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Marianne Faithfull. FREE instore performance at Rough Trade East. April 15th
09/04/2009
Remember this one time when we were falling about the place, totally oblivious to our surroundings, wide-eyed and gooey mouthed. This guy said to us: “You want to sort it out mate, excess is what excess does.” Course, we ignored the guy – don’t even know who the hell he was. He was either a good Samaritan or one of those people with their head so far-up their clean-cut arse, they can taste the soap-suds before they taste their shit. Probably the latter. We’re not condoning excess, you know, we’re not saying that it’s a good thing, we’re just saying that it’s nobody else’s business. Which is why we’re not going to concentrate on Marianne Faithfull’s much-publicised private life; Marianne the style-icon; Marianne, lover to the Stones; or any other incidents or periods which have created her enigma. Except to say that she penned one of the Stones’ best songs: Sister Morphine, so much love Marianne. The fact is that Marianne’s personal life has/did often taken the sheen off of her music, despite the fact that it always deserved to far outweigh her celebrity. In a career spanning over 40 years, it says a lot that her latest album, Easy Come Easy Go, featuring covers of artists including Merle Haggard, Billie Holiday, Morrissey and even Dolly Parton, is one of her finest yet. If you’re looking for a bad review, stop trying. Like the late great Johnny Cash, Marianne is blessed with a rare ability to transform songs into a voice and meaning all of her own; even going so far as to improve on some originals. At least in our opinion. Alas, to see an all time legend of the music industry perform for FREE at Rough Trade East, London, on April 15th, visit RoughTrade.Com . It’s sure to be a performance not to be missed.
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Levi's OnesToWatch w/Danananakroyd. Camden Barfly. Thursday 16th April.
08/04/2009
God bless headphones. Giving people the ability to shut off everything and everyone and enter their own little world, since 1930-something. A world of Clapton singing Layla and Dylan knocking on heaven’s door; of Jagger getting his rocks off and Reed shooting smack; a world where life is full of strife, but if it wasn’t, what would we have to sing about, talk about or drink to forget about? Course, live music is a different story. Unlike the workplace, you can dance and drink without receiving a formal warning or the status of alcoholic reprobate. Plus, there’s the added possibility of getting lucky and waking-up in strange surroundings with the mixed emotion of pleasure and paranoia. Alas, we’ve talked enough, here’s some info on Levi’s OnesToWatch next gig at Camden’s Barfly on Thursday 16th April. Dananananakroyd (pictured) recently completed a European tour supporting Kaiser Chiefs and are gaining quite a reputation. Apparently. We listened to a track of theirs called Black Wax which has elements of Keane’s new pop sound in it; you know, with all the “WHOO” bits in the chorus, only with a bit more - “let’s get a bit messy and worry about the inevitable consequences tomorrow” - about it. The Scottish band will head a bill that will also feature London band Haunts. Again, we checked out their MySpace. Figured the best track to listen to would be Live Fast Die Young. Starts off with this fairly aggressive guitar intro before heading into this moody lyrical frenzy that would probably make you cry if you were coming-down. Thankfully we’re not. The band cites the likes of Bowie and Talking Heads as influences. Finally, rock band Tubowolf will head to the Camden Barfly. Having listened to their MySpace, we’ve got a feeling everyone will start banging into each other and people will catch elbows in the face whilst beer rains down on them in a kind of Ian Curtis meets Stella Artois way. Some heavy shit. DJs on the night will be the Skill Wizard DJs and Louder Than Fuck. Levi’s OnesToWatch Thursday 16th April 7.30 onward Barfly, 49 Chalk Farm Road, London, NW1 8AN Tickets: £16 - BarflyClub.Com
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Not exactly a gig, but: WACABONKERS! at PUNK. April 4th.
03/04/2009
Life is one big routine. Work, get fucked, work, get fucked, work, get fucked to forget about work, get fucked. Once in a while it would be nice to do something a little different, like not work. We could just drink and write and eat and sleep and drink. Funds would eventually run out and it would be extremely damaging to our general health, but there are worse ways to go than booze. Just look at Elvis. Poor sod died on the crapper after eating a 10-stone burger. Anyhow, breaking the routine of Soho’s night-life is a new night called Wacabonkers. The name of the night came about by combining the words ‘wacky’ and ‘bonkers’ which suggests that it should be pretty fun, in a kind of kids games meet adults games kind of way. The brain-child of Bring Your Parents’ Record ’s host, Jonny Awsum, and his mate The Rave, Wacabonkers is basically a quiz night, only with loads and loads of booze. From what we can gather Wacabonkers will break the general philosophy of the pub quiz by ditching paper and pen. Instead, there will just be a white board and a marker pen. Judging by the success of Bring Your Parents’ Records , we reckon this should be pretty good. Plus, it’s free entry and by attending you’ll get free entry to BITE which starts at 10 in the same venue. “Not sure what to expect? Don't worry neither do we!" - Jonny Awsum & The Rave, founders of The Wacabonkers Corporation 2009 Wacabonkers Monday 6th April Starts at 8pm Punk, 14 Soho St, Soho, W1D 3DN Tickets: FREE
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Twisted Licks w/Crystal Fighters. The Macbeth. April 25th.
01/04/2009
We write on the day of G20: Financial Fool’s Day. Helicopters flying over-head and sirens blaring; half the police force in London converging on the City. Meanwhile, in South London, a Lion is unleashed from a crack-den and attacks an old lady on her weekly trip to feed the geese. The old lady’s jewellery and purse are stolen by a gang of smack-addicts who fend the Lion off with a spud-gun. A tramp, hungry and seeing this unfold, grabs the bread the old lady has dropped and gorges on it. The geese are unhappy; they want that bread and with the old lady dead may never see another loaf again. So they attack the tramp and peck out his eyeballs. Then the geese start to thinking: “What about next week? What the fuck will we do next week? We couldn’t possibly allow ourselves to starve!” So they start eating the tramp’s face, cock, fingers and balls before going on the rampage… (they ignore the old lady, for she was a friend). Well, that could happen, but if it did you wouldn’t be able to get shit-faced at Twisted Licks. Pity the thought. The night returns on April 25th for its brand new residency at The Macbeth in Shoreditch. Here’s who’ll be there: JAGZ KOONER: From what we can gather, Jagz is one of those guys who remixes tracks that are proven hits, therefore guaranteeing himself a proven hit. Not that that’s a bad thing. We could follow an ancient cure for head-aches with a proven track record and still have a bad reaction, jissom spurting like a tube of Colgate under a ten-ton truck, because we’ve added too much asparagus or something. Fact is that Jagz’s remixes of acts including Kasabian, Primal Scream, New Order, Oasis and Garbage have gained him a remixer of the year award. You do the math. CRYSTAL FIGHTERS: We like the concept of how they got their name: an unfinished opera by the singer’s deceased grandfather during his final months of insanity. They’re signed to French label Kitsune, which has a proven track record for twisted and funky electro. Anyhow, checked out their MySpace and they’ve got this whole trippy-electro bumming traditional-music vibe going on. The kind of sound which, if you were reaching the ultimate high, could make you lose your body weight in sweat and top your liquid levels up with copious amounts of booze. Guess you could call it FATALITY MUSIC. CATS IN PARIS: Didn’t exactly know an awful lot about Cats in Paris but had a vague recollection of listening to them whilst writing some bull-shit about Ronan Keating’s new album and coming-down like a contestant on the Price is Right. They’re pretty good on a come-down actually. You’re all like: “Shit, strange paranoia!” and your heart feels like it’s lapping your tongue. And then the mood kind of lifts you and your heart slows down because the music goes all Sega Mega Drive. Then Cats in Paris start tripping you out again, with these fuzzy lyrics that are impossible to decipher and your heart starts racing and your brow starts sweating and you’re all like: “This is reality. Suffering and happiness. Life will always be suffering and happiness.” Something like that, anyway. A real reality check. HOT SILK POCKETS: You know when you’re on a rush and your reactions are real slow and your banging into people and banging into things because in reality you’re moving at normal speed; and every time you bang into things and into people you smile, an idiotic smile, a happy smile because you’re brain has received the most pleasurable fuck imaginable? Hot Silk Pockets are a bit like that. Instrumental pop that sounds like it’s being delivered through a fax machine. Nice. Resident DJ GOD DON’T LIKE IT will also be delivering some tunes. Balls! The protesters have just stormed the Royal Bank of Scotland and the road has been blocked and we’re going to get home real late and the Lion and the geese will probably derail our train because people want to: ABOLISH MONEY! God have mercy on our soul. Twisted Lick Saturday 25th April 8pm – 2am The Macbeth, 70 Hoxton Street, Shoreditch, N1 6LP Tickets: £6 MySpace.Com/TwistedLicks
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Be@Proud w/Silversun Pickups. Proud Galleries. April 4th.
26/03/2009
Never really thought too much about health and exercise and that kind of thing, until we had a game of table foosball. As sports go, it’s up there with the big guns: darts and pool and snooker. So we were 4 goals down and really going for it and we let out this big chesty cough, the sweat pouring from our brow and that painful feeling where your sweaty ball-sack gets stuck to your skin and twists sharply. So as we were saying, we let out this cough, an unhealthy cough, too many fags and drinks and whatever else from the weekend back recurring, and this real thick lump of sticky goop just lands SPLUT on the foosball table. Heads turn, the ball rolls and we go 5 goals down. Lost the game, but shit happens. Fact is, if you can’t beat the unhealthy lifestyle just keep on at it, ride that baby until you can no longer ride it. Anyhow, the healthy lifestyle is dull, mundane. Some might say the healthy lifestyle is less healthy, mentally, than the unhealthy lifestyle. Which is why, once again, we bring you the latest Be at Proud listings. Figured it’s as good a place as any to ride that baby, baby. Ride. Headlining the night will be Los Angeles based quartet Silversun Pickups. Checked out their MySpace and they’re pretty rocky, you know, an old fashioned rock band. Lots of distortion, steady drum beats and rhythm with this contrasting hushed vocal that makes the music lonesome and distressing. Whether it intends to be, who knows? Then you’ve got another Los Angeles band called Rumspringa. MySpace says they’re RnB, which means rhythm and blues when it WAS rhythm and BLUES. Back when the guitar made you weep as opposed to some gangster waving a Colt.45 in your face and spitting a vocal parody about life in the ghetto. You dig? It’s pretty good music from Rumspringa. Pat on the back. It’s like music exploring the history of America, you know? Something quite stunning and occasionally haunting about it. Like they’re keeping the old dream alive. Occasionally the guitar drifts into these sweet Carlos Santana moments that make you want to grab a reefer and sit on a bean-bag. Moving away from LA, Swiss FX will also be appearing at Be. They’re not from Switzerland though, they’re from Wales. Don’t ask us to explain that one. They’ve got a drum n’ bass, dub, breaks cross-over, hybrid type thing going on. The kind of music that gets in the back of your head and makes your brain spasm. Brain-fucking music for the brain-fucked generation. Swiss FX played Glastonbury last year to much acclaim, so we hear. Camden market trader Bioux will be spinning a selection of rocking vinyls for the Non-Stop Electric Cabaret; a sound-track to some hot Burlesque action courtesy of Miss Vicky Butterfly and friends. And resident DJs John Power and David H will be raping your temples with a mix of electro, indie, disco and new-wave. Be@Proud Saturday 4th April 8pm – 2.30am Horse Hospital, Stables Market, Camden, NW1 8AH Tickets: £10 (b4-9) £8 (adv) Be-At.Co.UK
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Live Boutique Festival. Cargo. Tuesday 24th - Wednesday 25th March.
10/03/2009
Lack of alcohol-consumption is sending us dotty. Seriously dotty. Been making noises like a fly and everyone’s been asking us to: SHUT THE F*CK UP! The sensation’s kind of like being pissed, minus the memory loss next day and random acts of stupidity. Screw it; we’ll buzz our way through the working day, starting with the Live Boutique Festival at Shoreditch venue Cargo. Don’t quite know why they call it a festival. It only takes place at night, so it’s not like you can wander around all day watching people tripping off their nuts and puking in other people’s tents. Then again, it is in Shoreditch. Basically, the two nights, on Tuesday 24th March and Wednesday 25th March, will feature a string of performances by French musicians. Viva le… whatever. The 24th will explore FRENCH DIVERSITY with an evening of France based WORLD music. Titi Robin will head to Cargo. Because our headphones have busted and someone’s taken the only other working pair, we’ll have to rely on Titi’s autobiography to put you in the know. Apparently, the late-50s born musician is influenced by Indian, Gypsy and Eastern Cultures. Sounds pretty fucking trippy. Soha is a female musician whose vocals and music explore a mixture of reggae, jazz, cap verde and Cuban sounds. We’re guessing it’ll be a pretty merry affair. Finally, El Hadj N’Diaye will be performing. Apparently, N’Diaye is a bard that follows in the tracks of daily-life poets and philosophers and stuff. N’Diaye pukes words out into sweet ballads that explore subjects that ain’t sweet at all. They call it reality. The 25th will feature young French artists from the electro-pop field. With a little bit of post-shit thrown into the equation. Punk, wave, folk, whatever… Yodelice is a young musician who’s been making waves for a while now, recording his forthcoming album ‘Tree For Life’ in LA with a host of top musicians. They include Abraham Laboriel (Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton) on drums and Beck's horn section. We gave the lad a listen because we nicked some headphones off the boss’s desk. We’ll be honest, vocally he doesn’t sound French. Musically, it’s basically modern folk. Quite beautiful though. If groovy, funky beats and the occasional surf-pop of yesteryear are your bag, then you might like DuOud. Well, you will if you like it jazzed up into sketchy electro that makes youspaz out like a fucking alcoholic who’s popped a pill for the first time. Finally, The Fugitive Kind will be performing. The boss nicked the headphones back, so we’re not sure what they sound like. We hear they’re pretty good. End Copy. Live Boutique Festival! Tuesday 24th and Wednesday 25th March 8pm-1am Cargo, 83 Rivington St, London, EC2A 3AY Tickets: £5 (adv) £6.50 (otd) Two day pass: £8 www.cargo-london.com www.live-boutique.com
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Notion launch party with Esser. FREE BAR! FREE ENTRY! Secret London location. March 13th.
06/03/2009
Hi viewers! We’re having an amazing party to celebrate the launch of our amazing new issue, and we want you to come because you’re amazing. Here are the details: FRIDAY 13th MARCH 2009 AT A SECRET LONDON LOCATION: (AMAZING) NOTION MAGAZINE ISSUE 38 LAUNCH PARTY FEATURING: SPECIAL GUEST ESSER (Notion cover star and Transgressive Records Post-pop Poet fresh from touring stadia with the Kaiser Chiefs) FREE ENTRY ON THE NIGHT FREE RELENTLESS ENERGY DRINKS FREE BOOZE FREE VJS AND DJS AND HILARITY FREE THINGS: THEY’RE CHEAPER AND BETTER THAN CHEAP THINGS. JUST ANNOUNCED: Jonny Awsum will be our host for the evening! www.jonnyawsum.com JUST ANNOUNCED: Jimmy Screech will also be performing! Jimmy is a new UK reggae artist who was hand-picked by Roots Manuva to support him on his latest tour… Read about him on our WTF? page. ALL ON FRIDAY 13th MARCH 2009 AT A SECRET LONDON LOCATION! TEXT “LAUNCH” TO 88101 TO DISCOVER THE SECRET LOCATION Now, viewers. You’ll notice from the last line that this is all at a SECRET LONDON LOCATION. OO! Exciting, right? Good. You’ll also notice that you have to text to find out. This makes it kind of like a flashmob thing, which, viewers, is very zeitgeisty and cool, we’re sure you agree. HOW IT WORKS: You text “LAUNCH” to 88101 and mark Friday 13th March as ‘busy’ in your diary. On the day, we text you the location and your unique code for entry and then you come along and that’s it. There’s not even a catch. The free stuff is free. The party is a party. You like those things and you want to come along. So: text “LAUNCH” to 88101, find out the location and come along. Amazing. Bumpf: Txt costs 150p + std txt rate and is a one-off charge to cover our administration and labours so it won’t put you on some awful subscription service stealing all your money, don’t worry, you have our word. Just text in please and then two texts later you just come along to the party, ok? Great.
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Twisted Licks w/exlover and My Toys Like Me. The Macbeth. March 21st.
04/03/2009
PlanetNotion has finally beaten the hump. Lying in bed last night, we seriously got our ya yas out. Cold sweats and weird hallucinations, silent screams and pounding temples; five pints of water later, having woken in a pool of body damp, we feel like a hundred-dollars. A thousand-dollars would be pushing it and a million-dollars would be a damn-right lie. And we don’t lie. So trust us when we say that once again Twisted Licks looks pretty fucking good. The night, which has gained quite a reputation (in a seriously good way), will return to new home The Macbeth in Shoreditch, on March 21st. Heading up the bill of acts and DJs are exlovers, who, as the name suggests, blend delicate harmonies with sweet lyrics. PlanetNotion checked out exlovers’ MySpace to see what emotions their music would garner now that our come-down has subsided and we’re in the rare stage of mental-tranquility. They made us think of lost-loves and drinking to forget your woe, but seeing a light, somewhere, at the end of the tunnel. Which can only be a good thing. Next-up, you’ve got My Toys Like Me. They kinda blend electronic bleeps with a wonky-pop sound. Once again PlanetNotion gave them a listen. Lyrically, they’re pretty fucking trippy, invoking images of being off your nut and slowly falling into the realms of mental-breakdown. Only in a good way. Like when you’re at a party and you’ve necked five pills and you’re pulling shapes and seeing shapes and you’re slightly spazzed out, but in a happy place regardless. Until Wednesday comes and you feel your brain melting and the tears trickling down your cheeks. Bizarrely, My Toys Like Me sound equally as fitting when you’re in that ‘bad’ place. Top drawer. DJs on the night will be Twisted Licks regulars Tim Fanucci and Guy Fierce Panda. PlanetNotion would go to the event if we hadn’t squandered 50% of our wages over the last 5 days. If you’re sensible and haven’t squandered your wages, we’re willing to bet our final 50% that you’ll be attending Twisted Licks. Although, don’t hold us to that. We really, really need that money… End Copy. Twisted Licks w/exlovers and My Toys Like Me Saturday 21st March 2009 8pm – 2am The Macbeth, 70 Hoxton Street, Shoredich, N1 6LP Tickets: £6 TicketWeb.Co.Uk
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Levi's OnesToWatch. Throughout London. Throughout March.
03/03/2009
Levi’s OnesToWatch is back with a string of dates throughout London. The March dates will mark the beginning of residencies in Shoreditch, Camden and Soho. Exciting, huh? Events will kick-off on March 12th at live hot-spot The Macbeth, Shoreditch. On the bill will be Rogues, a band predicted to hit dizzying heights in ’09 and lauded by the likes of Zane Lowe and Steve Lamacq. They’ll be joined on the night by very special guests. We don’t know who these guests are, but the fact that they’re ‘special’ can only be a good thing. March 19th will see Levi’s OnesToWatch head to old haunt The Barfly, Camden. Parisian alt-rockers Underground Railroad will be joined by Dead Kids, The Chapman Family and all-girl rockers, Rubella. On March 26th Levi’s OnesToWach will kick-start its residency at The Fly, Soho. Much-hyped Brighton band, This City, head a bill including Lo-Fi Culture Scene and Soft Toy Emergency. Apparently they’re an electro-rock act from Liverpool. Levi’s OnesToWatch Thursday 12th March 7.30pm Onwards The Macbeth, 70 Hoxton Street, N1 6LP Tickets: £6 ( Ticketweb.Co.Uk ) Thursday 19th March 7.30pm Onwards Barfly, Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8AH Tickets: £6 ( BarFlyClub.Com ) Thursday 26th March 7.30pm Onwards 36-38 New Oxford Street, WC1A 1EP Tickets: £6 ( BarFlyClub.Com )
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