Morning all!
Now that our summer has walked into a chillier room we’re following suit
with some bracing, acceleratory post punk tomorrow night with PROTOMARTYR,
SAUNA YOUTH and FEATURE. The Lexington will be our haunt of choice, expect it
to be swept just like a new broom by some genuinely refreshing music from
8.30pm onwards. We only have handful of tickets remaining (think 11) so be
advised to buy one in advance if you wish to attend. Read on for all you need
to know and check our listings for a second Mississippi Records
film/talk/showcase that we’ve newly announced…
\\\\\ TOMORROW /////
PROTOMARTYR
SAUNA YOUTH
FEATURE
Tuesday 19
August
The
Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, N1 9JB
PROTOMARTYR play a taut, austere
rock that's been incubated in a freezing Detroit warehouse littered with beer
cans and cigarette butts and warmed occasionally by space heaters. Short songs
made for short practices, and the band learned quickly not to waste time.
Despite the cold, Protomartyr emerged with a sound that is idiosyncratic but
relatable, hooky but off-kilter. With respect to the local predecessors, this
isn’t the primitive stomp of The Dirtbombs or The Stooges’ greasy roar. Punk
works, kind of, even if it leaves the hardcore kids confused. Post-punk
suggests something too retro; indie rock, something too precious. What
Protomartyr is, is “stuck between the cracks.” If that’s the case, though, they
aren’t alone. Protomartyr’s economical rock elicits comparisons to possible
antecedents like Pere Ubu or The Fall as well as local contemporaries like
Frustrations or Tyvek (whose frontman Kevin Boyer played bass in an early
iteration of Protomartyr). Singer Joe Casey’s dry declarative snarl serves as a
reliable anchor, granting his bandmates (guitarist Greg Ahee, drummer Alex
Leonard and bassist Scott Davidson) the opportunity to explore textures and
reinforce the rhythm section. In other words, to “fuck around a little bit
more.” This is never more apparent than on the band’s excellent sophomore LP on
Hardly Art, 'Under Color of Official Right'. Where 2012’s 'No Passion All
Technique' favoured comparatively straightforward punk structures, 'Under
Color' takes a more exploratory approach and has led to the band coming on tour
to Europe for the first time to show us how weird it can get.
https://soundcloud.com/protomartyr
SAUNA YOUTH are an evolving band of young future humans making truly irregular punk not quite comparable to anything else. The band, attracted to the possibilities apparent within a DIY philosophy have been self-recording and self-releasing their own music since 2010, creating a number of seven inches, splits and cassettes. Artistic affinities are pledged to Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Pissed Jeans and The Intelligence, but as Kurt Cobain once asked "Why can't we be both Black Sabbath and The Beatles?", Sauna Youth consistently and urgently pose the question, 'Why can't we be both The Ramones and Steve Reich?'. Sauna Youth's debut album, 'Dreamlands' was released in 2012 through Gringo Records and Faux Discx, whilst their most recent 7" 'False Jesii Pt. II' came out last year through Static Shock Records, new album coming soon!http://lostinidea.blogspot.co.uk/
FEATURE are a melodic drone-punk trio from London. They recently released an EP entitled 'Culture of the Copy' on Tye Die Tapes, via cassette and digital download. 'Culture of the Copy' was recorded by Jen and Liv while still a two-piece at Tye Die Tapes HQ in Sheffield in February this year, and features three new songs plus a cover of Supergrass’s pop-hit ‘Caught By The Fuzz’. With Jen also being in Sauna Youth, Feature recently became somewhat of a supergroup when Heather of punk-slackers Slowcoaches joined the band in March of this year.
http://tyedietapes.bandcamp.com/album/culture-of-the-copy
https://soundcloud.com/protomartyr
SAUNA YOUTH are an evolving band of young future humans making truly irregular punk not quite comparable to anything else. The band, attracted to the possibilities apparent within a DIY philosophy have been self-recording and self-releasing their own music since 2010, creating a number of seven inches, splits and cassettes. Artistic affinities are pledged to Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Pissed Jeans and The Intelligence, but as Kurt Cobain once asked "Why can't we be both Black Sabbath and The Beatles?", Sauna Youth consistently and urgently pose the question, 'Why can't we be both The Ramones and Steve Reich?'. Sauna Youth's debut album, 'Dreamlands' was released in 2012 through Gringo Records and Faux Discx, whilst their most recent 7" 'False Jesii Pt. II' came out last year through Static Shock Records, new album coming soon!http://lostinidea.blogspot.co.uk/
FEATURE are a melodic drone-punk trio from London. They recently released an EP entitled 'Culture of the Copy' on Tye Die Tapes, via cassette and digital download. 'Culture of the Copy' was recorded by Jen and Liv while still a two-piece at Tye Die Tapes HQ in Sheffield in February this year, and features three new songs plus a cover of Supergrass’s pop-hit ‘Caught By The Fuzz’. With Jen also being in Sauna Youth, Feature recently became somewhat of a supergroup when Heather of punk-slackers Slowcoaches joined the band in March of this year.
http://tyedietapes.bandcamp.com/album/culture-of-the-copy
See you
tomorrow!
UPSET
x
\\\\\ UPSET
THE RHYTHM /////
///// UPCOMING SHOWS
\\\\\
PROTOMARTYR
SAUNA YOUTH
FEATURE
Tuesday 19
August
The
Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, N1 9JB
JULIE BYRNE
HEIDI ALEXANDER
SLUSHY GUTS
Thursday 28
August
The
Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, N1 9JB
Upset The Rhythm
Label Party…
SILVER FOX
TRASH KIT
THE PHEROMOANS
RAVIOLI ME AWAY
DOG CHOCOLATE
Friday 29 August
Friday 29 August
Bethnal
Green Working Men’s Club, 44 Pollard Row, Bethnal Green, E2 6NB
8pm
| £6 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/280254
SUN FOOT
MEN OH PAUSE
CODY NOON
Saturday 30
August
Power
Lunches, 446 Kingsland Road, Dalston, E8 4AE
JACK OBLIVIAN
STRAIGHT ARROWS
THE SHEIKS
Sunday 31
August
Bethnal Green
Working Men’s Club, 44 Pollard Row, Bethnal Green, E2 6NB
Mississippi Records
on tour: 'A Cosmic and Earthly History of Recorded Music according to
Mississippi Records' (A film & talk presentation)
Including live
performances from…
MARISA ANDERSON
LORI GOLDSTON
DRAGGING AN OX
THROUGH WATER
Monday 15 September
Café OTO, 22 Ashwin
Street, Dalston, E8 3DL
MAGIK MARKERS
SICK LLAMA
Tuesday 23 September
Tuesday 23 September
Café OTO, 22 Ashwin
Street, Dalston, E8 3DL
8pm | £10
| http://www.wegottickets.com/event/280978
Mississippi Records
on tour: 'A Cosmic and Earthly History of Recorded Music according to
Mississippi Records' (A film & talk presentation)
Including live
performances from…
MARISA ANDERSON
LORI GOLDSTON
DRAGGING AN OX
THROUGH WATER
Tuesday 30 September
Café OTO, 22 Ashwin
Street, Dalston, E8 3DL
7pm | £10 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/286496
SPRAY PAINT
$HIT AND $HINE
THE GUTTERS
TENSE MEN
Friday 31st October
The Victoria, 451 Queensbridge Rd, Dalston, E8 3AS
8pm | £5 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/277625
Friday 31st October
The Victoria, 451 Queensbridge Rd, Dalston, E8 3AS
8pm | £5 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/277625
FUTURE ISLANDS
Thursday 6
November
O2 Shepherd’s
Bush Empire, Shepherd’s Bush Green, W12 8TT
7pm | £15 | SOLD OUT
TY SEGALL
THE INTELLIGENCE
Wednesday
12 November
Electric Ballroom,
184 Camden High St, London, NW1 8QP
7.30pm | £15.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/279358
7.30pm | £15.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/279358
No comments:
Post a Comment