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Same Teens
* "All credit to Same Teens for what they're doing...you've got my support. We wish you well!" STEVE LAMACQ (RADIO 1)
* "bastions of all things young and cool..they've opened the eyes of stagnant thinking Manchester venues and promoters" ARTROCKER
* "XOX is Uber cool and Same Teens are the loveliest people who really know a thing or two about new music"EDDY TEMPLE-MORRIS (XFM LONDON/ THE SECRET GARDEN PARTY
* "the most resourceful people on the Manchester indie scene..with a brilliant, must read fanzine"MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS
* "the start of a new success.. a grand job laying down the likes of The View, Maximo Park, LCD Soundsystem et al" -MARC ROWLANDS (GUARDIAN GUIDE)
* "When we needed to know who'd have some idea of who'd be big in 2009 we went straight to the guys at XOX"DAZED AND CONFUSED
* "This Same Teens lark is probably the most important thing to happen in Manchester (music-wise) since the Sex Pistols came here in 1976."- CLINT BOON (INSPIRAL CARPETS / XFM MANCHESTER)
Mixmag raved about them, Dazed and Confused asked them for tips on what to listen to, they DJ on tour with The Charlatans, they curate stages at festivals and they write one of Erol Alkan's favourite fanzines. They even made a film featuring the likes of Rufus Wainwright and Mystery Jets. Same Teens sprung up less than three years ago when, fed up with getting knocked back from clubs and gigs for over 18s, and 15 and 16 themselves they decided they'd just do their own club night and gigs - they got Manchester's coolest DJs from nights like Now Wave and Up The Racket and legends like Clint B and got the use of a floor in a warehouse/practice room/ and they started a regular night.
Bands soon got to here and they got asked to DJ for the likes of Cajun Dance Party, Black Kids, Metronomy and even backstage for Iggy and The Stooges - playing records for the likes of The Horrors and Tricky! Tricky liked them so much he booked them to DJ for him. They started putting on regular gigs and people like Foals, Dead Disco (featuring Little Boots), Esser, and The Kabeedies and things were looking up.
So much fun was being had they felt they had to tell people about it - so next up they started XOX, their magazine, featuring interviews with everyone from The Maccabees, We Are Scientists and Noah and The Whale - they did their own fashion shoots and worked with iconic photographers like Gavin Watson. 8000 readers a month were downlloading their Singles Club tracks from the likes of The Virgins and Poppy and The Jezebels and Same Teens sprung up in Japan and Australia - with the Aussies doing their own fanzine, but called XOZ (geddit?). They did special editions at The Isle of Wight and Manchester International Festival and printed a limited run of 500 for Manchester In The City convention.
The original group behind Same Teens got old enough to DJ at over 18s events and clubs and got to play alongside Mat Horne and Mystery Jets - they played at The Secret Garden Party, Saturday night from 10pm till midnight at Dockville Festival in Hamburg where MGMT headlined and curated a stage at kendal Calling where the likes of Tommy Sparks, Chew Lips and The Answering Machine rocked their tent. They were invited to put an event together for Manchester Internatioanl Festival alongside the likes of Kraftwerk and Elbow.
So now they've got over 18s nights, all ages nights, venues at The Camden Crawl, their own merchandise and some of the coolest bands playing for them. Their In The City line ups read like a who's who of what's what in the world of new music - Hatcham Social, My Tiger My Timing, Wild Palms - bands from New York like Ezra Bang & Hot Machine and even marching ska bands from Tokyo. Tim Burgess is DJing at their aftershow party and Mark Ronson is rumoured to be putting in an appearance.
They always welcome new contributors and ideas and have always got stuff going on - after In The City they've got a quick jaunt round the country DJing at some low key Charlatans gigs.
Give them a shout, you'll like them
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