Wednesday, 27 September 2017
Protomartyr poster!
Here's a poster for our Protomartyr, Sauna Youth and Bomber Jackets London show in November!
Tuesday, 26 September 2017
Escape-ism London show announced for Ian Svenonius!
Upset The Rhythm presents…
ESCAPE-ISM
(Ian Svenonius)
Saturday 18 November
The
Islington, 1 Tolpuddle St, Angel, London, N1 0XT
7.30pm | £9 |
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/417828
ESCAPE-ISM is a solo project from Ian
Svenonius. Svenonius is known for his work in groups The Make-Up, Chain & the Gang, XYZ,
Weird War and author of underground bestsellers such as The Psychic Soviet, Supernatural
Strategies for Making a Rock ’n’ Roll Group, and Censorship Now! Recognised by
Performer Magazine as the “greatest performer on the planet”, Svenonius is
profound, prophetic, perverse, and poetic. His debut solo album
an ‘Introduction to Escape-ism’ is released through Merge soon, teaming up a
drum machine, guitar, cassette player, and a single voice singing out… for a
way out. Svenonius’ songs cry out for love, justice, redemption and
insurrection, they stomp on convention and clobber notions of what music can
be. Live, Escape-ism a new paradigm of performance: raw, gestural, idiotic,
sublime, revolutionary, poetic, faux naïf, unknowing, a drainage pipe that
leads to who knows where. ‘Introduction
to Escape-ism’ isn’t just the soundtrack for a late-night drive on a
lonely interstate, or a platter played to incite abandon at a pajama party with
one’s pals. It’s also a tunnel to tomorrow. It’s a mineshaft to the motherlode.
It’s 100% unadulterated Ian Svenonius.
Thursday, 21 September 2017
'First World Record' announced! Shannon And The Clams in London soon!
Come one, come all!
Today we’re announcing our new LP by
The World. The World are five people from Oakland, California who write
boisterous dance music with a post punk tool kit and an insightful yet
short attention span.
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The good people of Raven Sings The
Blues have just premiered the first new song from the band entitled ‘Hot
Shopper’, choosing to describe it as "a spring-loaded knuckle-popper
full of rubber band bass and staccato horn stabs that bring to mind
Maximum Joy and A Certain Ratio." ‘Hot Shopper’ is the opening anthem from the band’s debut album ‘First World Record’, out October 9th through Upset The Rhythm. Available now to pre-order now on transparent 180g vinyl, listen up and listen loud!
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Upset The Rhythm presents...
SHANNON AND THE CLAMS
TV CRIME
Monday 9 October
Tufnell Park Dome, 178 Junction Road, Tufnell Park, London, N19 5QQ
7.30pm | £12 | TICKETS
SHANNON & THE CLAMS are
from Oakland, California and comprise of Shannon Shaw (vocals, bass),
Cody Blanchard (vocals, guitar), and Ian Amberson (drums, vocals).
Sounding like a prom band from 1964 getting dosed with acid and having
the sweetest lovelorn freak out, Shannon And The Clams defy
expectations. Imagine a brawling Etta James, backed up by the 13th Floor
Elevators singing Shangri La's tunes. Shannon has a voice that can go
from a sweet girl group croon to a bluesy ballsy growl before you
realize you're headed for the (dance) floor. It's total punk rock bop,
brimming with doo-wop glory delivered to your door by the Homecoming
Queen and Kings of weirdo rock 'n' roll. What started as an open mic
project for a shy, young Shannon to try out some tunes ended with the
Clams meeting and forming a band. Many have said to have been possessed
by thee (eerily similar at times) haunted howls and beautiful growls of
their two lead vocalists, hypnotized by their heavy heartbeats, and
mesmerized by their magical music. Your ears may become infested with a
real Buddy Holly jolly kinda joy (oh boy) while you stutter along to a
hiccupy song. Take a scratch and a sniff at these stickers and get bit
by their bad-brained snarls. It's always Christmas (if you want it).
It's your party time, and it's excellent. Cry-yi-yi if you want to, but
be sure to surf a splish-splash with a laugh later. Recent album, 'Gone
by the Dawn' (Hardly Art) is monumental; immense, magnificent, and
unforgettable. Shannon and the Clams have pioneered their way into a
lonesome land where the past still lives in the long shadows of a hot
afternoon, where whispering spirits follow high along canyon walls, and
if you sink your fingers into the dusty hard-packed earth you pull out
hands smeared with blood.
TV CRIME are a new garage punk / power pop band from Nottingham who come fully formed. Their debut single 'Hooligans' (out of Satic Shock) is a total stomper of a power pop song that starts like a classic Good Vibrations Records 7" with The Moondogs-esque guitar work and the energy of 90's legends New Bomb Turks or Gaunt. Flip 'Wild One' is another pounder but with a more rock 'n' roll twist. |
Thank you for your time and support!
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SHANNON AND THE CLAMS
TV CRIME
Monday 9 October
Tufnell Park Dome, 178 Junction Road, Tufnell Park, London, N19 5QQ
7.30pm | £12 | TICKETS
PRIESTS
DOWNTOWN BOYS
BIG JOANIE
Wednesday 18 October
Tufnell Park Dome, 178 Junction Road, Tufnell Park, London, N19 5QQ 7.30pm | £12 | TICKETS
CARLA DAL FORNO
PROTECTIVE SPELLS
Tuesday 24 October
The Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell Lane, London, E8 2EB
8pm | £8 | TICKETS
JOHN MAUS
THE WORLD
GARY WAR
Friday 27 October
Tufnell Park Dome, 178 Junction Road, Tufnell Park, London, N19 5QQ 7.30pm | £12 | SOLD OUT
SHOPPING
GAUCHE
THE WORLD
MOUNT EERIE
Monday 13 November Tuesday 14 November St John on Bethnal Green 200 Cambridge Heath Rd, Bethnal Green, London, E2 9PA 7.30pm | £15 | TICKETS
PROTOMARTYR
SAUNA YOUTH BOMBER JACKETS Tuesday 14 November Tufnell Park Dome, 178 Junction Road, Tufnell Park, London, N19 5QQ 7.30pm | £12 | TICKETS
FUTURE ISLANDS
Monday 20 November - SOLD OUT
Tuesday 21 November - SOLD OUT
Wednesday 22 November
In collaboration with Parallel Lines
O2 Academy Brixton, 211 Stockwell Rd, Brixton, London SW9 9SL
7pm | TICKETS
ROY MONTGOMERY
ALEXANDER TUCKER Thursday 23 November
In collaboration with Café OTO
Cafe OTO, 22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, London, E8 3DL 7.30pm | £10 | TICKETS
RICHARD DAWSON
(Live band show) Wednesday 20 December Islington Assembly Hall, Upper Street, Islington, London, N1 2UD 7pm | £15 | TICKETS |
Wednesday, 20 September 2017
Check those coupons! Listen to The World's new track 'Hot Shopper'!
We're besides ourselves to share with you this new song from The World this morning! The World are five people from Oakland, California who write rambunctious dance music with a post punk tool kit and an insightful yet short attention span! 'Hot Shopper' is taken from the bands debut album out October 9th on Upset The Rhythm.
Available to pre-order here now!
Full European tour dates to come imminently!
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Friday, 15 September 2017
Gen Pop's debut 7" (UTR100) is released today, plus news of our Sunday concert for Amor, Bamboo and Middex!
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Morning all!
Our record label is 100 releases old today! Thank you for tagging
along with us on this epic detour from conventional entertainment. Back
in 2004 we were a nervous bunch, sending off to the Czech Republic for
500 black/white 10”s with the best intentions.
This 100th record milestone was never envisaged, even by the
twinkliest of eyes, and it’s only because of your incredible support
that we’ve ended up here. Every time you buy a record from us it helps
to fund all our future endeavors, so let us congratulate you for being
part of our past, present and future!
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Upset The Rhythm presents…
AMOR
BAMBOO
MIDDEX
Sunday 17 September
The Islington, 1 Tolpuddle St, Angel, London, N1 0XT
7.30pm | £6 | TICKETS
AMOR, a new quartet based
largely in Glasgow, consisting of Richard Youngs, Luke Fowler, Michael
Francis Duch and Paul Thomson. AMOR is a master-class in blissful,
searching, avant-disco fuelled by telepathic ensemble playing and an
untouchable, higher joy. With a life-giving force that's found in the
balance between hefty, bass-thick kicks and crisp percussion, an elastic
double bass that lends a bounce to proceedings and floating piano
chords that recall a warped take on Philadelphia International Records, a
live AMOR performance is a ritual of dance, of togetherness. Fowler’s
subtle electronic touches set up some of the most open-hearted,
love-infected vocals Richard Youngs has ever set to tape. Guided through
various drops and ecstatic highs by ceaselessly inventive rhythm
composition, the listener is elevated to several plains, to different
levels and spirits. Richard Youngs has a 140+ long discography covering
any number of musics often invented by Youngs himself, while Luke Fowler
is an award winning film-maker and visual artist, as well as an
electronic musician in his own right. Paul Thomson is a drummer and
percussionist with Franz Ferdinand and The Yummy Fur and Michael Francis
Duch is a double bassist based in Norway with deep roots in the world
of improvisation and minimalist composition. AMOR's debut 12" Paradise /
In Love An Arc surfaced earlier this year to rapturous acclaim on Night
School, but the merging of minds in a space, locked in to the
collective sound is where this music really breathes. This is a rare
chance to be part of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQpE8Aqb32U
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, was released in May on Upset The Rhythm on LP, CD and digitally. 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 album presents its story in two acts and is presented 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.
http://www.bamboosongs.co.uk/
MIDDEX trades in suburban deliberation and galactic musings. This is outer space hidden in the outer boroughs plastered over the flat thump of frosted Perspex hearts. Check out his lathe cut 7”s out now on Polytechnic Youth. http://polytechnicyouth.com/ |
Thank you (x 100) for spending your time with us,
Looking forward to Sunday!
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Thursday, 7 September 2017
Show spotlight - Shannon And The Clams will be playing London next month!
Upset The Rhythm presents…
SHANNON AND THE CLAMS
TV CRIME
Monday 9 October
Tufnell Park Dome, 178 Junction Road, Tufnell Park, London, N19 5QQ
SHANNON AND THE CLAMS
TV CRIME
Monday 9 October
Tufnell Park Dome, 178 Junction Road, Tufnell Park, London, N19 5QQ
7.30pm | £12 | https://www.wegottickets.com/event/407314
SHANNON & THE CLAMS are from Oakland, California and comprise of Shannon Shaw (vocals, bass), Cody Blanchard (vocals, guitar), and Ian Amberson (drums, vocals). Sounding like a prom band from 1964 getting dosed with acid and having the sweetest lovelorn freak out, Shannon And The Clams defy expectations. Imagine a brawling Etta James, backed up by the 13th Floor Elevators singing Shangri La's tunes. Shannon has a voice that can go from a sweet girl group croon to a bluesy ballsy growl before you realize you're headed for the (dance) floor. It's total punk rock bop, brimming with doo-wop glory delivered to your door by the Homecoming Queen and Kings of weirdo rock 'n' roll. What started as an open mic project for a shy, young Shannon to try out some tunes ended with the Clams meeting and forming a band. Many have said to have been possessed by thee (eerily similar at times) haunted howls and beautiful growls of their two lead vocalists, hypnotized by their heavy heartbeats, and mesmerized by their magical music. Your ears may become infested with a real Buddy Holly jolly kinda joy (oh boy) while you stutter along to a hiccupy song. Take a scratch and a sniff at these stickers and get bit by their bad-brained snarls. It's always Christmas (if you want it). It's your party time, and it's excellent. Cry-yi-yi if you want to, but be sure to surf a splish-splash with a laugh later. Recent album, 'Gone by the Dawn' (Hardly Art) is monumental; immense, magnificent, and unforgettable. Shannon and the Clams have pioneered their way into a lonesome land where the past still lives in the long shadows of a hot afternoon, where whispering spirits follow high along canyon walls, and if you sink your fingers into the dusty hard-packed earth you pull out hands smeared with blood.
http://shannonandtheclams.com/
TV CRIME are a new garage punk / power pop band from Nottingham who come fully formed. Their debut single 'Hooligans' (out of Satic Shock) is a total stomper of a power pop song that starts like a classic Good Vibrations Records 7" with The Moondogs-esque guitar work and the energy of 90's legends New Bomb Turks or Gaunt. Flip 'Wild One' is another pounder but with a more rock 'n' roll twist.
https://tvcrime.bandcamp.com/
Tuesday, 5 September 2017
Lowtide tonight and Robert Sotelo this Friday!
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Upset The Rhythm presents…
LOWTIDE
ICE BATHS
Tuesday 5 September
The Islington, 1 Tolpuddle St, Angel, London, N1 0XT
7.30pm | £5.00 | TICKETS
LOWTIDE's murmurs have been
growing of late. The shimmering vocal exchanges between Lucy Buckeridge
and Giles Simon and their unique dual bass lines are pivotal to their
shoegaze sonics. These hazy vocals and swirling guitar effects are given
room to breathe as the band masterfully exploit rhythm and space.
Australian fans have been enjoying all of this since 2014 - as well as a
cover of Asylum Party's 'Julia' in 2015. Here in the UK we only got the
record last August - and it's been spinning on our stereo regularly
since then. 2016 was a breakthrough year for the dream pop / indie pop /
shoegaze specialists who received critical acclaim for their inaugural
long-player including in Rough Trade's renowned 'Albums Of The Year'
list whilst also having amassed 4 and 4.5 star reviews in many of their
homeland of Australia's magazines, and a string of sold out shows.
https://lowtidemelbourne.bandcamp.com/
ICE BATHS are a London based Calgary scene inspired post-punk 4 piece. Heavily indebted to Women, Viet Cong as well as Swell Maps, Deerhunter, Chad VanGaalen etc. Ice Baths attempt at finding that often elusive middle ground between pop sensibilities and self-gratifying indulgence. |
Upset The Rhythm presents…
ROBERT SOTELO - ‘Cusp’ album launch!
CLEMENTINE MARCH POZI Friday 8 September New River Studios, 199 Eade Rd, Manor House, London, N4 1DN 7.30pm | £5.00 | TICKETS
ROBERT SOTELO is the nom de
plume of Andrew Doig, a 36 year old serial musician originally from
Peterborough, UK. Andrew's middle name is Robert, whilst Sotelo is his
mother's maiden name. Using this alter ego he's been able to write and
record the twelve songs that make up his debut solo record 'Cusp'
(released on September 1st though Upset The Rhythm). Sotelo plays every
instrument on the album and recorded and edited it with long term friend
John Hannon throughout 2016 at No Studios in Rayleigh, Essex. Sotelo's
verdant world of sound is at once intimate, choosing to build songs up
from ambitious layers of instrumentation into miniature psych pop
overtures of genuine sincerity of feeling. Very much grounded in that
particular forward-facing strain of mid-60s rock that edged towards Sgt
Pepper, Sotelo's music owes as much to Davies and McCartney's unashamed
belief in melody as it does to the uncertainty and confusion that comes
with mid-thirties existentialism. 'Cusp' is an album that explores the
individual in a post-social life era, with Sotelo starting the project
initially as an attempt to re-engage with the people he used to know,
without relying on nostalgia as a common bond. From this worthy spark of
a plan, he's created something grand and compelling, a vast tapestry of
songs that stand up and sound afresh.
https://soundcloud.com/robert-sotelo-3
CLEMENTINE MARCH was born in France, and musically trained in Brazil, now as a Londoner she writes songs and instrumentals that cross language and genre borders, mashing raw rock sounds, pastoral pop compositions and Brazilian influences with her experience of playing with, to name a few excellent co-conspirators, Snapped Ankles, Julien Gasc, Mega Bog, Pollyanna Valentine, and her own previous band, Water Babies. https://clementinemarchofficiall.bandcamp.com/ POZI are a new London-based trio and brainchild of Toby Burroughs formerly of Totem (Moshi Moshi Records). Synth-like electric violin weaves through rampant drums and stomping bass, filling your headspace with sparse, angular energy. Their unique world will hypnotize you - it can be manic, fun and unnerving but will get you moving! |
Thanks as ever for reading! See you later!
Upset The Rhythm
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Saturday, 2 September 2017
Rattle's UK tour starts today!
Rattle's tour of the UK with Myles Manley starts today! Look out! Go see them play near you imminently!
Friday, 1 September 2017
Robert Sotelo's debut album out today, plus Laraaji and Lowtide in London!
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Good afternoon!
What a fine Friday this is for Robert Sotelo’s debut album to
stroll out into the first faint moments of autumn. Robert Sotelo is the
nom de plume of Andrew Doig, a 36 year old serial musician originally
from Peterborough, UK.
Andrew’s middle name is Robert, whilst Sotelo is his mother’s
maiden name. Using this alter ego he’s been able to write and record the
twelve songs that make up the debut solo record ‘Cusp’ that we’re
releasing today on 180g transparent vinyl and digitally too.
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Sotelo’s verdant world of sound is at
once intimate, choosing to build songs up from ambitious layers of
instrumentation into miniature psych pop overtures of genuine sincerity
of feeling. Very much grounded in that particular forward-facing strain
of mid-60s rock that edged towards Sgt Pepper, Sotelo’s music owes as
much to Davies and McCartney’s unashamed belief in melody as it does to
the uncertainty and confusion that comes with mid-thirties
existentialism.
‘Cusp’ is an album that explores the
individual in a post-social life era, with Sotelo starting the project
initially as an attempt to re-engage with the people he used to know,
without relying on nostalgia as a common bond. From this worthy spark of
a plan, he’s created something grand and compelling, a vast tapestry of
songs that stand up and sound afresh.
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To celebrate we're sharing a brand new
video from the album today, ahead of our two London concerts with the
band next week! ‘Bronte Paths’ is a homespun wonder-pop touchstone, its
insistent rhythm and vocal line embedding into your very core, sounding
more like a rediscovered gem than a contemporary song.
‘Cusp’ is available in all great record shops as of now, you are also able to purchase a copy from us directly through our web shop here.
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Upset The Rhythm presents…
LARAAJI
(Performing two sets with an interval)
Saturday 2 September
The Tin Tabernacle
12-16 Cambridge Avenue, Kilburn, London, NW6 5BA
7pm | £12.50 | TICKETS
LARAAJI is a musician, mystic
and laughter meditation practitioner based in New York City. He began
playing music on the streets in the 1970s, improvising trance-inducing
jams on a modified autoharp processed through various electronic
effects. Brian Eno saw him playing one night in Washington Square Park
and invited him to record an album for his seminal Ambient series
(Ambient 3: Day Of Radiance, released 1980). Laraaji went on to release a
prolific series of albums for a wide variety of labels, many of which
he recorded himself at home and sold as cassettes during his street
performances.
In recent years he has had his career
celebrated extensively, with two All Saints/Warp retrospectives
Celestial Music 1970-2011 and Two Sides of Laraaji - as well as reissues
on Glitterbeat and Leaving Records/Stone Throw. He has also
collaborated with a new generation of underground musicians such as Sun
Araw, their new LP Professional Sunflow (Superior Viaduct) being the
fruit of the live shows they played together in 2014.
This September sees All Saints release
a stunning pair of LPs of new studio recordings by the celestial music
pioneer. Bring On The Sun is a magical mixtape of tracks that run the
full gamut of 'Laraaji music', from blissed-out percussive jams to
reflective vocal hymnals to trance-inducing drones. A perfect Laraaji
entry-point on his never-ending creative journey through inner light.
The record is recorded by Davey Jewell (Peaking Lights/Flaming Lips) and
mixed by Carlos Nio (Leaving Records). This will be preceded by Sun
Gong, a major new self-contained work experimenting with gong
micro-tonalties processed through various electronic effects. The
results are unlike any music he has made before - two side-long
long-form pieces that evoke the sound of a shimmering metallic eternal
wave.
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Upset The Rhythm presents…
LOWTIDE
ICE BATHS
Tuesday 5 September
The Islington, 1 Tolpuddle St, Angel, London, N1 0XT
7.30pm | £5.00 | TICKETS
LOWTIDE's murmurs have been
growing of late. The shimmering vocal exchanges between Lucy Buckeridge
and Giles Simon and their unique dual bass lines are pivotal to their
shoegaze sonics. These hazy vocals and swirling guitar effects are given
room to breathe as the band masterfully exploit rhythm and space.
Australian fans have been enjoying all of this since 2014 - as well as a
cover of Asylum Party's 'Julia' in 2015. Here in the UK we only got the
record last August - and it's been spinning on our stereo regularly
since then. 2016 was a breakthrough year for the dream pop / indie pop /
shoegaze specialists who received critical acclaim for their inaugural
long-player including in Rough Trade's renowned 'Albums Of The Year'
list whilst also having amassed 4 and 4.5 star reviews in many of their
homeland of Australia's magazines, and a string of sold out shows.
https://lowtidemelbourne.bandcamp.com/
ICE BATHS are a London based Calgary scene inspired post-punk 4 piece. Heavily indebted to Women, Viet Cong as well as Swell Maps, Deerhunter, Chad VanGaalen etc. Ice Baths attempt at finding that often elusive middle ground between pop sensibilities and self-gratifying indulgence. |
Have a brilliant weekend!
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