Issue Fifteen
Crewel Intentions Shame Goat Girl The Orielles Jerkcurb Honey Hahs
Here we are, our final magazine of 2017. A year of scenes,
Staying in the area, Manchester band, The Starlight Magic
scandal and a snap election. We now look forward to 2018
Hour are relatively unknown but we get in touch to check
with an issue that serves as a heads up for what you can
in on their ambitions. Instant Shit returns as we say a fond
expect in the near future. South London stalwarts, Shame
farewell to Dead Pretties, the band have decided to call it
grace our cover as they approach the release of their debut
a day. Back to the chats, we drop Goat Girl an email and
album ‘Songs of Praise’. We catch up with the band at a
ask them to review the year, and then its to the states where
Brixton pub to chat nerves, contingency plans and what
Starcrawler show that the Rock ‘n’ Roll lies in their inbox
pisses them off. Chilli Jesson, once one half of the Palma
as well as their music. Staying with Rough Trade Records,
Violets dynamic front duo, has gone it alone with new band
their youngest offering, Honey Hahs, are a force that boast
Crewel Intentions. Meeting at an old West London haunt,
an average age of 12. With a promising year ahead, we have
we discussed being an outsider, song writing and getting
a quick chinwag about their time as a band so far. Jerkcurb
things right in the background. Heading north east, we catch
from London and Scotland’s Spinning Coin complete our
up with Heavenly Records signings, The Orielles and talk
line up but not before we introduce Drahla, Sister Talk,
through the influence of David Lynch films.
Whenyoung and more in Who Are You?
3 Shame
21 Year of the Goat
9 The Orielles
25 Honey Hahs
11 Instant Shit
31 Who Are You?
13 Crewel Intentions
35 Starcrawler
18 The Starlight Magic Hour
39 Spinning Coin
19 What Next?
44 Jerkcurb
Goat Girl’s 2017
Songs of Praise
OK
Let Your Dogtooth Grow
Get to Know
Goodbye Dead Pretties
Second Chance at a First Impression
Straisermoist
2018
Money Money Money
Permo
Voodoo Saloon
Opposite, So Young Illustration Competition Winner, Carlín Díaz (David Bowie)
Pip Blom I’m Pip, from Amsterdam and I guess we make ‘lo-fi indie pop’ Can you tell us something that you collectively really love? We all really like carrot cake. Man, I really, really love that.
Haze We are Haze (Will/Ollie/Conor/Dan), from a small village in the English countryside, now dispersed across Bristol, Nottingham and Oxford, and we make dissonant, unhinged music, which is usually a bit tongue-in-cheek.
Sistertalk
Can you tell us something that you collectively really
We’re painfully neurotic people making similarly restless
love? Moving from the country to the cities has made us realise our love for our local pubs. There’s not much happening in them but you can always actually get a seat and a proper local pint.
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music out of London. What led you to form a band? A particular happening or mutual love for a record or sound? An animosity towards gimmicks and lazy songwriting.
Drahla
Whenyoung
Can you tell us who you are, where you’re from and
We’re Niall(guitar), Andrew(drums) and Aoife(bass,vocals).
about the music you make?
We’re from Limerick in Ireland and we write melodic pop songs with a punk influence. We try to be honest, writing
We’re Drahla from Leeds/Wakefield. I’m Luciel Brown
about our current situations and how the world makes us
(vocals/guitar/bass), Rob Riggs on vocals/guitar and bass
feel.
also, and Mike Ainsley on drums. The musics most often described as post punk, though we don’t necessarily feel as
How did you find each other?
though we’re conforming to any specific genre. When we were teenagers we would go to the only indie Can you tell us something that you collectively hate?
disco in Limerick called Costello’s. We’d sneak in vodka in our trousers and get drunk and dance.
Technological distraction/addiction
Adults Can you tell us who you are, where you’re from and about the music you make? We’re 5 young males from North London desperately trying to retain an ounce of youth in a city that’s cruel to its young. We sound like Morrissey on downers. What led you to form a band? A particular happening or mutual love for a record or sound? Teenage Fanclub’s Bandwagonesque made me want to write about relationships that hadn’t happened yet, and made me nostalgic about moments that someone else had lived.
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Alfie Kungu
Artists
Rob Knaggs Josh Whettingsteel Harley Cassidy Georgie Jesson Sam Ford Cal Cashin Dan Pare Rhys Buchanan
Josh Whettingsteel Carlín Díaz Jay Cover Ricardo Passaporte Ed Burkes Kyle Platts Chiara Dal Maso Esther Lara Nick Dahlen Aysha Tengiz Valat Ampavat Alan Fears George Rouy Michael Cox Ben White Alfie Kungu REN Spit Tease Ian Moore Robin Renard Stefano Summo Dominika Chmurzynska Andreea Dobrin Dinu Aiden Barefoot Darren Shaddick Bird Pit (S.W.Kim) Jo Mendel Peach Doble Abby Mcmillen Elliott Shah Jack Coles Yuki Sato Marie Watanabe Igor Bastidas
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Photos for Collage
Editors
Sam Ford Josh Whettingsteel
Writers
Ex Why Zed
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