GENERATION TREMORISTS!

Working with exciting music talents as a compulsive lifestyle, I trust my ears/pulse and am humbled to be part of TheZineUK’s three degrees of happening over six years of adventures.

I gasp at rising star tingles in spaces where cons cull (thriving!) culture: #SaveOurVenues!

Otherwordly soundtracking from a WEALTH of colourful reaility back story. This list doesn’t even “touch the sides!

Punk Rock is in the he(art) of the beholder. Personally, “Newer Wave” ain’t genre, geography, conforming/not, hype/hip etc. It’s unashamed people-pleasuring passionately, purely.

Bombastic Pop Guitar rewilded rhythms crystalised into dazzling, dirty, dystopia-dousing diamonds. Bomb Pop EXPLODES live. 2020’s a downer.

Yoohoo from Under The Radar!

42 Names From This Tale. Click Video Playlist.

Nearly everybody’s skint, too. Rewards come even later nowadays (as this story attests, also reporting via picture books). That itself began when working class women bonded via Artbeat Poetry. A few years later, situationism wove this tapestry with our friends.

Diversity’s in our DIY DNA, fun’s in our fundamentalism (Manics are in our street preaching and groove is in the heart). Our Uniqulture? Allies disagree on many subjects, but have more in common, thanks to music.

http://thezineuk.co.uk + http://gordotronic.com working together on a double decker bus pizzeria in Deptford, London UK = #uniqulture - yeah, Chenaii, why ha...

We consistently forge fresh futures. Above clip: Chenaii Madhoo, now of Ragged Cult with musician/producer legend, Gordon Raphael – A giggled 2015 moment about The Strokes…

2015. #No3Expo (42 stalls incl. Stage & Bar). Polstar Photography.

Thank you all who are on side to share/observe this movement of good and bad, it’s largely propelled by gig moments with austerity as backdrop.

"Events like this are so important and shouldn't be overlooked." The Glass Collectors Radio ShowNo5 #ArtBeatFest "Too many quality acts to choose from". http...

April 2016 Artful Expo of talent seeds.

Pre Brexshit, Couch-critics droned“Guitar Bands Are Over”. Nope. TheZineUK partied on a rising circuit, ablaze with potential that would impress investigation.

One year after Brexit. Game ON! Moments by TheZineUK, Abbie McCarthy and This Feeling

“Seen/Heard it all before.” If you don’t listen or support then how do you know? I’m STILL discovering.

Zine And Heard - Katie Owen's first filmed (by David Gomes) interview with up and coming garage rockers, The Velvet Hands, March 2018. Full video; https://yo...

This Feeling Big In 2018. Katie Owen‘s first filmed interview for TheZineUK. The entire bill go onto bigger things (also, Katie presented on BBC Radio1 Christmas 2019).

These stories are ALIVE. We need escapist dimensions because Planet Earth has lost it’s frickin’ fracking mind. Humans aren’t mentally match-fit in multiple disaster movie mode. Anxiety/Love – is not a crime. Breathe!

Save Our Venues to experience brazen brilliance of the main-stage-strutting kind or just raucous FUN! Affordably, intimately, unforgettably.

July 2018 Music mover shakers at The Camden Mix Up (Kick Out The Jams)

WE consistently find new faves but refuse to leave respected treasure behind in the scrabble for “Next!”. Artists are the audiovisual truth of a climate emergency pandemic. Our cast evolves in chapters and we can’t unhear potential. We’ve seen most of the mentioned, live/on line, booked, befriended some. They all matter.

What a fun day we had at Cro Cro Land Festival. Such an amazing atmosphere and a brilliant festival and it all sold out in it's first ever year! You can chec...

April 2019. Blueprint of “How To Festival”. The sold out debut CroCroLand Festival united so much and started even more…

On a personal level, I’m still into bands I worked with years ago. Some are well known but weren’t initially hip. New music still gifts potential. There are soulful rewards for those who find their own fresh faves under the profiled radar. See their wide grins at shows and via their social media euphoria. We need, nay, DEMAND, more Joy! Can’t WAIT to gig again!

October 2019 Smiley & The Underclass on their second DIY tour of Japan!

BTW. What is with the blandstand mainstream charts? I’m old, not dead. Kudos to radio, bloggers, playlisters exposing sparkling potential. Amazing talents can have nothing (but hope and courage!) to lose. Most ain’t “Living The Stream” financially. Fame and fortune’s trickle-down to them is tiny. Success often has ladders pulled up behind it, plus gatekeepers!

How to mend the #BrokenRecord industry, artists first?  
Extraordinary marketable culture. Belief in unfamous music-notes is not for all money-notes-people 

Generations always gonna tut at each other but the wealth of anecdotes seasoned music lovers pass onto youth and the energy/ideas/tech flowing back, flavours this “best and worst of times”. 

Youth are… Grime bosses, climate scienced and see Black Lives Matter is a People -v- Racists thing …for all futures. Unity is power, so big up all punky Zoomers n Boomers!

#2020Vision clarity. Scales fall from eyes.

A culture clash of artful rockers have come together, torn apart, co-promoted/supported. It’s musical medical magical poetry in emotion!

… + 100s of zines/radios, studios + 3 Degrees of Separation!

Serious question. Why don’t ALL music media / business etc., report extensively and repeatedly on our industry’s virtual government: Music Venue Trust? The heritage culture of the intimate show circuit, feeds EVERY level.

It's All DIY: Label and Magazine (11am-3pm) Fair by Some Might Say, Why Generation? Vallance Records, Flying Vinyl, Roadkill Recirds and So Young Magazine wi...

29 Feb 2020 – 1/2 minute of the DIY Label & Magazine Fair!

Our 2020 started with industry meetings, #FuturePicks TV, a sponser… Then we crashed with everybody else to bleak bollocks. But…

“We are adapting” Idealistics 
(Balcony Festival 6, Summer Solstice)

TEAM! (Balcony Festival)

Music generations are tremoring future possibilities.

Words: Caffy St Luce.

THIS EARTH IS F**KED. TOO MANY TS ARE TREEMENDOUS

News: Too Many Ts release ‘This Earth is F**ked’ video alongside a huge mission to plant Too Many Trees. Something our planet can NEVER have.

Well it is a bit isn't it?? We created this track to highlight the plight of our planet, whilst making it funky as possible! BUT we're not just going to chat...

More: UK hip-hop duo rally fans to plant millions of trees. A lively up beats ballad of rage, comedy and concern it’s a rapped rallying cry to join up, step up and make a real difference. 2020 is a year for such vision.

‘This Earth is F**ked’ video was produced by  
The Rattle, an artist-first music community putting creators in power, which Too Many Ts are part of.

True to form, the award winning UK hip-hop duo (already in our documentary as Star Turns – 
ambassadors for ethical streetwear brand THTC), are using their music to elevate awareness and engage their dedicated fanbase to take positive social action.

“The aim is to create content that will give people fun, empowerment, knowledge or joy… we want to make people feel and/or do good.” 

Produced alongside France’s DJar One, ‘This Earth is F**ked’ is an upbeat, funk-infused, old school hip-hop jam with a hard hitting lyrical reality check on world issues that works its way through climate change, pollution, deforestation, corporate greed, and hypocrisy – while maintaining the wit and humour that is synonymous with Too Many T’s. Born entertainers.

With two acclaimed albums (over five million plays for their debut ‘South City’) and that viral ‘Boris next door’ video, these ever-popular festival faves (absolutely uplifting, live!) are focusing on their passion for environmental issues with this release.

Versatile creatives and performers, there’s such a buzz around what Too Many T’s get up to that they had already raised money (via their ‘Not Enough Bees’ campaign) to provide hives for 60,000 bees. 

Next to the trees! Part of the human community.

The first action (virus permitting) is to plant aminimum of 1,000 trees with willing volunteers. An annual average reduction of 7.6% is required from 2020-2030 to not spark global extreme weather, famine, mass-extinction and war. Trees are guardian family.  
Fans will be invited to a secret location outside London to join the band on fun day out planting trees and coming together with food, drinks and an old-school hip
hop playlist co-created by Too Many T’s and their fans. The Fertile Environment in full effect.

“we really (really) give a sh*t and always have. We even went and got master’s degrees in sustainability. What’s more, we know our fans and like-minded musicians around us care as well.”

Too Many Ts know how to impact. They’ve shared stages with the likes of Public Enemy, Wu Tang Clan, Del La Soul, Rudimental and Rag n Bone Man. They’ll impact again:

“We aim to make people feel good, but we also really care about the state of the earth and have to speak up and take action in whatever way we can. Trying to combine this positive vibe while highlighting the plight of the earth is not an easy task, but we’ve tried to do that with this project.”

“Launching the track reminds us that there are still many serious issues we are facing, both nationally and globally, and we offer some direct action with Too Many Trees – something we hope will snowball over the years into a huge project.”

The Too Many Trees campaign will give individuals the opportunity to be part of a solution to climate change, with donations from £1.50 to plant a single tree and up to £240 to offset an individual’s average yearly carbon emissions. 

The Earth is fucked. Keep showing our creator some love. We can never have too many trees!

Too Many Ts. Videos https://youtube.com/toomanytvsand News http://toomanyts.com

Words: Caffy St Luce

Madame So: 'Y Generation'

“I don’t believe art, including music, should necessarily be explained” 

Madame So interview by Kelly Munro.

From writing about music to composing sonic experiments with lyrics that have experienced reality, Madame So strides post punk dimensions. 

A wordsmith musician whose comparisons include PJ Harvey and Patti Smith, the Paris-born singer – song writer is based in London.

New song, ‘Generation Y’, is loaded: Intense tangents of tempos. Guitars singing the harmonies while backing vocals are instruments. Increasingly sculptured with each listen, it winds up tight like a Wonderland clock until ticking out to finale. 

It’s definitely time we found out more about Madame So, one of the stars in our documentary.

November 2019, The Camden Mix Up (Sick Love EP launch)

June 2019, rocking up. Madame So filming the ‘Year Of Rage’ video by deux furieuses. 

June 2020, Locked Down and in conversation with Kelly Munro, who asked;

How long have you been making music?

“I’ve been making music for about eight years. Like many singer-songwriters I started on the open-mic scene, then fleshed my music out with a band when recording ‘The Sell-by Date EP’ in 2013.”

What’s been some highlights so far on your musical journey?

Madame So's single, 'Black is Beautiful' (lead track for the new EP, 'It's Not Even A Colour') Follow Madame So online: Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/arti...

Each of my records is a highlight for me: actually, releasing music and sharing it with people, and putting my songwriting and perspective on life in context through these recordings.

My songs, ‘Sell-by Date’ and ‘Camden Scene’ cutting it to BBC Introducing.

My connection with LOUD WOMEN: playing the first two editions of their festivals, my song Black is Beautiful featuring on their Volume 1 compilation, being the first cover woman of their e-zine (issue #13) …

Bringing rock music to the Bastille Day festival in Borough Market which was packed. It was cool because this type of event is often filled  very safe chanson française.

Getting my first fan art from a Brazilian illustrator named Tomas Santos through Instagram, which has now flourished into us two collaborating on much of the artwork you will see from me in future.

Madame So, the band
Autumn 2019 by Ellanie Marinucci

You live in London but are originally from Paris. How does it affect your music living in the capital(s)? Does it even?

I am a city person for sure, but only really started making music seriously when living in London so I couldn’t compare it with Paris. This said, I always enjoy performing in Paris where audiences truly do engage. But ultimately being a city person, making music in the city surrounding makes my music quite “urban” I guess.

Your single is called ‘Generation Y’. Tell us more: Is there a meaning or story behind the song?

Yes, it does and it is two-sided or even two-faced if you will:

On the one hand, Generation Y is a reflection on how younger generations are perceived by their older counterparts and how this judgement snowballs from generation to generation. Every older generation seems to resent the younger, more forward-thinking ones, forgetting they too were once the younger generation, and part of progress in the making.

On the other, it is a bit of fuck you voicemail to the shallowness of human relationships these days.

But ultimately, I don’t believe art including music should necessarily be explained and would rather let the listener find their meaning, their own truth in a song.”

Lyric video for Madame So's single, 'Generation Y' GENERATION Y on BANDCAMP: https://madameso.bandcamp.com/track/generation-y GENERATION Y ON ITUNES: https:/...

What albums do you never get tired of listening to?

“‘Baltimore’ by Nina Simone, Grandpaw Would by Ben Lee, and lately I can’t enough of ‘Fetch the Bolt Cutters’ by Fiona Apple”

What can we expect from you this year?   

“I will be releasing a few more singles, all accompanied with their respective lyric videos (sadly the imposed format of our times in the current state of affairs) and hopefully when it’s safe to do so, perform this new material live with my band.”

Madame So, Category: Artist, Singles: You Say, Generation Y, Black is Beautiful, The Sell-by Date, Let's Dance, Top Tracks: Black is Beautiful, Generation Y, If Only You Were Dead - Radio Edit, You Say, Deed is done, Biography: Madame So is a Paris-born singer-songwriter based in London., Monthly Listeners: 116, Where People Listen: London, Los Angeles, Toronto, Chicago, Vienna

Madame So 
“If I pushed your buttons, I’ve accomplished my mission” 

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www.madame-so.com

IDLE NOISE ‘GHOSTS’

For fans of Circa Waves, The Courteeners, The Enemy,  
The Strokes. Q&A with Kelly Munro 

Tell us how long you’ve been making music?

“Collectively as Idle Noise we’ve been making music for the last four or so years, individually a lot longer.”

What’s been some of your highlights so far on your musical journey?

“Selling out Manchester ‘Deaf Institute’ in January 2020, shortly after supporting The Enemy’s Tom Clarke’s sold-out hometown show in December 2019.”

Your single is called ‘Ghosts’. Have you ever seen one?

“Ben (frontman) sees Dead People.” 

Tell us more about the single. Is there a story attached to it?

“‘Ghosts’ is a track relating to a long distance relationship that eventual crumbled. Hence the “too far to hear me, too far to listen”and “harder, together’ in the chorus. 

We think it’s our best work yet, and hope everyone likes it as much as we do.”

Ghosts in the snow Too far to let it go Fall towards the memories of you You're too far to hear me Too far to listen Cry down on the floor And its hard to break free Too hard not to listen Bring yourself back here We fall, more More than ever Harder, together Reaching out to a life once led Its too hard to let it go Hearts Still breaking over Over and over again Time after time We fall, more More than ever Harder, together And you're too far to hear me Too far to listen I die behind closed doors And its always on repeat My only vision Its you Its always you We fall, more More than ever, I'm yours forever Recorded at RML Studios, Wolverhampton Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Craig Davies at RML

What albums do you never get tired of listening to?…

…”Courteeners – St Jude, Sound of Guns – Angels and Enemies, The Twang – Jewellery Quarter”

What can we expect from you this year?

“Potentially another single release later in the year and we’re hoping to get some shows sorted. 

We’ve got three lined up September through to December but it’s all a question of whether they’ll still be going ahead. We’re struggling to book anything ‘cos nobody really knows what’s happening at the minute. We just can’t wait to get out and play on stage again.”

Thank you, Idle Noise. Have a listen to ‘Ghost’ which is out now on all main platforms, that’s the spirit! https://outnow.io/t/idlenoise

20 JUNE: BALCONY FESTIVAL 6 AT 6PM!

Saturday midsummer, Team Balcony Festival (Artists, Audience, Allies) are raising awareness and funds for the Mental Health Foundation.

Virtual reality, top entertainment, social (inclusion multi-) media! Bookmark the streaming URL and meet up 6pm Solstice Saturday 20th June – in friendship.

The artful rockers,  David Devant & His Spirit Wife will delight on The Joyzine Stage alongside a formidable cast of talent: Velvet Starlings on The Gigslutz Stage, Sherika Sherard on The Benumu Stage, Ailsa Tully on God Is In The TV Stage, Idealistics on The Quarantini Stage,  I Am Her on The Loud WomenStage,  Fightmilk on the Reckless Yes Stage and The News At Six is that RTN Makes Music is gracingTheZineUK Stage with a live show premiere!

instagram.com/rtnmakesmusic/ : “As someone who is often at the mercy of their mental health, this is a cause close to my heart, and on a lighter note, it’s technically my FIRST EVER SOLO GIG and I will 100% be bringing the *drama*”

RtN Makes Music graced our (Lou Schofield x TheZineUK) #FuturePicks live launch in January. 2020 didn’t go to anybody’s plans, but it’s super-heart warming to find ourselves re-united for such a great cause. Rhiannon continues;

“Thank you all so much for your support. I hope you are all keeping safe, well and strong despite everything that’s happening in the world right now. To the BAME and LGBT+ communities especially, I love you and I stand with you completely “

We will stand together again, virtually, this weekend.

With prevention at the heart of what they do, the Mental Health Foundation aim to find and address the sources of mental health problems so that as many people and communities can thrive. 

Balcony Festival is always a start to finish array of must-see, must-hear performances.

Sherika’s faith in music meant that she dropped out of university and went from busking to The Jazz Cafe, Ronnie Scotts international bookings and duetting with/opening for Seal! Spike Lee personally chose “We Don’t Need a Reason” to feature on his Netflix Series ‘She’s Gotta Have it’. A key performer of the next entertainment industry.

Idealistics – recent #FuturePicks at TheZineUK

Music blogs and promoters united include our host, Music Journalist Louise Schofield and Stream Host Joyzine with Louder Than War, CroCroLand, Benumu, Loud Women, Gigslutz, God Is In The TV, Sonic Tonic, Quarantini Virtual Bar, Reckless Yes and the Bechdel Sound Test… all making this documentary take on a new twist in 2020.

Can’t wait to meet up and chat in real time again without disturbing the artists performance one jot!

In a time of daily re-assessing what we think that we know, 2020 is havoc for our minds.  “I Am Not A Number. I Am A Free Man” (The Prisoner). One of the most surreal 1960s dramas is a bit like Earth’s new reality as Balcony‘s inclusive community scouting, creating and presenting reaches Event number 6 on behalf of the Mental Health Foundation. There is nothing wrong with our minds feeling out of sorts. We hope you will enjoy, in joy.

Attend/Invite to the FB event for updates and fullest info – including stage times! https://facebook.com/events/728909057917309/

Words: Caffy St Luce