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F E A T U R E

The reinvention of Jake Bugg

4 MAR C H 2016 / FREE E VERY F R IDA

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16

Jake Bugg

22

Viola Beach

25 Zombie

apocalypseMusician. Model. Rapper?!

The kid from Clifton

goes hip hop

A tribute to the young

Warrington band, who died last

month in Stockholm

How would Charli XCX,

Bring Me The Horizon and

Slaves survive it?

27 3 8

F E A T U R E S

S E C T I O N S

R E G U L A R S

10 Katherine Ryan 12 Things We Like14 What’s On Your Headphones? 3 6 Under The Radar

46 Soundtrack Of My Life

C O VE R S T O RY

110 SOUTHWARK ST

LONDON

SE1 0SU

TEL 020 3148 + Ext

Hello...THE PAST WEEKhas been a big onefor major leaguetalent. First theOscars finally gaveLeonardo DiCapriothe Academy Awardhe’s deservedsince he was firstnominated backin 1993 for What’sEating Gilbert

Grape?. Then Adele played the first

date of her massive, 105-date 2016world tour in Belfast, with a cup oftea in one hand and the 11,000-strong crowd in the palm of theother. And now comes the return ofJake Bugg, the Nottingham guitarhero who made his name four yearsago as a mouthy teen.

Jake’s first record bagged hima massive Glastonbury slot. Hissecond, produced by Rick Rubin,tanked in comparison. Now at22-years-old, he’s all grown up andpreparing the release of his thirdalbum, ‘On My One’, which sees

him having a go at hip-hop andembracing a 1970s pop sound.It’s not out until June, but we’vescored another massive exclusivewith Bugg’s first interview in overa year, and he’s on fighting butfriendly form; having a dig at formertouring buddy Noel Gallagher(“His last album is pretty crap,innit?”), refuting tabloid rumoursand pondering the make-or-breakaspect of his new album.Welcome back, Jake.

MI K E W I L L I AMS

Editor-in-Chief @itsmikelike

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F E A T U R E

WHAT EVERYONE’S TALKING ABOUT THIS W EEK

Tea-ing off Adele’s epic 105-date tour has begun

ADEL E K ICK ED O FF HE R J AU N T ARO U N D T HE W O RL D I N

B e lfa s t o n Mo n d a y n ig h t, a n d s m a s h e d h e r fi r s t s h o w in fo u r a n d h a lf

y e a rs . T h o s e w h o s c o re d tic k e ts fo r th e o p e n in g n ig h t a t th e S S E Are n a

w e r e t re a te d to h o lo g ra p h ic ra in , c o n f e tti p e r s o n a lis e d w ith ly r ic s a n d

m e s s a g e s f ro m th e s in g e r, a 21- p ie c e b a n d , a ll th e h its a n d s o m e

fra n k c h a t fro m Ad e le , w h o s ip p e d fro m a c u p o f te a o n s ta g e . “ I’v e

b e e n f **k in g s * * *tin g m y s e lf a ll d a y ,” s h e to ld th e c ro w d . “ B a d b o w e l

m o v e m e n ts . I’v e h a d t o h a v e a n Im m o d iu m .” Ye t w h e n s h e s a n g , s h e s till

s o u n d e d lik e th e c la s s ie s t w o m a n a liv e . Ho w th e h e ll d o y o u d o it, Ad e le ?

What Adelesaid

Th e b e s t q u o t e s fro m

t h e Be lfa s t s t a g e

“ I k n o w s o m e o f y o u

h a v e b e e n d r a g g e d

a lo n g , b u t I’m g o in g

to w in y o u o v e r.”

“ o m e o f m y s o n g s g e t

a b it d e p re s s in g .”

“ I w o k e u p s o u n d in g

lik e A rn ie . My v o ic e

w a s s o d e e p b e c a u s e

I s le p t w ith th e a ir c o n

o n in m y h o te l ro o m .”

“ My k id w a s b e in g a

n ig h tm a r e , a n d th e n

th e re w a s a s p illa g e

a t G a t w ic k a n d I

th o u g h t m y b o y frie n d

w a s n ’t g o n n a g e t h e re

– I th o u g h t th e w h o le

to u r w a s d o o m e d ” P H O T O : G E T T Y

Ad e le e n jo y in g a

b r e w o n s ta g e in

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2Kylie s v y in g fo r s u p re m a c y .

M in o g u e is try in g to

p r e v e n t J e n n e r fro m

tra d e m a rk in g th e n a m e .

6C e le b s w h o ’v e le f t re a lity

s h o w The Jump d u e to in ju ry.

Th e la te st, fo rm e r Girls Alo u d

m e m b e r Sa r a h Ha r d in g ,

d a m a g e d a lig a m e n t.

Ch r is Ro c k o n

L a s t S u n d a y ’s Ac a d e m y

Aw a r d s h o s t t a c k le d th e

e v e n t’s la c k o f d iv e r s it y

w ith h a r d - h it tin g h u m o u r

C HRIS ROC K PRESENTED

th e 8 8 th Ac a d e m y Aw a rd s ,

ta k in g o n th e # Os c a r sSoWh ite

c o n t ro v e rs y in h ila r io u s – a n d

s c a t h in g – s t y le . He re a re h is m o s t

c u ttin g q u ip s fro m th e c e re m o n y …

INTRODUCING P RESENTERS

“ Y o u w a n t d iv e rs ity , w e g o t d iv e rs ity .

Ple a s e w e lc o m e Em ily Blu n t a n d

s o m e b o d y w h ite r – C h a rliz e Th e r o n ”

ON THE LACK OF DIVERSITY

“ We lc o m e to th e 8 8 th Ac a d e m y

Aw a rd s , o th e rw is e k n o w n a s th e

w h ite Pe o p le ’s C h o ic e Aw a r d s . If

th e y n o m in a te d h o s ts , I w o u ld n ’t

g e t th is jo b . Y o u ’d b e w a t c h in g Ne il

Pa tric k Ha rris rig h t no w .”

ON THE LACK OF OSCARS

PROTEST IN THE PAS T

“ We w e re to o b u s y b e in g ra p e d

a n d ly n c h e d to c a re w h o w o n

Be s t C in e m a to g ra p h e r. Wh e n

y o u r g ra n d m a ’s h a n g in g fro m

a t re e , it’s h a rd to c a re a b o u t

Be st F o re ig n Sh o rt.”

ON THE BLACK ACTORS’

BOYC OT T “ J a d a [Pin ke t t-Sm ith ]

b o y c o ttin g th e Os c a rs is lik e

m e b o y c o ttin g Rih a n n a ’s p a n tie s .

I w a sn ’t in vite d .”

ON BLACKLIVESMATTER

“ Th is y e a r th e In M e m o r ia m

p a c k a g e is ju s t g o in g to b e b la c k

p e o p le w h o w e re s h o t b y c o p s o n

th e ir w a y t o th e m o v ie s .”

RETU RNING FROM A

COMMERCIAL BREAK

“Ah , w e ’re b la c k .”

O s c a r s S o W h ite

A to p n ig h t o u tT h e T o p m a n T w e n t y :Fo u r

to u r ro lls in to L iv e r p o o l

a n d L e e d s th is w e e k .

He r e a r e fo u r r e a s o n s

w h y it’ll b e to ta lly a c e

1Th e Stry p e s a n d Th e

Am a z o n s a re b o th p la y in g .

Ex p e c t ro llic k in g Ir is h - b o rn

rh y th m & b lu e s fro m th e fo r m e r,

a n d p e rk y a n th e m s fro m Re a d in g

fo u r- p ie c e Th e Am a z o n s .

2 Afte r p la y in g a n in -s to re

s e t a t th e Liv e rp o o l a n d

Le e d s b r a n c h e s o f To p m a n ,

Nic k Grim s h a w w ill b e h o s tin g

a p ro p e r ly b r illia n t m u s ic q u iz in

to w n . Brin g y o u r m o s t m u s o m a te s .

T h e d a te s

Mo n 7 Liv e rp o o l Z a n z ib a r

T h u 10 Le e d s Be lg ra v e

M u s ic Ha ll

Fo r t ic k e t d e t a ils a n d m o r e

in f o , g o t o T o p m a n .c o m /24

3If y o u fi n d th e To p m a n

Airs tre a m tra ile r o n th e

m o rn in g a fte r th e g ig , y o u c a n

g e t a fre e b re a k fa s t b u tty . Sc o re

4Th e g ig s a re o n ly a fi v e r a n d

a ll m o n e y fro m tic k e t s a le s

g o e s to C .A.L.M . a c h a rity

th a t s e e k s to p re v e n t s u ic id e a m o n g

y o u n g m e n . So y o u r m o n e y is g o in g

to a v e ry g o o d c a u s e . F o r m o r e in fo

g o to th e c a lm z o n e .n e t

6

Th e Str y p e s

Th e Am a z o n s

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1 WE’REHEADLINING!

Fe lix : “It’s o u r first b ig o n e . It fe e ls

g o o d b e c a u s e , w h e n w e w e re

fi n is h in g o u r la s t a lb u m ‘M a r k s To

Pro ve It’, w e s a id th e b e s t s itu a tio n

w o u ld b e if w e e n d e d u p h e a d lin in g

s o m e w h e re lik e La titu d e . Th is’ll b e

th e o n ly En g lis h fe s t iv a l w e d o th is

y e a r, s o it’ll b e a s p e c ia l o n e .”

2 BRITISH SEAPOWER WILL BE

UNPREDICTABLE

“ I d o n ’t th in k th e re ’s a w e e k th a tg o e s b y w h e r e I d o n ’t lis te n to

s o m e th in g b y th e m . I a lw a y s

re c o m m e n d s e e in g th e m ’c o s

y o u n e v e r k n o w w h a t’s g o in g

to h a p p e n . I’v e s e e n th e m try

a n d p la y o n r o lle r s k a te s .”

3 ROOTS MANUVAWILL BE A

COMPLETE GENIUS“His n e w re c o rd is s o b rillia n t a n d

d a r k . Wh e n w e s a w h im re c e n tly ,

h e ’d g o t s trin g s in v o lv e d a n d

liv e in s t ru m e n ta tio n , s o it’s k in d

o f b a c k to th e w a y h e u s e d to

d o th in g s a fe w y e a rs a g o . An d ,

a g a in , w ith Ro o ts M a n u v a y o u

d o n ’t a lw a y s k n o w w h a t’s g o in g

to h a p p e n w ith th e s h o w , s o it’s

a lw a y s w o rth s e e in g it. Th e m u s ic ’s

la s te d s o w e ll. He ’s a tru e p io n e e r

a n d g e n iu s s o n g w rite r.”

4 IT’S A CASEOF TRANQUILITY

VS CHAOS“ I lik e fe s t iv a ls th e s e d a y s w h e re

d u rin g th e d a y y o u c a n w a lk

a ro u n d a n d it’s a re a lly fa m ily -

o rie n ta te d , ‘n ic e ’ p la c e to b e .

Th e re’s lo a d s o f little thin g s

b u z z in g a ro u n d y o u c a n g o a n d

s e e . Bu t th e n w h e n it b e c o m e s

n ig h t, it b e c o m e s c h a o s a n d

th e re ’s a r e a lly d iffe r e n t e n e rg y .”

Mu s e Th e c o n s p ira c y th e o ry -

lo v in ’ s ta d iu m ro c k e r s a re

h e a d lin in g Gla s to n b u r y .

Re m e m b e r y o u r tin - fo il h a t.

Re b e l W ils o nTw e e te d a p h o to o f a

jo u r n a lis t s h e a lle g e d w a s

h a ra s s in g h e r g r a n d m o t h e r.

It w a s th e w ro n g p e rs o n .

B B - 8Th e d in k y Star Wars

ro b o t p o s e d fo r s e lfi e s w ith

J a r e d Le to a n d Re e s e

With e rs p o o n a t th e Os c a rs .

J e a lo u s m u c h , R2 -D2 ?

T h e lin e - u p

T h e N a t io n a l

N e w O r d e r

G r im e sK u r t Vile a n d T h e V io la t o r s

Ch v r c h e s

Co u r tn e y B a r n e t t

Fa th e r J o h n M is t y

Ra t B o y

Da u g h t e r

T h e L u m in e e r s

Ch r is t in e a n d t h e Q u e e n s

WHEN: J u ly 14 -17

WHERE: He n h a m Pa r k ,

So u th w o ld , Su ffo lk

TICKETS:

la titu d e fe s t iv a l.c o m

5 AND IT’S AMUSIC LOVER’S

PARADISE“ It s e e m s lik e a h a n d - p ic k e d b ill. A

lo t o f th e t im e y o u c a n g e t b ills t h a t

lo o k q u ite s im ila r, b u t I’m n o t s u re

if y o u w ill g e t a lin e - u p lik e th is o n e

a n y w h e re e ls e in En g la n d .”

B y Fe lix W h ite , g u ita r is t w ith h e a d lin e r s T h e Ma c c a b e e s

Fiv e r e a s o n s w h y

L a titu d e Fe s tiv a l w ill

r o c k y o u r s u m m e r

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OF F T HE T V A ND IN Y OUR F A CE

WHY W O U L D

y o u w a t c h

a n O s c a r-

n o m in a te d

fi lm u n le s s

y o u ’re m a d

e n o u g h to p u r p o s e ly e x p e r ie n c e

fe e lin g s ? B le h . I’m n o t in te re s te d

in c a tc h in g th o s e . I c rie d ju s t

w a t c h in g Ch ris Ro c k ’s o p e n in g

m o n o lo g u e – p a r tly b e c a u s e I’d

fo u n d a n ille g a l s t re a m o f T h e

8 8 th Ac a d e m y Aw a r d s th a t k e p t

fre e z in g – a n d y e s , I a lw a y s tu n e

in fo r th e c e r e m o n y . Eig h ty m illio n

p e o p le s a w it th is y e a r , u n a b le t o

w a it to fi n d o u t if w e a ll s t ill h a d

th e s a m e n u m b e r o f O s c a rs a s

L e o n a rd o DiCa p rio .

I h a d n ’t s e e n a n y o f th e

m o v ie s , b u t I th in k I c o u ld g iv e

s o m e s o lid r e v ie w s b a s e d o n w h a t

w a s b ro a d c a s t fro m L o s An g e le s ’

Do lb y T h e a tre o n th e n ig h t .

Brie Larson won B e s t Ac tre s s f o r Ro o m , w h ic h w a s

a ls o u p fo r B e s t P ic tu re . I fi n d it

o d d th a t ‘B rie ’ is th e o n ly c ro s s o v e r

c h e e s e n a m e . Ha v e th e s e e a g e r

p a re n ts n o t ta s te d Ca m e m b e r t?

Ha llo u m i? I re c o g n is e d h e r s tra ig h t

a w a y a s Am y S c h u m e r ’s s is te r in

Tr in w re k . S h e w a s lo v e ly in th a t ,

b u t in te n tio n a lly h u m o u rle s s . I h a v e

lit tle t im e f o r s in c e r it y . Ro o m is

a b o u t a k id n a p p e d a n d b ru t a lis e d

w o m a n w h o s p e n d s 24/7 lo c k e d in

The Oscars and mea s m a ll s p a c e w ith h e r y o u n g s o n .

T a k e a w a y th e f o r c e d c o n fi n e m e n t ,

th a t ’s t h e life s to r y o f e v e r y n e w

m o th e r in B rita in . I d o n ’ t th in k I

s p o k e to a n y o n e a p a r t fro m m y

d a u g h t e r fo r th e fi rs t tw o y e a r s o f

h e r life . Vio le t s p e a k s to m e in h e r

s le e p . An d I c a n h e a r h e r b e c a u s e

s h e re s t s w ith b o t h le g s a c r o s s m y

b o d y a n d o n e tin y h a n d o n m y fa c e .

He r s p e e c h p ic k s u p s p e e d a n d

v e r b o s ity c o m e m o r n in g , a t w h ic h

tim e s h e ’s a ls o m o b ile s o fo llo w s

m e a ro u n d th e fl a t . It’s b a s ic a lly

Ro o m . I h a v e n ’t s e e n Ro o m .)

Th e M a r tia n s ta r s Ma t t Da m o n

a s a n id io t w h o g o e s to Ma r s

o n p u r p o s e . If th e O s c a rs a r e

r a c is t , I’m s p a c e - is t . I w ill re m a in

u n s y m p a th e t ic to w h a t e v e r h a p p e n s

o u ts id e th is p la n e t u n t il s o m e o n e

c a n te ll m e w h a t’s a t th e b o t to m

o f th e o c e a n . T h is fi lm w a s b e t te r

w h e n it w a s c a lle d C a s ta w a y. T o m

Ha n k s w a s t o o b u s y t o n o tic e

h e ’d b e e n r ip p e d o f f b e c a u s e h ew a s m a k in g Brid g e Of Sp ie s w ith

S te v e n S p ie lb e r g . O h g o o d , a w a r

m o v ie If it’s a b o u t Ru s s ia n s p ie s ,

y o u c a n c o u n t m e o u t . T h e S o v ie ts

lo s t m o r e p e o p le in W W II th a n a ll

th e o t h e r n a t io n s c o m b in e d . I d o n ’t

n e e d to k n o w w h a t th e y w e re u p to

d u r in g th e Co ld W a r e ith e r. W h e n

I n e e d T o m Ha n k s to u p s e t m e ,

I’ll w a t c h h is c a m e o in Ca rly R a e

J e p s e n ’s ‘I Re a lly L ik e Yo u ’ v id e o .

I’v e h e a rd ru m o u rs th a t in Th e

Re v e n a n t, L e o n a rd o DiCa p rio

g e t s ra p e d b y a b e a r. I fa n ta s is e

a p h o n e c a ll w h e re h is a g e n t is

lik e , ‘W e ’re g o in g to g e t y o u th a t

O s c a r, L e o . B u t y o u ’v e g o t ta d o

s o m e th in g fo r m e , c h a m p ,’ a n d

L e o ’s lik e , ‘An y th in g .’ T h e a g e n t

b la n k ly g o e s , ‘YO U . Are g o in g

to b e R AP ED. B y a B EAR.’ L e o

a b s o rb s t h is fo r a m in u te . S ile n c e .

T h e n h e e x p lo d e s w ith ‘S HO W

ME T HE HO N EY ” w h ile le a p in g

a r o u n d h is m a n s io n . (I h a v e n o t

s e e n Th e Re v e n a n t )

Sp o tlig h t w o n B e s t P ic t u r e .

I t’s a ll a b o u t c h ild a b u s e . I ’ll

s e e y o u a t th e c in e m a w h e n

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m y b o o b s 3 /4 o u t fo r th e N ME

Aw a rd s a n d w a s fe a tu re d in th e

Ma il O n lin e . ‘DO N ’T READ T HE

CO MMEN T S ,’ m y m o th e r s a id .

He r e a re s o m e o f th e b e s t o n e s :

‘Big gob but I wouldn’t be

worrying about that when I’m

wiping it on the curtains.’

W HAT CU RT AIN S ? ‘If she was

lobotomised, she’d make the

perfect wife.’ N O T AS FU N AS IT

S O U N DS . ‘Bit desperate for a

guy these days.’ YES , HE’S IN L A .

‘Ugly inside and out.’

ES P ECIAL L Y IN T HE MO RN IN G .

‘She’d do with a different face.’

B RIL L IAN T . It’s c o m fo r tin g to

k n o w I c a n b e a s o u ts p o k e n

a s I lik e , b u t w o r d s w ill

n e v e r b e a s c o n t ro v e r s ia l

a s d u c t- ta p e d c le a v a g e .

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p le a s e g e t a life

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Box of tricks

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m u m w ith a h a n d m a d e b a th

b o m b g ift s e t fro m L u s h .

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Prints charming

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p r in t fro m L o n d o n - b a s e d

illu s t ra to r Fe e G re e n in g .

£ 6 0 feegreening.co.uk

Hippy lit

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a t 19 60s W o o d s to c k . O n e fo r

B o b Dy la n - lo v in g m u m s .

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c h o c o la t ie r Ma s t m a k e s

d e lis h m u m - p le a s in g b a r s .

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Mother’s milk

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a f te r p u ttin g u p w ith y o u , s h e

d e s e r v e s t o g e t a w e e b it b lo tto .

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Sounds good

Ma k e s u re y o u r m o t h e r ’s

lis t e n in g to h e r tu n e s in s t y le

w ith th e s e n e w h e a d p h o n e s .

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Jar rule

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s u p e r- h ip k in d s tu ffe d in to

a n o ld ja m ja r, n o le s s .

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o n Ets y s e lls M o t h e r’s D a y c a r d s

th a t w o n ’t m a k e y o u c rin g e .

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m u m J a d a a p a ir th is w e e k e n d .

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Twice as rice

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w ith t h e s e n u tritio u s ric e p u d p o ts

fro m T h e Co c o n u t Co lla b o ra t iv e .

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Lewis Scorey i

21, fashion journalist

Lis te n in g to :

BLOSSOMS

Charlemagne

“ It g rip p e d m e s tra ig h t a w a y

a n d w a s in m y h e a d fo r th e

re s t o f th e d a y .”

Wearing: Sa n d ra le a th e r

ja c k e t, Z a ra r o ll- n e c k ,

To p m a n je a n s , ASOS s h o e s .

Best thing about

Bournemouth: “Th e Pa v ilio n

d o e s a g re a t v in t a g e f a ir

c a lle d Lo u Lo u ’s.”

Nina Gilesi22, student

Liste n in g to :

SEAFRET

Oceans

“ It’s q u ite c h ille d m u s ic .

Th e y ’v e g o t s o m e re a lly

fa b lyric s, to o .”

Wearing: Sh e e p k s in c o a t

fro m eBa y , Ro lo To m a s s i

ju m p e r, Ga p je a n s ,

Dr M a r te n s s h o e s .

Best thing about

Bournemouth: “Th e c h a r itysh o p s a re b rillia n t.”

“The charityshops arebrilliant.”

Bournemouth

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THIS WEEK

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Jordan Gray i

26, musician

Liste n in g to :

NEIL YOUNG

Drive Back

“An in c re d ib le s o n g . It’s g o t

s u c h a m a s s iv e g ro o v e to it.”

Wearing: Le vi’s je a n s,

Dr M a r te n s b o o ts ,

M a rk s & Sp e n c e r ja c k e t

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Bournemouth: “Th e p e o p le .

Ev e ry o n e s e e m s to e n d

u p h e re a n d n o b o d y e v e r

w a n ts to le a v e ”

Emily Reid21, student

Liste n in g to :

LAURYN HILL

To Zion

“ Sh e ’s g o t s o m u c h s o u l. He r

vo ic e , th e a c o u s t ic s , it’s

e v e r y th in g to g e th e r.”

Wearing: Z a ra tro u se rs, ASOS

k n itte d to p , M o n k e y c o a t,

Sa r a h Stra u s s b e r g e a rrin g s .

Best thing about

Bournemouth: “So u t hC o a s t Ro a s t c a fé . Th e y h a v e

lo a d s o f c o o l e v e n ts a s w e ll

a s a m a z in g c o ffe e .”

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J AK E B U G G I S N O T READY

fo r h is c lo s e - u p . Ar riv in g in

a w h ite w a s h e d W e s t L o n d o n

p h o to s tu d io fo r h is c o v e r

s h o o t, h e s h a k e s h a n d s

(s u r p r is in g ly fi rm ly ) , th e n

d is a p p e a r s in to m a k e - u p f o r w h a t s e e m s

lik e d e c a d e s . W h e n h e fi n a lly e m e r g e s , h e

s lip s in to a w h ite a n d p u rp le t ie - d y e ja c k e t

th a t h is s ty lis t w o rrie s , in h u s h e d to n e s ,

lo o k s “ a b it n e w - ra v e ” . B u g g s e e m s a t

e a s e b e in g p h o t o g ra p h e d (h e s h o u ld b e

– h e r e c e n tly s ig n e d to m o d e l a g e n c y

Elite ) a n d h e lo o k s q u ite s e r e n e w ith h is

e y e s c lo s e d , w a itin g p a t ie n tly w h ile a n

a s s is t a n t te a s e s a s in g le s t ra n d o f h a ir.

B u g g , w h o tu r n e d 22 o n S u n d a y , h a s

a re p u ta t io n fo r a c t in g lik e a s p o ile d

te e n a g e r – u n s u rp ris in g g iv e n h e w a s ju s t

19 w h e n h e r e le a s e d h is d e b u t a lb u m .

P ro fi le r s te n d to fi n d h im d is e n g a g e d . “ It

c a n f e e l lik e b a d g e r in g a s u lle n n e p h e w

a b o u t h o w s c h o o l is g o in g ,” w ro t e o n e .

T h is is n o t th e J a k e B u g g t h a t N ME s p e n d s

a n a f te rn o o n w ith – in h is fi rs t in te r v ie w fo r

a y e a r h e re s p o n d s to q u e s tio n s a t le n g t h

a n d e v e n c ra c k s t h e o d d jo k e .

An d th a t’s n o t th e o n ly re c e n t

tra n s fo r m a t io n . Fo rth c o m in g a lb u m ‘O n

My O n e ’ – d u e fo r re le a s e o n J u n e 17 – is

n o re tre a d o f h is fi rs t tw o . S u re , it h a s

fo lk s o n g s d e s ig n e d to a p p e a s e B u g g

p u ris ts – th e s w a g g e r in g ‘P u t O u t T h e Fire ’,

th e fi n g e r- p ic k in ’ b a lla d ‘All T h a t’ – b u t

th e r e ’s e x p e r im e n ta t io n , to o . T h e r e a re

tw o h ip - h o p tra c k s : ‘G im m e T h e L o v e ’, a

b ig , b e a t y ju g g e rn a u t o f a s o n g , a n d ‘Ain ’ t

N o Rh y m e ’, in w h ic h h e d o e s s o m e th in g

th a t s o u n d s s u s p ic io u s ly lik e ra p p in g .

Els e w h e re , a s tra in o f lu s h , ’7 0s - s ty le p o p

ru n s th r o u g h t h e r e c o rd . In s h o r t, J a k eB u g g h a s ta k e n s o m e re a l c r e a tiv e r is k s .

WORK o n th e a lb u m b e g a n in e a r ly

2015 in th e d is p a ra te lo c a le s o f Ma lib u a n d

N o ttin g h a m . It w a s r e p o r te d la s t y e a r th a t

Mik e D fro m B e a s tie B o y s w a s w o r k in g o n

m a t e r ia l w ith h im in t h e fo rm e r, th o u g h

n o n e o f it h a s m a d e t h e c u t. “ He w a s d o in g

a t ra c k o f m in e ,” c o n fi r m s B u g g , b a c k in

th e d re s s in g ro o m a f te r th e s h o o t. “ B u t I

s t ill h a v e n ’t b lo o d y g o t it b a c k y e t. Do y o u

k n o w w h a t it’s c a lle d ? ‘W a itin g ’. Ca n y o u

b e lie v e th a t? Ca n y o u f* *k in g b e lie v e it? It’s

lik e f ** k in g t a k in g th e p * *s .”

B u g g a n d Mik e D – re a l n a m e Mik e

Dia m o n d – s p e n t “ a c o u p le

o f w e e k s ” to g e t h e r, fi r s t

in a s t u d io in Ma lib u , th e n

ro u n d Dia m o n d ’s g a f f,

b u t t h e Ca lifo r n ia life s t y le

w a s n ’t e x a c t ly c o n d u c iv e

to p ro d u c tiv it y . “ Ev e r y o n e ’s

s o re la x e d in Ma lib u ,” h e

s a y s . “ It w a s lik e , ‘O h y e a h

I ’ll b e t h e r e a t 12, m a n ’.

T h r e e o ’c lo c k , h e t u rn s u p .

B u t I’m th e s a m e . Mik e

h a d n ’t d o n e a n y th in g fo r a

w h ile s o I th in k h e w a s ju s t

g e t tin g b a c k in to it, fi n d in g h im s e lf a g a in .

T h e im p o r ta n t th in g w a s h e in s p ire d m e to

g o b a c k to N o t tin g h a m a n d u s e w h a t I’d

le a rn e d . S o e v e n th o u g h n o th in g p h y s ic a l

c a m e o u t o f th e e x p e r ie n c e , it d e fi n ite ly

p la y e d a p a r t in w h a t I c a m e u p w ith la t e r.”

T h e in fl u e n c e is c le a r o n ‘G im m e T h e

L o v e ’, th e a lb u m ’s fi rs t o f fi c ia l s in g le , a n d

a ls o ‘Ain ’ t N o Rh y m e ’ – th a t ra p s o n g .

B u g g , w h o c la im s h e “ c a n ’t ra p fo r s * *t”,

re c o r d e d h is v e rs io n a s a ro u g h g u id e , w ith

th e in t e n t io n o f fi n d in g a n a c tu a l ra p p e r to

re - re c o rd it, b u t “ w e c o u ld n ’t fi n d a n y o n e

in tim e s o [th e la b e l]

d e c id e d to u s e m y v e r s io n .

I f t h e y t h in k it ’s a lr ig h t to

u s e , fa ir e n o u g h .”

B u g g h a s s p o k e n

b e fo r e a b o u t h is h ip - h o p

in fl u e n c e s , g le a n e d fro m

c h ild h o o d frie n d s w h o

w e r e in t o fi rs t- w a v e g rim e

a r tis ts s u c h a s W ile y a n d

Diz z e e R a s c a l. He w a s

m o re in to ’9 0s Ea s t Co a s t

ra p a t th e t im e ( “I n e v e r

lik e d m u c h B ritis h ra p ,

it n e v e r re a lly s tr u c k a

c h o r d w ith m e ” ) a n d n o w

ra te s c o n te m p o r a ry a c ts

Ru n T h e J e w e ls a n d J o e y

B a d a $ $ . He ’s fo llo w e d th e

re c e n t re s u rg e n c e o f g r im e ,

s p e a r h e a d e d b y th e lik e s

o f S k e p ta a n d S to r m z y , b u t

is o n ly h a lf- im p re s s e d . “ I

fe e l lik e a lo t o f t h e t im e it is

th e s a m e s t o rie s ,” h e s a y s .

“ It’s v io le n c e a n d g u n s a n d

d r u g s . I lik e lis te n in g to

it ’c a u s e u s u a lly it ’s tr u e .B u t a fe w m o r e s to r ie s

w o u ld b e c o o l.”

THROUGHOUTo u r c o n v e r s a tio n , B u g g

o s c illa t e s b e t w e e n ta lk in g to

th e t a b le a n d r e m e m b e rin g

to m a k e e y e c o n t a c t . T h e

e ffo r t th is e n ta ils is q u ite

s w e e t . O n e p e r s o n w h o w ill

n o t e n jo y th e b a lm o f th is

J a k e B u g g c h a r m o f fe n s iv e

is N o e l G a lla g h e r. T h e

e x - O a s is le a d e r to o k B u g g o n a U S to u r

w ith h im in 2012, b u t la te r s a id h e w a s

“ f* *k in g h e a r tb ro k e n ” to le a rn t h a t th e

s e e m in g ly c re d ib le m u s ic ia n c o - w ro t e

2012 d e b u t ‘J a k e B u g g ’ a n d 2013 fo llo w - u p

‘S h a n g ri L a ’ w ith h it- m a k e r s s u c h a s I a in

Arc h e r, fo rm e rly o f S n o w P a tro l.

“ N o e l’s la s t a lb u m is p re tty c * *p ,

th o u g h , in n it? ” s a y s B u g g . “ P u t th a t in . I’m

n o t u p s e t a b o u t it b e c a u s e it’s ju s t N o e l –

h e ’ll s la g o ff Ed S h e e ra n a n d b e a t a p a r ty

w ith h im th e n e x t w e e k , lik e . It’s ju s t th e

w a y h e is . He w a s d e fi n ite ly a n in fl u e n c e

o n m y m u s ic , b u t I d o n ’t c a r e w h a t

a n y o n e s a y s , m a n . I’m ju s t d o in g

m u s ic th e w a y I w a n n a d o it.”

Bugg onthe roadC a tc h th e Bu g g

o v e r fo u r d a t e s in

Lo n d o n t h is w e e k

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U n d e rg r o u n d March

8 T h e Do m e March

10 B r ix to n Ele c t ric

March 11 B u s h Ha ll

A Bugg’s life

F EB 19 9 4 : B o rn J a c o b

Ed w in K e n n e d y B u g g in

Clifto n , N o ttin g h a m .

2 006 : S ta r ts p la y in g

g u ita r, in s p ire d b y h e a rin g

Do n M c L e a n ’s ‘Vin c e n t

(S ta rr y S ta rr y N ig h t)’ o n

The Simpsons.

2 010: Dro p s o u t o f c o lle g e

to c o n c e n tra te o n g ig g in g .

J UNE 2 011: Afte r

s u b m ittin g s o n g s to th e

B B C In t ro d u c in g s c h e m e ,

h e ’s in v ite d to p e r fo rm e d o n

th e ir s ta g e a t G la s to n b u r y .

OC T 2 012 : De b u t a lb u m

‘J a k e B u g g ’ g o e s s tra ig h t

to N u m b e r O n e , m a k in g

h im th e y o u n g e s t a r tis t

e v e r to a c h ie v e t h e f e a t.

OC T 2 012 : B u g g t e lls

NME: “ It’s m y jo b to k e e p

th a t X Factor s * * t o f f th e

to p o f th e c h a r ts ” .

DEC 2 012 : The Telegraphre f e r s to B u g g a s “ a n Ea s t

Mid la n d s B o b Dy la n ” .

2 013 : W o r k s w ith p ro d u c e r

Ric k Ru b in in Ma lib u o n h is

s e c o n d a lb u m ‘S h a n g ri L a ’.

APR 2 013 : It’s r e p o r te d

in th e ta b lo id s th a t B u g g

h a s s p lit fro m s u p e r m o d e l

Ca ra De le v in g n e .

OC T 2 013 : S h a n e

Me a d o w s d ire c ts th e v id e o

fo r s in g le ‘S lu m v ille S u n ris e ’.

NOV 2 013 : ‘S h a n g ri L a ’ is

re le a s e d to m ix e d re v ie w s .

F EB 2 014 : De s c rib e s The X Factor a s “ S ic k . It’s a b o u t

p o p u la r ity a n d n o t m u s ic .”

J UNE 2 014 : P e r fo r m s

o n t h e P y ra m id S ta g e

a t G la s t o n b u r y .

SEP 2 014 : P la y s o n

American Idol.

F EB 2 016 : Re le a s e s f re e

s o n g ‘O n My O n e ’, ta k e n

fro m th e u p c o m in g a lb u m

o f th e s a m e n a m e .

“Noel’s lastalbum ispretty c**p,

though, innit?”

J A K E B U G G

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B u g g ’s n e w a lb u m is

a c r e a tiv e ris k (to p );

w ith ru m o u re d e x ,

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a t G la s to n b u r y 2014 (r ig h t );

w ith ‘S h a n g ri L a ’ p ro d u c e r

Ric k Ru b in (b e lo w )

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F E A T U R E

W h e t h e r o r n o t N o e l’s w o r d s s tu n g , ‘O n

My O n e ’ fi n d s B u g g g o in g it a lo n e . N a m e d

a f te r N o ttin g h a m s la n g f o r ‘o n m y o w n ’, it

s e e s h im w ritin g a ll o f h is o w n m a t e ria l a n d

p ro d u c in g m u c h o f it, to o . He w a s n o t, h e

in s is t s , h e ll- b e n t o n s ile n c in g h is c r itic s :

“ P e o p le a r e p ro b a b ly g o n n a s a y I w a s

tr y in g to p ro v e a p o in t o r s o m e t h in g , b u t

it w a s m o re f o r m e . It w a s im p o r ta n t fo r

m y d e v e lo p m e n t a s a w rite r. If I d o n ’t d o it

n o w , w h e n a m I g o n n a d o it? ”

It’s a ris k y m o v e , a n d B u g g ’s r e c o rd

la b e l, Me rc u r y , w e re n e r v o u s . “ I th in k a ll

th e w a y th r o u g h th e p ro c e s s o f m a k in g th e

a lb u m th e y w e r e s till u n s u re , u n til it w a s

fi n is h e d a n d th e n t h e y w e r e lik e , ‘O h , O K ,

it’s n o t a s b a d a s w e th o u g h t it w a s g o n n a

b e ,” h e s a y s . B u g g n o w c o m p a re s h is c o -

w ritin g d a y s to a f u r th e r e d u c a t io n c o u rs e :

“ My m a t e s w e r e g o in g to c o lle g e t o le a rn

p la s te rin g a n d jo in e r y

a n d I w a s g o in g t o w o r k

w ith th e s e p ro fe s s io n a l

s o n g w rite r s , s o I th o u g h t:

‘Fre e e d u c a t io n ’. Yo u k n o w ,

p e o p le p a y t o p d o lla r to

g o t o a ll th e to p s c h o o ls .

I d id n ’t h a v e to , I w a s lu c k y .

I w e n t a n d le a rn t it, a n d

n o w I’m d o in g it b y m y s e lf.”

BORN in t o a w o rk in g -

c la s s h o u s e h o ld in C lifto n ,

N o ttin g h a m , h is fa t h e r a

n u r s e a n d h is m o t h e r in

s a le s , B u g g m u s t k n o w

w h a t k in d o f life w o u ld h a v e

a w a ite d h im h a d fa m e n o t

b e c k o n e d . He a g re e s th a t

th e T o r y g o v e r n m e n t is n o t

th a t s y m p a t h e tic to y o u n gp e o p le . Aro u n d t h e G e n e r a l

Ele c tio n la s t Ma y , h e to o k

a n o n lin e te s t to e s ta b lis h

h is p o litic a l v ie w s . T h e

re s u lt? L ib e r a l De m o c ra t .

“ Co m in g fro m a

w o r k in g - c la s s b a c k g ro u n d ,

if y o u d id n ’t g o le ft, y o u ’d

b e r e s e n t e d ,” h e s a y s . “ B u t

a f te r h a v in g a f e w a lb u m s

a n d to u rin g a w h ile , m a y b e

fi n a n c ia lly it’s b e tte r to b e

rig h t w in g . S o y o u ’re s tu c k

in th e m id d le . An d th a t’s

k in d a w h a t ‘Ain ’t K n o w

Rh y m e ’ is a b o u t. T h e ly r ic s

g o : ‘You can’t just wind up

the dividing screen / When

you’re in the middle, which

side do you lean? ’ I t’s k in d

o f h o w I fe lt. P e o p le a r e

a lw a y s tr y in g to p u ll y o u t o

o n e s id e .”

Fa m e h a s n ’t d is ta n c e d

h im fro m h is o ld m a te s . He

b rin g s th e m o n to u r, th o u g h

h e a c k n o w le d g e s it m u s t

b e to u g h fo r th e m to r e tu r n

to Clifto n a fte r w a rd s . “ Yo u

m ig h t n o t h a v e s e e n y o u r b e s t m a te s fo r

a b it b u t y o u h a v e th a t in s ta n t c o n n e c tio n

a g a in s tra ig h t a w a y ,” h e s a y s . “ L ik e w ith

m y m a te J a z – y o u s e e e a c h o th e r a n d

y o u c a n ju s t s it th e re a n d n o t h a v e t o s a y

a n y th in g b e c a u s e y o u g e t o n s o w e ll. Yo u

c a n h a v e a b it o f a la u g h o r c h ill a n d w a tc h

T V a n d s * * t lik e th a t.”

B u g g n o w re n ts a h o u s e in W e s t L o n d o n

w h ile lo o k in g to b u y a p la c e in th e c ity ,

a n d to d a y h e p e r fo r m e d a t a B u r b e r r y

c a tw a lk s h o w . He a d m its to fe e lin g s o m e

g u ilt a b o u t h is s u c c e s s . “ I g o in t o a s h o p

a n d I’m lik e : ‘I w a n t th a t n o w .’ I w a lk o u t

th in k in g : ‘F* *k in g h e ll, m y m a t e s h a v e

p ro b a b ly b e e n g ra f tin g a ll w e e k ju s t to

b u y a b e e r’. P e o p le m ig h t lik e t h e s o n g s

a n d it m ig h t b e s u c c e s s fu l, b u t d o e s t h a t

m e a n y o u s h o u ld h a v e a v a s te r a m o u n t

o f m o n e y t h a n s o m e b o d y t h a t w o r k s 45

h o u r s a w e e k ? I d o n ’t th in k

s o . N o t w h e n I’m g e ttin g

to e n jo y m y s e lf. It d o e s n ’t

s e e m fa ir s o m e h o w . P e o p le

m ig h t g o : ‘W e ll, w h y d o n ’t

y o u g iv e y o u r m o n e y a w a y

th e n ? ’ B u t e v e n if y o u d o

th a t y o u c a n n e v e r k e e p

e v e r y b o d y h a p p y .”

B u g g e n t e r e d th e g o s s ip

p a g e s in 2013 w h e n it

w a s r e p o r te d th a t h e w a s

d a tin g p o s h s u p e rm o d e l

Ca ra D e le v in g n e , a n d th a t

s h e c h u c k e d h im in Ap ril

o f th a t y e a r. Ac tu a lly , h e

s a y s , th e w h o le t h in g w a s

a ta b lo id fa b ric a tio n . “ W e

w e r e ju s t c o m in g o u t o f a

v e n u e . P e o p le t a k e p ic t u r e s

a n d , lik e , c r e a te a s t o r ya r o u n d it . I t’s lik e , t h a t ’s n o t

e v id e n c e is it? T h a t’s t w o

p e o p le h a n g in g o u t .”

B u g g d id n ’t e n jo y t h a t

k in d o f a tte n tio n . “ My

s p o tlig h t is o n th e s t a g e ,”

h e s a y s . “ Fo r m e , th a t ’s

th e re a l s p o tlig h t. P e o p le

fl a s h in g c a m e r a s in m y fa c e ,

I d o n ’t c a r e a b o u t th a t s * * t.”

ONE th in g J a k e B u g g

d o e s c a r e a b o u t is w h e th e r

o r n o t y o u b u y h is a lb u m .

“ Yo u w a n n a d o th is jo b

fo re v e r, d o n ’t y o u ? ” h e

s a y s . “ S o it’s m a k e o r

b re a k . If it fl o p s , w h o ’s

g o n n a b u y t h e f o u r th

re c o rd ? T h a t’s w h y I h a d to

g iv e it e v e r y t h in g . T h a t’s

Bugg onthe boxTh e m a n y tim e s

J a k e ’s m u s ic h a s

p o p p e d u p o n te lly

HAPPY VALLEY

‘T r o u b le T o w n ’ s e r v e s

a s t h e th e m e t u n e fo r

th e h a rd - h ittin g B B C1

c r im e d ra m a s e t in

W e s t Yo rk s h ire .

LONDON 2 012

OLY M PIC S

J a k e re le a s e d

‘L ig h tn in g B o lt’

in 2012, ju s t a sJ a m a ic a n s p rin t e r

U s a in B o lt b e c a m e

th e s ta r o f th e

G a m e s . T h e r e s u lt?

W a ll- to - w a ll B u g g .

GIRLS

L e n a Du n h a m u s e d

‘T h e re ’s A B e a s t An d

W e All Fe e d I t’ fo r

s e rie s th re e o f h e r

HB O c o m e d y d ra m a .

It p la y e d a s th re e

c h a r a c te r s c a v o r te d

th r o u g h a g ra v e y a r d .

THE F AULT IN

OUR STARS

T h e te e n w e e p ie

fe a tu re d ‘S im p le A s

T h is ’. W e n e e d a k is s

a n d a B u g g ju s t

th in k in g a b o u t it.

AM ERIC AN IDOL

Afte r d is m is s in g

ta le n t s h o w s , B u g g

p e r fo r m e d ‘Me a n d

Yo u ’ o n Am e ric a ’s

b ig g e s t o n e . Aw k s .

w h a t [title tra c k ] ‘O n My O n e ’ is a b o u t: ‘I’m

a poor boy from Nottingham/ I had all my

dreams/ But in this world they’re gone’. My

d re a m s h a v e c o m e tru e , b u t th a t’s w h a t I’d

b e s in g in g if I lo s t e v e r y t h in g .”

T h e s t a k e s a r e h ig h . In a w o rld w h e re

Ad e le ’s ‘25 ’ c a n s o u n d ju s t lik e ’19 ’ a n d

‘21’ a n d s t ill b e th e b ig g e s t -s e llin g a lb u m o f

th e d e c a d e , y o u m ig h t h a v e f o r g iv e n B u g g

fo r a t te m p tin g to re p e a t th e f o rm u la o f h is

65 0,000- s e llin g d e b u t. W a s h e te m p te d ?

“ Ab s o lu te ly n o t,” h e s a y s . “ P e o p le d o n ’ t

k n o w w h a t th e y w a n t. I’m s u re if Ad e le

w o u ld ’v e b e e n a b it e x p e r im e n ta l, it

m ig h t’v e g o t a b it m o r e m ix e d re v ie w s b u t

if it w a s g o o d , p e o p le w o u ld s t ill lo v e it

’c a u s e it’s s t ill h e r. If I d id th e s a m e th in g s

p e o p le w o u ld g o , ‘O h , it’s ju s t th e s a m e ’,

b u t if y o u d o s o m e t h in g d iffe r e n t, th e y g o ,

‘O h , it’s n o t lik e h is o th e r tw o a lb u m s ’.

“ I w a n te d ‘O n M y O n e ’ to b e d iffe r e n t.

I fe e l lik e p e o p le a re t o o s c a re d n o w to d o

s o m e t h in g d iffe re n t.”

S o t h e k id fro m Clifto n h a s

re le a s e d a r a p s o n g . Re s p e c t.

J A K E B U G G

“People are tooscared now to do

something different”

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Last month,the music worldmourned theloss of promisingindie band Vio la

B e a c h , whodied alongsidetheir managerin a car crashin Stockholm.

Those close tothe Warringtonfour-piece tellB a r r y N ic o ls o n they’ll rememberthem for theirhumour, energyand ambition

R E M E M B E R I N G

V I O L A B E A C H

2

Th e h is to ry o f roc k ’n ’ roll is litte red w ith

u n tim e ly d e a th s , b u t fe w h a v e s e e m e d

s o m o n s tro u s ly u n f a ir a s th o s e o f Vio la

Be a c h a n d th e ir m a n a g e r C ra ig Ta r ry .

Th e y o u n g b a n d ’s n a s c e n t c a r e e r w a s c ru e lly

c u t s h o rt w h e n th e ir c a r c r a s h e d in to a c a n a l o n

th e jo u r n e y b a c k fro m a Sw e d is h m u s ic fe s t iv a l

in th e e a rly h o u rs o f Sa tu rd a y , F e b ru a r y 13 .

In th e w e e k s s in c e t h e tra g ic e v e n t, th e in d ie

c o m m u n ity h a s ra llie d a r o u n d th e Wa r rin g to n

fo u r- p ie c e , w ith e v e ry o n e f ro m Lia m Ga lla g h e r

to Th e Sto n e Ro s e s to Ka s a b ia n e x p re s s in g

s u p p o rt fo r th e s u c c e s s fu l c a m p a ig n to g e t

th e ir d e b u t s in g le , ‘Sw in g s & Wa te rslid e s ’, in to

th e c h a rts . Y e t fo r th e p e o p le w h o k n e w th e m

b e s t th a t s h o w o f u n ity c a n n e v e r b e a n y th in g

b u t b itte rs w e e t : h e re w a s a b a n d w h o m ig h t

h a v e a c h ie v e d a n y th in g , y e t w h o s e m e m o r y w ill

a lw a y s b e d e fi n e d b y a s in g le , tra g ic t w is t o f fa t e .

“ Th e m u s ic in d u s try c a n b e q u ite a n

u n fo rg iv in g p la c e ,” s a y s th e b a n d ’s a g e n t,

w h o a s k e d n o t to b e n a m e d in th is p ie c e ,

“ b u t w h e n a m a s s iv e tra g e d y lik e th is h a p p e n s

it re a lly r e s o n a t e s , a n d th a t ’s b e e n lo v e ly

fo r th e f a m ilie s t o s e e . Bu t th e re ’s a ls o th e

u n d e rs ta n d in g th a t th e re w a s a p ro m is e to

th is b a n d th a t w a s s o , s o im m e n s e . I h a v e

a b s o lu te ly n o d o u b t w h a ts o e v e r w h e re Vio la

Be a c h w e r e g o in g .”

Am o n g th e fi rs t to re c o g n is e th a t p ro m is e

w e r e Ad ria n Ha ll a n d Le e M c C a r th y , w h o

c o m p ris e th e p ro d u c tio n d u o Su g a r Ho u s e .

Ha ll a n d M c C a r th y d is c o v e re d Vio la Be a c h o n

So u n d c lo u d in e a rly 2 014 , a n d o v e r th e n e x t 18

m o n th s re c o r d e d fi v e s e p a ra te s e s s io n s w ith

th e b a n d a t th e ir s tu d io in St He le n s . M c C a r th y

re m e m b e r s th e m a s b e in g , “Diffe r e n t to a lo t o f

o t h e r b a n d s w e ’d m e t. Th e y w e r e a b it o f f th e

w a ll, b u t th e y w e re n ’t c o n triv e d . Y o u c o u ld te ll

th e re w a s d e fi n ite ly s o m e t h in g th e r e , e s p e c ia lly

w h e n y o u s a t w ith Kris [Le o n a rd , fro n tm a n ] a n d

lis t e n e d to h im ta lk a b o u t m u s ic . It w a s n ’t lik e

Vio la Be a c h : (l-r)

To m a s Lo w e , Riv e r

Re e ve s , Kris Le o n a r d

a n d J a c k Da k in

Pla yin g a t

No ttin g Hill

Arts C lu b o n

J a n u a r y 10

Kris o n s ta g e a tLo n d o n ’s Villa g e

Un d e rg ro u n d

la s t No v e m b e r

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Instrumental to building that momentum

was BBC Radio Merseyside’s Dave Monks,

who gave the band their first radio play and

invited them onto his show for numerous live

sessions throughout 2015. Monks responded

not only to the “energy and freshness” of ViolaBeach’s songs, but also the band members’

individual personalities. “You

couldn’t help but like them as

people,” he says. “They were

funny, polite, enthusiastic and

ambitious – especially Kris,

who was the ideas man.”

With Tarry as manager,

bassist Tomas and guitarist

River Reeves solidified the

line-up in May 2015. Viola

Beach released ‘Swings &

Waterslides’ through their

own label, Fuller Beans,

which subseq uently led tomajor-label interest and a deal

with Communion Records.

In August, at Dave Monks’

behest, the band were

added to the bill on the BBC

Introducing stage at last year’s

Reading & Leeds festivals, and

their performances there led to

another milestone – their first

UK tour, supporting London

alt-folkers Eliza and the Bear.

“We met them on the first

night of the tour in Manchester.

You could see the excitement

in their eyes,” says frontmanJames Kellegher. “We’d got

them a bottle of Jack Daniel’s

and they first thing they said

was, ‘Do we have to drink it all

now?’ They were young and

super-keen and completely

untainted by the industry.

Everything was a pleasure for

them.” Joining them on that

tour were Scottish group The

LaFontaines, whose guitarist Iain Findlay recalls

the band being “Stupidly excited about going

out on their first tour.”

“They had a really weird, beautiful outlook on

he had some big plan, but he knew what he

wanted to do.”

“Some bands work so hard at cultivating

an image, but Viola Beach just were what

they were,” agrees Hall. “Tomas [Lowe, bass],

Kris and Jack [Dakin, drums] all worked in the

same bar, and they spent a lot of time drinking

together and having a laugh, which was a big

part of their dynamic. I remember Jack arriving

at the studio one day with a load of new tattoos,

because he’d just bought himself a tattoo gun.

Kris would turn up wearing girl’s pants, ordungarees, or a NASA jacket, and when you

asked him about it, he’d say, ‘I

woke up this morning and they

were touching my legs, so I

just put them on.’ They didn’t

care, and that’s why it worked

– because they weren’t trying.”

Irreverence was a big part

of Viola Beach’s charm, but

the absence of that “big plan”

was initially what held them

back: the songs were there,

but the line-up was always in

flux, with Leonard and drummer

Dakin the only constants. Itwas when Craig Tarry came

on board as manager in early

2015, says McCarthy, “that they

really got their act together

and everything clicked into

gear. They needed someone to

hold their hand and help them

function like a real band.”

life,” agrees their agent. “Kris used to message

me saying he wanted to break the record for

playing the most gigs in a year. He’d say, ‘I want

to be known as that band who gig and gig and

gig, and who make fans everywhere they go.’”

In 2016, the band were already booked to

play SXSW, Latitude and Live at Leeds, with

further appearances at Glastonbury and a

return to Reading & Leeds being negotiated

and a support tour for on-the-up indie band

Blossoms. There was also a five or six-track

EP, recorded with Communion co-founder and

producer Ian Grimble, scheduled for releaselater this year. When ME reached out to

Grimble, he confirmed there were currently no

plans to release anything, but the band’s agent

doesn’t completely rule out the possibility.

“The team around Viola Beach will sit down

with the families once the funerals have taken

place, and we’ll work out how best to proceed,”

he says. “Whether that’s making an album

internally for the families or an album that

actually gets released, I don’t know. There’s

a lot of music, a lot of demos, a lot of amazing

songs, and it’d be great if it got out, but at the

moment, everybody’s still grieving. We need to

sit down and work out what we do with it.”

Viola Beach’s legacy may now be outof their own hands, but that doesn’t

necessarily mean the last word on

them has been written.

Trib u te s to

Vio la Be a c h

L PSLEY

“It is so sad to hear

of the passing of the

band members and

manager of Viola Beach.

I used to see them out

in Liverpool. Brings

perspective.”

LIAM FRAY

The Courteeners

”Heartbreaking

news about Viola

Beach. Watched

them soundcheck in

December with us, they

were destined for big

things. Can’t believe it.

An upbeat, optimistic

group of young men

who were only just

dipping their toes.

Cruel, cruel world.”

BLOSSOMS

“We’ll never forget

them. Their tunes

forever in our heads

Craig, Kris, Jack,

River and Tom always

in our hearts.”

“Th e y w a n te d

to b re a k th e

re c o rd fo r

p la y in g th e

m o s t g ig s

in a y e a r”

V IOLA BEAC H

Their KOKO date was

on January 29 –

one of their last gigs

Manchester City paid

tribute to lifelong fan

Tarry and the band

Backstage at their

KOKO gig

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F E A T U R E

With T h e

W a lk in g

De a d backon ourscreens,we askeda bunch of

musicianshow they’dsurvive azombieoutbreak

Z O M B I E S

I L L U S T R A T I O N:

G E O R G E

A R N T O N

CHARLI XCX“ I’m so good at this. I’d make

sure I was on the second

fl oor of an apartment – then

I’d cut off the stairs. I’d make

sure I had enough petrol in

my car. I’d stockpile raisins,

that kind of s . And I’d

cover my mouth in case I got

infected by z ombie blood.

You know, the simple things.”

RAT BOY“ I’d go up in the attic and just

hide there. There’s no ladder,

and from what I’ve seen in

movies, they can’t climb.”

OLI SYKES

Bring Me The Horizon“ You know those bubbles?

Those human-siz ed hamster

spheres? I’d take one of

those out on a lake. I mean

they can’t… They’re not

gonna bother, are they? ”

JULIA CUMMINGSunflower Bean“ I’d make a little hobbit house

in a mountain. I guess that’s

a fantasy of mine in general.”

KREPT ANDKONANKonan “ You know what,

if there were a z ombie

apocalypse I’d have to getlo a d s of weapons and work

out how to kill them. Because

you know, some you’d shoot,

some you’d cut off their head.

Cos stab ’em in the head and

they might live. So we gotta

be experimenting and then

just go from there really.”

Krept “ I’d take a boat to

the middle of nowhere and

stay there until everything

died down. Get loads of

supplies: food,

drink, girls… ”

The Walking Dead,

Mondays, 9pm, Fox

L AURIE V INCENT Slaves“ In the event of a z ombie

apocalypse I think me and

Isaac [Holman, Slaves singer]

would throw caution to the

wind and become bounty

hunters. We’re like salt and

pepper, yin and yang, chalk

and cheese. Can’t live with

or without each other. We’ve

got each other’s backs. We’ll

walk into rooms like this

[mimes backing into a room

with a fi nger-gun]. ‘Clear? ’”

MATT NICHOLLSBring Me The Horizon

“ I’d start looting. You know, like looting and that? I’d get

myself a new TV.”

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(F T SLAVES)

Control

Ev e r w o n d e re d w h a t T h e

P r o d ig y ’ s K e ith ‘ Fir e s t a r te r ’

Flin t w o u ld ’v e b e e n lik e a s

a m ille n n ia l? U s n e ith e r , b u t

th a n k fu lly th is HU G E

s o u n d in g c o lla b b e tw e e n

C& S a n d K e n t p u n k o ik s

S la v e s g iv e s u s th e a n s w e r.

BEST F OR AM ID-WEEKHANGOVERC UREPARQ UET C OURTS

Berlin Got Blurry

Afte r a fe w ‘a rt y ’ re le a s e s ,

th e N e w Yo rk e r s s o u n d lik e

th e y ’v e fa lle n in lo v e w ith

g a r a g e ro c k m e lo d ie s a n d

a e s th e tic a lly p le a s in g

g u ita r s o lo s a g a in . P h e w .

BEST F ORTRASHINGTHE HOUSE

Y AK

Vi ct or ious ( Na ti on al

An th em )

O n ly Ya k ’s liv e - w ir e

fro n tm a n O li B u r s le m

w o u ld h a v e t h e a u d a c ity

to c a ll h is n e w s in g le

‘N a tio n a l An th e m ’. T h is

tra c k ’s a to ta l b e a u ty .

BEST F ORGETTINGREADY ON AF RIDAY NIGHTBIRDY

Keeping Your Head UpT h e fi r s t s in g le fro m th e

B rit s in g e r in th re e y e a r s

is a Flo re n c e W e lc h -

s iz e d , fe e l- g o o d b a n g e r.

BEST F ORROC K-C LUBM OSHING

WHITE LUNG

Hungry

K in d o f lik e a n A m e r ic a n

S a v a g e s , W h ite L u n g a re

w h ip s m a r t, u ltr a - t h r illin g

p u n k s – a n d ‘Hu n g r y ’ is

th e ir b e s t s in g le y e t.

BEST F ORLOSING IT IN

A TRAF F IC J AM

C HARLI X C X

Vr oom Vroom

P ro d u c e d b y P C Mu s ic

m a in m a n S O P HIE, th is

s o n g ’s b r illia n c e lie s in

its e c c e n t ric it y .

BEST F ORGRIZ Z LYROC K’N’ROLLINGDZ DEATHRAY S

Blood On My Leather

T h is p a e a n to fi g h t s a n d

s q u e a k y b la c k ja c k e ts

s o u n d s e v e r y b it a sra u c o u s a s a t ru e g a r a g e

ro c k g e m s h o u ld .

BEST F ORSLEEPYC OM M UTESM ETHY L ETHEL

Idée Fixe

L e t th is n e w ly s ig n e d 4AD

a c t b e c o m e y o u r fa v o u r ite

u p ’n ’c o m in g Au s t ra lia n

b a n d . ‘Id é e F ix e ’ is a

d re a m y p s y c h e d e lic tre a t.

BEST F ORTAC KLING IC YM ORNINGSSM ERZ

Because

T h e d e b u t tra c k f ro m th e s e

Co p e n h a g e n n e w c o m e r s is

a th rillin g p ie c e o f a lt- p o p

– s lo w - p a c e d , le f tfi e ld

e le c tro a t its v e r y b e s t . WHITE LUNG

F o r m o r e n e w m u s ic ,

g o to NM E.c o m

EAGULLS

K A I T L I N C H R I S T Y

P A U L P H U N G

W I L S O N L E E

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Ho lly L a p s le y

Fle tc h e r

AT 19 , HO L L Y

L a p s le y Fle t c h e r

– w h o re c o r d s u n d e r

h e r m id d le n a m e – is

a w is e h e a d o n y o u n g

s h o u ld e r s . T h e

S o u t h p o r t- ra is e d s in g e r a n d

p ro d u c e r s a y s p e o p le o f te n

p r e s u m e s h e ’s ju s t a v o c a lis t

b e c a u s e o f h e r g e n d e r, te llin g

N ME la s t y e a r: “ I’v e s p o k e n t o

o th e r fe m a le s in t h e in d u s t r y

a n d w e ’v e a ll s t ru g g le d .” Ye t

s h e a ls o re a lis e s t h a t “ y o u d o n ’ t

g e t e x t ra p o in t s fo r g o in g o n

a b o u t ” y o u r te c h n ic a l s m a r ts .

He r c o n u n d ru m is fru s t ra t in g

b e c a u s e s h e ’s s u c h a fre s h a n d

in v e n tiv e ta le n t. L ik e la s t y e a r ’s

‘U n d e r s tu d y ’ EP , th is d e b u ta lb u m b le n d s d o w n b e a t

e le c tro n ic a a n d lo w - k e y s o u l

a n d w ill d ra w c o m p a r is o n s to

J a m e s B la k e a n d J e s s ie W a r e ,

b u t L å p s le y fi lls h e r

s o n g s w ith d is t in c t iv e

fl o u ris h e s . ‘P a in te r’

is e m b e llis h e d w ith

d e lic a te g lo c k e n s p ie l,

w h ile ‘He a r tle s s ’

s p a r k s in to life w ith

a g litc h y v o c a l h o o k .

S e v e ra l s o n g s s e e m

to f e a tu r e a g u e s t m a le s in g e r , b u t

it’s a c tu a lly L å p s le y c le v e r ly s h iftin g

th e p itc h o f h e r o w n v o ic e . Ev e n

w ith o u t s t u d io tric k e r y , h e r v o ic e

is a v e r s a tile in s t ru m e n t – c a p a b le

o f b o th Ad e le - s ty le s trid e n c y o n

‘Hu r t Me ’ a n d ‘L o v e Is B lin d ’ a n d

a d e lic a te b re a th in e s s w ith e c h o e s

o f Du s t y S p rin g fi e ld o n ‘P a in te r’.

He r ly r ic s d o c u m e n t th e t o ll

re c o r d in g s e s s io n s in L o n d o n a n d

L A – w h e r e s h e w o r k e d w ith T h e x x

a n d S a v a g e s p r o d u c e r Ro d a id h

Mc Do n a ld – to o k o n h e r

re la t io n s h ip . S h e c o n fro n t s h e r

fi c k le n e s s o n th e m o u rn f u lly

m in im a l ‘S ta t io n ’, b e m o a n s a la c k

o f c o m m u n ic a t io n o n th e g lo s s ie r

‘O p e r a t o r (He Do e s n ’t Ca ll M e ) ’

a n d fi n d s h e r s e lf “ a n t ic ip a tin ’

h e a r tb re a k ” o n t h e g o r g e o u s lys a d b a lla d ‘Hu r t M e ’. ‘T e ll M e T h e

T r u t h ’ fe a tu re s a lo o p e d re fra in

th a t’s d e v a s ta t in g b e c a u s e it’s s o

c o n v e r s a tio n a l: “J u s t te ll m e t h e

t ru t h / I t’ll h u r t le s s , I g u e s s ”.

At 47 m in u te s , ‘L o n g W a y Ho m e ’

m a y s e e m le n g th y fo r a d e b u t , b u t

it fe e ls c o h e s iv e w ith o u t b o x in g

L å p s le y in t o a lim ite d s o u n d . W ith

’8 0s - s t y le d ru m fi lls , e p ic c h o ru s e s

a n d u p - te m p o d is c o c o e x is tin g s o

c o m fo r ta b ly , a lb u m tw o a lre a d y

fe e ls lik e a t a n ta lis in g p r o s p e c t.

Ho p e f u lly , b y th e n L å p s le y w o n ’t

fe e l s o u n d e r e s t im a t e d b e c a u s e

o n t h is e v id e n c e h e r ta le n t

s p e a k s fo r its e lf. Nick Levine

Home is where theheartbreak is

LAPSLEYLong Way Home

SOUL BASS EM OTION

J AM ES BLAKE ADELE

Merseyside newcomer tackles relationship turmoilwith soul, disco and big, bassy beats

A L B U M

O F T H E

W E E K

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F E A T U R E

Anxiety attackThe once-placid electro-poppers tackle policebrutality and fear for thefuture on their third album

P O L I CA’S N EW

re c o rd w a s m a d e

w h ile v o c a lis t Ch a n n y

L e a n e a g h w a s h e a v ily

p re g n a n t w ith h e r fi r s t

c h ild (th a t ’s h e r b a b y

b u m p o n t h e c o v e r)

a n d , e v e n th o u g h it’s n o t

n e c e s s a rily a b o u t m o t h e r h o o d ,

th e e x p e r ie n c e h a s c le a rly h a d a

h a n d in s h a p in g it.

T h e ir fro n tw o m a n ’s c h a n g in g

c irc u m s ta n c e s m e a n t th e

Min n e a p o lis s y n th - p o p fi v e - p ie c e

a p p ro a c h e d th is r e c o rd a s if it

w e r e th e ir la s t – a n d o n e o f its

re c u r rin g th e m e s is L e a n e a g h ’s

a n x ie t y o v e r th e s o r t o f w o rld

s h e ’s b r in g in g h e r c h ild in to . It’s

a c o n c e r n th a t’s p re s e n t fro m

th e v e r y fi r s t lin e o f th e v e r y fi r s t

s o n g ‘S u m m e r P le a s e ’, w h ic h

fi n d s h e r w o n d e r in g “ W h a tc h a

w a n n a b e w h e n y o u ’re b ig e n o u g hto s e e it ’s a ll s h t” – a q u e s tio n

th a t p ro b a b ly d o e s n ’t g e t a s k e d

v e ry m u c h o n Mu m s n e t.

B y fa r th e m o s t s t rik in g

m a n ife s ta t io n o f th a t a n g s t ,

POLIC AUnited Crushers

SY NTHS ANGST M OTHERHOOD

h o w e v e r , is fo u n d o n la t e s t s in g le

‘W e d d in g ’, th e v id e o fo r w h ic h

fe a t u r e s L e a n e a g h a n d a g ro u p o f

He n s o n e s q u e m u p p e ts e x p la in in g

p o lic e b ru ta lity t o a n a u d ie n c e o f

s m ilin g b la c k s c h o o lc h ild re n .

P o liç a te n d to d e a l m o re in a r tfu l

s u b tle t ie s th a n b ig , e y e - c a tc h in g

B e y o n c é - a t- th e - S u p e r- B o w l

s ta te m e n ts , b u t e v e n w ith o u t th e

c o n te x t o f th e v id e o , ly r ic s lik e :

“ Ev e r y v o ic e is lik e a

c lic k /T r ig g e r a f te r

trig g e r /W e d o n ’t e v e n

k n o w w e ’re s ic k /

L e a d e r s , w e h a v e

n o n e ” le a v e lit tle d o u b t

w h a t th e s o n g ’s a b o u t.

T h a t d ire c tn e s s is

a w e lc o m e a d d itio n

to th e m u s ic , to o – p re v io u s ly ,

L e a n e a g h ’s v o ic e h a s o fte n b e e n

o b s c u r e d b y p ro d u c e r Ry a n

O ls o n ’s p e n c h a n t fo r Au t o - T u n e

a n d d ig ita l m a n ip u la t io n , b u t it’s

le f t m o s tly u n to u c h e d o n t ra c k s

lik e ‘B a b y S u c k s ’ a n d ‘ K in d ’ a n d

is a ll th e m o r e e f fe c tiv e fo r it.

U n s u r p r is in g ly , L e a n e a g h ’s

h o p e s , fe a r s a n d a n x ie t ie s

d e fi n e ‘ U n ite d Cru s h e r s ’.

Ho w e v e r, th e re s t o f th e b a n d

– p a r tic u la r ly O ls o n , w h o s e w o rk

w ith e x p e r im e n ta l s id e - p r o je c ts

G a y n g s , Dig ita t a a n d Ma r iju a n a

De a th s q u a d s h a s m a d e h im o n e

o f th e m o s t c o m p e llin g (a n d

c o n f o u n d in g ) m u s ic a l p o ly m a t h s

o u t th e r e – a ls o d e s e r v e a lo t o f

c r e d it, n o t le a s t fo r th e p u n c h y

s ta d iu m h ip - h o p s t y lin g s o f ‘T o p

Co a t’ a n d d is c o m b o b u la tin g

p o ly r h y th m s o f ‘B e rlin ’.

If th is r e a lly is P o liç a ’s “ fi n a l

p a p e r ” (a s L e a n e a g h ’s c a lle d

it ), th e n t h e y ’ v e e x c e lle d

th e m s e lv e s w ith th e m o s t in t im a t e

a n d e m p o w e rin g a lb u m o f

th e ir c a re e r. Barry Nicolson

P o liç a ( l- r ):

Dre w Ch r is t o p h e r s o n ,Ch a n n y L e a n e a g h ,

Ch r is B ie r d e n ,

B e n I v a s c u

G E T T Y

THE X X

xx

Channy Leaneagh’s

mournful voice

and Ryan Olson’s

downtempo production have won

Poliça numerous comparisons

to Portishead, but it’s The

xx’s stately debut that ‘United

Crushers’ is most reminiscent of.

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a b o u t th e ir fu tu re .

W h e n a n “ in d e fi n ite h ia t u s ”

w a s a n n o u n c e d in 2012, a n d a n

a lb u m o f lo s t s o n g s (‘T h e Cu r s e

O f L o v e ’) c a m e t w o y e a rs la t e r,

th e e n d s e e m e d n ig h .

N o t s o T h e Co ra l a r e b a c k ,

a n d t h e b ig q u e s tio n e v e r y o n e ’s

a s k in g is : c a n t h e y re c la im th e ir

k a le id o s c o p ic c r o w n s ?

In t h e ir fa v o u r is a m o o d ie r a n d

m o re r h y th m ic a p p ro a c h , w ith a ll

th e h o o k s th a t o n c e m a d e t h e m

g re a t . T h e re a re h ig h lig h ts g a lo re .

N o w in h is m id - 3 0s , fro n tm a n

J a m e s S k e lly is s till g ro w lin g o u t

lin e s s u c h a s “ O o h s h e ’s a m o v e r /

a s s h e m o v e s in a n d o u t o f tim e ”

o n t h e b r illia n t ‘Mis s F o r tu n e ’.

Fir s t s in g le ‘Ch a s in g T h e T a il

o f a D re a m ’ is a p s y c h - ro c k b e lte r

w ith a b a n g in g b e a t c o u r te s y o f

J a m e s ’s b ro th e r Ia n . T h e re ’s a P a u l

Mo l lo y g u it a r s o lo in ‘Millio n

Ey e s ’ th a t s o u n d s lik e e a rly

S y d B a r re t t- e r a P in k Flo y d .

O th e r s ta n d o u t s in c lu d e

‘Ho ly R e v e la tio n ’ a n d ‘Fe a r

Ma c h in e ’, w h ic h w o u ld n ’t

s o u n d o u t o f p la c e o n th e

s o u n d t ra c k to HB O ’s n e w

h o m a g e to ’7 0s ro c k , Vin y l.

Clo s in g tr a c k ‘En d Cr e d its ’ is a

g h o s t ly s e a s h a n ty t h a t re c a lls

th e ir e a rly w e ird n e s s .

‘Dis t a n c e In b e tw e e n ’ is a

c o h e s iv e , im a g in a tiv e p s y c h - ro c kre c o rd th a t g ro w s w ith e v e r y lis te n .

W e lc o m e b a c k , b o y s .

Charlotte Gunn

T H I RT EEN Y EAR S

a g o , a f te r th e r e le a s e o f

th e ir s e lf- title d d e b u t a n d

its s w ift fo llo w - u p ‘Ma g ic

An d Me d ic in e ’, T h e Co ra l

re a lly m e a n t s o m e t h in g .

T h e W irra l s c a llie s s to o d o u t

w ith th e ir te c h n ic a l b r illia n c e ,

u n iq u e ta k e o n th e p s y c h e d e lia

s o u n d a n d th e ir a b ility to

w rite a n a b s o lu t e b a n g e r – in

‘Dre a m in g O f Yo u ’ th e y h a d o n e

o f th e m o s t e f fo r tle s s ly b r illia n t

p o p s o n g s o f th e e a r ly ’00s .

T h e y a n d T h e L ib e r tin e s w e r e

th e fa c e s o f th e B ritis h in d ie

b o o m th a t fo llo w e d T h e S tro k e s

a n d T h e W h ite S trip e s .

B y 2004 th e ir m a g ic h a d b e g u n

to f a d e a n d t h e re w a s n o t h in g

e s p e c ia lly m in d - m a n g lin g a b o u t

th e fo u r a lb u m s th e y r e le a s e d in

th e n e x t s ix y e a rs – ‘N ig h tfre a k

An d T h e S o n s

o f B e c k e r’, ‘T h e

I n v is ib le I n v a s io n ’,

‘Ro o t s & Ec h o e s ’ a n d

‘B u tte r fl y Ho u s e ’.

In th e m id d le o f a ll

th is , a c h ie f a r c h ite c t o f

th e ir s o u n d , B ill Ry d e r-

J o n e s , le f t th e b a n d a n d it s e e m e d

re a s o n a b le to s ta r t w o rr y in g

The Coral used to be amazing. Then theygot a bit boring. Now they’re amazing again

Psych!THE C ORALDistance Inbetween

SWIRLY NOISY M OODY

Pete Doherty once claimed in an

interview that he and Libertines

bandmate Carl Barat wrote

‘Dreaming Of You’ and sold it to

The Coral. He was fibbing.

Also outthis week

F o r lo a d s m o r e a lb u m

r e v ie w s g o to NM E.c o m

KANO

Made In The

Manor

T h e e a s t L o n d o n MC’s fi r s t

a lb u m s in c e 2010 fe a t u r e s

W ile y a n d Da m o n Alb a r n ,

b u t its b e s t a s s e t is K a n o ’s

b r illia n tly a g g r e s s iv e fl o w .

O n e o f th e b e s t .

LA SERA

Music For

Listening To Music

To

K a ty G o o d m a n ’s Ry a n Ad a m s -

p r o d u c e d th ird a lb u m s e e s

th e s in g e r/g u ita r is t jo in e d b y

h u s b a n d T o d d W is e n b a k e r

o n g u ita r. T h e r e s u lt is a lu s h ,

’60s - fl a v o u r e d p o p g e m .

NADA SURF

You Know Who

You Are

T h e in d ie s u r v iv o rs h a d a h it

w ith ‘P o p u la r’ in 19 9 6, a n d th is

e ig h th a lb u m is te s ta m e n t to

th e ir s t a y in g p o w e r.

BIG UPS

Before A Million

Universes

T h e s e N e w Yo r k p u n k s ro c k

s e r io u s ly h a r d , a n d th e ir s e c o n d

a lb u m w ill m a k e y o u w a n t to

p ie r c e y o u r e a r w ith a s a f e t y p in

a n d g o b in y o u r n a n ’s fa c e .

M I IKE SNOW

ii i

S o lo a lb u m s a n d

p ro d u c tio n fo r p o p m e g a s t a r s

s u c h a s K a t y P e r r y h a v e k e p t

th e S w e d e n - b a s e d trio b u s y

s in c e 2012’s ‘Ha p p y T o Yo u ’, b u t

‘iii’ s h o w s th e y h a v e n ’t lo s t th e ir

k n a c k f o r ic y s o u n d s c a p e s .

L - r : P a u l Mo llo y , N ic k

P o w e r, J a m e s S k e lly ,

P a u l Du ffy a n d Ia n S k e lly

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Hail tothe chiefsThe Coen brothers prove they’re Hollywood’s biggestanoraks with a sublime and hilarious swipe at its past

HA IL , CA ES A R15 J o s h Br o lin Ge o r g e

C lo o n e y Ald e n Eh re n re ic h

Sc a rle t t J o h a n s s o n

+ + + + CO ME DY HO L L Y W O O D T H E 19 5 0 S

JOEL AND ETH AN

Cohen’s love of Hollywood’s

Golden Age runs deep.

From 1 9 9 1 ’s Los Angeles

screenwriter drama B a r to nF in k to 2 0 0 1 ’s noir pastiche

Th e Ma n Wh o Wa s n ’t Th e re ,

these brothers wear their old

school infl uences proudly.

In the lavish Ha i l, C a e s a r

they get to fully indulge

their passion for the early

1 9 5 0 s MGM era of cinema,

covering everything from

camp musicals and snippy

romantic dramas to classic

cowboy capers and epic

historical fi lms.

The story charts an

action-packed 2 4 hours in the life

of Capitol Pictures executive Eddie

Mannix, played with ’tache and

trenchcoat sporting panache by

Josh Brolin. The No Co u n tr y Fo r

Old Me n actor isn’t the only Coen

brothers favourite reeled out in

the A-list cast. George Clooney

sparkles as an easily suggestible

alcoholic leading man, offering

up some of his fi nest physical

comedy since O Bro th e r, W h e r e

Art T h o u ? ; Scarlett Johansson

plays a femme fatale with a hefty Brooklyn accent, a string of

broken mobster marriages and a

knack for swimming; and Frances

McDormand’s blink-and-you’ll-

miss-it turn as a chain-smoking

fi lm editor is eq ual parts hilarious

and harrowing.

But the fi lm’s stand-out stars

are newcomer Alden Ehrenreich

( Blu e J a s m in e ), Ma g ic M ik e hunkChanning Tatum and British icon

Tilda Swinton. Ehrenreich’s dim,

country-fried singing cowboy

has speech impediment issues

lovingly lifted from Sin g in ’ I n T h e

Ra in ; Tatum’s tap-dancing Gene

Kelly clone’s sailor-themed song

and dance routine ‘No Dames’ is

a spectacular show of high-gloss

campery; and Swinton excels

as a pair of highly-strung gossip

columnist twins.

Yet it’s not just the perfect

cast that makes Ha i l, C a e s a r

such a fully-formed delight –the set design, costumes and

locations are seriously sexy too.

A beachfront home that rivals

the John Lautner-designed

pornographer’s party house in

Th e Big Le b o w s k i is particularly stunning, while the super-slick

outfi ts rival 1 9 9 7 ’s similarly period-

pitched L A Co n fi d e n tia l.

Funny, fl ashy and fast-paced,

Ha i l, C a e s a r is proof not only

of the Coen Brothers’ effortless

command of some of the most

important actors in modern

cinema, but their commitment

to creating and crafting a wholly

believable – and endlessly gleeful –

vision of the past. Leonie Cooper

T h is is t h e s e c o n d t im e r e a l lif e

s t u d i o e x e c Ed d ie M a n n ix h a s

m a d e i t t o t h e s liv e r s c r e e n

– B o b Ho s k in s p l a y e d h i m in

2006’s Hollywoodland.

Femme fatale

Johansson

in Ha i l, C a e s a r

George Clooney at

his comedic best

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15 Ric h a r d Ge r e Be n Ve r e e n

+ + +

Richard Gere is chiefl y known for

playing suave and rich. Here he

goes against type as a homeless

man in New York who forms

an odd friendship with a jaz z

musician and is encouraged to try

to re-establish a relationship with

his estranged daughter.

Re a d t h e f u ll r e v ie w s o f

t h e s e a n d m a n y m o r e

fi l m s o n N ME.c o m

Cate Blanchett:

searching

for the truthTruegritCate Blanchett gives acareer-best performanceas a journalist torn apartby a vital mistake

IN A JUST WORLD, ONE FREE

of arcane rules and fi ne print,

Cate Blanchett would have been

battling herself in this year’s

Best Actress Oscar category.

Yet for now it’s disallowed for

anyone to be nominated twice

in the same category in the big

awards ceremonies, so Blanchett

campaigned for Ca r o l (released last November) while Tru th was

q uietly shoved into the shadows.

It’s a shame, as while it’s not the

work of art that Ca r o l is, Tru th , a

riveting watch in itself, features one

of Blanchett’s best performances.

Based on fact, Tru th has

Blanchett as Mary Mapes, a

producer on 6 0 Min u te s , the

American news magaz ine show.

In 2 0 0 4 , Mapes and Dan Rather

(Robert Redford), a journalist-

slash-national treasure, headed an

investigation that q uestioned the

military record of then PresidentGeorge W. Bush. They alleged

that he had not completed

basic training and used family

connections to avoid fi ghting

in Vietnam. After the episode

detailing the allegations aired,

Mapes’ sources were challenged

and the whole story began

to disintegrate.

This isn’t a fi lm about journalists

T R U T H15 C a t e Bla n c h e t t

Ro b e r t Re d fo rd

+ + + + DRAMA J O U RN A L I S T S L I ES

snapping at the heels of power. It’s

not an All Th e Pr e s id e n t’s Me n or

a Sp o tlig h t. It’s a fi lm about how in

modern media the truth becomes

secondary to the best narrative.

Mapes is a woman fi ghting against

rivals who turn her mistakes into the story and bosses who

value business interests over the

national interest.

Blanchett plays Mapes as a

woman torn every which way,

furious that she has fallen short

of her own journalistic standards,

but astonished that an error in

their case has made the whole

thing, in the eyes of the rest of

the world, a fi ction.

The Am a z in g Sp id e r-M a n 2

director James Vandebilt’s fi lm is

at its best when sticking with the

story and following Mapes at work.Showing her at home with a gentle

husband and giving a back story

of a cruel father to try and explain

her is unnecessary. You get the

full portrait of the woman when

she’s doing her job. If you manage

to nab Cate Blanchett for a

part you don’t need to force a

human-interest angle. She’ll

tell the story for you, no

sensationalism req uired.

Olly Richards

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T HE EX T RAT ERRES T RIAL S I N

Th e Alie n s a re n ’t little g re e n m e n .

T h e y d o n ’ t h a v e g ills o r a t h ird e y e ,

a n d th e y a r e n ’t trip le - b re a s t e d .

T h e y ’re o rd in a r y - lo o k in g t y p e s

w h o la n d e d o n e a r th 40 y e a r s a g o .

“ T h e r e a r e n ’t m a n y d iffe r e n c e s

b e tw e e n th e a lie n s a n d h u m a n s ,”

s a y s Th is is En g la n d ’s Mic h a e l

S o c h a , w h o p la y s le a d c h a r a c te r

Stars of new E4 comedy drama The Aliens, MichaelSocha and Michaela Coel, plus writer Fintan Ryan, takeus inside the show that’s rewriting the rules of sci-fi

c a m e u p w ith th e id e a o f T r o y , a

p o lic e n o - g o z o n e . T h e n c a m e

th e c o n c e p t o f a lie n fu r b e in g a

p re c io u s ille g a l c o m m o d ity th a t , h e

s a y s , “ is a n a rc o tic fo r h u m a n s ” . Its

v e r y e x is te n c e c r e a te s in - fi g h tin g

w ith in t h e a lie n c o m m u n ity . In t o

th is m e le e la n d s L e w is , d ra w n in t o

T r o y to r e s c u e h is d ru g - d e a lin g

s is te r a n d b e c o m in g e m b ro ile d

in g a n g w a r fa r e . T h e s itu a t io n is

c o m p lic a te d b y h is in f a tu a t io n

w ith f e m a le a lie n L ily h o t. P la y e d

b y C h e w in g Gu m w rite r a n d s t a r

Mic h a e la Co e l, s h e is a lo n e ,

te rrifi c a lly v io le n t w o m a n in a

p re d o m in a n t ly m a le c rim in a l

u n d e r g r o u n d . “ L ily h o t is fi g h tin g

fo r p o w e r in a w o r ld d o m in a te d

b y m e n ,” s a y s Co e l. “ S h e ’s in

a lo w - le v e l g a n g b u t it’s s m a ll

g a m e f o r h e r. S h e ju s t k ills a n d

m o v e s o n .”

Cu te a lie n s , it s e e m s , w e n t

o u t w ith E T. “ A lo t o f th e m a re

n a s ty b a s ta r d s ,” s a y s Ry a n .

S c i- fi ’s a b o u t to g e t g a n g s te r.

Colin Crummy

L e w is in th e s ix - e p is o d e

s e rie s . “ T h e a lie n s h a v e ju s t

g o t b ig g e r d ic k s .”

Th e Alie n s is a r a d ic a l

re im a g in in g o f th e s c i- fi g e n re ,

b e y o n d g iv in g its m e n fo lk b ig

b u lg e s . It’s fro m th e s a m e t e a m

th a t c r e a te d M is fi ts a n d s h a r e s

w ith th a t s u p e r h e r o e s - w ith -

AS B O s s h o w a d e s ire to b rin g

s c i- fi b a n g u p to d a te . T h e

e x tr a te rre s t ria ls a re a n a lle g o r y

fo r m o d e r n - d a y re fu g e e s –

d is in f e c te d , ta g g e d a n d k e p t

in q u a ra n tin e in a g h e tto c a lle d

T r o y , o n ly le t o u t to c le a n th e

h u m a n s ’ lo o s . S o c h a ’s L e w is

w o r k s a s a s e c u rity g u a r d o n

th e b o rd e r o f T r o y . L ik e m o s t

h u m a n s , h e d o e s n ’t lik e t h e

a lie n s m u c h . B u t th e re ’s a s n a g . He

is o n e . “ Hu m a n s h a v e b e e n ta u g h t

to n o t lik e a lie n s ; L e w is fi n d s th e m

d is g u s tin g ,” S o c h a s a y s . “ B u t th e n

L e w is fi n d s o u t h e is h a lf a lie n a n d

h is w h o le w o rld fa lls a p a r t.”

Th e Alie n s is n o t s im p ly s o c ia l

s a tire . W rite r Fin ta n Ry a n , w h o

a ls o w ro te B B C T h r e e ’s In Th e

F le s h , w a n te d to c r e a te a B ritis h

c rim e d r a m a th a t w a s m o r e

Bre a k in g Ba d th a n Th e Bill He

MIS FIT S CHE WI NG G UM

In Th e Alie n s (l-r):

J im Ho w ic k ,

Mic h a e l S o c h a

a n d Mic h a e la Co e l

THE ALIENSTuesday, 9pm, E4M ic h e l So c h ,

M ic h e l Co e l GANGS EXTRATERRESTRIA LS

Sci-fi goes gangster

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F E A T U R E

YOU HE ARD IT HERE FIRST

Mo th e r s ( l- r ): Dre wK ir b y , P a tr ic k Mo r a le s ,

Ma t th e w An d e r e g g ,

K ris tin e L e s c h p e r

Fo r K ris t in e L e s c h p e r ,

th e e x - v is u a l a r ts

s tu d e n t w h o fro n ts

G e o rg ia ’s Mo th e rs ,

s o n g w ritin g is a

w a y o f w o r k in g o u t

th e b ig life q u e s t io n s . Mo th e r s ’

m e s m e r is in g d e b u t a lb u m ‘W h e n

Yo u W a lk A L o n g Dis ta n c e Yo u

Are T ire d ’ p u ts th o s e q u e rie s in to

in tric a te , tw is t e d fo lk - r o c k w ith

a m a th - ro c k e d g e . “ T h e th in g s

I h a v e q u e s tio n s a b o u t, I k n o w

o t h e r p e o p le h a v e t h o s e s a m e

q u e s tio n s ,” L e s c h p e r e x p la in s

o v e r th e p h o n e . “ I th in k t h a t

m a k e s th e m e a s ie r to d e a l w ith .”

In th e s a m e w a y th a t Mo th e rs ’

d e b u t is in t e n d e d a s a k in d o f

s u p p o r t g ro u p fo r lis te n e rs , th e

p r o c e s s o f fo r m in g th e b a n d

– w ith Ma t th e w An d e r e g g (d ru m s ),

Dre w K irb y (g u ita r) a n d P a tric k

Mo ra le s (b a s s ) – w o rk e d s im ila r

m a g ic fo r L e s c h p e r. O rig in a lly a

s o lo a r tis t , th e s e lf- ta u g h t g u ita r is t

“I’m interested in theidea of sacrificing yourself for art”Kristine Leschper

fe lt s h e c o u ld n ’t k e e p u p w ith o t h e r

m u s ic ia n s – a fe a r s h e o n ly g o t

o v e r a fte r s h e b e c a m e f rie n d s w ith

An d e re g g . Afte r a m o n th o f p la y in g

w ith h im a n d K irb y , th e t rio h it th e

s tu d io w ith Dre w Va n d e n b e r g

(re c r u itin g Mo r a le s la te r ), a n d

s e t a b o u t tu r n in g L e s c h p e r ’s

s o lita r y c re a tio n s in to g e m s t h a t

‘It Hurts UntilIt Doesn’t’

A tangled rumination on

ego and self-doubt that swings

from galloping melodies to

a sparse, sad folk shuffle.

WAXA HATCHEE WILD BEASTS

For more on Mothers,

head to NME.com

BASED Ath e n s , G e o rg ia

SOCIAL fa c e b o o k .c o m /

n e s tin g b e h a v io r

FACT L e s c h p e r o n c e c u ra te d

a m u ltim e d ia p e r fo r m a n c e

d u rin g w h ic h a m a s k e d

m a n c h o p p e d o f f h e r h a ir

a s s h e p la y e d g u ita r.

BUY ‘W h e n Yo u W a lk

A L o n g Dis ta n c e Yo u Are

T ire d ’ is o u t n o w

Details

s t u n a n d s o o th e . “ It’s a p o r tra it o f

u s a s a y o u n g b a n d ,” s h e s a y s .

“ L is t e n in g n o w , it’s lik e re a d in g

a jo u rn a l o r a s c ra p b o o k .”

L e s c h p e r ’s p a s t s tu d ie s fe e d in t o

Mo th e rs in e v e r y w a y , fro m h e r

s o n g w ritin g p ro c e s s to t h e g ro u p ’s

n a m e , w h ic h is ta k e n fro m a n o ld a rt

p ro je c t. “ I w a s r e a lly in te re s t e d in

a n im a l n e s tin g b e h a v io u r,” s h e

s a y s . “Fe m a le r a b b its p u ll o u t

th e ir fu r s o t h e y c a n m a k e a

n e s t fo r th e ir y o u n g . I w a s

in t e re s te d in t h o s e s a c r ifi c e s

a n d h o w th e y c o u ld c o rre s p o n d

w ith s a c rifi c in g y o u rs e lf fo r a r t.”

It’s n o t h a rd to id e n tify

L e s c h p e r ’s o w n s a c rifi c e s in

Mo th e rs ’ d e b u t a lb u m . Ev e ry

ly r ic s h e s in g s s e e m s fu e lle d

b y s o m e v e r y p e r s o n a l fe e lin g

o r e x p e r ie n c e . T o rn o u t o f

h e r s e lf, ju s t lik e r a b b it s ’ fu r,

th e y ’re re lin q u is h e d fo r th e

s a k e o f a r t a n d m u s ic . J o in t h e

s e lf- h e lp g ro u p n o w . Rhian Daly

P la y in g a

s e ll- o u t g ig in

B e r lin la s t

m o n th

Mothers

6

A folky American four-piece whose debut albumdoubles as a counsellor

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S la v e s

B rin g Me T h e Ho riz o n

Ra le ig h Ritc h ie

Ra t B o y a n d c o

They came,they drank,they drew

Two weeks ago, the good people at Pilot Penspopped a sketchbook backstage at the NME

Awards 2016 with Austin, Texas and encourageda load of popstars to scribble in it…

P H O T O S:

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Ma n c h e s t e r

Sunday 6 T r in it y C e n tr e , B r is t o l

Wednesday 9 O 2 I n s titu te 3 ,

B irm in g h a m

Thursday 10 T h e Ha u n t, B rig h t o n

WHO: Ho lly L a p s le y Fle tc h e r, a

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K O K O , L o n d o n

Thursday 10 Mo t io n , B r is to l

WHO: S o u l g r o u p a n d O d d

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WHO: S o u t h L o n d o n c r e w o f

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WHO: Ca n a d ia n e le c tro - p o p

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You could be off to seeKodaline play in Dublinwith Jameson

Win a St Patrick’sDay Adventure

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Kurt VileThu 10 T h e Ro u n d h o u s e , L o n d o n

LUHTue 8 Ele c tro w e r k z , L o n d o n

Matt Corby Fri 4 U n iv e r s ity U n io n , L e e d s

Sat 5 Alb e rt Ha ll, Ma n c h e s te r

Mon 7 Ar ts C lu b , L iv e r p o o l

Tue 8 O 2 I n s titu te ,

B irm in g h a m

Wed 9 An s o n Ro o m s , B ris to l

Nathaniel Rateliff& The Night SweatsMon 7 Co n c o rd e 2,

B rig h to n

Wed 9 O 2 Ac a d e m y , B ris to l

Thu 10 O 2 Ritz , Ma n c h e s t e r

Oh WonderTue 8 Ac a d e m y ,

Ma n c h e s te r

Wed 9 U n iv e r s ity U n io n , L e e d s

Thu 10 O ra n Mo r, G la s g o w

PalehoundSat 5 Ro u g h T r a d e , N o ttin g h a m

Sun 6 He a d ro w Ho u s e ,

L e e d s

Mon 7 S tic k y M ik e ’s F ro g B a r,B rig h to n

ReefFri 4 T h e Fa c to r y P e tro c ,

B a r n s ta p le

Sat 5 O 2 Ac a d e m y , O x fo r d

Thu 10 O 2 Ac a d e m y , B ris to l

The RiflesSat 5 Ro c k Cit y , N o ttin g h a m

Wed 9 T h e S u g a r m ill,

S to k e - o n -T re n t

Thu 10 T h e P lu g , S h e ffi e ld

Roots ManuvaFri 4 Ele c tr ic B a llro o m ,

L o n d o n

So PittedTue 8 B ru d e n e ll S o c ia l Clu b , L e e d s

The StranglersF r i 4 T h e Iro n w o r k s , In v e rn e s s

Sa t 5 O 2 Ac a d e m y , G la s g o w

M o n 7 Ro c k City , N o ttin g h a m

Tu e 8 O 2 Ac a d e m y , L iv e r p o o l

Wed 9 O 2 Ac a d e m y , N e w c a s t le

CLUB NMEDiv e In + S K IES

Fri 4 K O K O , L o n d o n

F o r to u r n e w s a n d liv e r e v ie w s g o t o NM E.c o m

G E T T Y , R E X , N M E , A N D R E W H U G H E S , J O R D A

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A N A , M A T T R A K O W S K I , A N D Y F A L L O N

Sundara KarmaFri 4 G o rilla , Ma n c h e s t e r

Sat 5 L e a d m ill, S h e f fi e ld

Sun 6 T h e W a rd r o b e , L e e d s

Mon 7 T h e Re s c u e Ro o m s ,

N o ttin g h a m

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B irm in g h a m

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Thu 10 Din g w a lls , L o n d o n

The 1975Fri 4, Sat 5, Mon 7, Tue 8 & Wed 9

O 2 Ac a d e m y B rix to n , L o n d o n

TRAAMSThu 10 He a d ro w Ho u s e , L e e d s

Tricot

Fri 4 Ho x to n B a r & G rill, L o n d o nSat 5 Clw b Ifo r B a c h , Ca rd iff

Sun 6 Ca v e r n Clu b , Ex e te r

Mon 7 T h e G re e n Do o r S to r e ,

B rig h to n

Turin BrakesSat 5 B ru d e n e ll S o c ia l Clu b , L e e d s

Sun 6 T h e Du c h e s s , Yo rk

Mon 7 T h e J u n c t io n , Ca m b rid g e

Tue 8 G le e Clu b , B irm in g h a m

Thu 10 T h e Ru b y L o u n g e ,

Ma n c h e s te r

Wild Palms

Tue 8Ele c tro w e r k z , L o n d o n

YonakaSat 5 L e n n o n s , S o u t h a m p t o n

Tue 8 T h e S h ip p in g Fo r e c a s t,

L iv e r p o o l

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Thu 10 T h e Co o k ie , L e ic e s te r

Best of the rest

GrimesThu 10 O 2 Ac a d e m y B rix to n ,

L o n d o n

“She has it all.”

Thøss, 6

Fleet

@ thossmusic

AdeleMon 7, Tue 8 & Thu 10 Are n a ,

Ma n c h e s t e r

Ady SuleimanFri 4 S te r e o , G la s g o w

Sun 6 Ha r e & Ho u n d s , B irm in g h a m

Tue 8 T h e De a f In s t itu te ,

Ma n c h e s t e r

Wed 9 X O YO , L o n d o n

Bill Ryder-JonesFri 4 T h e De a f In s t itu te ,

Ma n c h e s t e r

Sat 5 S u n fl o w e r L o u n g e ,

B irm in g h a m

Tue 8 S te r e o , G la s g o w

Thu 10 Ar ts Clu b , L iv e rp o o l

Black Honey Fri 4 P ic t u r e Ho u s e S o c ia l,

S h e ffi e ld

Sun 6 B o d e g a , N o t tin g h a m

Mon 7 T h e P o r tla n d Arm s ,

Ca m b rid g e

BlossomsFri 4 K a s b a h , Co v e n t ry

Sat 5 T h e S u g a r m ill,

S to k e - o n - T re n t

ChairliftWed 9 S c a la , L o n d o n

!!! (chk chk chk)

Wed 9 P a tte r n s , B rig h to nThu 10 Villa g e U n d e rg ro u n d ,

L o n d o n

Clean Cut KidWed 9 S o u n d Co n t ro l,

Ma n c h e s t e r

DMA’sFri 4 B e lg ra v e M u s ic H a ll, L e e d s

Sat 5 T h e Ru b y L o u n g e ,

Ma n c h e s t e r

EagullsSat 5 W e s t En d Ce n tre , Ald e r s h o t

Thu 10 O d d fe llo w s Clu b , L e ic e s te r

Esben And The WitchWed 9 T h e V ic t o r ia , L o n d o n

Field MusicFri 4 Ex e te r P h o e n ix , Ex e te r

Sat 5 T h e Re s c u e Ro o m s ,

N o t tin g h a m

Thu 10 B ru d e n e ll S o c ia l Clu b ,

L e e d s

FlowersFri 4 T h e Mo o n Clu b , Ca rd iff

Sat 5 S tu a r t S te p h e n M e m o ria l

Ha ll, P e n r y n

FoxesFri 4 T h e Ro u n d h o u s e , L o n d o n

Sat 5 W a t e r fro n t , N o r w ic h

Mon 7 P y ra m id Ce n tre , P o r ts m o u th

Tue 8 T h e O ld Ma r k e t , Ho v e

Thu 10 T h e AB C, G la s g o w

FronteersTue 8 K in g T u t’s , G la s g o w

Gwenno

Thu 10 B o d e g a , N o t tin g h a m

Jake IsaacMon 7 S o u n d Co n t ro l, Ma n c h e s t e r

Tue 8 B u s h Ha ll, L o n d o n

Wed 9 Ex c h a n g e , B ris to l

Thu 10 T h e W a rd r o b e , L e e d s

James MorrisonFri 4 O 2 Ac a d e m y , G la s g o w

Sat 5 O 2 Ap o llo , Ma n c h e s te r

Mon 7 Cliff s P a v ilio n ,

S o u t h e n d - o n - S e a

Tue 8 Co rn Ex c h a n g e , Ca m b rid g e

Wed 9 O 2 Ac a d e m y &

U n d e rg r o u n d , L e e d s

Jamie WoonSat 5 O 2 In s t itu te , B irm in g h a m

Sun 6 T h e AB C, G la s g o w

Tue 8 Co n c o rd e 2, B rig h to n

Thu 10 B ie r k e lle r, B r is to l

Josef SalvatSat 5 E le c tr ic Cir c u s , Ed in b u r g h

Sun 6 G o rilla , Ma n c h e s t e r

Tue 8 He a v e n , L o n d o n

Thu 10 T h e k la , B ris t o l

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Ho w T o B e S in g le actress and Trudy from Ma d Me n

Go t o NM E.c o m fo r

m o r e So u n d tra c k s

M ADONNA

HANSON

Alison Brie

The wisdom ofthe N ME archives

THIS WEEK

ANGUS Y OUNG

AC DC guitarist March 4 2000

“ I f I p u t o u r n e w a lb u m

o n a n d th e n I s e e

m y n e ig h b o u rs f * *k

o f f, I k n o w I ’v e d o n e

s o m e t h in g rig h t ”

The song thatmakes me cry NINA SIM ONE

T h e O t h e r W o m a n

“ If I ’m o n m y w a y to a n

e m o tio n a l a u d itio n , th is is

th e s o n g I ’ll p u t o n in m y

c a r. I t ju s t m a k e s m e b re a k

d o w n in fl o o d s o f te a rs

e v e r y t im e I lis t e n to it .”

Sleeping With Other

People is o n DVD

a n d Blu - Ra y n o w

The firstalbumI boughtM ADONNA

L ik e A P r a y e r

“ I re m e m b e r m y s is te r

a n d I p e r fo r m e d th e s o n g

‘L ik e A Pr a y e r ’ a t a t a le n t

s h o w w ith s o m e o f o u r

frie n d s . We lip -s y n c e d

a n d d id a d a n c e ro u t in e .

Lo o k in g b a c k , w e w e r e

p ro b a b ly to o y o u n g to

b e p e r fo r m in g th a t s o n g

I re m e m b e r w a tc h in g t h e

v id e o a n d th in k in g , ‘Wo w ,

I d o n ’t re a lly u n d e r s ta n d

w h a t’s g o in g o n , b u t it

lo o k s s o c o o l ’”

The song thatmakes mewant to danceDAVID BOWIE

Yo u n g Am e r ic a n s

“ Th e re ’s ju s t s o m e t h in g

a b o u t th e b e a t o f th is s o n g .

I h a v e d is tin c t m e m o rie s

o f b e in g in h ig h s c h o o l

a n d d is c o v e r in g th e m u s ic

o f Da v id Bo w ie w ith a

frie n d o f m in e . I t w a s

a ro u n d th e s a m e tim e I w a s

d is c o v e r in g p o t, s o w e ’d

s m o k e a little , th e n d a n c e

a ro u n d h e r b e d ro o m to

Da v id B o w ie .”

The song Ican no longerlisten toHANSON

MMMB o p

“ I re m e m b e r jo k in g ly b e in g

in to H a n s o n w ith a frie n d o f

m in e w h e n w e w e r e k id s . I

d o n ’t k n o w if w e w e r e b e in g

to ta lly iro n ic , th o u g h – w e

a c tu a lly k in d o f lik e d th e m .Bu t re c e n tly I w a s s h o o tin g

a m in i-s e rie s c a lle doctor

Thorne

a n d th e r e w a s a

g u y w h o lo o k e d lik e o n e

o f Ha n s o n , s o I s ta r te d

s in g in g ‘M MM Bo p ’, a n d

I w a s th in k in g to m y s e lf,

‘Wh a t a rid ic u lo u s s o n g

Th e w h o le c h o ru s is m a d e

u p o f n o t-re a l w o rd s .’”

The songI can’t get out

of my headTAY LOR SWIF T

B a d B lo o d

“ It’s w e ird , b e c a u s e I d o n ’t

a c tu a lly o w n th is s o n g . Bu t

a t ra n d o m tim e s I ’ll ju s t

s t a r t h e a rin g it in m y h e a d .

I ’ll h e a r it o n a Tu e s d a y ,

th e n o n Frid a y m o rn in g I ’ll

fi n d m y s e lf s in g in g it a s I ’m

g e ttin g d re s s e d . I g u e s s

Ta y lo r k n o w s h o w to w rite

a s o n g th a t r e a lly s tic k s .”

The songI want playedat my funeral

DAVID BOWIE

O h Yo u P r e t t y T h in g s

“ It’s a g re a t s o n g – k in d

o f re fl e c tiv e b u t n o t to o

d e p re s s in g , w h ic h is

p e r fe c t. I w o u ld n ’t w a n t

a r e a lly h a p p y s o n g a t m y

fu n e ra l. I t w o u ld b e lik e

I ’m re a c h in g b a c k fro m m y

g r a v e g o in g , ‘Ha No w y o u

h a v e to lis te n to th is h a p p y

s o n g e v e n th o u g h y o u ’re

re a lly d e p re s s e d ’”

The song

I wish I’dwrittenTHE BEATLES

J u lia

“ My d a d ’s a m u s ic ia n a n d

h e w rite s s o n g s a ll th e

tim e , b u t it’s n e v e r b e e n

a g ift o f m in e . I ’m OK w ith

th a t, th o u g h . B u t if I ’d

w ritte n a s o n g , I ’d w a n t it

to b e s o m e th in g a s p re t ty

a n d s w e e t a s ‘Ju lia ’. I t

re m in d s m e o f th e b a lla d s

m y fa t h e r w rite s .”

The song I doat karaoke

LABELLE

L a d y Ma r m a la d e

“ I lik e to d o it s o lo , a n d I

d e fi n ite ly p r e fe r th e o rig in a l

v e rs io n . On e t im e I

m is ta k e n ly s ig n e d o n f o r

th e Ch r is tin a A g u ile r a

v e rs io n a n d Lil’ Kim h a s

th is w h o le r a p p in g s e c t io n .

I ju s t h a d n o id e a w h a t to

d o , it w a s m y u ltim a t e

k a ra o k e n ig h t m a r e .”

NINA SIM ONE

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