POWER HAS SUNK IT'S FINGERS INTO HUMAN BEING

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HEAVEN IS REAL

Our friend Adam has written a book about UTR's prodigal son JOHN MAUS and he has a book launch happening in London towards the end of this month, full details to follow, looks like a great event! UTR x




SOME WORDS >>>>

John Maus is one of the most intriguing artists in the millennial wave of lo-fi pop, assembling his unique and intimate language from synth pop, disco, baroque classical and church music. Yet Maus’s work is much more than another exercise in retroist hybridity, and his overtures on truth and love are, upon further listening, no mere ironic posturing. Does Maus have something to teach us about arriving at the truth through personal musical expression, or is he on a doomed Romantic adventure? Has he really discovered Heaven – and can he take us there?

More links and things up here: http://rougesfoam.blogspot.com/2011/07/john-maus-is-back-new-album-book-launch.html

YES WAY

It’s that time of the year for YES WAY to jump back in its saddle! Taking place between August 12-14, YES WAY is a London-based three day festival intent on celebrating the UK's best and brightest independent art and music.

After the success of last two year's sold out events, YES WAY 3 will see 45 bands, representing the length and breadth of the British Isles, perform over two stages this time at Peckham art hub The Bussey Building, previously used by UTR for their Spaghetti Tree festival in April to great success. We’ll have our usual DIY swapshop / record store, tasty local and Vegan food, now supplemented by the Bussey Building’s rooftop bar-BQ too.

YES WAY has been a real turning point for the UK’s underground music scene. The emphasis of the festival is on exposing under the radar gems from around the UK, uniting musicians from disparate genres and local scenes, helping to foster a sense of community and enthusiasm amongst them and fans of the music. The fact that only four of the acts this year played at last year’s event speaks volumes for the on-going fertility of that burgeoning community.

Over the course of the three days the following bands will be appearing at YES WAY:

FRIDAY 12 AUGUST

PLEASE – Restless and wayward psych-garage stomp

http://ouse.org.uk/please/

DIVORCE – Thrilling, breakneck splatter rawk from Glasgow

http://www.myspace.com/puredivorced

SPIN SPIN THE DOGS – Absurdist, rambling, narrative-heavy post punk

http://www.myspace.com/spinspinthedogs

TROGONS – Quasi medieval, trouble prog from London

http://www.myspace.com/trogonon

SILVER FOX – Heartbreak heavy dream team from Newcastle

http://www.myspace.com/wearesilverfox

EAGULLS – Raging, council flat hardcore from Leeds

http://www.myspace.com/eagulls

BEN BUTLER & MOUSEPAD - Miraculously wonky, addictive synth funk

http://benbutlerandmousepad.bandcamp.com/

SATURDAY 13 AUGUST

YOLA FATOUSH – Tribal math, vocal doubling trip outs

http://yolafatoush.bandcamp.com/

MR PEPPERMINT – Masked and malevolent Glaswegian noise rockers

http://www.myspace.com/mrmrpeppermint

LET’S WRESTLE – Super catchy masterminds of the lo-finest suburban pop

http://www.myspace.com/letsfuckingwrestle

BLACK ABBA – Occult and darkly uncanny doom supergroup

http://www.myspace.com/alexanderdtucker

BAD ORB – Lopsided tape fog vs backwards hex from Brighton

http://www.myspace.com/itsabadorb

WAY THROUGH – Wrong-footed haunted pastoral punk

http://www.myspace.com/wearewaythrough

WARM BRAINS – Wiry and swoonsome popcore from London

http://www.warmbrains.com/

BEAR MAN – Cardiff’s freedom psych monoliths

http://www.myspace.com/bearmanbearman

PEEPHOLES – Soaring, reverb-cloaked synth and drum epics

http://wearepeepholes.co.uk/

GROSS MAGIC – Vivid, glitter-grunge pop vibes from Brighton

http://thesoundsofsweetnothing.tumblr.com/

YUGOSLAVIAN BOYS – Leeds’ unruly and unhinged new wave oddballs

http://www.myspace.com/yugoslavianboys

SATURDAY’S KIDS – Primal, sprawling, savage rock from South Wales

http://www.saturdayskids.org/

SEX HANDS – Manchester’s fuzzed-out clang, bang and twang gang

http://soundcloud.com/sexhands

HORSES – Brash and trashy garage two-piece from Manchester

http://wearehorses.tumblr.com/

LEFT LEG – Radical, post-yelping art punk

http://leftleg.tumblr.com/

FEAR OF MEN – Memory jangle and emotional tangle

http://fearofmen.bandcamp.com/

GENTLE FRIENDLY – Smart and primed rainbow noise

http://www.myspace.com/gentlefriendly

SUNDAY 14 AUGUST

TENSE MEN – Spectral yet motorik herky jerks

http://tensemen.tumblr.com/

WASKERLEY WAY – Trippy junked loops and nature step from Newcastle

http://www.myspace.com/waskerleyway

LA LA VASQUEZ - Hyper melodic scrappy surf-pop trio

http://lalavasquezband.blogspot.com/

THE BOMBER JACKETS – Fresh-faced funk-glooping mundanity observers

http://www.myspace.com/556214273

PRIZE PETS – Nottingham brings forth mangled riffage and creeped-out vocal plots

http://www.myspace.com/prizepets

THROWING UP – 2011, the year that puke broke

http://throwinguptheband.tumblr.com/

HOOKWORMS – Wah-wrangling swampedelic unit from Leeds

http://soundcloud.com/hookworms

SLUSHY GUTS – Quietly spun and somewhat spooked cabin emo

http://slushyguts.bandcamp.com/

FLAMINGODS – Casio-gamelan shambolism pact

http://flamingods.bandcamp.com/

PROPER ORNAMENTS – Hushed and honeyed dream town harmonies

http://www.myspace.com/theproperornaments

BASTARD SWORD – Autotuners of the planet sinewave unite!

http://www.myspace.com/bastardsword2

PATRICK KELLEHER & HIS COLD DEAD HANDS – Dublin’s fantasy hypno-balladeer

http://soundcloud.com/patrick-kelleher

ANGUISH SANDWICH – Frazzled, chugaholic garage from Northampton

http://anguishsandwichcamp.bandcamp.com/

ELECTRICITY IN OUR HOMES – Sprightly, kilter offsetting feral melody chasers

http://www.myspace.com/electricityinourhomes

SAUNA YOUTH – Pulse grabbing racket from mic-throwing chaos cloud

http://lostinidea.blogspot.com/

MARIA & THE MIRRORS – Industrial paradise drums and tropical electronics

http://www.myspace.com/mariamirrors

This year our past collaborator Auto-Italia South East are unable to be involved as they are concentrating on setting up their exciting new space. Check it out here:

http://www.autoitaliasouth​east.org/

We wish them well as always
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TICKETS

Tickets for all three days are available through We Got Tickets here:

http://www.wegottickets.com/f/2727

LOCATION

The Bussey Building is situated at 133 Rye Lane, Peckham Rye, SE15 4ST

OVERLAND: Peckham Rye

BUS: 12, 78, 37, 63, 343

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FOOT VILLAGE - EURO TRIP

FRIDAY 15 JULY *
Wolstenholme Creative Space, Liverpool, UK
facebook rsvp / last.fm rsvp

SATURDAY 16 JULY *
Nice N' Sleazy, Glasgow, UK
facebook rsvp / last.fm rsvp

SUNDAY 17 JULY *
Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK
facebook rsvp / last.fm rsvp

MONDAY 18 JULY *
Undertone, Cardiff, UK
facebook rsvp / last.fm rsvp

TUESDAY 19 JULY *
Hare & Hounds, Birmingham, UK
facebook rsvp / last.fm rsvp

THURSDAY 21 JULY *
The Green Door Store, Brighton, UK
facebook rsvp / last.fm rsvp

FRIDAY 22 JULY *
The Victoria, Dalston, London, UK
last.fm rsvp

SATURDAY 23 July
All Tomorrow's Parties (curated by Portishead), Alexandra Palace, Minehead, UK
website / last.fm rsvp

SUNDAY 24 July
Milhões de Festa, Barcelos, ESP
website / last.fm rsvp

WEDNESDAY 27 July
OT301, Amsterdam, NE
website / last.fm rsvp

FRIDAY 29 July
Creepy Teepee, Prague, CZ
facebook rsvp / last.fm rsvp

FRIDAY 05 Aug
The Croft, Bristol, UK
facebook rsvp / last.fm rsvp

* - with BITCHES

NEW YORK CITY MAUS

John Maus - "Maniac" from Ian Perlman on Vimeo.

Check out this amazing footage from the John Maus US tour - from his show in New York, at Glasslands, last week. The song is the anthemic Maniac, from Songs (now available on white vinyl from the webshop after an age out of print).

It's always been a challenge to convey the sheer intensity of the Maus live show but this video comes very close. All credit to Ian Perlman for his efforts.

There are still some tour dates left in the US, but not many:

08.07 - New Orleans, LA - Howlin Wolf *
09.07 - Austin, TX - Mohawk Inside *
12.07 - San Diego, CA - Casbah *
13.07 - Costa Mesa, CA - Detroit Bar *
15.07 - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex *

John will be coming to Europe in November and there will be an announcement in due course, so watch this space.

Many thanks to all those who have been involved in the release of Pitiless Censors and who have made it such a success. Extra special thanks to those fans who have been there with us from the start x