June of 44, Vintage Crop, Rachel Aggs and Quintron & Miss Pussycat in London soon!

Greetings!   Upset The Rhythm have slipped stealhily into top gear with four concerts coming up over the next five days, cue us whispering in your ear about it, ha! Tonight sees us at 229 in Great Portland Street for an incredibly rare performance from June of 44, their first show in the UK in 21 years!   One of favourite bands for the longest time, June of 44 (feat. members of Rodan, Hoover, Lungfish, Codeine, Enablers and Rex) are math rock journeymen taking in punk, dub, jazz and much more into their truly unique sound. Joining Jo44 for this epic evening will be Rattle with their polyrhythmic layers of drums and impressionistic vocal clouds.   Tickets for this show (like all coming up this week) will be available on the door from 7pm. See you there with bells on, what a treat!

Then tomorrow night, or Saturday night as Whigfield prefers to call it we're all about Vintage Crop!   We're heading to the Lexington for an evening of wayward punk and charismatic slap from the Aussie quartet, hot on the heels of their sensational new record 'Kibitzer'! Presently tearing up the UK on tour, Vintage Crop specialise in tensile riffage, hefty beats and heaps of everyman curiosity. Marcel Wave and Public Body will be joining them on stage too, so will be a total knees-up!

Monday night we're thrilled to be hosting Rachel Aggs' (RAGGS) first solo headline show in London at Cafe OTO. Building on her life-affirming work with Trash Kit, Sacred Paws and Shopping, Aggs' solo project is a similarly homespun take on post-punk euphorics and honest introspection this time channeled through pulsating electronics, spindly guitar wanders and heart-spoken vocals.   If that wasn't enough we also have the immense  joyride of a group Electric Fire opening the show and Rosie Ridgway DJing in between too, nice!

Arguably saving the very best to last, next Tuesday we ruck up at The Lexington for the incomparable live experience that is Quintron & Miss Pussycat!   Surreal puppetshows, curious inventions, hard-rocking dance party vibes and the most fun you'll ever have packed into an hour guaranteed! With records on Bulb, Goner, Third Man, Three One G, Rhinestone Records and Skingraft they've won devoted fans everwhere with their genre-defying swamp boogie slam dunk of a live show, not to be missed!   We're super excited to have Bruno & The Outrageous Methods of Presentation performing too, will be a special night indeed. Read on for everything you need to know, plus new shows announced from the likes of Max Tundra, Sarah Davachi, Yeah Yeah Noh and Lande Hekt... yes!

Upset The Rhythm & Supersonic present… JUNE OF 44 RATTLE Friday 8 July 229, 229 Great Portland St, London, W1W 5PN, UK 7pm | £20 (16+ show) | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/ae216c453036 JUNE OF 44 formed in the fall of 1994. They are a super-group collective with a rich underground lineage of members from beloved bands - Rodan, Lungfish, Codeine, Rex, Hoover and Shipping News. Truly a who’s who of the indie rock world, together they have often been referred to as the punk rock pirates of the math rock world. The band are cited for their artistic hand-crafted record packaging for music that ranges from experimental jazz to ambient dub to angular post punk. June of 44 released their four totemic albums on Quarterstick in the 90s, but in 2020 they announced their first studio album in 21 years. ‘Revisionist: Adaptations & Future Histories in the Time of Love and Survival’ came out recently on Broken Clover. “It will have been 23 years since performing in the United Kingdom… so much life, too many wars, so much music, a few extraordinary babies, heart-breaking loss, real struggle, epic success, total failure – for all of us.” https://juneof44.bandcamp.com/ RATTLE are a Nottingham based duo, Rattle focus almost exclusively on drums and more drums, beneath a delicate overlay of vocal harmonies and percussive effects. Formed by Katharine Eira Brown and Theresa Wrigley, 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. Rattle effortlessly blend the avant-garde with irresistible melodies and hypnotic drum beats, using rhythm and harmony to create a refreshing sound that is utterly new - a pretty rare feat these days when we're saturated with so much music. Rattle's impressive ‘Sequence’ album came out through Upset The Rhythm. https://rattleon.bandcamp.com

Upset The Rhythm presents… VINTAGE CROP MARCEL WAVE PUBLIC BODY Saturday 9 July The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, London, N1 9JB 7.30pm | £8 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/A73a9f0863c6 VINTAGE CROP are Geelong’s favourite sons, returning this summer with their much-anticipated fourth album, ‘Kibitzer’. Running with the ball that 2020’s “Serve To Serve Again” punted forward, this album marks another energetic break towards the goal for Vintage Crop. ‘Kibitzer’ sees the band define their field of play, more melodic at times, still bruising, forever droll. These ten tracks of ‘snappy as elastic’ Australian punk are packed with tensile riffage, hefty beats and witty refrains of everyman curiosity. ‘Kibitzer’ delves into themes of identity, resilience and acceptance; some of the more upbeat notions that the band have dealt with to date. ‘Casting Calls’ opens the record, slamming through the speakers with gusto and setting the tone for the following 30 minutes. These themes hit home with the album’s title too, with Cherry feeling that ‘Kibitzer’ is an apt way to describe a lot of the band’s focus. “I feel like a lot of our lyrics over the years have been our unsolicited opinions on other people’s situations, the very definition of the word Kibitzer. So for this record we wanted to lean into that tendency by acknowledging it and even go as far as stamping it on the album cover.” https://vintagecrop.bandcamp.com/ MARCEL WAVE write eulogies for tragic actresses, ancient riverbeds and concrete obscenity. Meades meets Pat-E-Smith meets Kirklees Borough Council. Featuring members of Cold Pumas and Sauna Youth. https://marcel-wave.bandcamp.com/releases PUBLIC BODY have from the cradle to a 9-5 job been buried in unread emails and PMQ youtube alerts, tackling issues such as Question Time Bias and Workplace Etiquette. Public Body formed in Brighton in late 2018 with a clear aim to write the perfect soundtrack to whatever you do whilst procrastinating at your day job. https://publicbody.bandcamp.com/

Upset The Rhythm presents… RACHEL AGGS ELECTRIC FIRE ROSIE RIDGWAY (DJ SET) Monday 11 July Cafe OTO, 18-22 Ashwin St, London, E8 3DL 7.30pm | £8 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/H8123dbd413f RACHEL AGGS is a multi instrumentalist and songwriter based in Glasgow. Aggs, a prolific specialist in euphoric post-punk, has achieved international acclaim with collaborative touring projects Trash Kit, Shopping and Sacred Paws. Creating zines and co-ordinating workshops that encourage women, non-binary people, and people of colour to form bands, Aggs has galvanised the DIY scene in the UK. Aggs released a solo album on Lost Map records as part of their Visitations residency in 2019 and self released //Tape 1// in 2020. Both releases showcase Aggs’ signature hybrid post-punk/highlife inspirations stripped down to new minimal extremes. Pulsating, electronic beats, coolly-recited lyrical mantras and spindly guitar lines abound in this life affirming music that speaks directly to your heart. https://r4ggs.bandcamp.com ELECTRIC FIRE is made up of Alicia (vocals), Ehima (drums, percussion and vocals), Sam (synths and vocals) and William (laptop, production and vocals). Their unique sound was developed through Heart n Soul’s digital music project SoundLab. It has evolved into an incredible live act, and the band have performed on stages from Hong Kong to Amsterdam, London to Paris. Their heart lifting, feel good second EP Buzzin’ is all about having fun. Opening with a song about the feeling you get when everything is going your way, from having rice or sausage rolls for lunch to touring Hong Kong, this is a band who are all relentlessly positive! Buzzin’ contains four incredible ‘egg funk’ bangers that could only be made by one of the best bands on the planet. https://electricfire.bandcamp.com/

Upset The Rhythm presents…. QUINTRON & MISS PUSSYCAT BRUNO AND THE OUTRAGEOUS METHODS OF PRESENTATION Tuesday 12 July The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, London, N1 9JB 7.30pm | £12 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/x2ade9b7daea QUINTRON & MISS PUSSYCAT have been making genre-defying noise and hard rocking dance music in New Orleans for over twenty years. The majority of their 17 full-length albums have the psychedelic soul of traditional New Orleans party music, filtered through a vintage Hammond B-3, technicolor puppets, and a battalion of distorted, homemade instruments. This summer, the duo will be joined on tour by two New Orleans musicians, drummer Sam Yoger and “talk boxer” Benni Divine, to recreate their most recent Goner LP, ‘Goblin Alert’ as well as butchering the best of the old songs. The Quintron / Miss Pussycat experience is one of barely controlled electronic chaos, "Swamp-Tech" dance beats, small explosions, incredible clothes, and entertaining puppet stories. Quintron and Miss Pussycat’s sweaty musical blasts are paralleled in spirit and performance by Miss Pussycat’s dreamy puppet worlds – elaborate, and beautifully crafted for success in intimate venues of late- night drinking and dancing. She has also had several major solo museum exhibitions and, although the puppets are never for sale, ceramics, paintings and other visual work related to her puppetry, are represented by the Webb Gallery in Waxahachie Texas. http://www.quintronandmisspussycat.com/ BRUNO AND THE OUTRAGEOUS METHODS OF PRESENTATION is a situationist / aktionist un-group masterminded by the precocious teenage brat Bruno Bof Wilkinson. Bruno is a multi-faceted neuro-amazing proto-superstar, splatter-gunning golden gems of power-pop, garage-punk, nihilistic electro-void darkness and plain super-catchy teeth-rattlers. Created in Bristol in 2006 from Brazilian/English motherfatherlodes he’s played with The Nightingales, Damo Suzuki, Adulkt Life, Babyshakes, Beak and a whole bunch more. You can see him fronting his own band, The Outrageous Methods Of Presentation, guesting with Bristol garage indie-punk legends Bucky, fronting Bath oi-punks Shiner and occasionally bursts to the front of the stage to guest with Alter Moderns. Bruno appeals to fans of Crime, Jonathan Richman, Guided By Voices, Electric Eels, The Kinks, Television, The Stooges, Swell Maps and Huggy Bear! https://outrageousmethodsofpresentation.bandcamp.com/

Thanks for reading, see you lots over the next few days! Upset The Rhythm

UPSET THE RHYTHM UPCOMING SHOWS

JUNE OF 44 RATTLE Friday 8 July 229, 229 Great Portland St, London, W1W 5PN, UK 7pm | £20 (16+ show) | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/ae216c453036   VINTAGE CROP MARCEL WAVE PUBLIC BODY Saturday 9 July The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, London, N1 9JB 7.30pm | £8 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/A73a9f0863c6 RACHEL AGGS ELECTRIC FIRE ROSIE RIDGWAY (DJ SET) Monday 11 July Cafe OTO, 18-22 Ashwin St, London, E8 3DL 7.30pm | £8 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/H8123dbd413f QUINTRON & MISS PUSSYCAT BRUNO AND THE OUTRAGEOUS METHODS OF PRESENTATION Tuesday 12 July The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, London, N1 9JB 7.30pm | £12 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/x2ade9b7daea   HG20 : ‘A three-day fundraiser celebrating 20 years of Hello Goodbye and Resonance FM’   WRECKLESS ERIC MEATRAFFLE LILITH AI Saturday 30 July MOTH Club, Old Trades Hall, Valette St, London, E9 6NU 7.30pm - 10.30pm | £10 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/N6957a30c1ea THE MONOCHROME SET THE MINDREADERS DEE BYRNE & CATH ROBERTS Sunday 31 July MOTH Club, Old Trades Hall, Valette St, London, E9 6NU 7.30pm - 10.30pm | £10 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/g033d19f7eeb VERY SPECIAL GUEST GINA BIRCH BAS JAN ROZI PLAIN (DJ set) Monday 1 August MOTH Club, Old Trades Hall, Valette St, London, E9 6NU 7.30pm - 11pm | £10 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/Rab47aa5d2fa £25 Three day tickets: https://link.dice.fm/j66637a0c823   DEERHOOF Wednesday 31 August Electric Ballroom, 184 Camden High St, Camden, London, NW1 8QP, UK 7pm | £17 | Tickets:  https://link.dice.fm/pc5188b40f90   MAX TUNDRA BAS JAN GUS BONITO (DJ Set) Friday 2 September The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, London, N1 9JB 7.30pm | £12 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/Ka0f9869d209 JENNY MOORE Tuesday 13 September & Wednesday 14 September Servant Jazz Quarters, 10A Bradbury Street, Dalston, London, N16 8JN 7.30pm | £8 | Tickets: https://dice.fm/bundles/jenny-moore-in-london-3orl   MIDWIFE Tuesday 18 October Cafe OTO, 18-22 Ashwin St, Dalston, London, E8 3DL 7.30pm | £12 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/Zfe30c79959f   SARAH DAVACHI Thursday 27 October Grand Junction, Rowington Cl, London W2 5TF 7.30pm | £16 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/aaa27bd3c37b   PROLAPSE YEAH YEAH NOH Saturday 29 October OSLO, 1a Amhurst Road, Hackney Central, E8 1LL 7.30pm | £12 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/Zaa6a254b9b3   LANDE HEKT Monday 14 November The Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, London, E8 2EB 7.30pm | £8.50 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/z293f7e05023   FUZZ (Charles Moothart, Ty Segall, Chad Ubovich) Friday 17 March 2023 Electric Ballroom, 184 Camden High St, Camden Town, London, NW1 8QP 6pm - 9.45pm | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/mhxLeUrBL4 (This show is rescheduled from March 18th 2022, original tickets valid, refunds available too)

 

 

Sarah Davachi - Oct 27th London concert confirmed!

 

 

Upset The Rhythm presents…

SARAH DAVACHI
Thursday 27 October
Grand Junction, Rowington Cl, London W2 5TF
7.30pm | £16 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/aaa27bd3c37b

SARAH DAVACHI’s work as a composer and performer of electroacoustic music is concerned with the close intricacies of intimate aural space, utilizing extended durations and simple harmonic structures that emphasize subtle variations in texture, overtone complexity, psychoacoustic phenomena, and temperament and intonation.  Similarly informed by minimalist tenets of the 1960s and 1970s, baroque leanings toward slow-moving chordal suspensions, and experimental production practices of the recording studio environment, in her sound is manifest an experience that lessens apprehension of consonance and dissonance in likeness of the familiar and the distant.  Davachi has toured extensively across the globe and has shared the stage with artists such as Grouper, the London Contemporary Orchestra, William Basinski, Oren Ambarchi, Ariel Kalma, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Jessica Moss, Donald Buchla, Alessandro Cortini, Ian William Craig, Kara-lis Coverdale, Aaron Dilloway, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Ellen Arkbro, Loren Connors and filmmaker Paul Clipson.  Between 2007 and 2017, Davachi also had the unique opportunity to work for the National Music Centre in Canada as an interpreter and content developer of their collection of acoustic and electronic keyboard instruments.  She has held artist residencies at The Banff Centre for the Arts (Banff, Canada), STEIM (Amsterdam, Netherlands), WORM (Rotterdam, Netherlands), EMS (Stockholm, Sweden), OBORO (Montréal, Canada), MESS (Melbourne, Australia), and with the Bozzini Quartet (Montréal, Canada).  Davachi is currently a doctoral candidate in musicology at UCLA – where she works on the aesthetic phenomenology of musical instruments and timbre in popular, experimental, and early music – and is based in Los Angeles, California. Davachi’s new album ‘Two Sisters’ will be released through her own Late Music imprint on September 9th.
https://www.sarahdavachi.com/

 

 

Lande Hekt is coming to London this November!

 

 

Upset The Rhythm presents…

LANDE HEKT
Monday 14 November
The Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, London, E8 2EB
7.30pm | £8.50 | Tickets: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/551887/

LANDE HEKT’s voice in music is one that’s socially aware yet often introspective, drawing awareness to serious issues but at the same time baring her soul. Much of Hekt’s compositions act as a personal diary of what’s going on in her life at any given time. This is evident in her discography with Muncie Girls, the band which she formed in her hometown of Exeter as a teenager and have released two critically acclaimed albums to date. This knack of combining her own experiences and feelings whilst highlighting larger socio-economic issues has carried through to her more contemplative solo material, which began life in an EP ‘Gigantic Disappointment’, self-released in 2019.

Lande Hekt’s debut album Going to Hell was released in 2021 and was placed in Stereogum’s Album of the Week, Bandcamp’s Album of the Day, and one of AV Club’s ‘17 albums we can’t wait to hear’. The album is a personal and confessional account of Hekt coming out as gay and DIY Magazine called it “A celebration of personal freedom”. Going to Hell came out on queer and trans run DIY label, Get Better Records and gained Lande Hekt a following for her introspective and journal-style lyrics, political themes and catchy, guitar-driven indie rock. New 7” single ‘Romantic’ - a song about struggling to fit in, feeling down and finding comfort in romance - is out now on Emotional Response.
https://landehekt.bandcamp.com/

Max Tundra - London date announced!

Max Tundra is back in the zone!
About time too, whoop!
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Upset The Rhythm presents…

MAX TUNDRA
GUS BONITO (DJ Set)
Friday 2 September
The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, London, N1 9JB
7.30pm | £12 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/Ka0f9869d209

MAX TUNDRA, aka Ben Jacobs, is a master of delightfully inscrutable, slyly tuneful electronic pop. His three albums recorded for Domino Records between 2000-2008 echo throughout much contemporary pop music. The first of the trilogy, Some Best Friend You Turned Out To Be, is more or less the most experimental; the second, Mastered By Guy At The Exchange, perhaps the most joyful; and the third, Parallax Error Beheads You, the most riotous. All three albums remain essential and three are being reissued by Domino this summer! A remix mixtape entitled Remixtape featuring the likes of Julia Holter and Kero Kero Bonito will also arrive alongside the reissues on August 12th. The hyperpop pioneer has collaborated with the likes of Arca, Daphne & Celeste and A. G. Cook. The natural musical predecessor to the likes of PC Music, Max Tundra also boasts a remix roster which includes Pet Shop Boys, The Strokes and Franz Ferdinand. Join us for a very special concert from Max Tundra to celebrate these reissues on September 2nd, to the very day the exact 20th anniversary of landmark album release ‘Mastered By Guy At The Exchange’.
https://www.maxtundra.com/

Vintage Crop's new album! Plus... The Space Lady's final visitation to London next week!

  

Kibitzer!   It’s a word that certainly packs a punch, it’s also Vintage Crop’s thrill-ride of a new album, available to check out now via all the usual digital depots.   Ten tracks of snappy as elastic Australian punk, packed with witty refrains of everyman curiosity. It’s sardonic, harmonic and more than just the tonic! Here’s a fun snap of the band celebrating this joint release between Upset The Rhythm and our power-pals Anti-Fade!   Remember you can still order this lavish Dinked version of the album from all participating retailers in the UK: White vinyl, live-flexi, lyric/photo zine and bookmark (for the win)! Also, look out for the band on their European tour that kicks off next week too, SO MUCH!

OK, London show promoter hat on now!   Our next event takes place one week today, Friday 1st July at OSLO, Hackney and will feature the very last performance of The Space Lady in London. Oh no! Say it ain't so, I'm afraid it is, but cheer up, it's not too late. Let's celebrate with Susan as she bids us an intergalactic goodbye on her farewell tour. Sensational diy-pop star Robert Sotelo will also be performing at this special knees-up, read on for all you need to know and more.   You'll also find below our upcoming London show listings for Richard Dawson & Circle, June of 44 and Vintage Crop! The snake bites its tail once again, enjoy!   New shows for Prolapse and Jenny Moore have just materialised in our upcoming programme too, lucky London!

Upset The Rhythm presents… THE SPACE LADY ROBERT SOTELO Friday 1 July OSLO, 1a Amhurst Road, Hackney Central, E8 1LL 7pm-10pm | £12.50 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/J68e0e40746a THE SPACE LADY began her odyssey on the streets of San Francisco in the late 70s, playing versions of contemporary pop music an accordion and dressed flamboyantly, transmitting messages of peace and harmony. Following the theft of her accordion, The Space Lady invested in a then-new Casio keyboard, birthing an otherworldly new dimension to popular song that has captured the imaginations of the underground and its lead exponents ever since, with the likes of John Maus, Erol Alkan and Kutmah being devotees. Of her early street sets, only one recording was made, self-released originally on cassette and then transferred to a homemade CD. 'The Space Lady's Greatest Hits' released in 2014 through Night School features the best of these recordings - mostly covers but with some originals - pressed on vinyl for the first time and features archival photographs and liner notes from The Space Lady herself. 'Greatest Hits' contains The Space Lady's personal favourites; her haunting take on The Electric Prunes' 'I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night),' a frantic 'Ballroom Blitz' amidst other reconstructed pop music. Following on from this wonderful record, The Space Lady released a split LP in 2015 with the Burnt Ones on Castle Face records which included her spectral take of 'Across The Universe' and a recent LP from 2018 through Mississippi entitled 'On The Street Of Dreams'. This show will be The Space Lady's final performance in London as part of her farewell tour! https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/exploring-the-intergalactic-wonders-of-the-space-lady ROBERT SOTELO is a mercurial melodist building a resplendent world of pristine DIY pop from the ground up. The Glasgow-based artist’s songs are meticulously crafted, patchworked together with eclectic arrangements and ardent vocal performances. Last year Upset The Rhythm released Robert Sotelo’s vivid new album ‘Celebrant’. ‘Celebrant’ was intended to be and still is to some extent a joyous wedding album (Sotelo is recently married), but in his own words “the pandemic and the death of my aunt Carmen intersected with the original concept so the album is darker than intended in places.” More cinematic and measured than prior albums, Sotelo expounds that “it is purposefully a bigger sounding attempt at my keyboard songs and I felt more ambitious about it in general.” That’s certainly reflected in these twelve sophisticated loops of song, all curiously affecting and catchy, sprinkled with Sotelo’s offbeat musings and keenly accurate observations. Guitars are rarely employed on this record with Sotelo recruiting Iain Mccall, Ross Blake, Celia Morgan and David Maxwell to contribute brass, woodwind, spoken word and acoustic drums respectively. All of these additions blend well with the album’s synthetic core, softening and subtly shaping its pop-first nature into something more nuanced, vulnerable and human. https://robertsotelo.bandcamp.com/album/celebrant

Upset The Rhythm presents… RICHARD DAWSON & CIRCLE MICROCORPS Wednesday 6 July Scala, 275 Pentonville Road, London, N1 9NL 7pm | £18 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/o9f9fe82d517 RICHARD DAWSON & CIRCLE teamed up to record an epic album together recently called ‘Henki’. Richard Dawson is the Geordie troubadour whose moving songs have been described as state-of-the-nation addresses, even - or perhaps especially - when he’s singing about pre-medieval peasants. Circle are the genre-straddling pioneers of The New Wave Of Finnish Heavy Metal, known for wearing spandex and singing in a made-up language. Together they are… Richard Dawson & Circle! Their epic joint record might seem a departure to those who are most familiar with Dawson from recent solo albums like 2017’s Peasant and 2020. In fact, ‘Henki’ fits comfortably into the bigger picture of two acts who have always strived for uninhibited originality. Inspired by Circle’s guitarist Janne Westerlund instructing the group during recording to be less straightforward and more “like a plant”, ‘Henki’s seven tracks deal with special plants throughout history. The result is a towering flora-themed hypno-folk-metal record of gargantuan proportions. Dawson & Circle have intricately crafted their sound, with imaginative, constantly evolving arrangements that highlight Circle’s prog credentials. There are also unexpectedly euphoric choruses too: the instrumental mid-section of Silphium makes like a more dissonant take on Xanadu-era Rush, then gradually builds momentum before exploding back to life again just before the 11-minute mark. Methuselah gallops along like a flora-fixated Iron Maiden as it tells the cautionary tale of Donald Currey, a researcher trying to find the oldest tree on Earth who only realised he’d found it after he’d cut it down in 1964. Throughout, there is so much going on that it takes many listens to absorb everything. A tour de force of botanical rock! https://richardmichaeldawson.bandcamp.com/album/henki MICROCORPS is the new project by artist and musician Alex Tucker (Grumbling Fur, Alexander Tucker, Imbogodom) exploring electronics, cello and voice. The debut release XMIT, an eight-track album featuring collaborations with Gazelle Twin, Nik Void, Simon Fisher Turner and Astrud Steehouder, was released on Alter in 2021. In a move away from previous projects Tucker investigates erasing the self, removing obvious traits of the hand and voice, and allowing a focus on the humanoid rather than the human. Instead of recognisable lyrics and coherent imagery, MICROCORPS evolved synthesised voices to generate alternate characters. https://microcorps.bandcamp.com/album/xmit

Upset The Rhythm & Supersonic present… JUNE OF 44 RATTLE Friday 8 July 229, 229 Great Portland St, London, W1W 5PN, UK 7pm | £20 (16+ show) | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/ae216c453036 JUNE OF 44 formed in the fall of 1994. They are a super-group collective with a rich underground lineage of members from beloved bands - Rodan, Lungfish, Codeine, Rex, Hoover and Shipping News. Truly a who’s who of the indie rock world, together they have often been referred to as the punk rock pirates of the math rock world. The band are cited for their artistic hand-crafted record packaging for music that ranges from experimental jazz to ambient dub to angular post punk. June of 44 released their four totemic albums on Quarterstick in the 90s, but in 2020 they announced their first studio album in 21 years. ‘Revisionist: Adaptations & Future Histories in the Time of Love and Survival’ came out recently on Broken Clover. “It will have been 23 years since performing in the United Kingdom… so much life, too many wars, so much music, a few extraordinary babies, heart-breaking loss, real struggle, epic success, total failure – for all of us.” https://juneof44.bandcamp.com/ RATTLE are a Nottingham based duo, Rattle focus almost exclusively on drums and more drums, beneath a delicate overlay of vocal harmonies and percussive effects. Formed by Katharine Eira Brown and Theresa Wrigley, 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. Rattle effortlessly blend the avant-garde with irresistible melodies and hypnotic drum beats, using rhythm and harmony to create a refreshing sound that is utterly new - a pretty rare feat these days when we're saturated with so much music. Rattle's impressive ‘Sequence’ album came out through Upset The Rhythm. https://rattleon.bandcamp.com

Upset The Rhythm presents… VINTAGE CROP MARCEL WAVE PUBLIC BODY Saturday 9 July The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, London, N1 9JB 7.30pm | £8 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/A73a9f0863c6 VINTAGE CROP are Geelong’s favourite sons, returning this summer with their much-anticipated fourth album, ‘Kibitzer’. Running with the ball that 2020’s “Serve To Serve Again” punted forward, this album marks another energetic break towards the goal for Vintage Crop. ‘Kibitzer’ sees the band define their field of play, more melodic at times, still bruising, forever droll. These ten tracks of ‘snappy as elastic’ Australian punk are packed with tensile riffage, hefty beats and witty refrains of everyman curiosity. ‘Kibitzer’ delves into themes of identity, resilience and acceptance; some of the more upbeat notions that the band have dealt with to date. ‘Casting Calls’ opens the record, slamming through the speakers with gusto and setting the tone for the following 30 minutes. These themes hit home with the album’s title too, with Cherry feeling that ‘Kibitzer’ is an apt way to describe a lot of the band’s focus. “I feel like a lot of our lyrics over the years have been our unsolicited opinions on other people’s situations, the very definition of the word Kibitzer. So for this record we wanted to lean into that tendency by acknowledging it and even go as far as stamping it on the album cover.” https://vintagecrop.bandcamp.com/ MARCEL WAVE write eulogies for tragic actresses, ancient riverbeds and concrete obscenity. Meades meets Pat-E-Smith meets Kirklees Borough Council. Featuring members of Cold Pumas and Sauna Youth. https://marcel-wave.bandcamp.com/releases PUBLIC BODY have from the cradle to a 9-5 job been buried in unread emails and PMQ youtube alerts, tackling issues such as Question Time Bias and Workplace Etiquette. Public Body formed in Brighton in late 2018 with a clear aim to write the perfect soundtrack to whatever you do whilst procrastinating at your day job. https://publicbody.bandcamp.com/

Have the best weekend, thanks for reading! Upset The Rhythm

UPSET THE RHYTHM UPCOMING SHOWS

THE SPACE LADY ROBERT SOTELO Friday 1 July OSLO, 1a Amhurst Road, Hackney Central, E8 1LL 7pm-10pm | £12.50 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/J68e0e40746a   RICHARD DAWSON & CIRCLE MICROCORPS Wednesday 6 July Scala, 275 Pentonville Road, London, N1 9NL 7pm | £18 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/o9f9fe82d517   JUNE OF 44 RATTLE Friday 8 July 229, 229 Great Portland St, London, W1W 5PN, UK 7pm | £20 (16+ show) | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/ae216c453036   VINTAGE CROP MARCEL WAVE PUBLIC BODY Saturday 9 July The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, London, N1 9JB 7.30pm | £8 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/A73a9f0863c6 RACHEL AGGS ELECTRIC FIRE Monday 11 July Cafe OTO, 18-22 Ashwin St, London, E8 3DL 7.30pm | £8 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/H8123dbd413f QUINTRON & MISS PUSSYCAT BRUNO AND THE OUTRAGEOUS METHODS OF PRESENTATION Tuesday 12 July The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, London, N1 9JB 7.30pm | £12 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/x2ade9b7daea   HG20 : ‘A three-day fundraiser celebrating 20 years of Hello Goodbye and Resonance FM’   WRECKLESS ERIC MEATRAFFLE LILITH AI Saturday 30 July MOTH Club, Old Trades Hall, Valette St, London, E9 6NU 7.30pm - 10.30pm | £10 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/N6957a30c1ea THE MONOCHROME SET THE MINDREADERS DEE BYRNE & CATH ROBERTS Sunday 31 July MOTH Club, Old Trades Hall, Valette St, London, E9 6NU 7.30pm - 10.30pm | £10 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/g033d19f7eeb VERY SPECIAL GUEST GINA BIRCH BAS JAN ROZI PLAIN (DJ set) Monday 1 August MOTH Club, Old Trades Hall, Valette St, London, E9 6NU 7.30pm - 11pm | £10 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/Rab47aa5d2fa £25 Three day tickets: https://link.dice.fm/j66637a0c823   DEERHOOF Wednesday 31 August Electric Ballroom, 184 Camden High St, Camden, London, NW1 8QP, UK 7pm | £17 | Tickets:  https://link.dice.fm/pc5188b40f90   JENNY MOORE Tuesday 13 September & Wednesday 14 September Servant Jazz Quarters, 10A Bradbury Street, Dalston, London, N16 8JN 7.30pm | £8 | Tickets: https://dice.fm/bundles/jenny-moore-in-london-3orl   MIDWIFE Tuesday 18 October Cafe OTO, 18-22 Ashwin St, Dalston, London, E8 3DL 7.30pm | £12 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/Zfe30c79959f   PROLAPSE Saturday 29 October OSLO, 1a Amhurst Road, Hackney Central, E8 1LL 7.30pm | £12 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/Zaa6a254b9b3   FUZZ (Charles Moothart, Ty Segall, Chad Ubovich) Friday 17 March 2023 Electric Ballroom, 184 Camden High St, Camden Town, London, NW1 8QP 6pm - 9.45pm | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/mhxLeUrBL4 (This show is rescheduled from March 18th 2022, original tickets valid, refunds available too)

 

Prolapse back in London this October!

 

 

Upset The Rhythm presents...

PROLAPSE
Saturday 29 October
OSLO, 1a Amhurst Road, Hackney Central, E8 1LL
7.30pm | £12 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/Zaa6a254b9b3

PROLAPSE originally formed in Leicester in the early 1990s and earned a cult following for their chaotic live sets, and tense and repetitious songs like Flex and Tina This Is Matthew Stone. They feature duelling vocalists Mick Derrick and Linda Steelyard, who play out an intense soap opera over a ferocious triple guitar assault and pummelling rhythm section.

Their releases have included numerous singles and four albums on various labels, including Cherry Red and Radar, as well as recording four Peel sessions. The band has received critical acclaim, including singles of the week on the Radio 1 evening session and NME. They have also toured and shared bills with a diverse array of bands, including Stereolab, Sebadoh, Arab Strap and Sonic Youth. Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus described Prolapse as the best band of the weekend at Reading Festival.  

After a long hiatus, the band reformed in 2015 and occasionally play live dates. This short UK tour offers a rare chance to experience the Prolapse live show. Two of the band’s Peel sessions have recently been released on the Precious Recordings of London label and Pointless Walks to Dismal Places is re-issued as a double gatefold LP on Optic Nerve Records in July.
https://prolapse2.bandcamp.com/

Pet Shimmers in London this Thursday!

 

Hello everyone!   Huge thanks to you all for coming out to see Model Home over the weekend, what an absolute fever dream that proved to be!   Upset The Rhythm returns this coming Thursday, this time materialising in Brixton at The Windmill for a very special concert with Pet Shimmers.   Pet Shimmers are an extrememly active whirlwind of a band, bringing together the great and good of Bristol’s music scene. Led by singer-songwriter Oliver Wilde, the group boast members who have been involved with the likes of Portishead, Herbal Tea and Scarlet Rascal.   Pet Shimmers make extremely online music for extremely online people. Their vision of the digital age takes form as an eccentric form of warped psychedelia. It’s like they took all your favorite music subreddits and bitcrushed them together into one beautifully weird indie-rock pocket symphony.   They’ve already released two excellent full-length albums since 2020 and just shared new single 'Sonder' with us too, check it out below.   Tickets for Thursday's show cost £7 and will be available on the door from 7.30pm, we're also very pleased to have fellow Bristol bedroom-pop purveyors Hamburger opening proceedings too!   Read on for everything you need to know, plus listings for our upcoming London events for The Space Lady, Richard Dawson & Circle and June of 44, wah! So much greatness is imminent.

Upset The Rhythm presents…   PET SHIMMERS HAMBURGER Thursday 16 June Windmill Brixton, 22 Blenheim Gardens, Brixton Hill, London SW2 5BZ 7.30pm | £7 | Tickets:  https://link.dice.fm/yb5e14d00eb4 PET SHIMMERS is an eclectic ensemble made of a collaborative core; solo artist (and recent Katy J Pearson collaborator) Oliver Wilde helms songwriting alongside William Carkeet, emerging producer and one half of London duo Robbie & Mona. Newest recruit Jonny Allan once took center stage duties for the influential Happyness, drummer Mig Schillace spent earlier years drumming for Portishead, and bedroom solo project Soft Den sits with Florrie AL. Melody extraordinaire Lexie Jennings and guitarist Rich Clarke complete the ensemble. The “Sonder” b/w “Edgelord” 7” is the first piece of new music to come from Pet Shimmers since 2020. It’s a moving mass of technicolor instrumentation - sparkling guitar, taut percussion, and crashes of noise. Songwriter Oliver Wilde’s poetic paranoia climbs towards a victorious chorus. It was the first track the group wrote following COVID restrictions, and was recorded at The Louisiana, a crucial grassroots venue in England that acts as a basement studio by night and a rehearsal space during the day. “Sonder” b/w “Edgelord” 7-inch, is due out June 17th via Brokers Tip, the label of Bob Nastanovich. https://petshimmers.bandcamp.com/   HAMBURGER are Tom, Katie, Liv, Fearghall, Mike and Doug; six goofs from Bristol playing “stupid songs about their stupid feelings”. Shimmery, wistful bedroom pop with a 12” EP out now on Specialist Subject. The six tracks on ‘Teenage Terrified’ are highly crafted and reflective, focusing on personal themes and emotions, but often twisted through a semi-fantastical lens. https://hamburger.bandcamp.com/

Upset The Rhythm presents… THE SPACE LADY ROBERT SOTELO Friday 1 July OSLO, 1a Amhurst Road, Hackney Central, E8 1LL 7pm-10pm | £12.50 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/J68e0e40746a THE SPACE LADY began her odyssey on the streets of San Francisco in the late 70s, playing versions of contemporary pop music an accordion and dressed flamboyantly, transmitting messages of peace and harmony. Following the theft of her accordion, The Space Lady invested in a then-new Casio keyboard, birthing an otherworldly new dimension to popular song that has captured the imaginations of the underground and its lead exponents ever since, with the likes of John Maus, Erol Alkan and Kutmah being devotees. Of her early street sets, only one recording was made, self-released originally on cassette and then transferred to a homemade CD. 'The Space Lady's Greatest Hits' released in 2014 through Night School features the best of these recordings - mostly covers but with some originals - pressed on vinyl for the first time and features archival photographs and liner notes from The Space Lady herself. 'Greatest Hits' contains The Space Lady's personal favourites; her haunting take on The Electric Prunes' 'I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night),' a frantic 'Ballroom Blitz' amidst other reconstructed pop music. Following on from this wonderful record, The Space Lady released a split LP in 2015 with the Burnt Ones on Castle Face records which included her spectral take of 'Across The Universe' and a recent LP from 2018 through Mississippi entitled 'On The Street Of Dreams'. https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/exploring-the-intergalactic-wonders-of-the-space-lady ROBERT SOTELO is a mercurial melodist building a resplendent world of pristine DIY pop from the ground up. The Glasgow-based artist’s songs are meticulously crafted, patchworked together with eclectic arrangements and ardent vocal performances. Last year Upset The Rhythm released Robert Sotelo’s vivid new album ‘Celebrant’. ‘Celebrant’ was intended to be and still is to some extent a joyous wedding album (Sotelo is recently married), but in his own words “the pandemic and the death of my aunt Carmen intersected with the original concept so the album is darker than intended in places.” More cinematic and measured than prior albums, Sotelo expounds that “it is purposefully a bigger sounding attempt at my keyboard songs and I felt more ambitious about it in general.” That’s certainly reflected in these twelve sophisticated loops of song, all curiously affecting and catchy, sprinkled with Sotelo’s offbeat musings and keenly accurate observations. Guitars are rarely employed on this record with Sotelo recruiting Iain Mccall, Ross Blake, Celia Morgan and David Maxwell to contribute brass, woodwind, spoken word and acoustic drums respectively. All of these additions blend well with the album’s synthetic core, softening and subtly shaping its pop-first nature into something more nuanced, vulnerable and human. https://robertsotelo.bandcamp.com/album/celebrant

Upset The Rhythm presents… RICHARD DAWSON & CIRCLE MICROCORPS Wednesday 6 July Scala, 275 Pentonville Road, London, N1 9NL 7pm | £18 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/o9f9fe82d517 RICHARD DAWSON & CIRCLE teamed up to record an epic album together recently called ‘Henki’. Richard Dawson is the Geordie troubadour whose moving songs have been described as state-of-the-nation addresses, even - or perhaps especially - when he’s singing about pre-medieval peasants. Circle are the genre-straddling pioneers of The New Wave Of Finnish Heavy Metal, known for wearing spandex and singing in a made-up language. Together they are… Richard Dawson & Circle! Their epic joint record might seem a departure to those who are most familiar with Dawson from recent solo albums like 2017’s Peasant and 2020. In fact, ‘Henki’ fits comfortably into the bigger picture of two acts who have always strived for uninhibited originality. Inspired by Circle’s guitarist Janne Westerlund instructing the group during recording to be less straightforward and more “like a plant”, ‘Henki’s seven tracks deal with special plants throughout history. The result is a towering flora-themed hypno-folk-metal record of gargantuan proportions. Dawson & Circle have intricately crafted their sound, with imaginative, constantly evolving arrangements that highlight Circle’s prog credentials. There are also unexpectedly euphoric choruses too: the instrumental mid-section of Silphium makes like a more dissonant take on Xanadu-era Rush, then gradually builds momentum before exploding back to life again just before the 11-minute mark. Methuselah gallops along like a flora-fixated Iron Maiden as it tells the cautionary tale of Donald Currey, a researcher trying to find the oldest tree on Earth who only realised he’d found it after he’d cut it down in 1964. Throughout, there is so much going on that it takes many listens to absorb everything. A tour de force of botanical rock! https://richardmichaeldawson.bandcamp.com/album/henki MICROCORPS is the new project by artist and musician Alex Tucker (Grumbling Fur, Alexander Tucker, Imbogodom) exploring electronics, cello and voice. The debut release XMIT, an eight-track album featuring collaborations with Gazelle Twin, Nik Void, Simon Fisher Turner and Astrud Steehouder, was released on Alter in 2021. In a move away from previous projects Tucker investigates erasing the self, removing obvious traits of the hand and voice, and allowing a focus on the humanoid rather than the human. Instead of recognisable lyrics and coherent imagery, MICROCORPS evolved synthesised voices to generate alternate characters. https://microcorps.bandcamp.com/album/xmit

Upset The Rhythm & Supersonic present… JUNE OF 44 RATTLE Friday 8 July 229, 229 Great Portland St, London, W1W 5PN, UK 7pm | £20 (16+ show) | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/ae216c453036 JUNE OF 44 formed in the fall of 1994. They are a super-group collective with a rich underground lineage of members from beloved bands - Rodan, Lungfish, Codeine, Rex, Hoover and Shipping News. Truly a who’s who of the indie rock world, together they have often been referred to as the punk rock pirates of the math rock world. The band are cited for their artistic hand-crafted record packaging for music that ranges from experimental jazz to ambient dub to angular post punk. June of 44 released their four totemic albums on Quarterstick in the 90s, but in 2020 they announced their first studio album in 21 years. ‘Revisionist: Adaptations & Future Histories in the Time of Love and Survival’ came out recently on Broken Clover. “It will have been 23 years since performing in the United Kingdom… so much life, too many wars, so much music, a few extraordinary babies, heart-breaking loss, real struggle, epic success, total failure – for all of us.” https://juneof44.bandcamp.com/ RATTLE are a Nottingham based duo, Rattle focus almost exclusively on drums and more drums, beneath a delicate overlay of vocal harmonies and percussive effects. Formed by Katharine Eira Brown and Theresa Wrigley, 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. Rattle effortlessly blend the avant-garde with irresistible melodies and hypnotic drum beats, using rhythm and harmony to create a refreshing sound that is utterly new - a pretty rare feat these days when we're saturated with so much music. Rattle's impressive ‘Sequence’ album came out through Upset The Rhythm. https://rattleon.bandcamp.com

Thanks as always for your support, see you down the front on Thursday! Upset The Rhythm

UPSET THE RHYTHM UPCOMING SHOWS

PET SHIMMERS HAMBURGER Thursday 16 June Windmill Brixton, 22 Blenheim Gardens, Brixton Hill, London SW2 5BZ 7.30pm | £7 | Tickets:  https://link.dice.fm/yb5e14d00eb4 THE SPACE LADY ROBERT SOTELO Friday 1 July OSLO, 1a Amhurst Road, Hackney Central, E8 1LL 7pm-10pm | £12.50 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/J68e0e40746a   RICHARD DAWSON & CIRCLE MICROCORPS Wednesday 6 July Scala, 275 Pentonville Road, London, N1 9NL 7pm | £18 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/o9f9fe82d517   JUNE OF 44 RATTLE Friday 8 July 229, 229 Great Portland St, London, W1W 5PN, UK 7pm | £20 (16+ show) | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/ae216c453036   VINTAGE CROP MARCEL WAVE PUBLIC BODY Saturday 9 July The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, London, N1 9JB 7.30pm | £8 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/A73a9f0863c6 RACHEL AGGS ELECTRIC FIRE Monday 11 July Cafe OTO, 18-22 Ashwin St, London, E8 3DL 7.30pm | £8 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/H8123dbd413f QUINTRON & MISS PUSSYCAT BRUNO AND THE OUTRAGEOUS METHODS OF PRESENTATION Tuesday 12 July The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, London, N1 9JB 7.30pm | £12 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/x2ade9b7daea   HG20 : ‘A three-day fundraiser celebrating 20 years of Hello Goodbye and Resonance FM’   WRECKLESS ERIC MEATRAFFLE LILITH AI Saturday 30 July MOTH Club, Old Trades Hall, Valette St, London, E9 6NU 7.30pm - 10.30pm | £10 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/N6957a30c1ea THE MONOCHROME SET THE MINDREADERS DEE BYRNE & CATH ROBERTS Sunday 31 July MOTH Club, Old Trades Hall, Valette St, London, E9 6NU 7.30pm - 10.30pm | £10 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/g033d19f7eeb VERY SPECIAL GUEST GINA BIRCH BAS JAN ROZI PLAIN (DJ set) Monday 1 August MOTH Club, Old Trades Hall, Valette St, London, E9 6NU 7.30pm - 11pm | £10 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/Rab47aa5d2fa £25 Three day tickets: https://link.dice.fm/j66637a0c823   DEERHOOF Wednesday 31 August Electric Ballroom, 184 Camden High St, Camden, London, NW1 8QP, UK 7pm | £17 | Tickets:  https://link.dice.fm/pc5188b40f90   MIDWIFE Tuesday 18 October Cafe OTO, 18-22 Ashwin St, Dalston, London, E8 3DL 7.30pm | £12 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/Zfe30c79959f   FUZZ (Charles Moothart, Ty Segall, Chad Ubovich) Friday 17 March 2023 Electric Ballroom, 184 Camden High St, Camden Town, London, NW1 8QP 6pm - 9.45pm | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/mhxLeUrBL4 (This show is rescheduled from March 18th 2022, original tickets valid, refunds available too)