GOOD PRESS

Our friend Matt is setting up some temporary art spaces in Glasgow, hopefully leading to a permanent new store/gallery there for independent printed matter, it's a brilliant idea, help out by pledging them some funds above to help get it started.

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POWER HAS SUNK IT'S FINGERS INTO HUMAN BEING

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HEAVEN IS REAL

Our friend Adam has written a book about UTR's prodigal son JOHN MAUS and he has a book launch happening in London towards the end of this month, full details to follow, looks like a great event! UTR x




SOME WORDS >>>>

John Maus is one of the most intriguing artists in the millennial wave of lo-fi pop, assembling his unique and intimate language from synth pop, disco, baroque classical and church music. Yet Maus’s work is much more than another exercise in retroist hybridity, and his overtures on truth and love are, upon further listening, no mere ironic posturing. Does Maus have something to teach us about arriving at the truth through personal musical expression, or is he on a doomed Romantic adventure? Has he really discovered Heaven – and can he take us there?

More links and things up here: http://rougesfoam.blogspot.com/2011/07/john-maus-is-back-new-album-book-launch.html

YES WAY

It’s that time of the year for YES WAY to jump back in its saddle! Taking place between August 12-14, YES WAY is a London-based three day festival intent on celebrating the UK's best and brightest independent art and music.

After the success of last two year's sold out events, YES WAY 3 will see 45 bands, representing the length and breadth of the British Isles, perform over two stages this time at Peckham art hub The Bussey Building, previously used by UTR for their Spaghetti Tree festival in April to great success. We’ll have our usual DIY swapshop / record store, tasty local and Vegan food, now supplemented by the Bussey Building’s rooftop bar-BQ too.

YES WAY has been a real turning point for the UK’s underground music scene. The emphasis of the festival is on exposing under the radar gems from around the UK, uniting musicians from disparate genres and local scenes, helping to foster a sense of community and enthusiasm amongst them and fans of the music. The fact that only four of the acts this year played at last year’s event speaks volumes for the on-going fertility of that burgeoning community.

Over the course of the three days the following bands will be appearing at YES WAY:

FRIDAY 12 AUGUST

PLEASE – Restless and wayward psych-garage stomp

http://ouse.org.uk/please/

DIVORCE – Thrilling, breakneck splatter rawk from Glasgow

http://www.myspace.com/puredivorced

SPIN SPIN THE DOGS – Absurdist, rambling, narrative-heavy post punk

http://www.myspace.com/spinspinthedogs

TROGONS – Quasi medieval, trouble prog from London

http://www.myspace.com/trogonon

SILVER FOX – Heartbreak heavy dream team from Newcastle

http://www.myspace.com/wearesilverfox

EAGULLS – Raging, council flat hardcore from Leeds

http://www.myspace.com/eagulls

BEN BUTLER & MOUSEPAD - Miraculously wonky, addictive synth funk

http://benbutlerandmousepad.bandcamp.com/

SATURDAY 13 AUGUST

YOLA FATOUSH – Tribal math, vocal doubling trip outs

http://yolafatoush.bandcamp.com/

MR PEPPERMINT – Masked and malevolent Glaswegian noise rockers

http://www.myspace.com/mrmrpeppermint

LET’S WRESTLE – Super catchy masterminds of the lo-finest suburban pop

http://www.myspace.com/letsfuckingwrestle

BLACK ABBA – Occult and darkly uncanny doom supergroup

http://www.myspace.com/alexanderdtucker

BAD ORB – Lopsided tape fog vs backwards hex from Brighton

http://www.myspace.com/itsabadorb

WAY THROUGH – Wrong-footed haunted pastoral punk

http://www.myspace.com/wearewaythrough

WARM BRAINS – Wiry and swoonsome popcore from London

http://www.warmbrains.com/

BEAR MAN – Cardiff’s freedom psych monoliths

http://www.myspace.com/bearmanbearman

PEEPHOLES – Soaring, reverb-cloaked synth and drum epics

http://wearepeepholes.co.uk/

GROSS MAGIC – Vivid, glitter-grunge pop vibes from Brighton

http://thesoundsofsweetnothing.tumblr.com/

YUGOSLAVIAN BOYS – Leeds’ unruly and unhinged new wave oddballs

http://www.myspace.com/yugoslavianboys

SATURDAY’S KIDS – Primal, sprawling, savage rock from South Wales

http://www.saturdayskids.org/

SEX HANDS – Manchester’s fuzzed-out clang, bang and twang gang

http://soundcloud.com/sexhands

HORSES – Brash and trashy garage two-piece from Manchester

http://wearehorses.tumblr.com/

LEFT LEG – Radical, post-yelping art punk

http://leftleg.tumblr.com/

FEAR OF MEN – Memory jangle and emotional tangle

http://fearofmen.bandcamp.com/

GENTLE FRIENDLY – Smart and primed rainbow noise

http://www.myspace.com/gentlefriendly

SUNDAY 14 AUGUST

TENSE MEN – Spectral yet motorik herky jerks

http://tensemen.tumblr.com/

WASKERLEY WAY – Trippy junked loops and nature step from Newcastle

http://www.myspace.com/waskerleyway

LA LA VASQUEZ - Hyper melodic scrappy surf-pop trio

http://lalavasquezband.blogspot.com/

THE BOMBER JACKETS – Fresh-faced funk-glooping mundanity observers

http://www.myspace.com/556214273

PRIZE PETS – Nottingham brings forth mangled riffage and creeped-out vocal plots

http://www.myspace.com/prizepets

THROWING UP – 2011, the year that puke broke

http://throwinguptheband.tumblr.com/

HOOKWORMS – Wah-wrangling swampedelic unit from Leeds

http://soundcloud.com/hookworms

SLUSHY GUTS – Quietly spun and somewhat spooked cabin emo

http://slushyguts.bandcamp.com/

FLAMINGODS – Casio-gamelan shambolism pact

http://flamingods.bandcamp.com/

PROPER ORNAMENTS – Hushed and honeyed dream town harmonies

http://www.myspace.com/theproperornaments

BASTARD SWORD – Autotuners of the planet sinewave unite!

http://www.myspace.com/bastardsword2

PATRICK KELLEHER & HIS COLD DEAD HANDS – Dublin’s fantasy hypno-balladeer

http://soundcloud.com/patrick-kelleher

ANGUISH SANDWICH – Frazzled, chugaholic garage from Northampton

http://anguishsandwichcamp.bandcamp.com/

ELECTRICITY IN OUR HOMES – Sprightly, kilter offsetting feral melody chasers

http://www.myspace.com/electricityinourhomes

SAUNA YOUTH – Pulse grabbing racket from mic-throwing chaos cloud

http://lostinidea.blogspot.com/

MARIA & THE MIRRORS – Industrial paradise drums and tropical electronics

http://www.myspace.com/mariamirrors

This year our past collaborator Auto-Italia South East are unable to be involved as they are concentrating on setting up their exciting new space. Check it out here:

http://www.autoitaliasouth​east.org/

We wish them well as always
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TICKETS

Tickets for all three days are available through We Got Tickets here:

http://www.wegottickets.com/f/2727

LOCATION

The Bussey Building is situated at 133 Rye Lane, Peckham Rye, SE15 4ST

OVERLAND: Peckham Rye

BUS: 12, 78, 37, 63, 343

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FOOT VILLAGE - EURO TRIP

FRIDAY 15 JULY *
Wolstenholme Creative Space, Liverpool, UK
facebook rsvp / last.fm rsvp

SATURDAY 16 JULY *
Nice N' Sleazy, Glasgow, UK
facebook rsvp / last.fm rsvp

SUNDAY 17 JULY *
Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK
facebook rsvp / last.fm rsvp

MONDAY 18 JULY *
Undertone, Cardiff, UK
facebook rsvp / last.fm rsvp

TUESDAY 19 JULY *
Hare & Hounds, Birmingham, UK
facebook rsvp / last.fm rsvp

THURSDAY 21 JULY *
The Green Door Store, Brighton, UK
facebook rsvp / last.fm rsvp

FRIDAY 22 JULY *
The Victoria, Dalston, London, UK
last.fm rsvp

SATURDAY 23 July
All Tomorrow's Parties (curated by Portishead), Alexandra Palace, Minehead, UK
website / last.fm rsvp

SUNDAY 24 July
Milhões de Festa, Barcelos, ESP
website / last.fm rsvp

WEDNESDAY 27 July
OT301, Amsterdam, NE
website / last.fm rsvp

FRIDAY 29 July
Creepy Teepee, Prague, CZ
facebook rsvp / last.fm rsvp

FRIDAY 05 Aug
The Croft, Bristol, UK
facebook rsvp / last.fm rsvp

* - with BITCHES

NEW YORK CITY MAUS

John Maus - "Maniac" from Ian Perlman on Vimeo.

Check out this amazing footage from the John Maus US tour - from his show in New York, at Glasslands, last week. The song is the anthemic Maniac, from Songs (now available on white vinyl from the webshop after an age out of print).

It's always been a challenge to convey the sheer intensity of the Maus live show but this video comes very close. All credit to Ian Perlman for his efforts.

There are still some tour dates left in the US, but not many:

08.07 - New Orleans, LA - Howlin Wolf *
09.07 - Austin, TX - Mohawk Inside *
12.07 - San Diego, CA - Casbah *
13.07 - Costa Mesa, CA - Detroit Bar *
15.07 - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex *

John will be coming to Europe in November and there will be an announcement in due course, so watch this space.

Many thanks to all those who have been involved in the release of Pitiless Censors and who have made it such a success. Extra special thanks to those fans who have been there with us from the start x

JOHN MAUS - Head For The Country VIDEO

‘Head For The Country’ is the pivotal track from John Maus' eagerly anticipated third album 'We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves' released next Monday on Upset The Rhythm.

‘Head For The Country’ was one of the last songs to make the album and with its elegiac disco bounce it leaves a lasting impression. The song meditates on human beings seeking salvation in the great outdoors, and its central call of ‘Somewhere there’s a crime being committed’ seeps deep into your conscience. This sense of wanting to reach out and find meaning is captured perfectly by Jennifer Juniper Stratford’s great new video for the song that sees John heading out into snowy Minnesotan edgelands, driving to a mysterious radar base and communicating with space via flashing auras and spinning satellites. This is the second video for John that JJ Stratford (Telefantasy Studios) has directed, the first being for ‘Believer’, it’s also worth noting that JJ is also the mastermind behind the impressive Multinauts sci-fi saga too.

John Maus - Head For The Country by Upset the Rhythm

VIDEO CREDITS

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Directed by Jennifer Juniper Stratford

Edited by Liza Cardinale

Special Effects- Telefantasy Studios

Cinematography- Nicolas Amato

Motion Control Operator- Bodo Holst

Model and Prop Engineer- Roni Levi

Special Thanks to Joseph Maus

JOHN MAUS – Live schedule

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06-24 Minneapolis, MN – 7th St Entry *

06-25 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle *

06-26 Detroit, MI – Magic Stick *

06-28 Brooklyn, NY – Glasslands *

06-29 New York, NY – Mercury Lounge *

06-30 Boston, MA – Great Scott *

07-02 Winooski, VT – Monkey House

07-03 Philadelphia, PA – Making Time @ Voyeur *

07-05 Washington, DC – Black Cat Backstage *

07-06 Atlanta, GA – The Earl *

07-07 Birmingham, AL – Bottletree Cafe *

07-08 New Orleans, LA – Wolf Den at Howlin Wolf *

07-09 Austin, TX – Mohawk Inside *

07-12 San Diego CA – Casbah *

07-13 Costa Mesa, CA – Detroit Bar *

07-15 Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex*

*w/ Puro Instinct

SPIN SPIN THE DOGS / PLEASE LP OUT NOW!!!

Another week, another new release for you! This time it's the next installment of our UK underground split LP series and this one is an absolute corker with PLEASE and SPIN SPIN THE DOGS teaming up. This split record perfectly demonstrates a shared love of flipping the mundane on its head whilst running with the pulse of punk today. From Monday in stores worldwide and right now through our webshop and digitally this new LP will be freely available to everyone...

PLEASE side

1. Clothes

2. The Germ

3. Harrow And Wealdstone

4. Pass The Apple

Please-Pass The Apple by Upset the Rhythm

SPIN SPIN THE DOGS side

1. Jumbo

Spin Spin the Dogs-Jumbo by Upset the Rhythm

2. Inner Peace

3. Biggest Fist

4. Stupid

5. New Bad Boy

Spin Spin The Dogs are a group who formed on the fringes of Nottingham in 2003. Presently London-grounded, the band are a four piece playing out with guitar, keyboard, rubbery bass, drums and a narrative-heavy vocal. Throughout several lineup changes the band have continually found their stride in different shoes, documenting this with a 10” on Fancy Paradise and a recent album on Gringo entitled “Leave Me In Leicester”. Spin Spin’s side of this record wonderfully captures a fact known to many who’ve seen the band live; that they abandoned conventional truth years ago. Their approach to writing songs is often a collaborative exercise, taking nonsensical twists and turns into streets of rambling postpunk and cul de sacs of dissonant melody.

Opener ‘Jumbo’ sets the tone for the record with its quotidian focus and attention-tossing interplay, sounding as natural and quintessentially English as it gets. A song dealing with childhood promise and the realities of growing up, ‘Jumbo’ lets the guitars freely roam. Forthright drums cement a core that singer Vincent Larkin uses to tumble his words across. “Every single word I say, could make you laugh, could make you cry”, confesses Vincent with his commanding yet oft-deadpan holler. It’s this tragicomic focus which best denotes the band’s personality. Shown further with track ‘Inner Peace’, which uncovers truths of divine idiocy in the face of a spiritual awakening. Other tracks like ‘Biggest Fist’ and ‘New Bad Boy’ (featuring some choice cowbell and horn blowing) also show off Spin Spin’s love for the outlandish right-siding of song structure, transmitting short bursts of energy which test the limits before plaintively collapsing.

On the other side of the record we have Please, a trio conceived in London in 2006, comprised of duelling guitarists and an activated drummer. Thus far one 10” exists in the Please cannon courtesy of Ouse Records which is an excellent introduction to their wayward psych-garage stomp. The band feature members of The Lowest Form, Cleckhudderfax and Isambard Kingston Brunel, so it comes as no surprise that Please also sound completely different. Together the threesome offer up ramshackle rhythms, trippy aerobic guitars played alongside unmannered vocals. Delivered with the heady rush you’d expect of punk, Please race 60s garage slap alongside wrong-footed prog through an obstacle course.

Frenzied, feverish guitars and crashing rhythms dominate first track ‘Clothes’, giving a taste of the band’s impish demeanor. Hot off the blocks ‘The Germ’ discusses themes of turning seasons amongst swirling space echo and cyclical clattering. Heavily instrumental and high-spirited Please tease with false endings and secret passageways, which exhibit well the extraordinary chemistry the three have forged. This side of the 12” cools off for the paranoid and cinematic ‘Harrow and Wealdstone’, its spooked guitars creating a darker mood before charging the gates for closer ‘Pass The Apple’. Finishing on a high note the last song’s chiming guitars and rattling drums sound effortlessly spontaneous and bags of fun.

Incidentally paintings of American songwriter Randy Newman in a relaxed yet dynamic pose are featured throughout the record’s artwork. Painstakingly hand crafted by members of both bands over days, months and years, the joint artwork is a good example of why this record works so well. Both bands share a common sense of humour, a fondness for each other and a mindset of offering the unexpected. Please and Spin Spin The Dogs combined on one LP make the UK underground a more fun place to lose your mind.

CRAZY MAY

Hello everyone!
This is the busiest month for us ever so just wanted to share "our programme for May" far and wide! Half Japanese!!!!
Enjoy,
UPSET THE RHYTHM
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DJ DOG DICK
PSYCHEDELIC HORSESHIT
SEWN LEATHER
Friday 6 May
Dalston Victoria, 451 Queensbridge Road, Dalston, E8 3AS
8pm | 5.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/116165

THE BROTHERS UNCONNECTED
"A TRIBUTE TO SUN CITY GIRLS by SIR RICHARD BISHOP and ALAN BISHOP"
ISAMBARD KINGSTON BRUNEL
‘THE HANDSOME STRANGER’ FILM SCREENING
Monday 9 May
Tufnell Park Dome, 178 Junction Road, Tufnell Park, N19 5QQ
8pm | 12.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/108324

BLACK DICE
SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE
RANDY RANDALL (from NO AGE)
MAN FOREVER
Wednesday 11 May
PLAN B, 418 Brixton Road, London, SW9 7AY
(1 minutes walk from Brixton tube)
8pm | 10.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/113580

ORTHRELM
ERIC COPELAND
DRAWLINGS
Monday 16 May
The Grosvenor, 17 Sidney Road, Stockwell, SW9 0TP
8pm | 7.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/113581

MATMOS WITH J LESSER
JOHN WIESE
BIRDS OF DELAY
Tursday 19 May
Auto-Italia, 1 Glengall Road, Peckham, London, SE15 6NJ
7.30pm | 10.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/108837

CHAIN AND THE GANG (now featuring James Canty too!)
GRASS WIDOW
COVERGIRL
Tuesday 24 May
Tufnell Park Dome, 178 Junction Road, Tufnell Park, N19 5QQ
8pm | 9.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/108426

THEE OH SEES
CARNIVORES
CUSS WORDS
Thursday 26 May
Tufnell Park Dome, 178 Junction Road, Tufnell Park, N19 5QQ
8pm | 10.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/112458

HALF JAPANESE
LET'S WRESTLE
THE LOVELY EGGS
Tuesday 31 May
The Scala, 275 Pentonville Road, King's Cross, N1 9NL
7.30pm | 12.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/105945

JULIAN LYNCH
DUCKTAILS
BIG TROUBLES
Wednesday 1 June (nearly May!)
CAMP Basement, 70-74 City Road, Old Street, EC1Y 2BJ
7.30pm | 8.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/109859

NO BABIES LP OUT TODAY

Hello everyone!
Excitement reigns for UTR today as our newest record yet hits shops far and wide as well as our humble webstore. We're proud to release No Babies from Oakland, California's self-titled debut LP, perfecting showcasing their chaotic abandon in fantasy pink 180g glitter vinyl with a heavy card reverse board sleeve featuring puppets and models made by No Babies to demonstrate the corruption of power through time in marker pen, scrap paper, wool (blood), money, fabric and felt bobbles.


Here's some choice images of the new record, plus you can stream the entire album here too:

No Babies - No Babies LP by Upset the Rhythm

NO BABIES is a five piece friend army from Oakland, California. Since forming in 2008, they've worked tirelessly to develop a unique 'new punk' sound influenced by jazz, art music and hardcore, not unlike Old Skull playing Schoenberg, while Magma heckles from the audience.

No Babies chooses to eschew the effects-drenched 60s garage cult of worship for an aggressive, hyper-present and harmonically dense sound that is as playful as it is relentless. You might run for cover as guitars, saxophones, drums or even whole band members whiz past your head in frantic childlike spasms of terror and joy, or choose to meet the nervous fury head on, and join in the churning bodily mayhem yourself.

N.B.
* More NO BABIES: http://www.upsettherhythm.co.uk/nobabies.shtml
* UTR web shoppe: http://upsettherhythm.bigcartel.com/

Enjoy!
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