UPSET THE RHYTHM: New FUTURE ISLANDS show and upcoming concerts!

Afternoon everyone!

Firstly, huge thanks to all of you who came out to watch/dance with E.E.K. last weekend, total ‘show of the year’ territory if you ask me, beyond astonishing! You can witness some of their explosive set here if you’re easily led astray, turn the volume up!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjqHPCF7BjA

Our next two shows take place on Halloween and Bonfire night with SPRAY PAINT and RODION G.A. respectively. You can read more about both of those excellent upcoming concerts below in full, nothing short of essential.

We’re also writing to you today to give you a general heads up about our newly announced show for FUTURE ISLANDS. After a year that’s seen them release their breakthrough album ‘Singles’ on 4AD to rapturous applause, go from Letterman to Jools and sell out their upcoming London show months in advance it gives us great pleasure to take this to an even more astronomic level by teaming up with our friends Parallel Lines to bring you this new show for next March.

FUTURE ISLANDS

Tuesday 31 March

The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Road, London NW1 8EH

7pm | £20 | http://www.roundhouse.org.uk/whats-on/2015/future-islands

Tickets go onsale at 9am tomorrow morning and I’d advise snapping some up sharply if you wish to attend, going by how speedily the Shepherd’s Bush Empire sold out. Full show blurbs and concert listings follow on, plus remember we have three albums on pre-order right now for… VEXX, TRASH KIT and DEERHOOF, including some highly limited coloured LPs, you check that all out here: http://upsettherhythm.bigcartel.com/

\\\\\ HALLOWEEN /////

SPRAY PAINT

THE REBEL

THE GUTTERS

Friday 31 October

The Victoria, 451 Queensbridge Rd, Dalston, E8 3AS

8pm | £5 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/277625

SPRAY PAINT are a no wave punk outfit from Austin, Texas made up of Chris Stephenson (drums/vocals), Cory Plump (guitar/vocals) and George Dishner (guitar/vocals). Some of you may already know these guys from other projects such as When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth, Expensive Shit and Dikes of Holland. Spray Paint’s buzz-sawing guitars run headlong through labyrinthine tunnels of reverb, chased down by some wildly brain-bashing drums. All three members of Spray Paint sing too, helping create an uncontrollable sense of fervour as they jostle for the words. They work up a tone of paranoia amid the jagged rhythms, locking into a motoric groove that’s impossible to escape from, offset with stormy blasts of distortion. Since forming in 2012, Spray Paint have released two LPs and 7”s through SS-Records as well as readying an upcoming LP for Monofonus Press. They’ve wasted no time with hitting the road either, touring the US five times, most recently with their friends Protomartyr and The Rebel. They’ve also played at Fun Fun Fun Fest, Chaos in Tejas, Gonerfest, Cropped Out, SXSW and a live on-air performance on WFMU. This October sees Spray Paint head over to Europe for the first time, in support of their fierce new 7” EP through Upset The Rhythm, entitled ‘Cussin’.

http://spraypaint.bandcamp.com/

THE REBEL is prolific London outsider Ben Wallers; a charismatic lone wolf in a cowboy hat or trilby and a tie whose electrified howls are too idiosyncratic to be broken down into market-oriented terms. It is difficult to sketch a thumbnail summary of a musician who has amassed a vast and unwieldy discography under a variety of names and genres: the most widely acclaimed is probably the Country Teasers, but he also moonlights as, or in, the Rebel, the Company, the Male Nurse, the Beale, the Stallion, the Black Poodle and Skills on Ampex, across folk, country, garage, post-punk, no wave and electronic pop. In the main part The Rebel is centred around twisted Casio drones, clanging guitar and some defiantly deadpan vocals, all thrown in the pan and pressure-cooked in Wallers' mind. Wallers has amassed a near-unquantifiable discography over the past 20 years, from scores of more or less “official” LPs, EPs and 7”s to seemingly endless self-released cassettes. Look out for a new record he's working on with Spray Paint to be released through Monofonus.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgkUYVN9YjxRxVFTZfrxHjK-Lo3VBurd5

THE GUTTERS play raw stripped down garage punk from Portland U.S of A. Their auditory maelstrom is like taking a time machine to London in the late '70s, where every tinny punk had a band and everything was snarling and snotty. But the Gutters' tongue-in-cheek playfulness cuts those spiky allusions with fun vignettes, as found on their recent release "Should We Make a 7-Inch?" 7-inch. Other hilariously punk entitlements, such as beginning the song "Born in the Gutter" with "one, two, fuck you!" hint more at the duo's willingness to parade their love affair with the old guard than attempt to build upon it. This is all a-okay; the band's sewer serenades are a breath of fresh air, and at bite-sized intervals of roughly one to two minutes apiece, the Gutters are a fist-pumping hoot. Look out for their album on Tadpole Records too!

http://thegutters.bandcamp.com/

\\\\\ BONFIRE NIGHT /////

RODION G.A.

BAMBOO

ROB SHUTTZ

Wednesday 5 November

Café OTO, 22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, E8 3DL

8pm | £10 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/288581

RODION G.A. are without doubt, one of music’s best-kept secrets. That’s despite being around for nearly forty years. The story begins when a musical visionary decided to form his own band in Romania four decades ago. It was between 1975 and 1976, when the Rodion G.A. story begins. That’s when Rodion Rosca formed the band that bore his name. This would be no ordinary band, far from it. Rodion G.A. would become one of the most innovative bands in Romanian musical history. In 1975, Rodion joined with Gicu Farcas and Adrian Caparu to complete the lineup of Rodion G.A. By 1975, Rodion had amassed an eclectic selection of equipment and established a reputation as a D.I.Y. tech wizard. He created his own unique way of creating music on reel-to-reel tape recorders, using the various tape machines to multitrack. His nascent studio included several Tesia tape recorders, drum machines, phasers, flangers and fuzz pedals. Then there were a toy Casio VL Tone and a Soviet made Faemi organ. Like the music Rodion G.A. were making, the equipment they were using was just as leftfield and eclectic.

Sadly, Rodion G.A.‘s career lasted just over ten years. In 1987, after the death of his mother, Rodion Rosca walked away from music. For the next twenty-five years, nothing was heard of this charismatic, enigmatic and mercurial musician. Then Luca Sorin, a blogger and filmmaker became interested in the mythology that surrounds Rodion. Luca discovered a handful of tracks by Rodion and footage of their 1980 NYE concert. He posted this online. This came to the attention of Future Nuggets. They’re a collective of musicians and producers who are determined to preserve Romania’s musical heritage. Then in 2012, Rodion G.A. made their comeback, after twenty-five years away from music. Then a year later, Rodion G.A. released their debut album 'The Lost Tapes', on Strut Records to acres of praise and press attention. Since then, Rodion G.A.’s comeback has continued apace.

Earlier this year, another Rodion G.A. release hit the shops. This was none other than Rodion G.A.‘s soundtrack 'Delta Space Mission' released on Record Store Day 2014. Fans worldwide were determined to get a copy of this previously unreleased musical Magnus Opus. The lucky ones weren’t disappointed. Now Rodion G.A. have decided to embark on their first European tour and will be making their debut London performance for us at Cafe OTO on bonfire night. Suitably exciting I'm sure you'll agree and no need for any "there will be fireworks" punnery as that is a given!
https://soundcloud.com/rodionga

BAMBOO is a new collaboration between Rachel Horwood of Trash Kit/Halo Halo and Nick Carlisle of Peepholes/Don't Argue. Based in Brighton and London respectively, Nick's reverberating synths and 808 rhythms combine with Rachel's looped and octave-pedalled Asian banjo and crystalline vocals to create a mystic folk pop soundtrack to a Studio Ghibli yet to be made.
https://www.facebook.com/bamboosongs

ROB SHUTTZ plays a solo, hacked bass, looped type of music. Elements of shoegaze, folk, experimental and others are present. His portfolio piece 'Looming' represents, in purpose and theme, a personal checkpoint. It is a culmination of years of inaccurate appropriation and the most complete piece he has donated to the worldwide spectrum. A peek at a future lurking around the corner. From its ugly, trudging bass-line and lamenting mantra, a timid yet hopeful melody grows into a defiant crescendo. The accompanying video is an exact copy of the song's live structure, and shows a little of the way he make these sounds. Part 1 of a collection of sounds, currently recording, more soon.
https://soundcloud.com/robshuttz

Thanks as ever for reading and have a brilliant week!

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