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The Soft Moon

This is a bathroom at the Lloyd Hotel in Amsterdam after the Soft Moon was done showering.

The photo was taken by Isolde Woudstra.

DOOM

Doom, to me, is the total absence or removal of will

This issue

Julian Lynch We asked Mr Julian Lynch (who plays De Nieuwa Anita on 11 June) what ‘doom’ means to him. This is what he said.

‘Doom? I think my response can be the very sentence I use to explain it! Here it is:’

Editor’s note This witch house, rapegaze and ghost drone thing has been going on for quite some time now, so we figured it was about time for a doom issue.

That’s right, cause it seems like black is the new blue these days and dark is the new light. So we are digging into that goth pie, and serving it to you by the slice. Read all you need to know about industrial beats, triangles, black nail polish, witches and all the other stuff that’s suddenly become all fashionable. And when you’re done reading, it’s time to get on with your life; wipe away the black eyeliner, play Julian Lynch on your iPod and get out there and smell the spring flowers. Enjoy.

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The DOOM issue

This month in Subbacultcha! magazine

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Yes, we are all about unruly, independent, relentless, alternative, loud, beautiful, silent, disturbing, soothing and uncompromising music.

How to dress well

light asylum

into the trees page 22

into the dark page 35

...but we all love a bit of doom, right?

tri angle

Agenda

into the groove page 31

This month’s must sees page 61

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Concert: The Soft Moon Another one of those sold-out signature shows.

Great band, great visuals, and way too many people jammed into a squat venue somewhere in Amsterdam.

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Art Opening: Grant Willing at Foam We teamed up with foam for the opening of their fine exhibition by Grant Willing. WOUD performed 4 songs. And how great they were. One of the finest performances in a while.

Top 5 Last month at our office These are five things that thrilled, chilled and excited us last month.

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Sports: Prince Rama Workout Video The new Prince Rama Workout Video is easily one of the coolest things we’ve seen in a long while.

And guess what? It’s out on VHS and it comes with a cassette, too! You can buy it in our shop.

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Comedy: Curb Your Enthusiasm This came out years ago, and we’re not quite sure how the hell we managed to miss out. But then we got our hands on the first three series and we simply can’t stop watching. Classic stuff.

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History: Facade of the OCCii The folks at the rebuilt venue OCCii are handpainting the restored facade (1884) in original style.

A monk’s work! ...and you thought we were hipsters!

Please Stop Can you please stop the weekly outside bar activity in front of this building. You are causing a lot of nuisance to the neighborhood.

Next time I will report to the authorities.

Next Door Neighbor This anonymous(!) letter we found in our mailbox after one of those lovely (monthly) exhibition openings at our office.

INBOX The stuff we get in our mailbox... day in day out.

It never stops.

Luckily.

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picture this Each month, Isolde Woudstra and Regina van der Kloet take turns in photographing lyrics.

Photo: Regina van der Kloet

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GLU Magazine presents: Light Asylum + Community Action Center (film) and more

04 June - De Nieuwe Anita, Amsterdam Starts 20.00 | €7 | Free for members

Get ready for a night of lezzie porn and haunting dance music courtesy of the very amazing Girls Like Us Magazine. The Dutch premiere of the sociosexual video Community Action Centre by artists AK Burns and AL Steiner is to kick off the evening with a thrust and a Q&A to follow; this film uses the frame of the cliché New York underground sex scene and dismantles it from the core. The evening continues with a live performance by New York-based synth-pop/wave duo Light Asylum, who’ve been stirring up quite the buzz in the blogosphere recently. Not to be missed!

Ian Svenonius has been a busy, busy man - since 1988, he has played with Nation of Ulysses, The Make-Up, Weird War and Scene Creamers, digging into a wide range of genres such as post-punk, posthardcore, indie, funk, soul and garage rock and releasing over 15 full-lengths and 20 singles, EPs and splits. This time around it’s time for that Detroit-detroit-detroit-detroit music as his current band Chain and The Gang hit Amsterdam to show us exactly how they cooked up that sound for their hot-off-the-press record Down with Liberty... Up with Chains, released this past April on K Records. Throw your heels on and join the whole gang at De Nieuwe Anita. Support by gritty The Chase Club.

02 June - OT301, Amsterdam Doors open 20.00 | Starts 20.30 | €10 | Free for members

Chain And The Gang + The Chase Club + DJ BARRY STILETTO

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‘Oil Stain 01 Nebula or Pillars of Creation’ by Luke Gilford. Showing in the expo the Continuity of Chaos at foam

CLOSER - BORDER COMMUNITY NIGHT

The Soft Moon

10 June - Melkweg, Amsterdam Starts 23.00 | €13 | Free for members It’s our favourite time of the month: the second Friday, where we get to do a little dance and get a little Closer at Melkweg.

The Border Community record label says they’ve been blurring the lines between the bedroom and the dancefloor since 2003; from post-rock to electro to techno, come check out the fruit of their labour. Featuring Margot, a DJ set by Kate Wax and more.

SWIPE ft. Boxcutter + ARP.101.

10 June - Tivoli, Utrecht Starts 23.00 | €13 | Free for members Swipe is offering a night of 8-bit psychedelic glitch-hop at Tivoli de Helling. Come space out to the stop-start acoustomatic dub of the Northern Irishmen Boxcutter.

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steppers ARP.101 who bring the smooth r&b to Utrecht with a warm, funkadelic twist.

Julian Lynch + Big Troubles + Ducktails + DJ TAKKIE

11 June - De Nieuwe Anita, Amsterdam Starts 20.00 | €8 | Free for members Where does the brain child of a mind mashed up with ethnomusicology/anthropology and avant-pop exist? Terra, that’s where. On this sophomore LP, dual PhD candidate Julian Lynch mixes falsetto, clarinet and rock aesthetics with smooth undertones. Besides Julian Lynch, tonight’s stellar line-up also features loud noise pop from Big Troubles as well as a full band set

by Subbacultcha! favourite Ducktails. So come on out for a complete night of New Jersey-brewed sounds, you’ll leave with a head full of pop, garage and psychedelic beats and you’ll feel smarter too.

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Subbacultcha! @ North by Northwest Festival ft The Moi Non Plus vs Eraserhead + Star Slinger + Bachelorette 18 June - IJ-Promenade, Overhoeks (Amsterdam-Noord) Starts 20.00 | €5 | Free for members

We’re hosting a programme during the first edition of the North by Northwest Festival in Amsterdam Noord. Inside an inflatable dome across from Central Station, you’ll get a chance to see The Moi Non Plus play their soundtrack to the classic David Lynch film Eraserhead. Also playing: Bachelorette. After a pretty evocative audiovisual performance in support of Deerhunter in Trouw last year, she’s now back in Amsterdam with a brand new album out on Souterrain Transmissions. And to finish off the night in style, UK producer Star Slinger will mash things up with his catchy samples.

Glo-Fi Summer Pop Night ft How to Dress Well

24 June - Trouw, Amsterdam Doors 20.30 | €12 | Presale €10 | Free for members After an appropriate hibernation period, Glo-Fi Summer Pop Nights are back! This edition features How to Dress Well, who’s released one of our favourite records of 2010. This one-man lo-fi/chillwave/r&b project featuring Tom Krell’s smoove crooning and plenty of ethereally beautiful ambiance should make for a worthy kick-off to the sweaty summer dancing season.

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June Expo: Kristy Fenton - swf

07-24 June - Subbacultcha! Project Space, Amsterdam. Tue-Fri, 11.00 - 17.00 | Free Come get a taste of what this Jane-of-alltrades has been up to. Miss Modern Witch Kristy Fenton is showing her wonderful collages and videos. Drop in!

Pièce de Résistance

26 April - June 25th - Mediamatic How do we write history? This ongoing marketplace/workshop/exhibition at Mediamatic explores notions of resistance through the objects we’re left with from our recent history and the stories they can tell. You’ve got all month to drop by, add objects to the collection or get your learn on at one of their lectures, masterclasses, readings...or just go and hang out at one of their (usually amazing) parties.

FOAM

Open Sat-Wed 10.00-17.00, Thur & Fri until 21.00 | €8 | Free for members In June, Subbacultcha! members get in for free at FOAM and there’s some great stuff going on. Sophie Mörner of the fantastic Capricious Magazine presents Continuity of Chaos; there’s work by up-and-coming photographers such as Nicholas Gottlund and Sarah Palmer, opening 9 June; and Misha de Ridder shows us some cold Norwegian landscapes in his series Solstice, opening on the 17th. And remember that Grant Willing opening we hosted last month? Those doomy black and whites will be on display until 29 June, too. Check it! end 13

subbacultcha! membership pages we saw you: spotted at subbacultcha What’s your favourite album and artist at the moment? Rene Hell - The Terminal Symphony What’s your favourite album and artist ever? Voodoo by D’Angelo Favourite song at the moment? The Weeknd - ‘Glass Table Girls’ Best record store? Free Record Store What was the first record that you bought? Best of Rockers ’n’ Ballads by the Scorpions Guilty pleasures? Ying Yang Twins Which album is still on your to-buy list?

I’ve suddenly realised how badly I need a new copy of Best of Rockers ‘n’ Ballads Best movie soundtrack? Space Jam Which famous artist did you fancy when you were young? 2Pac Which famous artist do you fancy right now? Rihanna Best concert ever? Klaus Beyer Worst concert ever? Dimmu Borgir Which music makes you puke? Anything with smooth jazz vocals Which music makes you fall asleep?

White rappers with beards What do you listen to when you are on your bike? Lil B What makes you dance? DJ Rashad Which music makes you cry? Chris de Burgh 14

What do you listen to when you are doing the dishes? I will sing ‘My Heart Will Go on’ repeatedly during any daytime activity And when you have sex? R Kelly What’s your favourite album cover? Rob Walmart - Send the Trumpet over the Waterfall Which record do you regret buying? I don’t know... Guess I’m just too chill for regrets Which music do you say you like (for hipsters’ sake), but actually, you don’t?

I’ll say I like Odd Future, but I’ve only heard one song What’s your first ever song-related memory? My dad is singing ‘Open the Door, Richard’ What’s your favourite summer (hit) song? O-Zone - ‘Dragostea Din Tei’ What music do you play on a beautiful Sunday morning? The Well-Tempered Clavier What kind of music did your parents listen to? As far as I know, they’re still listening to music Which record/album should not have been recorded? The entire discography of Maroon 5 Photo by Regina van der Kloet

‘I will sing ‘My Heart Will Go on’ repeatedly during any daytime activity’

Name & age: Koen, 26 Daytime job/study: Journalism Other interests: Tape delay & feedback loops Place of birth: Middelburg Spotted at: Qiu Yang exhibition opening on 6 May at the Subbacultcha! headquarters in Amsterdam. end 15

NEW MUSIC We make it our job to endlessly roam the beautiful internet and find the stuff that really matters. Behold the needles from the haystack.

By Leon Caren and Sander van Dalsum You can find all (or some of) this marvellous new music on our website or on our weekly radio show on the great viva-radio. com

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um... sorry if we’re missing the point here This is the Doom issue, right? So where are those witch house and ghost drone bands in the New Music section? And nothing on rapegaze either? Are you kidding me? What’s up with all the Estonian disco divas? Italo disco? Futuristic pop? Cutting-edge music my ass, I bet those sleazebags at Subbacultcha! haven’t even heard of chillwave yet. have they now?

Maria Minerva

Konnichiwa

The bedroom disco jams of Estonian-born Maria Minerva have been making their way through the blogosphere for a while now, as she’s made a name for herself with her blurry, sensual voice on top of hazy nightclub dance beats. After releasing a bunch of now sold-out cassettes and vinyl, she is currently signed to Not Not Fun and getting ready to release her new album Cabaret Cixous later this month. myspace.com/mariaminervamusic

Close your eyes and picture yourself in a Japanese karaoke bar. They’re playing an old Cyndi Lauper track. The pitch seems slightly up, giving the song that nice trashy Asian karaoke sound.

A girl starts singing and her sweet, frantic voice is making you feel weak in the knees. You realise it’s not a Cyndi Lauper song.

It’s something you haven’t heard before. Some sort of strange mix of esoteric pop music and Italo disco. And there’s a guy next to the girl on the stage, playing his vintage keyboards like there’s no tomorrow (and there might not be, after all the sake you’ve been drinking). The song ends and the duo starts selling records out of an old battered suitcase. Turns out they’re a band called Konnichiwa and they’re from New York. You go back to your hotel, grab your laptop and you google that shit. You dig it. hellokonnichiwa.com

Mane Mane

But somehow, the wavy, lo-fi compositions still turn out to be the kind of music you can listen to on repeat. ‘Nostalgia’ might be a played-out term these days, but how can we resist mentioning it after listening to these songs that sound old and broken but need absolutely no fixing. myspace.com/goldenbirthday

NEWNEW MUSIC MUSIC

Featureless Ghost Mane Mane are an Atlanta/London-based duo that operate within the same experimental, glitchy, offbeat hip-hop realm as the likes of Flying Lotus and Clams Casino. Now if you’re not in the possession of some decent headphones and/or a stereo, then you might have a hard time appreciating this band as much as we do. Cause these boys do produce some some heavy, twisted bass grooves. And even though we know that modern music consumption is all about no-bit mp3s and no-fi sound systems, our advise is not to play this this shit on your laptop speakers. myspace.com/mane2mane

Golden Birthday According to a lot of people, the perfect pop song is never longer than four minutes. It also needs a hook, a bridge, a clear structure and some repetitive melodies.

And damn you if it’s not catchy!

Chicago’s Golden Birthday lack all of these lame requirements.

This sci-fi synth project by Matt Weiner and Elise Tippins probably sounds a lot like how you imagined the future when you were a kid. Yes folks, this is futuristic pop music with an undeniable 1980s twist. Both members lay their spectral vocals on top of cosmic compositions, moving from ambient soundscapes to more uptempo beats. At the moment, this interstellar duo is recording their first full-length but you can already find plenty of their digital EPs online. featurelessghost.com

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James Ferraro

James Ferraro’s music is made up of samples. But unlike many other sample-based music, he doesn’t cut and paste from other artists, but records all the bass lines, synth patterns, guitar hooks and other weird noises himself. The result is an interesting, genre-defying oeuvre that kind of reminds us of an abstract version of Ariel Pink. He’s about to unleash his experimental oddities on Hippos in Tanks. According to Ferraro, the benefits of this album will go to his facial reconstructive plastic surgery, to pursue his dream of looking like Princess Diana. http://hipposintanks.net/artists/ james-ferraro

SERENGETI Ok, so there’s this rapper called Serengeti, who’s on this label called Anticon (Baths/Themselves). He’s been involved in tons of project and collaborations, and now for his first solo record, he’s teaming up with Why? frontman Yoni Wolf as well as with Owen Ashworth from Casiotone of the Painfully Alone.

When we heard about it, we were

like: ‘Man, that sounds pretty interesting.’ So we check it out, listen to a couple of tracks and get really into it. Especially this song called ‘Ha Ha’, which kind of sounds like a rap version of Lucky Dragons. The record’s called Family and Friends and is coming out at the end of July. myspace.com/goldenfloyd myspace.com/goldenfloyd

NEW MUSIC

Greatest Hits

Tyler Thacker and Zak Mering are Greatest Hits. Google their band name and you’ll probably end up scrolling through an endless number of outdated artists, who have their airbrushed grins put on the cover of a lousy compilation album. But if you put a little more effort into it and add search terms such as ‘L Train Girl’, ‘Raw Thrills’ or ‘Pretty Boy Swag’, you’ll be sure to find some highly danceable tracks by these funk-pop savages. Their new EP Girl Crazy is coming out soon and as the title suggests, it’s all about their attraction to the female gender. gunktvrecords.blogspot.com

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The DOOM ISSUE Doom is all around. The blogosphere is filled with synths and tormented vocals referring to those long-gone days of big black hair and ditto eyeliner. Yes kids, synth-based industrial stuff is finding its way back into the collective musical mind. All form and no content, we say. But who cares, it’s 2011 dammit!

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e know, sometimes the doomy gloomy stuff gets watered down in reverb (when the hippies push the buttons) or juiced up in disco (when the dancing kids do) but there is no denying it… doom is back. Ian Curtis and friends echo loudly on all levels of today’s musical zeitgeist. But, wouldn’t detaching sound from its original context (read: the ’80s) imply that today’s music is all form and no content? Is it not the mood that echoes but just the sound?

The sounds captured in presets on Pro tools? Is it just nostalgic reproduction? And could we even say that that doomy vibe in music these days is the

musical equivalent of the Hipstamatic app on your iPhone? Maybe, cause the sound feeds on warm feelings of the olden days and not on cold emotions of depression and despair. But the all-form-no-content-thing in itself is very 2011 and a crucial aspect of this era. So that kind of makes everything come full circle, doesn’t it?

But enough of this rational wah wah… the bottom line is: there are great sounds coming from the recycling bin, and the olden days combined with our modern-day information overload and cultural identity crisis make for amazing music. And who needs depression and despair anyway? end 21

THE DOOM ISSUE

HOW TO DRESS WELL AN EMPTY PARKING LOT. OR, MAYBE, A DIM FOREST CLEARING. A BOOMBOX OF WHICH THE BATTERIES ARE WEARING OUT IS SOFTLY PLAYING R&B MUSIC. JUST MOMENTS AGO, B-BOYS AND FLYGIRLS WERE BUSTING THEIR MOVES. NOW THEY’RE OFF POPPIN’ THEIR CHERRIES IN SOME CLUB. TOM KRELL AKA HOW TO DRESS WELL HAS ME ENVISIONING GLOOMY THINGS. I CAN ALMOST SMELL THE FAINT SCENT OF PHEROMONES BLENDED WITH RESIN. THE LARGE, INDUSTRIAL SURROUNDINGS OF TROUW ARE GONNA BE A SWEET SETTING FOR HIS HAUNTING WHISPERS AND CRIES. WORRIED ABOUT WHAT TO WEAR? JUST BRUSH YOUR SHOULDERS OFF ’N’ POP THAT COLLAR ‘THERE’S NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT, ASIDE FROM BEING A LITTLE RUN-DOWN.’ Words by Brenda Bosma Photos by Christopher Schreck

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renda Bosma: So, Mister, you’re 13 minutes late!

Tom Krell: Hahahaha Thanks for chatting with us. How are things?

Very cool.

I’ve noticed the song titles on your last album Love Remains are pretty pretty dark.

Ya I know Written in a ‘gloomy’ state? Our issue is themed ‘doom’, just so you know. Maybe you can relate to the phenomenon.

Hahaha ya I can definitely relate to that.

Do elaborate!

The record was written in very hard times for me. The low resolution of the sound, the noise, the pain are all an expression of that time.

You lived in Cologne for your studies…what did you like about Germany? (Bratwurst and schlagermusik will get you bonus points.)

Hahaha no no, in Köln I just had a totally anonymous life. I made amazing friends there, but when I arrived, I could totally be whoever I wanted, instead of telling friends, ‘ya I’m gonna start working on a new project with a different sound’ I could just tell people, ‘hi, I’m from NYC, and I make ambient r&b post-pop’. It was super liberating. I REALLY love that city

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and that experience.

I like your story. You study Kant’s philosophy and in your spare time you toy around with reverb effects in your bedroom while singing r&b, that’s a rather surprising blend.

Ya I like that story, but it’s kind of half-right.

Actually it’s your basement?

Because I also write like massive symphony pieces and have much bigger plans than the bedroom, though I do love the boudoir :) You mean you could do a more hifi album?

I have a release coming out soon.

You’ll see.

Sounds great.

That is very hi-fi, like, I want people to know that I am dedicated to my art and that I have plans to evolve as an artist. I trust that people who love Love Remains will be able to follow the guiding thread through all my work, whether hi-fi or lo-fi, super abstract or super simple, the guiding thread being, I think, the emotions and the voice.

I read that you’d like to work with Kanye. If you’re gonna walk the hifI road, maybe a collaboration is a real option?

I would love to work with him, but honestly, I was not pleased with his record.

Why not?

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I think it’s a bunch of crazy songs with no continuity and half of them are duds, like it’s a super baroque concept driving the album. Add more stuff and it will be better.

I liked this megalomaniac vibe it has – everything sounds so over the top, for example when there’s this choir singing ‘Can you get much higher’ and you imagine Kanye as Ikarus falling down. So okay, maybe he failed (or fell), but he did so quite beautifully I guess.

Ya that might be true.

You started Love Remains with a dialogue from the movie Safe. So the music may sound dark, but it’s also hopeful?

YA EXACTLY! Don’t throw yourself off a cliff, dear listener?

The dark place is supposed to be overcome.

That’s almost religious.

One might throw oneself off a cliff though.

How to Dress Well as some sort of god, haha You love the megalomania :) I’m sticking with that I think. Does Kant ever pop up in your music?

No, not at all Or do you actually sing about birds and bees?

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my music in a philosophical way and I don’t really know what that could even mean. And I definitely don’t approach my music with any detached attitude at all. Ever. I feel like because I’m forced to approach so much of the rest of my life in a strategic way, music is the one avenue where I just get to do ‘me’, without qualification. With music, I’m not worried about my career profile, credit score, purchasing power, reputation. JUST DOING ME. I definitely will not introduce you as a rational person. Intuitive is what I’ll use.

Ya I do want it to be very intuitive and open.

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ha - how did you come up with your band name? A gentle reminder to always dress properly?

And what do you think of the hipster dress code? Or is this a touchy subject? Bad childhood memories of trouser pants?

Ya I got my band name from some book. A long time ago.

Self-help book?

No, it was a book about how to dress well from the ‘80s. Very funny and sweet.

Are you a child of the ’80s? (Cunning way to ask your age!)

Yup, I am. And no, I don’t have any qualms about personal questions :) Don’t need to hear that twice. Are your shows also very emotional?

It’s hard for people to see one person just standing there singing their heart out… and that’s what I do.

Are you possessed by something bigger?

Ya my shows are very emotional. I think I am.

How so? Holding babies up in the air?

It’s hard for people to see one person just standing there singing their heart out… and that’s what I do.

Do you ever feel too self-aware to focus?

Yes for sure.

How do you manage?

Especially if, like, I’m trying to flirt with someone at the bar and then I have to play.

Hahaha. How do you get in the zone?

I just think about my life, love, the songs, these things which feel so heavy or special or intense to me.

Must be inspiring I’ve been feeling super inspired lately.

The music I’ve been making has been very inspiring, almost melodramatic.

Crying sessions afterwards?

Actually, yes, hahaha. I was in the studio just freaking out.

Don’t you ever want to be in a band so that you can share the vibe?

Hahaha Rebirthing on the mix table…

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hat’s your zodiac sign?

Virgo. I do want to be in a band, just not right now. Tell me what being a Virgo means.

They are supposed to be rational… very rational. Hahaha Fuck I hate it!

Also, Virgos are perfectionists.

Yup, obsessed ass dude.

Maybe that’s the only way to succeed? Ambitious ass dude.

Hahaha.

Are you satisfied? Virgos never really are.

Is this true? Because I’m definitely not happy. Because I feel like I’m living the most amazing life, but I always want it one step better.

That’s a good drive… takes you somewhere new.

Ya true, but that sucks for, like, stability.

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break there. Stop moving around that much!

My whole thing is that I’m probably the happiest, funniest, saddest, most serious guy you’ve ever met :) My friends are always saying that.

What does your doc say? ‘You should do something with strings.’

Ha that’s sooo hilarious.

Or ‘hi-fi is healthy.’ I sure am looking forward to the cathedral album with strings.

Thank you so much. It’s not too cathedral-y.

Reverb-y then?

No it’s got like no reverb!

What the fuck?

This is gonna flip people out.

It’s flipping me out.

It’ll be out in June. Then I’m performing at Pitchfork with a string quartet.

Wow, you evolve from black metal through r&b to schlagermusik chopping up hearts, to…

Hahahaha… it’s a lifestyle. I’m nervous because I’m really gonna surprise a lot of people.

You mean you are insecure, Virgo?

Ya basically I have an extreme confidence, which is always on the edge of total uncertainty. If I maintain myself right at that edge, I can do really powerful shit. I think I’m most charming when I’m right at that interstice ya know? ...

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pace of this conversation accelerated and I’ve started saying crazier shit as I’ve had cups of coffee.

Pour another one I’d say – soon you’ll start saying that falsetto voice of yours is just an effect.

Haha I never had formal training. I smoke and drink and pound coffee.

I’m dumb.

In a few years you’ll sound like Tom Waits. People won’t expect that, either.

Too funny. This was fun.

Yes. Have a nice, productive, not too emotional day.

You too! Keep it good.

Real.

How To Dress Well plays Trouw, Amsterdam on 24 June on a Glo-fi Summer Pop Night A small note on the photos: This is what photographer Christopher Schreck wrote in an email that accompanied the photos: Tom and I talked a bit about the idea of doom, and got onto the subject of how we’d react to an impending apocalypse, and his response was basically, ‘I’d probably just find the nicest place I could and just chill.’ With that in mind, we shot in a lush garden, where he’s texting and taking it easy, I think it’s a pretty interesting take on the concept you guys are working with for this issue - I hope you like it!

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why you love TRI ANGLEs Tri Angle Records have been making a name for themselves with amazing artists such as How to Dress Well and oOoOO and the impressive catalogue keeps on growing. We called label owner Robin Carolan for a chat and talked about dying trends, his upcoming releases and obsessing over Britney Spears.

Words by Sander van Dalsum Illustrations by Marie Boye Thomsen

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ubbacultcha!: Busy times for Tri Angle Records?

Yeah, it’s taking a lot of time right now. But busy is good.

Are there any specific releases that are taking your time right now?

Holy Other and Clams Casino’s EPs are coming out in a few weeks, so yeah I’m very excited!

Yeah, I don’t have any buzzwords for it. I think as soon as you use them, you put yourself in a box and it gets really hard to get outside of it. I never liked the witch house thing, I don’t feel like anyone of us embraced that term or understood what it meant. I think that if you limit yourself to a genre, you’ll have one good year, where you’re fashionable and trendy but eventually it’ll fade away within 12 months. That way, you’ll allow yourself to die with the hype. I think Tri Angle will remain relevant for a long time, witch house obviously wasn’t going to stay around for too long. But if people want to label something, then it’s their prerogative. But I’m not too worried about it anymore these days.

You guys are one of the most influential labels that’s doing this dark gothic kind of stuff right now. I hate the term witch house though…

Me too. I try not to define what we do.

I know that people tend to think that the music that we put out is dark and I can see what they mean. But I think there is more to it. I wouldn’t call it a goth label and I definitely, definitely I see your point, especially considering your later releases like How wouldn’t call it a witch house label. to Dress Well and Clams Casino, of So you prefer not using any catchy which you could say they lean more toward RnB and hip hop. Still, I words.

Recommended Tri Angle listening Water Borders

These San Francisco weirdos have opened up their sound to different influences, forging an industrial, tribal, dancey debut LP that’ll change your definition of goth for good.

Clams Casino

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can’t help noticing Tri Angle does seem to sign artists with a certain kind of aesthetic.

When I started the label, that was the first stuff I heard. I thought it was incredible and I really wanted to release it. There was no big agenda whatsoever; I just wanted to release electronicbased music with this slightly wonky pop vibe to it.

Yeah of course, it’s L’Oreal. That kind of thing has to be handled in a very business kind of manner. They would never use someone’s music without his or her permission. Now Balam Acab can make the album he wants to make with that money.

An easy step from L’Oreal to Britney Spears... What’s that thing you have with her?

Where did you find all these gems? I’m quite a big fan of Britney Spears.

As unglamorous as it is, it’s just me I’ve always liked weird, underground, scouring the internet looking for alternative music but commercial things I like. That’s something I’ve pop music as well. I’ve never underbeen doing since a young age. Now stood why I had to make a choice bethat the label has launched and we’ve tween them so I didn’t. I think Brithad some success, I get quite a lot of ney Spears just symbolises something demos. But I prefer to just go out and for me. Blackout, one of her albums, is probably one of my favourite records find new music myself. ever; it’s something I’m completely I saw Beyoncé vibing out to Balam obsessed with.

Acab in a L’Oreal commercial the other day. Did you get paid for that? www.tri-anglerecords.com Recommended Tri Angle listening Stalker

Let Me Shine for You

This Chicago chopped-and-screwed extraordinaire is taking his sweet time finalising his album. The intense genre-defying record that comes out later this year is definitely something worth waiting for.

On this Lindsay Lohan tribute (what?!) compilation, Oneohtrix Point Never, oOoOO, Autre Ne Veut and some other artists reinterpret some of this actress’ songs in a weird but wonderful way.

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LIGHT ASYLUM pictures darkness Wavy synth poppers light asylum are quite the sensation at the moment. Shannon Funchess (vocals) and Bruno Coviello (electronics) are Invading the interweb with their driven doom dance. flirting with italo house and haunting horror, the brooklyn duo create a thrilling, dark and melodramatic sound setting kids on fire around the globe.

IN Mid-may, shannon and bruno were driving across the usa on a spring tour with yacht. subbacultcha! asked them to take pictures along the way with only one word in mind.

DARKNESS. Photos by Shannon Funchess

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Prix de Rome 2011 Visual arts

Lo c a t Ar ie ion: B Amst iemond s Open erdam traat 111 Free daily: 12 .0 entr ance 0 - 22.0 0

8 - July 24 y a M n io Exhibit

prixderome.nl facebook.com/prixderome twitter.com/prixderome The oldest and most generous art award from the Netherlands presents 10 contemporary artists.

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Can makes us a selfportrait in one minute? Please see image attached. Found quickly and very representative ;) Website www.kristyfoom.com About Kristy Fenton (aka Kristy Foom) is a songwriter and visual artist living and working in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Kristy records with Mario Zoots and Kamran Khan as Modern Witch, whose style is a mix of darkwave, synth, house and electro to create a haunting club music. In addition to music, Kristy has been publishing artist books under the name Drippy Bone Books since 2007 and has exhibited her collage artworks internationally.

Exhibition Kristy’s work is on display at the Subbacultcha project space on Da Costakade 150 from 7 to 24 June, Tue-Fri, 11.0017.00. Feel free to walk in. Please do.

ART Featured artist Every month we select an artist we think is worth your while This month it is Kristy Foom

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MUSIC new releases These are the new releases that you can’t afford to miss

By Carly Blair

Austra

Feel It Break (Domino)

After a childhood spent studying piano, violin and opera, Toronto’s Katie Stelmanis was on the verge of studying opera in college when she realised that what she really wanted to make was ‘classical music with really fucked-up, distorted, crazy shit on there.’ This scandalous epiphany led her to quit school, discover electronica and eventually find Austra. After listening to this debut, I’d say she’s achieved her teenage aspirations and then some. Feel It Break weds the theatricality of Kate Bush with the dark atmosphere of The Knife in a way that’s operatic without being melodramatic, irresistibly danceable and totally spellbinding.

Shabazz Palaces Black up (Sub Pop)

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After releasing a couple of promising EPs, Ishmael Butter got signed by Sub Pop, thereby adding a bit more buzz to the increasingly fashionable ‘weird rap’ trend. The Artist Formerly Known as Butterfly (of Digable Planets-fame) continues to trade in left-field hip hop with intellectual aspirations. The production is languid and jazzy, recalling J Dilla’s vibe in general - very cool... but not exactly groundbreaking. Meanwhile, songs with titles such as ‘An Echo from the Hosts That Profess Infinitum’ employ themes and the vocabulary of mainstream hip hop, but are embellished with the occasional ‘word of the day’ and come off as kind of pretentious to me. I don’t think hip hop should automatically be considered mind-blowing just because it utilises a more experimental production or doesn’t conform to overblown rap stereotypes, and in fact I think it’s condescending to take that stance. Black Up definitely has moments of brilliance, but for me it’s a step in the right direction rather than the destination of intelligent hip hop in the future.

Julian Lynch

Terra (Underwater Peoples)

Following the success of last year’s Mare, Lynch is already back with his third full-length. Terra follows a natural progression from Mare towards a somewhat cleaner and more focused sound. While Lynch is a PhD student in ethnomusicology, his worldly, folksy post rock doesn’t sound pretentious or overstuffed with ideas. In fact, you get the impression that he can pull it all off effortlessly, as if he was the kind of guy who shuffles into class ten minutes late, in his pyjamas, hair dishevelled, then wows everyone with the laid-back beauty of his compositions while the control freaks’ painstaking pieces fall flat. His music is utterly pleasant. This can be both a good and a bad thing, but isn’t a deal-breaker as long as you’re looking to chillax rather than find the meaning of life.

MUSIC new releases

Battles

Gloss Drop (Warp)

These energetic post-rockers are finally ready to follow up 2007’s acclaimed Mirrored. Having lost guitarist/singer Tyondai Braxton to his solo exploits, they’re now a member lighter, to the chagrin of plenty of people who aren’t me. While Mirrored was certainly tight, challenging and unique-sounding, some of Braxton’s vocal manipulations were overly cartoonish and grew annoying upon extended/repeated listens.

In his wake, several guests vocalists - including Mathias Aguayo and Kazu Makino of Blonde Redhead - step in for him, some more successfully that others, but all successfully in my opinion. Gloss Drop continues to showcase their technical skill and retains a fun and caffeinated vibe, sounding like a math rock take on carnival music, but this time around the approach is reigned in just enough to make it fun for the whole family.

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Chad Vangaalen

Diaper Island (Sub Pop)

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The fourth full-length batch of offkilter pop from this reclusive Canadian songwriter/producer/illustrator. Fans of Women’s Public Strain should recognise the vibe to some extent, since Vangaalen has produced it. In fact, the positive experience of doing so lured Vangaalen out of the hermetic comforts of his basement studio and into a larger recording space for the first time, though he’s still written, performed and produced everything himself. I’m delighted he’s done so, since although his music has heretofore been intriguing and idiosyncratic, it’s sometimes been inward-gazing to a fault. On Diaper Island, the leaner, more guitar-focused and rollicking sound makes Vangaalen sound at least musically more certain and confident, and rightfully so.

Black Lips

Rainbow Arabia (Vice)

This Atlanta flower punk fourpiece has made a name for themselves with outrageous onstage shenanigans, including urination, loogie-hocking, homosexual makeout sessions, nudity, fireworks and farm animals.

Needless to say, it’s wild and fun and not particularly intellectual stuff. On their sixth full-length, they enlist the improbable assistance of hot shit pop producer Mark Ronson, Deerhunter’s Lockett Pundt, and a human skull with a microphone jammed in it. The whole scenario couldn’t be more VICE, but like Moliere, I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores. These guys would fuck you, steal your wallet AND give you an STD, but hey - life is short, so put a condom on your headphones and let this Stooges-channelling, boozy rock take advantage of you.

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Rubber

Quentin Dupieux (2010, Optimum)

In Rubber rolt een autoband geheel op eigen kracht door een dor Amerikaans landschap, willekeurige passanten eliminerend dankzij dodelijke telekinetische gaven. Volgens een openingsstatement hoeven we de film niet serieus te nemen.

Rubber is namelijk een ode aan de zinloosheid. Een politieagent maakt jacht op de band, op afstand gadegeslagen door een select publiek dat de gebeurtenissen volgt via verrekijkers. Als de autoband in een motelkamer de tijd doodt door naar Formule 1 op televisie te kijken, lijkt de onzin zijn toppunt te hebben bereikt, maar dan moet de agent zijn collega’s nog uitleggen dat ze eigenlijk acteurs zijn en moet het laatste, idiote wapen nog in de strijd geworpen worden.

Je zou bijna denken dat Rubber een tot speelfilm uitgerekte sketch is van Monty Python.

FILM dvds to see Door Gert Verbeek

Woman without Piano

Javier Rebollo (2009, Cameo Media)

Middelbare huisvrouw Rosa (Carmen Machi) probeert aan haar doodlopende leven te ontsnappen. Ze zet een pruik op, stapt zonder afscheid een nachtbus in en valt vervolgens in slaap. Als ze ontwaakt bij de eindhalte, weerhouden onzichtbare mechanismen haar Madrid te verlaten. Banjerend door de stilte van de nachtelijke stad, brengt ze de meeste tijd door met Rdek (Jan Budar). Deze zonderlinge Poolse gastarbeider heeft een obsessie voor het repareren van alle kapotte apparaten die hij op zijn pad treft. De setting en sfeer doen denken aan Martin Scorsese’s meesterlijke zwarte komedie After Hours, maar dan in het lome tempo van de droogkomische Aki Kaurismäki. Woman without Piano is vooralsnog enkel verkrijgbaar via het Spaanse label Cameo Media (met Engelse ondertiteling).

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fashion worn out

By Karin Wolters Each month fashion designer Karin Wolters takes pencil and paper out and about and draws what is worn... out.

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hese items of clothing were worn by several people on 12 May at the opening of the exhibition by Grant Willing in Foam. Woud played an amazing set.

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WHAT’s COOKING? we are cooking for....

A Tribe Called Quest

By Zofia Ciechowska Photo by Basje Boer Every month our very own Nigella Awesome does some imaginary cooking for a band she really really likes. Love does go through the stomach.

We simply suggest... DO try this at home. It is worth it.

Bon Bonita If volcanoes erupted toffee, tsunamis were waves of lemonade and hurricanes spun whirlwinds of candy floss, the world would be infinitely better. This messy toffee apple muffin recipe is a simulation of this diabetic dream. Word on the street has it that A Tribe Called Quest got back together after tasting these hot cinnamon toffee-centred delights.

Makes: about 12 toffee muffins

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Ingredients: 6 tbsp sunflower oil 2 large apples, peeled and grated 2 eggs 2 tsp vanilla extract 1 tsp cinnamon 220 g self-raising flour 100 g caster sugar 6 soft toffees

WHAT’s COOKING? we are cooking for....

A Tribe Called Quest

AppleBuns Heat your oven to 190 C. Oil your muffin tin.

Put the peeled and grated apples into a large bowl, crack in the 2 eggs, add 6 tbsp of oil, 2 tsp of vanilla extract and 1 tsp cinnamon.

Slowly add the sugar and flour into the apple mix. Stir well until smooth.

Scrape the mix into the muffin tin.

Now the exciting bit – sink half a toffee into each cake, or a whole one if you are daring enough, but it might explode all over your oven. Don’t say I didn’t warn you...

Bake for 30-40 minutes or until cooked through. Watch the toffee ooze out!

Eat hot with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or leave to cool and enjoy during a picnic in the park!

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99 problems and the bitch... ...knows the answer

Door Brenda Bosma. Illustratie Martyn F Overweel Send your problems to 99 problems@ subbacultcha.nl

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WAAA$&F!A IK WERD VANOGTEND WAKKER MET DIE LOOSER VAN EEN DENNIE NAAST ME. OMG1 IK WOU DAT IK DOOD WAS. OMG2 WAT ALS IK ZWANGER BEN?!?!$%^&*!

Je mededeling doet alle potten en pannen in mijn huis rammelen. Ik moet even bijkomen.

Aan de strekking te lezen is de situatie nogal penibel. Ik weet me nooit raad in dat soort omstandigheden. Succes, B. Jo Bitch, Ik heb sinds kort twee kittens. Heb jij nog ideeën voor namen?

Groetjes, Joyce.

Hoi Joyce, ‘Ron’ en ‘Brandsteder’ als ze astmatisch beginnen te miauwen, wanneer je ongelukkig struikelt over hun pluche muizenspeeltjes. ‘Pontius’ en ‘Pilatus’ als ze lafjes een oehoe laten creperen op je hoogpolige tapijt. ‘Obama’ en ‘Osama’ als de een de ander de vijver in duwt. Of ‘Anti’ en ‘Histamine’. Dit laatste namenkoppel is geschikt voor beide geslachten. Okeedoei, B. Hoi Bitch, Vind je ook niet dat mannen eikels zijn? Ze willen ongecompliceerde relaties met

ongecompliceerde vrouwen, maar ja, vind die maar eens.

Ik ken niemand zonder issues. Jij? Het is gekmakend!

Groetjes, Elize.

Hoi Elize, Laatst nog dacht ik dat ik gek werd. Ik was bezig die postmoderne shitgaze op te typen toen ik een zacht ratelend geluid hoorde. Ik spitste m’n oren en ging op mijn tenen door de kamer, verstijfde als een verkrampte ballerina op het moment dat het weer ratelde en stapte voorzichtig in de richting van waar het vandaan kwam. Wat bleek? Stond er al die tijd een pokerpagina open met een of andere jaren negentig ‘douche’, waarschijnlijk met cowboylaarzen aan, die losjes een aantal fiches door z’n hand liet gaan. Hij keek daarbij ook nog eens met een misselijkmakende mengeling van nonchalance en bravoure de camera in. Dat geluid van die fiches hoorde ik.

Dat hoofd zag ik. Ik dacht dat ik gek werd. He-le-maal gek.

Doei, B. Beste Bitch, Waarom zit je clitoris niet gewoon ín je vagina? Dat zou zoveel gemakkelijker zijn.

Groetjes, een tamelijk gefrustreerde zeer mogelijk aspirant aanhanger van de fluwelen inkeping.

‘... “Obama” en “Osama” als de een de ander de vijver in duwt. Of “Anti” en “Histamine”. Dit laatste namenkoppel is geschikt voor beide geslachten. Okeedoei’

99 problems and the bitch... ...knows the answer Stuur al je vragen, problemen en prangende kwesties naar 99problems@ subbacultcha.nl als jouw vraag een antwoord verdient verdien jij een good goodie.

Send your problems to 99 problems@ subbacultcha.nl

Zit ‘ie er bij jou niet in dan, tamelijk gefrustreerde zeer mogelijk aspirant aanhanger van de ... (hier schraap ik mijn keel) fluwelen inkeping? Maar ja, in sadistisch opzicht is God een meesterlijk karakter. In humoristisch opzicht ook. Gotta love him. Hang in there, B. Voor een werkstuk. Waar bevindt de ziel zich?

Dankjewel! L.

Hoi L., Moet je daarvoor niet in de spiegel kijken met een banaan in je oor ofzo? Moeilijke vraag. Is ‘t multiple choice?

Staat de optie ‘Onder je arm’ er tussen? Anders schrijf je bij ‘Overig’ een korte verhandeling over integriteit en dat het voelt alsof je je ziel aan de verkeerde conciërge hebt verkocht.

Groetjes, B

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Door Marc van der Holst

AGENDA spend your month in style

Blank Dogs play on 3 June at Paradiso in Amsterdam

Highlights in June Crystal Stilts, Tune Yards, No Joy, Oddstream Festival Chain and the Gang, Battles and Nicholas Jaar Win: continue 61 Blank Dogs, North by Northwest Festival, Destroyer and more

MAGAZINE 11/12 IS UIT! Gratis magazine met meer dan 180 concerten met de mooiste hedendaagse en klassieke muziek.

Concerttips van Nalden, Jasja Offermans, Michel van der Aa, Roeland Fernhout e.a.

Bestel snel: muziekgebouw.nl / 020 788 2000

2x2 TICKETS

BLANK DOGS 03 June - Paradiso, Amsterdam After last year’s thrilling Subbacultcha! show at dB’s, Blank Dogs are back with some more of their haunting lo-fi noise pop music.

3x2 TICKETS

De Nacht van Kunst en Wetenschap 04 June - Various locations, Groningen Tune in for a night of art, science and music. Who said taking your brain on a date isn’t fun?

3x2 TICKETS

LA NANA (FILM) Day of choice - Rialto, Amsterdam A gripping psychological thriller portraying household hierarchies in the Latino community. After 23 years of loyal service, Raquel the maid slowly starts to come undone.

frFree ee stuff STUFF Free tickets and goodies for you from us Every month we give away loads of tickets and good goodies.

Don’t you just love us for that?

To win subscribe to the mailinglist at subbacultcha.nl

3x2 TICKETS

HOWL (FILM) Howl tells about the work, life and controversy of the infamous chronicler of the Beat Generation, Allen Ginsberg. We give away 3x2 tickets to any screening.

3x2 TICKETS

NORTH BY NORTHWEST FESTIVAL 16-19 June - Overhoeks (Amsterdam Noord) The North by Northwest festival offers a thoroughly enjoyable line-up featuring concerts, performances, DJs, installations, films, food, drinks and more.

2x2 TICKETS

FESTIVAL DE BESCHAVING 18 June - Utrecht Interdisciplinary festival on the outskirts of Utrecht offering a fine selection of music, theater, art and science.

2x2 Tickets

DESTROYER 30 June - Vera, Groningen Destroyer’s Dan Bejar has built himself a reputation as one of indie’s smartest songwriters. His latest release Kaputt is bound to end up on many of 2011’s end-of-year lists.

3 cds

man man - Life Fantastic Waitsean freak folk live sensation Man Man have come up with yet another smashing record. And being the kind folks we are, we’re giving away three copies!

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focus: North by Nortwest festival. 16-19 june, over

rhoeks, amsterdam noord

agenda The eclectic filmvs-music festival North by Northwest is organised

by EYE filminstitute. Needless to say it is a festival, all about outof-the-box film, sound and entertainment.

To give you a sample, we asked artist Geoff Kim to make a selection from the cutting-edge programme and put his analogue cutting edge to work.

Images used are taken from Saturday Night Fever, Eraserhead, La maschera del demonio, films by Georges MÊliès and works by visual artist Hester Scheurwater.

Indulge in the real deal at the fest. more info at www.eyefilm.nl

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focus: holland festival. 1-26 june, vario

From opera to indie rock: the Holland Festival pushes the boundaries of performance during a month of music, theatre, dance and art crisscrossing and overlapping. Usual suspects on the programme are multimedia performance artist Laurie Anderson and groundbreaking 19th- and 20th- century composers Xenakis and Satie. Among the more surprising visitors this year are French star actress Isabelle Huppert and American indie rockers The National. Here are some highlights:

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The Long Count 01 and 02 June Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ Twin brothers Bryce and Aaron Dessner of Brooklyn-based indie band The National present an ambitious, guitar-heavy song cycle based on the mythological text Popol Vuh. Against the backdrop of a richly decorated video scenery the brothers mix sweltering rock with orchestra passages, guitar duets and almost sacral a cappella vocals, featuring the distinct voices of Kelley Deal (The Breeders), Shara Worden and The National’s lead crooner Matt Berninger.

Un Tramway 03, 04 and 05 June Stadsschouwburg Isabelle Huppert, one of the best actresses of our time, is known to most of us from cinematic masterpieces such as La Pianiste and 8 Femmes. Now she appears on stage in Un Tramway, a hypermodern update of the Tennessee Williams play A Streetcar Named Desire. The French diva, impeccably dressed by Yves Saint Laurent and Christian Dior, leads her character Blanche DuBois through violent mood swings from silence to hysteria.

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Cherkaoui | Dawson 17-25 June - Muziektheater So you think you know about dance? Check out two contemporary choreographers with completely different backgrounds and styles, but a similar hunger for adventure.

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui studied at the cutting-edge dance school of Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker. Now he mixes her stark, minimal style with hip hop and street dance influences. His London-based colleague David Dawson presents a new work in which he places classical ballet techniques in a contemporary setting, employing electronic music by Scanner.

Fela!

09-24 June - Carré Beyoncé’s husband (Jay-Z) and Will Smith’s wife (Jada Pinkett-Smith) are the producers of this Broadway smash about Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. The Nigerian saxophone player and vocalist led his huge electrified orchestras through

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political storms, delivering sharp and funky blows to the military regime of his homeland.

The Edge of Heaven 10 June - Bimhuis Spaced-out fingerpicker Gary Lucas, who collaborated with Captain Beefheart and Jeff Buckley, honours the Chinese pop music of the 1930s known from films Shanghai Triad and In the Mood for Love.

Aside from the elastic voices of Chinese pop singers Sally Kwok and Mo Hai Lin, the band includes the equally flexible drummer Billy Ficca (Television).

Before / Sleep 09-25 June FOZ office building, Zuidas The festival moves to the Zuidas business district of Amsterdam with Before I Sleep, a theatrical video art installation, where the audience is led through various rooms by an actor. The piece features music by Max Richter.

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agenda shows in JUNE

No Joy

HOLLAND FESTIVAL 01-26 June - Various locations, Amsterdam From indie rock to opera: the annual Holland Festival pushes the boundaries of performance during a month of music, theatre, dance and art criss crossing and overlapping.

(For more info, see page 66) BLACK HEART PROCESSION 01 June - Effenaar, Eindhoven 02 June - Patronaat, Haarlem Imagine these guys as vampire cowboys or something, because their desolate, almost spooky brand of indie rock, while distinctly Western, seems oblivious or even disdainful of the sunny, carefree vibe of their native San Diego. It recalls instead the likes of Nick Cave or the Tindersticks—a fitting soundtrack for driving on a lost highway.

LIGHT ASYLUM 01 June - Mode Biennale, Arnhem 02 June - OT301, Amsterdam Come witness the powerful voice of Shannon Funchess and the sharp electronics of Bruno Coviello. This New York-based duo is coming over to our capital city to smash the

dance floor to pieces with their elegant but rough mix of Italo disco and synth pop.

CRYSTAL STILTS 02 June - Paradiso, Amsterdam While the latest from this fuzzy neopsychedelic rock outfit suggests they’re In Love with Oblivion, they’re unlikely to end up in there, as their new material skilfully layers disaffected NYC cool atop a focused and addictive melodic foundation, something like a groovier Velvet Underground or Joy Division.

INCUBATED09 (FT. LOOPS HAUNT, FRANK FAIRFIELD, STRANDED HORSE) 02 June - Paradox, Tilburg Yet another challenging installation of this monthly genre-hopping music event, featuring another trio of bands from three wildly divergent genres. This night’s programme showcases traditional folk artist Frank Fairfield, glitchy hip-hopper Loops Haunt and singer-songwriter Stranded Horse.

CHAIN & THE GANG 02 June - Rotown, Rotterdam

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focus: metropolis festival 03 Juli, Zuiderpark, Rotterdam

Les Savy Fav. Photo: Nick Helderman

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Every year on the first Sunday of July, the Metropolis festival hits Rotterdam with a progressive line-up featuring all kinds of up-and-coming artists from around the globe. Amongst this year’s highlights are noisy post punk legends Les Savy Fav, who are truly one of the most exciting live bands we’ve ever seen (and we’ve seen plenty) along with Subbacultcha! favourites such as Kurt Vile & The Violators, Weekend and Fool’s Gold. Now if all that isn’t enough reason for you to head down to Zuiderpark, then here’s something that’s bound to appeal to all you cheap Subbacultcha! bastards out there: Entrance is free, so what are you waiting for? Get down there.

03 June - Vera, Groningen 04 June - De Nieuwe Anita, Amsterdam Ian Svenonius is coming to Holland with his band Chain and The Gang, who’ve just released their stellar new record Down with Liberty... Up with Chains. (For more info, see page 11) ODDSTREAM FESTIVAL (ft.

The Young Gods, zZz, Eklin, Bebe Fang) 02-05 June - Vasim, Nijmegen Kick off your own voyage to heaven with the first edition of Oddstream, a communication and multimedia festival with an emphasis on viewer participation and ‘Love and Conflict’ as a theme. Days filled with music, performance art, interactive art and film and nights filled with dancing seem like a worthy way to spend one’s Hemelvaartweekend.

BLANK DOGS 03 June - Paradiso, Amsterdam free tickets. see page 63

When Brooklyn’s Mike Sniper isn’t busy running the renowned Captured Tracks label, he finds time for his lo-fi solo project. With last year’s Land & Fixed, he veered away from the muddy production and discordant elements of earlier work, opting for a cleaner, more cold wave/synth pop feel. I predict a veritable sausage fest for girls who dig lonely weirdos.

DE NACHT VAN KUNST EN WETENSCHAP 04 June - Various locations, Groningen free tickets. see page 63

This night offers a mish mash of art, science and music... aahh, the good things in life. And the whole of Groningen’s city centre will be full of them. Expect workshops, lectures, bands, parties, scientific experiments and much more. Take your brain on a date!

BEYOND THE REALMS OF DOOM (FT FIFTH ERA, MONO-AMINE, CAPSLOCK) 04 June - OCCii, Amsterdam As the title of this micro-festival already implies, this is a night that celebrates dark and doomy aesthetics. So get your triangle chains out, carve an inverted cross on your forehead and come to OCCii for a night of ambient, drone and industrial music.

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THEE OH SEES 06 June - Paradiso, Amsterdam This extremely prolific name- and line-up-changing San Franciscan garage/psych/punk band never stays put for long. Come check out mastermind John Dwyer & Co. trot out their latest batch of entertaining shape-shifting and swampy jams before they go changing things up once again.

TUNE-YARDS 06 June - Paradiso, Amsterdam Afro-poppy bedroom folkster Merrill Garbus recently relocated to Oakland, recruited bassist Nate Brenner and headed into a real studio to produce her awesome new record w h o k i l l. These already great songs are even better live, where Garbus’ mad looping skillz and huge voice are brought to life by her infectious energy and the palpable tension between her and Brenner.

Absolutely make sure you see this cause this is not to miss!

INDIEVLOOT (FT. BLUES BROTHER CASTRO, WYE OAK, CAVE SINGERS) 07 June - Paradiso, Amsterdam Oor, Concerto and Paradiso team up to present a line-up for those who like their folk a bit ballsy, featuring earnest folk-rock duo Wye Oak, local indie rockers Blues Brother Castro, folk-pop duo Herman Dune, folk trio the Cave Singers and noisy all-girl band No Joy.

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WYE OAK 07 June - Paradiso, Amsterdam 10 June - Vera, Groningen Baltimore indie-pop duo Wye Oak are coming back for their first string of headlining dates, touring their third release Civilian that came out on Merge Records this March.

NO JOY 07 June - Paradiso 08 June - Rotown, Rotterdam This shoegazing all girl group are known for their multi-layered lo-fi take on indie pop. Their 2010 release Ghost Blonde is now finally out in the Netherlands.

THE RAVEONETTES 08 June - Tivoli de Helling, Utrecht These retrophile Danes have carved out a niche for themselves by peddling girl group-channelling two-part harmonies slathered with layers of The Jesus & Mary Chain-esque distortion and noise. Excellent opportunity to break out the leather jacket you never wear and challenge a fellow concertgoer to a bike drag race after the show.

GRASS WIDOW 08 June - OCCii, Amsterdam 10 June - dB’s, Utrecht This wonderful trio of babes play a solid mix of psychedelic post-punk with surf undertones. They’ve released their work on influential record labels such as Captured Tracks and Kill All Rockstars and are currently touring Europe to give us a taste of their lovely, twangy music.

BATTLES 09 June - Melkweg, Amsterdam This energetic post rock trio are finally ready to follow up 2007’s awesome Mirrored. This time around they’re a member lighter, having lost Tyondai Braxton to his solo exploits, but they’re as tight as ever, less aggressively math rockish and a lot more accessible.

ABE VIGODA 13 June - Paradiso, Amsterdam While these guys may have been overshadowed by the No Age hype cloud when they opened for the noise punk duo at Trouw last year, their brooding, Bowie-channelling stylistic hodgepodge is hard to pin down, ever-evolving and oozes its own unique sense of cool.

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PAPERCUTS 16 June - Paradiso, Amsterdam 19 June - Vera, Groningen San Francisco’s Jason Robert Quever makes sincere, dreamy pop music that’s thoughtful without seeming uptight, sensitive without seeming wimpy. His under-recognised discography is chock full of songs capable of moving your heart and your feet.

NORTH BY NORTHWEST FESTIVAL 16-19 June - IJ-Promenade, Overhoeks (Amsterdam Noord) free tickets. see page 63

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by Northwest festival takes place in Amsterdam Noord. The festival is hosted by EYE Film, who have cooked up a thoroughly enjoyable line-up featuring concerts, performances, DJs, installations, films, food, drinks and a special day programme for kids. Among it are 65 Days of Static, Dog Day Disco, Rocket Cinema, Hester Scheurwater, The Moi Non Plus and lots, lots more. On 18 June, we are hosting a special Subbacultcha! programme.

(For more info, see page 11) BORIS + RUSSIAN CIRCLES 17 June - 013, Tilburg This Japanese avant-garde metal trio have decided to drop three albums in a rather short period of time. Those ambitious plans call for some solid promotion. On tour!

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06/06 THE CAVE SINGERS 10/06 WYE OAK 17/06 SLIM CESSNA’S AUTO CLUB 19/06 PAPERCUTS 21/06 DAVILA 666 29/06 KURT VILE & THE VIOLATORS 30/06 DESTROYER 04/07 LES SAVY FAV Info & tickets: www.vera-groningen.nl illustratie: Gijs Deddens

a memorable experience. Chicago progressive three-piece Russian Circles are also on the bill - it’s sure to be a night of experimental indie headbanging.

FESTIVAL DE BESCHAVING 18 June - Utrecht free tickets. see page 63

Festival de Beschaving offers an eclectic programme ranging from live music, theatre, dance, literature and science. The science programme takes place in Utrecht’s botanical garden and promises some interesting new insights on the relation between man and monkey as well as the secrets of DNA. NAKED SONG FESTIVAL 18 June - Effenaar, Eindhoven The Naked Song Festival in Eindhoven aims to programme sweet and solid songwriters and strip them down to their bare essentials.

Keep your pants on, it’ll all be decent, and more than that. It’ll be decent and honest and heartwarming and true. A night to remember.

TAME IMPALA 26 June – Tivoli de Helling, Utrecht These Australian psychedelic rockers blew their fair share of minds with last year’s uniformly enjoyable Innerspeaker. Expect their kaleidoscopic sound textures and dreamy melodies to transport you to another plane, with or without the doobage.

DEERHOOF 28 June - Patronaat, Haarlem 29 June – Doornroosje, Nijmegen Over the past fifteen-plus years, this experimental indie rock foursome have developed a uniquely playful and complex sound. Their latest album, Deerhoof vs. Evil, demonstrates that they’re on top of their eclectic game, and despite their long career, they still sound like kids at heart.

DESTROYER 29 June - Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam 30 June - Vera, Groningen free tickets. see page 63

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Dan Bejar has built himself a reputation as one of indie’s smartest songwriters. On his excellent latest record, stylistic elements only touched upon in Bejar’s previous releases - jazz, disco, funk and nods to ’80s cliches – have overtaken the musical vibe, resulting in hypnotic, AM radio-ish tales of decadence and desperation.

KURT VILE & THE VIOLATORS 29 June - Vera, Groningen The Philadelphia-based folk rocker used to be part of the awesome War on Drugs but decided to continue on a solo venture. He’s been playing his psychedelic lo-fi songs on his own for only about two years now, but he’s already released tons of records, with the amazing Smoke Ring for My Halo being his latest.

ODD FUTURE WOLF GANG KILL THEM ALL 29 June - Melkweg, Amsterdam For those who missed out on the mayhem of these hip hop savages’ Queen’s Day show in Melkweg, here’s another chance to witness the bile-spewing rhymes and playful anarchy of Tyler, the Creator and his not-so-merry band of rabble-rousing smartasses.

NICOLAS JAAR 30 June - Paradiso, Amsterdam The electronic music wunderkind will grace Paradiso with his first live set in the Netherlands, accompanied by a four-piece band. His uniquely intricate and relaxing sonic pastiche incorporates elements of soul, jazz, house, sound collage and beyond. His music is great on record, and given how many of its components are acoustic in origin, should translate very well to a live setting.

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Subbacultcha’s FREE music,sig art and film in JUNE up fonr 2 June

Girls Like Us Magazine Party Ft: Light Asylum + Community Action Center (Film) + DJ Love On The Beat OT301, Amsterdam Starts 20.00 | €10 | Free for members

4 June

Chain and the Gang + the chase club + DJ barry stiletto De Nieuwe Anita, Amsterdam

€6 per mo nth

Bachelorette + The Moi Non Plus vs Eraserhead + Star Slinger IJ-Promenade, Overhoeks (Amsterdam Noord) Starts 20.30 | € 5 | Free for members

24 June

Glo-Fi Summer Pop Night Ft: How to Dress Well Trouw, Amsterdam Starts 20.30 | € 12 | Free for members

agenda Overview of all subbacultcha! shows Become a Subbacultcha! member for €6 per month and get free access to all these shows, movies and exhibitions.

For a full programme description see page 11

Starts 20.00 | €7 | Free for members

10 June

Closer Border Community Night ft: Margot, Kate Wax (dj set) + Jorn Liefdeshuis Melkweg, Amsterdam Starts 23.00 | €13 | Free for members

10 June

Swipe Ft: Box Cutter + ARP.101 and more Tivoli, Utrecht Starts 23.00 | €13 | Free for members

11 June

Julian Lynch + Big Troubles + Ducktails + DJ Takkie De Nieuwe Anita, Amsterdam

Starts 20.00 | €8 | Free for members

18 June

North By Northwest Film Festival. Subbacultcha! presents:

All Month Expo: KristY FentonSWF (Single White Female) Subbacultcha! office, Amsterdam 7-24 June | Tuesday till Friday | 11.00-17.00 | Free

Pièce de Résistance Mediamatic, Amsterdam

Daily 13.00-17.00, Sat, Sun 13.0018.00 | Free for members

FOAM Ft: the Continuity of Chaos, Misha de Ridder and Grant Willing Foam, Amsterdam Daily 10.00-18.00, Thu, Fri 10.0021.00 | €8 | Free for members

coming up Future Islands, Friendo, Dirty Beaches, Avi Buffalo, Vivian Girls, DD/MM/YYYY, Male Bonding and more

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EYE Film Institute Netherlands presents

16 - 19 June 2011

north by northwest festival Nomadic films, music, food and performances June 16 65DAYSOFSTATIC (UK): Silent Running (Trumbull, 90’) Rocket Cinema Preview June 17 CANTA DRIVE-IN: Saturday Night Fever (Badham, 118’) Dog Day Disco June 18 THE MOI NON PLUS: Eraserhead (Lynch, 83’) Subbacultcha!

Bachelorette (NZ), Star Slinger (UK) Nuit Blanche June 19 KINGALITA & The Very Good Band: Kalabaka (85’) Location: IJ-Promenade Overhoeks (Amsterdam Noord)

Right at the back of A’dam Central Station, turn left after the ferry, behind the new EYE building

Check out the full programme at

www.eyefilm.nl