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Unruly Music Magazine The Always-On-The-Run IssueMay 2013

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We’re all drifters in life, constantly longing for new experiences in countries far, far away. Unfortunately, to seek those thrilling

experiences abroad, we need more than just filthy lucre in our wallets. In these times, when a generous salary is but a dream for most of us,

fresh ideas are needed to fill our pockets. Those ideas come from deep down. We are best at what we love to do, and that’s what we are going for - so back off, crisis! Generation Y, with its enthusiasm, inspiration

and nomadic spirit, is richer than the one with company cars, big houses and annual trips to Tenerife.

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Top 5 We recommend

1 Book: Hotel California Barney hoskyns’ Hotel California covers the La Canyons’

singer-songwriter scene of the 1970s and is the main influence on Kurt Vile’s latest record, Wakin On A Pretty Daze. a must-read!

2 Party: Naast De Kwestie II experience the sequel to last year’s winner of the Wildest

Party of the Year award on 25 May at audio Plant in an-twerp and see for yourselves how we got so many scars and bruises on our legs last summer!

3 Show: Charanjit Singh apart from his musical contributions to Bollywood from the

1960s to 1980s, Charanjit Singh is one of the pioneers of the acid house genre. accompanied by an impressive array of synthesizers and his beautifully dressed wife, we saw him play one of the best shows of last year. go see him at Netwerk, aalst on 09 May and Bonnefooi on 23 May.

4 Series: Freaks and Geeks a 1999 comedy-drama series set in 1980 dealing with

the high-school struggle of both a group of nerds and ‘cool people’. Starring the young James Franco and Jason Se-gel, the show only lasted for one season. Cult material.

5 Podcast: Reverberation Radio Reverberation Radio is a pirate radio show put together by

allah-Las and friends. ‘It used to be an FM radio show on KXLu, but they got kicked off for not playing enough new music.’ They made one especially for us, which will be on-line soon!

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Like a slowly burgeoning bacterial culture feasting silently on nutrients under warm illumination, Karmelloz’s releases have been steadily growing in power and distinctiveness with each test. he en-gineers robo-percussive tools and armatures to work alongside na-scent organic matter, swelling ectogenetically behind high-security fibreglass filtration. his earlier collections, Beauty, Resident Evil and Feel Better, show a flair for subtle yet surprising ambient beat-making, with highlights including Beauty’s uV-fried Lexus, Resident Evil’s Safe Room, Feel Better’s Broken Soul and the standout percussion skirmish Jungle, also of Feel Better. on later releases, however, such as Archa-iC and KarmellOz we find him very confident in a new and danger-ous strain of weirdness. The latter release’s Grls and Lawofattraction show a combination of creativity and veiled malice that can only draw you in deeper.

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White Fence

The Los Angeles-based one-man garage band White Fence has picked up some swell shine

thanks to his collaboration with Ty Segall in 2012. The man otherwise known as Tim Presley crushed out excellent long-players such as Family Perfume Vol. 1 and the recent Cyclops Reap. He explained

what it’s like being a ‘lifer’ and a one-eyed focused cyclops always running away from something.

‘I have my own gang of weirdos that I love, and we’d do anything for each other in the name of

bettering the situation.’

Interview by Will MartinPhotos shot by Suzanna Zak in Los Angeles, USA

Your music as White Fence seems pret-ty tied in to your life in LA. I imagine a lot of the art scene there is made up of people who either have enough money to live off and create, or those who create because they can’t do anything else.

Yes... there are both sides of the spectrum, and both sides are valid.I guess a lot of people would define work as being anything that they don’t want to do, which would subsequently make music a refusal of work. Is that how you view your music?

I’ve worked before, music is not work... it’s a piece of work. The same applies to any art… but yes, doing music is my refusal of work... though at the same time, you must be active with it. And work very hard. And in turn it’s actually swallowed me whole. It’s all I think about. Has making music almost become a means of survival?

I do know that without it, I would shrivel up like a raisin in the sun and be hopeless. I think for me it’s some-thing I can release demons through... because I can’t afford therapy. It’s a way for my soul to survive, and I am a soul man.

White Fence is named partly af-ter an LA. gang. Do you see relation-ships amongst musical contemporaries as holding a similar relationship to that between gang members? Travel-ling and creating together as a means of breaking away from social norms etc...

Yes, but I saw that more in the punk scene, growing up in San Fran-cisco and the East Bay. That had more of a community feel. Looking after each other, literally feeding each oth-er etc... Now, with my contemporaries it’s a bit like that, but mostly every-one is too cool to give a shit about one another. And too worried about a ca-reer, God bless them all. But I have my own gang of weirdos that I love, and we’d do anything for each other in the name of bettering the situation.There’s a generation of kids now who are probably never going to be able to buy their own homes, moving from place to place, trying to be creative in the ways that they can make money: al-ways on the run. Is a nomadic lifestyle the way forward?

I don’t know: I’m going through that now. I wonder if I’ll ever have a house, garden and child. Things our

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‘Music is a way for my soul to survive, and I am a soul man.’

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parents had. The problem with be-ing a ‘lifer’ is that you never know. There are times where I would rath-er die homeless and poor in the name of making art. But there are the other times where I think it would be nice to have a family and a home with a pet goat.Do you think owning property is even relevant any more?

It’s near impossible where I live. Honestly, I don’t know how many of my friends will own property. This is a sad interview.In Be at Home you talk about retreat-ing to ‘the room [you] go to while [some-one] wash[es] underwear in the sink.’ I get the impression that rather than wanting to run away from home, you have a pretty strong attachment to it.

I do. Or a strong attachment to the ‘unit’: a two-bedroom apartment with the wife, and two cats. It’s like an alternate universe. Because I’m always making music in my room, and be-cause Los Angeles can be isolating, it feels like my LA. is in my apartment.How does that work out when you’re on

tour? Is touring the solution to home-sickness…? Little breaks to make the heart grow fonder?

Yes indeed! It’s the time when I can explore and get my kicks, and at the same time romantically miss something and someone. I think it’s healthy. Maybe. Plus, my wife is the only girl that understands how this touring life works. I’ve had girlfriends that thought I was abandoning them. So fuck those needy girls/partners.Has the music you’ve made ever come as a result of you running away from any-thing?

Yes. I think I’m always running away from something. Either physical or mental. I’m trying to outrun sad-ness and being unhappy. I think that’s why I’m so focused on writing music and recording. I am the one-eyed fo-cused cyclops. I build swords and ar-mour all day. I am a blacksmith.

White Fence plays at Magasin4, Brussels on 19 May. The show is free for Subbacultcha! members

‘There are times where I would rather die homeless and poor in the name of making art.’

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Allah-Las

Well, I guess the theme of this month’s is-sue is pretty obvious for a touring band like yourselves. Doesn’t it kind of feel like you’re always on the run?

We’ve been touring a lot in the last six months so it does kinda feel like we’ve been on the run. A dif-ferent town every night. We like to travel and have been going to a lot of places we’ve never been before, so it’s been fun. Why on earth would you wanna be on the run from L.A. though? From what I’ve heard it’s pretty peachy.

We grew up in Los Angeles and like living there but we’re enjoying

traveling to far-off lands and playing music. Is playing music an escapist activity to you? Does it make you forget everything else in that moment?

I don’t think we have an escapist relationship with playing music. I read that all of you do some decent sur-fin’. If a wave were to take you far, far away, where would you like that to be?

I would definitely have the wave take me into outer space. It’d be like Joe Satriani’s Surfing with the Alien but I’d make sure the music was better. It is often said that ‘our generation’ (not sure how old you guys are – I’m 24) is on


Aware of things to come, Allah-Las aptly named their first 7-inch recording Catamaran/Long

Journey. The Los Angeles garage psych outfit have been on tour ever since releasing their self-titled

debut LP last year, making them the perfect band to feature in this month’s issue. They allowed us to tag along for a while and talked to us about Amoeba Records, space exploration and their

encounter with tiger sharks in Mexico.

Interview by Gerlin HeestermansPhotos shot by Christopher Schreck in NYC, USA

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the run from any responsibility what-soever. How do you feel about that? I’m not sure how much the US differs from Europe in that respect.

I think we can relate to that sen-timent. When we started the band, three of us were working at Amoe-ba Records, which in some ways was a response to not wanting to get ‘real’ jobs, or at least jobs that would have taken away some of our flexibility and given us more responsibility. It just seems like young people these days postpone everything: being in a serious relationship, settling down, buying a house, having kids, all of that. Would you agree and where would we find you?

None of us are looking to settle down and have kids right now but we’ve got our eyes peeled for dream homes when conditions permit.Have you ever found yourself in a situ-ation where you literally had to make a run for it?

Miles and Matt were surfing in Mexico once and found themselves being circled by three tiger sharks. They didn’t run but they did swim for

their lives and barely made it to the beach alive. Can you run a mile? Can you surf a mile? Is that even possible?

There are these tidal bores (google it) around the world which you can surf. They break for several miles so it is possible to surf a mile, but you have to do it in remote rivers around the world, which are generally infested with piranhas and other things that could eat or kill you. Do you ever see yourselves going back to stacking shelves at Amoeba or doing an-other, more boring job to bring in mon-ey? Or do you reckon this always-on-the-run thing will be permanent?

Amoeba was fun while it lasted but I don’t think they would take us back, so we will have to move forward into new and interesting directions. Perhaps we will look into future ca-reers in mountain rescue patrol, deep sea diving, or space exploration.

allah-Las play at De Kreun, Kortrijk on 24 May. The show is free for Subbacultcha! members.

‘They didn’t run but they did swim for their lives and barely made it to the beach alive.’

Is touring running away from the real world? Or do you make sure everything is settled before you hop on the plane?

Being on tour can feel like be-ing on the run, but I don’t feel like I’m running away from the real world. When you’re on tour it becomes your real world. Every day holds some-thing new and that’s the new reality.When on tour, does the idea of going back home ever creep into your mind?

I don’t usually want to go home but I do desire more rest sometimes. I got really sick on my last Europe-an tour and it was really hard to keep

pushing through and singing when I really needed to rest. I didn’t care if I was at home or at a hotel, I just want-ed to sleep it off.Imagine you’re sixty years old, you’ve had it with the music business and you want to be at ease for the rest of your life. Where would you run to?

I want to return to living in Northern California eventually. It’s my home and I love it there.

Chelsea Wolfe plays at Trix, antwerp on 06 May. The show is free for Subbacultcha! members.

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Chelsea Wolfe

We ran into Chelsea Wolfe just before her show at Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco, and briefly talked

about a life of constant comings and goings.

Interview by Kasper-Jan RaemanPhoto shot by Stine Sampers in Ghent

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Scene Report The always-on-The-Run Issue

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‘Always On The Run’ seems an appropriate theme for a piece on Lon-don. I was born in London and grew up in the suburbs. I moved to Shef-field to study music and spent the following few years touring Europe. During these years I felt London was impossible. Unwilling to give up mu-sic for money, I couldn’t see how I could survive. However, after decid-ing to take a break from touring I re-turned regardless. I found work and lived in five different residences in a matter of months until finally finding

somewhere I could call a fixed address, paying double my rent in Sheffield.

I’d like to give a brief impression of the area I’ve lived in for the best part of the last year as this is what I have come to know: Dalston, East Lon-don. For the past few years this area has gained the reputation as an appar-ent ‘hipster’ area. However, amongst a high street full of trashy bars and clubs are countless spaces hosting ex-citing events. Above all, Cafe Oto has probably become the greatest purvey-or of explorative music in London.

From every perspective, London seems like one of the hardest cities for an artist to survive in.

Yet the movement of people in, out and around London is constant. This movement, along with

the city’s vast size, makes it hard to discuss a scene in the traditional sense. It seems to lack the connections between areas and people that a place usually requires for an active, city-wide, artistic community. However, as a multiplicity

of committed micro-scenes it becomes an overwhelmingly diverse and active city.

Text by Cameron DeasPhotos shot by Valeria Cherchi in Dalston, London, UK

With mostly in-house programming it covers nearly every corner of con-temporary music, up to seven days a week. Minutes away you have ven-ues such as The Vortex, working more with improvisation and folk, and Power Lunches, running a broader approach to programming than most of the others. Nearby there are count-less other cafés, bars, clubs, commu-nity halls and houses which are also hosting and being used to host similar events. Veteran promoters Upset The Rhythm and newcomers BleeD are regularly using such spaces. The for-mer have upcoming shows from the likes of Grouper, Supreme Dicks and Sun Araw, whereas the latter, work-ing more with new electronic mu-

sic, have held label showcases for the likes of PAN and Blackest Ever Black. Local artists Jake Blanchard and Si-mon Fowler have both been strong-ly involved in music over the past few years, producing countless posters and record sleeves between them.

It’s also worth mentioning the airwaves across London. Resonance FM considers itself a ‘laboratory of experimentation’ rather than a radio station, hosting shows from many in-dividuals, collectives and venues. Fur-thermore, there’s Dalston’s own NTS internet radio, a new freeform plat-form taking inspiration from WFM and hosting over 100 different shows in an attempt to cover all sides of new music.

Scene Report Dalston, LDN

Of course this is an incredi-bly brief look at London and what’s happening. I haven’t discussed any of the diverse record labels operat-ing here such as Mie Music, Blackest Ever Black, The Great Pop Supple-ment and Bo’ Weavil. Nor have I talk-ed about actual London-based musi-cians, a particularly difficult task as I can barely keep up with who’s actual-ly living here. Firstly, one of London’s ongoing strengths seems to be impro-vised music. Evan Parker, Steve No-ble, John Edwards and John Butch-er are just a handful of the renowned mainstay improvisors here, all regu-larly performing. I’d like to finish by mentioning a few of London’s current electronic practitioners. I feel that art-

ists such as Helm, Lee Gamble, Mor-dant Music and Raime are some of the contributors to a new shift in elec-tronic music, one which unites differ-ent audiences through the drawing together of a wide range of influenc-es, from musique concrète to indus-trial, to dance, to psychedelic, placing listeners within immersive, arresting, electronic sonic environments.

Essential London spots: Cafe Oto, The Vortex, Power Lunches

Essential London bands: Raime, Lee Gamble, Helm, Mordant

Music, Evan Parker, Steve Noble, John Edwards, John Butcher

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Byram Tunez

Continually on the move, Brussels-based Byram Tunez uses a strong work ethic and a hands-on mentality as tools in his never-ending quest for finding energy and inspira-tion all around the globe. Never too keen on being determined by space or time, Tunez is always looking for ways to connect his art with whatever local signs, shapes and/or graphics that come across his path.

‘Running is a healthy thing to do.’

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KING KONG CLUB WITH KENJI MINOGUE 11.05FRED HUSH, MICHAEL FORZZA, IRIS MENZA...

DEATH GRIPS 13.05

GODFLESH 14.05HESSIAN

MOUNT EERIE 15.05

SINKSEN 18-20.05 PARTY MET EPPO JANSSEN, KABUL GOLF CLUB, ERAAS, KING TUFF + PARTY MET TLP, THE GERMANS, CONDOR GRUPPE, LIGHT ASYLUM

ALLAH-LAS 24.05

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This image of Alex Zhang Hungtai (a.k.a. Dirty Beaches) and his friend Frank was taken by Jussi Puikkonen at the Lloyd Hotel in Amsterdam. Dirty Beaches plays on 14 May at Ancienne Belgique in Brussels. This show is free for Subbacultcha! members before 21.00.

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Lecture Adam Harper + Film: Robocop

02 May - WIELS, Brussels19.30 | €5 | Free for Subbacultcha! members

Music theorist Adam Harper is a prominent contributor to The Wire and Dummymag in addition to his very own acclaimed blog Rouge’s Foam. He will be in WieLS for a lecture on pop vanguardist John Maus, connecting him with some of the key issues in today’s underground pop music. The lec-ture will be followed by a screening of John Maus’ favourite film, Robocop.

Chelsea Wolfe + Heirs

06 May - Trix, Antwerp19.30 | €17 | Free for Subbacultcha! members

Hailing from Los Angeles, Chelsea Wolfe provides lusciously grim folk ex-perimentalism. Also labelled as ‘doom folk’, Wolfe’s spacey lo-fi ambience and contrasting bouts of dissonant noise tend to draw comparisons to ear-ly PJ Harvey.

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Co La + Tg Gondard09 May - Madame Moustache, Brussels

20.00 | €7 | Free for Subbacultcha! members

Co La’s Matthew Papich describes himself as a ‘Music Designer/Reggae User/Lifestyle Producer’. His interest in music re-purposing and emphasis on mood thereby implied are reflected in his hypnotic, sample-based loops.

Blue Hawaii

12 May - Botanique, Brussels19.30 | €14 | Free for Subbacultcha! members

Blue Hawaii are Raphaelle Standell-Preston, frontwoman of Braids, and Al-exander Cowan. This Montreal duo released their new full-length Untogeth-er, full of fresh tropical electro pop, earlier this year through the revered Ar-butus label, home of Grimes and Doldrums.

Veronica Falls + Dirty Beaches14 May - Ancienne Belgique, Brussels

20.00 | €19 | Free for Subbacultcha! members until 21.00exactly a week after his show in Brussels, Alex Zhang Hungtai, the man behind Dirty Beaches, will be releasing his most experimental effort yet.

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Whilst Hungtai could help you to reach some form of experimental loner-ism with cuts from his forthcoming double album, Veronica Falls will defi-nitely bring a more Britpop vibe to this Tuesday night occasion in Brussels.

Mount Eerie

15 May - De Kreun, Kortrijk20.00 | €13 | Free for Subbacultcha! members

When he’s not crafting fuzzy, gong-heavy tracks in a repurposed church, Phil elverum can probably be found touring the world as Mount eerie. No stranger to experimentation, his latest records instil strokes of black metal and krautrock to his trademark oddball songwriting.

The Ex & Brass Unbound15 May - Vooruit, Ghent

20.00 | €16 | Free for Subbacultcha! membersThese Dutch anarcho-punks have carved out quite the legacy for them-selves over their 30-plus years of existence. They’ve added layers of intri-cacy and influences to the lo-fi backbone of their music, influenced count-less other bands, built a worldwide following and set an excellent DiY example by booking their own shows and releasing and distributing their music themselves.

Chris Cohen

18 May - Madame Moustache, Brussels21.00 | €5 | Free for Subbacultcha! members

Chris Cohen has subtly contributed as a member or touring player to a long list of excellent bands including Deerhoof and Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, but now he’s found time to focus on his solo work. The psychedelic pop on his debut, Overgrown Path, is delicately dreamy and sympathetically idio-syncratic. We’re delighted that he’s finally stepped into the spotlight.

White Fence + Night Beats19 May - Magasin 4, Brussels

19.30 | €14 | Free for Subbacultcha! membersBesides playing with space rockers Darker My Love and backing up The Strange Boys and The Fall, LA’s Tim Presley also transforms his neural nec-tar into sweet psychedelic honey via his solo work as White Fence. in 2012 alone he’s released two White Fence albums (Family Perfume Volumes 1 and 2), whittled down from over 80 (!) tracks, plus his remarkable collab-oration with Ty Segall, Hair. While his extremely lo-fi home recordings are weird and warped in a stoned and lonely sort of way, playing live brings out his inner hornet, with notched-up tempos and blistering guitar solos sting-ing your ears in a sonic attack more similar to his work with Segall.



Purling Hiss22 May - Madame Moustache, Brussels

21.00 | €5 | Free for Subbacultcha! members23 May - AreaFiftyOne, Eindhoven

20.30 | €7,5 | Free for Subbacultcha! members

Philadelphia’s Mike Polizze played with jam-punks Birds of Maya before setting off on a solo mission to Planet Purling Hiss, a world where all pre-viously recorded traces of the existence of guitars were so corroded by ex-posure to harsh elements, they only vaguely resembled their earthly equiv-alents. Polizze recruited a team of rock ‘n’ roll rovers to help him explore a new garage rock galaxy, and Purling Hiss’ fourth album Water On Mars documents what they found from there.

Film | Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

23 May - KASKcinema, Ghent20.30 | €5 | Free for Subbacultcha! members

By means of rare archival footage, this documentary by Alex Gibney draws a tender portrait of Hunter S. Thompson, gonzo journalism pioneer and au-thor of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. As your attorneys, we advise you to go watch this shit.

Allah-Las24 May - De Kreun, Kortrijk

20.00 | €13 | Free for Subbacultcha! membersThe dudes of Allah-Las recorded their self-titled debut full-length to ana-logue tape using old microphones to obtain as authentic a sound as pos-sible, with retro soul man Nick Waterhouse handling production duties. Though they say you can’t learn by osmosis, musical molecules resembling the Byrds, Love, the Beach Boys and The Animals somehow seeped into their decidedly ’60s-inspired sound.

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Pete Swanson + Mathieu Serruys

29 May - 019, Ghent20.00 | €10 | Free for Subbacultcha! members

Relentless noisemaker and ex-Yellow Swans member Pete Swanson re-leased the astonishing Man with Potential and Pro Style for Type Records last year and now he returns to his deformed warehouse techno sound with Punk Authority. Support from harsh electronic act Mathieu Serruys, who runs the Ghent-based DiY label Smeltkop.

Ekster Label Night (with R. Hiele, TCF, RP GM KRC)

31 May - Scheld’apen, Antwerp21.00 | TBA | Free for Subbacultcha! members

ekster is a brand new Antwerp label that aims to collect and immortalize good music. Their first drop, Roman Hiele’s debut album, will be released at Scheld’apen. Hiele, Norwegian noise wunderkid TCF and Belgian am-bient duo RP GM KRC will be showing their electronic skills. expect daz-zling live shows.

02 MEI MY BLOODY VALENTINE08 MEI ÓLAFUR ARNALDS10 MEI JACCO GARDNER17 MEI THEE OH SEES + BLEACHED

23 MEI PURLING HISS + RICHIE DAGGER

30 MEI SEX JAMS + MILE ME DEAF

kijk voor ons volledige programma en locaties op www.effenaar.nl

Focus Agenda

How To Dress WellHow to Dress Well is the one-man record-ing project of Tom Krell, globetrotter, lo-fi artist and sort-of-R&B crooner.

Dan Deaconequally adept at composing Steve Reich-inspired contemporary classical music as multi-coloured, spastic 8-bit symphonies to God, Dan Deacon sure is something alright. His latest album, grandly entitled America, represents the most seamless fusion of his classical and electronic work yet. His highly interactive live shows are simply legendary.

WoodsWoods’ vintage guitar sound, falsetto vo-cals and tape manipulations will transport you back to the psychedelic heyday of yes-teryear.

SUUNSWith their jaw-clenching sing-speak vocals, minimalistic drumbeats and angular riffs, Suuns has the sonic tools to mess with your mind on a whole new level.

PhosphorescentAfter years of making gorgeous, contem-plative Americana alone under the name Phosphorescent, Matthew Houck recruited

a backing band and Phosphorescent start-ed sounding uncharacteristically tradition-al and loose almost to a fault. Thankfully, the band’s latest album, Muchacho, is their most sophisticated yet, while Houck’s frag-ile voice and heartfelt, heartbreaking lyrics are as comforting as ever.

Blue HawaiiBlue Hawaii are Raphaelle Standell-Pres-ton, frontwoman of Braids, and Alexander Cowan. This Montreal duo released their new full-length Untogether, full of fresh tropical electro pop, earlier this year through the revered Arbutus label.

SavagesHyped before even touching a guitar string, London all-female post-punks Savages are well known for their simple but intense per-formances. expect their forthcoming Mata-dor release Silence Yourself early May.

Beach FossilsBeach Fossils returned this year with their sophomore album Clash the Truth. This Brooklyn team, fronted by the gifted Dustin Payseur, are renowned for their clean, jan-gly guitar riffs and energetic live shows.

www.botanique.be

Les Nuits BotaniqueKicking off the Belgian festival season, Les Nuits Botanique offers an eclectic line-up of 2013’s most promising bands and upcoming tal-ents. This year the festival celebrates its 20th anniversary, so expect one big party in the following Botanique venues: Koninklijk Circus,

Chapiteau, Orangerie, Rotonde and Museum!

30 April-13 May, various locations, Brussels

Agenda Shows in May

19.05 I NILS FRAHM + LUBOMYR MELNYK + SPECIAL GUEST GREGORY EUCLIDE20.05 I GREG HAINES + POPPY ACKROYD09.06 I RAUELSSON07.10 I CARLOS CIPA + SAFFRONKEIRA

14.05 I VERONICA FALLS + DIRTY BEACHES

16.05 I MOUNT EERIE + THE HAXAN CLOAK

21.05 I DEERHUNTER 28.05 I ANIMAL COLLECTIVE

26.05 I KURT VILE & THE VIOLATORS

22.05 I CRYSTAL FIGHTERS

Shows in May Agenda

Chelsea Wolfe06 May - Trix, Antwerp

08 May - 4AD, DiksmuideHailing from Los Angeles, the gothic doom-folk songstress Chelsea Wolfe will soon cast her shadowy stripped-down spells over Trix in Antwerp. Read more on page 34.

Co La + Tg Gondard09 May - Madame Moustache, Brussels

Co La’s Matthew Papich describes himself as a ‘Music Designer/Reggae User/Life-style Producer’. Read more on page 35.

Michael Hurley + Ignatz09 May - Les Ateliers Claus, Brussels

72-year-old folk troubadour Michael Hurley has been singing about tea, blueberry wine and werewolves for the past 50 years with striking depth and wit.

Haunted Inbox ft. Je Suis Le Petit Chevalier, The Cyclist, Charanjit Singh + more

09 May - Netwerk, AalstAudioMeR curates this contemporary ex-perimental music festival. The label typical-ly specialises in avant-garde sounds, pair-

ing its music with beautiful artworks. expect sonics without borders from Je Suis Le Pe-tit Chevalier, The Cyclist, Charanjit Singh and more.

Death Grips13 May - De Kreun, Kortrijk

Dropped from their label after releasing their last LP too early on free online shar-ing platforms, Death Grips are outrageous-ly angry dudes, always looking for a new strategy to shock. The noisy punk-hop act is even more conspicuous when it comes to their live performances, with the shirtless MC Ride shaking his fully inked torso whilst barking echoing profanities.

Veronica Falls + Dirty Beaches

14 May - Ancienne Belgique, Brusselsexactly a week after his show in Brussels, Dirty Beaches will be releasing his most ex-perimental effort yet. Alex Zhang Hungtai expertly buries elvis-like yelps and croons and occasionally very romantic melodies under layers of no-wavey distortion and re-verb. Veronica Falls will definitely bring a more Britpop vibe to this Tuesday night oc-casion in Brussels. Read more on page 35.

Death Grips

Agenda Shows in May

Eraas14 May - STUK, Leuven

eRAAS’s 2012 debut was a post-rock rocket ship which transported listeners to a dark, lonely world nearly devoid of hu-man emotion but filled with ominous atmo-sphere, propelled forward by the occasional motorik groove.

The Ex & Brass Unbound15 May - Vooruit, Ghent

These Dutch anarcho-punks have carved out quite the legacy for themselves over their 30-plus years of existence. Read more on page 36.

Mount Eerie15 May - De Kreun, Kortrijk

16 May - Ancienne Belgique, BrusselsWhen he’s not crafting fuzzy, gong-heavy tracks in a repurposed church, Phil elverum

can probably be found touring the world as Mount eerie. Read more on page 36.

Nick Waterhouse + Jeff Hershey16 May - Trix, Antwerp

it is difficult to believe that Nick Water-house’s first ever recorded single only dates from 2010: the R&B prodigy seems rooted in a whole different decade. His bountiful talent saw him produce Allah-las’ self-titled debut and allowed him to share the stage with other top LA acts such as The Strange Boys, Ty Segall and White Fence.

Le Guess Who? May Day ft. Deerhunter, Unknown Mortal

Orchestra, Bleached, Dirty Beaches, ERAAS and more

18 May - Tivoli, Utrechtif you’ve ever been to Le Guess Who?, there’s no doubt you agree that taking in so much good music in such a special place

Chelsea Wolfe photographed by Logan White.

Shows in May Agenda

once a year just ain’t enough. Someone up-stairs was listening: consider the inaugu-ral LGW? May Day the answer to your pre-summer festival prayers.

Chris Cohen18 May - Madame Moustache, Brussels

The psychedelic pop on Chris Cohen’s de-but, Overgrown Path, is delicately dreamy and sympathetically idiosyncratic. Read more on page 37.

Sinksen ft. Eraas, Light Asylum and more

18 - 20 May - De Kreun, KortrijkThis annual three-day festival of high quality music brings you a mix of local indie talents and Subbacultcha! faves. Dark and groovy post-punk outfit eraas ft. ex-members of Apse, garage rocker King Tuff and dance-able dark wave duo Light Asylum will defi-nitely provide a feast for your ears.

White Fence + Night Beats19 May - Magasin 4, Brussels

LA’s Tim Presley transforms his neural nec-tar into sweet psychedelic honey as White Fence. Read more on page 37.

Purling Hiss22 May - Madame Moustache, Brussels

23 May - AreaFiftyOne, EindhovenPhiladelphia’s Mike Polizze played with jam-punks Birds of Maya before setting off on a solo mission to Planet Purling Hiss. Read more on page 38.

Charanjit Singh23 May - Bonnefooi, Brussels

Three years ago, the rediscovery of Singh’s 1982 album Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat caused quite a stir in the world of dance &

electronic music. Now the legendary indian inventor of acid house music is playing an exclusive show at Bonnefooi.

Allah-Las24 May - De Kreun, Kortrijk

The dudes of Allah-Las recorded their self-titled debut full-length to analogue tape us-ing old microphones to obtain as authentic a sound as possible. Read more on page 38.

Raime24 May - Studioskoop, Ghent

As industrial dark ambient duo Raime, Joe Andrews and Tom Halstead put out a string of bleak and spotless releases via the Lon-don label Blackest ever Black.

Kurt Vile26 May - Ancienne Belgique, Brussels

This young prodigy and his band of con-stant hitmakers churn out guitar-focused, um, ‘new’ classic rock. On his new material, Vile stripped away most of the effects and production grime that muddied his earlier work, revealing songs that are more spa-cious and sensible than ever, yet still capa-ble of transporting you back to listening to music with your dad as a kid.

Animal Collective + Laurel Halo

28 May - Ancienne Belgique, BrusselsThis experimental psych band’s latest al-bum, Centipede Hz, was inspired by the idea of an alien band listening to bits of sound coming from earth, then imagining what sounds they would make. Avey Tare and Panda Bear take on the role of alien vocalists, their joyous harmonies and child-like words imposing some extraterrestrial sense of order to scrambled and smashed sounds lovingly collected from the ether.

Overview of all Subbacultcha! shows in May

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

02 May Lecture Adam Harper + Film

WIELS, Brussels19.30 | €5 | Free for members

06 May Chelsea Wolfe

+ HeirsTrix, Antwerp

19.30 | €17 | Free for members

09 May Co La

Madame Moustache, Brussels20.00 | €7 | Free for members

12 May Blue HawaiiBotanique, Brussels


14 May Veronica Falls

+ Dirty BeachesAncienne Belgique, Brussels

20.00 | €19 | Free for members until 21.00

15 May Mount Eerie

De Kreun, Kortrijk20.00 | €13 | Free for members

15 May The Ex & Brass

UnboundVooruit, Ghent


18 May Chris Cohen


19 May White Fence

+ Night BeatsMagasin 4, Brussels


22 May Purling Hiss


23 May - AreaFiftyOne, Eindhoven

20.30 | €7,5 | Free for members

23 May Film | Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr.

Hunter S. Thompson

KASKcinema, Ghent20.30 | €5 | Free for members

24 May Allah-Las

De Kreun, Kortrijk20.00 | €13 | Free for members

29 May Pete Swanson +

Mathieu Serruys019, Ghent


31 May Ekster Label

NightScheld’apen, Antwerp21.00 | tba | Free for

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DO 13.06 MARC RIBOT - Bread & Roses

VR 14.06 DE BEREN GIEREN - Postersessie

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WO 15.05 THE EX & BRASS UNBOUND feat. Ab Baars, Ken Vandermark, Roy Paci & Wolter Wierbos

DO 16.05 SPECTRA ENSEMBLE feat. Walter Hus & Chirs Ware - Lint

VR 17.05 IAN MCCULLOCH (Echo & The Bunnymen)

ZA 18.05 PLANET PAWLOWSKI: Hitsville Drunks, Mauro and the Grooms, Gruppo Di Pawlowski, …

VR 31.05 STEF HEEREN - Postersessie

ZO 26.05 SELDA BAĞCAN

DO 13.06 MARC RIBOT - Bread & Roses

VR 14.06 DE BEREN GIEREN - Postersessie

ZA 15.06 MAJA RATKJE & POING feat. 100 zangers – Wach auf!

WO 26.06 PERE UBU

EEN GREEP UIT ONS CONCERTAANBOD …

INFO & TICKETS: T. 09 267 28 28 – WWW.VOORUIT.BE

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