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Johnny Flynn MUSIC . FASHION . CULTURE JOHNNY FLYNN W H A T D AV I D L Y N C H CAN TEACH YOU ABOUT TECHNICOLOUR ADVENTURES A N D H AV I N G M U S I C B A B I E S CIBELLE BELLE OF THE BALL PLUS: MYLES COOPER BEST COAST BORN RUFFIANS I N N O VA T I V E A L B U M A R T HURTS THIS YEARS MOST CONTENTIOUS, BRILLIANT N Johnny Flynn DARE TO TRANSFORM NEW STYLE CONNECTION surface shifting stylers Unleash your creativity. New Style Connection complements professional cuts through pioneering textures and high-fashion finishes. Cutting-edge products for surface transforming hairstyles. Do you dare? NEW VELVET GELATINE 07 cushioning blow-dry gel LIGHT, AIRY GEL MELTS INTO HAIR FOR A CUSHIONED FINISH WITH A NATURAL SHINE All rights reserved. 2010 WWW.STYLECONNECTION.CO. GET INSPIRED. BE PART OF IT. REDKEN.CO.UK 46 CONTENTS FEATURES 058 / JOHNNY FLYNN JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE NIGHT Its a mission statement: to see how far you can go by listening, by opening yourself to things. Brawling confusions, midnight meanderings and blissful surrender in the poet-adventurers new masterpiece, Been Listening. 046 / MEAN 46 MASTHEAD EDITORS LETTER There are a helluva lot of artists making music today. A lot of it we can write off, off-hand, as derivative shit. But, also, happily (!), theres an awful lot thats good floating about. Its affirming or amazing, or its heartbreaking, or breathtaking, innovative, popular, u DO GO AND SEE IT BECAUSE... ...its goddam weird, thats why. After finally penetrating the mainstream, how many bands have released an album thats going to alienate the vast majority of their newfound fans? None FRONT OF BOOK A SELECTION OF IDEAS, IMAGES, INDIVIDUALS AND ITEMS WE HAVE RECENTLY THOUGH OO LA LA! WWW.TOPMAN.COM The latest Topman Ltd trend draws from the students eternal idyll of the Parisian Left Bank, where Godard is God, coffee is black and Derrida lives on. 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Fine-wrought prose and incisive character analysis have their place, but to r FRIDAY THE DROP PURE GROOVE LATE - Woke up in a loft that was ripe with dude stink (going to bed sweaty and usually full of kebabs is not helping matters). - Ate at the N4 Cafe. - Had our guitar amp fixed by the coolest old repairman. He used an oscilloscope to try and find the problem, which was so THE ULTIMATE FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE AVAILABLE TO HIRE AT THE FINEST FESTIVALS & SPORTING EVENTS With the highest standards of finish, and more kit than you can shake a technological stick at, Buspimps offers the most luxurious accommodation imaginable. Complete with air conditioning, designer kitchens, SUBVERSIVE POP MYLES COOPER FOB On his ridiculously catchy debut single Myles Cooper sings cos today, we are gonna find boyfriends today over a backdrop of up-tempo electro pop. Its an odd first solo outing from a man who used to be in goth-rockers Mr Vampire and San Fran lo-fi slackers, Girls. Is i ALMOST FAMOUS Weve been keeping our ears to the floor for buzz on the future fashion-stars set to emerge from Britains top colleges. First up is Central Saint Martins MA knitwear designer, JENNY POSTLE. Her taste for lurid yarns and off-key shapes make her a worthy adversary for more established kni COLOUR ME IN WWW.CHEMICAL-RECORDS.CO RDS.CO.UK Its well and truly uly summertime so its s therefore the optimal mal time to be breaking out your most colourful outfits; didnt you get the memo? Luckily, , its not only Smarties s that have the answer. For gals, the Chemical Records team have selected FOB MAX RICHTER Infra Originally written for a ballet, Infra, by German-born composer Max Richter is getting a full release in its own right. Its an immersive record of minimalist classical music and ebbs and flows between trance-like Philip Glass repetition, sheets of radio static and atonal sounds A delightful boutique festival with an ear for talent. 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With a self- proclaimed eccentric twist, the shop sells everything from bumbags to Cabbage Patch Kids, and their line of own-brand designs trade on that l standon calling more entertainment from SALeNA GODDeNS BOOK CLUB BOUTIQUe DR SKeTCHYS BURLeSQUe LIFe DRAWING SWeeNeY TODDS BARBeRSHOP LeXI ON THe RUN CINeMA i SWING MON AMOUR DANCe LeSSONS WILLIAM HUNT: POLYGRAPH INSTALLATION i ROCKAOKe DReSSING UP WITH BIZARRe BAZAAR THE DIG i SPOKeN INK THe HeRI FOB SLEEVE NOTES Album covers are the first glimpse we have into the world of unknown bands: a portal to the music contained within the 12 sleeve or plastic jewel case. With more people than ever downloading music and record labels slashing design budgets accordingly Notion delves into the world o JULIAN HOUSE is currently one of the brightest lights in album design. With his idiosyncratic montages, which pay tribute to early Soviet graphics, hes worked with Broadcast, Primal Scream and Stereolab, among others. There have been amazing covers, like the Durutti Column one, he tells Notion. But FOB MINI- REVIEWS BLONDES Touched This Brooklyn duo make blissed-out, woozy dance music that veers from acid-techno to dreamy, ethereal soundscapes. Their debut five-track EP - including the beautiful Spanish Fly - is the perfect aural accompaniment to walking through deserted, rain- soaked streets COWGIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN WWW.SELFRIDGES.COM Ol faithful cowboy boots are a festival staple. Alas, this is a universally accepted truth, so to stand out from the crowd, master of pop art and great acronyms, Mr. JCDC has given them a fresh spin. Not only are they of a lovely scarlet and covered wi FOB MINI REVIEWS K-X-P K-X-P Spaced-out Finnish krautrock sounds like an interesting proposition to some and a god- awful idea to most. In fact, its incredible, if K-X-Ps self-titled debut is anything to go by. Its all mechanical beats and percussive squelches topped-off with soothing melodies which FREE WITH THIS ISSUE NOTIONS FESTIVAL GUIDE 2010 / 100 PAGE ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT IF YOUR COPY ISNT HERE PLEASE ASK YOUR NEWSAGENT OR GO TO WWW.NOTIONMAG.COM AND ASK FOR ONE! FOB MEANWHILE, CONCRETE & GLASS HOXTON SQUARE 13-27/05/2010 A REPORT BY OUR EDITOR ON HIS FORTNIGHT SPENT MAKING A DOCUMENTARY ON CONCRETE & GLASS, THE LEFTFIELD MUSIC & ART FESTIVAL IN EAST LONDON TEXT: MICHAEL C LEWIN PHOTOGRAPHY: STEPHANIE SIAN SMITH IN SHOREDITCH... The first Concrete & Glass to Sleep Walking, Sleep Talking was my highlight: a 20 minute two-screen video installation inspired by journeys through cityspaces, including footage filmed from the front of a tube, all backed by an eerie composition mixed with field recordings. It was enjoyably somnambulant, but also a powerful cons FOB SIMON OLDFIELD EXHIBITIONS NEW SYMPHONY 4 JUNE - 3 JULY 2010 SIMON OLDFIELD GALLERY 9 HENRIETTA STREET LONDON WC2E 8PW WWW.SIMONOLDFIELD.COM Artist BEN ASHTON is consumed by his work, discovers himself through it and appears in it. Hes now the beneficiary of gallerist SIMON OLDFIELDs brilliant m Whilst Simon oversees the curatorial direction of the exhibitions, he is always open to the artists input, involving them in creative process. Hes recently acquired the Henrietta Street Gallery in central London and is constantly looking for new platforms for people like Ben to explore their ideas. FRANK ( JUST ) FRANK COLD SCHOOL WORDS / LOUIS PATTISON PHOTOGRAPHY / RACHEL PRYGIEL BILLED AS THE NEW VANGUARD OF COLD WAVE, THE HAZY LAUDANUM-SOUSED MELANCHOLY TANGLE OF FRANK (JUST FRANK)S STARK-BEAUTIFUL DEBUT ALBUM MAY NOT SEEM TO IMMEDIATELY MESH WITH THEIR METAL-HEADED SCHOOL DAYS, BUT BY PLA / LAYO & BUSHWACKER R n / N o t i F o A NK (J U S M ) U R A I C T F S NK WHEN YOU LISTEN TO COLD WAVE, REALLY GOOD COLD WAVE, IT FEELS LIKE THE PERSON WHO WROTE THE SONG NEVER ENVISAGED ANYONE ELSE LISTENING TO IT. HE SPEAKS IN HIS OWN WORDS, HIS OWN LANGUAGE AND IT DOESNT MATTER IF ANYONE GETS IT. O R , W H A T D AV I D L Y N C H Hurts are sitting in a fairly chic Islington cafe when I meet arrive on a blistering hot day. They are indefatigably stylish, but then theyve just come from a photo shoot in a graveyard. Theyre as amused as ever that magazines insist they live up to the brooding imag CAN TEACH YOU ABOUT THE SEMIOTICS OF THE MOST CONTENTIOUS BAND OF THE YEAR hey really, honestly arent like that. Its striking. I havent seen it mentioned anywhere else, but the first thing that hits you is theyre proper Mancs, with the accents and everything. I dont know how I expected them to speak, or act, but it wasnt with the good-natured welcome of northerners whore HURTS wed ever usually hem in; it was the complete opposite of anything wed written before. We just felt comfortable for the first time. This is the first time the boys say something which goes against what would seem to be received wisdom about them. Their name, to some, comes with a thousand conno HURTS Its good to realise that, yes, theyre aware that some people are going to chafe at the look. We kinda live for the idea of the polarising nature of what we dothe fact that we know theres a portion of people wholl write it off instantly and the fact that theres another portion that will just fa post-crash 21st Century pop band. Like Gaga, we are dealing with the downside of decadence. Decadence was something of an aspiration of ours until recently. Decadence and excess. We live in the repercussions of those dreams, we live in their fall out. Hurts have made that dream our nightmare. And ye Photographer - David Ryle Styling - Alexis Knox Hair & Makeup - Sunanda Mesquita Using Bumble & Bumble Johnny Wears - Burberry Johnny Flynn is the raw poet-adventurer, rousing and ragged, running through streets; a plaid-clad russet-cheeked urchin with a tousled mop leading a ramshackle band through as a musician, he was a favourite of Kevin Spacey, and with his Home Counties home- t this particular moment in time, Johnny Flynn isnt wearing plaid. You suspect this could be the first time in a while that this has happened. True, he turned up in his trademark shirt style to the dusty bare- brick JOHNNY FLYNN JOHNNY FLYNN Its the sense of going out and becoming part of life; then going back and contemplating it, vainglorious and modest, intelligent, accomplished, evocative, emotional, weary then wistful then hopeful and ultimately, definitely, beautiful. It isnt, however, hung on easy emotions, nor on easy sounds. TH It wasnt just about the lyrics, I wanted to build these worlds, build the universe. The cool thing about music is that theres no accompanying set of images; so you can sonically surprise people, do things that provoke a sense of the songs universe. Johnny talks about how he was worried that this in JOHNNY FLYNN FROM THE MOUTHS OF BABES: A Menswear story. Brazilian photographer, Cassia Tabatini is without doubt one of the most chic Mothers in the history of parenting. Working across fine art and fashion photography she has shot everyone from Kate Moss to Dita Von Teese and was recently commissioned to produ Gentlemen, before you begin applying this look to your own wardrobe, be mindful that this is a photo-shoot, not real life. Topless looks are, without exception, for the under 10s (like myself) and swimming. Trousers Etro. Belt Fleet Ilya. Boots Dr Martins. Glasses Topman. 067 Notion A Menswear story... Semi-formal dressing for evening events in the height of summer can be treacherous. Wisely, I decided not to rock pastels or a suit, thus avoiding looking like a suburban dad come sweaty mess. Ive sharpened things up with this lightweight silk and velvet shirt from Yves Saint Lau Here Im wearing the unfortunately named colour-pop trend with stoney-faced confidence. I accessorized my Calvin Klein shorts and Blue Suede Dr Martins with a pair of translucent acrylic Calvin Klein frames. Notice how I used the coral pink Hunters as a vase - Duel purpose and ferociously stylish. 060 / Notion BELLE OF THE BALL Text Sebastian Law Photography Socrates Mitsos Styling Alexis Knox & Cibelle Cavalli Make-Up Cibelle Cavalli & Sunanda Mesquita using Bumble & Bumble From technicolour adventures in the last hotel in a post-apocalyptic world that all goes a bit Malkovich to glamorising grimy Dalsto Its not often that Londons northeast suburb of Clapton feels like a tropical paradise. A rather gorgeous early June day helps, and a garden bedecked with streamers, flowers and tinsel provides the perfect backdrop to the theatrical presence of one Cibelle Cavalli, who is without a doubt adding that CIBELLE Im actually in love my band now; theyre my music boyfriends, and I wanna have tons of music babies with them! no, its ok, I have a Poetic Licence. Im just being artistic. 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