30

Rits / BNA-BBot present My favourite Brussels sound Justin Bennett (Nl/gB) eric la casa (f) & Philip samartzis (Aus) martiensgohome (B)

BeuRsschouwBuRg

13.10

19:30 20:15 21:15 21:45

Peter cusack (gB) Manu holterbach (f) Anne wellmer (Nl/d) Mecha/orga (gR)

Q-o2 woRksPAce

14.10

18:00 19:30 20.30 21.30

Annea lockwood (us) els Viaene (B) Michael Pisaro (us) Pauwel de Buck (B)

Q-o2 woRksPAce

15.10

14:00 16:15 16:45 17:30

artist talks toshiya tsunoda (JP) (video) Manfred werder (ch) lee Patterson (gB)

20:00 20:45 21:30

Jez riley french (gB) Jason kahn (ch/us) Pali Meursault (f)

www.soundsofeurope.eu

Last month at our office

1

Top 5

Concerts: Subbacultcha! line-up

We don’t mean to brag, but the line-up we’ve cooked up for you this autumn is pretty, pretty, pretty good. Craft Spells, Dirty Beaches, Suuns, True Widow, Crystal Antlers, Braids - to name but a few. See you there!

2

Lecture: Astro Black Mythology #1 Les Ateliers Claus starts a series of interesting lectures (in French) with plenty of videos and sounds on Astro Black mythology, Sun Ra’s visionary view of the history and the future of the Afro-Americans. The first episode, on 5 October, is about ancient myths, new galaxies and 150 years of black music.

3

TV: NetworkAwesome.com

Network Awesome is a website that offers a fine selection of footage taken from YouTube. They post six items a day, ranging from rare live recordings, documentaries, old movies, animation series and lots more. Pretty addictive!

4

Fashion: razzmatazzvintage.tumblr.com

On this blog you can get visually inspired for an outfit for, let’s say, the next Pictureplane show. Click click, for some great ’90s stuff!, as well as an online shop. Check it out!

5

Music: Joensuu 1685 vs Siinai

The promising Finnish kraut band Joensuu 1685 has transformed into a new collective called Siinai. They released their debut album Olympic Games last month, have recorded a second album with Wolf Parade’s Spencer Krug and are touring Europe in November. Certainly one to keep an eye on.

Page 11

New Music

This month’s recommendations

Raleigh Moncrief www.raleighmoncrief.net

I have a crick in my neck that forecasts either hailstorms or the next big thing in the musical hipstersphere. And the name Raleigh Moncrief sends lightning bolts through my vertebrae, which means nothing but HOT HOT SHIT ALERT. To leave it brief: Moncrief has just been signed to Anticon, he has worked with the likes of Bjork, Dirty Projectors and Marnie Stern and his debut album Watered Lawn is coming out on 25 October. This album is the kind where each track sounds way different but they all tie in together in the end and you totally get it and it’s awesome. Expect rambling samples, electronica and a few guitar strums here and there. Also start unfastening your bra, because when this guy hits the stage you will wanna throw it at his face asap.

SpaceGhostPurrp

facebook.com/spaceghostpurrp Normally, if someone told me to ‘suck a dick for 2011’, I’d retort with something mildly threatening and storm off in a grrrly rage. And yet, when Miami-based 20 year old SpaceGhostPurrp shouts his verbal abuse through my headphones, I cackle and turn up the volume. Mixtape Blvcklvnd Rvdix 66.6 (1991) sounds what its cover looks like, if that makes any sense: it’s a boy’s shoebox collection of horrorcore, ’90s Southern rap and r&b, Mortal Kombat and dad’s old porn VHS stash. No artist before has made me want to swig whiskey, scatter all my Monopoly money on the floor and roll around in it butt naked, covered in Johnson & Johnson’s baby oil.

Page 12

By Zofia Ciechowska

This month’s recommendations

New Music

Wavepool Abortion wavepoolabortion.bandcamp.com

Let’s just clear the air and come clean - we probably wouldn’t make that big a deal about these kids if it weren’t for the fact that they are from Russia (yes, Russia!). Congratulations Wavepool Abortion (or Жертва Aборта, if I may introduce them in Cyrillic), you are, like, the first ever cool Russian band we’ve written about in our New Music section and it’s awesome to have you here. Teenage band members Pyotr Reznikov and Matvei Solovyov describe their band as ‘the Ramones and The Beatles taking a big shit.’ I couldn’t have put it better myself. It’s filthy and lo-fi in the best of ways; download this stuff and make your iPod more exotic.

Co La

soundcloud.com/co_la This is Ecstatic Sunshine’s Matthew Papich in a new musical reincarnation that will fool any search engine into thinking you are really thirsty. Well Matt, let me tell you, you had us fooled for a sec there, but after typing in a few select keywords, we found out you’re a pretty cool dude and other people should know about you too. Baltimore-based Co La mixes together a sonic soup of intergalactic electronic beats, a bunch of dub, soul, pop whatever-you-please samples that bubble and splutter in waves of rhythm. Keep your ears pricked for more from this fellow as the months get colder and his tracks get HOTTTER. Page 13

New Music

continued

Silent Diane www.silentdiane.com

Christine Aprile and Malcolm Elijah belong to that ultra popular gothy circle from Austin, Texas (think Sleep∞Over and Pure X) and make mesmerising synthy music that sends you tumbling down the creaking staircases of dark noisy pop. Amidst the lingering darkness, Aprile’s glass-shattering vocals permeate the vintage drum machines and 8-bit bleeps and crack like a lightning bolt. The effect is startlingly sexy and mysterious. Check out their new single ‘Capella’ on True Panther. Witch house just got a run for its money!

Sunless 97

lesssun.tumblr.com Sunless 97 is one hell of a super-mysterious male-female duo who have no intention of casting off their invisibility cloak at the moment.

All I know is that they reside in London and that they’ve released some pretty neat mixtapes not too long ago that feature the likes of Aaliyah and The Jesus and Mary Chain. Their track ‘Illuminations’ is simply delightful with its dreamy boy-girl vocals, warbling chimes and gentle melody. In fact I just played it on repeat, like, a bajillion times, and it sounds as amazing as the first time round. These two have got something pretty ace up their sleeves, don’t lose sight of them.

Page 14

Subbacultcha is all about a membership

Craft Spells 15/10 Free for Members

Become a member of Subbacultcha! for only â‚Ź7 a month.

The membership includes home delivery of our monthly magazine as well as free access to all Subbacultcha! shows. Plus, you get a fresh Subbacultcha! bag. Check the website to sign up.

See page 48 for the full list of shows.

Page 15

We Saw You

Page 16

Spotted at Subbacultcha

Photo by Stine Sampers

What’s your favourite song at the moment? Scarlet Chives, ‘So Sing We’, the most underestimated pop song of the year. So beautiful, so pure.

Ziggy Devriendt (22), spotted at Ford & Lopatin in Charlatan (Democrazy), Ghent on 13 September

Page 17

Features

The Positive Issue

Magic Touch

Somehow, while recording with San Franciscobased band Mi Ami, drummer and beat-maker Damon Palermo found the time to produce some boogie-inducing disco/house-inspired tunes under the moniker Magic Touch. We’d been wondering what’s up with that mystical feature of his. Turns out it’s about giving a lot of hugs, both digital and real life ones. Here’s a little insight into being positive with a magic touch!

Interview by Brenda Bosma. Photos by Nicholas Venaglia

It may be a bit odd to do this on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, but as this is the Positive Issue, we’d like to know a thing or two about your positive side.

That’s okay.

Okay. So, perhaps you can try to help us become a more positive person? Are you a ‘ Yes, We Can’ kind of guy? Because if not, I’m not sure if we can still change the issue into the Negative or Submissive edition.

No need. Yes, I am! Sure, hit me.

Page 18

Did evolving from an impro noise-ish band to a disco beat solo project have something to do with that kind of attitude? I mean, was your mood changing radically for the better while you were getting more into disco music?

Well, I have always been into disco, house etc, so it wasn’t really a drastic mood change. Just a change in sound. But I would say that there is a positive reaction to dance music.

The ‘ Yes Sir, I Can Boogie’ reaction!

Features

Page 19

Features

Page 20

The Positive Issue

Magic Touch

Features

Page 21

Features

Page 22

The Positive Issue

Magic Touch

Can music be an anti-depressant?

It can be a form of that. Music that is soothing and plays in the background, something not too invasive, can be relaxing. When I listen to disco etc, that’s more at night time. Though sometimes disco in the morning can be really good too!

Do you like to boogie too? Have the fibres shaken right into your system?

I love dancing, but am a bit shy in a club. I dance a bit more in my room than I do when I’m out.

What about negative stuff happening to you, do you try to get something positive out of that, to stop drowning in it for too long?

It’s easy to get caught in a rut or continue thinking negatively, but that’s not really going to help the situation. It is better to turn it around.

Like one time in Cleveland, not many people were at our show and our friends’ band made everyone (mostly local townies that hadn’t come for the show) come onto the stage and dance, and so there were 12 people or so on stage. Sometimes those nights can be

Features

just as fun as a crowded show.

You sound like a role model! I’ll talk to you again, when you’ve been in the business for a couple of more years.

Well, there’s always breakfast the next morning. That’s one of the most exciting parts about touring.

Okay, if a friend who just played a really bad show came up to you right afterwards, would you be honest enough to tell them they sucked or would you avoid the whole situation by offering them a drink? And maybe start a quick monologue about the glass being half full/half empty?

I’ll try to change the subject with a full drink and just listen and see where the conversation goes.

Giving them a hug and joking about the situation can always be helpful.

Magic! speaking of magic. What about your moniker ‘Magic Touch’; is it like 50 Cent’s Magic Stick or Magic Johnson’s willpower?

50 Cent and MJ are awesome, but no, I was really into the song ‘Midas Touch’ by Midnight Star at the time.

And I like the use of magical sounds in a lot of disco songs.

Page 23

Features

Magic Touch

50 Cent is more and more becoming a Bono. (He wants to fight hunger in Africa.) Magic Johnson is also a known charity giver. Do you ever do anything selflessly?

Yes, I try to help people when I can. And for example, I don’t mind people downloading my stuff for free.

Often I download music and then go out and find the record. For me it’s kind of like a research method. But if people don’t do that they might play it in a DJ set, show their friends... it has its pros and cons, but honestly, with all the music business crashing, things have been great for my friends and me. Maybe it has created a smaller/tighter community.

Can you make a decent breakfast out of it?

Yes. What does your perfect breakfast consist of ?

I really like Huevos Rancheros, or breakfast burritos, Huevos Divorciados. Mexican breakfast. And coffee.

Do you use smiley faces in your emails?

Yes! I use the one of the guy hugging another guy a lot, but I think it only works in email.

That’s a nice digital message. Talking about all that radiance - why do you care? What keeps you pumpin’?

Ha wow, there are so many reaPage 24

sons to care. I like seeing animals a lot, especially dogs and cats. Also sunshine, nature, music, seeing my friends, riding bikes, driving in California, coffee, palm trees. I really like records, too. I get really excited looking at old records. I have fun looking around at thrift shops. Even if I don’t find anything, the covers are often hilarious to look at.

Trashy stuff, I can imagine. Moustaches, tight clothes and aerobic power moves.

Yeah, I really love that stuff.

Okay, last exit: is there anything you’d like to achieve with Magic Touch, other than touching people magically and making them boogie?

I want to make good music, collaborate with more friends (two of my friends play on my record) and expand the sound, maybe play live drums. Also I want to DJ. These are achievable goals. I’m sure with your attitude you’ll manage to make that work.

Thanks!

Thanks for this chat. Have a great day and enjoy your breakfast if you haven’t already.

Ok thanks, take care! Peace.

Magic Touch plays on 9 October in DOK in Ghent. The show is free for everybody.

The Positive Issue

Features

Mittland Och Leo

We asked photographer Ulrike Biets to take some photographs of Antwerp boy/girl duo Mittland Och Leo. But - this being the Positive Issue - the photo shoot turned into a wonderful collective effort, resulting in the images on these pages.

Besides making collages, Mittland Och Leo make dark and gloomy cocktail pop with synths and rhythm boxes.They play on 9 October at the free Subbacultcha party in DOK Kantine, Ghent.

Photos by Ulrike Biets. Collages by Mittland Och Leo Page 25

Features

Page 26

The Positive Issue

Mittland Och Leo

Features

Page 27

Features

The Positive Issue

Dirty Beaches

Listening to Badlands will teleport you to the front seat of a brand-new Chevy cruising a lost highway. There’s no lovely Betty Draper right beside you though, nor is there an ice cream parlour anywhere in sight. Badlands evokes a much darker image, one drenched in angst and noir.

Born in Taiwan, having lived in Honululu, Toronto, Montreal and now Vancouver, drifter Alex Zhang Hungtai aka Dirty Beaches has sprinkled his new album with ‘minimalist rockabilly’. We asked him about it in this little questionnaire. He answered every question with ‘c’. For ‘cherry’, of course.

‘David Lynch can do whatever the fuck he wants’ Words by Brenda Bosma. Photos by Brent Wingen Page 28

Features

1. Your most recent release Badlands with Baywatch babes running was made as an homage to your faaround, but their voices were dubbed ther’s youth. Listening to the rein French - ‘dirty bitches’ was procord, I came up with certain imnounced ‘dirty beaches’ in their acpressions of your dad. Which one countable accent. is the most accurate?

3. Your approach to making music is a He was not the most upbeat pervery similar to the working process son, even though he owned a suof a filmmaker; you’ve said that you per-fast motorcycle. start out with an idea or character. b He met your mother While experimenting in the lobby of a howith sounds this results tel when she was 17 in a certain persona. and wearing nothing What’s your favourite but black nylon. movie character and c Other, namely: My dad why? was a troublemaker in a Audrey from his youth. Even though Twin Peaks, for the bit he mellowed out in his with the cherry. later years, he’s still b The silent girl in someone you don’t fuck with. I’m a Wong Kar Wai’s film 2046. pretty big guy (6’ 2”, 170lbs) and re- c Other, namely: I love Willem Dafoe member feeling scared once when he in almost every film I’ve ever seen him stared at me after I called him an old in. This is a hard one. Bobby Peru in man. That stare is in the album.

Wild at Heart, and Dafoe as a cross dressing gay FBI homicide detective 2. How did you come up with Dirty in Boondocks Saints (I didn’t like Beaches as a moniker? the movie but Dafoe was amazing). a I woke up one day on a deserted beach with seaweed wrapped 4. Should David Lynch keep making around my legs. music or stick solely to directing? b I watched a lot of Baywatch as a kid a Yes. and developed a thing for little red b No. bathing suits. c Other, namely: David Lynch can do c Other, namely: I awoke on a beach whatever the fuck he wants.

Page 29

Features

The Positive Issue

‘I’d rather be spending quality time playing beach volleyball with handsome black men.’

Page 30

Dirty Beaches

Features

5. What do you think of the comparison with Chris Isaak? a It’s more accurate than being compared to Brian Setzer. b Except for the Helena Christensen video and his Twin Peaks appearance I think he should get back to his blue motel (sic) and never come out again – I absolutely hate the comparison. c Other, namely: Hahaha, answer b is very accurate but it’s mean, so let’s take out the-staying-in-the-blue-moteland-never-come-out part. Chris Isaak can do whatever the fuck he wants.

money I’d definitely leave budget home recording behind and go highest-fi. c Other, namely: I think it’ll be a gradual upgrade as in that each record improves fidelity-wise with the improved budget.

8. You’ve lived in various cities. If you were to move again what’s the one thing you would not leave behind? a My comb. b Box full of VHS tapes I stole as a video store employee. c Other, namely: I leave behind almost everything.

6. Badlands is also the title of the sensational debut by filmmaker Terrence Malick, who recently won the Palme d’Or for The Tree of Life. a That’s no accident, the way the film depicts two outcast lovers on the run is spot on. b Lars von Trier should have won. c Other, namely: It’s none of my business who wins what. I don’t like criticising other artists. I work on my own shit and mind my own business.

9. I read you were offended once by a journalist who was rude to you.

Are you offended by this questionnaire? a Yes, it makes me feel like being in high school again. b No, I’d rather answer these questions than spending quality time playing beach volleyball with my friends. c Other, namely: I’d rather be spending quality time playing beach volleyball with handsome black men.

7. What’s your take on lo-fi sound as Dirty Beaches plays on 1 November in Trix in Antwerpen. The show is free for an aesthetic?

Subbacultcha members. a It has great enunciative powers. b If the label would hand me more Page 31

Features

Page 32

The Positive Issue

The Positive Issue

Features

WHEN DID CRYSTAL ANTLERS SINGER/BASSIST JONNY BELL FIRST EXPERIENCE HAPPINESS? Words by Jonny Bell. Photo by Jonny Bell’s parents

I was probably one or two years old, and my parents were going on a trip to Egypt. I don’t remember much about how I felt about it, but I knew I didn’t want them to leave me so I crawled inside of one of their suitcases and hid and waited.

Apparently they searched for me for hours before finding me, snapping a cute picture and tried to explain why I couldn’t go.

Later that night my dad brought me a tiny balsa wood airplane and told me everything would be ok and they’d return soon. I’m not sure if I was actually happy about anything beyond the airplane, but I’ll never forget that day - especially cause I still have the picture Crystal Antlers play with True Widow on 7 October in Ancienne Belgique in Brussels. The show is free for Subbacultcha members.

Page 33

Music Reviews

New releases worth your while

By Carly Blair

Veronica Falls self-titled

Active Child You Are All I See

After having released several singles over the past year or two, this Scotland-born, Londonbased quartet reveals their debut full-length. Their simple melodies, boy-girl singalongs and sweetly earnest lyrics undeniably take cues from Scottish twee legends such as The Shop Assistants and The Pastels (lead singer Roxanne has even worked in a coffeeshop co-owned by The Pastels). Their sound is unoriginal, and you could write them off for that reason alone, but then again, they’re a twee band, so they’re kind of inherently unpretentious and unambitious.

Since their songs are so catchy, good-natured and well-executed, I don’t particularly care that they’re derivative and find Veronica Falls to be an enjoyably light listening experience.

After easing modern ears into the notion of harp-based dance music with last year’s thoroughly enjoyable Curtis Lane EP, ex-choirboy Pat Grossi returns with his debut full-length.

Grossi’s quite the musical chameleon and his colours have changed subtly: the soaring falsetto and harp are still there, but most of the sort of cheesy, blatantly chillwavey synths of the EP are gone, having been replaced with somewhat more r&b-inflected vocals and a post-dubsteppy feel (perhaps inspired by tour mate James Blake). These shifts make the album very of-the-moment and its flagrantly gorgeous, sometimes bombastic elements easier to swallow.

(Slumberland)

Page 34

(Vagrant)

Twin Sister In Heaven (Domino)

Music Reviews

Girls Father, Son, Holy Ghost (True Panther)

This Brooklyn-by-way-of-Long Island dream pop quintet generated plenty of buzz with their first two (free) EPs, and in particular with Color Your Life’s break-out single ‘All Around and Away We Go’, wherein Andrea Estella’s demure vocals enchanted over an irresistibly spacey disco backdrop. Now, on their long-awaited debut album, they’ve been digging deeper into the mines of ’70s disco and easy listening, offering up a fine collection of seductively mellow pop songs. The band purportedly want to make music which you could feel comfortable cheating on someone to. Now we wouldn’t go as fas as to suggest you should give it try. Maybe just listen to the album and take it from there.

For all the accolades their first two releases (Album and the Broken Dreams Club EP) got them, the accompanying singles never prompted me to look any further into this San Francisco duo’s music; it seemed proficient and catchy in an overly familiar way, and I was hungry for new sounds. I’m glad, then, that I finally got around to it this time.

While growing up within the Children of God cult, lead singer Christopher Owens wasn’t allowed to listen to pop music; you get the impression that music we’re completely jaded to still seems completely novel to him. Girls’ myriad references to ’60s and ’70s rock and pop (I’m reminded of Pink Floyd especially) and Owens’ simple lyrics could come off as tired and ob Page 35

Music Reviews

Continued

vious, if they weren’t delivered with such disarming sincerity.

The band seem oblivious to any pressure to create something edgy or trendy, instead using well-worn tools to craft songs that are both emotionally resonant and timeless-sounding.

Real Estate Days (Domino)

thew Mondanile’s guitar stylings. On ‘Green Aisles’, Martin Courtney sings ‘All those aimless drives through green aisles, our careless lifestyle, it was not so unwise.’ Well, despite the minor contemplation, the record is no big leap from their trademark, laid-back melancholy pop sound. So if you’re planning any aimless drives in the near future, bring this album: it’s bound to get you lost and then back home again.

Nurses Dracula

Buoyed by good reviews of their debut full-length, this New Jersey lo-fi psych pop outfit relocated to Brooklyn prior to recording their sophomore release in upstate New York with Kevin McMahon (The Walkmen, Titus Andronicus). A bigger budget, better recording equipment and more confidence translate into more fully realised songs than those found on their debut. Slacker bros fear not, they’ve only started to get their shit together; they’re still coasting on good vibes and MatPage 36

(Dead Oceans)

For their follow-up to 2009’s Apple’s Acre, this Portland psych pop trio headed into a proper studio for the first time and enlisted production assistance from Scott Colburn (Animal Collective, Sun City Girls). The production quality isn’t a huge departure, but Dracula does feature more fleshed-out, brain-

ticklingly polyrhythmic percussion than Apple’s Acre. I think Aaron Chapman is one of the most appealingly odd-sounding singers out there nowadays, and Nurses’ delicately ramshackle pop is both distinctive and utterly winsome, containing all the nervous uncertainty, addictiveness and giddiness of a newfound love affair.

Balam Acab Wander / Wonder (Tri Angle)

Music Reviews savvy guy that he is, on his debut full-length Koone has shifted his sound towards something more along the lines of Glinda the Good Witch house: not the least bit creepy, the music here is more like a pastoral counterpart to Burial’s urban vibe, incorporating elements of hip hop, field recordings, folk and drone into a richly textured and meditative whole. In a scene obsessed with darkness, this album is as welcoming as the beam of light penetrating the cavern depicted on its cover.

20-year-old Ithaca college student Alec Koone, aka Balam Acab, achieved notoriety with his See Birds EP back when the whole witch house thing blew up last year, on account of using slow tempos and warped vocals and releasing on witch house stronghold Tri Angle Records.

The hype bubble surrounding that microgenre-which-never-actually-existed has basically burst. However, talented and Page 37

Art

Featured Artist

Oli-B

Oli-B is a street artist and painter from Brussels, who uses acrylic spray paint as well as screen printing techniques on a wide variety of surfaces, including paper, canvas, wood, walls or even stickers. He loves the hustle and bustle of big cities and their crowds. Oli-B uses the streets as a playground and brings his art to life by sticking his unique hand-painted pieces on the walls of the urban jungle. www.oli-b.be www.facebook.com/OliB.art

Artist selected, liked and approved by Ladda & Topo Copy.

Page 38

Art

Page 39

Art

Page 40

Featured Artist

Oli - B

Art

Page 41

▲

Printing Passion with

■

❙❙

●

2370 Arendonk (B) l Hoge Mauw 130 Te l + 3 2 ( 0 ) 1 4 6 7 8 6 6 9 Fa x + 3 2 ( 0 ) 1 4 6 7 2 3 1 6

w w w. g e w a . b e

By Zofia Sofia Ciechowska Illustration Photo

by Basje bi Basje BoerBoer

What’s What’s Cooking?

Cooking

Food

Devendra Ban-Tarts

Serves: 4 Ingredients: 2 medium-sized butternut squashes, peeled and chopped; 2 small courgettes, thickly sliced; 1 green pepper, chopped; 1 red onion 2 big slabs of feta Fresh thyme 1 sheet of puff pastry, readymade is totally acceptable Olive oil, salt, pepper; chilli flakes (optional) • Peel and chop the butternut squashes. Add the courgettes, green pepper and sliced red onion. Put all the veg in a tin, add olive oil, salt and pepper. Roast in the oven at 200C until soft, but not too soft, the veg will be going back in the oven later!

10 x 10 cm squares. Lay out on a baking sheet lined with greaseproof paper. Heap plenty of roasted veg mix on to the middle of each square. Brush tart edges with a bit of egg or oil. Scatter a few chili flakes on top if you like.

• Put your veggie tarts in the • Transfer the roasted vegetables oven and bake until crispy and into a bowl. Crumble in the feta. golden at 220C. Sprinkle with some fresh thyme, then season to taste.

• Eat piping hot with a simple vinegary babyleaf and beetroot • Cut your puff pastry sheet into salad.

Page 43

99 Problems and the Bitch... knows the answer Lieve Bitch, Word je eerder kaal van het dragen van een hoofddeksel? Sommige jongens zijn kaal en dragen daarom een hoed of pet, maar er lopen er ook genoeg rond die een weelderige dos hebben en toch een muts of cap dragen. Beetje een kip of ‘t ei-verhaal misschien, maar worden die dan sneller kaal?

Toedels, Koos.

Ha die Kozer, Deze mythe schijnt te leven onder mannen. Ik vind het altijd behoorlijk schrijnend, maar ook vaak wel weer aandoenlijk (‘sue me’) als een man al op jonge leeftijd zijn vlassige plukken over de ene naar de andere kant van z’n kruin moet kammen.

Lichtpuntje: Erasmus droeg zijn hele leven een gek zwart mutsje. Volgens sommigen ging daaronder een flinke haardos schuil. (Stop hier met lezen).

Minpuntje:volgens anderen had hij een waterhoofd.

Kus op je bips, B. Hoi B, Na 5 jaar trouwe dienst ben ik wegbezuinigd. Nu liggen de banen momenteel bepaald niet voor het oprapen, zeker niet voor Page 44

By Brenda Bosma Illustration by Martyn F Overweel

een dertigplusser zoals ik. Ik ben hierdoor nogal gedesillusioneerd geraakt en vindt hiervoor thuis niet genoeg steun. Ik heb het idee dat mijn partner veel liever met zijn vrienden voetbal kijkt in het café dan met mij praat over mijn ‘strengths and weaknesses’. Hoe zorg ik ervoor dat hij er voor me is, nu ik hem nodig heb? Dank je, Laura.

Lieve Laura, Lees het Lof der Zotheid van Erasmus eens. Daar heb je immers nu de tijd voor. Lekker in een ruk een heel hoofdstuk uitlezen in plaats van na drie regels al in slaap vallen. In LdZ staat dat mensen zichzelf vaak te serieus nemen en dat het best gezond is af en toe om alles en iedereen te lachen, ja ook als het even minder gaat. Wijze raad die ik je bij deze graag doorgeef.

Ga gezellig mee naar het café en laat je het begrip ‘buitenspel’ eens uitleggen na het atten van een paar Bacootjes. Wie weet ben je wel heel goed in drinken!

In ieder geval hoef je, met alle respect, toch niet alleen maar openhartige en diepzinnige gesprekken te voeren over verloren dromen en verborgen angsten? De meeste mensen heb-

99 Problems and the Bitch...

knows the answer

ben het gewoon over de textuur van zacht gekookte artisjokken of dat de ander niet moet vergeten dikbleek bij de supermarkt mee te nemen. En is die FBTO antwoordkaart nou al eens retour gestuurd? De emotionele connectie wordt bepaald door hoe men op elkaar reageert, en als dat gepaard gaat met

een lach... Wederzijdse herkenning vs. Diepgang: 1-0. Samen naar AA Gent-Westerlo kijken of een aflevering van Jambers is niet minder belangrijk dan een week lang op retraite in Kutjebroek. En als je het ‘counteren’ een beetje onder de knie krijgt, krijg je hem misschien ook wel mee. :) B. Page 45

de kreun vzw · conservatoriumplein · 8500 kortrijk music, info & tickets www.dekreun.be of 32 56 239 855

doe ne keer moeite - noisefest iii 15.10 feat ao prurient · lust for youth · pollutive static · vom grill · ...

envy · oathbreaker 22.10 sonic city festival curated by liars

28.10 ‘karp’ a music documentary (ism buda) 29.10 liars · factory floor · oneida · legendary pink dots · mark ernestus (rhythm & sound) feat. tikiman · ...

30.10 melvins · htrk · sightings · tannhauser, sterben & das tot · standish & carlyon · washed out · ...

saviours · black haven 31.10 saul williams · iconaclass 02.11 cHokebore @ le grand mix 04.11 HyPnotic brass ensemble 06.11 braids 07.11 tHe tHinG · cactus truck feat terrie ex & dave rempis

09.11

orcHestre international du veteX cd-release 12.11

Shows in October

Agenda

Agenda On the following pages:

Subbacultcha! concerts art and film, totally free for members Page 48

Other shows in October Page 53 Free tickets Page 61

This is a photo of Ernest Greene AKA Washed Out. Washed out plays at the Sonic City Festival (28-30 October - De Kreun, Kortrijk) which is curated by Liars.

Page 47

See all these shows for free. Sign up at www.subbacultcha.be.

True Widow + Crystal Antlers

07 October - Ancienne Belgique, Brussels 20.00 | €12 | Free for Subbacultcha! members Texas bred slowcore-shoegazers True Widow are shrouded in mystery and a sense of impending doom. Together, DH, Nikki and Slim sound dark and delicate with distant vocals layered under the noise of foreboding chords, sizzling cymbals and echoing drums. Their latest LP As High as the Highest Heavens and from the Center to the Circumference of the Earth dropped in March through Kemado. With support from California-based punk soul sixpiece Crystal Antlers, this is going to be one hell of a show.

Magic Touch + Mittland Och Leo + Disco Naïveté DJ set 09 October - DOK Kantine, Ghent 20.00 | Free for everybody

Tonight we’re celebrating the launch of Subbacultcha! in Belgium with our very first party at the wonderful DOKkantine in Ghent. On the bill is Magic Touch, the new project of Mi Ami’s Damon Palermo. He’s recently released his first 12”, loaded with groovy, repetitive dance tracks, on 100% Silk.

Mittland Och Leo open the show with their hazy electronic beats and blog maestro Disco Naïveté will play some wonderful tunes. Entrance tonight is free for all, so you better show up early, it’s gonna be packed.

Page 48

Shows in October

Agenda

See all these shows for free. Sign up at www.subbacultcha.be.

Pigeons + Miaux

12 October - Renold (KRAAK), Brussels 20.00 | €6 | Free for Subbacultcha! members New York duo Pigeons are coming to Brussels. Sharing a label with Ducktails and Julian Lynch (Olde English Spelling Bee), these cats shook things up with their album Si Faustine last year. They’ve got a handle on the psychedelic side of things and blend it with some fine melodic folk tunes. Their new Album Liasons is set to come out in November on Soft Abuse. Tonight they’re joined by Antwerp-based Mia Prce, aka Miaux, who combines repetitive melodies with groovy uptempo beats.

Craft Spells + Ping Pong Tactics

15 October - Charlatan (Democrazy), Ghent 20.00 | €10 | Free for Subbacultcha! members These Cali kids would probably rather hide in their bedrooms making C86channeling synth pop than actually see the sun; luckily, we live in the Netherlands, and here it’s more fun to dance indoors anyway. With their catchy mix of dream pop and new-wave melodies, the four lads are bound to catapult you right back to the ’80s - you know, hairspray, cocaine, shoulder pads, the works! Support by local lo-fi noise punkers Ping Pong Tactics.

Page 49

Page 49

See all these shows for free. Sign up at www.subbacultcha.be.

Ahleuchatistas + True Champions Ride on Speed + Theo + One Man Team Dance 24 October - Scheld’apen, Antwerp 21.00 | €8 | Free for Subbacultcha! members

Doom lords Ahleuchatistas will suck you up in their world of free jazz and mysterious psychedelica. After releasing some records on John Zorn’s Tzadik label, Ahleuchatistas now release their latest album Location Location on their own label, Open Letter Records. Also playing are One Man Team Dance and Theo from the UK and True Champions Ride on Speed from Belgium. Expect nothing but heavenly chaos.

The Ex

29 October - Vaartkapoen, Brussels 19.30 | €10 | Free for Subbacultcha! members These Dutch anarcho-punks have carved out quite the legacy for themselves over their 30-plus years of existence. They’ve added layers of intricacy and influences to the lo-fi backbone of their music, influenced countless other bands, built a worldwide following and set an excellent DIY example by booking their own shows and releasing and distributing their music themselves.

Dirty Beaches

01 November - Trix, Antwerp Starts 19.30 | €13 | Free for Subbacultcha! members Dirty Beaches is Vancouver-based nomad/crooner Alex Zhang Hungtai.

He’s been compared to Elvis, Suicide, Jerry Lee Lewis and David Lynch and he’s made one hell of a badass record called Badlands. It’s a pretty exhilarating collection of songs, ranging from heartbreaking pop songs to violent Page 50

As a member you will also receive this magazine every month plus a stylish tote bag

uptempo road music. We’ve been playing it non stop here at the office, so we’re thrilled to finally see him live.

Exhibition: Out of Storage

Until 18 December - Timmerfabriek, Maastricht Wed-Sun 11.00-17.00 | €10 | Free for Subbacultcha! members

The beautifully renovated industrial space Timmerfabriek in Maastricht has been converted into the largest temporary art museum in Europe. Hosting hundreds of works compiled by the French contemporary art institute FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais, Out of Storage attempts to give its patrons a look at the connections of the unseen elements of art collection, restoration and exhibition. Featuring works by Pawel Althamer, Superflex, Andy Warhol, Barbara Visser, Hedi Slimane and many others.

Coming up

07/11 Braids - Kortrijk 16/11 The Sandwitches - Ghent 25/11 Suuns - Bruges Page 51

Agenda

Shows in October

Male Bonding

EMA

Purling Hiss

01 October - Botanique, Brussels Are you post, new or dark? Well, if you can tick any of these boxes, Erika M Anderson is probably for you. Cunningly tying together grunge roots with a goth heart, this San Fran-based woman is ready to drag you down her dank well in the trail of The Knife, witch house, that three-legged dog from the cover of Alice in Chains’ eponymous third album and even wee Zola Jesus. She’s still not decided whether she prefers a dance groove or the utter horror of grunge guitar brutality, but with only one full album out for now, we’re not gonna rush her to choose.

07 October - Zaal België, Hasselt Purling Hiss are another great band from the Philadelphia area. These heavy trash rockers were introduced to the amazing Woodsist label by their local friend Kurt Vile, and recently their new EP came out on Mexican Summer.

Male Bonding 04 October - Botanique, Brussels Male bonding are a London-based tropical noise punk trio who are touring in support of their sophomore album Endless Now. These guys are known for their loud, energetic live shows, so this is one not to be missed.

True Widow 07 October - AB, Brussels 08 October - 4AD, Diksmuide 13 October - TRIX, Antwerp True Widow will warm up those aural muscles with their mix of psychedelic grunge, shoegaze, doom metal, postrock and slowcore. Read more on page 48.

Sheldon Siegel 07, 14, 28 October, Scheld’apen, Antwerp Experimental free jazz trio Sheldon Siegel play three concerts in Scheld’Apen this month, all with a different theme. One of Page 53

Agenda

Shows in October

the themes is ‘shared grief’ - now we don’t know what exactly that means, but it might involve these three noise-makers trashing your eardrums with their wicked sounds.

Who knows... bring earplugs just in case.

Entrepot Fictief 07-31 October - Jacob Van Caeneghemstraat 16, Ghent Newly founded art collective Entrepot Fictief host some great exhibitions in October, featuring works from a wide range of promising local artists. The month-long event is backed up by a series of concerts taking place in the first weekend, featuring Belgian acts such as Ping Pong Tactics, Köhn and Floris Vanhoof.

Final Flash + The Luyas 08 October - Beursschouwburg, Brussels If you thought the audio heavyweights behind Black Mountain and Pink Mountaintops had Canadian psychedelia held hostage in their private closet, you obviously haven’t heard Montreal’s Final Flash, who sit rather neatly between a moody teen stop and more recognisable classic rock motifs. But there’s nothing too neat about The Luyas, their Montreal art rock brethren. They’ve taken a grip of Europe this year and refuse to let it slip. Sure, when they’re sweet, they’re super-sweet, but their lulling ramblings are all the better when they dissolve into ruptured freak-outs.

Zun Zun Egui 10 October - Video, Ghent Lord knows the indie folks love an oddball act with a Japanese female singer, and while Bristol’s Zun Zun Egui satisfy this craving, they do so in an extra-unusual fashion by specialising in a rather Africansounding type of experimental rock. Word on the street is they’re great live, so you’d

be wise to sign up for some of their unpronounceable tribal grooveage.

SBTRKT 11 October - AB, Brussels After a series of high-profile remixes, London producer Aaron Jerome recruited a gaggle of guest vocalists, including Little Dragon’s Yukimi Nagano, to accompany him on his lauded debut full-length. It’s post-dubstep-ish à la James Blake or Jamie Woon, but unencumbered by (potentially disappointing) live vocals and eminently more danceable than either; we’ve got high expectations for this one.

Field Festival 12-15 October - Beursschouwburg, Brussels The Field Festival is the official launch of the ‘Sounds of Europe’ project, which offers an up-to-date sampling of the contemporary field recording scene. The festival takes place in Brussels’ Beursschouwburg as well as at Q-02 and boasts an interesting scope of the hidden sounds of Brussels, brought to you by artists including Peter Cusack, Jason Kahn and Pauwel De Buck.

Craft Spells + Ping Pong Tactics 15 October - Charlatan Democrazy, Ghent These Cali kids would probably rather hide in their bedrooms making C86-channeling synth pop than actually seeing the sun; luckily, we live in the Netherlands, where it’s more fun to dance indoors anyway. Read more on page 49.

Morton Subotnik + Köhn + Floris Vanhoof 17 October - Bozar, Brussels An actual innovator of electronic music and multimedia performances ever since his exPage 55

Agenda

Shows in October

Tinariwen

perimentations in the early ’60s, Morton Subotnik is taking to European roads to discuss his decades-spanning work and to create new A/V experiences in the process.

Support from two younger art noise peers.

Yuck 17 October - AB, Brussels Ah, the warm and fuzzies of ’90s ‘alternative rock’. These London kids have barely escaped their teens, but their band, led by the musically impatient Daniel Blumberg, makes music that comes across like a much-considered, well-worn mixtape. From Dinosaur Jr through Pavement to Eric’s Trip, it’s undeniably familiar but still fresh.

Bill Orcutt (Harry Pussy) + Räpe Blossoms 18 October - Les Ateliers Claus, Brussels 19 October - Gunther, Antwerp In the past, Bill Orcutt was all too happy to mask his punk tendencies with atonal riff confusion. These days he’s gone all acoustic, but the spirit remains the same, infusing his tough structures with dirty bouts of

finger-shredding blues. Noise freaks Räpe Blossoms are all rhythm, violence and sweat so check your melodic ear at the door.

Skeleton$ 18 October - Vooruit, Ghent Subbacultcha! favourites Skeleton$ performed at our five-year anniversary party in Amsterdam a couple of years back and we’ve been keeping an eye on them ever since. They have just put out a new album featuring more of their trademark African melodies and frantic rhythms.

Tinariwen 19 October - AB, Brussels Consisting of several Tuareg nomad musicians from the Saharan Desert region of Mali, Tinariwen were formed in refugee camps in Libya in the ’70s. Several of their members served in Gaddafi’s army back in the day and later fought for the Tuareg rebel movement, and they built a following by recording politically-themed songs on cassette and circulating them throughout Saharan Africa. Their self-described ‘desert Page 57

03.10 I ANNA CALVI + GREY REVEREND 06.10 I THE BONY KING OF NOWHERE & FRIENDS (AN PIERLE, KISS THE ANUS OF A BLACK CAT, THE ANTLER KING, ETÉ 67,...)

PLAY ‘LES GÉANTS’

07.10 I TRUE WIDOW + CRYSTAL ANTLERS 08.10 I ORQUESTA TANGUEDIA ‘ALFONSINA’ 08.10 I SONDRE LERCHE + YOUNG DREAMS 09.10 I RUSSIAN RED 12.10 I SMOOVE & TURRELL 14.10 I PETE PHILLY 16.10 I SOUL ASYLUM 17.10 I YUCK 19.10 I TINARIWEN

19.10 I SKIP THE USE + CRAZY LADY MADRID 20.10 I SEUN KUTI & EGYPT 80 20.10 I PASCAL SCHUMACHER QUARTET 21.10 I THE ART OF NOISE: PIVIXKI MARCO FUSINATO 24.10 I IMELDA MAY 25.10 I WANDA JACKSON PERFORMING WITH THE SEATSNIFFERS 26.10 I SUPERLIJM 17.11 I SLEEP OVER + PURE X 24.11 I AUTUMN FALLS: LOW + BILL CALLAHAN PINBACK (KONINKLIJK CIRCUS) 25.11 I AUTUMN FALLS: MATTHEW HERBERT ‘ONE PIG’ 26.11 I AUTUMN FALLS: METRONOMY + SX BABE RAINBOW + TARWATER

Agenda

Shows in October

blues’ is as extraordinary as their story, mixing elements of West African, Arab and Berber music as well as classic rock into an intricate and relaxing whole.

Real Estate, Spectrals 22 October - Charlatan, Democrazy, Ghent These New Jersey natives relocated to Brooklyn, recently signed to Domino and are now set to drop their sophomore record in mid-October. Martin Courtney’s dreamy vocals and Matthew Mondanile’s distinctive guitar sound in particular set their tunes apart from the rest of the lo-fi pack. Overall, their lo-fi psych pop floats in and out of memory, like idle summers spent high on the beach or coasting along highways, proving that there’s much more to Jersey than Snooki and Guido bro bar brawls.

Faust 25 October - Les Ateliers Claus, Brussels As kraut as krautrock comes, these ultimate outsiders are still pushing boundaries 40 years after their debut. Rather than a plain old retrospective, expect plenty of pieces from their 2011 puzzle, Something Dirty.

Wild Beasts 25 October - Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing (Fr) These English boys sure love their overwrought ’80s pop moments, having smoothed out the production creases across three albums on Domino in recent years. Beyond their bouts of Spandau Ballet falsetto, their greatest strength seems to be balancing on that fine line between mainstream tosh and credible pop.

Sonic City curated by Liars ft Liars, Factory Floor, HTRK, Washed Out, Oneida, Melvins 28-30 October - De Kreun, Kortrijk

You gotta love a bit of curation, right? It cuts the crap and all that. The lovely Sonic City might not have the international clout of All Tomorrow’s Parties, but when you’ve had leading bands such as former curators Deerhoof in charge, you have to embrace the surprises. This time it’s those Liars holding the invitation cards, bringing in hip young things such as Washed Out and Factory Floor alongside the challenging drone movements of Oneida and crazed noise veterans The Melvins.

Bozar Electronic Weekend 28-29 October - Bozar, Brussels This annual event offers a sample of some of the best progressive electronic music as well as visual arts. Once again, the guys from Bozar put together a great line-up featuring promising artists such as Eleven Tigers and Lucky Dragons as well as bigger names, including Modeselektor and Plaid.

The Ex 29 October - VK* Concerts, Brussels These Dutch art punks passed through Brussels in their expanded Brass Unbound formation at the end of August. It was electric, and you needn’t expect anything less from their more traditional quartet formation either. Passing the 30-year marker has only energised them, the frenetic guitar duelling of Terrie Ex and Andy Moor charged even further by the staccato vocal punches of newish ‘singer’ Arnold de Boer (Zea).

Three Trapped Tigers 31 October - Le Tipi (Collectif JauneOrange), Liège The only Belgian show of London-based Three Trapped Tigers is definitely one to check out. Their energetic mix of noise and electronics combines the best of bands like Battles and Foals.

Page 59

AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR 08/10 SoundBits - 100% CANADA: FINAL FLASH - THE LUYAS 20/10 THE GLITCH MOB support: MACHINEDRUM 21/10 ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI support: LO-FI-FNK 24/11 AF Festival: SUUNS - VESSELS 25/11 AF Festival: FOOL’S GOLD support: ORCHESTRA OF SPHERES, TEAM ME 26/11 AF Festival: CHROME HOOF - PART CHIMP (FAREWELL TOUR) 30/11 J.COLE 06/10

INFO & TICKETS: WWW.VKCONCERTS.BE

We’re open for

WRITERS PHOTOGRAPHERS ILLUSTRATORS DISTRIBUTORS send samples and enthusiasm to magazine@subbacultcha.be

Free Stuff

Free Tickets and Goodies

To win, sign up to our mailing list on www.subbacultcha.be.

2x2 TICKETS REAL ESTATE

3x2 TICKETS TRUE WIDOW + CRYSTAL ANTLERS

10x2 TICKETS TEENAGE RIOT

22 October Charlatan, Democrazy, Ghent

07 October AB, Brussels

08 October Minard (Vooruit), Ghent

10 SINGLES S.C.U.M. AMBER HANDS

2x2 TICKETS SHELDON SIEGEL

3x2 TICKETS BOZAR ELECTRONIC WEEKEND

7,14,28 October Scheld’apen, Antwerp

28-29 October BOZAR, Brussels

Page 61

Overview of all Subbacultcha shows in October

07 October

24 October

True Widow + Crystal Antlers

Ancienne Belgique, Brussels Starts 20.00 | €12 | Free for members

09 October

Magic Touch + Mitland Och Leo + Disco Naïveté DJ set DOK Kantine, Ghent Starts 20.30 | Free for everybody

Ahleuchatistas + True Champions Ride On Speed + Theo + One Man Team Dance Scheld’apen, Antwerp Starts 21.00 | €8 | Free for members

29 October

The Ex

Vaartkapoen, Brussels Starts 19.30 | €10 | Free for members

12 October

01 November

Pigeons + Miaux

Renold (KRAAK), Brussels Starts 20.00 | €6 | Free for members

Dirty Beaches

Trix, Antwerp Starts 19.30 | €13 | Free for members

15 October

Until 18 December

Craft Spells + Ping Pong Tactics

Charlatan (Democrazy), Ghent Starts 20.00 | €10 | Free for members

Exhibition: Out of Storage Timmerfabriek, Maastricht Wed-Sun 11.00-17.00 | €10 Free for members

Coming up:

07/11 Braids - Kortrijk 16/11 The Sandwitches - Ghent 25/11 Suuns - Bruges

See all these shows for free. Join at www.subbacultcha.be Page 62

Submitted photos

AFTER MIDNIGHT

Send photos that were taken after midnight to aftermidnight@subbacultcha.be If your photo gets published, you win a good goodie This month’s photo was submitted by DeDe Frantic (bottom) and Edwin Lanson Page 63