Hello again!
Upset The Rhythm are
back in live show mode tomorrow with our event at Moth Club in Hackney. We’ve
plotted an exceptional evening of raucous dream punk and hypnotic minimalism
for you with Pega Monstro, Rattle and Es all performing, all looks set to be a very special night!
Tickets are £6 and we’ll have some on the door from 8pm too. Our full blurb for
tomorrow can be found below, along with that of next week’s Sauna Youth release party at The Forge
with Not Sorry and Sarcasm, busy, busy!
In other news this
week we’ve confirmed new shows for Nots,
The Space Lady, Quintron & Miss Pussycat, plus a label showcase at Café OTO in
April with Normil Hawaiians, Bamboo, The Wharves and Dog
Chocolate. Details for these can all be found in our ‘upcoming shows’ list at
the end of this. Lots more concerts to announce next week too. If mailing
list’s be the food of love, read on…
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PEGA MONSTRO
RATTLE
ES
Saturday 6 February
Moth Club, Old Trades Hall, Valette St, Hackney Central, E8 1EL
PEGA MONSTRO are sisters Júlia Reis (drums) and Maria Reis
(guitar, keyboard), both sing! Born and raised in Lisbon, Portugal, Maria and
Júlia have been playing music together since they were 15 and 17 respectively,
in other groups first before resolving on becoming a duo. Back in 2010, both
sisters started a record label, along with some of their musician friends,
called Cafetra Records to document Portugal’s garage punk scene. Cafetra
represents a community of like-minded musicians who all help each other, making
music that they’d want to hear, powered by enthusiasm. 2012 saw Pega Monstro
release their self-titled debut album, making for a raucous record that met
with critical national acclaim. Last summer, Pega Monstro released their new
album entitled ‘Alfarroba’ on Upset The Rhythm. The songs on ‘Alfarroba’ deal
with many themes, some universal topics like love and growing up, others focusing
on the nature of writing songs themselves, whilst some try to make sense of the
world from a female perspective. Returning to London after their spectacular
performance with Deerhoof last August, expect torrents of energy from Pega
Monstro; snare rolls triggering flights of guitar, and fogs of cymbal shimmer
that form steps for their vocals to climb.
RATTLE are a drumming duo
based in Nottingham. Rattle
focus almost exclusively on drums and more drums, beneath a delicate overlay of
vocal harmonies and percussive effects. Formed by Katharine Eira Brown (also of
Kogumaza) and Theresa Wrigley (also of Fists); Rattle began as an experiment in
crafting rich songs and melody using drums and voice alone. Their music weaves
and intertwines post-punk, minimalism and experimental rock, through off-kilter
rhythms, patterns and counter melodies. Their live performances are at once
hypnotic, monastic and danceable, entrancing audiences at Supersonic Festival,
Dot to Dot and throughout the UK during December’s recent tour with Witching
Waves.
https://rattleon.bandcamp.com/
ES are a brand new band
featuring Maria, Flora, Tamsin and Katy, who you may know from their other
excellent bands Primetime, Gloss Rejection, The Worms and Black Fungus. Weaving
sinewy keyboard lines and a direct vocal around the bass and drums they write
stark songs that are as hard to pin down as they are inventive. It's still
early doors so no music online yet, you'll have to come and see them play to
know more!
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SATURDAY /////
SAUNA YOUTH
NOT SORRY
SARCASM
PUB CLASSICS (DJ Set)
Saturday 13
February
The Forge,
3-7 Delancey Street, Camden, NW1 7NL
SAUNA YOUTH are an evolving band of future humans making
truly irregular punk, not quite comparable to anything else. "Weird"
is a meaningless platitude and "art punk" is a classifier that
shouldn't be required. Consisting of Richard Phoenix (drums, vocals), Lindsay
Corstorphine (guitar), Jen Calleja (vocals, sampler) and Christopher Murphy (bass),
Sauna Youth are a punk band that's happy to embrace all of the contradictions
that go along with that notion. On paper, Sauna Youth sound considered - live,
they can barely be contained. They are at times furious, unstoppable and
severe, with the sampler wailing like an alarm coming from a parallel universe
- then chugging, poppy, harmonious and fun. Forever loud. This show celebrates
the release of their excellent new 7” ‘The Bridge / Blurry Images’ out on Upset
The Rhythm.
NOT SORRY are four slinky-synth, disco-punx from London,
featuring members of Joey Fourr and Ravioli Me Away. Check out their recent
split tape with Holysix on Good Job/SixSixSixties for plenty of woozy,
sometimes disquieting, always irrefutable pop bangers.
SARCASM bring the brittle post-punk, featuring members
of Efialtis and Snob. No recordings online yet, demo in the works.
PUB CLASSICS (DJ Set)
Thank you always for your time!
UPSET THE RHYTHM
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UPSET THE RHYTHM /////
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UPCOMING SHOWS \\\\\
PEGA MONSTRO
RATTLE
ES
Saturday 6 February
Moth Club, Old Trades Hall, Valette St, Hackney Central, E8 1EL
SAUNA YOUTH
NOT SORRY
SARCASM
PUB CLASSICS (DJ Set)
Saturday 13 February
The Forge, 3-7
Delancey Street, Camden, NW1 7NL
7pm | £7 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/342318
GUN OUTFIT
AMPS FOR CHRIST
Wednesday 17
February
The Lexington,
96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, N1 9JB
PROTOMARTYR
Monday 4th April
100 Club, 100 Oxford St, Oxford Street, W1D 1LL
7.30pm | £10 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/339599
NORMIL HAWAIIANS
BAMBOO
THE WHARVES
DOG CHOCOLATE
Sunday 10 April
Cafe OTO, 22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, E8 3DL
QUINTRON
& MISS PUSSYCAT
Friday 22 April
DIY Space For London, 96-101 Ormside St, South Bermondsey, SE15 1TF
THE SPACE LADY
Thursday 5 May
Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, 44 Pollard Row, Bethnal Green, E2
6NB
NEIL MICHAEL HAGERTY
& THE HOWLING HEX
Tuesday 10 May
Moth Club, Old Trades Hall, Valette St, Hackney Central, E8 1EL
7.30pm | £10 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/348514
NOTS
Monday 23 May
The Lexington,
96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, N1 9JB
DOWNTOWN BOYS
Tuesday 31 May
The
Victoria, 451 Queensbridge Rd, Dalston, E8 3AS
7.30pm | £7 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/347811
