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So this year’s Visions festival was another cracking success huh? Sunshine, bands and smashing my phone to death...oh wait. Well that bit wasn't great, but I don't think I can blame anything other than myself, and maybe Girl Band. Yes, let's blame Girl Band; Dara, you owe me a new phone. As festival season draws to a close we've got our fingers crossed for sunshine and a light breeze for camping at End Of The Road. Either way we'll have fun, but our hangovers would appreciate tents that
aren't flooded. Come say hi as we attempt to get people dancing when we're DJing at 7pm on the Friday, we promise to play only the hits. There's so much to get stuck into this month, I don't think we've ever seen such an impressive release schedule. Don't worry though, we're here to help you sift through it all. And if you're ever in need of more? Head to the site, we've got you covered.
STAFF ON REPEAT the tracks we can’t stop listening to this month JESS: AUTRE NE VEUT - WORLD WAR PT.2 DAVE: PALEHOUND - HEALTHIER FOLK LOKI: SILVERSUN PICKUPS - NIGHTLIGHT DANNY: YUNG - BLUE UNIFORMS GEMMA: DEERHUNTER - SNAKESKIN AUTRE NE VEUT
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LEFTFIELD
+ CLEAN CUT KID & ROSEAU 17.09.15 BRIXTON ELECTRIC
FLORENCE + THE MACHINE
+ THE STAVES 21.09.15 OUT SOLD ALEXANDRA PALACE 22.09.15 OUT LD SO ALEXANDRA PALACE 24.09.15 OUT SOLD ALEXANDRA PALACE 25.09.15 OUT LD SO ALEXANDRA PALACE
YUNG
23.09.15 SEBRIGHT ARMS
WOLF ALICE
+ DRENGE & MADE VIOLENT 26.09.15 BRIXTON 02 ACADEMY
SLEAFORD MODS 02.10.15 FORUM
THE STRYPES 02.10.15 KOKO
BABY STRANGE
06.10.15 BOSTON MUSIC ROOMS
MEADOWLARK 06.10.15 THE LEXINGTON
GENGAHR 08.10.15 SCALA
14.10.15 ROUNDHOUSE
ALL WE ARE 14.10.15 SCALA
JP COOPER 15.10.15 KOKO
ANNE-MARIE 21.10.15 OUT SOLD OSLO HACKNEY
METZ
+ PROTOMARTYR & SPRING KING 01.11.15 SCALA
BROKEN HANDS 03.11.15 OSLO HACKNEY
ALGIERS
09.11.15 THE LEXINGTON
VAULTS 11.11.15 KOKO
LUCY ROSE
+TRUST FUND 21.10.15 DOME TUFNELL PARK
+FLYTE & C DUNCAN 18.11.15 FORUM
HONNE
ALABAMA SHAKES
SPEEDY ORTIZ
21.10.15 OVAL SPACE
SWIM DEEP
+ THE MAGIC GANG 22.10.15 ROUNDHOUSE
MARIBOU STATE 2 7.1 0.1 5 VILLAGE UNDERGROUND
YEARS & YEARS
27.10.15 OUT SOLD BRIXTON O2 ACADEMY 28.10.15 OUT SOLD BRIXTON O2 ACADEMY
HEALTH 28.10.15 HEAVEN
+ MICHAEL KIWANUKA 18.11.15 OUT SOLD BRIXTON O2 ACADEMY 19.11.15 OUT SOLD BRIXTON O2 ACADEMY
JOHN NEWMAN 23.11.15 OUT SOLD KOKO
LION BABE 24.11.15 HEAVEN
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JASON ISBELL
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17. TALES FROM THE CITY
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32. ALBUM REVIEWS 40. EVENTS
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45. GIGS OF THE MONTH 48. LIVE LISTINGS 67. INTO THE NIGHT 69. IN LONDON 70. LIVE REVIEWS 73. PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS
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HOXTON BAR & KITCHEN FRI 18 SEP
IZZY BIZU
TOVE STYRKE
THE SOUND OF ARROWS
THE LEXINGTON MON 14 SEP
THE BREWHOUSE THU 24 SEP
SCALA WED 30 SEP
AURORA
THE BREWHOUSE THU 15 OCT
HEAVEN TUE 20 OCT
O 2 SHEPHERD’S BUSH EMPIRE TUE 20 OCT
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NOTHING BUT THIEVES
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JOSEF SALVAT
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MAXIMUM JOY
JME FT GIGGS
This is one of my favourite bookings at the festival this year. They haven’t played live in over 30 years and we’ve convinced them to get back together for a reunion show at Simple Things. Legends of Bristol’s 80s post-punk scene and affiliates of The Pop Group, they will be a surefire head-turner with their unique jazz/punk crossover. ‘In The Air’ is an utterly insatiable slice of 80s pop nostalgia from a lost Bristol treasure.
It’d be easy to go with ‘#SHUTDOWN’, however ‘Man Don’t Care’ takes the crown as my grime tune of the year in what will certainly be the first year I’ve ever had a grime tune as my track of the year. The Giggs verse is a killer and the vocal contrast between the two MCs is what defines this track. Also any tune that manages to shoehorn “digestives” and “cinnamon tea” into the flow is worthy of high praise.
IN THE AIR
MAN DON’T CARE
JME
BARNT TUNGSTEN The most divisive track ever in this Simple Things office. A colleague of mine once heard this in a club and was immediately sick with excitement. For that reason alone it makes the list, not to mention Barnt’s expertly curated oddball DJ sets. A definite for anyone looking for a bit of late night weirdness.
THE SOFT MOON WANT The krautrock stylings of Oakland’s The Soft Moon will make a welcome return to Bristol when they play a late night slot in Colston Hall’s The Lantern. The track is a four-minute builder accompanied by one of the gnarliest videos we’ve witnessed of late.
BARNT THE SOFT MOON
SAVAGES I AM HERE The biggest statement on their debut record and one of the most exciting bands to emerge in recent times. From their austere aesthetic to the changes in pace, ‘I Am Here’ is an absolute Simple Things essential for those who want to see an act at the top of their game. Simple Things festival co-programmer; Luke Sutton Simple Things Festival takes place in various Bristol venues, October 24th, with an opening concert on October 23rd. simplethingsfestival.co.uk // @simplethingsuk // facebook.com/simplethingsfestival LiS 09
NEW SOUNDS by Gemma Samways
PIXX Over the past 25 years, Croydon’s BRIT School has spawned more than its fair share of big names, and shouldered more than its fair share of criticism. Its detractors’ primary gripe appears to be that - standout talents like Adele and Amy Winehouse aside - it’s an environment that fosters homogeneity. Of course, that’s a pretty easy conclusion to draw when you’re willfully ignoring the college’s recent protégé. Alongside fellow alumni TĀLĀ, King Krule and Alex Burey, Hannah "Pixx" Rodgers is part of a new breed of musicians proving that the BRIT School is more than capable of producing distinct voices. Born and raised in Chipstead, she started out making more traditional, acoustic, singer-songwriter fare, before opting to explore synth-embellished dream-pop under her grandmother’s nickname. Now 19 years old, Rodgers has just signed with 4AD. It’s hard to imagine a more perfect pairing.
On her debut EP, Fall In, Rodgers traces an invisible line through the illustrious indie’s back catalogue, marrying the dark, insular beauty of trailblazers Cocteau Twins and Dead Can Dance with the electronic experimentalism of current signings Grimes and Purity Ring. There are whispers of Connan Mockasin, too, in the water-warped guitar effects on the title track, and of Låpsley, in the rumbling, pitch-shifted vocals threaded through ‘Flee’. Accentuated by a voice of quite-astonishing purity, the silvery beauty of these compositions herald the arrival of a unique new creative force.
LISTEN TO: Fall In ONLINE: @PixxMusic // facebook.com/PixxMusic LIVE: Pixx plays Mirrors Festival (@mirrorslondon) October 31st. LiS 13
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MARLON WILLIAMS
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CIARAN LAVERY
THU 22 OCTOBER SERVANT JAZZ QUARTERS
MON 21 SEPTEMPER, WED 7 & WED 14 OCTOBER SERVANT JAZZ QUARTERS
RUKHSANA MERRISE
TUE 22 SEPTEMBER NOTTING HILL ARTS CLUB
TUE 27 OCTOBER ROUNDHOUSE
FRANCES
ANDERSON EAST
WED 23 SEPTEMBER SLAUGHTERED LAMB
DAN OWEN
THU 24 SEPTEMBER THE WAITING ROOM
ETCHES
MON 26 OCTOBER KOKO
HALF MOON RUN BEAR’S DEN
TUE 27 OCTOBER KOKO
SUSANNE SUNDFØR TUE 27 OCTOBER OSLO
ALEX VARGAS
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WED 28 OCTOBER THE ISLINGTON
TUE 29 SEPTEMBER THE WAITING ROOM
WED 28 OCTOBER HOXTON BAR & KITCHEN
WED 30 SEP, THU 1 & FRI 2 OCT BRIXTON O2 ACADEMY
THU 29 OCTOBER SERVANT JAZZ QUARTERS
THU 1 OCTOBER UNION CHAPEL
MON 2 NOVEMBER KOKO
THU 1 OCTOBER THE ISLINGTON
WED 4 NOVEMBER O2 SHEPHERD’S BUSH EMPIRE
SUN 4 OCTOBER NOTTING HILL ARTS CLUB
MON 9 NOVEMBER ROUNDHOUSE
MON 5 OCTOBER ELECTROWERKZ
WED 11 NOVEMBER ISLINGTON ASSEMBLY HALL
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NADINE SHAH
AIDAN KNIGHT
COMMUNION CLUBNIGHT SAFIA
KIMBERLY ANNE RAE MORRIS RHODES
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FYFE
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NEW DESERT BLUES STARLING
AMBER RUN
JACK GARRATT THE STAVES
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TALES FROM THE CITY by Craig Finn
The first time I got to London was the first time The Hold Steady visited in 2004. I was 32 years old. The band had just released Almost Killed Me and Les Savy Fav asked us to support them at the Islington Academy. Like a lot of bands we stayed at the Columbia Hotel near Hyde Park. We drank a bunch of beers from the old bothered bartender and called it a night. Predictably I woke up early with a bit of jet lag so I went for an early morning walk. As a lifetime rock and roll fan I was very excited to see the sights. Just looking at the tube map at Marble Arch I saw all of these places I knew from the songs and the books - Shepherd's Bush (The Who!), Knightsbridge (The Clash!), Abbey Road (The Beatles!). I walked over to Portobello Road, singing a more obscure tune (‘Spring Collection’ by The Vapors) and then all the way over to Carnaby Street to indulge my fantasies about being in The Jam. Later that evening we played the show and it was fantastic. There were a lot of people there and we sold a boatload of merch, enough to make the trip profitable. After the show we walked down to the Buffalo Bar for the after-party. It was a long way to walk with our guitars and we started to argue with each other about going home or continuing on. Eventually we made it and booze and
madness ensued. I believe several of the people in the touring party ended up shirtless on the dance floor. Not a pretty sight. The next day we went to a pub with the label folks somewhere up by the old Arsenal stadium. I know this because it was the day of the parade after their undefeated season (The Invincibles!). It was pretty impressive to see the fans take to the streets, pouring out of pubs still holding their pint glasses and joining the parade. We drank all day, went out for a curry, and collapsed into bed. The next day we returned to NYC. It had been a great visit, but I only had hopes that we'd get back. Luckily, we found a willing partner for our third release Boys & Girls in America, and we came back hard. I spent a lot of time in London over the next few years, often posting up at the Jury’s Inn in Islington. I made a bunch of friends there that are still dear to me today. I gained confidence getting around the city, and feel at ease meeting friends in different parts of town. One night I went to see a band at the Buffalo Bar and walking there didn't seem so far without a guitar in hand. But still, whenever I'm walking around London, I sing to myself. I sing the songs by the Clash and the Jam and all the others the songs that made me fall in love with London before I even got there. Craig Finn releases his second solo album, Faith in The Future, September 11th via Partisan Records. @steadycraig // craigfinn.net
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Empress Of words: Gemma Samways photography: Abi Dainton Considering the press buzz that’s trailed her for the past two years, it’s a delight to discover that Lorely Rodriguez is entirely without airs. Ask her a question and you’re immediately rewarded with a frank answer, albeit articulated in an enthusiastic tumble of half-finished sentences, punctuated by sudden pauses and subject to unpredictable interjections. This unpretentious, led-by-the-gut approach spills over into her long-awaited debut album as Empress Of, which is simply titled Me. “I overthought my record to the point where I just named it something so simple, you know?” she laughs, continuing at 100mph, “I was just like, ‘I can’t think about this anymore. What is this record about? It’s about me. Ok, that’s what it’s called.’” The album was written in Mexico, where Rodriguez stayed at a friend’s house on the banks of Lake Avándaro, situated aside a Monarch butterfly reserve. “I realised I was going to be touring this record for two years,” she reasons, “And I didn’t want to play a record inspired by how much bullshit I have to deal with every day, living
in New York, whether that’s gentrification or capitalism or fucking whatever.” Rodriguez recalls heaping pressure on herself to make the most of the time in isolation, setting up her monitors and laptop the moment she arrived in Mexico. For five weeks, she worked twelve-hour days in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the lake – with the movies ‘Suspiria’ and ‘Alice In Wonderland’ alternately looping in the background – stopping only to make the twenty-minute walk to Valle De Bravo for supplies. This tireless work ethic is credited to her time at L.A. arts academy LACHSA, where Rodriguez studied jazz and classical composition from the age of thirteen. “When you have that mentality of spending hours and hours studying something, it crosses over into everything you do. I feel like, if I did anything I would want to do the best job I could.” Me certainly features Rodriguez’s best work yet. Swapping the gauzy dream-pop of 2013’s Systems EP – and the “ethereal beats” of her early Colorminutes sketches – for precision-lasered electro-pop, it’s a set that positively fizzes with kinetic energy. “When I wrote that EP I’d never played live,” she explains. “With this [album], it was really important to me to write something that translated to the stage, because playing live is a huge part of who I am as an artist. I want to have fun on stage, you know?”
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This directness permeates the record’s lyrics too, which deal with intimacy and heartbreak, and find Rodriguez repeatedly asserting her independence, be that from the male gaze on ‘Kitty Kat’ or from a destructive relationship, as detailed on album-opener ‘Everything Is You’. “There’s definitely an arc to the record,” she explains. “It starts with me being so in love with someone that I can’t even acknowledge myself in the relationship. And by the last song on the record [‘Icon’], I’m just in a room by myself with the lights on, having learned to love myself.” When I venture that this sense of empowerment is particularly acute on ‘Need Myself’, Rodriguez jumps in, “Oh yeah, definitely! I mean, just last week someone made me upset by something they said. But I went home and put that song on and was just like, ‘OH WAIT: perspective. Perspective. I don’t actually need validation from anyone else – I can do this.’ To make something that is that empowering for myself is sick.” “Putting myself in a vulnerable position, and writing this album, has made me more of a confident person,” she concludes, adding excitedly, “I just hope everyone has their own experience with it.” Empress Of’s debut album Me is released September 11th via Terrible Records. Live: Roundhouse, October 29th, supporting Purity Ring. Online: facebook.com/EmpressOf @EmpressOf empressof.com
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Battles
words: Lucie Grace photography: Sonny Malhotra
You haven’t heard from Battles for a while. You were starting to wonder what happened to that band. You really liked those guys. You started to wonder if they would be back. If that third album was on its way? Well now you can rest easy. Ferocious new track ‘The Yabba’ pounded out our headphones in August and new album La Di Da Di is due out on Warp this month. Never doubt Battles. While you were on the 08.35 to Liverpool Street they were working fervently on new music to unleash upon the world. For Battles never stop. They write and they record and they tour then they write and record and tour again. Their meticulous work on each album and their overwhelming commitment to their band becomes apparent when talking to them. All three musicians, Dave Konopka on bass, Ian Williams on guitar and John Stanier on drums – will refer to this band as being like a marriage. “I would’ve given up,” states John Stanier, when I dare to ask what type of band or project he might start were he not in Battles. Dave Konopka backs him up, “That’s like asking if you weren’t married to your wife, who would you choose!” Their rumination is sincere and it’s easy to assume why. The departure of their vocalist Tyondai Braxton, after the first album, left the band somewhat stunned but seemingly has solidified the glue between the three, who share a wonderful camaraderie between them, having fought against the odds to carry on as one of the most respected bands around today. Continuing to seamlessly merge electronic
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and organic spheres, Battles’ new release La Di Da Di is a hypnotic cacophony of repetition, loops, soars and drifts. This band will not be leaving us anytime soon.
off what you’re going to pull off and it could be a disaster at any second but then it works and you’re like “oh my god – it worked.”
Recording at the infamous Machines with Magnets studios in Rhode Island, which John refers to as a “magical laboratory”, was a no brainer for the band. He explains, “It’s in the middle of nowhere with absolutely nothing to do. You just get tonnes of work done. We worked with our friends Keith Souza and Seth Manchester who we’ve worked with many times before and I don’t think we’d be able to record with anyone else at this point.” I asked them more about the new record; its creation, its instrumentality and their readiness for the road.
Was the decision to not have vocals on this album a preconceived idea?
You wrote your individual parts of the last album in isolation from one another. Did you do that again this time round? Dave: Writing the parts in isolation last time was under baptism of fire. We really just needed to get it done. We rewrote the entire album so the isolation came as a functional decision. So now it’s for functional reasons. We have a computer in our rehearsal space and, between Ian and myself, we’ll exchange files and parts that we’re working on. We find that it’s more conducive to be able to play music to a computer and jam to other people’s recorded parts. When we’re writing it’s easier for me to sit there with the computer and play one part over a loop from Ian rather than ask Ian to sit there and play the same thing over and over again.
John: It was definitely not a preconceived thing; it just kind of happened that there aren’t vocals. When we were writing, there might have been some stuff that didn’t make the record that we thought there possibly should be vocals over, but maybe not. That didn’t really take the centre stage. We were just more concerned with seeing what happens. We definitely didn’t sit down and make that decision early on at all. In my mind it’s not that big of a deal. Some of the tracks are quite short, like ‘Tyne Wear’ and ‘Flora > Fauna’. How do you know when a track is finished? Dave: Sometimes we write tracks that are really really long so we need to edit it down and make it more digestible and leave some space for other stuff on the album. Other tracks, the less epic ones, are cool ideas that work well together that we like playing around with that we don’t necessarily build a song around. For a band like us, making an instrumental album, it’s nice to have a mix of some shorter tracks and more epic longer tracks.
La Di Da Di is a real reinvention of the Battles sound. Was that intentional?
Were the tracks ‘Dot Net’ and ‘Dot Com’ praise or condemnation of the digital age? People have a strong feeling about that.
Ian: I think it’s bound to happen, as time passes. We naturally are always searching for new things to do as opposed to making records that we know that we know how to make. The whole point of rock and roll is being barely able to pull
Ian: It was possibly a retro futurism that had a certain snarky edge, laughing at the Internet bubble of the late 90s before our innocence was punctured by the George Bush years.
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How do you think living in a metropolis affects the music you write? On Gloss Drop there was the track ‘Wall Street’, which sounded very frenetic. Do you think living in a city informs the music that you make at all? Dave: I think it’s more indicative of the global village that our world has become. Well sometimes bands go and work out in a barn in the countryside…. Dave: Who’s that, Ben from Fuck Buttons? How did you know? Yeah Ben from Fuck Buttons moved to Scotland and it seems very relaxed up there. Dave: Planting plants. I saw a picture of his little garden on instagram. See? This is what I’m talking about, the global village. How did I know Ben has a little garden in Edinburgh? That’s the thing, having that localization of music, if we were from Kansas would we sound different? Yeah, maybe in the 80s but now that everything is interconnected there’s kids in Boise, Idaho making
electronic albums. You know, there are still folk musicians in New York City. I think it all becomes this giant wash, which gets back to the pessimistic approach to ‘Dot Com’ and ‘Dot Net’. You’ve just announced a huge tour for the Autumn. Are you looking forward to hitting the road? Are there any particular dates you’re looking forward to? John: Everywhere. Ian: It all matters. Are you expecting any challenges when performing the new album live? Ian: I’d say the new batch of songs is pretty challenging to play live, but also there’s a lot of opportunities to make it more fun. We’re gonna walk that line between being challenged and having fun. It’s a tricky line to walk. La Di Da Di is released September 18th via Warp. Battles play Bristol’s Simple Things festival, October 24th and Electric Ballroom, October 28th. bttls.com // @BATTLES // facebook.com/battlestheband
ALBUMS
RECORD OF THE MONTH GIRL BAND
HOLDING HANDS WITH JAMIE Girl Band’s debut album was, in part, inspired by a psychotic episode that lead singer Dara Kiely suffered after a messy break up. He thought he was God, could control the weather, and there was a spell where he moved into a tent in his garden and refused to leave. Holding Hands With Jamie captures all the chaos, turmoil and confusion of these emotions. Through every one of its nine songs you can feel the very primal grip of this paranoia. The result is an album which is challenging, abrasive, and brutal. And brilliant. Most definitely brilliant. And this brilliance lies in how they bombard you but remain in complete control. Even when it feels like songs could fall apart at any moment the band are in command of all these elements – every whirring beat, every screeching guitar – to Rough Trade create a maelstrom of noise. It’s an album that’s thick with September 25th sound and submerges you under the squall; a vortex of turbulence and screaming guitar squall. Stand Out Tracks: Pears For Lunch Hubcaps are used as percussion, Gaviscon bottles used when there were no plectrums. It’s so singular and inventive Texting An Alien Paul it’s hard to make comparisons. You can say LCD Baloo Soundsystem, but they don’t really sound anything like Live: October 6th them. HEALTH, The Birthday Party, krautrock, The Fall. 100 Club They’re all touchpoints. But this is much more than that. From the metallic swagger of ‘Baloo’ through to the cathartic short blast of rage of 'The Last Riddler', it’s an intense, gripping ride. ‘Texting an Alien’ provides some sense of quiet and sounds like Can working with Nick Drake. And the wonderfully titled ‘Fucking Butter’ sprawls menacingly across its seven brain-squashing minutes right through to its ‘Nutella’ screaming climax. Amid this visceral assault of noise you only catch fragments of Kiely’s lyrics, but it proves he can find humour in the disarray: “give it to me straight like a pear cider”, “wearing Lynx Africa” and on ‘Pears for Lunch’ he even admits, “Spend my time watching Top Gear with my trousers down.” Girl Band haven’t taken the easy route to making a debut album. The fact that these are all completely new songs shows that. And this isn’t an easy listen. But what they have made is the bold and ambitious statement of a band capable of anything. Inventive, ferocious, relentless. If you’ve been looking for An Important Band in your life, they are it. Danny Wright
YOUTH LAGOON
SAVAGE HILLS BALLROOM Fat Possum Records // September 25th Much was made of Youth Lagoon’s ambitious approach when it came to recording his second album; The Year Of Hibernation was notable for its intimacy, but Wondrous Bughouse nudged the sound into widescreen and was all the better for it. With each record, Trevor Powers grows, and Savage Hills Ballroom, his third and predominantly piano-based, carries the whiff of an artist stripping his sound to its rawest form and starting over. There’s the soaring elegance of ‘Highway Patrol Stun Gun’, a slow motion wrestle between majestic keys and growling synths and a clear highlight, and ‘Free Me’ lives long in the memory mostly due to its propensity for bombast. Perhaps it lacks urgency, but Savage Hills Ballroom cleanses the soul after a hectic summer. Lee Wakefield
LITTLE SIMZ
A CURIOUS TALE OF TRIALS + PERSONS Self-release // September 11th That Kendrick Lamar called Little Simz “the illest doing it right now” is endorsement enough, but on Simbi’s debut LP it’s evident why the creator of To Pimp A Butterfly is orbiting around her. “They told her women cannot call themselves kings” she spits during opener ‘Person’. It’s a statement she spends the whole album refuting, creating a sprawling opus that tugs at every emotional fibre in a heartstring in her constant quest for musical self-affirmation. She takes hip hop to sublime heights in the eerie dystopian strains of ‘Gratitude’, the chillingly macabre ‘Dead Body’, and the apologetic ‘God Bless Mary’ (directed to her next-door neighbour who has “heard everything before the world has”). This year gave America King Kunta. Britons, all hail King Simbi. Tim Hakki
OUGHT
SUN COMING DOWN Constellation // September 18th Ought’s 2014 breakthrough, More Than Any Other Day, wasn’t so much reviewed as exalted via encomia. Rightly so, and this ambitious follow-up is every bit as deserving of our plaudits. Loosely categorised as art-rock, Sun Coming Down actually finds the Montreal quartet incorporating tropes from post-punk, industrial rock and even jazz, in its fluid song structures and application of atypical time signatures. Tim Darcy remains a dazzlingly charismatic and capricious mouthpiece, his delivery swinging wildly between Julian Casablancas-esque crooning and the deadpan snarl of Mark E. Smith. Lyrically, he’s on top form too: on sprawling stand-out ‘Beautiful Blue Sky’, he wrings euphoria from apathy using a monologue of banal conversation-starters. When, on ‘Never Better’, Darcy states, “This is the high watermark of civilisation,” you can only concur. Gemma Samways LiS 33
U.S. GIRLS HALF FREE 4AD // September 25th
There is a pervasive school of thought that pop music, in order to target the most common denominator, must not stray into conceptual lyricism. They'd have us believing that if it’s not a four minute cry wank about emotionally blackmailing a partner to stay, not caring what the haterz say, or communicating solely in platitudes, that we'd all switch off and never buy a record again. The latest offering from Meghan Remy, her first album on 4AD, pisses on this notion from a great height without ever getting her hands dirty. It's a pristine pop album that delves imperviously into “experiences of the everywoman” with a melodic adroitness that launches it into a difference class from her early, rough-around-the-edges recordings. More Talking Heads than Taylor Swift, the pulsating disco textures of 'Woman's Work' and 'Window Shades' dazzle, whilst the reverb washes of 'Navy & Cream' beat down like glorious lashes of thunder. Lead single 'Damn The Valley', a song about the loss experienced by partners of servicemen and women, hooked around a reggae beat, on paper shouldn't work, but it's both a chilling indictment of the futility of war and one of the best pop songs we'll hear all year. Just as label mates Grimes and St. Vincent broke through on later-career releases that struck a subversive pop note, Half Free does similar work and deserves to be considered on a equal footing to those stellar records. Woodrow Whyte
GRUBS IT MUST BE GRUBS
Reeks of Effort/Tuff Enuff // September 11th Songwriter and musician Roxy Brennan of Two White Cranes (also ex-member of Trust Fund, new Joanna Gruesome front-person, singer in Grubs – you get the idea...) wrote on her blog about the conflicting beauty of loud and quiet, and the freedom that comes with being noisy: “Sometimes I sing really really softly and occasionally I screech and holler...the important thing for me about loud music is that I thought I couldn’t make it, and now I know not only that I can, but anyone can. When you are young and inexperienced and most importantly a girl, it can be easy to feel intimidated”. Roxy puts that thought to good use on Grubs’ debut, because it’s the unexpected discord that fills the album with personality and colour. On first inspection It Must Be Grubs has the gentle timidity of a standard indie pop record, particularly when ‘What Cost’ starts with Brennan’s soft refrains, but as the track progresses, Roxy’s uncontrolled howls interplay with Owen’s more casual vocals, making a wonderful juxtaposition. It Must Be Grubs is informed by the louder aspects of indie pop – think The Wedding Present via The Shop Assistants – with a propensity for melody standing out on tracks like ‘Windwaker’ and ‘Good Timez’, while the garage-punk jangle of ‘Gym Shame’ sounds like a lost Flying Nun record. Lyrically, it’s basic but clever: “I am a work in progress, I am progressing slowly, she is the perfect person...” laments Brennan, composed, before breaking into frustrated, ear-piercing dissonance. It’s this restrained chaos that defines the record – the sound of someone about to let loose at any given moment, and when Roxy does shout, you can almost hear the relief. Hayley Scott
BEIRUT
NO NO NO 4AD // September 11th There is something transfixing, captivating and entirely arresting about Beirut. There always has been. The emotion that effortlessly pours from Zach Condon throughout No No No somehow provides joy (earworm, and album, highlight ‘Perth’) and melancholy (the stunning ‘At Once’) in equal measure; an almost unique gift. The brass, one of the ubiquitous elements of Beirut, heightens this sense of feelings throughout, scattering wonderfully to the climax of the record’s title track. This fourth full-length is a tidy, fuss-free thing of beauty, from ‘Gibraltar’’s bouncing percussive opening through ‘August Holland’, with its floating woodwind and string lines and the gently mysterious instrumental ‘As Needed’, to the walking-paced ‘Pacheco’ which tip-toes soporifically towards the finale. No No No is an intelligent, wholly satisfying work from a group increasingly impossible not to love. George O’Brien
KURT VILE
WAND
Matador Records // September 25th
Drag City // September 25th
Under the wild mane of hair and behind the boyish smile resides one righteous rocker. If you caught him romping away on his electric guitar in Victoria Park this summer, you know. But few would have guessed the Philly ace would employ a banjo, piano, farfisa, arps, horns and a synth to administer his latest dose of psychedelia melancholia. “I woke up this morning/didn’t recognise the man in the mirror/then I laughed and I said/oh silly me, that’s just me,” he croons disarmingly on ‘Pretty Pimpin’. Not one to pen a duff track, his sixth album is his cohesive best, thanks to his trademark laconic delivery, bluesy acoustic guitar licks and a greater focus on his singing. All in a daze work. Geoff Cowart
L.A. psych combo Wand have made a name for themselves as one of the most exciting new acts in the scene in just over a year, recording and releasing music at a breakneck speed. Their third album, 1000 Days, is the band’s first for Drag City and finds the band refining their psychedelic musings, abandoning the furious hard rock tendencies of their debut LP Golem in favour of a sound that sits somewhere between Tame Impala and sixties psych-pop. During the past year Wand has evolved quickly, turning into an ambitious multi-faceted entity, equal amounts catchy and weird. With 1000 Days the trio delivers their finest release to date, and continue to get better every step of the way. Johan Alm
B’LIEVE I’M GOIN DOWN
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CHVRCHES
EVERY OPEN EYE Virgin EMI/Goodbye Records // September 25th “I’ll go my way if I’m going at all,” sings Lauren Mayberry on Every Open Eye’s opening track: the message is clear. CHVRCHES are doing exactly what CHVRCHES want to do. Having eschewed an expensive studio in favour of their own Glasgow flat, there was money to be spent on all the Moogs their hearts desired and it shows. Synths dance through the album like dragonflies, ranging from classic ‘80s electro to something that sounds like a dotmatrix printer having a love affair with an accordion. This is a band that is older but trying not to be weighed down by it, as urgent beats underpin huge stadium bangers leading into a pensive, almost haunting ending. If Every Open Eye could be summed up in one song it would be ‘Make Them Gold’. It’s textbook CHVRCHES - pure pop shot through with thoughtful sentiment. Kate Solomon
MICACHU & THE SHAPES GOOD SAD HAPPY BAD Rough Trade // September 11th Those who’ve watched Mica Levi’s CV expand to include everything from a hip hop turn with the London Sinfonietta, an award-winning soundtrack for the Scarlett Johansson film Under The Skin and a stint as artist in residence at the Southbank are aware of her talents. What we’d like more than anything is for them all to come together on one record. Alas, this isn’t it. Formed out of a series of jams never initially intended for public consumption, the mood here is doggedly nonchalant. Hooks are there, but they’re problematic; they exasperatedly screech on ‘Sea Air’, and suffer from a wonderful wooziness on ‘Oh Baby’. Yet the overall lesson is there’s still merit in a genius taking things far less seriously than their audience. Thomas Hannan
FIDLAR TOO
Wichita Recordings // September 4th Too is a celebration of physical and mental decay, substance abuse and sexual self-degradation. The ground is littered with beer cans, the best years have gone up the wall in a pissy streak and death waits at the bottom of a bottle. FIDLAR’s Zac Carper knows this. He is a martyr in a dirty war against himself, drinking and medicating to a vitriolic state, his thoughts as likely to manifest themselves in a moment of clarity (‘Sober’, ‘Bad Habits’) as they are to derail the party (‘40oz. On Repeat’, ‘Punks’). Either way the argument is compelling. Relationships are whack, people do suck and we’re all going to turn into our parents one day. The result is a cathartic collision of skate-punk nihilism and pop melody; Suicidal Tendencies playing Pet Sounds on a mescaline bender. Grant Bailey
EVENTS NADINE SHAH
a selection of new stuff we’re excited about: MIRRORS FESTIVAL Oh no, another multi-venue, impossible-to-seeeverything-you-want-to festival I hear you groan. Well, we’re welcoming this new addition to our London festival calendar with open arms. Using some of the most stunning venues around, including the criminally under-used Hackney Round Chapel, Mirrors will showcase the very best in forward-thinking new music. A completely mixed bag of genres, which the organisers describe as a conscientious approach to programming. Our highlights include the electrifying sounds of our previous cover star Nadine Shah, dreamy psychedelia from The Wytches, pop infused electronica from 4AD’s latest signing Pixx and a rare show from the spellbinding LA duo Rhye. With each venue less than ten minutes apart, this is pretty much guaranteed to be a great day. Saturday 31st October. £15. Various venues. mirrorslondon.com // @mirrorslondon
GRILLSTOCK We first sampled the wares of Grillstock at their St.Nicks Market stall in Bristol, and have been firm fans ever since. So if they’re putting on a huge bbq event in London, you can bet we’re going to be there. Let’s face it; ribs, wings, burgers, sausages, maybe a few beers, possibly a pickleback or two...the idea of going to a bbq is never far from the collective London In Stereo mindset, because in bbq world there is no judgement. And thank goodness, because with chilli-pepper, hot-dog and hot wing eating competitions happening, this is not going to be an event to hold back at. The King Of The Grill competition promises to reward us with some incredible samples too - and we’ll be looking out for the teams with our favourite names; Thank you for Smoking and Team Smokin' Penguin. Let’s bbq! September 5th-6th. Chestnuts Field, Walthamstow, London, E17 6HE. Tickets from £30. grillstock.co.uk/london-festival // @grillstock LiS 40
MUSIC FOR MUSEUMS Running until the end of November, Music for Museums begins this month with a mission to explore the intersection of visual art and experimental music. Focused primarily around ticketed live shows, it’ll feature works from groundbreaking avant-garde composers and artists, as well as compositions and improvisations by more contemporary contributors. And as the icing on the cake, there’ll be a free programme of film screening throughout too, focusing on the dynamic relationship between moving image and music. Sep 17th - Nov 29th, Whitechapel Gallery, E1 7QX whitechapelgallery.org // @_TheWhitechapel
OPEN HOUSE LONDON A couple of months ago we got all excited about the Open Garden day in London, where some of the capital’s most stunning outdoor spaces were open to be explored by the public. This month it’s the turn of London’s finest and most difficult-to-geta-peek-at buildings, as they throw open their doors. With more than 800 private homes, government buildings, historic sites and educational establishments on the list, and most not even requiring a ticket, plan a fascinating and educational day out with their shiny new app now. September 19-20th, across London. openhouselondon.org.uk/ // @openhouselondon
ELECTRIC BLOOM The Hackney we know is pretty rich in exotic sights, but it seems this history stretches way beyond the assembled beautiful people in London Fields. Yep, some 200 years ago Hackney was a botanical trailblazer, where people from around the globe flocked to see the likes of the world’s largest hothouse, amazed by sights they’d never otherwise have laid eyes on. Electric Bloom culminates this month with an immersive, app-lead, trail around heritage landmarks, with artist installations, original music scores and more, all celebrating this rich history. September 12th, Hackney Central. Free. electricbloom.org // @SDNA LiS 41
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OUR PICK OF THE BEST SHOWS HAPPENING IN SEPTEMBER
THE SOCIAL WET
Kelly Zutrau’s stunning vocals are at the forefront of Wet’s heartfelt sound. One of four London shows they'll be playing this month.
08/09/15 FREE @thesociallondon OXFORD CIRCUS
BRIXTON WINDMILL
BUSH HALL
This ace selection of the new music promises yet another legendary Windmill all-dayer.
Celebrating the release of her new album, Pratt will raise the hairs on your neck with her beautiful sound.
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THE LEXINGTON MASAKICHI
Masakichi combine the expansiveness of post-rock and shoegaze with fuzzed-up indie rock structures and dance-orientated grooves 23/09/15 £5adv @thelexington
ANGEL
SHACKLEWELL ARMS CHARLES HOWL
Charles Howl’s debut album this year was a surprise psych-rock gift, upping the pop and embracing the distortion. MASAKICHI
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THE GARAGE
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THE GOOD SHIP
Pop hooks to rival the biggest stars, don't miss out one Albert Gold's stunning voice at this intimate show.
Pop rock fun from London indie quartet Pure Youth takes over The Good Ship.
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O2 ISLINGTON ACADEMY MELANIE FIONA
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RICHIE HAWTIN // BODDIKA // JULIAN JEWELL // SOMNE M_nus take over Fabric's Room 1, bringing the mighty Richie Hawtin and new signee Julian Jewell playing live. 12/09/15 £23adv @fabriclondon
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BRUISING // DOE // GRUBS An incredible free show with three of our favourite loud and ridiculously fun bands, don't miss out. 07/09/15 FREE @_Birthdays
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JOELPETERS // DANTEVILLES // OTZEKI Sun-bleached guitars, big vocals and pulse-like rhythms combine.
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A night of blues folk to get your feet tapping.
Etches celebrate the launch of their new EP, bringing their intricate arrangements to the Waiting Room.
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DREAM THEMES VS MR B THE GENTLEMAN RHYMER A band covering TV Themes? I hear you ask. Well, yep and it's even better than you ever thought it could be. 16/09/15 £10adv @100clubLondon
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ETCHES
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RIDDLES // CLAW MARKS // TSUKI Described as "an insane mix of punk imbued psychedelic space-rock" what’s not to love? 11/09/15 FREE @thelocktavern
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– We, at London In Stereo, have been so concerned about the spate of recent venue closures, and attitude towards London’s nightlife, that we felt we had to do something to raise more awareness of the issues. Therefore we’ve invited Alan Miller of the The Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) to contribute a monthly column, celebrating London’s nightlife and highlighting the struggles it faces –
INTO THE NIGHT The trailer for the latest This is England series on Channel Four captures the moment that Britain turns from the late 1980s Thatcherite Britain to a world where acid house parties and dance music changed the landscape forever. Whether Manchester or the Midlands, London or Brighton, it was the moment that changed what it had previously meant to go out Up until then, the majority of areas saw particular kinds of nightclubs and pubs with football and postcode rivalries and proper punch-ups all being very much part of the normality of every weekend. Then, the magic moment where a fusion of the gay disco club scenes of New York, Chicago and Detroit converged with the Balearic sounds and the now oh-so-famous story of those DJs from England that brought that mash-up back from Ibiza to UK clubs – along with the momentous turning point that was The Hacienda – meant that Britain would never be the same again. I say all of this, not so much as a nostalgic trip down memory lane, but rather to reflect for a moment on who we are and where we have come from. It seems that just at the point where young people go out, have fun, meet and become inspired by the exchange with their contemporaries, so it is that some in authority want to demonise the phenomenally successful cultural and economic arena that is London’s bar and clubland. Nightclubs are the places we fall in (and sometimes out) of love in, we make friendships and bonds that can last a lifetime, get inspired and let ourselves imagine something different for a moment. It is impossible to imagine an Ian Schrager without Studio 54, and all that it meant. So too with Alexander McQueen or any of the most recent young fashion designers without nightclubs. Mods, Rockers, Punks, Ska, Reggae, Soul Boys, B-Girls, Hip Hop, Casuals and Ravers. all of these of course were born on the dance floor.
More than fashion though. most of the tapestry of city life that is so exciting is directly influenced – and intertwined – with our buoyant nightlife. In Brick Lane where I was involved in co-founding The Old Truman Brewery – dedicated to creative industries – it was anchored around bars and night time events that heralded new possibilities that gradually filled up with design, tech, media and innovation companies. So too with Hoxton Square and later Deptford, Peckham, Dalston and beyond. This is equally true of Liverpool, where The Baa Bar and Cream were so important in regenerating the town centre, as well as in Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow. The Arches, in Glasgow, will always be with us – slaughtered on the altar of ‘crime stats’ and punished for diligently operating professionally. The gravitational pull of London for international businesses and travellers has much to do with the excitement of our nightlife, the diversity and interest in our innovative food offerings, restaurants, theatres, bars, cocktails events, popups and of course our nightclubs. All of this, we should be aware, can easily be extinguished. As The Specials sung of Coventry all those years ago “This town…is coming like a ghost town”. However, like in Hackney, where local residents and businesses got together and had over 4000 sign-ups – double the amount of many of the top ranking local councillors – for the We Love Hackney Campaign (welovehackney.org) our voices, when co-ordinated can, and do, make a difference. So have your voice heard with us. This is London. It is all of ours. Join the NTIA and tweet and tell your friends and associates about us. In the end, we only have ourselves to hold accountable if we do not change the way it is. Alan D Miller ntia.co.uk // @wearethentia // facebook.com/wearethentia
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Why do you live in London? Because over the years this place has become my home. I can walk up the road and bump into friends like you would in any other city, town or village but you also have pretty much anything you could want or need on your doorstep. What’s your favourite gig venue? Tough question... I’m not sure I can answer it because I’ve played gigs in some shit-hole venues with terrible sound that have turned out to be the best gigs because of how responsive the audience was and vice versa. Best London show you’ve ever played? Probably Shepherd’s Bush Empire, supporting Laura Mvula. Where do you like to eat/drink? I’m really keen on Green Papaya which is a little Vietnamese place on Mare St. To drink, I’d have to say Satan’s Whiskers on Cambridge Heath Road. In my opinion they do the best Old Fashioned in London (and trust me, I’ve tried a lot of Old Fashioneds in a lot of places). You’re in London, it’s sunny out, where do you go? The Ladies’ Pond at Hampstead Heath. Favourite outdoor space? I really love Hackney Marshes – basically anywhere I can’t hear traffic.
If you could live anywhere in London where would it be? I love where I live now in Cambridge Heath, but I guess if I could be anywhere, I’d probably choose somewhere between Stoke Newington and Highbury. What’s the perfect way to spend the day? Would definitely be a lazy Sunday walk around Victoria Park, maybe a trot along the canal to The Narrow Boat for some lunch and then some bar somewhere for a casual descent into Sunday drunkenness. How would you advise someone to get the most out of London? Walk or cycle, I’ve discovered most of London’s gems by chance. Does London influence the music you write? Hugely, not always in a good way. I love London but it’s not always an easy city to live in. Roseau’s debut album, Salt, is released September 18th via Big Dada Records. @RoseauOfficial // facebook.com/roseauofficial LiS 69
LIVE VISIONS FESTIVAL Various venues, Hackney August 8th What could be more fun than a piss up in a brewery? How about a piss up in a brewery, a heap of street food trucks, piles of vinyl and 27 bands playing on a sunny summer festival day? No mud or tents. Welcome back to Visions festival. Taking Hackney by storm for the third year, the day-long festival got underway with Girl Band’s storming early afternoon set in the disorienting darkness of The Laundry. Blinking eyes emerged from the Dublin band’s buzzsaw guitar fest only to squint across the street into the London Fields Brewery as young south London MC Loyle Carner unleashed his powerful hip-hoppy verses. His disarming smile and proud tales of his parents and upbringing warmed the crowd’s cockles, while his gritty tales of London life caught them cold. Back at The Laundry, the Hackney heat couldn’t faze the Florida lads of Merchandise. Their set of gruff Replacements-inspired rock made more sense as it evolved, pushing sceptics to hail their songwriting and knack for a killer melody line. Dinner time was a blur of ale and pizza, before folks hit the melody trail again in search of Torn Hawk’s edgy guitar loops, while Son Lux’s day-glo percussive explosions were framed by the dramatic sunset at Oval Space.
They were followed by discarded shirts and flaunted tattoos as the raucous Ceremony crew wobbled The Laundry as they combined their wild mix of punk and hardcore abandon with, yes, skipping ropes. The guitars were unplugged for a post-dinner aperitif of progressive electronic tomfoolery, with Norfolk’s Luke Abbott taking the brewhouse stage, before Benjamin Power of Fuck Buttons – aka Blanck Mass – got cranking at Moth Club. Both drew crowds. And both were besieged with the same frustrating problem of an underpowered PA that shamefully failed to do justice to their forward-thinking sets. Luckily, the five-strong London crew of Toy had their guitars set to stun back at The Laundry unveiling their psychedelic and finely-crafted rock. With just one more lap of Hackney to go, it saw the most polite band of the evening – Camera Obscura – get a St John at Hackney Church crowd up and dancing, and even kissing, with their clever pop. The veteran Scottish band seemed to take the edge off some of the festival’s rougher diamonds – which brings us nicely to the set from American power rap, punk and hardcore trio of Ho99o9 at Moth Club. They threatened to destroy the long-time ex-servicemen’s club with their seismic assault and wild slam dancing, which had the club’s owners looking to secure the room’s fixtures and fittings. Back at the brewery, Mancunian DJ extraordinaire Andy Stott’s late-night set was a welcome contrast as its down-tempo groove served as a blissful way to close out a fantastic day. Geoff Cowart
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by Kate Solomon When I was 11, my parents took me to see the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. It was around the time Pride and Prejudice was on TV and I think they had a vague idea that this was what young ladies ought to be doing instead of grubbing around in the garden or taping Backstreet Boys songs off the radio. My god, it was boring - and at some point before the interval I whispered that opinion quietly into my sister’s ear. A middle-aged man with hairy ears and a score open in front of him turned around, fixed me with a glare and shushed me. Well, we thought he was the worst person alive. It was embarrassing to have been shushed, and to make ourselves feel better we spent the interval and most of the journey home roundly abusing this kill-joy, this heartless old saddo. So it is with some distress that I realise I have become that hairy-eared man – or, at least, I am working up to it. Once the reserve of the guestlist wankers hovering around the bar, talking all the way through gigs has spread further and further into London’s crowds. I have so many questions about these people: why are they there? Do they often pay money to stand in a loud room shouting at each other? Do they know that pubs exist? The odd “I love this song!” or “Cor did you see what the drummer just did?” is fine - but long, in-depth discussions about washing utensils, social media strategy and how to get home? No. Since my current campaign of trying to shame them into shutting up by rolling my eyes a lot is not working, consider this a warning: be quiet while the band is playing or I’m going to turn around, fix you with a glare and shush you. LiS 73
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