Friday again!
I trust you’ve had a good week since
our Wolf Eyes show. Massive thanks to all of you for coming out last
Friday, I’d say it was probably my favourite Wolf Eyes performance to
date and the venue and lineup was just perfect, but we couldn’t have
done it without your support! Your attendance is much appreciated, you
make this possible.
Tomorrow is April Fool's Day, it is also the Independent Label Market
in Spitalfields, London. Upset The Rhythm will be participating in both
from 11am - 6.30pm. Rare releases, most of our back cat, brand new
records (some that only arrived this morning!), t-shirts and posters
will be our wares. You can find us at pitch number 33 sharing storage
space with Beavertown directly behind us. Come on down for some bargains
galore and please do stop by and say hello as it makes our day. Here’s
the map of all the breweries and record labels taking part in tomorrow’s
extravaganza.
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Upset The Rhythm presents…
MARY OCHER
BAMBOO
MOONBOW
Wednesday 5 April
The Islington, 1 Tolpuddle Street, Angel, London, N1 0XT
7.30pm | £6 | TICKETS
MARY OCHER was born Mariya
Ocheretianskaya in Moscow in 1986, she moved to Israel with her family
at age four, then to Berlin at 20. In 2011 she caught the attention of
the inimitable King Khan at a karaoke bar (he also lives in Berlin), and
she recorded what's still her most recent full-length of new material,
2013's Eden, at his Moon Studios. He's not her only famous fan either:
Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs contributed a quote to Ocher's press kit.
"Mary Ocher gives me the chills," she says. "She frightens me with her
feral soul. Her sound is of a true outsider artist, immaculately
self-possessed". Her DIY roots and anything-goes aesthetic
notwithstanding, Ocher is obviously too well-connected to qualify as an
outsider. Ocher's songs are a diverse bunch ranging from ghostly noise,
sad but jaunty piano ballads, frisky strumming, echoing ersatz funk to
chintzy drum machine workouts with vacuum-cleaner synth. Ocher herself
seems to have as many faces as a vaudeville performer: her multifarious
singing leaps without warning from unhinged keening to warped drawling
or from wobbly muttering to blustery declaiming. Forthcoming album, 'The
West Against The People' has been produced with Faust's Hans Joachim
Irmler and also features tracks with Ocher's drummers (duo Your
Government) as well as collaborations with avant-garde legends Die
Todliche Doris, Felix Kubin and Julia Kent of Rasputina/Antony and The
Johnsons. It's out March 10 on krautrock label Klangbad.
BAMBOO is the sublime project
from Nick Carlisle (of Peepholes, Don't Argue) and Rachel Horwood (of
Trash Kit, Halo Halo). Their music is vivid and deeply poignant, locking
into a magnetic attraction between Rachel's flawlessly resonant folk
cadence and Nick's pristine synth pop production. Bamboo’s second studio
album, The Dragon Flies Away, is due 26th May on Upset The
Rhythm on LP, CD and digitally. Initially released last winter on a
limited run of 50 cassettes with an accompanying zine designed by
Horwood, The Dragon Flies Away tells a story loosely associated with the
Hannya demon mask of Noh theatre plays such as Dojoji, and reflects the
range of emotion the Hannya mask is capable of displaying: obsession,
jealousy, sorrow and rage. ‘The Dragon Flies Away’ presents its story in
two acts and is now presented newly re-mastered with a gatefold sleeve
and lyric / artwork sheet. Horwood’s evocative paintings are given
centre stage with the packaging, allowing the album's story to grow
beyond sound, making the journey all the more immersive.
MOONBOW is the sonic brainchild
of London multimedia artist Eleanor Hardwick. Growing up in the
countryside on the peripheries of one of the UK’s many forgotten
commuter towns, she channels themes of manmade dystopias’ invasion on
natural spheres into her audio and visual artistic output. Such outputs
served as a refuge from growing up in a place where not much happened
and not many people connected with her - whilst cyberspace became both a
platform for connecting with other lost souls, and a window into a
world that she witnessed elsewhere was slowly politically and
environmentally decaying. i-D described her songs as “taking influence
from William Orbit-era Madonna guitar and Kate Bush vocals, brought
right up to date with layers upon layers of synths and glitchy samples”.
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Upset The Rhythm presents…
RAT COLUMNS
HONEY JOY
SLUSHY GUTS
Wednesday 19 April
The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Road, Islington, N1 9JB
7.30pm | £6 | TICKETS
RAT COLUMNS is the mutable
musical project of David West, an artist as prolific as he is diverse in
his output. West is the driving force behind the groups Rank/Xerox,
Liberation and Lace Curtain, he was also a member of Total Control, and
most recently debuted a solo album proper. Whether its forward-facing
punk or turning his hand to crafting sleek prisms of pop, West's
credentials check out. Rat Columns is no exception, always central to
his vision and returned to many times since its inception in Perth
almost a decade ago. Over the years the band has morphed and continued
with an array of different friends from the USA and Australia, always
finding David West dancing through the long shadows at its core. Working
with many distinguished underground imprints including Blackest Ever
Black, Adagio 830, Smart Guy Records and RIP Society, Rat Columns have
left in their wake a trail of 7"s, EPs and two full length albums. Now a
third album, entitled 'Candle Power' is cued for release through Upset
The Rhythm this April. 'Candle Power' is packed full of chiming guitar
pop, cutting in with moments of soul, disco and experimental plots.
HONEY JOY are five mates who
came together through a mutual love of curry, Mean Girls and Paul
McCartney’s hand gestures. They play indie punk music and have been
compared to The Thermals and Xray Spex. They released two brilliant EPs
last year and have just finished recording their first full length with
MJ from Hookworms, which is soon to be released in the US through
Infinity Cat records.
SLUSHY GUTS is more of a group
then a band (M.E.S distinction), having revolved around founding member
Steve Keane since it's inception in 2009. Originally a solo bedroom
project (B. White definition) Slushy Guts has mutated (H.P Lovecraft
style) over the course of 4 albums and a "shit-load" (Slim Pickens) of
tape and cdr releases. Evolving organically (according to Jean-Baptiste
Lamarck), it's presentation facilitated by whoever's around, Steve's
songs exist in the spaces between genres, at once melodic and discordant
(Engelbert Humperdinck definition), concerned with deconstructing 'it
all' (definition unknown) and gluing it back together again. With
current members Sam and Luke Walsh on bass and drums and James Rowland
on guitar, Slushy Guts is currently something closely resembling a rock
'n' roll quartet (Rev. David A. Noebel definition.) Bobby Davro, 2017.
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last thing before we leave you alone. Our friends at Constant Flux have
organised a weekend of talks, performances and workshops about access
and disability in DIY music. It starts tonight and continues tomorrow
and will be celebrating DIY Space For London being the first volunteer
run venue in the UK to receive Bronze Accreditation for accessibility
from Attitude Is Everything. Click on the poster below for more
specifics. Highly recommended!
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Have a great weekend, see you tomorrow hopefully!
Upset The Rhythm
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UPSET THE RHYTHM
UPCOMING SHOWS
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BAMBOO
MOONBOW
Wednesday 5 April
The Islington, 1 Tolpuddle Street, Angel, London, N1 0XT
7.30pm | £6 | TICKETS
RAT COLUMNS
HONEY JOY
SLUSHY GUTS
Wednesday 19 April
The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Road, Islington, London, N1 9JB
7.30pm | £6 | TICKETS
OOIOO
RATTLE
Thursday 20 April
Kamio, 3 Rivington Street, London, EC2A 3JL
8pm | £12 | TICKETS
DANIEL BACHMAN
JAKE XERXES FUSSELL
Monday 1 May
Cafe OTO, 22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, London, E8 3DL
8pm | £7 | TICKETS
EX-CULT
Wednesday 3 May
The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Road, Islington, London, N1 9JB
7.30pm | £7 | TICKETS
IAN WILLIAM CRAIG
RESINA
Monday 8 May
OSLO, 1a Amhurst Road, Hackney, London, E8 1LL
7.30pm | £10 | TICKETS
DUCKTAILS
JAMES FERRARO
SPENCER CLARK
Friday 12 May
The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Road, Islington, London, N1 9JB
7.30pm | £10 | TICKETS
PRIESTS
TRASH KIT
THE SNIVELLERS
Thursday 25 May
OSLO, 1a Amhurst Road, Hackney, London, E8 1LL
7.30pm | £8 | TICKETS
NOTS
Wednesday 7 June
Cafe OTO, 22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, London, E8 3DL
8pm | £8 | TICKETS
TERRY
Friday 30 June
The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Road, Islington, London, N1 9JB
7.30pm | £8.00 | TICKETS
Friday 30 June
The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Road, Islington, London, N1 9JB
7.30pm | £8.00 | TICKETS
SPRAY PAINT
THE REBEL
Tuesday 15 August
The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Road, Islington, London, N1 9JB
7.30pm | £7 | TICKETS
NAP EYES
Thursday 31 August
Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, 44 Pollard Row, Bethnal Green, London, E2 6NB
7:30pm | £8.00 | TICKETS
DEERHOOF
LE TON MITÉ
Monday 4 September
Village Underground, 54 Holywell Lane, Shoreditch, London, EC2A 3PQ
7.30pm | £14 | TICKETS
NB. This is the new date for February’s postponed event, original tickets remain valid.
