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Upset The Rhythm presents…
KRISTIN HERSH (Electric Trio)
With ROB AHLERS (drums) & FRED ABONG (bass)
FRED ABONG (support set)
Sunday 10 March & Tuesday 12 March Bush Hall, 310 Uxbridge Rd, Shepherd's Bush, London, W12 7LJ 7.30pm | £25 | TICKETS FOR MARCH 10 / TICKETS FOR MARCH 12
KRISTIN HERSH, most recognised as the front person for the
influential art-punk band Throwing Muses and power trio 50FOOTWAVE, will
be touring the UK in Spring 2019 with Rob Ahlers (50 Foot Wave) on
drums and Fred Abong (Throwing Muses, Belly) on bass. Throwing Muses
first gained traction in the early '80s, playing with similarly singular
artists, such as The Pixies and Dinosaur Jr. They continue to release
ground-breaking music, most recently with 2013's double CD masterpiece
'Purgatory/Paradise'. Kristin's solo career spun off in 1994 with the
release of 'Hips and Makers', a widely acclaimed album that included
'Your Ghost', a duet with R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe. Since then, Kristin
has released a steady stream of distinctly individual solo albums,
including 2010's 'Crooked', released as her first in the inventive
book/CD format for which she is now known.
2016's 'Wyatt at the Coyote Palace', on which Kristin played all of
the instruments, received rave reviews; an explosive defined by
blistering guitars, powerful drumming and her signature visceral vocal
technique. Her poignant true stories bring the listener into what the
BBC calls Hersh's "dark and dizzy world". In 2004, Kristin formed the
noise rock power trio 50FOOTWAVE, releasing a series of frighteningly
intense mini-albums, all available for download free of charge. Their
most recent 'Bath White' EP was described as "a series of loud
explosions, of velvet like dreams all intermingled at the same time.
Bath White takes no prisoners." Kristin's writing career has flourished
with the highly acclaimed 'Paradoxical Undressing' (released as 'Rat
Girl' in the USA) and the award winning 'Don't Suck, Don't Die', a
personal account of her long friendship with the late Vic Chesnutt, as
well as the enchanting books which now accompany each of her record
releases. Kristin's tenth studio album, 'Possible Dust Clouds' (out this
October on Fire Records) is a highly personalised sociopathic gem
delivered as a futuristic rewriting of how music works, a melodious
breeze with a tail wind of venomous din. Enveloping the juxtaposition of
the concept of 'dark sunshine', a brooding solo record created with
friends to expand her off-kilter sonic vision; a squally, squeaky mix of
discordant beauty. 'Possible Dust Clouds' is a glorious return to form
for one of alternative rock's true innovators.
FRED ABONG will be supporting Kristin on her current UK tour
dates. Fred is a friend of Kristin’s and former Throwing Muses and
Belly bass player. Fred will be touring his new solo acoustic EP,
described by himself as sounding like a “ragged Replacements”.
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Upset The Rhythm presents…
THE SHIFTERS
DRY CLEANING THE COOL GREENHOUSE Thursday 14 March The Islington, 1 Tolpuddle Street, Angel, London, N1 0XT 7.30pm | £7 | TICKETS THE SHIFTERS are a quintet from Melbourne, who after two 7” singles and demo tape, just unveiled their first proper full-length album entitled ‘Have a Cunning Plan’ (Trouble In Mind). Recorded at Al Montfort of Total Control/Terry’s home studio, ‘Have A Cunning Plan’ ups the fidelity a bit, tempering the up-front crunch of their previous demo. The sonic space suits the band, allowing the unpretentious complexity of the songs & lyrics to generate the “oomph” rather than bludgeoning the listener with treble and feedback. The album showcases ten new tracks by the band at their best; scrappy, self-destructive, stumbling and brilliant pop music that seems tossed off or nonchalant on the surface but is rife with rewards upon further listening. Early album bangers like “Molasses” and the first single “Work/Life, Gym Etc” are instant earworms, (as are “Straight Lines” & “Pyramid Scheme”, the latter reworked from a recent 7-inch) but it’s the simple-yet-sophisticated songcraft of tunes like “How Long?” or the languid strum of “Andrew Bolt” that are heavy on mood and are vehicles for vocalist/guitarist Miles Jansen’s erudite lyrics that simultaneously celebrate and decry the banality of life, while also tackling larger issues of colonialism conservatism’s effects on society at large. On the surface, there’s no denying the band owe a heavy debt to The Fall, but whatever seeds were planted by the late, great Mark E. Smith, have gestated into an animal all their own. ‘Have A Cunning Plan’ aims to take them towards a greater plane.
https://theshiftersofmelbourne.bandcamp.com/
DRY CLEANING are a south London quartet who carve out vast post punk canyons with a dry, narrative-driven vocal. You can hear the everyday collide with the profound in their songs, which are as insightful and acutely honest as they are highly catchy. Check out their ‘Sweet Princess’ tape right now! https://drycleaning.bandcamp.com/releases THE COOL GREENHOUSE make lo-fi, repetitive post-punk with a social conscience. Their debut 7” on Market Square is a treat of elusive DIY moves and sarcastic wit. Very reminiscent of the early 80s post-punk cassette scene and messthetics compilation groups. |
Upset The Rhythm presents…
NATE YOUNG JOHN R. SPYKES
E B U
Friday 22 March IKLECTIK, Old Paradise Yard, 20 Carlisle Lane, London, SE1 7LG 7.30pm | £11 | TICKETS NATE YOUNG is a founding member of seminal Detroit noise band Wolf Eyes. More recently he's been honing an equally distinctive solo sound that blends myriad sources from musique concrète, vintage film atmospherics, layered synths and archive library recordings into something thrillingly intense. Summoning up crushingly ominous crepuscular soundscapes and synth-washed phantasmagoria, Young undercuts the brutalism of Wolf Eyes with the kind of ambient dread that conjures images of lost horror soundtracks from the 70's. Minimal analogue synth violence is punctuated by thunder cracks of metal percussion ala the early Akita/Null Merzbow duets, massively doomy beat hypnotics and an atmosphere that's somewhere between the most apocalyptic Throbbing Gristle recordings. This February sees the release of ‘Dilemmas of Identity’, volume one in a new multi-part series of solo releases from Young for Lower Floor Music. These songs were commonly made as a distraction from grief, seasonal depression and isolation. Sometimes severely ridiculous and unrelenting, other times slow, sparse and strange. https://soundcloud.com/nate-young JOHN R. SPYKES aka Inzane Johnny Olson of Wolf Eyes and American Tapes will be treating us to a solo slice from his mind platter, featuring damaged rippers and modulations galore. As a part of Wolf Eyes, John Olson is responsible for augmenting the USA's longest-running homemade, primitive, electronic, poetry & radical vibes trio. They don't just release albums they launch scotched, taped nuclear audio fronts on humanity. Spykes is a project Olson has visited many times since its inception in 1999, constantly unearthing new sounds from the same old grey feelings of Midwestern winters inside. Absolute free jams promised, firing on all cylinders, a warped madness of atomised sonics.
E B U is a Bristol-based producer who casts a universe of
her own both sonically and visually. Defying any one genre, she refers
to her distinct sound as 'Swamp Pop'. Unnatural sounds and pitches
exhale in melodic chants, ominous baselines resound and eerie loops
fixate in this macabre ensemble. You are captive in her world. Moments
of haunting clarity keep you wondering where she will take you next
whilst strange narratives unfold. Her chameleonic visual display is
charged with emotion, keeping you suspended in a state of flux as she
orbits through the spectrum. Stimulated by human behaviour and existence
she questions the very nature of being and invites the audience to
explore through her cathartic performance.
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