| Hello everyone!
Thanks for coming to see EarthBall
last week, their tour continues; taking in Todmorden, Manchester,
Birmingham, Swansea & Dublin in the next few days.
This week Upset The Rhythm are thrilled to have one of our favourite guitarists return to London. Marisa Anderson is an exceptional talent; her new album reimagines traditional songs from places the United States
has been in conflict with during her lifetime - her stunning
interpretations steeped in humility and humanity.
We still have some tickets available for Marisa's performance on Friday night at Chats Palace with the amazing Luce Mawdsley in support too. Ticket link and full write-up below.
NB. This morning we have also announced two intimate shows at Cafe OTO for Grouper in November too, well worth snapping up some tickets for those today if you are partial. Thanks for your time!
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Upset The Rhythm presents… MARISA ANDERSON
LUCE MAWDLSEYFriday 4 September Chats Palace, 42-44 Brooksby's Walk, London, E9 6DF 7.30pm | £16 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/jf9efbbf668fMARISA ANDERSON
channels the history of the guitar and stretches the boundaries of
tradition. Her playing is fluid, emotional, and masterful, featuring
compositions and improvisations that re-imagine the landscape of
American music. The New Yorker calls Anderson ‘one of the most
distinctive guitar players of her generation’, and NPR refers to her as
among ‘this era’s most powerful players’. Her music has been featured in
Rolling Stone, NPR, The New York Times, Pitchfork, the BBC and The
Wire. Festival appearances include Big Ears, Pitchfork Midwinter, Le
Guess Who and the Copenhagen Jazz Festival. In addition to her
solo work, Anderson is sought after as a collaborator and composer.
Swallowtail, her second record in duo with drummer Jim White was
released May 2024 on Thrill Jockey Records. 2024 also saw the release of
the feature film score ‘ A Perfect Day For Caribou’, as well as
appearances on records by Charlie Parr, Myriam Gendron and Big|Brave. In
addition to multiple solo releases, past projects include 2021’s Lost
Futures with guitarist William Tyler, and contributions to recordings by
Matmos, Tara Jane O’Neil, Beth Ditto, Sharon Van Etten and Circuit Des
Yeux. Anderson’s new album, ‘The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music’
(out now on Thrill Jockey), is a collection of songs culled from the
private record collection of the late Harry Smith. Assembled by Anderson
after a chance encounter led to an opportunity to study and explore
this treasure trove of music, the Anthology focuses on music from places
that the United States has been in conflict with since 1970: Southeast
Asia, the USSR and the Arabic and Islamic regions of the world. https://marisaanderson.bandcamp.com/LUCE MAWDSLEY
specialises in expansively cinematic instrumentals conjuring queer
cowboy landscapes via the Northern English coastline. Luce Mawdsley is
an autistic nonbinary composer and multiinstrumentalist based in
Liverpool with a practice rooted in progressive experimentation. Drawing
from a range of poetic art forms, mythologies and landscapes their work
uses personal experience of neurodivergence, mental health disorders
and queerness as a ligature from which to generate subversive
explorations of gender, place and identity formation.
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Upset The Rhythm presents…
HANA STRETTON
WOOM
Monday 14 September
Grand Junction, Rowington Cl, London, W2 5TF
7.30pm | £15 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/g8217265905fHANA STRETTON
is a British-Australian music producer and composer, recognised for her
singular, deeply distinctive sound. Her stunning debut, Soon, quickly
became a beloved work within the experimental lo-fi community. Phil
Elverum described her music as “mysterious, deep, resonant,
inhabitable,” and his label PW Elverum & Sun went on to release the
album in 2024. Deeply connected to the natural world, Stretton’s
work traces a vivid journey - from the dusty Australian bushland of
‘Soon’ to the Pacific Ocean on her forthcoming LP, ‘tiarn’. Set for
release this year, the new record takes an unexpected cinematic turn,
weaving together classical and electronic influences. In
2023-2024, Hana toured with Jessica Pratt, Mount Eerie and Julie Byrne
as well as selling out London’s RAH Elgar Room, and appearing at
festivals such as Haldern Pop and Sound Of Bronkow Festivals. For this
special show at Grand Junction Hana will be backed by her live band Woom
too. Woom will also support! https://hanastretton.bandcamp.com/WOOM
is a three-piece vocal led band consisting of Alice Barlow, Lara
Laeverenz and Isobel Risk. Celebrated for their non-hierarchical
collaborative structure, the group creates harmony-led vocal music that
blends experimental songwriting with exploratory production and
immersive performance.
Their latest EP, To Slow You
(2025), received critical acclaim from The Guardian, Crack Magazine,
Rolling Stone, BBC 6 Music and BBC Radio 3, amongst others. The release
marks a deepening of the group’s creative process, with WOOM writing,
producing and shaping the project entirely in-house, from songwriting,
production, visual artwork and music video direction. Drawing from a
wide range of genres and influences, WOOM’s live performances are
immersive and spellbinding, offering audiences a sense of care,
solidarity and the power of collective harmony and storytelling.
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