UPSET THE RHYTHM: Ed Schrader's Music Beat tomorrow and Guerilla Toss later this month!

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Hello Sunday afternoon!

Huge thank yous to everyone who helped make this last week such a success for Upset The Rhythm. Not only did we have the wonderful RODION G.A. make his eccentric UK debut, we put on our biggest show yet with FUTURE ISLANDS at Shepherd’s Bush Empire and released a new album by one of our all time favourite bands, DEERHOOF. It doesn’t get better than that! We really appreciate you buying records and tickets for everything we bombard you with, it means a lot, it really does! This week we have two more events planned for you, starting with tomorrow’s ED SCHRADER’S MUSIC BEAT show, which is a steal at only £5 entry (tickets on the door too) and sees SEX HANDS and DOG CHOCOLATE supporting too. If you’re a fan of melodic, minimal punk in all its most unhinged states then head down to the Lexington tomorrow evening, you won’t be disappointed. Our other show takes place on Wednesday for TY SEGALL and is already sold out. We won’t have any tickets available on the door unfortunately, but for all of you already coming, live music will start around 8.20pm with Ty’s tour buddies MOVIE STAR JUNKIES. If that wasn’t already enough to digest we’re also including below our full show listing for GUERILLA TOSS at the end of this month too, along with a newly announced concert for RICHARD DAWSON early next year. Here cometh the words…

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ED SCHRADER'S MUSIC BEAT

SEX HANDS

DOG CHOCOLATE

Monday 10 November

The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, N1 9JB

8pm | £5 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/289619

ED SCHRADER'S MUSIC BEAT are Ed Schrader and Devlin Rice - a minimalist punk duo from the fair city of Baltimore, Maryland. In the beginning there was only Ed: a man unhinged, channelling to the world a sacred message in the form of song. His only divining instruments: a single floor tom, one light, and a commanding baritone. He's a master songsmith who has reduced pop and punk to their most basic building blocks. Ed was soon joined by Devlin on bass, who proved to be an acute match for encapsulating the space-time from whence they came. Their union quickly brought about the release of their 2012 debut album 'Jazz Mind' through Upset The Rhythm (and Load Records in the US), which The Wire magazine said recalled "the percussion-heavy chants of Liars", with Ed "affecting a mournful Arthur Russell tone on the a cappella songs" whilst "roaring like Rollins" on the album's faster numbers. Since then, Ed Schrader's Music Beat have toured frequently in North America and Europe, notably alongside their friends Dan Deacon and Future Islands, as well as hardcore luminaries Ceremony. New album, 'Party Jail' picks up where 'Jazz Mind' left off, adding a thoughtfully crafted, minimal pop vibe to their already terse punk sound. As a follow-up it features songs that are equally loud and destructive, pensive and strangely haunting.
http://edschradersmusicbeat.bandcamp.com/

SEX HANDS were formed by three childhood friends from the North Wales coast. After relocating to Manchester, Alex, Dylan and Edwin played their first show in 2011 on the Comfortable on a Tightrope stage at SFTOC, Salford. A month later Joe Logan of Waiters was recruited for his sweet bassy licks and amazing posture. From then on the band has been on a rock 'n' roll whirlwind, playing shows with the likes of Trumans Water one night and The Babies the next. After their previous releases which include a split 7" with Daily Life (on the Icecapades label, which features artwork by Sex Hands own Alex Humphreys and Manchester artist Lucy Jones) as well as the self released mini album, 'Season One (Giant Hell)', 'PLEH!' is Sex Hands proper-real-life-hi-fi-fully-rockin'-full-length record on Faux Discx/Negative Space. With artwork by Manchester based artist Mike Redmond that compliments the bands rough around the edges, scorched pop rock, 'PLEH!' is 13 tracks of non-stop melody mashed fun time hug and roll hits. Sex Hands are not a garage pop band, they have never practiced in a garage. They never practice.
http://fauxdiscx.bandcamp.com/album/pleh

DOG CHOCOLATE are an elasticated, punk quartet based on the principles of self-propulsion and having too much fun. Jono plays a couple of drums, Matthew plays a guitar and a load of pedals, Rob plays another guitar and sings selected songs whilst Andrew sings most the songs and plays impressionistic blasts of keyboard when he’s not. Having been active in a number of other bands including Yeborobo, Limn, Gasp! Cracking Eggs, Tea And Toast Band and Moulsecoomb Sword Gang, all four members are also frantic doodlers and illustrators. This over-spill of creativity can be seen on their recent split LP on UTR, entitled ‘Or’, which sees the band sprint through ten tracks of barely-controlled chaotic glee. Never dwelling for long, Dog Chocolate treat us to songs about pregnancy, poisoned eyes, public transport and cakes. Their observational, often candid lyrics match their nonsensical attitude to their music too, which tumbles and chases pitchshifted guitars through thick forests of feedback and blasting drums.
http://dogchocolate.tumblr.com/

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GUERILLA TOSS

USA NAILS

DIYOA

Tuesday 25 November

Old Blue Last, 38 Great Eastern St, Shoreditch, EC2A 3ES

8pm | £6 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/290255

GUERILLA TOSS were birthed from the depths of the sweaty basements of Boston, Massachusetts and are nowadays considered to be a New England underground staple by the freaks and weirdos that inhabit the region. The band have churned out numerous cassettes, records, and CDs in the past two years on on labels such as Feeding Tube Records, John Zorn’s Tzadik, Sophomore Lounge, and Digitalis Ltd. By touring relentlessly and providing their audience with an unforgettably intense live show that demands, and encourages, ravaging physical body movement of the listener, Guerilla Toss have quickly garnered a cult following. Their newest record, 'Gay Disco' (released by NNA Tapes), is an album that draws influence from new wave and no wave dance music, extreme dementia, drug problems, and absurdist humor.

Kassie Carlson’s ferocious vocals run the gamut of the human voice, blasting with jet engine shrieking and boiling over with urgency, while at the same time presenting a deranged and direct spoken narrative with surreal conversational lyrics. Peter Negroponte’s full force drumming spews forth alongside her like a tentacled beast, whilst guitarists Simon Hanes and Arian Shafiee duel to the death with angular and jagged riffs. The glue that binds is Ian Kovac’s synth work, which adds a healthy dose hyperactive danceability and electronic flourishing that contributes to the album’s overall doped-up disco flavor. As messy as it sounds, it all lends itself to Guerilla Toss' ability to shape-shift seamlessly between hardcore rawness, jazzy meanderings, and squealing noise rock. Guerilla Toss succeeds in using the power of dissonance, aggression, and disorientation to derail the dancefloor harnassing the essence of a high-energy live band in its loudest, rawest embodiment to date. Guerilla Toss succeed in using the power of dissonance, aggression, and disorientation to derail the dancefloor, whilst maintaining high-energy spectacle in its loudest, rawest embodiment to date.
http://guerillatoss.bandcamp.com/

USA NAILS do drawn out psychedelic punk with nods to the likes of Neu, The Stooges, and Swans. They feature current and ex-members of Kong, Silent Front and WhoresX3. Their debut album "Sonic Moist", is out on tape and vinyl in November on a bunch of European DIY labels (Unwork, I Hate My Records, Bigoût and Smalltown America).
http://usanailsmusic.tumblr.com/

DIYOA (dee-oh-ah) is a one man band from Rochester, Kent. Towing the line between improvisation and structure, DIYOA uses a blend of guitar and electronics to create an eclectic set that ranges from loose, free flowing soundscapes, to riff driven pop.

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