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The Kill Your Darlings Issue

With the end of the year in sight, you’re bound to get sentimental and draft a list of ridiculous resolutions. But you’ll find no sympathy here, ’cause lately we’ve been in the mood for killing darlings. Even magazines have to grow up sometime. So we thought we’d talk to some of our favourite artists about the perks of ruthless self-scrutiny. Perhaps the Last Lizard said it best: sometimes you have to throw away your old shoes before getting a pair of new ones.

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Content

Ariel Pink page 18

Alex Zhang Hungtai page 24

Deers page 30

Naomi Punk page 36

Dan Bodan page 41 Recommendations 09 Recommended By 15 We Saw You 16 The Morning After 46 Featured Artist 48 Books 54 Fashion 56

Food 58 Music Reviews 60 New Films 64 Subbacultcha! Events 69 Agenda 83 Overview 94 Member Giveaways 95

Cover image by Linda Beumer

October Recommendations

December + January Recommendations Each month our staff provides you with a selection of the finer things in life. Enjoy!

Music: Lobster Theremin

Music: Kagoule

DIY electronic labels are all the rage these days. Whether it’s tape or vinyl, every crate-digging collector or producer seems to have their own imprint. Few, however, have reached the heights of Jimmy Asquith’s oddly titled Lobster Theremin in such a short span. Launching with last summer’s breakout, Palms Trax’s Equation, the imprint has since released standouts by Route8, Imre Kiss and Chicago Jim, put out their tenth official 12" and launched white and black label spin-offs featuring Palms Trax and S Olbricht. In short, the auditory treats show no signs of letting up, so keep your ears affixed.

This lovely three-piece from Nottingham is the latest band to come from England that sounds like it has actually time travelled from the ’90s American grunge scene and just kept on playing those powerful and effectively melodic songs. We’ve heard great rumours about their visceral, energetic live sets, and with their recent signing to Earache Records we’re very much hoping for a fulllength record and a European tour. Listen to: ‘It Knows It’.

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December + January Recommendations

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December + January Recommendations Misc.: Feedie

woollen blankets. Recycling-a-go-go! In a pretty stylish way, they turn these vintage leftovers into handsome coats and tops, all handmade in the Netherlands and one of a kind. wintervacht.nl

Misc.: Sleeperhold Publications

Don’t deny it – we all like to capture our prettiest food, upload it to a social media channel or two and hope our friends comment ‘Yum’. What if you could turn these food photos into a real meal, for a school kid in South Africa? The Feedie app, created by the Dutchies behind Media Monks and top model Topaz PageGreen’s charity The Lunchbox Fund, is an easy and free way to realise this. It just launched in the Netherlands, after a successful start in NYC last year. Next time you grab your phone in a restaurant, charitable food-sharing it is!

Sleeperhold is a Belgian publication platform that is doing things that make us very jealous. They’re releasing limited experiments within photography, print, stories and music by acts such as Dissappears, Moon Duo and Croatian Amor. They’re pretty much halfway through their publication agenda so it’s about time to get in on this. After releasing their ten different outputs, Sleeperhold will cease to exist – because they understand what it’s like to kill those darlings.

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Misc.: Wintervacht The designer duo behind fledgling clothing brand Wintervacht – Yoni van Oorsouw and Manon van Hoeckel – knows what to do with your grandma’s dusty flower curtains and heavily patterned

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December + January Recommendations Misc.: Keep In Touch

The recently released Humanity EP channels synthesized flutes and organically blends that with divine choirs and a touch of trance-inducing strings. Enter the Bio-Dome. musicforyourplants.tumblr.com

Misc: The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Few things are as exciting as getting something in the mail, admit it. Especially when they’re musical treats in the form of a 7" x 7" record pressed into an artsy postcard. Sign up and get one every month in 2015. Among the participating bands announced so far are Arbutus sensation TOPS, lo-fi punkers Girlpool and Brooklyn’s Big Ups. What’s more, you don’t have to worry about writing back (because who likes sending mail, right?).

Self-expression is a bitch. Words fail us, body language betrays us, eye contact terrifies us, art is what you make of it, smoke signals are a joke. In an attempt to bridge the gap between what we feel and what we express, John Koenig comes up with words that denote complex feelings or experiences we all have but fail to share on account of our inadequate vocabularies. And while his Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows is thoroughly fabricated, he does bow to etymology making it all the more tempting to introduce ellipsism, gnasche, xeno or nodus tollens into common use.

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Music: Music For Your Plants

The visions we saw in science fiction works of the past are near, and Music For Your Plants is there to document them. The Tallinn-based outfit produces a soundtrack to listen to while exploring an artificial jungle or any other scenario that fits into your futuristic ideal.

dictionaryofobscuresorrows.com

BALLAD ON APPROVING OF THE WORLD

Free Range A FILM BY VEIKO ÕUNPUU

Cast . . . . . LAURI LAGLE / JAANIKA ARUM LAURA PETERSON / PEETER VOLKONSKI / ROMAN BASKIN RITA RAAVE / MEELIS RÄMMELD etc.

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December + January Recommendations Book: De weg naar zee by Elke Geurts Recommended by Toine Donk, Das Magazin Every month we ask someone who inspires us to share something they are passionate about. This month we turn to Toine Donk, founder and editor of literary magazine Das Magazin, a man who knows a thing or two about the literary business and its un(re)solved killings of darlings.

Imagine the following. A woman becomes the mother of a girl. The child must grow up to be a better version of her mother. But the daughter is slow to walk, slow to talk, slow to everything. Her eyes are strange, they have a slanted glance. When she finally talks, she talks curiously. She has Down’s syndrome. Now imagine the following. The mother isn’t one of those parents that unconditionally accept their child. The mother starts turning the lamp in the baby’s room on and off. And on and off. And on and off. Slowly increasing the speed. The more often you do this – the mother believes – the sharper the eyes become, the faster the girl’s responsiveness, the bigger her brain capacity. And when the girl gets older, the mother turns to plastic surgery to make her daughter look more like the children in her class. Elke Geurts’ De weg naar zee (The Way to Sea) isn’t a book about how becoming a parent is ‘the most wonderful thing that ever happened to me’. It’s an extremely honest and at times extremely disturbing portrait of a woman who rejects her own child – even hating her at moments – channelling the awful thoughts that each of us have in our daily lives, but never dare utter. There are few books where ‘kill your darlings’ is more frightfully pursued than in this one. Right to the bitter end. dasmag.nl

We Saw You: TV Wonder Interview by Brenda Bosma, Photo by Mariska Kerpel

Do you borrow elements from the music you are listening to? No – not consciously, at least. Most work titles from our songs are called after the song or band they are inspired by. But we don’t blatantly rip anything off. What kind of music makes you cry? S: Neutral Milk Hotel’s reunion show in Tivoli brought me close to tears. T: I don’t ever cry from music. But the only thing that comes close is Arthur Russell, classical music on a Sunday and this demo from the cocaine sessions by Dennis & Brian Wilson called ’Oh Lord’. Any guilty pleasures? S: No. Telling people I like Drake still feels like a confession, though. T: No, I don’t feel really guilty about my pleasures. Although people find it weird that I like Miley Cyrus. What’s your favourite pastime? S: Afternoon naps. T: Wasting time. Favourite band food? We’re going through phases. First it was pizza, then roti and now we’re having an Indonesian food phase from this nice small shop around the corner from our rehearsal space.

Names: Stefan Stasko & Tibor Bijl Ages: 30 & 24 Spotted at: Performing with Ed Schrader’s Music Beat at Dokzaal Home: Amsterdam URL: www.facebook.com/ tvwonderwonder Zodiac signs: Virgo & Scorpio

To kill or not to kill your darlings? Let them have a fair trial... by combat. Aha! Sometimes it’s tricky to determine whether you discard ideas because they’re not good, or just because you’re bored of them. Who is the most critical in the band? S: I guess all of us have vetoed ideas at some point. T: I guess I am. I regularly veto any decisions I don’t agree with. I’m not sure how much longer I can keep doing that before they start a mutiny. What kind of music are you listening to at the moment? S: Run the Jewels 2, on repeat. Other than that, FKA twigs and the Unwound reissues. T: Run the Jewels 2 (a lot), TĀLĀ and Tei Shi.

The Kill Your Darlings Issue. Interview Ever the eccentric, Ariel Pink divides opinion and spurs controversy. To some his latest album pom pom is a brazen testament to all things weird, to others it’s utterly infuriating. Whatever the case, know that

Ariel Pink Phone interview by Brenda Bosma Artwork by Geoff Kim, original photos shot by Grant Singer

Mr. Pink isn’t easily offended, and don’t expect any apologies either. After all, in the grand scheme of things, it’s probably not that big of a deal. So put out what you want to put out and let those darlings be ‘Obviously my quality control is very low. I love putting out. It’s wonderful’

Ariel Pink. Continued

The Kill Your Darlings Issue. Interview Are you familiar with the phrase ‘kill your darlings’? I don’t kill anything?! What does it mean? I mean, as a figure of speech regarding the things you make? Actually, I’m so fine with everything I put out. Obviously my quality control is very low. I love putting out. It’s wonderful. But I also don’t think about quitting or throwing in the towel. Never. You never have feelings of frustration? Only in interviews when I’m expected to answer questions that they already know the answer to. Then I have to think about ways to make it more exciting, you know. Ha-ha. I believe I’m laughing now. I feel like a tool right now, but continue. Do you ever regret anything? No! Well, I regret getting married one time. You know, I don’t spend that much time thinking about things that I don’t like. I used to do that a lot when I was less confident, but I’m always open for a good argument. When somebody convinces me that something else is better than the way I see it then I’m happy to consider it. I think that’s the only way you don’t die. I don’t know. Everybody that has some sense of autonomy probably knows what I’m talking about. The only time it gets tricky is when you harm others. Right, and I haven’t had any kids yet, so. The extent of my harm is only for people that deserve it. Who are some of the people that deserve it? My mom, Janet Jordan and Jeff Beck, and anybody else who happens to cross my path. What happens then? I zap them with my masturbation deed. Then they vaporise. They become my dead babies and I have millions of them. Zap, zap, zap whenever I see one.

Ariel Pink. Continued What about feeling sorry for yourself? That’s my ground state, that’s the gasoline. Whatever kind of hang-ups I have, it’s the breast for my milk. If I’m insecure about something, I attack it – except for that monster death, of course. Every other monster is easy to face. When I feel my blood start to pump a little harder, like a nerve is being hit, then I must own that feeling, so I lunge at the thing, I question it till the cows come home to roost, until it breaks, till the insecurity breaks. There are very few things that scare me now. A courageous little trooper! I started going out with a porn star. Now I’m not afraid of that idea anymore. These kinds of things were off the table for a while. Sounds like the ultimate gateway to...I don’t know. Yeah, to a potentially healthy, functional, monogamous relationship with a real person. Is it good so far? I enjoy myself all the time, nothing can get me down. If the person starts to get me down, I know it’s them that is getting me down, and they have to take a hike. They have to make my life better than it is right now. Does that make you lonely sometimes? No, I love myself. I’ve been single for four years, I feel like I’m on a roll, I couldn’t be happier. People don’t give themselves the opportunity to be by themselves for a very long time and spend their twenties trying to act like adults and step into relationships and have kids and so on. That doesn’t make sense to me. I can have a kid when I’m 70. I checked that.

Read the rest of the interview online.

The Kill Your Darlings Issue. Interview Nothing is for ever – not even Dirty Beaches. When Alex Zhang Hungtai recently decided to end his musical project after almost a decade of his life, we thought, who better to talk to about killing your darlings

Alex Zhang Hungtai Phone interview by Brenda Bosma Photos shot by Nuno Barroso in Lisbon, Portugal

than the crooning romantic? His latest work, Stateless, is an instrumental piece about beginnings and endings. Don’t worry: he’ll continue to make music, but with a different outlook on life 25

Alex Zhang Hungtai. Continued Some decisions are hard to make, others are easier and some are made for you. How was it for you? The thing is, it feels good to let go and have the strength to move on. The ending of Dirty Beaches for me is more a symbolic thing than a creative thing; it’s more about not wanting to repeat what I’ve been doing with my life. Was there a certain facet of Dirty Beaches that didn’t sit well with you anymore? It’s just that I’m not 24 anymore, I’m 34. I think age has a lot to do with it. If I was still 24 I would do it for another ten years, but yeah. It makes me stronger in a lot of ways, because you don’t force yourself to do things you don’t want to do out of insecurity. That sounds like a process. It happened slowly, but the decision came overnight. It felt right to end it. It’s okay, it’s for myself, it doesn’t involve other people. There’s this saying to not throw away your old shoes before you’ve got new one. [Laughs] I think I’m the kind of guy who throws away the old shoes before getting new ones. Are you sentimental about it? Yeah, of course, but I really, really, really needed to move on. I think all my shoes have holes in them anyway. You’ve played and toured as Dirty Beaches for almost ten years of your life. It’s gonna continue, just in a different way. I’m looking forward to finding a new way to live my life, not living in hotels and in strange women’s houses. Are you saying that the search is over? I think that’s never over, but your perspective changes. When you achieve the dreams you had at age 18 when you’re 28, by that time

The Kill Your Darlings Issue. Interview ‘I think I’m the kind of guy who throws away the old shoes before getting new ones’

you want different things. When you’re 34 and you achieve the things you wanted when you were 28, you’re looking at something else now. And now you’ll continue your musical search as The Last Lizard. Do you think once a loner, always a loner? I think that’s the unfortunate reality there. I don’t want to be, but I’ve been let down so many times that it’s been proven that I’ll always be a loner.

Alex Zhang Hungtai. Continued

The Kill Your Darlings Issue. Interview There are absolutely no words on Stateless. I don’t think words are necessary sometimes. There’s people that I’ve met in the last two years in Europe, whom I’ve understood more without ever talking to them. Like, I’d rather give someone a coffee than ask them anything. The sounds of silence. It’s not ideal for business, that’s for sure. Imagine business meetings where no one talks. Meeting adjourned, that’s easy. So, is the album a guide to how to disappear completely? I wouldn’t take it that far. It’s a positive new horizon. Some people think it’s very negative, some think it’s uplifting. For myself, when I listen to it, it makes me sad, but after, it makes me feel better. I didn’t want to think too much about surface, appearance and aesthetics, it’s more about the inner world. Imagine you had all the luck in the world and all the will power at hand. What would be your goal from now on? I wanna be the kind of person that never doubts himself and just has good faith. I think that your world is constructed through that, and everything you say and do affects that. Do you know any jokes? What do gay horses eat? Erm... Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!! How will I ever get that properly translated on to paper? Communication is hard sometimes.

Read the rest of the interview online.

The Kill Your Darlings Issue. Tour diary Its been a whirlwind of a year for Madrid garage-pop quartet Deers. Having uploaded a pair of demos on a late night whim, they woke to a media frenzy. Wide-eyed and a little stunned by the spotlight, they’ve been

Deers Photos shot by Deers in Paris, London, Brighton

EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT’S HAPPENED SINCE!!! Giddy on all of their enthusiasm, we asked for a look behind the scenes and on the road. Disposable cameras in hand, Deers set out to document their first ever days on tour. The images are pretty self-explanatory, but the underlying lesson may not be immediately apparent: ‘having clean underwear is the most important thing’ 30

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Deers. Continued

Deers play on 16 January at De Nieuwe Anita in Amsterdam. The show is free for Subbacultcha! members.

Naomi Punk

The Kill Your Darlings Issue. Interview Isn’t growing up the same as killing your darlings? Staying young might be appealing, but growing up and shedding a few personality traits is pretty liberating. Olympian punks Naomi Punk can relate. Their Television Man LP is a visceral stab in the gut, channelling anarchic values without sounding overly political. We called members Travis and Nick when they were sipping morning coffees in their van to talk personal growth, loving your parents and living the life of a classic American cowboy Phone interview by Sander van Dalsum Photos shot by Drew Reynolds in Chicago, USA

Hey guys! Weird question: what kinds of cliques were you part of in high school? Travis: Nick wasn’t in any clique; he was barely even at school as he went to community college. But I was, like, a punk kid, you know? I was already punk when I was in the eighth grade [Laughs]. Were you nice to your parents as a little punk? Travis: No, I was not. When I was, like, 17, I moved out of my parents’ house and didn’t talk to them for three years. But now I’m pretty friendly with them! I was kind of a dramatic kid, you know? I took a

Naomi Punk. Continued lot of stuff really seriously, and I wanted to be my own person. I was living the classic American cowboy story, but in more of a punk way. There are a lot of reasons for a young person to despise society. In what kind of place did you grow up, then? Travis: We actually grew up in this small town east of Seattle, and there was nothing to do there. The people who live there are really traditional and have really shitty ideas about what life should be like. When you’re really young you don’t have access to resources and knowledge that can expose you to different cultural ideas and inspire you. But you know there’s something out there. Ah, so curiosity sparked your rebellion? Travis: Yeah, there’s no alternative to growing up, finding a wife, having kids and living this normative existence. And when you’re a teenager in this rural, suburban area, it’s pretty easy to hate that and feel there’s a conundrum in this situation. It’s actually kind of nuanced, but for the sake of this interview we’ll just say that is how it goes [Laughs]. How would you compare the person you were then with the person you are now? Travis: Now, I feel like I’m a more developed human being. If I saw myself when I was a teenager, I’d be pretty stoked. I have a lot of access to opportunities and I do cool things; I feel like I’m part of an existential community or something. I feel really empowered to do what I want and that’s not how I felt when I was 16. I feel Nick was cool back then, and he’s cool now. Nick: Yeah, I’m pretty similar, but less confused. Were there people you couldn’t stand back then? Travis: Oh, yeah. People who thought they understood everything in their world and weren’t curious about anything outside of that. People who told me I was wrong about stuff. Now my frame of

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Naomi Punk. Continued ‘I was living the classic American cowboy story, but in more of a punk way’ reference is much larger and I’m not compelled to be in a place I don’t want to be. You actually grew up! Travis: Yeah, and part of it is avoidance. I don’t live in a place where shitty, homophobic, religious people live. I have a little more perspective now on why those people are the way they are, and I see them more as victims. Plus, I have zero seconds in the day to waste my time getting stressed out about people who suck. Any other significant turning points in your lives? Travis: I quit two other bands I was in, and just focused on Naomi Punk. That was kind of intense. I quit my job in Seattle and I moved to Olympia and there was all of this unknown stuff. It was pretty much reordering everything I was doing at that time. I had a lot of eggs in one basket, so to speak. But things happen in small ways all the time. You have to make sacrifices, and sometimes you actually have to throw things away that you love.

Naomi Punk play on 30 January at De Nieuwe Anita in Amsterdam. The show is free for Subbacultcha! members.

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Dan Bodan Chat interview by Deva Rao Photos shot by Martin Thacker in Berlin, Germany

Dan Bodan. Continued On the surface, Dan Bodan’s Music radiates an amorous, tender sensuality, but to go so far as to call it ‘romantic’ is reductive in the worst way. Whatever you do, don’t be fooled by the fact that his latest full-length is titled Soft – there’s a jarring friction to his lyrical subject matter, like nails cleaving a lover’s back. With that in mind, we jumped right in and talked sacrifice, change and limitations Do you feel you’ve ever had to make concessions artistically? Only when it comes to not having enough money to produce what I want or have it produced the way I want. But content, never. People can always tell if you’ve compromised. I recently had to scrap this big-budget video because I thought it looked terrible – or rather, felt terrible – and I have absolutely no reservations. It would have muddied the vision of what I’m trying to do. What was its concept? How would it have undermined your vision? It was a big sci-fi video, and two close friends came up with a very articulate concept [for it]. Unfortunately, we hired the wrong director for the project and it became this big, un-affecting mess that no one would fix. So I dumped it. Apparently you originally intended to make Soft a dancier, EDMbased record… why’d you dump that? For the same reason: it just wasn’t working so we tried a different approach and it clicked. I don’t like to just kill projects, if something’s

Dan Bodan. Continued ‘I don’t like to repeat myself in life, and I don’t want to repeat myself in music’ not working it’s an opportunity to try something new. Once we got into the studio we had all this material and it quickly became obvious that what I thought was gonna work, wasn’t. Then, when we finally decided on the album title, there was this eureka moment and we knew exactly how to finish it. Did you at any point experience a ‘no turning back’ moment in terms of pursuing music as a career? I think when I realised there was the possibility to make my living from it. Not a very comfortable living, but an exciting one. [Otherwise I would] sell my soul to the art world or work in a call centre… What are some of the most significant sacrifices you’ve had to make in the name of your art? My sanity… just kidding. I don’t party so much any more, but that isn’t so much because of my art; I’m just kinda bored of partying all the time. I don’t feel like I’ve sacrificed anything. Did the desire to make art influence your move to Berlin? Does change drive creation for you? No, I was studying conceptual art in Prague and that was terrible, so after six months I hopped on a train to Berlin. I just wanted to be young, and in Berlin you could be young without it costing anything. I don’t like to repeat myself in life, and I don’t want to repeat myself in music. You have to go out and make the changes yourself sometimes. Would you consider emotional attachment to be a weakness? It’s a weakness if it’s doing you or someone else harm, but it’s incredible strength otherwise.

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What aspect of your personality do you feel holds you back most? I can’t really answer that; what holds me back is probably also the thing that makes me distinct. I wish I didn’t worry about money all the time but that’s not really something in me that I can change. What changes have you forced yourself to make most recently? Waking up earlier, doing things in the day. My twenties were very much ‘of the night’, and that was absolutely amazing… but I wanna see things in the sun. Word on the street is you have beef with Proust… care to elaborate? No, I just dated a jerk who Dan Bodan plays on 19 December at was obsessed with him. Goethe-Institut in Amsterdam. The show is I’m glad we cleared the air. free for Subbacultcha! members.

The Morning After: Blue Hawaii Photos shot by Kyle Tryhorn on Friday, 07 November at 11:15 am.

The Morning After is a monthly photo series depicting the scenes of a bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s post-slumber lodgings the day after their Subbacultcha! show. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how Blue Hawaii left their guest room after their show at WesterLiefde.

Featured Artist

Linda Beumer Visual artist Linda Beumer (1986) doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like to stick to one discipline, and instead relates graphics, photography and collage into neat looking designs. Her work explores the tension between the spatiality of objects and the flat surface of the image by twisting and layering until the origin of the image becomes untraceable. Beumer is part of the exhibition weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hosting in collaboration with Current Obsession in our project space this December. It will feature a whole lot of friendly faces and familiar names www.lindabeumer.com

Featured Artist: Linda Beumer Interview by Floor Kortman

Who are you? I’m Linda Beumer, 28 years old and working and living in Amsterdam. I just started a master’s at the Sandberg called ‘Cure Master’, which is all about healing and health. This will be my main focus for the coming two years, which is very exciting. I’m also fascinated by magazines and déjà vu, and I’d like to get better at keeping my plants alive! How are the disciplines you work in, graphic design, collage and photography, related? They are related as I started working with them around the same time – especially collage and graphic design – and I then started using photography as a means of documentation. What I find fascinating about photography is that it gives me a tool to freeze a moment within the process, and that the process can be endless. Whereas with graphic design it’s more of a linear process, for me at least. Your images are built from a lot of layers yet still appear very ‘flat’. How do you usually go about constructing an image? Yes, you’re right when it comes to all the layers. I’m interested

in how something that is flat can become more spatial, and then become flat again. I usually start with textual research and then build up a large image/resource collection. When it comes to building up an image, the process in front of the camera is more important than behind the camera. Through taking pictures of pictures or organising and scaling objects multiple times, I try to provoke disorientation in the way the image is perceived. You work as a designer for Current Obsessions and you’re also part of the upcoming exhibition in our project space. Can you explain what you’ll be showing? The images are an example of some visual research I just started. I’m looking into fake healing minerals I get from Ebay, discussing the fake within the real, the fake within the fake and the real in its origin. It’s almost impossible to judge them by appearance; it’s all about the energy, you have to come and experience… Linda Beumer is one of the participating artists in The Current Obsession Fake Christmas show, a group exhibition hosted at the Subbacultcha! HQ until the end of December. Join for the opening on 12 December at 17.00.

The Kill Your Darlings Issue

Featured Artist: Linda Beumer

Books: Self-Help Shelf No 8 By Marc van der Holst. Image by Lonneke van der Palen

Provo & Provocaties by Roel van Duijn & others

Every month we offer a literary helping hand with the bigger questions in life Ah yes, the ’60s. I remember them quite well. I wasn’t born yet, but many people were, and they were very happy being born, and alive. Life had been quite miserable during previous centuries and downright disastrous in the previous decades – especially the ’30s and ’40s. But things took a new turn in the ’50s, and now that the future was here, all was gonna be well. Cigarettes were gonna cure our every ill, placing flowers into gun barrels was gonna stop the war, proclaiming ‘no more rain’ was gonna stop the rain and machines were gonna do our stupid jobs for us so we could finally be free. Which is where Provo, the classic zine for 'anarchists, provos, beatniks' etc., comes in. Because: what to do with all that free time? The transition from working class

to ‘playing class’ was not gonna be without problems. Provo playfully provided answers, questions and ‘provokaatsies’ (provocative pamphlets and posters), organised happenings and came up with visionary plans like ‘Het Witte Fietsenplan’ (free white bikes for everyone, basically). The rest, of course, is history. History which you, homo ludens subcultura, can now buy and put on your retro coffee table, as Kelder Uitgeverij has put together a beautiful facsimile edition of every issue of Provo that came out in the ’60s, complete with a book featuring all the provokaatsies as well as some new texts by old provos Roel van Duijn and Jan Donkers. Kejje lachen! That’s it, I’m gonna hop on my free bike to play in our war-free, work-free country. No more rain!

Self-Help Shelf: N o1: I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon, by Philip K. Dick | N o2: Self-Help, by Lorrie Moore | N o3: 60 Stories, by Donald Barthelme | N o4: A New Path to the Waterfall, by Raymond Carver | N o5: Restroom Zen, by Jimmy Chen | N o6: Personae, by Sergio de la Pava | N o7: Museum of the Weird, by Amelia Gray | N o8: Provo & Provocaties by Roel van Duijn & others

Fashion By Mandy Sharabani. Photos shot by Isolde Woudstra

€15 Outfit Every month we give €15 to someone to compose a complete outfit for a good night out. Yes, quite the challenge Las Vegas-based wunderkind Shamir just released a smootherthan-smooth EP called Northtown via GODMODE. He forms this month's fashion inspiration for Sophie Holterman, a graphic design graduate with a penchant for the Wes Anderson aesthetic.

brother found it while cleaning out a house for a random job. I figured they’d go together perfectly for our 'Kill your Darling' scene. If you could play this male character in a movie, which one would that be? Definitely a Wes Anderson movie, because I can relate to his artistic vision. His films are very visually intricate, there’s a lot of detail in each frame. And even when something bad happens, his storytelling is still ‘feel-good’; he manages to keep it dreamy and upbeat. That would be the right context for this romantic yet ominous decor.

I'm digging your androgynous look. I was inspired by his song 'Sometimes a Man'. I'm interested in clichés, and once I had the idea for a black-and-white theme, I put together a sophisticated masculine look. The shoes reminded me of kings like Louis XlV, who used to wear them with stockings. I'm interested in the setting. Well, I found the detached mannequin body parts in a store in London and brought them home with me. As for the Persian carpet, my

Wanna go shopping for a €15 outfit? Email us at fashion@subbacultcha.nl. Shamir plays on 03 December at OT301 in Amsterdam. The show is free for Subbacultcha! members.

Sophie Holterman’s total budget spent: €14 Customised shirt: €1.50 - Thrift store, Doetinchem / Customised pants: €7 Thrift store, Utrecht / Shoes: €5.50 - Thrift store, Utrecht

Food: Cooking With... By Koen van Bommel. Image by Carlijn Potma

Bird On The Wire Every month we ask an artist to share a recipe for their favourite dish Amsterdam's indie-folk collective Bird On The Wire doesn't deal in frills or tricks; just honest, good quality music. The same can be said of their recipe for this month's Cooking With… They chose that staple food for almost every Dutchman's breakfast and lunch: bread. But don't be fooled; this is no ordinary bread. It's a special bread they take on the road. The recipe comes from the group's drummer, Nina, but that's not the only thing that makes this bread stand out: according to vocalist Rosa Ronsdorf, it has the texture of cake. Also, it looks a little like you've spent two days preparing it, while the bread’s really a breeze to make. But why go through all the hassle of baking your own bread in the first place – aside from the fact that it's tasty and makes your house smell wonderful? Rosa explains: 'We live in

Amsterdam-Noord, and there aren't any good bakeries here.' So if you live in a neighbourhood deprived of good bakeries – or maybe you just want to show off with an amazing home-made loaf – here's how to go about it: How to make Nina’s special bread • Put the oats in a large bowl and crack the eggs over them. • Add water, baking powder, salt, sunflower seeds and hazelnuts, and mix thoroughly. • Place mixture into a cake form and sprinkle linseeds and sesame seeds over the top. • Preheat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius and bake for an hour. Bird on the Wire play on 27 December at De Nieuwe Anita in Amsterdam. The show is free for Subbacultcha! members.

300g oats 4 eggs (free range) 200ml water (or soy milk) 1 teaspoon baking powder pinch of salt

sunflower seeds (a handful) hazelnuts (a handful) Topping: 1.5tbsp linseeds sesame seeds

The Kill Your Darlings Issue by Carly Blair

Music That Mattered – 2014 We asked our monthly music reviewer Carly Blair to wrap up the year in music With stressful things filling up much of my available headspace, in 2014 I often found myself losing patience for music. In those moments when I managed to recover it, I found that I’d mostly lost patience for music that didn’t require patience. Besides being a weird year for me personally, 2014 has been a weird year for music. Though the media remains as reductive as ever, no particular location nor trend dominated the musical conversation this year, and unlike last year, which was overstuffed with excellent, easy to love albums, this year’s crop of releases included few that would immediately come to mind if you were, say, writing an article about your favourite music from 2014. This blank-drawing is only partly due to the general quality of 2014 music being lower (though pop’s obsession with beats and booties rather than melodies or memorable lyrics was certainly regrettable). Rather, I’d say it’s mostly because

many of this year’s greatest albums were easy to admire but difficult to love: so emotionally, intellectually, energetically and/or temporally demanding that it was a challenge to give them the attention they required in order to be fully appreciated. Nevertheless I strove valiantly, and investing the time often yielded great rewards. As if to underscore my point, even huge pop stars managed to produce albums meaty enough to be tough to properly digest. For example, Beyoncé and Future’s latest endeavours each clocked in at over an hour, but were both filled with enough great (would-be) singles to justify their long running times, showcasing an impressive depth and breadth on the part of their creators. Rock’n’roll is another genre you’d expect to be more 'Wham, bam, thank you ma’am!' than 'Girl relax, let’s go slow, I ain’t got nowhere to go', but its 2014 MVPs’ output indeed demanded a bit of extra TLC.

Acid Jazz - Gist

Future Islands - Singles

Perfume Genius - Too Bright

Protomartyr - Under Color of Official Right

With double album Manipulator, Ty Segall channelled the excess of his glam-rock idols, resulting in his most accomplished album yet. Parquet Courts, Cloud Nothings and Protomartyr also not only met the high expectations established by previous work, but continued to raise the bar with intelligent yet visceral

albums you could geek out or freak out to. Ought burst onto the scene with a debut brainy and brawny enough to put the aforementioned bands on the defensive. However, Iceage was the biggest surprise of all, revealing that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re more than just precocious post-hardcore darlings with Plowing into the Field

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Music That Mattered – 2014. Continued of Love, one of the most soon they too will occupy cathartic and emotionalthe ranks of art rock’s ly satisfying albums I’ve upper echelons. heard in a long time. However, in spite of Speaking of satisthis fierce competition, fying emotions, Angel the title of 'Album Most Olsen, Sun Kil Moon Worthy of Your Undiand Perfume Genius vided Attention' goes to Amen Dunes - Love each did that better Swans. Michael Gira & than ever before with co. pulled off the unlikely gorgeous and gripping albums feat of topping 2012’s The Seer that explored some of the bleakest with To Be Kind, an album whose aspects of fear and human relationdynamic and emotional range and ships with one-of-a-kind wit, feistirichness of detail justify almost ness and vulnerability. infinite repeat listens. If consistency were a crime, then That said, if I had to grant the title Future Islands, Mac DeMarco and 'Album Most Worthy of Your UndiSpoon could all be convicted for vided Devotion', it would go to Amen forgoing big sonic shifts in favour of Dunes. Mysterious, hypnotic and revealing new albums that were just endlessly re-listenable, Love is a as jam-packed with hooks and permasterclass in subtlety from one of sonality as you’d expect. As they say, indie rock’s most fascinating voices. if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it! Feeling like I should engage with And what of the artists you’d music which is complex and rewardexpect a demanding album from? ing enough to be worth the time it tUnE-yArDs, St. Vincent, Wild takes to appreciate it coincides well Beasts and Owen Pallett didn’t with the transformation of Subbadisappoint, delivering complex, mulcultcha! from a pocket-sized prize tifaceted albums which proved that into something much grander in refining your craft is the best way to scope. As 2014’s best music sugcompel once you’ve lost the element gested, good things come to those of surprise. Meanwhile, Adult Jazz’s who wait, so stay tuned! audacious debut suggested that

New Films By Basje Boer

Birdman Alejandro González Iñárritu - 2015

After doing sad (Biutiful), bleak (21 Grams) and raw (Amores perros), director Alejandro González Iñárritu thought he’d try his hand at funny. But of course, it wouldn’t be an Iñárritu if it wasn’t a grandiose kind of funny, resulting in what many have already called a masterpiece. Birdman tells the story of Riggan, an actor whose claim to fame is his portrayal of a superhero (Riggan himself being portrayed by ex-Batman Michael Keaton, by the way). Eager to restore his reputation, Riggan makes his Broadway debut as a writer, actor and director in a play adapted from a rather depressing Raymond Carver story. We follow this progressively desperate man, his cynical daughter and the troublemaking cast as opening night closes in. Release: 22 January When you’ve finished this one, start watching... • Even more heart-wrenching than sad man Riggan is the alcoholic actress Gena Rowlands plays in John Cassavetes’ Opening Night (1977). When a young fan gets killed in a car accident, the stage diva spirals into a whirlwind of emotion, fuelled by hard liquor. • One of the funniest backstage comedies is Living in Oblivion (1995), starring Steve Buscemi as an ambitious but mediocre indie director and Catherine Keener as his female star. Take after take is ruined by moody crew members, the exceptionally low budget of the production and actors who are either insecure or arrogant. And then there’s the ‘dream sequence’...

New Films

Mr. Turner

Free Range

Mr. Turner

Free Range

Mike Leigh - 2014

Veiko Õunpuu - 2014

Famous for his heartfelt depictions of flawed people and their relationships, acclaimed filmmaker Mike Leigh has turned to JMW Turner. His biopic of the 19th-century painter is as touching as it is funny, portraying Turner as a paradox of traits and emotions. He gives us a man who pokes fun at his contemporaries but also at his most important ally. Mr. Turner competed for the Palme d’Or in Cannes, where Timothy Spall won the best actor prize for the titular role. release: 11 December

Estonian filmmaker Veiko Õunpuu roamed the film festivals with his acclaimed drama Autumn Ball and batshit crazy The Temptation of St. Tony before giving the world Free Range, an ode to both the American rebels of the Sixties and the cool of the nouvelle vague. Rough-edged antihero Fred is a writer who would rather spend his time drinking. The film opens with him getting fired as a film critic after calling Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life ‘faggoty’. Things quickly go downhill after that... release: 18 December

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Those Foreign Kids: 01 September

New Music: Solar Year

Film: Lydia Ainsworth

Solar Year (Ben Borden and David Ertel) have become part of the eponymously cool Montreal music family with a bunch of new-age electro-pop tracks under their belt, not to mention some guest vocals from the Grimes goddess herself. The duo have been heard to call their music ‘psalmgaze’, something probably said tongue-in-cheek but immediately pounced on by rabid music journalists like myself – all because of a Gregorian chant sample, ha! Check out their Brotherhood EP, available for free download on the Arbutus Records website and be on the lookout for their fulllength, Waverly, which is due to appear at the end of June on Splendour.

Brooklyn music lady Lydia Ainsworth is simply thrilling. Lydia, if you’re reading this, come and have pizza with me! Come and have pizza with the world! This former student of Joan La Barbara has composed for filmmakers, visual artists, poets and contemporary dance groups, putting her at the epicentre of artistic expression, making her the coolest lady everrr. Lydia’s otherworldly vocals are accompanied by a string quartet, drummers, keyboards and this brilliant self-devouring fast-food collage animation. Listen and be happy.

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Music, art and film in December 2014 and January 2015 Those Foreign Kids: 01 September

Those Foreign Kids: 01 September

Film: Lydia Ainsworth

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Solar Year (Ben Borden and David Ertel) have become part of the eponymously cool Montreal music family with a bunch of new-age electro-pop tracks under their belt, not to mention some guest vocals from the Grimes goddess herself. The duo have been heard to call their music ‘psalmgaze’, something probably said tongue-in-cheek but immediately pounced on by rabid music journalists like myself – all because of a Gregorian chant sample, ha! Check out their Brotherhood EP, available for free download on the Arbutus Records website and be on the lookout for their fullShamir: 03 December - OT301, Amsterdam. length, Waverly, which is due to appear The show is free for Subbacultcha! members. at the end of June on Splendour.

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Shamir + Soft Lift + Fitness

that divides eclectic goofiness and a studied, psych-pop sheen, their goodtime music manages to sound fun without ever tipping over into parody. It may be highly reverential and fashionably retro, but their slacker charm and infectious, ragged indie – think lo-fi reverb, with added sax appeal – go a long way to putting a smile on your face and a spring in your step.

03 December - OT301, Amsterdam 20.30 | €8 | Free for members Blessed with a voice that drips with honey and sparkles like a glitter ball, Shamir Bailey may well have released some of 2014’s most underrated music. The Las Vegas native makes soulful, forwardthinking pop music that combines just the right amount of Sin City’s sleaze and glamour with sultry, late-night grooves. Latest single 'On The Regular’ showcases exactly why many think he’ll be one of next year’s biggest and brightest stars.

The Garden

06 December - OCCII, Amsterdam 20.30 | €7 | Free for members

Wampire

04 December - Rotown, Rotterdam 20.00 | €10 | Free for members There’s much to love about Portland’s Wampire. Skilfully navigating the line

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Young Wolf: Somewhere Else 12 December

Guerilla Toss: 14 December

put you off either; there's plenty of aggression and smarts in their whirlwind, bass'n'drums take on post-punk. Short, but very, very sweet.

live collaboration Young Wolf, and brings back Nachtdigital nightingale Lena Willikens, Red Light Radio wizard Orpheu and a full Malawi contingent.

Somewhere Else

Guerilla Toss + Batalj

Young Wolf + Lena Willikens + Orpheu The Wizard + Malawi 12 December - DeVerdieping, TrouwAmsterdam 22.00 | €18 | Free for members until 23.00 While we’ve been busy grilling everyone on all of the darlings they once killed, our friends just over the Amstel are laying their dearest to rest. By 03 January, TrouwAmsterdam will be no more, and to mark that inevitable end we’re heading to their raucous basement for one final night of electronic oddity. On 12 December, Somewhere Else introduces Amsterdam to Young Marco and Wolf Müller’s

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14 December - Poortgebouw, Rotterdam 21.00 | €5 | Free for members It's been a while since we’ve heard anything as abrasive as the unholy racket that Guerilla Toss serves up. With their (black) flag planted firmly in the nowave camp, there's an unfettered fury to the squawking vocals and fractured thrash of most of the instruments that will make this one of the loudest, most unpredictable gigs of the year. Batalj, an 'experimental mayhem outfit' from Berlin, cements the night as one best avoided by the faint of heart.

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Saint Pepsi: 18 December

terial under the Saint Pepsi moniker. His songs are unapologetically close to bubblegum pop, but with a retrofuturistic and sample-heavy approach. Vaporwave, future pop, liquid disco… call it what you want. What remains clear is DeRobertis’ forward-thinking 2.0 aesthetics and his ability to keep it fun while infusing his music with ample food for thought.

Swedish duo jj's music has always had an icy, introspective vibe, but recent album V might be their prettiest, brightest output to date. Their songs are as atmospheric as ever, but everything's grander and more ambitious, the sound of a band creeping out of the shadows and becoming more comfortable in their own skin. Winter may finally be here, but sometimes there's beauty amid the gloom, gales and snow; jj are here to help you find it.

Dan Bodan

19 December - Goethe-Institut, Amsterdam 21.00 | €8 | Free for members

Saint Pepsi

There's a distinctly chilled-out, Balearic vibe to singer-producer Dan Bodan's work; his music swings in and out of focus, woozy synths swimming around his crystal clear voice. In fact, on some songs, he almost croons, a modern-day

18 December - EKKO, Utrecht 20.00 | €10 | Free for members Ryan DeRobertis has been gaining influence within the so-called post-internet scene since he first released ma-

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Nancy Acid: 27 December Gazelle Twin: 02 January

lounge lizard for the electronic generation. But while ‘less is more’ may be his philosophy, there's a beauty and soul behind the simplicity that elevates this beyond merely aural wallpaper to something that deserves your undivided attention.

ugly Christmas sweater. Local folk outfit Bird On The Wire will charm your pants off with their soft and smooth indie sound lulling you into a serene state of mind. Additional dreaminess will be provided by pop wonder Bea, while DJ Boris Becker will push you into uncharted territory with her courageous set.

End of the Year Party

Gazelle Twin + Bernholz

ft. Nancy Acid + Bird On The Wire + BEA + DJ Boris Becker 27 December - De Nieuwe Anita, Amsterdam 20.00 | €7 | Free for members We wrap up the year with a showcase of charming acts in Amsterdam’s homiest venue. Aruban-sprung duo Nancy Acid is all the rage these days – their mix of noisy garage and lo-fi punk is guaranteed to make you stomp on your own

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02 January - De Nieuwe Anita, Amsterdam 20.00 | €8 | Free for members Brutal, uncompromising, violent. Elizabeth Bernholz’s music is many things, but easy on the ears is not one of them. Exploring themes of bodily decay and weakness, her new album Unflesh is a full-on sonic assault that combines sick-

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lection of songs while screaming at the top of their lungs ‘Deliver me from heaven’. While there are tangible influences like PJ Harvey and Sleater-Kinney in the mix, their punk sound is precise, finished and stunningly executed. Needless to say, they’re getting the ‘deluxe Special Edition treatment’. Mourn, teenagers, mourn.

ly synths, sinister beats and slabs of distortion into an unsettling whole, as terrifying as it is thrilling. Support comes from her husband, Bernholz, whose own experimental pop is dialled down a notch, but no less intriguing.

Deers

16 January - De Nieuwe Anita, Amsterdam 20.00 | €8 | Free for members

Subbacultcha! x Wham!Wham!Wham! Eurosonic Day Party

There's a wondrous, ramshackle charm about this Spanish group that only the most enthusiastic DIY bands can muster. Part Spector, part C86, part laid-back surf rock, there are so many influences at play it’s almost impossible to keep track. And yet, they make picking up an instrument and playing with wild abandon next to your best friend sound like the most fun thing in the world. Which it obviously is. So here’s to Deers.

17 January - Sign, Groningen 13.00 | Free for all

With Europe’s premiere showcase festival Eurosonic/Noorderslag knocking on our door, we’re heading back up to glean the cream of its crop and stash it in our northern home, the Sign Gallery. Teaming up with local brethren Wham! Wham! Wham! on the Saturday afternoon, we’ve lined up yet another outlandish edition of our annual Eurosonic Day Party. While this year’s exact billing remains a closely guarded secret, with the likes of East India Youth, Larry Gus and Girl Band among last year’s ranks, you can expect a few of our festival highlights to take the Sign stage. Come one, come all.

MOURN

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Pop. 1280

Naomi Punk

21 January - OCCII, Amsterdam 20.30 | €7 | Free for members

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Pop. 1280 are a throwback to a time when sex and danger went hand in hand, to a scuzzed-out past where artpunk ruled the roost, to when concerts were a test of endurance as much as a right of passage for callow youths. They want to drag you with them all the way to the gates of hell, kicking and screaming if necessary, and aren't afraid to kick open the doors to your mind to do so. Raw, intense and savage; this will blow away those New Year blues.

Naomi Punk are three young men who know exactly what kind of music they want to make; a rough, unstructured take on grunge that nevertheless hides a few canny melodies and moments of beauty. That they hail from the Pacific Northwest should come as no surprise, but what does delight is an all-too-rare subtlety, and the way they get so much elegant mileage from vocals buried deep and guitars thick-as-sludge.

18+

Trust

31 January - WORM, Rotterdam 19.30 | €tba | Free for members

Some bands, and some music, sound perfectly of their time; LA duo 18+ are one such example. They craft elegant, minimalist R&B that chimes perfectly with their post-internet identity. Amid all the anonymous mixtapes, weird symbols and haunting videos, their electronic jams cast a critical eye over our social media obsessions and the nature of identity in this Web 2.0 world. The quality of their debut proper Trust means they won't be operating in the margins for much longer.

Now a predominantly solo affair, there's a darker edge to Robert Alfons' retro '80s pop that blends elements of krautrock and New Romantic synths. It's also unashamed of its dance roots, even though it swings more towards a 4am, club comedown kinda vibe as opposed to disco's joyous sheen. This is the soundtrack for those who like their eyeliner thick, their lipstick smeared and the gritty decadence of clubs where you check your morals, and inhibitions, at the door.

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broker to the screen, adding some classic scenes and dialogue to the realm of cult cinema. Fancy business cards, Huey Lewis and the News, chainsaws and hard bodies: these elements will for ever be linked to Bateman. In conparison to the disturbing novel, the added value is in the snappy tone and, of course, the awesomeness of Christian Bale.

09 December - LantarenVenster, Rotterdam tba | €9 | Free for members Hungarian filmmaker Kornél Mundruczó caught the attention at film festivals worldwide with his features Pleasant Days and Delta. His latest film, White God, combines social critique and satire, inviting us into a world where the lowest of lifeforms stand up to the powers that be. By increasing taxes on bastard dogs, the government hopes to stimulate the breeding of pedigree dogs. In consequence, dog owners try to rid themselves of their mutts. When Hagen, the dog of 13-year-old Lili, is left in the street by Lili's father, he joins a pack of hounds that roam the streets and plot revenge against the humans.

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13 December - EYE, Amsterdam + Q&A with Veiko Õunpuu 21.15 | €10 | Free for members 06 January - LantarenVenster, Rotterdam tba | €9 | Free for members

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17 December - Studio/K, Amsterdam tba | €9 | Free for members A serial killer icon if ever there was one, Patrick Bateman is simultaneously terrifying and hilarious. After being brought to life by writer Bret Easton Ellis as the embodiment of the Eighties, director Mary Harron and actor Christian Bale brought the sociopathic Wall Street

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After two brilliant films – Autumn Ball and crazy comedy The Temptation of St. Tony – Estonian filmmaker Veiko Õunpuu gives us Fred, the too-cool-for-school anti-hero of Free Range, an ode to romantic rebellion. After criticising Terrence Malick's Tree of Life for being 'faggoty', Fred loses his job writing movie reviews. And Fred, who claims to be a writer, seizes the opportunity to expand his drinking habits, much to the chagrin of his girlfriend. Õunpuu shot on delicious 16mm film stock, the terrific soundtrack featuring Scott Walker and Joan Baez adds to its charm.

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hibition shows only a small selection of Maier’s massive archive, her intriguing background leads many to look for meaning and value within her blackand-white photography. Maier’s show is paired with a large solo exhibition of the famous Japanese photographer Araki that opens 19 December.

Subbacultcha! HQ, Amsterdam We’re collaborating with Current Obsession to create a nice big group exhibition party at our own humble abode. There will be art by some of our favourite people such as Boris de Beijer, Lonneke van der Palen, Linda Beumer and Céline Manz. The opening will be on 12 December from 17.00 till 22.00.

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TENT hosts the group manifestation The Value of Nothing in which they present five new art projects, fieldwork residencies and public programme about the reconsideration of the value of art. Also on view are the nominees of this year’s Dolf Henkes Award, an award to celebrate iconic Rotterdam artists.

Foam is gearing up for a busy winter with their blockbuster exhibition by American street photographer Vivian Maier. Though the retrospective ex-

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tional events. Join for the Biotalk on 15 January: leading bio-artists, scientists and designers will dispel the speculation surrounding their practice.

Great news! From 13 December, that other photography museum on the Keizersgracht will also be free for our members! This winter they’re hosting a large group exhibition about dance and photography. Two disciplines that initially seem to have little in common, but as the exhibition proves, photography is especially suited to highlight the graphic quality of the movements of dance.

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Wilhelminakade, Rotterdam Open Tue-Fri 10.00-17.00, Sat and Sun from 11.00 €9 | Free for members The photo museum is hosting a very special exhibition by Dutch photographer Ilvy Njiokiktjien, who spent a year and a half travelling around the country, photographing various birthdays from 1 to 100. Still on view is the work of Marc Cohen, whose black-and-white close-ups show great detail in clothes and skin and evoke a certain uncomfortable feeling within the viewer.

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Dijksgracht, Amsterdam Open Wed-Sun 13.00-18.00 Mediamatic will be leaving its playground by the water and moving to another area in the city where from January onwards they'll host their idiosyncratically educa-

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Agenda. December + January On the following pages you’ll find a fine selection of concerts, festivals and exhibitions taking place around the country Art: Museé des Possibilités Until 10 January – Galerie Rianne Groen, Rotterdam One of the most exciting galleries in Rotterdam is showing a group exhibition about the art of exhibiting. Including works by Yoeri Guépin, Tim Hollander, Dico Kruijsse, Daan Lievens and Luuk Schröder.

of orchestral grandeur that makes their music more powerful and more moving than that of many of their post-rock peers. Opener Helen Money pushes the cello into daring and dark new directions. Music: The Wands 03 December - Paradiso, Amsterdam 04 December - W2 Poppodium, ‘s-Hertogenbosch 06 December - Supermarkt, Den Haag Copenhagen’s The Wands are far from the only band joining the ’60s psych revival the musical world’s been tripping on for the past few years, but they are among the best at transforming obvious influences into a sound that’s uniquely their own.

Art: Melanie Gilligan and The Otolith Group Until 25 January - Casco, Utrecht Relocated to Lange Nieuwstraat, Casco’s got two solo shows on display. The first, by Melanie Gilligan, draws on a feminist sci-fi tradition to examine how our interactions are entangled with capitalist conditions, while the second by Otolith Group shows three new works that focus on a micro artefact of the grand Pan-Africanism project: the postal stamp. Art: Tony Oursler – I/O Underflow Until 29 March - Oude Kerk, A'dam Special exhibition of site-specific works by legendary artist Tony Oursler.

Art: Hijacking Karma #2 04 December – Nest, Den Haag One Nest Stand is a group exhibition about the origins and authenticity of art and an exploration of gaining karma through art. With works by Bob Eikelboom, Just Quist and the curator of this exhibition, Daniel van Straalen.

Music: Mono + Helen Money 02 December - Vera, Groningen 04 December - Patronaat, Haarlem With their purely instrumental compositions, Tokyo’s Mono tap into a kind

Music: Arca + Jesse Kanda (visuals) 04 December - OT301, Amsterdam Hyped for his contributions to Kanye West’s Yeezus and FKA twigs’ EP2, Venezuelan producer Alejandro Ghersi’s

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Agenda. December + January work is futuristic in the most unique of ways and thoroughly thought provoking. He’ll be joined by long-time visual collaborator Jesse Kanda.

poser and indie violinist-for-hire Owen Pallett seamlessly intermingles the sublime with the mundane in a way that’s relatable without sacrificing his ability to inspire awe.

Music: Sun Kil Moon 04 December - Paradiso, Amsterdam Red House Painters frontman and Sun Kil Moon mastermind Mark Kozelek’s crackling, warm voice and melancholic-bordering-on-depressing and honest-bordering-on-creepy lyricism call to mind fellow members of the oddball Americana avant-garde like Jason Molina and Will Oldham.

Music: J Mascis 06 December - Vera, Groningen 07 December - Tivoli de Helling, Utrecht Best known as frontman of ’90s indie rock legends Dinosaur Jr., J Mascis has been active in several other projects and has also released three albums of stripped-down and gorgeous indie folk.

Music: Wampire 04 December - Rotown, Rotterdam 14 December - Paradiso, Amsterdam Portland’s Wampire seek immortality via breezy organ-driven pop that sometimes sounds like Ric Ocasek and the synth player from Dire Straits decided to reimagine ‘Walk of Life’ as the soundtrack for a long nighttime drive after a breakup.

Music: The New Pornographers 06 December - Doornroosje, Nijmegen 07 December - Melkweg, Amsterdam This Canadian supergroup has released some of the catchiest and cleverest indie pop around. Their sixth album, Brill Bruisers, takes the nimbleness of classic pop hits and bulks it up enough to knock out even the most complacent of modern-day music listener.

Music: Jungle 05 December - Tivoli de Helling, Utrecht 06 December - Melkweg, Amsterdam This London collective’s dancefloor friendly, synth-tinged neo-soul and savvy visual identity have helped catapult them from obscurity to sold-out shows worldwide and a Mercury Prize nomination.

Festival: State-X New Forms 12 December - Den Haag Read more on page 91. Theatre: Medea (premiere) 13 December - Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam Young and brash theatre director Simon Stone sets the ever-confounding story of murderous Medea in a contemporary context. The performances on 22 and 29 January will have English surtitles, so no excuses!

Music: The Rest is Noise: Owen Pallett 05 December - Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ, Amsterdam Canadian multi-instrumentalist, com-

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Agenda. December + January Music: Run the Jewels 20 December - TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht Comprised of rap titans El-P and Killer Mike, Run the Jewels’ mix of aggressive beats, vicious disses, passionate intellectualism and hilarious antics elevate this ‘side project’ to gargantuan proportions.

Film: International Film Festival Rotterdam 21 January-01 February 2015, Rotterdam Read more on page 89. Music: Broeder Dieleman 22 December - Rotown, Rotterdam 28 January - Vera, Groningen Despite his singing in Zeelandic dialect, this Dutch folk singer’s music contains enough warmth and mystery to fascinate even those who can’t understand a lick of what he’s singing about.

Festival: Stille Nacht Festival ft. Jacco Gardner + Broeder Dieleman + I Am Oak 20 December - Underground, Lelystad 21 December - Effenaar, Eindhoven 22 December - Rotown, Rotterdam This travelling festival affords the perfect opportunity to snuggle up with intimate singer-songwriter, Americana and indie-pop tunes that pair perfectly with snow-muffled winter nights.

Art: Nachtelijke Dwaling #6 with Melanie Bonajo 30 January - Oude Kerk, Amsterdam Another night of art and fun in the beautiful Old Church, this time lead by quirky artist Melanie Bonajo.

Festival: Eurosonic Noorderslag 14-17 January - Groningen The premier conference and showcase for European music in general and, during Noorderslag, Dutch pop music in particular. The quiet streets and noisy bars of Groningen never fail to charm, and Subbacultcha!’s most excellent free day party consistently rules.

Festival: Grauzone Festival ft. The Fall + Clan of Xymox + The Oscillation + more 30-31 January - Melkweg, Amsterdam Read more on page 93. Music: Disappears 31 January - EKKO, Utrecht This krauty, repetition-loving Chicago group has described their sound as ‘music for record collectors’. Their latest album, last year’s Era, finds them slipping Liars and Clinic into their usual crate of influences.

Music: Cymbals Eat Guitars 20 January - Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam These New Yorkers graduated from playing Weezer covers to being an admired ’90s (sounding) indie-rock band in their own right. Their latest album, LOSE, solidifies their position as heirs apparent to impassioned predecessors like the Wrens, Modest Mouse and Built to Spill.

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Agenda. December + January By Basje Boer

IFFR It’s not easy to underestimate the International Film Festival Rotterdam, with its countless film premieres, special screenings, Q&As, art, music and much, much more. Here’s our humble festival guide. 21 January–01 February - Rotterdam

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Atlantic Thekla Reuten and surfing champion Fettah Lamara star in Dutch drama Atlantic. A young Moroccan fisherman leaves his small village, a hip destination for young tourists, to discover Europe by surfboard.

ways on her back. But then she falls in with a gang of street smart girls, making her feel free for the first time in her life. The Tribe Sergey and Anna meet in a boarding school for the deaf. Sergey is the new kid, finding his way in the school’s criminal network. Anna is one of the girls he’s supposed to pimp.

Dos disparos Argentine drama Dos disparos tells the story of teen Mariano who finds a gun and absent-mindedly shoots himself. But he survives and now he has his friends and family to deal with.

Toto and His Sisters While waiting for their mother to get out of prison, three Roma siblings run the household themselves. In doing so, they’re forced to grow up fast in a world of poverty and drugs.

Eden Mia Hansen-Løve is one of today’s most distinct voices in European cinema. In Eden she portrays the French dance scene of the Nineties, featuring the likes of Daft Punk and Cassius.

Los Hongos Ras and Calvin roam the streets of Colombian city Cali on their bike and skateboard. Their lives are tough but filled with graffiti art and daydreaming.

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Grauzone The perfect antidote to today’s over-produced, uninspired pop music, Grauzone Festival links classic post-punk and new-wave bands with a slew of contemporary artists who embrace the genres’ original anarchic ethos. 30–31 January - Melkweg, Amsterdam

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The Fall With enough former members to line a city block and a frontman as confounding as Mark E Smith, the continued existence of prolific Mancunian post-punk pioneers The Fall is nothing short of a miracle. Thirty-nine years and 31 albums in, though, The Fall remain as abrasive and electrifying as ever.

tious synth-pop that feels almost like a guilty pleasure. Rarely have doom and gloom been so thrilling. Camera Although their brand of psychedelia is absolutely enthralling, Berlinbased trio Camera are one of those bands that fall victim to lazy music journalism: because of that one time they jammed in a subway station, they’ll be for ever dubbed ‘Krautrock Guerilla’. So you should go see them and get your facts straight.

D.A.F. What The Fall are to British postpunk, Deutsche Amerikanische Freundschaft are to German new-wave. Considered by some as the grandfathers of techno, D.A.F. have blazed a trail of industrial electro-punk lashed by cracking satirical prose since 1978 and show few signs of letting up.

Helena Hauff Known for inducing heart palpitations with her intense assemblages of acid, EBM and electro, Helena Hauff would now like you to dance. Proof to this is her latest EP, Shatter Cone, out via Lux Rec, which translates her signature sound for the dancefloor.

Trust After parting ways with Austra’s Maya Postepski, Robert Alfons has released a second Trust record this spring called Joyland: a collection of ostenta-

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State-X New Forms Eleven years into its mission to promote avant-garde rock, cutting-edge electronic music, and art, this festival remains as unpredictable and enamoured of uncompromising artists as ever. So many eventual superstars have graced their stages over the years (e.g. Aphex Twin, Flying Lotus, Sonic Youth), you’d be silly to expect anything other than a peek into the future. 12–13 December - The Hague

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Chicks on Speed The new album from these multimedia pop deconstructionists, Artstravaganza, features contributions from collaborators like Yoko Ono and Julian Assange, as well as some of their most ambitious work yet.

Rich Aucoin Something like a more earnest Dan Deacon, this Canadian makes hyperactive, Technicolor, life-affirming synth pop, and his euphoric, highly interactive live shows are the stuff of legend. Thus: Owls Montreal-based husbandwife duo Thus: Owls’ experimental folk strikes a nice balance between warmth and melodrama. Their new album, Turning Rocks, was longlisted for the Polaris Music Prize.

Hiss Golden Messenger MC Taylor fronted The Court & Spark before relocating to North Carolina and forming Hiss Golden Messenger, whose countrified folk rock is as easygoing and enjoyable as a backyard barbecue.

Mouse on Mars This veteran German electronic duo has mastered the art of reinventing themselves, dabbling in everything from IDM to krautrock, disco and ambient with consistently exciting results.

Atari Teenage Riot After disbanding in 2000, these German electropunks returned in 2010, their hyperactive mix of techno, hip hop, speed metal and punk having lost none of its radical fervour in the meantime.

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16 January

OT301, Amsterdam 20.30 | €8 | Free for members

Sugarfactory, Amsterdam 20.00 | €12.50 | Free for members

De Nieuwe Anita, Amsterdam 20.00 | €8 | Free for members

Shamir

04 December

Wampire

Rotown, Rotterdam 20.00 | €10 | Free for members

06 December

The Garden

OCCII, Amsterdam 20.30 | €7 | Free for members

09 December

Film: White God

LantarenVenster, Rotterdam tba | €9.50 | Free for members

12 December

Somewhere Else

22.00 | €18 | Free for members until 23.00

13+14 December

17 December

Film: American Psycho

Studio/K, Amsterdam tba | €tba | Free for members

18 December

Saint Pepsi

EKKO, Utrecht 20.00 | €10 | Free for members

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19 December

Dan Bodan

Goethe-Institut, Amsterdam 21.00 | €8 | Free for members

27 December

End of the Year Party De Nieuwe Anita, Amsterdam 20.00 | €7 | Free for members

Expo: Current Obsession

02 January

13 December

06 January

EYE, Amsterdam 21.15 | €10 | Free for members

LantarenVenster, Rotterdam tba | €9.50 | Free for members

Subbacultcha! HQ, Amsterdam 12.00 - 18.00 | Free for all

Film: Free Range

Gazelle Twin

De Nieuwe Anita, Amsterdam 20.00 | €8 | Free for members

Film: Free Range

14 December

15 January

Poortgebouw, Rotterdam 21.00 | €5 | Free for members

Mediamatic, Amsterdam 20.00 | €7 | Free for members

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17 January

Eurosonic Day Party Sign, Groningen 13.00 | Free for all

17 January

MOURN

De Nieuwe Anita, Amsterdam 20.00 | €8 | Free for members

21 January

Pop. 1280

OCCII, Amsterdam 20.30 | €7 | Free for members

29 January

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OT301, Amsterdam 20.30 | €8 | Free for members

30 January

Naomi Punk

De Nieuwe Anita, Amsterdam 20.00 | €8 | Free for members

31 January

Trust

WORM, Rotterdam 19.30 | €tba | Free for members

All month: Foam, TENT, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Huis Marseille

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