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Upset The Rhythm presents…
PATSY
NEKRA
BAMYA
Saturday 8 September New River Studios 199 Eade Rd, Harringay Warehouse District, London, N4 1DN 7.30pm | £6 | TICKETS
PATSY are a New Orleans band
who make fast, slashing, catchy-as-hell punk rock. The band is led by
one Candice, also a member of the band Mystic Inane, and their
schoolyard-taunt snarl is one of the coolest things we’ve ever heard.
After a series of excellent singles over the past couple of years, the
band recently released their debut ‘mini’-LP ‘LA Women’ (La Vida Es Un
Mus Discos), which you can stream below. Where prior singles tended to
stay firmly in the hardcore lane, ‘LA Women’ finds Patsy blending an
inspired mix of surf, garage, 80s hardcore, skewed 80s new wave, and
garage. Their straight ahead hardcore jams – including a re-recorded
version of “Nazis are so Plain” from their 2015 demo – bear a slippery
quality that reminds of DKs, particularly in the woozy guitar work (see,
in particular, album highlight “Society Ape”). Elsewhere, tracks like
the excellent “Heathen” and opener “Count it Down” bristle with a-go-go
worthy garage energy. This will be the band’s first time in London on
their debut European tour!
https://itspatsy.bandcamp.com/ NEKRA have riffs as wide as the Old Kent Rd, big drum rhythms falling on and off the rails and a pure velocity that could tear the roof off. NEKRA sounds confrontational, like a fight you don’t know you’ve started yet. Nekra find themselves somewhere between the weight of Life’s Blood and a solid continuation from the moves of punchy hardcore punk of recent years. Moshy, loud, aggressive, uncaring, vicious, London. Check out their demo tape from last year available on La Vida Es Un Mus. https://nekra.bandcamp.com/releases BAMYA are a feast of dark rhythms dug up from the ground. The trio plays a music that is highly controlled, yet a liberated mix of krautrock, afrobeat, and eastern european tinged melodies. Undefinable, loose, post-punk/world influenced music touching on The Ex, Mars, Can and The Raincoats. https://bamya-c.tumblr.com/ |
Upset The Rhythm presents…
SCREAMING FEMALES
SCRAP BRAIN
RODENTS
Tuesday 11 September 100 Club, 100 Oxford St, Oxford Street, London, W1D 1LL
7.30pm | £12 | TICKETS
SCREAMING FEMALES are one of
those force-of-nature bands that only comes around once in a blue moon.
Their story starts in New Brunswick in 2005, with Marissa on guitar and
vocals, Jarrett on drums and Michael on bass. 'Power Move' was the
band's first full-length with any label (or any outside help) and was
released by their hometown label, Don Giovanni Records, in 2008. They've
gradually sneaked into a wider mainstream consciousness, gaining
attention for their punk rock sensibilities and their raucous live shows
driven by Marissa's famed guitar heroics. Now Screaming Females are
DIY-punk luminaries, on the cusp of celebrating 13 years as a band by
releasing this February's new album, entitled 'All At Once' on Don
Giovanni Records. The band collaborated with producer Matt Bayles,
setting out to make an album in the spirit of a salon-style gallery
show, where larger pieces provide an eye-level focal point to a galaxy
of smaller works. Concision took a back seat to experimentation, with
arrangements meant to evoke the energy and spontaneity of their live
performances. 'All At Once' is a reminder there's a hopeful and joyful
energy to underground music-making. Patience, perseverance, and long
term dedication still work.
http://screamingfemales.com/ SCRAP BRAIN play primitive hardcore punk, kind of almost whacked-out Flipper style with a real noisy/no wave dissonant tone. The lyrics are fantastically sarcastic and barbed, a particular favourite being the couplet "M'lady me, I'll murder you", which may provoke a smirk or wry smile, but is absolutely not a joke. Their recent 7” ‘Unhappy Hardcore’ is available through all good stockists of composed cacophony, desperate dirges and pieces of the punk puzzle. This is brute force music, the sound of the claustrophobia of London, the claustrophobia of being a human being trapped inside of your own brain. https://scrapbrainhc.bandcamp.com/ RODENTS was started by the prolific Robert Eyres a fair few years back. Hailing from an underground basement in Chigwell, next door to Alan Sugar’s gaff, Rodents run a tight but scuzzy ship of rock, sailing through the waters of a broken and tired system. We’re talking discordant stoner, garage pop of the highest order here. Check them out through the Permanent Slump imprint. https://soundcloud.com/rodents |
Upset The Rhythm presents…
ESCAPE-ISM (Ian Svenonius)
JEUCE
DOG CHOCOLATE
Thursday 13 September
Moth Club, Old Trades Hall, Valette St, Hackney Central, E9 6NU
7.30pm | £10 | TICKETS
ESCAPE-ISM is the nom de guerre
of mythic rock ’n’ roll provocateur / theorist / revolutionary Ian
Svenonius (performer, author, filmmaker, etc). Svenonius is known for
his work in the music 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' was
released through Merge last year and teamed 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 naif, unknowing, a drainage pipe
that leads to who knows where.
‘The Lost Record’ is Escape-ism’s new album on Merge and is already a classic, destined to bewitch the minds, hearts, and dancing shoes of any rock ’n’ roll fan who happens to discover it, for as long as such creatures exist. Without the high-octane hype machine of the mind-control minstrels who hypnotize the hapless through the mass media, ‘The Lost Record’ is bound for inevitable obscurity, but—with its timeless tunes, poignant message, and innovative sound—rediscovery and immortal status is equally assured! Music enthusiasts will be thrilled to be the ones clever and kind enough to have rescued this platter from oblivion. https://escape-ism.bandcamp.com/ JEUCE are a fun and fast duo from Manchester. Jen (vocals) is primarily the pre-eminent broadside balladeer of the Manchester region, she was also in a band called the Booglies with Giulio from Duds. Bruce (drums) is also in the Hipshakes. They only have demos at the moment, but here you go! http://jeuceband.bandcamp.com/album/demos DOG CHOCOLATE sound like a crowded room but are actually four individuals from London. Abandoning notions of elegance, cred and professionalism they embrace the ramshackle, instant and fun, capturing a vivid spontaneity with their music. Their sound is a shabby, fast, over-excited ball of wet fur falling down the stairs, knocking over plant pots along the way and staining the carpet. With an average song time of 2 minutes, Dog Chocolate are on to the next treat before fully digesting the last. Chewing up bits of punk, post-punk, noise and pop, Matthew and Robert's guitars race around each other like wasps, pitch-shifting and phasing all over the place while Jono's rolled-up-newspaper drums chase them round the room. The band's new album ‘Moody Balloon Baby’ (out now) was released through Upset The Rhythm, in just under 25 minutes the band manage to cram in bucket-loads of ideas, mess, confusion and fun. http://dogchocolate.tumblr.com/ |
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