Morning everyone!
Just a quick heads up about our two shows next week. Next Tuesday we
pitch up at Power Lunches for an evening of extra-terrestrial electronics and
heavy minimalism with GUARDIAN ALIEN,
DON’T ARGUE and CURLING HANDS. Then the following Sunday we return to The Grosvenor
for one last time before it closes for our NO
BALLS (members of BRAINBOMBS), TORTURING NURSE and SEALINGS show, all things in extremity,
only up close! Read on for full blurbs on both of those concerts.
This last week we’ve also confirmed new shows for MAGIK MARKERS, a two day WOLF
EYES special at Café OTO (seeing them headline and present their solo projects)
and a UTR label party at the end of August with SILVER FOX, TRASH KIT, THE PHEROMOANS, RAVIOLI ME AWAY and DOG
CHOCOLATE all performing! Exciting stuff I’m sure you’ll agree. Thanks for
taking the time to read this humble missive, enjoy your week…
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GUARDIAN ALIEN
DON’T ARGUE
CURLING HANDS
Tuesday 8
July
Power
Lunches, 446 Kingsland Road, Dalston, E8 4AE
GUARDIAN ALIEN, led by the unparalleled drumming of
Greg Fox, are an integral part of a new wave of New York avant-garde. Taking
inspiration from those that came before, such as Milford Graves (with whom Fox
has studied), and the great minimalist composer Rhys Chatham, Guardian Alien
rejects previously established forms while selectively contorting elements of
many into a wholly unique and personal new order. Striking a unique balance
between sounds produced acoustically and electronically, its latest work,
'Spiritual Emergency' released by Thrill Jockey, shows the group harnessing
instability and inter-planetary fluctuations, pushing its sound in multiple
directions simultaneously. The album’s first side consists of a series of
radically different improvised vignettes, beginning with the hushed, intricate
tabla rhythms and cut-up vocals of “Tranquilizer” before launching into the
brief, ecstatic bursts of “Mirror” and the robotic syncopation of “Vapor,”
finally peaking with the fuzzed-out wall of drone that is “Mirage.” When Fox’s
polyrhythmic pounding and Alexandra's Drewchin’s bubbling electrics enter, the
piece quickly escalates and never sits still, the quintet reveling in the
metaphysical revelation that results in the ensuing 20 minutes of reflective
frenzy. Fox also currently plays as a member of Zs and has continued to
collaborate with a remarkable array of musicians, including Ben Frost, Colin
Stetson, Dustin Wong and Kid Millions.
http://guardianalien.tumblr.com/
DON'T ARGUE are a cosmic synth duo
made up of Monika Krol from Meddicine and Nick Carlisle of Peepholes. They
recently teamed up together to serve up 20 minutes of sleek future sounds for a
cassette release on SixSixSixties. Monika whispers over glacial synthetic
soundscapes whilst kaleidoscopic rhythms erupt out by Nick's dexterous fingers.
http://www.dontargue.co.uk/
CURLING HANDS is the heavy psych project
of William Rees, a composer and multi-instrumentalist currently based in
London. Focusing primarily on manipulation of the electric guitar, Curling
Hands seeks to explore the connection between heavy metal and early 60’s
minimalism.
https://soundcloud.com/night-ritual/sets/curling-hands-1
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NO BALLS
(Members
of BRAINBOMBS)
TORTURING NURSE
SEALINGS
Sunday 13
July
The
Grosvenor, 17 Sidney Road, Stockwell, SW9 0TP
NO BALLS are a
Swedish proto-punk band comprised of Drajan Bryngelsson and Dan Råberg from the
legendary Brainbombs. Monotonous, repetitive and brutal with some hints at no
wave, No Balls use drums and guitars, whilst some vocals and trumpets thrown in
occasionally to create a sound that's raw, intense and in your face. Kind of
like a nihilistic mix of Shit & Shine, DNA and Ruins. Their debut LP, 'Come
Clean', sold out immediately through Release The Bats and has since been
reissued through Streak / Who Can You Trust and Permanent. Its music that could
be described as “dumb” or “brainless” and the same has been said of The
Stooges, but like the Ann Arbor deities, No Balls navigate a route-one course
direct to the very essence of what it is about raucous guitars and drums that
can (in the right hands) make you feel you should throw yourself around a room.
Simple, direct, unrefined and with absolutely maximal raw power. There's an
almost feral and loose attitude with feedbacking shards splintering your ears
& slurred, garbled lyrics buried underneath the psychotic punk melee.
You'll truly be sucked into their wonderful vortex of cyclic scuzz rifferama,
flailing beats and general ecstatic dirge.
https://soundcloud.com/tusk-festival/no-balls-suffering-contest
TORTURING
NURSE emphatically tear to shreds the idea that their hometown of Shanghai
is a city incapable of pushing artistic boundaries. The harsh noise group’s
performances have featured brutal walls of static, screeching distortion and
spinechilling screams. Although guitars and microphones are occasionally used,
instruments at past shows have included umbrellas, computer chipboards and meat
cleavers. They are hardly what you would call conventional. Given that frontman
Junky describes Torturing Nurse's sound as 'harsh as fuck', it's hardly
surprising that audiences at their shows remain small. Yet the group has
garnered international acclaim in the noise community, and Sonic Youth’s
Thurston Moore reportedly names them among his favourite artists. Torturing
Nurse have over 200 releases, mainly through their noise label Shasha Records
so there's lots to check out!
https://www.facebook.com/torturingnurseforever
SEALINGS
is Liam Burbridge and Michael Cotter, they hail from Brighton and have been
making a racket for quite some time now. Early releases saw them as a duo
utilising a drum machine but now they have been joined by a third member, Scott
Reeve on drums. Heavy on the distortion and feedback, Sealings harness all the
best parts of punk, filter them through ear bleeding shoegaze-esq feedback,
black metal blast beats and outsider indie meanderings. Throw into the mix some
broken noise which brings an industrial edge to the recordings and you have
something that sounds ultimately unique in an age of by numbers lo-fi garage
rock. The new Sealings LP is coming out on Faux Discx records over the Summer,
whilst previous releases have been through some of our other favourite UK
labels… Clandestine Records, Tye Dye Tapes and Italian Beach Babes.
http://sealings.bandcamp.com/
UPSET THE RHYTHM
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THE RHYTHM /////
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GUARDIAN ALIEN
DON’T ARGUE
CURLING HANDS
Tuesday 8
July
Power
Lunches, 446 Kingsland Road, Dalston, E8 4AE
NO BALLS
(Members
of BRAINBOMBS)
TORTURING NURSE
SEALINGS
Sunday 13
July
The
Grosvenor, 17 Sidney Road, Stockwell, SW9 0TP
SLEAFORD MODS
THE LOWEST FORM
MARK WYNN
Friday 18
July
The
Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, N1 9JB
8pm | £6 | SOLD OUT
THE UV RACE
SEEDS OF DOUBT
PRIMETIME
Tuesday 29 July
Corsica Studios, 5
Elephant Street, Elephant & Castle, SE17 1LB
8pm | £7 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/278699
PROTOMARTYR
SAUNA YOUTH
FEATURE
Tuesday 19
August
The
Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, N1 9JB
JULIE BYRNE
HEIDI ALEXANDER
Thursday 28
August
The
Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, N1 9JB
Upset The Rhythm
Label Party…
SILVER FOX
TRASH KIT
THE PHEROMOANS
RAVIOLI ME AWAY
DOG CHOCOLATE
Friday 29
August
Bethnal
Green Working Men’s Club, 44 Pollard Row, Bethnal Green, E2 6NB
8pm
| £6 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/280254
JACK OBLIVIAN
STRAIGHT ARROWS
THE SHEIKS
Sunday 31
August
Bethnal Green
Working Men’s Club, 44 Pollard Row, Bethnal Green, E2 6NB
Mississippi Records
on tour: 'A Cosmic and Earthly History of Recorded Music according to
Mississippi Records' (A film & talk presentation)
Including live performances
from…
MARISA ANDERSON
LORI GOLDSTON
DRAGGING AN OX
THROUGH WATER
Monday 15 September
Café OTO, 22 Ashwin
Street, Dalston, E8 3DL
MAGIK MARKERS
Tuesday 23 September
Café OTO, 22 Ashwin
Street, Dalston, E8 3DL
SPRAY PAINT
THE GUTTERS
TENSE MEN
SAD HORSE
Friday 31st October
The Victoria, 451 Queensbridge Rd, Dalston, E8 3AS
8pm | £5 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/277625
FUTURE ISLANDS
Thursday 6
November
O2 Shepherd’s
Bush Empire, Shepherd’s Bush Green, W12 8TT
7pm | £15 | SOLD OUT
TY SEGALL
THE INTELLIGENCE
Wednesday
12 November
Electric
Ballroom, 184 Camden High St, London, NW1 8QP
7.30pm | £15.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/279358
