New shows, new records, new tours!

Evening all!

It’s been a very productive week so far for Upset The Rhythm. We’ve announced new shows for Downtown Boys and Neil Michael Hagerty & The Howling Hex, plus new records for Dog Chocolate and The World. Both shows are listed below and you can have a first listen to both of those releases here too.

Dog Chocolate – ‘Emotionally Buff’

The World – ‘Managerial Material’

This Friday we’re also releasing a digital single by Bamboo, hot on the heels of their excellent debut LP ‘Prince Pansori Priestess’. Friday’s release teams up monumental track ‘Hexagonal’ from that album with their latest celestial effort ‘Diamond Springs’, recorded literally last week. Check out this for some artwork too, not bad! Reminds me I must invest in a new shroud.

If that wasn’t enough, tomorrow we also have two European tours kicking off, here are the tour posters for Sauna Youth and Pega Monstro. Are they coming to a city near you? Both bands will be playing London for us soon, listings galore follow…

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PEGA MONSTRO

RATTLE

ES

Saturday 6 February

Moth Club, Old Trades Hall, Valette St, Hackney Central, E8 1EL

8pm | £6 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/342320

PEGA MONSTRO are sisters Júlia Reis (drums) and Maria Reis (guitar, keyboard), both sing! Born and raised in Lisbon, Portugal, Maria and Júlia have been playing music together since they were 15 and 17 respectively, in other groups first before resolving on becoming a duo. Back in 2010, both sisters started a record label, along with some of their musician friends, called Cafetra Records to document Portugal’s garage punk scene. Cafetra represents a community of like-minded musicians who all help each other, making music that they’d want to hear, powered by enthusiasm. 2012 saw Pega Monstro release their self-titled debut album, making for a raucous record that met with critical national acclaim. Last summer, Pega Monstro released their new album entitled ‘Alfarroba’ on Upset The Rhythm. The songs on ‘Alfarroba’ deal with many themes, some universal topics like love and growing up, others focusing on the nature of writing songs themselves, whilst some try to make sense of the world from a female perspective. Returning to London after their spectacular performance with Deerhoof last August, expect torrents of energy from Pega Monstro; snare rolls triggering flights of guitar, and fogs of cymbal shimmer that form steps for their vocals to climb.

https://pegamonstro.bandcamp.com/album/alfarroba

RATTLE are a drumming duo based in Nottingham. Rattle focus almost exclusively on drums and more drums, beneath a delicate overlay of vocal harmonies and percussive effects. Formed by Katharine Eira Brown (also of Kogumaza) and Theresa Wrigley (also of Fists); Rattle began as an experiment in crafting rich songs and melody using drums and voice alone. Their music weaves and intertwines post-punk, minimalism and experimental rock, through off-kilter rhythms, patterns and counter melodies. Their live performances are at once hypnotic, monastic and danceable, entrancing audiences at Supersonic Festival, Dot to Dot and throughout the UK during December’s recent tour with Witching Waves.
https://rattleon.bandcamp.com/

ES are a brand new band featuring Maria, Flora, Tamsin and Katy, who you may know from their other excellent bands Primetime, Gloss Rejection, The Worms and Black Fungus. Weaving sinewy keyboard lines and a direct vocal around the bass and drums they write stark songs that are as hard to pin down as they are inventive. It's still early doors so no music online yet, you'll have to come and see them play to know more!

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SAUNA YOUTH

NOT SORRY

SARCASM

PUB CLASSICS (DJ Set)

Saturday 13 February

The Forge, 3-7 Delancey Street, Camden, NW1 7NL

7pm | £7 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/342318

SAUNA YOUTH are an evolving band of future humans making truly irregular punk, not quite comparable to anything else. "Weird" is a meaningless platitude and "art punk" is a classifier that shouldn't be required. Consisting of Richard Phoenix (drums, vocals), Lindsay Corstorphine (guitar), Jen Calleja (vocals, sampler) and Christopher Murphy (bass), Sauna Youth are a punk band that's happy to embrace all of the contradictions that go along with that notion. On paper, Sauna Youth sound considered - live, they can barely be contained. They are at times furious, unstoppable and severe, with the sampler wailing like an alarm coming from a parallel universe - then chugging, poppy, harmonious and fun. Forever loud. This show celebrates the release of their excellent new 7” ‘The Bridge / Blurry Images’ out on Upset The Rhythm.

https://saunayouth.bandcamp.com/

NOT SORRY are four slinky-synth, disco-punx from London, featuring members of Joey Fourr and Ravioli Me Away. Check out their recent split tape with Holysix on Good Job/SixSixSixties for plenty of woozy, sometimes disquieting, always irrefutable pop bangers.

https://soundcloud.com/not-sorry-1

SARCASM bring the brittle post-punk, featuring members of Efialtis and Snob. No recordings online yet, demo in the works.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqNC8i7ETw4

PUB CLASSICS (DJ Set)

https://www.mixcloud.com/pubclassics/  

Until we meet again have the best of times!

UPSET THE RHYTHM

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PEGA MONSTRO

RATTLE

ES

Saturday 6 February

Moth Club, Old Trades Hall, Valette St, Hackney Central, E8 1EL

7.30pm | 6.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/342320

SAUNA YOUTH

NOT SORRY

SARCASM

PUB CLASSICS (DJ Set)

Saturday 13 February

The Forge, 3-7 Delancey Street, Camden, NW1 7NL

7pm | £7 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/342318

GUN OUTFIT

AMPS FOR CHRIST

Wednesday 17 February

The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, N1 9JB

7.30pm | £8 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/340160

PROTOMARTYR
Monday 4th April
100 Club, 100 Oxford St, Oxford Street, W1D 1LL
7.30pm | £10 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/339599

NEIL MICHAEL HAGERTY & THE HOWLING HEX
Tuesday 10 May
Moth Club, Old Trades Hall, Valette St, Hackney Central, E8 1EL

7.30pm | £10 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/348514  

DOWNTOWN BOYS

Tuesday 31 May

The Victoria, 451 Queensbridge Rd, Dalston, E8 3AS
7.30pm | £7 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/347811

Neil Michael Hagerty & The Howling Hex in London this May!

Upset The Rhythm presents...


NEIL MICHAEL HAGERTY & THE HOWLING HEX
Tuesday 10 May
Moth Club, Old Trades Hall, Valette St, Hackney Central, E8 1EL
7.30pm | £10 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/348514 

Bamboo reviewed in Record Collector *****

Terrific 5* review of Bamboo's 'Prince Pansori Priestess' album in Record Collector this month! Thanks go out to Colin Clements for such keen listening!

Listening to The World!

Look out April 1st, as we're releasing this immense debut 7" by The World into the wild. 

The World emerge from the raucous DIY music scene of Oakland, California, and are happy to mess with the ‘drums/bass/guitar’ format of punk by throwing in not one but double saxophones. There’s a restless energy at play in their music, with the bass and drums often holding down the song, allowing the other instruments to wrangle for centre stage. Amber’s hypnotic yet direct vocal dances over the top of this lively framework with as much impulse as instinct. 

'Managerial Material' is the lead track from the 7". It's a song as contagious as it is fun, with a clear focus on wanting to make the whole room dance before leaving with its echoed message trapped inside their heads.

Limited to 500 copies on neon yellow vinyl, the record features the tracks 'Managerial Material, 'Talk', 'It Takes 2' and 'In Pieces'. Available to pre-order here now!

 

"We’re in Leeds in 1979. Kingston, 1968. Or is it Athens, Georgia in 1982? No, no, it’s none of the above. Here we are in Oakland, California. The year is 2016 and The World offer the only glimmers of hope in a city rapidly transforming into a wasteland of artisanal toast and succulent shops right before our very eyes. They’ve awed all those who have seen them play in San Francisco basements, beach town bars, crowded East Bay lofts—who knew the sight of bongos could be so titillating? And now The World is ready for the world. Their debut 7” is all double sax attack, the tremolo of dub guitar, and those spare and sturdy drums, anchored by the gravitational pull of Amber’s propulsive bass. Every member of this band feels like the secret weapon, and together, the combination is deadly, the particular alchemy of musicians (the best musicians) who voraciously consume music of all kinds. Members have done time in Andy Human and the Reptoids, Pang, and Penny Machine—devotees of all those will find much to like here. The World’s a post-punk band, sure, but they’re also a dance group, a wild and revolutionary art collective, sounds from the past catapulted to the future. Today your love, tomorrow The World. Join up."

Written by Grace Ambrose.

Announcing 'Snack Fans' LP by Dog Chocolate

Thrilled to announce Dog Chocolate's debut LP 'Snack Fans' will be coming out on Upset The Rhythm on March 18th. The record will be available on black or magenta 180g vinyl, with some eye-popping artwork, including a poster and lyric book that can be pre-ordered here.
 
Clash Magazine have just premiered their video to opening track 'Emotionally Buff' and here is the amazing cover art and full tracklisting!

Track listing:

01.  Emotionally Buff

02.  Plastic Canoe

03.  Con Air

04.  Everyday’s the End of the World for Someone

05.  Wish for a Cat

06.  I Don’t Know

07.  Roundabout

08.  Wet Bandana

09.  Be a Bloody River

10.  Bookmarks

11.  Some Kinda Summer

12.  Bent Wire Situation

13.  Building Dens

14.  Jono Filling Bin Bags

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DOWNTOWN BOYS are coming to London this May!

Well this is clearly going to be a revelation!!!

Upset The Rhythm presents...

DOWNTOWN BOYS
Tuesday 31 May
The Victoria, 451 Queensbridge Rd, Dalston, E8 3AS
7.30pm | £7 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/347811

Sauna Youth 7" released today, plus upcoming shows!

Hello everyone!
The ice has thawed around the cave entrance and Upset The Rhythm has stirred once more from hibernation. Today we’re very happy to release our first record of 2016, Sauna Youth's new 7" 'The Bridge / Blurry Images'. Both tracks are as brisk as they are smart as a whip, and are available on transparent vinyl from all good record shops as of… now. We also have copies available through our webshop if that’s helpful and a launch party coming up at The Forge next month (diaries at the ready)!

Check out their brilliant video for ‘The Bridge’, it’s moody, choreographed, brought to you by six different letters of the alphabet and makes for much compulsive viewing, enjoy…

Our first show of the year is coming up soon too, falling on Saturday 6^th February at Moth Club we’re very excited to have Portuguese dream-punk sisters Pega Monstro return to London. Joining them will be Rattle and Es, so it promises to be a great night. This brand new video for ‘Estrada’ by Pega Monstro sets the scene well, commemorating Julia and Maria’s dual birthday (sisters, but not twins, hmm, gives you something to think about), uncanny depths.

Both Pega Monstro and Sauna Youth start counterpart European tours on January 27^th and you can check if they’re coming to your town here.

Will they meet up in Antwerp? We can only cross our fingers and order in some amber beers. Thank you very much for reading, here’s the lowdown on what’s next…

\\\\\     NEXT SHOW     /////

PEGA MONSTRO

RATTLE

ES

Saturday 6 February

Moth Club, Old Trades Hall, Valette St, Hackney Central, E8 1EL

8pm | £6 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/342320

PEGA MONSTRO are sisters Júlia Reis (drums) and Maria Reis (guitar, keyboard), both sing! Born and raised in Lisbon, Portugal, Maria and Júlia have been playing music together since they were 15 and 17 respectively, in other groups first before resolving on becoming a duo. Back in 2010, both sisters started a record label, along with some of their musician friends, called Cafetra Records to document Portugal’s garage punk scene. Cafetra represents a community of like-minded musicians who all help each other, making music that they’d want to hear, powered by enthusiasm. 2012 saw Pega Monstro release their self-titled debut album, making for a raucous record that met with critical national acclaim. Last summer, Pega Monstro released their new album entitled ‘Alfarroba’ on Upset The Rhythm. The songs on ‘Alfarroba’ deal with many themes, some universal topics like love and growing up, others focusing on the nature of writing songs themselves, whilst some try to make sense of the world from a female perspective. Returning to London after their spectacular performance with Deerhoof last August, expect torrents of energy from Pega Monstro; snare rolls triggering flights of guitar, and fogs of cymbal shimmer that form steps for their vocals to climb.

https://pegamonstro.bandcamp.com/album/alfarroba

RATTLE are a drumming duo based in Nottingham. Rattle focus almost exclusively on drums and more drums, beneath a delicate overlay of vocal harmonies and percussive effects. Formed by Katharine Eira Brown (also of Kogumaza) and Theresa Wrigley (also of Fists); Rattle began as an experiment in crafting rich songs and melody using drums and voice alone. Their music weaves and intertwines post-punk, minimalism and experimental rock, through off-kilter rhythms, patterns and counter melodies. Their live performances are at once hypnotic, monastic and danceable, entrancing audiences at Supersonic Festival, Dot to Dot and throughout the UK during December’s recent tour with Witching Waves.
https://rattleon.bandcamp.com/

ES are a brand new band featuring Maria, Flora, Tamsin and Katy, who you may know from their other excellent bands Primetime, Gloss Rejection, The Worms and Black Fungus. Weaving sinewy keyboard lines and a direct vocal around the bass and drums they write stark songs that are as hard to pin down as they are inventive. It's still early doors so no music online yet, you'll have to come and see them play to know more!

If you’re interested, we have some videos of performances from our last shows at Powerlunches from December available for your viewing pleasure hither:

http://upsettherhythm.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/live-footage-from-our-final.html

We’re also very keen to point out that Bamboo, who played at both of those events, have an album launch at the Total Refreshment Centre approaching on January 23^rd. We released their massively-mesmeric album ‘Prince Pansori Priestess’ in the dying light of 2015 and like a torch of a thousand flames it is blinding, transporting all who hear it to another, better world. Here’s the poster, Mat Riviere and Bas Jan will both be appearing too, plus Trash Kit will be DJing, sounds perfect.

Talk again soon, have the best imaginable weekend!

UPSET THE RHYTHM

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http://www.upsettherhythm.co.uk    

http://upsettherhythm.bigcartel.com/  

http://www.upsettherhythm.blogspot.com     

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/////  UPCOMING    SHOWS   \\\\\

PEGA MONSTRO

RATTLE

ES

Saturday 6 February

Moth Club, Old Trades Hall, Valette St, Hackney Central, E8 1EL

7.30pm | 6.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/342320

SAUNA YOUTH

NOT SORRY

SARCASM

PUB CLASSICS (DJ Set)

Saturday 13 February

The Forge, 3-7 Delancey Street, Camden, NW1 7NL

7pm | £7 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/342318

GUN OUTFIT

AMPS FOR CHRIST

Wednesday 17 February

The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, N1 9JB

7.30pm | £8 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/340160

PROTOMARTYR
Monday 4th April
100 Club, 100 Oxford St, Oxford Street, W1D 1LL
7.30pm | £10 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/339599

Pega Monstro - 'Estrada' video

Happy news this morning! Pega Monstro are coming back on tour this February and have released a new video for top song 'Estrada' to celebrate. The video commemorates their dual birthday (although sisters, they are not twins yet share the same birthday!) and was premiered by Upset Magazine this morning. Enjoy!

BAMBOO - album release party!

Hey everyone! There's an album release party for BAMBOO afoot on January 23rd at the Total Refreshment Centre. Mat Riviere and Bas Jan both supporting too, cannot wait!



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Upcoming tour dates!

SAUNA YOUTH
27/ 01 Brighton, UK @ Sticky Mike’s w/ Soft Walls, The Glugg
28/01 Rennes, France @ Bar’Hic
29/01 Bordeaux, France @ Wunderbar
30/01 San Sebastian, Spain @ Lurrazpiko Festa
31/01 Madrid, Spain @ Wurlitzer Ballroom
01/02 Zaragoza, Spain @ La Lata de Bombillas
02/02 Barcelona, Spain @ Heliogabal
03/02 Toulouse, France @ Le Rabelin
04/02 Antwerp, Belgium @ Music City
05/02 Leiden, Holland @ CAB03
06/02 Amsterdam, Holland @ Pacific Parc
07/02 Groningen, Holland @ VERA
13/02 London, UK @The Forge “The Bridge” 7” release party

BAMBOO
23/01 London, UK @ Kluster Rooms
04/02 Bristol, UK @ Roll For The Soul
26/03 London, UK @ The Bird’s Nest

PEGA MONSTRO
27/01 - Bragança, Portugal @ Bo Bar Concerto
28/01 - Oviedo, Spain @ Lata De Zinc
29/01 - San Sebastian, Spain @ Dabadaba
30/01 - Nantes, France @ Le Lieu Unique
31/01 - Paris, France @ Espace B
03/02 - Luxembourg, Luxembourg @ De Guddewellen
04/02 - Antwerp, Belgium @ Cabron
05/02 - York, UK @ Please Please You
06/02 - London, UK @ Moth Club
08/02 - Toulouse, France @ Bar Le Ravelin
09/02 - Barcelona, Spain @ Heliogabal
10/02 - Alicante, Spain @ Un Fulgor De Moda Antonima
11/02 - Madrid, Spain @ El Perro
12/02 - Valencia, Spain @ TBA
14/02 - Lisboa,Portugal @ ZDB

NO AGE
10/03 Marfa, TX, USA @ Marfa Myths
12/03 Marfa, TX, USA @The Capri
 

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