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TWO DOOR

CINEMA CLUB

CULTURE

DOOR

CLUB15 minutes or less?:ONE DIRECTION

TWO

CINEMA

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NEVER stop the music

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as they are meant to signify “Yaweh,” and the song itself, a brilliant stomp-along anthem, is framed as a conversation with God. They’ve come a long way, in-deed. Modern Vampires of the City represents yet another gi-ant leap forward for the band, sonically, musically and themat-ically.

Loaded with organs, ghost-ly choirs and the pervasive chords of an upright piano; filled with references to age, re-ligion, and death, it carries the aural grandeur and emotional heft you might expect from an Arcade Fire album. “In the past, I think a lot of our songs have had detours, surreal moments, vignettes,” Koenig recently told the New York

by ADAM OFFITZER

“I’ve had dreams of Boston all of my life,” Ezra Koenig sang in “La-dies of Cambridge,” the B-side to Vampire Weekend’s first sin-gle in 2007. Six years later, he seems to be perfectly content with New York.

Manhattan has dominated the press roll-out for Modern Vam-pires of the City. The album cov-er makes it fairly clear what city these modern vampires roam in. The lyrics video for “Step” treats New York as the subject of a glamorous photo shoot, artfully capturing the urban beauty of the city that never sleeps. The press pictures accompanying the band’s NPR and New York Times profiles show the band perched on rooftops, overlook-ing the borough they proudly represent.

It was only fitting, then, that the band’s highest-profile debut of

their new material would come in the form of a homecoming show. Playing the Roseland Ballroom on West 52nd St. and streaming live to a worldwide audience, the quartet performed six new tracks, easily interspersing them with old classics and crowd fa-vorites.

After a rousing rendition of “A-Punk,” actor Steve Busce-mi joined them onstage. “I’m proud of these guys,” he said matter-of-factly into the micro-phone. “They’ve come a long

After “A-Punk,” the band transi-tioned into “Ya Hey” from Mod-ern Vampires, another track with a wordless sing-along at its center. But unlike the absurd-ly catchy, frivolous “ay-ay-ays” of “A-Punk,” the “ya-heys” of “Ya Hey” are filled with meaning,

THE VAMPIRES ARE BACK

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CULTUREINDEX

5 ON THE COVER

BILLBOARD AWARDS

6. 15 minutes or less?8. Billboard Music Awards10.Two Door Cinema Club15. AMONG THE SAFEST BANDS TO LISTEN TO WHEN DRIVING16. New Artist17. The music you need to hear18. The Vampires ARE Back

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GIVE LOVEGIVE ITUNES

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THE MUSIC YOU NEED

TO HEAR THIS YEAR

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Twelve months ago, Jake Bugg was just another teenage songwriter. Now, he’s the self-appoint-ed saviour of real music, inciting riots wherever he goes. Jimi Famurewa joins him on the tour bus.The recent loyalist protests may have rendered the streets of Belfast strangely empty, but in one sweaty, cramped corner there is still

Jake BUGG

NEWARTI

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a serviceable riot going on. Arms are extended so smartphones can capture a succession of dreadful photographs. Grown men raise watery pints aloft and loudly serenade each other.

A girl in a white dress – who’s been tipsily trying to tell me the same story about accidentally delet-ing a picture for the past

30 minutes – nearly top-ples a rickety barricade as a telltale clearing forms in the centre of the crowd.

With that, the events su-pervisors are off, bearing an expression of weary hopelessness, to break up the third drunken punch-up of the evening. A pink-faced kid with ginger hair is bundled through the 900-capacity crush and roughly acquainted with the reinforced fire doors. White Dress Girl is still try-ing to tell me that story.

Born 28 February 1994 (age 19)

Nottingham, EnglandGenres: Indie folk, indie

rock, folk rockInstruments: Vocals, guitar,

harmonica, bassYears active

2011–presentLabelsMercury (2011-Present)

Website jakebugg.com

Enter to win his new Album

BUGG

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ON THE COVER

TrimbleAlex

KevinBaird

-lead vocals -guitar-beats

-synths

-bass-vocals -synths

02/08/89

03/10/89

-lead guitar-vocals

Sam Halliday

26/07/89

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Anyone who is or knows a female age 5-95 has heard of One Direction. If somehowhaven’t, here’s a brief in-troduction to one of the most popular boy bands in the world right now.

One Direction is a five-mem-ber English-Irish pop boy band based in London. Members consist of Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson. The group was first seen as individu-als in the seventh seasonof The X Factor in 2010, later being put togeth-er as a group to com-

pete in the same season.Music groups creat-ed by executives from a study consisting twen-ties pretty faces that nei-ther play instruments andcompose their songs and led to the mass teen to go crazy. It’s what was New Kids On The Block in the eighties, Back-street Boys in the ‘90s and now One Direction, five boys hatched British X Factor pas-sions are rising in all world

The band’s sound is nothing new or original, easy and highly produced pop on the same

wavelength as the songs of Take That, Backstreet Boys and other similar groups. That sounds his single ‘What Makes You Beauti-ful’ How long will the craze for One Direction? Win out some of its members alone?

15 MINUTES OF FAME?

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COLDPLAY:Research has revealed that the songs drivers listen to can influence how safe they are on the roads. Each of the songs have an opti-mum tempo of a song for safe driving, mimic-ing the human heart-beat at around 60 to 80 beats per minute.

The study, also revealed the type of songs that cause motorists to drive dangerously.Music that is noisy, upbeat and in-creases a driver’s heart rate can be a deadly mix.

Top 10safest songs:1. Come Away With Me – Norah Jones

2. Billionaire Feat. Bru-no Mars – Travie McCoy

3. I’m Yours – Jason Mraz

4. The Scientist – Cold-play

5. Tiny Dancer – Elton John

6. Cry Me a River – Justin Timberlake

7. I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing –Aerosmith

8. Karma Police – Radiohead

9. Never Had a Dream Come True – S Club 7

10. Skinny Love – Bon Iver

top 10unsafe songs:1. Hey Mama – The Black Eyed Peas

2. Dead on Arrival – Fall Out Boy

3. Paper Planes – M.I.A

4. Walkie Talkie Man – Stereogram

5. Paradise City - Guns N’ Roses

6. How You Remind Me – Nickelback

7. Hit the Road, Jack – Ray Charles

8. Get Rhythm – Johnny Cash

9. Heartless – Kanye West

10. Young, Wild and Free – Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa (feat. Bruno Mars)

AMONG THE SAFEST BANDS TO LISTEN TO

WHEN DRIVING

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TOP TEN

1 Can’t Hold UsMacklemore & Ryan LewisFeat.Ray Dalton The Heist

MAY2Just Give Me A Reason

P!nk Featuring Nate Ruess

3 MirrorsJustin Timberlake

When I Was Your ManBruno Mars

Unorthodox Jukebox

4

5 StayRihanna Featuring Mikky Ekko Unapologetic

Come & Get ItSelena Gomez

Come & Get It

7Thrift ShopMacklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz The Heist

6

RadioactiveImagine Dragons Night Visions

8

9I Love ItIcona Pop Featur-ing Charli XCX Iconic 10

CruiseFlorida Georgia Line Featuring

Nelly

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MAY

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Las Vegas is a pretty revealing place, and the 2013 Billboard Music Awards made sure to match the spirit of

their host city.

There were, of course, the skimpy Sin City fashions, then Miley Cyrus announced that her new single would arrive June 3, and possibly most revealing of all, Tay-lor Swift was revealed as the top winner of the night, taking home an astound-ing eight trophies, including Top Artist and Top Billboard 200 Album for Red.

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Artist of the Year: Taylor Swift Top Rap Artist: Nicki Minaj Top Digital Song: “Call Me Maybe,” Carly Rae JepsenTop Rap Song: “Thrift Shop,” Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Top Touring Artist: MadonnaTop Male Artist: Justin BieberTop EDM Artist: David Guetta Top Hot 100 Song: “Somebody That I Used to Know,” Gotye feat. Kimbra Top Duo/Group: One DirectionTop New Artist: One Direction Top Female Artist: Taylor Swift Top Hot 100 Artist: Maroon 5 Top Billboard 200 Artist: Taylor Swift Top Radio Songs Artist: Rihanna Top Social Artist: Justin Bieber Top Streaming Artist: Nicki Minaj Top Pop Artist: One Direction Top R&B Artist: Rihanna Top Country Artist: Taylor Swift Top Rock Artist: fun. Top Latin Artist: Jenni Rivera Top Dance Artist: Madonna Top Christian Artist: tobyMacTop Pop Album: 21, Adele Top R&B Album: Unapologetic, Rihanna Top Rap Album: Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, Nicki Minaj Top Country Album: Red, Taylor SwiftTop Rock Album: Babel, Mumford & Sons Top Latin Album: La Misma Gran Señora, Jenni Rivera Top Dance Album: MDNA, Madonna Top EDM Album: Bangarang, Skrillex Top Christian Album: Eye On It, tobyMacTop Radio Song: “Somebody That I Used to Know,” Gotye feat. Kimbra Top Streaming Song (Audio): “Somebody That I Used to Know,” Gotye feat. Kimbra Top Steaming Song (Video): “Gangnam Style,” Psy Top Pop Song: “Call Me Maybe,” Carly Rae Jepsen Top R&B Song: “Diamonds,” Rihanna Top Country Song: “We Are Never Getting Back Together,” Taylor Swift Top Rock Song: “Somebody That I Used to Know,” Gotye feat. Kimbra Top Latin Song: “Ai Se Eu Te Pego,” Michel Teló Top Dance Song: “Harlem Shake,” Baauer Top EDM Song: “Harlem Shake,” Baauer Top Christian Song: “10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord),” Matt Redman Milestone Award: Justin BieberIcon Award: Prince

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DOOR

CLUB

TWO

CINEMA

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Between festivals, recording, touring and the small matter of one of them participat-ing in the Olympics Opening Ceremony, county Down’s Two Door Cinema Club ha-ven’t really let up since they first appeared three years ago. Now that their sec-ond album Beacon is out, not much has changed. The band’s calendar has North America, Europe, Australia and European shows up until next April and they’ve a big show in Dub-lin’s The O2 on January 19th.

The whirlwind of the last three years have culminat-ed in Beacon. The trio of Alex Trimble, Kevin Baird and Sam

Halliday took five months off to get the ideas for new songs and to record what would become Beacon ear-lier this year, while playing once-off shows in-between.Trimble was listening to some well-known names he had perhaps, taken for grant-ed. “I listened to a lot of The Beatles, Motown, Kraftwerk, Talk Talk and the Beach Boys,” he says. “Those huge bands that are in the back-ground your whole life. I got into them and really appre-ciated them. But the Spice Girls and Jay-Z were also on the stereo, as was Little Dragon, Alt-J and The Wal-kmen. All kinds of stuff from all corners of the globe

and all different genres.”“The travelling aspect, the experiences, the crazy stuff that we do, the leav-ing people behind, want-ing to be somewhere else; all of this informed the re-cord” says Alex. “Most of the time you’re really enjoy-ing yourself but there’s a lot of guilt and inner conflict.”That guilt can be read in the lyric sheet of Beacon. “I don’t know where I am go-ing to rest my head tonight / So I won’t promise that I’ll speak to you today,” opines Alex on Beacon opener ‘Next Year’. Or the homesick “drawn apart / New York and London / All I see now / Are distant drumlins” on ‘Sun’.

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stuff that we do, the leav-ing people behind, want-ing to be somewhere else; all of this informed the re-cord” says Alex. “Most of the time you’re really enjoy-ing yourself but there’s a lot of guilt and inner conflict.”That guilt can be read in the lyric sheet of Beacon. “I don’t know where I am go-ing to rest my head tonight / So I won’t promise that I’ll speak to you today,” opines Alex on Beacon opener ‘Next Year’. Or the homesick

DOOR

CLUB

TWO

CINEMA

Between festivals, recording, touring and the small matter of one of them participat-ing in the Olympics Opening Ceremony, county Down’s Two Door Cinema Club ha-ven’t really let up since they first appeared three years ago. Now that their sec-ond album Beacon is out, not much has changed. The band’s calendar has North America, Europe, Australia and European shows up until next April and they’ve a big show in Dub-lin’s The O2 on January 19th.

The whirlwind of the last three years have culminat-ed in Beacon. The trio of Alex Trimble, Kevin Baird and Sam Halliday took five months

off to get the ideas for new songs and to record what would become Beacon ear-lier this year, while playing once-off shows in-between.Trimble was listening to some well-known names he had perhaps, taken for grant-ed. “I listened to a lot of The Beatles, Motown, Kraftwerk, Talk Talk and the Beach Boys,” he says. “Those huge bands that are in the back-ground your whole life. I got into them and really appre-ciated them. But the Spice Girls and Jay-Z were also on the stereo, as was Little Dragon, Alt-J and The Wal-kmen. All kinds of stuff from all corners of the globe and all different genres.”“The travelling aspect, the experiences, the crazy

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Let’s go to theTHIRFT SHOP!

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis have garnered widespread popular-ity and widespread criticism for their oddball hit “Thrift Shop.” The duo spoke to XXL about the backlash--in par-ticular, a New York Times ar-ticle that questioned the au-thenticity of the duo’s music.

“I think that the dude who wrote that probably hasn’t listened to the whole album. When a song like ‘Thrift Shop’ becomes a part of popular culture and soc-cer moms are bumping it and 5-year-olds are singing, ‘This is f**king awesome,’ it’s real-ly easy to go in with a scalpel and dissect it and scrutinize the sh*t out of it,” Macklemore ex-plained. “If it was somebody else

who made the song, I’d proba-bly do the same thing, particu-larly if it was two white dudes. But I still think ‘Thrift Shop’ is a really great record. I think that the beat’s slapping, I think that I’m rapping my a** off,

and I think that it has a really catchy chorus, and those things came together and made a re-cord that crossed over to pop.”“Or on the flip side of that is looking to make what is cur-rent,” said Lewis. “That’s why I think somebody like Kanye

is absolutely phenomenal, be-cause he continues to come out with something that no-body else has and he redefines what the standard is to an ac-ceptable hip-hop beat or an acceptable cadence or subject matter. It’s the reason why he is a trailblazer in the genre.”

“When you see people who have longevity in this indus-try, it’s people who reinvent-ed themselves. Jay-Z, although Reasonable Doubt is one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time, Jay-Z hasn’t made 15 Rea-sonable Doubts. Some people wish that he would, but people evolve, artists evolve, and music evolves,” Macklemore added.

THIRFT SHOP!

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