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Vandal Fashion: Summer in the city

Port of TyneRebrand Tramp

Vandal Travel: Alternative Berlin

Vandal Art:Curtis Kulig for Smashbox

Vandal Music: Bowie’s Back2013 Introducing

Deep VallyHaim

Vandal Reviews:The rolling stones

Ty segallStumbleline

ToyJake Bugg

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Summer in the city...

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Berlin is a city rich in culture and history. When visit-ing this unique city expect the unexpected. as around every street corner something new is lurking, this i soon discovered. Alternative Berlin tours offer to show you “the raw side of the city”. looking to mix it up on my 3 day visit to Berlin i thought this would a perfect change from the usual touristy thing to do, trailing around local landmarks with a load of other tourists missing out on all the secrets this wonderful city has to offer. Alterna-tive Berlin takes you on a walk round some of the city’s more unusual places taking you from the east to the west side of the city.

Smashbox Makeup launches springcollection ‘Love Me’

Smashbox Studios present their newest collaboration with world renowned graffiti art-ist Curtis Kulig. The collection takes inspiration from Kulig’s ‘Love me’ series, creating makeup palettes, lipsticks and eye liners as if they were works of art.

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REBEL REBEL. THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD. HUNKY DORY. UNDER PRESSURE. STARMAN. ZIGGY STARDUST. SUFFRAGETTE CITY. ALAD-DIN SANE. THE JEAN GENIE. DIAMOND DOGS. SWEET THING. YOUNG AMERICANS. FAME. STATION TO STATION. HEROES. LOW. SOUND AND VISION. BREAKING GLASS. ART DECADE. LET’S DANCE. ASHES TO ASH-ES. CHINA GIRL. MODERN LOVE. SEX & THE CHURCH. HEATHEN. REAL-ITY. SPACE ODDITY. CHANGES. LIFE ON MARS. ROCK N ROLL SUICIDE. LABYRINTH. BLACK TIE WHITE NOISE. JOHN, I’M ONLY DANCING. SOR-ROW. PRETTIEST STAR. VELVET GOLDMINE. TEENAGE WILDLIFE. TVC 15. BOYS KEEP SWINGING. LIFE ON MARS?. HANG ON TO YOURSELF. AB-SOLUTE BEGINNERS. THIS IS NOT AMERICA. SHAKE IT. NEVER LET ME DOWN. TONIGHT. BANG BANG. I DIG EVERYTHING. ZEROES. LAUGH-ING GNOME. PANIC IN DETROIT. JOIN THE GANG. SILLY BOY BLUE. BE MY WIFE. BLUE JEAN. LOVING THE ALIEN. DANCING IN THE STREET. JUMP THEY SAY. DJ. KNOCK ON WOOD. LITTLE WONDER. STAY. 1984. IT’S HARD TO A SAINT IN THE CITY. SECRET LIFE OF ARABIA. ALABAMA SONG. DAY-IN DAY-OUT. SELL ME A COAT. THERE IS A HAPPY LAND. LOVE YOU TILL TUESDAY. COME AND BUY ME TOYS. LADY GRINNING SOUL DRIVE-IN SATURDAY. ALL THE YOUNG DUDES. OH! YOU PRETTY THINGS. LET’S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER. RUBBER BAND. UNCLE ARTHUR. KOOKS. ANDY WARHOL. MOONAGE DAYDREAM. LADY STAR-DUST. UNWASHED AND SLIGHTLY DAZED. WATCH THAT MAN. TIME. ANYWAY, ANYHOW, ANYWHERE. DON’T BRING ME DOWN. ACROSS THE UNIVERSE. CAN YOU HEAR ME. WILD IS THE WIND. GOLDEN YEARS. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. SENSE OF DOUBT. BLACKOUT. REPITITION. RED MONEY. LOOK BACK IN ANGER. SCARY MONSTERS. FASHION. BE-CAUSE YOU’RE YOUNG. THE NEXT DAY . WHERE ARE WE NOW.

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Its been a decade since we last heard from this musical genius. but David bowie is back.

Thinking we had lost him to early retirement, and the worrying rumours round ill health it didn’t look promising. But no he fooled us all, surprising us on his 66th birthday with a brand spanking new record. The best birthday present ever, thanks bowie.

Declining the offer to perform at the Olympics opening ceremony we thought he was never going to come back, but this new record ‘Where are we now’ shows a man quietly slaving a way in some underground studio meticulously planning his great big return to the music world. His first single in a decade, since his 2003 album ‘reality’ is produced by long term collaborator Tony Visconti. ‘Where are we now’ is a Melancholic, poetic song along with bowies sad vocal, makes it a very emotional listen which feels much like welcoming back a long lost friend. Describing himself as a man lost in time we are left wanting more. This Respectful return shows he’s still got it.The new album ‘The Next Day’ is due out in March.

Coincidentally the release of bowies new album ties nicely in with the unveiling of the V&A’s David Bowie exhibition, opening to the public on the 23rd March. The exhibition will features many of Bowies stages costumes which he has worn throughout his musical career. Definitely one for the fans, this exhibition looks set to be popular with many, as people are eager catch a glimpse into his world. So far 2013 is set to busy for Bowie, (well, in comparison for the last decade) But Glastonbury?Really? Could the rumours be true.

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IntroducingDeep Vally

2013 New Music

GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS

Funny story, Californian Rock duo Lindsey troy and Julie Edwards met at a needlework class. However if these ladies first record ‘Gonna make my own money’ is anything to go by, these two are not the typical pair you would find at your nan’s Wednesday night knitting class. When they’re not busy knitting sweaters for the pet pooch, they like to make good old rock n roll. The kind that will certainly have you falling around some dingy club, stinking of stale beer, allowing you to rock out to your heart’s content. Their zeppelin style riffs and bluesy garage rock tick all the boxes. Troy’s wailings aiming to sound like Alison Mosshart (The kills/ Dead weather) crossed with Jennifer Herrema (Royal Trux) however end up sounding more like an angrier Janis Joplin. Nonetheless Deep vally definitely look like they know how to party, if you don’t believe us check them out for yourself; their new video ‘End of the world’ is out now. We look forward to hearing more from these ladies in 2013.

IntroducingHAIM

Tipped for great things in 2013, Este, Danielle and Alana are three sisters from Califor-nia who make up the band Haim. Signer to Polydor these three ladies make records that fuse RnB and folk rock together to create a happy harmony of sounds. All three of them sing, overlapping their vocals revealing a triple whammy for a mighty melody of a chorus, evident on songs such as ‘better off’ and ‘Don’t save me’. Their song lyrics hint at hearts broken and wounded reflections on teenage struggles, and as you can imagine this makes for beautiful listening. We applaud these ladies for their whimsical and truthful approach to music, churning out records that would be a fitting soundtrack any young lass’ life, the per-fect musical accompaniment to ones failing dreams and constant disappointment in boys. Even better, their first EP ‘Forever’ is available to download for free from their website. Haim are definitely ones to check out in the new year.

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Rolling Stones – Doom and Gloom

The Rolling Stones are unquestionably the biggest cock-tease in the business. The rumour-mill is rife when it comes to a Rolling Stones’ reunion but finally this year Ronnie let it slip like a giddy school-girl. Whilst Mick denied the impending reunion, fans couldn’t ignore the approaching 50th anniversary of the band. If you just happened to have an old war chest or recent windfall on the lottery you might be able to buy yourself a place in line for tickets, so it was cracking news for those fans who only had brown money to rub together, that new material would follow the shit-hot arena shows they would be putting on to mark their milestone.Said single, is ‘Doom and Gloom’, an eruptious, meatier effort than 2006’s A Bigger Bang, although still hanging onto the coattails of ‘Brown Sugar’ and ‘Gimme Shelter’. The track’s spiny guitar riff and Watt’s blithe drumbeat are together as ever; a well worked formula a band together for this long could change to such detriment. Maybe one thing you didn’t expect to hear was Jagger yakking about jumping out of planes, insane drunkards or zombies, the first few lines akin to an undead apocalypse. The Stones citing this as a politi-cal effort, maybe just exaggerating the state of the world today. On a more solemn note, Jagger takes a dig at the war in Iraq and economical inequalities the world over, a political temperament not normally associated with the Stones. Although not a classic, fans must be thankful the band have not fallen off kilter, attempting to storm the charts with a whistling hook, jaunty bass line and Christina Aguilera on backing vocals.

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The Rolling Stones/ Ty segall/ Stumble-line/ Jake Bugg/ TOY

Reviewed by Clark Smith

Ty Segall – Twins

For a bloke with so many friends to call on, it’s bizarre to think he’d want to do everything for himself. Ty Segall could be revered as one of the busiest about, having just released his third album in a year, and having played every instrument during each of their recordings. Hailing from Laguna Beach, although only 25, this is Ty’s sixth studio album – Twins, a fuzz packed ga-rage rock record, or simply put, a fucking really loud saturnalia and he’s left the door wide open. The al-bum just rings reckless, opening track ‘Thank God for the Sinners’ resounds Iggy and The Stooges’ ‘Raw Power’, crude guitars aplenty. Album highlight ‘Inside Your Heart’ is an in-proportionate fusing of glam and fizzcular noise, whereby Segall persists to rip the listener a new one. Lead track ‘The Hill’ duly fol-lows, a poetic opening from Brigid Dawson of the Thee O’ Sees loosely followed by an array of distorted guitars. A 60’s psychedelic induced track that leaks Tame Impala or the grim yelps of John Lennon.‘Love Fuzz’ and ‘Handglams’ are just pure filth, Segall veiling in self-masturbation, 6-string in hand and album closer ‘There is No Tomorrow’ versed in the Syd Barrett school of sound.Six albums in, Ty Segall is still busy surfing the clandestine wave, although I imagine it won’t be too long before the lad calls in a few favours from his friends.

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Stumbleine Spiderwebbed

One third of ‘future-garage’ and dub-step starlets Swarms, Stumbleine releases his first full length long player Spiderwebbed. A collision of Baltic sounds and 2 step beats, the Bristol-based producer evinces the bent of like-minded producers, such as Four Tet’s Kieran Hebden and 2008’s bright light Burial.

Opening track ‘Cherry Blossom’ is a snappy and harmonic composi-tion, its angelic vocals seamlessly layered over a thickening beat.

Equally next track ‘If You’ has you locked in the same dream-like state, although you may want to refrain from putting this on your playlist at a party. It whiffs of Dan Snaith’s 2010 hit Sun, hypnotic and comfortably downbeat, an ideal stepping stone for the heavily melodic and haunting vocals on ‘Capulet’. Single ‘The Beat My Heart Skipped’ is again consistent, this glow-fi number, enchanting and uplifting, leaving the mind very little to stew over. It’s neither complex nor asks too much of its listener.

A wistful cover of Mazzy Star’s ‘Fade Into You’, elegantly done is maybe a sore relief for those not necessarily new to the works of Stumbleine, breaking up the album beautifully before picking up the pace on next track ‘Kalei-doscope’.Arguably the album’s stand out track, ‘Kaleidoscope’ is deeply rooted in 2-step, its yearning charm once again lifting a re-cord unfortunately on the verge of doing circles.

TOY

It’s the kind of sound you might expect the popular press to wave their shitty stick at, yet TOY have imaginably earned the appraisal afforded from all sides. Previously members of Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong, the lads could have instead been called Rowland Rivron’s Idiot Bastard Band and still landed a pat on the back for starters.Following on from an extensive 2012 support slot for The Horrors, TOY released their self-titled debut, opening track ‘Colours Running Out’ a fond nod to Ian McCulloch’s The Cutter, with second track, ‘The Reasons Why’, swoonful psychedelic rock, mournful of Syd Barrett’s Apples & Oranges.

‘Drifting Deeper’ I envisage is what it sounds like to shit the bed. A stressful number, made up of whir-ring guitar sounds and a hypnotic afterthought, it reminds me of the time I got my head stuck in a polo neck.

First single ‘Motoring’ offers a rest bite from the sometimes pedestrian nature of the album, its Post -punk/Krautrock prickliness marries seamlessly with the shoe gaze virtuoso of next track ‘My heart Skips A Beat’.

The album at times can cruise along at a slightly dim pace, final track ‘Kopter’ a ten-minute long Ste-phen Morris impersonation, yet so fractious to turn off, you find yourself listening again and again. And same goes for the entirety of this debut, undoubtedly influenced by label mates The Horrors, arguably TOY have done what they couldn’t manage first time round.

Jake Bugg

It would be impossible not to make com-parisons when talking up Jake Bugg, and even harder to do so without stirring the proverbial shit storm of debate concerning the poor lad’s taste in music. Having seen his debut album hit top shelf and bagged his first number 1, Bugg, strongly rooted in British folk music, has the luckless task of saving popular British music from the thwarts of talentless pricks afforded fame by pressing the red button.The Clifton-born singer/songwriter strongly cites his influences, yet it is the company he keeps which lends a hand to the Britpop mar he has been blighted with. The straight-talking 18-year old bares all in this his self-titled introduction – drugs, alcoholism, illegal endeavours, yet cen-sure is not what Bugg is about. Evoking a 1960’s folk revival, Bugg is a lot less furtive when it comes to “skinning up a fat one” than say the likes of Donovan or Dylan, on his latest single ‘Two Fingers’. A well struck ode to the days when you just can’t be arsed. A steady, acoustic sing-along, weighing up both Bugg’s in-ability to motor on, and determination to fuck-off the establishment.

The jangly guitar on ‘Taste It’ and ‘Troubled Town’, ensues a nod to the late 1950’s skiffle band, the former, a buoyant two minute track which will no doubt resonate well with fans of country and Cash. Glimpses of John Power-esque vocals are evident on tracks ‘Slide’, a ghostly number, and the heartfelt ‘Broken’, which sees the album cut a further notch in what is a tremendously sundry debut record. ‘Simple as this’ I’m sure will get a huge stamp of ap-proval from James Skelly’s The Coral and infectious single and opening track ‘Lightning Bolt’ showcases Bugg’s ability to do what Dylan was initially reviled for, and switch to electric.

“So I hold two fingers up to yesterday

Light a cigarette and smoke it all away

I got out I got out I’m alive

and I’m here to stay”