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Hello...SEEING PETEDoherty on thecover of NME innothing but a trilbyand his grundiesreminded me of thetime myself andresident Libertinesexpert MattWilkinson (who

also wrote this week’s cover story)visited him in Paris to chat throughplans for the 10-year anniversaryof ‘Up The Bracket’.

We’d arranged to meet in a littlebar just off Rue De Rome and, asalways, Pete was late. Three hoursafter he was supposed to turn up,a bike came ying around thecorner with Pete in the saddle, hislegs ung out wide like FrankSpencer, his dirty trackie bottomsapping in the wind. On top hewore a ringmasters jacket anda complementary top hat, whichhe took off to salute us as hebombed straight past.

Ten minutes later he arrivedback at the bar, no sign of thebike, the hat or the jacket. Twentyminutes after that he’d bombed offagain to get ready for that night’sgig, which was equal parts geniusand car crash. Classic Pete.

Anyway, it’s good to havehim back in NME . The world is amore interesting place with a t,happy and prolic Pete in it, andhopefully he’s well on the way tobeing all of those things again.

MIKE WILLIAMS Editor-in-Chief

@itsmikelike

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24 SpringKing

26 Red HotChili Peppers

A true rock’n’roll boh emianinvites us to his hotel roomfor a chat – and a shower?

Meet the Mancunian mistshoping to become your

new favourite band

Sex-fuelled funk heroes orsad old pervs? We make the

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Thismeanswar

A brief, but chequered,history of Hollywood’sirtations with gaming

ALT HO UG H FI LM S B ASED ONvideo games are often greetedwith suspicion, Warcraft arrives ona massive wave of anticipationfrom both movie buffs and thegaming faithful. That’s partlybecause the Warcraft franchisehas been big business for over 20years, attracting 12 million onlinesubscribers at its peak. “I wasalways aware of how truly huge the

game was,” says British actor TobyKebbell, who brings the hulkingcharacter of Durotan to life with ahighly skilled performance. It’salso because the lm boasts agenuinely credible director:Duncan Jones, the man behindintelligent sci- icks Moon andSource Code . “He was verycapable of making the lm he sawin the script – taking it through the

perfect?

process of production and stillcoming out with the lm as heenvisioned it,” says Kebbell. Inan era of big-budget lms beingaltered in the editing suite, againstthe director’s wishes, that’ssome accomplishment.

Kebbell, known for his roles inDawn Of The Planet Of The Apesand War Horse as well as CharlieBrooker’s Black Mirror , says he

was attracted to Warcraft by bothJones and the meatiness of hisrole. “This was an opportunity toplay a character who’s trying tobehave in a certain way beforesomething big happens and he

just ips over,” he says. “He’s sorich and the beauty of motioncapture is you get to play a verydetailed character. Once they’renot worrying about whether yourface sells tickets, you really are inthat process of getting to do asmuch with the character as youpossibly can.”

Though Kebbell obviously reliedheavily on his own imaginationwhile shooting the lm in a motioncapture suit against a greenscreen, he says he was helped bya full-sized bust of Durotan thattook pride of place on set. “He wasvery impressive standing at fullheight. I got into a habit of pattinghis head every time I walked past.”

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Toby Kebbell is dwarfed by hisWarcraft character Durotan

Moon director DuncanJones has turneddangerously addictivevideo game Warcraft into a film. Toby Kebbell,who plays the orcDurotan, takes usinside the adaptation

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THE ONE THAT DID

EVERYTHING WRONG

SUPER MARIOBROS 1993

The games: A sprawling, joyfulgaming empire that made unlikelyicons out of a tubby plumber andhis lanky brother, with valuablelessons to teach about theproperties of mushrooms, theaerodynamism of bunny earsand that, while turtles should becrushed, dinosaurs are adorable.The movie: Load of old goombas.It was rewritten constantly

throughout lming, bore only avague resemblance to the game,and Bob Hoskins (Mario) andJohn Leguizamo (an unforgivablymoustache-free Luigi) foundthe experience so unpleasantthey spent the majority of itslming pissed.What it did: Hollywood’s rst forayinto video game adaptations wassuch a dismal op it scaredNintendo away for more than 20years – they’ve only this yearannounced plans to licencecharacters for new lms.

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F E T U R E

ON JUNE 23, THE UK VOTESon whether or not to remainin the EU. That’s the Thursdayof the Glastonbury Festival,by which point the vast majorityof festival-goers will be on siteand high-tailing it acrossa eld because someone saidthere’s a secret Craig Davidset happening. Glastonburyorganisers have alreadyconrmed that there won’t bea polling booth on site, but don’tworry – you can still party on thefarm and get your vote in theEU referendum. Here’s how.

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Beck at aglanceFULL NAME: Beck Hanson(Born Bek David Campbell)

5 BEST ALBUMS: MellowGold (1994), Odelay (1996),Midnite Vultures (1999), SeaChange (2002), MorningPhase (2014)

GRAMMYSCONTROVERSY: After Beckwon Best Album for MorningPhase, Kanye interrupted hisacceptance speech inprotest at Beyoncé notwinning. He later apologised,saying: “I was inaccurate withthe concept of a gentlemanwho plays 14 instruments notrespecting artistry.”

BECK’S RECORD CLUB:In 2009 Beck ran a projectwhere he recorded covers ofentire albums in a single day,including LPs by LeonardCohen, INXS and VelvetUnderground

FAMILY FACTS: Beck’s wifeis Marissa Ribisi, who playedCynthia in Dazed & Confused.His mum, Bibbe Hansen, wasinvolved with Andy Warhol’sFactory. His dad, DavidCampbell, is an arranger and

composer who’s worked withthe likes of Michael Jackson

“There’s a hip-hoprenaissance withKendrick Lamar andChance The Rapper”

What inspired ‘Wow’?I was working on a different song– maybe [2015 hit] ‘Dreams’ – whenI had an idea for a ute beat.I picked up the mic and ‘Wow’came out totally spontaneously.I forgot all about it until it was on inthe studio one day and someonesaid, “You should put that on therecord.” I went, “I don’t thinkanybody would like this.” When therecord company said they wereputting it out as a single, I was like,“Really? ‘Wow’? Huh… OK then.”

What’s the album like?It’s what exists in the rangebetween ‘Dreams’ and ‘Wow’. I’veworked on it with [producer andformer bandmate] Greg Kurstin forthree and a half years. I wasconstantly touring while making it,so I was attempting to bring someof that energy into the studio,

which isn’t always easy. If I ge tthree songs on a record that worklive, I’m happy. This time I’m tryingto make them all work live.

When will it be out?Probably in the fall. It’s essentiallydone. I don’t have a nal title yet.

‘Wow’ has a hip-hop feel.Which rappers are making

you go “wow”?That world has so muchhappening. Los Angeles ishaving a renaissance with

people like Kendrick Lamar.I like the new Chance TheRapper record a lot. Four orve months ago we tried to getChance on ‘Wow’. I’m not surewhat happened with that.

‘Dreams’ and ‘Wow’ areeuphoric. Are you in a happyplace personally?Yeah. I had a spine injury and therewas a long period where it wasn’teasy to make music. Recoveringhas made a huge difference.

Beck is back with the brilliant wild funk single‘Wow’. NME caught up with the maverick

American singer-songwriter to find out more.

ec in

business

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Fans said his cardiganand slacks on LaterWith… Jools Holland

made him look like Alan Partridge.

VICTO RIA BECKHAMThe former Spice Girl’s

ill-advised 2003 hip-hopalbum leaked online.Listen at your peril.

STEVE DAVISThe snooker legend has

been booked for a technoDJ set at Glastonbury.

EQUALITY Finding Dory appears tofeature a lesbian couplein its latest trailer – therst Pixar lm to do so.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

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THE PLAYLIST WAS

RATHER ECLECTICThe rst three songs wereBob Marley, Belgian singerJo Lemaire and experimentalhip-hop duo Shabazz Palaces.“It’s simply what I wish radiowould sound like,” said Julian.Right on.

ND THE NEW STROKESTUNE FITTED RIGHT INJC sandwiched the new Strokessong between Chopin andFela Kuti. Because what’sbetter than a “sweet little

nocturne” to warm up for theunveiling of ‘Oblivius’?

BECAUSE – OR MAYBE INSPITE – OF THE ABOVE,IT WAS BRILLIANT(But he probably won’t begetting the Radio 1 BreakfastShow gig.)

Read the four-star NMEreview of the new StrokesEP at NME.COM

The full CultureVoid track list

Bob Marley ‘Bad Card’Jo Lemaire ‘Je Suis VenueTe Dire Que Je M’en Vais’Shabazz Palaces ‘Blastit’The Mists ‘Cough/Cool’Chopin ‘Nocturne op. 9No 2’The Strokes ‘Oblivius’

Fela Kuti unknownNo Age ‘Fever Dreaming’Unhappybirthday ‘Himitsu’C.R.E.A.M ‘Dusty Beats’The Hollywood Prime TimeOrchestra ‘Knight Rider’Metronomy ‘The Look’Crystal Castles‘Magic Spells’The Outcasts‘Loving You Sometimes’Supertramp‘Goodbye Stranger’

StrokesFMIt was a busy week forindie kings The Strokes.They announced a newEP and singer JulianCasablancas launchedhis own radio show,Culture Void, on Sirius XM.Did Julian cut it as a DJ?He re ’s wh t w e le rn e

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BUT YOU COULD HARDLYCALL HIM PROFESSIONALOther radio hosts might give you

information about the tracksthey’ve just played for you. NotJulian. Also, he was late to hisown show. Culture Void ’s rstepisode got underway with acough and a sp lutter at 3.10pm.It was supposed to start at 3pm.

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THIS WEEK

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Prelude

“He’s got great tunes.”

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“Thereare greatfarmersand craftmarketseverySunday”

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Since leavingLondon in2009 to helpkick his drughabit, PeteDoherty hasled a nomadicexistence. MattWilkinson joinshim in a chaoticHackney hotelroom to talkabout life, TheLibertines andhis rallyingcry againstterrorism

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“OI ! MATE ! Try not to stand on that,will ya? I know it might not look l ike much,but a lot of it’s important. Just take yourboots off!”

IT’S 3AM and I’m edging my wayaround Pete Doherty’s east Londonhotel room, trying to nd bits of carpetunderneath the heaving mass of strayguitars, strewn clothes, shoes (no laces),toolboxes, paintboxes, beer bottles, waterbottles, lighters, typewriters, ripped-upletters, blood-splattered artworks-in-progress, passports, laptops and otherassorted paraphernalia that obliteratesevery centimetre of the room. It’simpossible, so I give up and takerefuge on the edge of the bed.

Opposite me, Doherty is leaning on anironing board that has a pressed shirtdraped valiantly off it – a singular pieceof perfection among an Aladdin’s caveof disjointed personal artefacts. He’s

just played a solo gig at London’sHackney Empire, larking about in frontof the cameras beforehand for NME photographer (and long-time Libertinescohort) Roger Sargent. At one point duringour shoot, without direction, he suddenlybeckons Sargent into the backstagetoilets, turns on the showers and stripsbutt-naked, hat aside. Sargent snaps awaywhile Doher ty, much like a naughty, drunkschoolboy, cackles maniacally. Theentire room, watching open-mouthed,suddenly erupts with him.

But right now, with his post-showadrenalin rush fast subsiding, he’sknackered. He only checked into the hoteltwo days ago, but this has been his way ofliving for many years now. Something of

a nomad since leaving London in 2009 ina bid to kick drugs, technically Dohertysplits his time between Paris and the UK.But he’s set up shop anywhere andeverywhere over the past few years,thanks to his and girlfriend Katia’sbeaten-up ’80s camper van, which theydrive everywhere. This includes the middleof Hyde Park: when The Libertines playedthere to 65,000 people two years ago,Doherty shunned the offer of a tour bus,instead making the journey himself from

France via Glasgow, where the band hadplayed a warm-up gig. When he arrived,he simply tooted his horn, drove in, parkedup next to the stage and played thebiggest gig of his life. Then he drove all theway home again.

“I could be anywhere,” he says whenI ask why he doesn’t settle. “I just need myspace to work. When I’m here [in the hotel]I live like I do at home, really. I just needsomewhere I can live affordably.”

DOHERTY WAS in the Frenchcapital during the terrorist attacks lastNovember, and was the rst artistannounced to play the soon-to-reopenBataclan theatre, where 89 died, a yearon from the tragedy. Given his ties to thecity, that must have beena no-brainer when the offercame in? “Well, yeah.I went down there [afterthe attacks] and just sat

outside with my guitar.Just to be there. Katialost about ve peopleshe was at school with.”

He wonders if theFrench government

should have paid for the attackers’funerals (he can’t decide), and beratesthe fact that it was young people whocommitted the atrocities.

“They’re declaring war on their ideathey’ve got of the decadent West, andSatan. They just believe that Satancontrols our politicians, our productionand the decisions that are made by peoplein power. And they’re willing to die for it.They believe they’re the victims.

“Anyway,” he says, “Let me play youthis… It came out of nowhere, bang .”

Onto the stereo comes a jaunt y,Pogues-esque demo of a track called‘Hell To Pay At The Gates Of Heaven’.

It’s so simple and immediate thatI recognise it straight away from the gigDoherty played with his new solo banda few hours previously, where it had cutthrough instantly. Although he debutedeight unreleased tracks in total at theHackney Empire show (all are vying forinclusion on his forthcoming secondsolo album), there was somethingbigger about this song, a three-chord,whiskey-drenched waltz complete withimpassioned vocals and a brilliant lineabout John Lennon’s favourite acousticguitar, the iconic Gibson J-45.

“It’s about the f**king Bataclan,”Doherty says of the track. “About howwe’re under attack. At that age, whenyou’re desperate to ght for something itcan catch you off balance. When you’vegot the faith and belief, you’ll put as muchinto it as a lad who’s obsessed withguitars. So the lyric is, ‘ Come on boys,

choose your weapons / J-45 or an AK-47? ’ Both take dedication and

belief. To ght, or to make music.”

If he nails the recording properly,‘Hell To Pay At The Gates OfHeaven’ has the potential torival Doherty’s greatest songs.

Tracks like ‘Time For Heroes’(written about the May Day riots

in London in 2000) and ‘Albion’ (whichhe wrote as a teenager obsessed with

William Blake, Oscar Wilde and the ideaof total, unabridged escapism from allmainstream realities) stand the testof time not just because they’re indie

classics, but because they saysomething meaningful.

But with over a

decade of tabloidheadlines about him, it’seasy to forget just howadept and vibrant asongwriter the 37-year-old is. While his battle

with addictions hasbeen well-documented,

he says he now has regularbursts where he’s able tomanage them. “I thinkI’ve probably slept 27of the last 30 nights” ishis way of telling me he

thinks he’s doing OK.His relationship with

What’s nextfor The Libs?The reunion isn’t over yet…

Unofcially, The Libertines are on ice for the next 12 months, whileDoherty, Carl Barât and bassist John Hassall all focus on solo projects.There are, however, a few gigs on the cards. “ I’m always the last to know,of course, but apparently we’re playing some gigs in Chile, Argentina andBrazil,” Doherty says. “I’ve got a feeling I’m gonna love it over there.”Fans should keep an eye on their solo shows too – at Doherty’s secondHackney Empire gig in May, all four Libs ended up jamming onstage.

“I think I’ve

probably slept27 of the last30 nights…”

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his parents, meanwhile – his father refusedto talk to him at the peak of his addictions adecade ago – has improved tenfold. “Yeah,it’s f**king great. It makes me wanna tryharder. He’s reaching out to me.”

THROUGHOUT IT all, Dohertyis always writing music. He shows mehis iTunes collection on a battered andblood-splattered laptop, and there arehundreds of unreleased recordings. He’scurrently itching to release a few of themas his second solo album, the follow-up to2009’s ‘Grace/Wastelands’. Whereas thatrecord was a treasure trove of songs thattapped into the collective consciousnessof everyone from Gorillaz to Bert Jansch,the new batch are far more simplistic.There’s ‘Kolley Kibber’, named after theBrighton Rock character and with dreamy,Lee Hazlewood-style backing vocals.There’s ‘Birdcage’, which is like a long-lostSt Etienne track living inside a garage-rockshell. And there’s ‘She Is Far’, a beautiful,pastoral folk song that was originallywritten by a teenage Doherty alongside‘Albion’ back when he was still learning theguitar. It sounds like something Neil Youngmight have come up with had he movedto London rather than California in themid-’60s, and was partially inspired bySimon & Gar funkel’s ‘The Boxer’. “Somepeople have this inverted working-classsnobbery where if you like Simon &Garfunkel you have to be put up againsta wall and hurt. But that ’s a great song,”Doherty says proudly.

Recorded at Hamburg’s Clouds HillRecordings with producer JohannScheerer over the past couple of years,the tracks are currently the subject of

a record company bidding war – so it’sstill unclear when they’ll be released.But Doherty, having grown tired of waiting,has already taken matters into his ownhands and formed a new solo band toplay the songs live.

“It was only 10 days before the rst gigof this tour [he played a handful of UKshows in May] that I decided I wasn’t justgonna do it acoustic. I went for a littlerelaxation in the camper van with Katia.We were gonna go and see my sister inMadrid, but we stopped off in Barcelonaand I met Rafa, who I haven’t seen inyears. He’s a drummer – he’s always been

looking for a break. He was in a Tarantinocovers band! And we had a jam and thenwe thought, ‘F**k it, let’s do it.’ So Drew[McConnell, Babyshambles bassist] ewover, and then Stefany [Kaberian] came inwith the accordion, and Miki [Beavis]turned up with a violin.”

THE FIVE-PIECE are joinedon some songs by Katia on keys, andalthough they’re a mishmash of differentstyles, there’s a freshness in the way theygel together. While some people mightthink it wildly uncool for a guy so closelyaligned with garage rock to irt withsomething that, on paper, seems closer to

“It’s in myblood, it’s inmy soul, it’swho I am”

Country Boy Doherty’s obsessedwith country music atthe moment and it’sseeped into his own newtracks. Here are twoof his favourite artistsfrom the genre.

GRAM PARSONSKeith Richards’ great mate

in the late ’60s was one ofcountry’s biggest rebels.

“I love this guy. Stuff likethis album [‘Another SideOf This Life’] – there’s noone to touch him. This iswhat I wanna be doing.This is what I’m aiming for.”

BLAZE FOLEY A cult icon from Austin,Texas, Foley’s successcame posthumously,following his murder

aged 39 in 1989.

“Ultimately, I do like GramParsons, but one song in10 is great. Whereas yourman Blaze Foley, hecannot be faulted. Youcan’t play a Blaze Foleysong that will not breakyour heart.”

Mumford & Sons than The Clash, Dohertyhas always been a devotee of folk songs(today he’s on a country tip, waxing lyricalabout Gram Parsons and Blaze Foley). It’sa far cry from The Libertines’ huge festivalfees and travelling crew of 40 roadies.

“People are so far away,” he says ofgigging with The Libs, adding that ontheir last arena tour six months ago hestruggled with the lack of interactionbetween the band and audience resultingfrom that distance.

“I don’t enjoy it,” he says matter-of-factly, “but I have to do it because it’s inmy blood, it’s in my soul, it’s who I am.But I would never use the word ‘fun’[to describe it].”

I’m surprised by his honestly, and presshim on it. He can enjoy playing those hugeLibertines shows, he eventually admits, buthe has to dig deep. “This is something Ihave to learn – this is a fault of my own. It’snot an idealistic thing where I think, ‘Youshould not have fun, you should be serious.’Not at all. I’d love to go out there and havefun and enjoy it, but I just can’t. It’s notin my make-up. I nd it very di fcult.”

The new solo band, Doherty says,will provide something of an antidoteto all that. “These new songs, this newline-up – I’m part of it, you know? It’s asmall group. There’s more people in theband than there are in the whole crewplus management.”

I ask him if he ever nds it difcult towrite, and like everybody else I’ve posedthe question to – from Paul McCar tney to

Alex Turner – he says no. He just picksup a guitar, nds a melody and pressesrecord. Where Doherty differs from theothers, though, is that he’d be ne if it was

all to stop tomorrow.“I wish that would happen, because

I could just crack onto something else. Butit just keeps coming. I think I’ve got a lot ofwasted… I’ve got a lot of things invested inmy songwriting and i t drains me. Too manythings get in the way of the essence.”

The essence, he continues, is ndingthat one-in-a-million tune. When ithappens, everything pays of f. “At themoment, I’m really inside these new songs.I believe in them. And I know if people areinto my other tunes it’s just a matter oftime. Sometimes people just need two orthree listens. Or sometimes I’ll get to the

second chorus and that’s it – they know thesong and they love it.” With that, he picksup a guitar and sings. “ Come on

boys, choose your weapons… ”

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a f t r a s in le p in t ”

“I’m and skinny a n d o n ly h v e o n e v e in

s o I g e t

he n S p ring King p la y li ve ,

the y p la y ha rd . S o ha rd tha t

s ome t im es fron tma n Ta re k

Mus a los e s his d inne r to the

oor. “ A t the 100 Club I c hucke d

up b e t we e n s ongs ,” he re ca lls

o ve r a burri to in Li ve rp ool. “ A nd

then a t [ Lond on ve nue ] He a ve n.

Bac ks t age, this gu y wa s like , ‘ Yo, g re a t s e t !’ a nd I thre w up on his s hoe s .” Ta re k

is S p ring King’s s inge r a nd d rumme r,

and a “b urri to e ncore” ( “i t ’s a l wa ys a f te r

a b urri to” ) is w ha t ha pp e ns when he

a t tem p ts b o th with the s a me furious

e ne rg y d uring one o f the ba nd’s s we a t-

d renc he d , 100-mile -a n-hour li ve s ho w s .

I f on re c ord S p ring King’s s ongs s ound

like the y we re thra s he d ou t in a s ma s he d-

up ba throom, i t ’s b e ca us e ma n y o f the m

we re . S p ring King b ega n w he n Ta re k

cha llenge d hims e l f to wri te and rec ord

a s ong a d a y in the unus e d p ri v y o f his

fa mil y home ou ts id e Ma nc he s te r. “I think

I rac ke d up ab ou t 70 o f them,” he s a ys . “If

I ha dn’t nishe d i t tha t d a y, I d e le te d the

t ra ck.” The b a nd’s de b u t a lbum ‘ Te ll Me I f

You Like To’, ou t J une 10, is a b rillia n t e d i t

o f his b lood thirs t y a p pe t i te fo r s ong w ri t ing.

S ta nd ou t t rac ks ‘Cit y’, ‘ Who A re You? ’

a nd ‘Re c t i e r’ a re p o we r-p unc h g a rage -

p op, a nd s o ea s y to s ing a long wi th the y

ma ke The S tone Ros e s ’ ‘ A ll For One’

s ound like a Rad iohea d B-s id e.

Tonigh t , Li ve rp ool is the c i t y d oing the

s ing ing – b u t no t jus t b e c aus e Ta re k and

the re s t o f the b a nd ( Pe te Da rling ton on

le ad gui t a r, A nd y Mor ton on rh y thm and

J a me s Gre en on ba s s ) a re in to w n. S p ring

King’s da te a t the A r t s Club fa lls on the

s a me e ve ning Li ve rp ool FC p la y in the

Europ a Le ague na l a nd the a tmos p he re

in the c i t y could be de s c ribe d a s “p is s e d”.

S o i t ’s S p ring King vs the

foo tb a ll – a l though Ta rek’s

ba t t le will like l y b e more

a kin to M a n V . F o o d .

IT’S TEMPTING, seeinghow they play, to think of S pring King asa bunch of indie hopefuls who’ll fall apartin a spectacular frenzy of d rink drugs andill-advised tweets – but tha t’s not likelyreckons Pete. “To turn up h ungover toa gig is kind of disrespectf ul ” he says.“Also, I’m short and skinny and onlyhave one vein, so I get pissed aftera single pint.”

If they have allegiance to any cityit’s not Manchester but Liverpool,where Tarek studied music andwhere their friends, in bands suchas Stealing Sheep and All We Are,hang out. “We’d never t in withthat Manchester scene,” saysJames, the excitable one. “Our lookis too nerdy.” Style-wise they treadthe ne line between grungyinsouciance and plain old laziness.Tarek tried to up the fashion anteby wearing a shirt for their recentappearance on Later… With Jools

Holland , but it backred. “EltonJohn was there,” he says witha grimace. “He looked me up anddown and said , ‘At least some of usmade an effort!’”

Really, Spring King are just fournice, geeky twentysomethings.They don’t drink on tour and they

don’t fall out – which is handy,because they’ve spent hourscramped together in Tarek’smum’s Honda saloon. Earlytours in support of CourtneyBarnett and Slaves made them“deathly ill” says Andy, as theystruggled to hold down day jobstoo. While James worked at aninsurance company and Pete ata bakery, Andy had a job cleaningout cages at an owl sanctuary – atleast for a while. “I accidentallybashed an owl on the head witha broom and killed it,” he says. “I

thought nobody would notice, buta few days later I was called intothe ofce. They were like, ‘We’ve

just found a dead barnowl with its legssticking out ofa bin bag…’”

It wa s in J un e 20 15 whe n th ing s too k a s ha rp tur n for th e be tt er. En tirely o ut o f the b lue , Za ne Lowe p laye d ‘City’ as th e rst

s o ng on A p ple ’s Bea ts 1 ra diost a tion . The p hon es s ta rte d ring ing ,

a n d w ithin mo nths S p ring King had si gn e d with Isla nd R e co rd s. “It’s

a c ra z y s tor y,” a d mits Pe te .Lis ten thr ou gh o nc e, a nd ‘Tel l Me If

You Like To’ s ou nds c he ap , d irty a nd ea sy – in th e be st p os sib le wa y. With Tar ek p ro du cing ,

th e re’s jus t as m uc h sc uz z as thos e ba th ro om s e ss ion s . “I was

a lwa ys limited in the h ou se , a ndI like th at ch al len ge,” h e gr ins .Lis ten a gain , h owe ver, a nd yo u m ight d et ec t a h int o f lon el ines sa nd d e sp er ati on b eh ind th ep op py fro nt . “To ni gh t I ju st w an n a

b e so m eb ody e lse , s om e bo d y n ew ,” Tare k wails o n ‘Who Are You ? ’. It’s a bi t like The Bea c hBoy s, I su gg es t – s ad s on gs t ha ts ou nd hap py. “I’ll tak e th at, ” s ay s Tar ek . “I love Brian Wilso n… I s pe nt ye a rs al on e, with m y p a re nt s c o m ing in a nd o ut o fm y life,” he g oe s on . “My d a d’sa lwa ys live d a b ro ad . My m um

fo llowed him, t rying to k e epa ste a dy re latio nsh ip go ing.I wa s s p en ding m ont hs o n m y ow n, w ith jus t P e te or A nd yco m ing o ve r. Tha t’s why I co nn e ct ed with Bria n Wilson , ina w ay, b ec au se he ha d a b it ofa w e ird up br ing ing as wel l. ButI don ’t co m pa re m yse lf to him.

Th e gu y’s a g en ius.” Th re e qu a rte rs o f a n ho ur

be fore st ag e tim e a t t he A rts C lub, Liver po ol FC los e to S ev illa a ndthe c ity s to ps d rinking to c eleb ra te a nd sta rt s d rink ing t o forg et. Inside the ven ue , Sp ring King h av e th eir own pr oc es se s to be g et ting o nwith – A ndy a nd J am e s d o s tretc hes . P e te ea ts a Pr et s an dwich he’s b ee n sa ving . Ta rek c on c en tra te s on n ot vo m iting . Thep re pa ra tio ns a re s ob e r, c ons ideri ng the a ud ienc e are d e nite ly no t.

Even tu ally, with th e sm a ll roo m

hum m ing with an ticip a tio n, S pr ing King tak e th e sta ge. Ta re k lau nc hes into ‘Le t’s Ride’ – t he rs t e ve rS pr ing King so ng – h is qu ietp er so na d ep osit ed in the d res s ing ro om for the g ig. Imm e dia te ly a m os h pi t a pp e ar s. Th e re’s s wea t

– so m uc h sw e at – dr ippin g of f the w alls a nd ce iling . A c ro wd s ur fe rri s e s b rie y, be fore c ra sh ing b a ck in to th e m ele e. It’s ch ao s, a nd it c ou ld n ’t b e m ore e xc iting . An d

Ta re k ke e p s th e b urrito do wn. Itta kes g ut s to b e a ro ck ’n’roll sta r.

nd h e’ s g ot t he m .

Th r e e m o r e ne w b a n d s to g e t i n t o t hi s s u m m e r

h o : S to ck p or tve -p iece whos e de b u t a lbum isp ro du c ed b y T heCora l fr on tm a nJ am e s Sk el ly.W h y: T he y ma rr ypsy ch e de lic p opwith g igan tic,a rm s -a lof t a nt he m s.B e s t tu ne :‘Char lema gne ’

Y

W h o : Lon d on trio with a c ru nc hing

gar a ge s oun dth a t’s e qu al in b a rk a nd b ite .W h y : Th e fe ro ci ty of th e ir live s ho ws, which b ag ge d th em a su ppo rt ing s lot w ithT he Las t S had ow P up p ets this yea r.B es t t u n e : ‘Sm ile’

W h o : Har d- hit ting e lec tr o- ro ck tr io with m em b e rs fro m Lon do n, B righto na nd Rey kjav ik.W h y : Ra b ble -r ou s in g sh ows tha t h a ve b e e n known to f e a tu re foul-m o u the d S pic e irls co ver sB e s t t u ne

‘Bel ieve ’

S P R I N G K I N G

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D H

O T . . . O R N

O T ?

Nick Cave famously said, “I’mforever near a stereo saying,‘What the f**k is this garbage?’

And the answer is always theRed Hot Chili Peppers .” Withtheir 11th studio album out thismonth, two NME writers makethe case for them being thebest, or worst, band on the planet

(L-r:) Flea,former membersCliff Martinez andHillel Slovak,plus AnthonyKiedis in 1982

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R E D H O T C H I L I P E P P E R S

THEY’REMADE ENTIRELYOF SEX

Well, at least 96.4 per cent. Theylive in Californication. They’re inconstant infringement of publicdecency laws requiring them towear at least one sports sockeach at all times. And, in song,they make Russell Brand looklike McLovin – there’s so muchgiving it to your mama and ‘zephyr’innuendo going on, you’d thinkthey stole all their lyrics from textssent in to Babestation. Like GeneSimmons minus the make-up,they’re shameless shaggers andthat makes their live shows a feral,fundamentally seamy experiencethat all funky horndogs – which,let’s face it, is you and all yourfriends – can re late to. Don’t takea potential partner along beforedate ve, though, they’ll run a mile.

THEY’REMAKING THEWORLD A

BETTER PLACEBeyond their Olympic-levelbedroom undertakings, RHCP

are a social and political forcefor good. ‘Californication’, forinstance, was more aboutHollywood spreading falsefantasies of perfection thanDavid Duchovny Netix-and-chilling his way through mostof LA, and such issue-raisingbleeds into their activistleanings. They’ve headlinedfundraisers for Barack Obamaand Bernie Sanders, spokenout against US gun laws andNative American issues andplayed charity shows for cancer

causes and victims of HurricaneKatrina. Yes, it’s like your Tinderhook-up rushing you out of theirat to vote, but we salute them.

THEY’RETESTING THEIRBOUNDARIES

Anyone that’s sat through one ofRHCP’s month-long festival jamsets dreaming of a swift andmerciful death might think theband are stuck in a funk-rockrut. Not so – with ‘The Getaway’they’ve worked with DangerMouse to help them out ofeight months of limbo in thewake of Flea breaking his armin a snowboarding accident.“The only way that we saw thisworking,” says singer AnthonyKeidis, “was to have trust in himand get rid of our old ideas andour old way of doing things and

say, ‘If this is going to work, we just have to throw ourselves offthe cliff and see what happens.’”Bungee funk, anyone?

5 REASONS TOLOVE RED HOTCHILI PEPPERSBy Mark Beaumont

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THEY STILLKNOCK OUTHITS

Like Oasis, every Chili Peppersalbum comes with at least onecertied mega-banger attached.‘By The Way’, ‘Dani California’,‘The Zephyr Song’; even throughtheir ‘difcult’ third decade thequality of their singles has dippedas little as their sex drives. Even‘Dark Necessities’, the Chic-likerst single from new album‘The Getaway’, has the scent ofa RHCP classic, its disco-noirgroove giving way to a middle eightso Beatledelic you suspect theyintended it to be their ‘A Day In TheLife’. Or rather ‘A Day In Your Wife’.

THEY KNOWHOW YOU FEELLost a loved one? Half of

‘One Hot Minute’ was tributes tothe likes of Kurt Cobain and RiverPhoenix. Self-harming due to drugor alcohol problems? That was theother half. Whether in love, rehab,the depths of depression or the

heights of coital ecstasy, RHCPhave been there and documentedit. They’re basically your entirelife in quick-re rhyming couplets,with its wang out. Go listen.

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THEY MAKEBAD SONGSTHAT

SOUND BADRed Hot Chili Peppers are theworst advert ever for musicalcross-pollination. They offer rockthat does not rock; funk that isnot funky; hip-hop with no ow;psychedelia stripped of trippiness.It’s a perfect sh*t-storm ofplodding riffs, ightless melodiesand spiritual-as-a-dolphin-memelyrics. It’s telling that, despitebeing one of the world’s mostsuccessful groups for more thanquarter of a century, RHCP haveproven amazingly uninuential.Pretty much the only direct RHCPprogeny ever were Hoobastank.Remember Hoobastank? ’Courseyou don’t. Not even Hoobastankremember Hoobastank, and theywere Hoobastank.

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THEYREEK OFGROIN

Thrusting groins; sweatytoplessness; “ I put my middle

nger in / Your monthly blood iswhat I win. ” The Chili Peppersare like 14-year-old boys ina boob shop – leering, phwoaring,pungent with a clumsy, machohorniness that’s nauseatingto behold. “Whatta gat ah gattagive it tuya muthaah!” bawlssinger Anthony Kiedis, lunginghis 50-something knackers at theaudience like some cruel parodyof a menopausal surf-jock.He’s engorged on Viagra,dizzy on Relentless, gate-crashing a sorority party.

Ew. Dude. Put i t away.

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THE NEVER-ENDINGNOODLING

Ever seen Red Hot Chili Pepperslive? Holy sh*t. They make Muselook like masters of pithy brevity.You know that 32-year-old guywho works in your local musicshop? Looks like he’s probablycalled Richard? The guy with theponytail, Game Of Thrones T-shirtand a vast bunch of keys on h isbelt? The guy who’s foreverdemonstrating his fretboardwizardry to what he imaginesare wowed customers – hiseyes closed, lost in soulfulconcentration, blissfullyunaware of all the awks cringehe’s generating? Well, imaginethere’s four of him, and they’reonstage at Wembley, and they’vebeen told to faff, noodle and titabout as if their lives depended onit. That is exactly what watchingthe Chili Peppers live is like.

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THEY’RE THESOUND OFGIVING UP

For all their rad tattoos, rehabtales and surf-bro dancing, theChili Peppers are as middle-of-the-road and crushinglysuburban as it gets. They’rethe band you listen to whenyou can’t be arsed keeping upwith music any more; when the

joy of discovering the new,

the mad and the challenginghas long since faded and allyou want is comforting auralsoup with no unpredictablebits or emotional upheavals.You hum along to the ChiliPeppers in coffee shops.They’re background muzakas your sat-nav guides youto Worksop. The world turns.Monday’s here again. Younger-tap along to ‘By TheWay’. A sigh. A yawn. A shrug.The grave draws ever nearer.

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SHUT UP ABOUTCALIFORNIA

ALREADYJESUS CHRISTEvery band is allowed to writeone song about their hometown.To date, the Chili Peppershave written 3,236 songs aboutCalifornia. Knock it off,lads. Be reasonable.

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5 REASONS TOHATE RED HOTCHILI PEPPERSBy Joe Madden

RHCP: Themassive statsLove them or hate them,they’re ridiculously big

16They’ve been nominated for16 Grammy Awards and wonsix of them

258,000The band played to a combined258,000 people over three nightsat London’s Hyde Park in 2003

£11,744,736.61The amount the three showsat Hyde Park accumulatedin ticket sales

118 MILLIONThe single ‘Californication’has been streamed on Spotify118 million times

53.2 MILLIONThe amount of albums they’vesold worldwide

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MUSIC, FILM, TV & MORE – THIS WEEK’S ESSENTIAL NEW RELE ASES

BEST FORCHILLING INTHE SUNNAOGirlfriendThe East Londoner’suttering soprano lingers

behind the beat on thissublime, synth-poweredtrack of what she’s calling‘wonky funk’. Works for us.

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AWAYTENSIONBIFFY CLYRO‘Animal Style’“Can you realise my

head’s a f**king carnival? ”roars Simon Neil on thisbruising, wounded rocker.July’s album ‘Ellipsis’ isalready sounding great.

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– lemonade is a populardrink and it still is ”. Huh.

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The formerly indie Quin twinssmash into the mainstreamwith a perfectly formed recordfull of buoyant pop songs

wincredible!

tongue-in-cheek video ofpooches enjoying a wind machine

caressing their fur in slow-mo)continues in this vein, althoughthe emotional heft of the album isanything but one-note. ‘Dying ToKnow’ whirls around the listenerlike a post-breakup maelstrom ofpain and bewilderment: “ You hurt

me bad / I wanna understand / Hit me back / Because you owe methat .” Meanwhile ‘U-Turn’, clockingin at under three minutes, isglorious, strutting pop-funk, asassy paean to maturity: “ Gonna

sit myself down / Rein my pride in / Start to focus / Change

who I’ve been .” The latter isdirected at a romantic partnerwhom the narrator has vowed tonally fully appreciate.

It’s the shimmering highlight ofan album packed with shimmeringhighlights, though the centrepiecehere is the pulsating lead single‘Boyfriend’, as Tegan and Saranger-snap at a same-sex loverunwilling to commit. It’s kind of ariposte to Katy Perry’s ‘I Kissed

A Girl’. Katy, here are twocontenders for your pop crown.Jordan Bassett

EIGHT ALBUMS INTO T HEIRcareer, Canadian twins Tegan andSara have made their denitiverecord. 2013’s ‘Heartthrob’, whichboasted the pounding ‘Closer’,revealed the former indie rockersas a force to reckon with in the popworld. If that album was a surpriseleft hook, ‘Love You To Death’ is anindisputable KO.

From the kaleidoscopic swirl ofopening track ‘That Girl’ to thecrystalline sheen of power ballad‘White Knuckles’, the Quin twinsare relentless in their quest tomove our hearts and feet – often indifferent directions. Like Robyn’s

stone-cold 2010 classic ‘DancingOn My Own’, these are buoyantpop songs with a heavy heart –their lyrics dealing respectivelywith “ getting sick and tiredof things getting tough ” and“ breaking each other like knuckles

in a ght ”. On rst listen, theyappear to reveal romanticrelationships gone wrong,although the musicians haveadmitted that they’re directed atone another, referencing disputesthat nearly broke up the band.Well, it must sometimes get rough

when you write, record and tourwith a sibling for almost 20 years.Light, airy ballad of regret ‘100x’

(released with an unbearably cute,

KATY PERRYROBYN

TEGAN AND SARA Love You To Death

+ + +++ TWINS POP AWESOME

L B UMF T HEW E E K

P H O T O S :

A M Y B R A M M A L L

Tegan (left) and Sara

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C R E D I T

THE KILLS Ash & Ice

++++ SYNTHS HEARTBREAK SLEAZE

In the wake of a terribleinjury, Jamie Hinceand Alison Mossharthave made a synthycareer highlight

Hitting theirpeak On ‘Ash & Ice’ none of that

looks set to change, eventhough their fth album comesafter high drama for the band.Hince recently shut his hand ina car door, leaving him needinga tendon transplant and havingto relearn how to play guitar.To make up for his diminishedskills he brought in synthsand samplers, making theelectronics the duo havealways irted with much morepronounced. It’s obvious right fromthe start, as opener ‘Doing It To

Death’ oats alongon a rippling synthline that you’d expectto hear in a tropicalclub anthem.

Despite suchourishes, ‘Ash &Ice’ still soundsunmistakably Kills.

The guitar lines are as fragmentedand fractured as before, still coatedin lth and sleaze. Their world hasexpanded more now, bringinginuences of blues ( ‘Hum For Your

Buzz’), gospel (‘Impossible Tracks’samples the drums from Mighty

Voices Of Wonder’s ‘I Thank TheLord’) and dancehall (the twerkingrhythms of ‘Days Of Why AndHow’) to the fore.

For singer Mosshart, her lyricsare much more open. Piano andacoustic ballad ‘That Love’ has herdoomed and destroyed (“ It’s over

now / That love you’re in is f**kedup ”); then she’s giving up on ‘HumFor Your Buzz’ (“ I’m a believer, butI can’t think straight… / The hum ofthe buzz, can’t take it no more ”)and resigned on ‘Bitter Fruit’’stwitchy rock (“ I am the seed of adead age ”). She sings of a lovefalling apart but manages to sound

stronger than ever. The Kills arenally hitting their peak, but

a low-key kind of peak.Rhian Daly

‘Bitter Fruit’Classic Kills guitars tick

over with choppy menace, asMosshart tries to cut herselffree from bad luck and worse

relationships.

THE KILLS HAVEalways been underdogs.Even after 15 yearstogether, four albumsand a heap of acclaim,Jamie Hince and AlisonMosshart’s biggest UK headlineshow remains a gig they played atBrixton Academy in 2011. Not evenguitarist Hince becoming a regularin gossip columns during hisve-year marriage to supermodelKate Moss could shunt them intothe bright lights.

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WHITNEY Light Upon The Lake

++++ BEAUTY VIBES POSITIVITY

IT TAKES A LOT TO BE HAPPYin music. With their new bandWhitney, former Smith Westernssongwriter/guitarist Max Kakacekand drummer Julien Ehrlich havehit upon a sweet spot that notonly translates when you listen totheir gorgeous debut album ‘LightUpon The Lake’, but also driveseverything they do as a band.

Witnessthe six-pieceChicago actlive and you’llsee a mesh ofstretched smilesas they play theirwoozy blend ofcountried soul.

Positive vibes are as importantto their music as thei r Vox AC30amps. It’s hugely infectious to

From the ashes of theSmith Westerns, thewoozy country soulof Whitney is born. Andwhat a beautiful baby it is

Music to

make you cry

watch, because it’s been sucha long time since anybody elsein the indie stratosphere hasemployed such a trait so believably.

With Whitney, it’s as if Kakacekand Ehrlich (who here sings leadand plays drums) are two kidswho’ve come from broken homesand suddenly found their strideagain. Both were visibly unhappywhen Smith Westerns petered outin 2014, which is perhaps why thei rinitial concept for starting Whitney– the name refers to a ctionalcharacter; a ‘somebody’ of theirown making to write songs for –was so appealing. From opener‘No Woman’, 2016’s most af fectingand beautiful song, you’re withthem all the way.

All 10 tracks on ‘Light UponThe Lake’ share a serene, peacefulbond, with Ehrlich’s startlingfalsetto bringing to mind BobbyCharles and Shuggie Otis,two genial artists whosepersonalities have alwaysshone through on their records.Childlike, honest and a touchbruised, Ehrlich joins their ranksas a promising young pretender.Kakacek, meanwhile, wasalways a gifted musician inSmith Westerns. But whereas

his tightly wound riffs used topay homage to the powerfultechniques of Britpop-era NoelGallagher and Bernard Butler,here he plays the subtle card toperfection. The whole band do,with a glorious gospel moodempowering and binding them.

Bass, horns, strings, organ andchoir provide the backbone, andwhen Whitney allow themselvesto kick it up a gear and really letrip, as on ‘Golden Days’ (with itscathartic “Na na na” outro) orthe George Harrison-meets-TheBand magnicence of ‘Dave’sSong’, they’re untouchable.“I may or may not have come closeto crying,” admitted Ehrlich aboutrecording his parts for the album.Listen closely and you might too.Matt Wilkinson

THE BANDGEORGEHARRISON

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THE NICE GUYS15 Ryan Gosling, RussellCrowe, Kim Basinger

++++ ’70S COMEDY FREAKY

yan Gosling excels asa feckless and cowardlyp rivate investigator ina buddy comedy full ofw it and energy

einventin g yan

involve no actual investigation,mostly from confused, rich oldladies. Being an idiot, he one daytakes the wrong case, probing thedeath of a porn actress, MistyMountains. Holland’s half-heartedsleuthing puts him in the path ofJackson Healy (Russell Crowe)– a fellow PI as rigorous and violentas March is feckless and cowardly

whose own investigationinvolving a missing girl seemsenmeshed with March’s somehow.These two completely mismatchedmen team up to crack this one bigmystery, and you can imaginehow that goes.

While its Raymond Chandler-meets- Boogie -Nights story hasall the touchstones of lm noir –exploited starlets, corrupt cops,

RYAN GOSLING HAS BEENin a dark place for a long timelm-wise. Since 2011’s The IdesOf March he’s been mining darkdramas, stepping only briey intocomedy for a small role in lastyear’s The Big Short . Yes, hislightest role in ve years was in alm about the global economiccollapse that nearly bankruptedthe entire world. You can see whyhe’d be keen to decompress.

Gosling lets it all go in TheNice Guys , blowing out a comedyperformance of screaming, rubber-

limbed glee. In leave-it-all-on-the-oor physical terms, it sort ofbrings to mind Johnny Depp in

the rst Pirates Of TheCaribbean , before CaptainJack became schtick.It’s that committed.

In this ’70s-set newcomedy thriller bywriter-director ShaneBlack ( Kiss Kiss BangBang , Iron Man 3 ), Goslingplays Holland March, agoofy private investigatorwho only takes cases that

Crowe with MargaretQualley, who plays

missing teen Amelia Kuttner

silent killers – the crime-solvingis almost beside the point. Thecracking of the case very oftenrelies on fortuitous coincidence,the two men arriving in the rightplace at the right time or, in atleast one instance, the vital clue

literally falling on top of them.That’s all just grist for a buddycomedy of tireless wit andenergy. Crowe happily takes theposition of the gruff straightman, which still gives him themost entertaining role he’s hadin years, and stands aside to letGosling throw himself bodilyinto every comic scenario. Letyour freak ag y a while, Ryan.It suits you. Olly Richards

KISS KISSBANG BANG

BOOGIE NIGHTS

Russell Crowe as JacksonHealy and Ryan Goslingas Holland March

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Outcast will ll the Walking Dead -shaped hole in your life

Raising hell

THE WALKING DEADcreator Robert Kirkman hasturned his other comic, Outcast,into a big-budget US series,mixing Twin Peaks ’ broodingatmosphere with Exorcist -stylehorror – and it’s already beenrenewed for a second season. Weasked its cast what’s new in theworld of demonic possession.

How would you compareOutcast to The Walking Dead ?Reg E. Cathey: “It’s almost likea different guy wrote it.”Wrenn Schmidt: “RobertKirkman turns a genre on its headwith both shows. He makes

something that could be verysimple much more interesting.”

Some of the scenes areactually pretty gruesome,aren’t they?Philip Glenister: “That’s thedifference between British TV and

American TV. In America they justshow you that in the rst minute.There’s not that apologist attitude.”

How did you nd the Southernaccent, Phil?Philip: “I kind of enjoyed it after awhile. I started to believe I wasfrom Rock Hill [in South Carolina,where lming took place]. Thatwas the challenge, trying to foolpeople who started talking to youin the shops.”

Did the comics inuence you as actors?Patrick Fugit: “I drew a lot ofmood and physicality from the

comics initially.”Wrenn: “It was a really goodstarting point, getting an idea ofthe world and then walking awayfrom it.”Kate Lyn Sheil: “Some of thephysicality of the characters isthere in the drawings.”Philip: “I thought my characterin the comic looked like across between Elton Johnand Philip Seymour Hoffman.I nearly walked!”

Tell us about the demons inthe show.Philip: “One of the biggestplot points is the Reverend(Glenister) and Kyle (Fugit)guring out what the rules are– how the demons dif fer.”Reg: “Something is happeningto this little town that’s drivingeveryone a little mad. And that’sscary already. Then when yousee what it is, it ’s really scary.”

The small-town setting is very atmospheric too – isthat signicant?Reg: “I spent a lot of time tryingto gure out what it representsto Robert Kirkman. Is it justanother small town or ishe trying to make anotherstatement? That's part ofthe joy of the show for me.”

Do you think demons exist?

Reg: There are cases wheresomething off is happening toa person.Kate: There was a moment afew years ago where ‘bath salts’incidents were rampant.Reg: ‘Bath salts’ is a drug thatmakes people eat people. AndThe Walking Dead was really bigso it was a whole ‘zombie drug’.This one guy ate his bestfriend’s face. After he camedown, he was just crushed.Kate: So don’t do ‘bath salts’...

OUTCASTFOX, June 7Philip Glenister, PatrickFugit, Wrenn Schmidt

++++ EXORCISM HORROR FEELINGS

Outcast’s key characters

KYLEBARNESPatrick Fugit

After believinghimself mentallyill, he nds outthat actuallyhe’s a kindof exorcist.

MEGANHOLTERWrenn Schmidt Kyle’s adoptivesister, who’stroubled by hisself-isolation.

CHIEF GILESReg E. Cathey The relaxedtown policechief. He’sold friendswith Reverend

Anderson.

ALLISONBARNESKate Lyn Sheil Kyle’s ex-wife.She refusesto let theirsix-year-olddaughtersee Kyle.

REVEREND ANDERSONPhilip GlenisterHe helpsBarnes performexorcisms, andthen begins toquestion hisown faith.

A boy, played byGabriel Bateman, istortured by demons

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F T U R

YOU HE ARD IT HE RE FIRST

For more on AllanKingdom, go to NME.com

Rising hip-hop artistwho’s worked withKanye West and wasrated by Prince

AL LAN KI NG DO M, 22 , IS Arapper who’s been nominatedfor two Grammy Awards,appeared onstage with KanyeWest at the Brit Awards toperform ‘All Day’ (the ery,soulful hook of which he workedon) and messed about in thestudio with Bon Iver on someas-yet-unreleased tunes.

Things are going well for theguy, but it hasn’t always beenthis way. Born in Winnipeg,Canada, when he was six hisdad left him and his scientistmum and moved back to South

Africa. Aged eight, Kingdomrelocated to Wisconsin,USA, but it was Saint Paul,Minnesota, where he put downroots. This led to a feeling of

isolation while growing up.“I didn’t feel Canadian untilI went to the US,” he says.“But then I felt too Canadian.In Toronto I felt too black,too African. I’ve always feltstuck in the middle. You canhear it in my music.”

Kingdom’s latest mixtape‘Northern Lights’ is his fourthsince 2011. It’s full of thebrooding, synth-laden,sophisticated hip-hop soundthat attracted the attentionof Kanye and also Prince. Amonth before the Purple Onedied, he went to see Kingdomlive in Minneapolis.

It wasn’t their rst encounter.“When I was 19, he did a showat [his house] Paisley Parkand wanted to shoot a video,”says Kingdom. “He was like,‘I need every cool creative kidfrom the city here – I wannacapture them on lm.’ We wentthe re in my mum’s van and,

k inda like ‘Smells Like Teenpirit’, he did a show for

u s in a tiny room and hew as right in front of us witha mic stand and his guitar.”

he video never came out,b ut Kingdom says it was a“mad cool” experience. He’db etter get used to those.

lex Flood KING KRULECHANCE THE

RAPPER

“I’ve always

felt stuck inthe middle” ‘Hypocrite’(Feat. Jared Evan)

A woozy, sensual number thatmixes boom-clap beats with

soaring, infectious synths.

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BASED Saint Paul,Minnesota

SOCIAL @ALLANKNGDM

BUY ‘Northern Lights’is out now

FACT Kingdom hasgone by various aliases,including King Kyariga,The Northern Gentlemanand Peanut Butter Prince.

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THE MOST IMPORTANTGIGS THIS WEEK

CANCER BATSFri 3 O2 Academy, Oxford

WHO: Toronto’s hardcorepunks whose fth album‘Searching For Zero’ cameout last year.WHY: It’ll be carnage.WHO’S SUPPORTING:

No details yet.TICKETS:

£12.65 from ents24.com

COLDPLAY Sat 4 & Sun 5 Etihad Stadium,ManchesterTue 7 Hampden Park, Glasgow

WHO: Named winners ofNME ’s Godlike Genius Award2016. You probably haven’theard of them.WHY: Epic choruses,

bombastic visuals and an arenafull of happy fans. Coldplayknow exactly how to create theright atmosphere.WHO’S SUPPORTING:

Mega-voiced Lianne LaHavas, Canadian teen AlessiaCara and Reef – ‘Place YourHands’ Reef.TICKETS: Sold out, butavailable on secondary ticketingsites from £82

AC/DCSat 4 Olympic Stadium, LondonThu 9 Etihad Stadium,Manchester

WHO: Legendary rockerswhose frontman Brian Johnsonwas recently replaced forthis tour by Guns N’ Roses’

Axl Rose.WHY: You’re unlikely to get achance to see this extraordinaryband lineup again.WHO’S SUPPORTING:

Nashville rockers Tyler Bryant &

The Shakedown.TICKETS: £60.50-£104.50from ents24.com

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NICHOLAS

ALLBROOK Mon 6 Hare & Hounds,BirminghamTue 7 Brudenell Social Club,LeedsWed 8 The Deaf Institute,ManchesterThu 9 The Courtyard, London

WHO: Frontman of Pondand former Tame Impalamember who looks like Bowieand channels the spirit ofpsychedelic rock.WHY: He’s a totally compelling

performer and he’ll be playingstuff from his forthcoming soloalbum ‘Pure Gardiya’.WHO’S SUPPORTING:


£12.10-£15.40 from ents24.com

YAK Tue 7 Patterns, BrightonWed 8 The Boileroom,GuildfordThu 9 Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff

WHO: London-based trio whomake a huge amount of noiseand whose recent debut album‘Alas Salvation’ is an utter thrill.WHY: They’re one of themost exciting new guitarbands in years.WHO’S SUPPORTING:


£8.80 from ents24.com

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NELLY Fri 3 O2 Academy, BristolSat 4 O2 Academy, BirminghamSun 5 O2 Academy &Underground, LeedsMon 6 O2 Academy, GlasgowTue 7 O2 Academy, Newcastle

Wed 8 O2 Ritz, ManchesterThu 9 KOKO, London

WHO: If you remember ‘Hot InHerre’, you remember Nelly.WHY: A new album’s on theway, but you’ll get plenty ofclassics here too, including‘Hot In Herre’ and ‘Dilemma’.WHO’S SUPPORTING:No details yet.TICKETS:£25-£28.75 from ents24.com

FREDDIE GIBBSSun 5 Village Underground,

London

WHO: Rapper from Gary,Indiana, the same magicalplace that produced MJ (andthe other Jacksons).WHY: He’ll 100% take off hisshirt, if you’re into that.WHO’S SUPPORTING:No details yet.TICKETS:£19.25 from ents24.com

DEFTONESFri 3 SSE Arena Wembley,London

WHO: Grammy-winningalt-metal ve-piece fromSacramento, California.Eighth album ‘Gore’ wasreleased earlier this year.WHY: For British fans thisis a huge gig: 12,500 peoplewill be screaming the wordsto Deftones classics and newsongs right back at them.WHO’S SUPPORTING:No details yet.TICKETS: £29.50-£35.50

from nme.com/tickets

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NEIL YOUNG& PROMISEOF THE REALSun 5 SSE Hydro, GlasgowTue 7 SSE Arena, Belfast

WHO: Veteran Canadianmusician of Crosby, Stills,Nash & Young fame, who’sspent recent years promotinghis alternative digital musicsystem Pono.WHY: He’s energised by thepresence of his young bandPromise Of The Real, whom heputs to the test – sometimesplaying songs with them for therst time on stage.WHO’S SUPPORTING: Thebrilliant Laura Marling. Therst song she learnt to playon guitar was actually by NeilYoung – ‘The Needle And TheDamage Done’.TICKETS: £53.50-£65 froments24.com

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CLUB NMECOURTS + ISLE

Fri 3 KOKO, London

FUJIYA & MI YAGIFri 3 Oslo, London

GABRIELLE APLINThu 9 Kasbah, Coventry

HUDSON MOHAWKEFri 3 Concorde 2, Brighton

JOANNA GRUESOMEFri 3 The Hairy Dog, DerbySat 4 Cavern Club, Exeter

JULIANNA BARWICK Wed 8 The Pickle Factory, London

LIL DICKY Wed 8 O2 Academy, Islington

LISA HANNIGANSun 5 The Black Box, Belfast

LUKE CHRISTOPHERMon 6 Birthdays, LondonTue 7 The Deaf Institute,Manchester

MATT BERRY &THE MAYPOLESMon 6 Esquires, Bedford

JACOB16, Swansea@JacobWinter1912

STEREOPHONICSSat 4 Cardiff City Stadium,Cardiff

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MAVERICK SABRESun 5 & Mon 6 The Jazz Café,London

MIKA Sun 5 Palladium, London

MOSES SUMNEY Mon 6 The Lexington, London

NO JOY Sun 5 The Boileroom, GuildfordMon 6 Moth Club, London

PLASTICIAN

Fri 3 The Pad, Bedford

PUBLIC IMAGE LTDSat 4 Indigo, LondonMon 6 O2 Academy, OxfordTue 7 O2 Academy, ShefeldWed 8 Picturedrome, Holmrth

RACHEL DADDMon 6 The Hug & Pint, Glasgow

RIVRSThu 9 Red Gallery, London

RUFUSWAINWRIGHTSat 4 Dome, BrightonSun 5 Wales Millennium Centre,Cardiff

SHY FX Sat 4 Concorde 2, Brighton

AMBER ARCADESTue 7 The Lexington, London

BEACH SLANGTue 7 The Forum, Tunbridge WellsWed 8 Dingwalls, LondonThu 9 Sunower Lounge,Birmingham

BEZFri 3 PJ Molloys, DunfermlineSat 4 Buskers, Dundee

BIG DEALMon 6 Brudenell Social Club,LeedsTue 7 King Tut’s, GlasgowWed 8 Sneaky Pete’s, EdinburghThu 9 Soup Kitchen, Manchester

BLAENAVONFri 3 Sunower Lounge,Birmingham

CHAIRLIFTThu 9 Electric Ballroom, London

CLARE MAGUIREMon 6 St Pancras Old Church,London

COASTSFri 3 O2 Academy, BirminghamSun 5 The Rescue Rooms,Nottingham

Mon 6 O2 Academy, LeicesterTue 7 Academy, ManchesterThu 9 The Garage, Glasgow

DILLY DALLY Wed 8 The Craufurd Arms,Milton Keynes

FATHERSONSat 4 The ABC, Glasgow

FRONTEERSFri 3 The Joiners, SouthamptonSat 4 The Hope & Ruin, Brighton

SKINDREDSun 5 Old Fire Station,Bournemouth

STEVE VAIFri 3 O2 Academy, NewcastleSun 5 O2 Ritz, ManchesterMon 6 Dome, BrightonTue 7 O2 Academy, Bristol

SUNDARA KARMA Fri 3 The Rainbow Complex,Birmingham

THIS IS THE KITFri 3 The Deaf Institute,Manchester

Sun 5 Brudenell Social Club,Leeds

TITUS ANDRONICUSSun 5 Summerhall, EdinburghMon 6 Crescent WMC, YorkTue 7 The Cookie, LeicesterWed 8 Gwdihw Café Bar, CardiffThu 9 The Dome, London

THE VIEWFri 3 Rothes Halls, GlenrothesSat 4 Fubar, Stirling

VITAMIN

Fri 3 Studio 24, LeedsWHITE FANGSun 5 The Green Door Store,Brighton

YUNGThu 9 The Boileroom,Guildford

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Ronnie SpectorThe Ronettes’ legendary frontwoman and rock’n’roll’s rst bad girl

The wisdom ofthe NME archives

THIS WEEK FLORENCE WELCHSiren-like singer June 6, 2015

“Gigs have this magicthing of absolving. Aslong as you did a goodgig, no matter what’shappened, no matter

what’s going on in yourpersonal life, it’s suchan exorcism. For me it

just resets everything.”

THE FIRST ALBUM IBOUGHTFRANKIE LYMON ANDTHE TEENAGERS

At The London Palladium“It was the best. I was, like,13 years old and I’d neverheard ‘live’ music. I knewevery word on that wholealbum by heart – everysingle word. FrankieLymon was denitelyeverything to me.”

THE FIRSTSONG I FELLIN LOVE WITHFRANKIE LYMON ANDTHE TEENAGERSWhy Do Fools Fall In Love“Oh my God – well, rstof all there was FrankieLymon’s voice. Therewas something about hisvoice that pierced me. Hisdiction was so amazing,I couldn’t understand howhe could speak that clearly.He wrote that song, whichmade me more interestedin him. If it wasn’t for

Frankie Lymon, I wouldn’tbe talking to you. Heinuenced my whole life.”

THE SONG THATREMINDS MEOF STARTINGTHE RONETTESTHE SHIRELLESWill You Still Love

Me Tomorrow “In my teens I heard‘Will You Still Love Me

Tomorrow’ and then I heardThe Chantels sing ‘Maybe’and I said, ‘I wanna sing;I want a girl group!’ I’dstarted the group with mysister and my cousin afew years before that – wewere slowly getting our acttogether. Originally therewere ve Ronettes, buttheir parents didn’t wantthem to sing rock’n’roll.”

THE FIRSTGIG I WENT TOFRANKIE LYMON AND THE TEENAGERS“Again, it was FrankieLymon. Nedra [Talley, fromThe Ronettes] and I wentto Philadelphia with myaunt and uncle. In thosedays they had a dance

THE SHIRELLES

THE SONGTHAT MADEME WANT TOMAKE MUSICLITTLE RICHARD Rip It Up“Back in the ’50s you didn’thave a lot of groups. I wasa kid living with my parents– they controlled the radio.They’d listen to FrankSinatra and Nat King Cole

THE FIRSTSONG IREMEMBERHEARINGHANK WILLIAMS

Jambalaya(On The Bayou)“When I was real littleI remember going to mygrandmother’s house andI’d sing on the coffee table.It was ‘Jambalaya’ by HankWilliams, but I never sangthe lyrics right. My family,cousins and aunts anduncles would all wait forlittle Ronnie to sing.”

THE SONGTHAT MAKESME DANCEMICHAEL JACKSON

Billie Jean“I could dance to that allnight. It’s a song I reallylove. It’s the beat – if youwant to dance, you haveto have a beat.”

THE SONGI DO ATKARAOKETHE RONETTES

Baby, I Love You“I never liked karaoke – I

was never a fan. But onetime I did it because myfriend’s mother had justdied. He said, ‘Can youplease come? I’m solonely.’ My husband andI went over to this karaokebar and for some reason

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