WHAT LEDGE this month: Alex Turner
To be honest, any month when Alex Turner comes back into our lives is one to be celebrated, but the recentlycrowned master of moon-based lounge has really outdone himself recently. Back on stage with Arctic Monkeys to tour new record ‘Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino’, he’s every bit the perfect frontman: one minute the lightningfast lyricist we’ve known and loved since the mid-’00s, the next a drunk dad stumbling his way through the last night of a Vegas residency. From triumphantly standing up from his piano, arms aloft, while playing ‘Four Out Of Five’ on American telly, to inexplicably but wonderfully yelling “LET’S. PLAY. DARTS.” during ‘Pretty Visitors’ at the band’s Royal Albert Hall show, Alex Turner is back, back, BACK! We’ve never loved him more.
DIY
Due to the name of our magazine, dear readers, we often get some slightly strange requests in our social media inboxes. Sorry, Jane from Surrey, but we’re really not sure on the best way to assemble your new desk. As our expertise lies far away from actual DIY, we’ve done the sensible thing and asked some of your favourite bands for their #1 DIY tips. We’re a magazine of the people after all. This month, it’s Laurie Vincent from Slaves. “When we were on a photoshoot, my son literally dropped a raspberry on my white t-shirt just as we were about to take the photos, and my friend taught me that you boil a kettle, take your top off, put it on a flat surface and pour the boiling water on it from a height, and the stain just lifts out instantly. Nothing else, just boiling water, and the stain will lift riiiiight out!”
On
These days, even yer gran is posting selfies on Instagram. Instagran, more like. Everyone has it now, including all our fave bands. Here’s a brief catch-up on music’s finest photo-taking action as of late.
Porto laid on the perfect welcome for Our Nick. (@nickcaveofficial)
Less MOR, more MOT on the next album, eh peace? (@whenyoungband)
S P OT T E D Believe it or not, pop and rock stars sometimes do normal things, too. They get lost, go food shopping, and catch buses – all sorts. This month, we clocked a fair few of them roaming around… Colin Greenwood of Radiohead cackling away outside the Roundhouse before Thom Yorke’s solo show, Skepta wearing a fancy tiger-emblazoned jacket on his way home from Primavera, The Vaccines’ Tim Lanham having a good ol’ singalong to himself walking down London’s Kingsland Rd, Suede frontman BRETT ANDERSON walking straight past Jack White’s Hammersmith Apollo gig. 10 diymag.com
Most. Pure. Photo. Ever. (@ollyyears)