Radio Arcade Torturo Nervosa LazyFlux Eilidh McGuire

Straight Jacket Legends THE JACKHAMMERS Richy Muirhead

Steedo (aka Robbie Davidson) from Drive by Audio

I n t e r v i e w s I n s i d e

ISSUE 2 - MARCH 2012

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Editor’s Letter

Hello! Welcome to the second edition of Zipped Magazine. And thank you all for the positive feed-back we’ve been getting for our first issue! It’s really amazing how well things have been going. Please continue to spread the word via our Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr pages. If you, your band or your business have any stories you would like us to cover then please get in touch – we’d be delighted to hear from you.

So we have learned a lot from the first issue and we feel certain that this one will be even bet-ter. We have made a few changes but you can still expect our usual blend of humour, glamour and of course informative writ-ing.

I’d like to extend a spe-cial thank you to my won-derful team – Lindsay, JohnJoe, Marc and Jennifer who all make valuable contributions to each edi-tion. But mostly I would like to thank Steven, for without his creative and design input our little magazine would not exist.

So it is onwards to edi-tion three we go - excit-ing times! With more ce-lebrity interviews and a festival special on the horizon, you won’t want to miss it.

Annabel Bromley

Page 2 Crossword

Page 3 Contacts

Page 4-5 New York Fashion Week

Page 7-11 Top Ten

Albums Comedians Local Restaurants Music Videos

Page 12-20 Interview Section

Jack and Conor-Radio Arcade Ross MacGregor-Torturo Nervosa Nick M-LazyFlux Eilidh McGuire Straight Jacket Legends The Jackhammers Richy muirhead Steedo-Drive by Audio

Page 22-31 Review Section

Albums Gigs London Fashion Week

Contents

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CROSSWORD ANSWERS:

Across: 6 – Nicky; 7 – Nicholson; 10 – American; 11 – I Am Sam; 12 – Indian; 13 – Slap Shot; 14 – Station; 16 – Sin City; 19 – Redgrave; 21 – Nicole; 23 – Casino; 24 – Frontier; 25 – Vengeance; 26 – Nixon

Down: 1 – Kidman; 2 – Skerritt; 3 – Witness; 4 – The Italian Job; 5 – No Way Out; 8 – Lambs; 9 – Scent Of A Woman; 15 – The Paper; 17 – Cocktail; 18 – Perfect; 20 – Going; 22 – Leeson

Clues Across

6 Little title character in an Adam Sandler comedy (5)7 Surname of the actor who immortalized the phrase, “Here’s Johnny” (9)10 A real Beauty from Sam Mendes! (8)11 Touching custody battle tale starring Sean Penn (1,2,3)12 The _ in the Cupboard, 1995 fantasy (6)13 Seventies Paul Newman ice hockey comedy (4,4)14 Ice _ Zebra, film based on an Alistair MacLean novel (7)16 It follows the stories of Marv, Hartigan & Dwight (3,4)19 Surname of the actress who played Max in Mission Impos-sible (8)21 & 1 down Virginia Woolf in The Hours (6,6)23 Scorsese epic set in Las Vegas (6)24 The Final _ , fifth of the Star Trek films (8)25 Die Hard with a _ , in which Jeremy Irons played the villain (9)26 Presidential drama from Oliver Stone (5)

Clues Down

1 See 21 across2 Which Tom links Top Gun, Contact and Steel Magnolias? (8)3 It took Harrison Ford into Amish coun-try (7)4 Classic Caine crime caper (3,7,3)5 Thriller that saw Kevin Costner cor-nered in the Pentagon (2,3,3)8 Silence of the _ , multi-Oscar winner (5)9 A “hoo-ha” with Al Pacino! (5,2,1,5)15 Journalistic film directed by Ron How-ard (3,5)17 In which Tom Cruise and Bryan Brown mixed the drinks (8)18 The _ Storm, George Clooney sea drama (7)20 13 _ On 30, coming-of-age teen movie (5)22 Surname of the real-life Rogue Trader-portrayed by Ewan McGregor (6)

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Annabel BromleyEditor

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List of my personal favourites during New York Fashion Week

by Jennifer Kucza

Nicholas K

The lovely duet - Nicho-las and Christopher Kunz treated the audience with a show strongly inspired by wild west. Main charac-teristics were heavy lay-ers of oversized pieces and neutral colours spiced up with fringes, cowboy hats and tortoise shell neck-laces. To make it even more cohesive(if that’s possi-ble) the song playing in the background was Nancy Sinatra’s ‘Bang Bang’. And the stylings resembling Uma Thurman in Pulp Fic-tion also fitted perfectly!

Jason Wu

The collection had all in-gredients guaranteeing an amazing show. Great tailor-ing and showing off Wu’s impeccable technique was one of them. On top of that it had an evident military vibe and embraced Jason’ oriental origins.. And the models truly looked like beautiful warriors stroll-ing down the catwalk. The outfits probably a bit sharper than we could ex-pect from that designer, but just as beautiful!

Helmut Lang

Except for the flattering cuts of the garments, the main assets of the collection may sound a bit contradictory, but the brand’s current designers - Michael and Nicole Colovos, managed to some-how combine them. Namely, general simplicity of the show with an unbelievable variety. Sharp suits and the fluent passage from white and black, to burgundy and sandy resulted in forty outfits that I would absolutely love to have in my closet.

Rag & Bone

Another great duo, David Neville and Marcus Wain-wright, delivered an edgy, yet very wearable collection. Beautifully executed knit-wear and rusty gold created an unexpected mixture - cosy look perfect for a rock star.

Prabal Gurung

This Napalese designer’s collection, entitled Uncursed, looked like a beautiful illustration of the ultimate batte between good and evil. It commenced with black pieces, suitable for femme fatale and then transformed into inky, gleaming blues. Heavenly at first, the prints turned out to be skulls. In the end, angelic compilations of white and gold were the crowning of the show.

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Herve Leger by Max Azria

An extremely feminine mix of delicateness and fineness - body-hugging dresses, often in nude, dusty colours, paired with something tough and not necessarily thought to be beautiful - harness. Those elements accompanied by leather boots and sleek ponytails made the mod-els look like high fashion jockeys.

Alexander Wang

This season Wang’s collection definitely focused on outerwear. The heavy-looking burgundy, black and white coats combined with boots and net masks created kind of a ponderous look, which would probably be a bit difficult to pull off, but still, there was something interesting about those outfits. They just had that sparkle, which Alex-ander always brings to the table.

Monique Lhuillier

As beautiful and classy as always. Miss Lhuil-lier, once again, proved that she is capable of creating so much more than bridal wear. Each and every piece was an abolute essence of femininity. Perfect red carpet dresses spiced up by exquisitely tailored suits. All outfits re-sembled of the old Hol-lywood glamour, but in an updated version.

Theyskens Theory

”This is the way I like a girl to be dressed. I want her to rock and be chill. I want to make sure they never look over the top but at the same time I want it to push the limits a bit.” - This is what the Belgian designer said about the collection and I couldn’t agree more. The clothes were so versatile and cool that the words ‚grungy’ and ‚sexy’, both describe them equally well. Perfect balance between slouchy and prim.

Threeasfour

This might not be the most practi-cal collection in the world, but it’s definitely a show-stopper. Beautiful designs from an avant garde label. Eccen-tric, yet wearable. For those brave enough, each piece is appropriate for every party. Dreamy and eye-catching, but would not be confused with a halloween costume.

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Top Ten of 2011

Films

Albums

Comedians

Local Restaurants

Music Videos

So many magazines and tv shows nowadays are hitting us with a top 100 this a top 50 that....Blah blah blah!! So we are here to deliver accurate, definitive and absolute top 10’s as chosen by us!! If you disagree however feel free to air your comments and share your opinions, at zippedmagazine@yahoo.co.uk or on our facebook page.

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Top Ten films of 2011

10) The hangover part 29) 50-508) Bridesmaids7) Rise of the planet of the apes6) Fast five5) Sherlock Holmes 24) Final destination 53) Source code2) Paranormal activity 31) Insidious

Top Ten albums

10) Arctic Monkeys – suck it and see9) The Vaccines – what did you expect from the vac-cines?8) Blink 182 – neighbour-hoods7) kasabian – Velociraptor!6) Limpbizkit – Gold cobra5) Korn – The path of total-ity4) Adele – 213) You Me At Six – Sinners never sleep2) Machine Head – Locust1) Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto

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Top ten Comedians

10) Russell Kane9) Sean Lock8) Jason Manford7) Lee Evans6) Bo Burnham5) Milton Jones4) Michael Macintyre3) John Bishop2) Frankie Boyle1) Kevin Bridges

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Top Ten local Restaurants

1) Deans @ Let’s Eat2) The HuntingTower Hotel3) Grand Italia4) The Gurkha5) Rancho Pancho6) Manzil Tandoori Restaurant7) The Thai8) Paco’s9) Frankie and Bennies10) The Capital Asset (Spoons)

The top 10 biggest-selling albums in the UK 1) Greatest Hits - Queen - 5,864,000 copies sold.2) Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles - 5,045,0003) Gold: Greatest Hits - ABBA - 4,992,0004) What’s The Story Morning Glory? - Oasis - 4,520,0005) Thriller - Michael Jackson - 4,272,0006) Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits - 4,154,0007) 21 - Adele - 4,142,0008) The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd - 4,116,0009) Bad - Michael Jackson - 3,960,00010) Greatest Hits II - Queen - 3,888,000

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Top Ten Music Videos

1) Michael Jackson - Thriller2) The Beastie Boys - Sabotage3) Fatboy slim - Weapon of choice4) M.I.A. - Born free5) Foo Fighters – Learn to fly6) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californiacation7) Lady Gaga – Telephone8) Muse - Knights of Cydonia9) Nirvana – Heart Shaped Box10) Nine Inch Nails - Closer

Interview Section

Jack & Conor from Radio Arcade

Ross MacGregor from Torturo Nervosa

Nick M from LazyFlux

Eilidh McGuire

Straight Jacket Legends

THE JACKHAMMERS

Richy Muirhead

Steedo (aka Robbie Davidson) from Drive by Audio

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R a d i o A r c a d eJa c k & Co n o r f r o m

What kind of

bands/artist

s were you

influenced

by?

Jack: “Joy d

ivision!!! XOXO” Con

or:

“The Killers

and The Nat

ional”

Who would you lik

e to work w

ith in

the future?

Jack:”Morris

sey” Conor:

“Caleb Fol-

lowill, Noel Fi

elding”

Did you have

a nickname

at school?

Jack: “Chipp

y or Spewey” Co

nor:

“Asian/Ash/Sm

all Andrew

”

What’s your f

avourite ven

ue you

have played?

Jack: “PJ’s”

Conor: “The

Legion in

Crossgates”

If you were an

animal what would

you be?

Jack: “A parro

t” Conor: “a

panda”

What’s your f

avourite alb

um of all

time?

Jack: “Bette

r again EP”

Conor: “Un-

known Pleasures

or Sam’s Tow

n”

What’s the worst g

ift you’ve e

ver

received?

Jack: “Aids (T

hanks Abbie)”

Conor: “A

fake Lady Ga

ga CD”

Twitter or Fac

ebook?

Jack: “Twitter”

Conor: “Twitter”

What was the last

movie you sa

w?

And how was it?

Jack: “Pulp

Fiction. Ti

ts” Conor:

“Don’t be a

menace to So

uth Central

while drinkin

g your juice

in the

hood. It was awesome!

!”

What’s the be

st thing abo

ut being a

musician?

Jack: “Boozi

n” Conor: “F

ree booze”

What’s your m

ost over-us

ed phrase

or saying?

Jack: “spice

r” Conor: “co

ol beans/ma

n”

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Ross MacGregor from Torturo Nervosa

What kind of bands/art-ists were you influ-enced by?“First music I was into was Al Jolson, when I was about 4years old. Still love Jolson now. Then I began my ob-session with Madness, which also continues to this day. Pretty soon after that I discovered Punk – Dead Kennedys, Exploited, Poison Idea, Black Flag. The most in-fluential musicians to me are Lemmy, Rob Wright (NoMeansNo), Captain Sensible.”

Who would you like to work with in the fu-ture?I’d love to work with Jello Biafra (Dead Ken-nedys) but if he’s busy Daniel O’Donnell will do.

Did you have a nickname at school?At Primary School, I got the nickname ‘Mickey’ for some strange rea-son. I remember batter-ing someone for calling me ‘MacGreggie-chops’ so ever since then it’s just been Rossko.

What’s your favourite venue you have played?I loved playing this crappy Youth Hostel in Lauta, Germany. Drinking Cola Beer in 3ft of snow – braw!

If you were an animal what would you be?I’d be one of those wee fish in the Amazon that swim up folk’s willies! Sairain!!

What’s your favourite album of all time?Tough question. Machine Gun Ettiquette by the Damned or The Who Live at Leeds or Feel the Darkness by Poison Idea or Orgasmatron by Mo-torhead the list goes on and on . . .

What’s the worst gift you’ve ever received?My sister gave me a re-ally cool Zippo lighter . . . however I was try-ing to quit smoking at the time. I still have it, and use it . . . yes, I failed to quit.

Twitter or Facebook?Facebook. I don’t re-ally ‘get’ Twitter. I feel a bit of a twit on twitter. See what I did there??

What was the last movie you saw? And how was it?The last movie I saw was the Inbetweeners movie. I liked it. My girlfriend got me into that TV show. We share a childish sense of hu-mour.

What’s the best thing about being a musician?Creating my own stuff that maybe I and a few others will enjoy. No-one can tell me I’m going it wrong coz it’s my imagination & I’ll do exactly what I want. Don’t like my stuff?? Too bad, I’ll just play it louder!

What’s your most over-used phrase or saying?Probably ‘honky donky’. I heard it on TV dec-ades ago and have used it instead of ‘okey-dokey’ ever since. It annoys people, which is why I use it. N

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What kind of bands/artists were you influenced by?“I had a really mixed taste in music growing up. My earliest memories of music are of Motown and Elvis, which my mum listened to when she had been growing up. As I got a bit older I got into guitar based stuff, and learned to play a lot of Guns and Roses - but then I discovered psychedelic and the music of the 60’s/70’s, and I chilled out a bit! I became a big fan of The Doors and Pink Floyd. More re-cently, Radiohead give me a perfect buzz, and even more recently (and slightly different in style) I’ve been getting into Tinie Tempah. He has achieved fantastic chemistry on the tracks on the first album, and I think his collaborations have been inspired.” Who would you like to work with in the future?“I think I could genuinely do something with Tinie. I’m sure I could rustle up a great track to work on with him. He has proved with the Travis Barker collabora-tion that his vox would sit well on live drums as well as electronic.” Did you have a nickname at school?“Well, I still get called Moleston, abbreviation from Molehill which is my snook-er nickname, as all the greats have names which reflect extreme meteorological or geological conditions, i.e. Whirlwind White, Tornado Drago, Hurricane Higgins, Landslide Lanzon, and Molehill Majer. heh heh heh. I know it’s not funny, nor is the guy who gave me that nickname (our drummer)” What’s your favourite venue you have played?“Favourite venue? oooh, there have been a few over the years. There was a great atmosphere at the Carling Academy Islington when we played a couple of years back, the best crowd we’d played too, so vocal, the stage was hot and steaming, and we nailed the gig. But the best was probably the Camel Rock festival in the Scilly Isles. I’d been at a wedding the night before and slept on the floor of some air-port only to be woken up by people walking around me on the gangway, before be-ing flown down to the coast, picked up at the airport, and driven out by boat to the islands. I was feeling so rough, the hangover, the flight, all those waves! I joined the lads 20 mins before going on stage, which was right on the beach, in a right state, got a beer in me, got on stage , played the opening riff to Pipe and Slippers, and stared out onto the glistening ocean in the background as we played. Chills!! Unforgettable.” If you were an animal what would you be?“A Sexual Animal! - bet you’ve not heard that one before! A Fox, I’m such a Fox! “ What’s your favourite album of all time?“ohhh, favourite Album, tricky tricky tricky, so many depend on mood. If I gotta get the blood pumping a little Rage Against The Machine first album goes down a treat. I remember where I was when I first heard it; a little like how you remem-ber where you were when you first saw someone you fell in love with.” What’s the worst gift you’ve ever received?“Worst gift? Someone tried to give me a LAZYFLUX album once (jokes!). Seriously, erm, worst gift, I’ve probably forgotten as it was so bad. An ex-girl friend got me a ridiculous jumper which was *unfortunately shrunk in its first wash. (*Result)” Twitter or Facebook?“Ooh Twitter or Facebook, both have their plusses, I think I’ll go Facebook - its been great for the music (Shameless plug: LAZYFLUX are giving away free music and you can also see a new animation for our song Zanzibar Bazaar from Japanese Director Momoko Abe athttp://www.facebook.com/lazyflux)” What was the last movie you saw? And how was it?“The last movie I watched was Henries Crime starring Keanu Reeves. Thought the film was way below average, but the soundtrack was way above average. Its sound-track was supplied by a single Motown Label in New York called DAPTONE” What’s your most over-used phrase or saying?“Chilled.”

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E i l i d hMcGuireWhat kind of bands/artists were you influenced by? “A bit of everything, I love acoustic acts like Ed Sheeran, Nina Nesbitt, Lewis Wilson but bands too – Twin Atlantic, The Kooks”

Who would you like to work with in the future? “Probably Ed Sheeran or some crazy rapper cause it’d be fun!”

Did you have a nickname at school? “Not really, I sometimes get called by my last name though. I’ve never had a cool nickname that catches on haha”

What’s your favourite venue you have played?“Probably the Abertay Student’s Union or open mic night at the doghouse”

If you were an animal what would you be? “A hippo or a penguin”

What’s your favourite album of all time? “It’s hard to decide, maybe Free by Twin Atlantic

Twitter or Facebook? “I think Facebook”

What’s the best thing about being a musician? “That feeling you get when you see someone else singing lyrics you wrote”

What’s your most over-used phrase or saying? “I say stupid things quite a lot! Like ‘get back in your cage’. I should probably say ‘Ged’ though, since I’m from Blairgowrie!”

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What kind of bands/artists were you in-fluenced by?Normally Pop Punk / Skater Punk bands, but we love classical, ska blues, everything really

Who would you like to work with in the future?“Production wise, Tom Lord-Agle. Tour-ing, maybe New Found glory and Blink 182 anyone who has good support slots lol”

Did you have a nick-name at school?“Nope we where the alternative crowd lol”

What’s your favour-ite venue you have played?“We played at Madison Theatre in Madison Kentucky USA and was a pretty awesome PA rig!!!” If you were an animal what would you be?“I think we’d be like a t-rex or something cool :P”

What’s your favourite album of all time?We have a few, Nirvana Nevermind is pretty much top on our list

What’s the worst gift you’ve ever received?“Batteries wrapped in tin foil with added postage stamp inside”

Twitter or Facebook?www.twitter.com/sjltw www.facebook.com/straightjacketlegends

What was the last movie you saw? And how was it?“They Live – it was EPIC!”

What’s the best thing about being a musician?“Getting to create music is pretty awesome and being able to actually entertain kids!”

What’s your most over-used phrase or saying?“Lush!!!!”

StraightJacketLegends

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What kind of bands/artists were you influenced by?HC: Good ones and bad ones.JS: We’re inspired by shit bands to be at least better than them. Artists - Chris Morris, Charlie Brooker, Ed “Big Daddy” Roth, Salvador Dali, Rolf Harris.HC: John Wayne GacyWho would you like to work with in the future?HC: Madonna for the money.JS: Any employers that pay well and don’t expect much in return. I can im-agine being a Satyr’d be pretty cushy.Did you have a nickname at school?JS: The Candy ManHC: The JannyWhat’s your favourite venue you have played?HC: The ValeJS: Garageland at the Stag’s Head, London the other week was mind-blow-ingly awesome. It was packed with cool foreign folks (especially Span-iards) who all went apeshit the mo-ment we kicked off - the place was swimming in beer by the end!If you were an animal what would you be?HC: ExtinctJS: A pubic lice

What’s your favourite album of all time?HC: “Best of the Beatles”JS: “Foolish Guys” by Big Balls And The Great White Idiot (killer German 77 punk rock)What’s the worst gift you’ve ever received?HC: The gift of receiving...JS: The gift of lifeTwitter or Facebook?HC: Huh?JS: What are they? ....anything like a rusty trombone??What’s the best thing about being a musician?HC: Not being paid.JS: The taste of strangers’ carpets.AD: Getting to see so much of Horace’s arse crack.HC: Not getting laid but still having an itch.JS: The breakfast and having people take you seriously.What was the last movie you saw? And how was it?HC: The Calamari Wrestler.JS: Ex Drummer. It’s a hilariously sick Bel-gian flick about 3 submentals who’re in a band and they recruit a successful writer as their drummer.What’s your most over-used phrase or saying?HC: “Trust me”.JS: “We are the non-stop punk rock party ma-chine from Glasgow that is known as the Jack-hammers”

THE JACKHAMMERS are:- Jim Shit (JS) - bass & lead vocals; Horace Cockpuppet (HC) - guitar & backing vocals; Andy Drankit (AD) - drums

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Richy Muirhead founder of SAMA

What bands/artists are you listening to at the moment? “Loads of new records from Lamb Of God, RM Hubbert, The Twilight Sad, Errors, and Porter Robinson to name a few, oh and the new M.I.A track!”

Did you have a nickname at school? “I should never admit to this, but I used to be called Chip, because I was so skinny. Aw-ful.”

What’s your favourite live music venue?“It has to be The Garage, al-ways have a great night in there!”

If you were an animal what would you be? “Probably a cat, as I’m pretty quiet and I sleep a lot.”

What’s your favourite album of all time?

“Tough question, but Slipknot – Slipknot it is so raw sound-ing and was completely radical for it’s time. Never get bored of hearing this record, and it was a big part of being a teenager.”

What’s the worst gift you’ve ever received?“It’s called a ‘Drink Hat’ and my parents got me it for Christ-mas (Google it!). It is funny, but also completely ridiculous...I’ve still not worn it!”

Twitter or Facebook? “Twitter, without a doubt. More people should get used to using only 140 characters.”

What was the last movie you saw? And how was it? “It was The Terminal, with Tom Hanks you know? I enjoyed it, but felt like the longest movie ever; conclusion is I’d hate to be stuck in an airport for a long period of time.”

What’s the best thing about work-ing in the music industry? “For me it’s getting to hear so much new music, working with pretty inspiring people and hav-ing a laugh in the process!”

What’s your most over-used phrase or saying?“Quality”

How did your career in the music industry begin?“From working voluntary with Roadrunner Records for about two years when I was 14...to working my way up to companies like Red Bull and AEG Live, and staying in education throughout this!”

Do you have any top tips for music business hopefuls?“Don’t rush into your ‘business idea too fast...take your time.”

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Steedo (aka Robbie Davidson) from Drive by Audio

What kind of bands/artists were you influenced by?“My old man listened to everything from funk to rock to hip hop, so it was engrained into me from childhood. I had a cassette tape that had N.W.A. on one side and Guns n Roses on the other; I’d listen to each side right after each other. But I wanted something a little faster and furious than trad rock, so it all changed when I discovered Motor-head and Thrash metal.”

Who would you like to work with in the future? “I’d like to resurrect Jimi Hendrix so I could steal some of his riffs!”

Did you have a nickname at school? “Steed, since then an ‘o’ has been added to the end.”What’s your favourite venue you have played? “I’ve played all over the world but nothing beats the feeling of playing my hometown Festival at the Beveridge Park in Kirkcaldy in the summer, it also coincides with my brothers (frontman Shauny-D) birthday, so we always celebrate in style.”

If you were an animal what would you be? “Sloth, defo. Only moving to take a big dump.”

What’s your favourite album of all time? “Back in Black, although Bon Scott was the better singer Back in Black is just colossal, I never get tired of listening to it.”

What’s the worst gift you’ve ever received? “A my little pony colouring book (sorry Gran)”

Twitter or Facebook? “Faceplace”

What was the last movie you saw? And how was it? “‘The Thing’ prequel, I’m a huge fan of the 1982 original and I’d heard some bad things about the new one, but I actually thought it was pretty de-cent and it linked things up well to follow up to the original.“

What’s the best thing about being a musician? “Being in a band (well certainly in this band) rock ‘n’ roll keeps you young at heart, playing with my brother and my best friends is the best laugh I’ve ever had, plus there’s the additional perks of booze, beer, travel and er...the opposite sex tak-ing notice of you! Although maybe not the time we had a Russian Gypsy Granny get up on stage. She started flashing her privates to our drummer, she kept taking photos of her...you know, on her Digi-tal camera then showing them to us while we were playing.”

What’s your most over-used phrase or saying?“‘Hyach Hyach Hyach - that’s a good one!’. Definite-ly a case of ‘you had to be there’...taken from my dads next door neighbour, he is a story unto him-self, too long for this interview. Maybe I’ll make a movie about him.”

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Review Section

Album Reviews

Gig Reviews

Fashion Article - London Fashion Week

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Somehow, Lamb of god manage to be-come even more deadly with every subsequent album.Their latest salvo, Resolution, practically mushroom clouds on impact. Lamb of God temper extremes better than ever on their latest of-fering, and that’s why it’s not only their heaviest but also their most hypnotic. Beginning with a bit of a curve-ball, “Straight for the Sun” oozes stoned-out sludge as Mark Mor-ton and Willie Adler’s riffs wrap tightly around Chris Adler’s mecha-nized percussive mastery and John Campbell’s bruising bass. It’s a slow, brooding ride that quickly snaps into the polyrhythmic thrash of “Desolation”. The song preserves the hallmarks of Lamb of God’s best tunes. The guitars chaotically cycle in and out of time signatures as singer Randy Blythe violently and viscerally screams.“All that for nothing what a fuck-ing waste of time,” he bellows. “I only took what was rightfully mine”.

What is rightfully his? Well, the crown at the top of heavy metal. After some surprising acoustic shredding “Ghost Walking” stomps similar territory to “Redneck” and “Laid to Rest” with even more blissfully badass growling from Blythe. “The Undertow” boasts a blis-tering hook before “The Number Six” which might be Lamb of God’s catchi-est and most corrosive tune ever. Blythe barks with an undeniable grit that stays stuck in your head like all the best metal frontmen—from Tom Araya to Philip Anselmo. Yet, he’s got his own thing. “Cheated” rolls from metallic marvel into pure punk pummeling carried by the singer’s vitriol. Then, there’s “Insurrection” which showcases how ma-levolently melodic he can get when he wants to open up.“Barbarosa” is a haunting instrumental that illuminates the guitar brilliance at the heart of this band. Adler and Morton belong in the pantheon alongside the genre’s legends for the sheer tech-nical ability and ability to transmute progressive leanings into compact song-writing.Everything culminates on “King Me”. It’s a morose masterpiece backed by orches-tra and operatic female vocals. Blythe speaks an apocalyptic poem, “In between a black hole and supernova is where you’ll find me. Imploding and expanding simultaneously, no longer alive.”

It sounds like something from The Stand. It’s bone-breaking and earth-shattering. It’s Lamb of God at their finest. Welcome to one of the best metal albums of the decade. This is your Reso-lution. (Marc Thain)

Lamb of God – Resolution

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Lana Del Ray – Born to Die ‘Video Games’, with it’s breathy, super-sexy lyr-ics conjuring up mental images of sweaty, hedon-istic teenage love af-fairs, is certainly one of my favourite songs of 2011 but I wasn’t waiting for Del Ray’s album with baited breath. I received ‘Born to die’ as a Valen-tine’s gift (thanks RMac) and after one listen was completely addicted to it. It stayed on repeat in my car for several weeks (much to previously noted BF’s dismay, who would certainly rather be lis-tening to almost anything else). Despite it’s glar-ing over-production and a slight flagging at the end, this album is, in my humble opinion, an excel-lent pop creation. Del Ray is lyrically gifted and shape-shifts easily from the sugary sweet ‘Off to the races’, to the velvety vamping ‘Blue jeans’, to the darkly melancholic ‘This is what makes us girls’. Del Ray has her critics but no-one can deny that the album has been a great success, selling 50,000 copies on the first day of release alone and total UK sales now at nearly 300,000. I for one, look forward to what she has to offer next.

By Annabel Bromley

LANA DEL REY

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People Places Maps were a band that I had heard so much about yet heard so little, but after hearing this album I’ve instantly let them grow on me. The album opens with “Pyro-maniac” – a powerful and embrac-ing track that instantly grips the listener through the leader singer’s high pitched and subtle voice. My favourite song in this album, “The Distance Tricked Us” sounds simil-iar to the works of Two Door Cinema Club with a melodic catchy tune that flows with cute love-story related lyrics. For it being the band’s first album, they’ve definitely portrayed them-selves with a variety of different genres of music that they’ve quite clearly experimented with, which I think adds some character and com-pliments them. By having harmonic and soothing tracks like “In Real Life” and “Veins” reinforces their controversity yet also balances the album against more upbeat songs like “Plans” and “Pyromaniac”. The album of a whole is very sur-prising and could be considered to be an excellent start for this Dun-fermline based band. The story be-hind the songs are stated from the begining to the end of the album which I think has made it more easy to listen to. As a listener and with having a newly found love for Peo-ple Places Maps, the album acts as a reflection to the starting of their career and they’ve managed to de-velop good vibes as well as playing it safe. People Places Maps are most defi-nitely for anyone whose ears are delighted by Twin Atlantic, Two Door Cinema Club, The Vaccines and The Twilight Sad.

By Lindsay Wrapson

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DRUGCO

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Drug Couple at The Green Room, Perth Fully expecting not to enjoy my-self at this gig, I was surprised, nay delighted! when I actually liked Drug Couple. Their skil-ful mix of hoofing drums and ear-brutalising vocals produced a doomy and sludgy yet thrill-ing and enjoyable form of hard-core which was completely new to my little ear-plugged lugholes. The lead singer hid his cheek-pinchingly cute face under a ze-bra mask and carried on like a bit of a nutjob and I felt his on stage antics detracted from the experience as a whole but hey what do I know? Maybe that’s all the rage with the yooff of today. Keep your eyes and ears on these guys though, they might just be the future.

By Annabel Bromley

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Frightened Rabbit 10th February 2012

This was the first time of me seeing one of my favourite bands and it truly was an excellent way to start the year. HMV’s “Next Big Thing” was held in the HMV Picture House, Edinburgh, and was a pretty virtual and absorbing venue. Open-ing the evening was the Scottish three-piece Fa-therson and after hearing good reviews about this band they definitely exceeded my expectations. I’m very much looking forward to seeing this wee band again. Following the trio, We Are Augustines, a band from Canada were described to be “one of the best bands I’ve heard in a while” from lead of FRabbits, Scott Hutchison, and what an understate-ment that was. They amazingly set the crowd into good spirits and are now a band that I can honest-ly say to be one of the best support acts I’ve ever seen. From very passionate and soulful tracks to more upbeat, We Are Augustines tick every box for me. And finally, after the anticipation that had stretched for months, Frightened Rabbit came on stage and the crowd exploded with excitement. From most recognisable tracks like “Nothing like You” the band never failed to disappoint and put on such a memorable show with the outstanding set list. Performing my favourite FRabbit song “Back-wards Walk” and created such a beautiful perfor-mance. “Keep Yourself Warm” made the gig for me – the crowd went absolutely insane and words can’t describe how memorable the band made the whole song. The atmosphere during the set was incred-ible due to the over active fans chanting the lyr-ics back to the band. Another thing that I enjoyed at the gig was the light performance during the songs which totally tranced the crowd. Genuinely one of the greatest if not best gigs that I’ve ever been to and I really can’t wait to see them live again.

By Lindsay Wrapson

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White Neon Records Launch Night - 26th January 2012

Held in The Hideout – Abertay Union. For the guys to let us come along to hand out our magazine, I sup-pose I should really write something fantastic and amazing about their launch night, right? Just kidding – but it was a good night. Having local bands to me – Waiting On Jack and Radio Arcade, the night was pretty much content for me and I was sorted as soon as I walked in. An act that opened the night and set a relaxing and happy mood, Eilidh McGuire, put on a beautiful performance and got the crowd in high hopes. Being com-pletely unbiased and journalistic however, the night definitely ticked everyone’s taste as the guys put on a tactical twist with Soviet Dance Reunion and Planisfear as part of the after party. A most controversial way to end the night.

By Lindsay Wrapson

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Music Combined @ The Corinna

This was MC’s first show, and in my opinion they pulled it off. Despite running a little late, the “laid back” approach paid off with the small pub looking relatively full. The highlight of the night, musically at least, was when Minds of Montage took the stage. Their “rap/rock” blend seemed to cater for all tastes as the varied crowd seemed unani-mous in agreement that aye, the rock rappers were gid, and undoubtedly wrangled them-selves a few new fans. I could go even fur-ther and say that the “MOM” lads were cru-cial to the night’s success, but I was careful in my wording earlier when I said they were musically the highlight of the night, be-cause what followed was something else. StereoFellatio started to get ready and I at-tempted to prepare myself to catch the reac-tions of those in the crowd who were unaware of what was about to happen. However I had only ever seen a short video of the band and had never really experienced their offer-ings and was therefore myself, unprepared. The next thing I knew, vocalist Matt Blan-chett was screaming something undecipherable into his microphone/my face. His energetic interactions with the crowd were brilliant, not only because it’s unusual, but because the look on the persons face was genuinely amazing. The night only improved when by-standing bassist Ross MacGregor offered up his fingers to help play a rendition of the timeless “Gay Bar” by electric six. Natural-ly everyone knew the words and even those not keen on getting screamed at could join in. I doubt everybody “got” them, but Stere-oFellatio not only surprised me, but hugely entertained me. As the night drew to a close, a look of relief washed over organiser Grum’s face, and a reliable source informed me that he went home to celebrate the success of the night with a well-deserved bottle or bubbly.

By JohnJoe Cameron

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London Fashion Week by Jennifer Kucza

Felder Felder

The collection is said to be inspired by Ryan McGinley’s photographs of caves. Whatever the idea behing those clothes was, it really works! Delicate chiffon dresses covered in washy, watercolour-ish prints looked subtle on the runway, but still had the edgy spirit.

Matthew Williamson

It’s already been 15 years since the la-bel was established. It definitely evolved, yet still maintains that certain bohemian spirit, which made the world fall in love with Wil-liamson. But his out-fits are significantly more put together and less messy. The collec-tion had the usual eth-nic vibe, but how glam-orously it resonated!

Peter Pilotto

This season, Peter and Christopher were visi-bly inspired by myriad Asian subcultures. Not only their tailoring, and technique in gener-al, were impeccable, but also their intuition in case of prints. Ex-pressive, yet perfectly appropriate. Combined with the graphical cuts, those clothes are a must-have for a mod-ern fashionista.

Christopher Kane

Born in North Lanarkshire, this guy, to my mind, is a pride of Scotland. The one, who fascinated the world with his cosmic/galactic dresses, seems to be rais-ing the bar every season. No wonder Alexa Chung is always in the front row. His shows are not to be missed. It was punky and sophisticated at the same time. Boy-ish, yet very feminine.

Burberry Prorsum

Christopher Bailey miraculously manages to, firstly, design a collection of 56 outfits focusing on coats, which isn’t even slight-ly boring and, secondly, use belts with bows, ruffles and frills, and still keep the rocker image. Additionally, despite of the number of details, all items are very easy to wear and would look great on almost anyone.

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McQ

Even though it’s a second line of the Alexander Mc-Queen brand, that show was worthy of a title of the first one. The general vibe was a very high fashion impression of the military look. The prints, which ap-peared later on, were very autumnal and I don’t mean dull, rainy season, but a beautiful and colorful fall. The surprising last out-fit was the perfect capstone. Super edgy wedding dress worn by just as edgy Kris-ten McMenamy. I think we all have to agree that Alexander chose his successor, Sarah Burton, very accurately.

Mary Katrantzou

She’s the designer, who made nearly every wom-an want to wear prints all year round. No won-der, as her way of using prints truly results in every piece of the collec-tion looking like a work of art, a painting rather than a dress. On top of that, there was a vari-ety of colours, from muted pastels, through crazy ne-ons, all the way to blacks and whites. Such shows just make me green with envy towards people, who could sit in the front row in London. Only one word, describing Mary’s designs, comes to mind - delight-ful!

David Koma

A set of beautifully fit-ting pieces. Bodycon dresses embellished by peplums and modern suits. Pretty much something for everyone. Overall, the collection was very graphic and structured, it still remained soft. ”The lithe greyhound of Louis Icart’s Art Deco paintings and Boldini’s portrayal of the Marchesa Luisa Casati charms are a key graphic el-ement within the collection.” - explains Koma.

Holly Fulton

Fulton presents the other side of prints, less subtle, bolder and more graphic.Her designs are a joyous and viva-cious tribute to the era of art deco. Juicy pink and vibrant turquoise, she used this season, emphasized the nature of her clothes and al-though those are not pieces suitable for everyone, she definitely brought some fun to London Fashion Week.

Aminaka Wilmont

The duos did exceptionally well this sea-son, and his another one of those brilliant couples - Maki Aminaka and Marcus Wilmont. ”Usually we have a concept, but this time we had lots of inspiration and a melting pot of ideas for our muse.” - they explain the collection. The mentioned muse is Rick Owens’ wife, Michele Lamy, the woman, who is a bit of both worlds, a little evil look-ing, but very joyful. Gloomy and gentle at the same time, and this is the exact defini-tion of this collection. Kind of a cheered up grunge.

ISSUE 2 - MARCH 2012

Radio Arcade Torturo Nervosa LazyFlux Eilidh McGuire

Straight Jacket Legends THE JACKHAMMERS Richy Muirhead

Steedo (aka Robbie Davidson) from Drive by Audio

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