Morning all!
Firstly, huge thanks to all of you who came out to support our Normil
Hawaiians show last weekend, it really was a special event, made more so by
your attendance. It meant a lot to the band and us too, thank you! Talking of
special shows, we’re back at the Lexington tonight with another rare
performance, this time from groundbreakers MAXIMUM
JOY! Having reunited for Bristol’s Simple Things festival over
the weekend, it’s a total honour to host them in London tonight in more of a
club setting with both BULLION and JD TWITCH of Optimo providing immense
DJ sets. Here are the times, come early, it’s going to be fantastic…
JD TWITCH (DJ set) – 7.30pm
MAXIMUM JOY – 9pm
BULLION (DJ set) – 10pm
All show details follow, accompanied by the full listing
for our upcoming SHANNON AND THE CLAMS
concert next month too, catch you later!
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MAXIMUM JOY
JD TWITCH (OPTIMO / DJ Set)
BULLION (DJ Set)
Tuesday
27 October
The
Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, N1 9JB
Formed in 1980 in
Bristol from members of Glaxo Babies and The Pop Group – along with the then
17-year-old singer/clarinetist Janine Rainforth – Maximum Joy represented a
break from the dour frown of post-punk. They were a dance band first and
foremost, with a raucous disco pulse, blasts of brass and yelping, chanted
vocals that lived up to the band’s name. Maximum Joy combined myriad influences
from the city's storied music scene to inform a sound that reflected the
political and social climate of Thatcher-era Britain; funk, dub, disco, reggae
and jazz all informed their particular strain of post-punk. Their output was by
turns moody and exuberant but always highly danceable, carried by the ethereal
strains of lead singer Janine Rainforth.
The band's output was
confined to just a handful of releases: four singles preceded an LP entitled
“Station M.X.J.Y”, which was produced in part by legendary producer and dub
trailblazer Adrian Sherwood. In spite of this, the band helped lay the
foundations for the explosion of creativity and musical cross-pollination that
characterised Bristol during the eighties and nineties, and they have amassed a
cult following amongst clued-up producers and DJs that endures to this day.
Whereas they were once a firm favourite of John Peel's in their heyday, today
Maximum Joy are championed by the likes of Andrew Weatherall and Optimo. This
year the band have reunited to play at Bristol’s excellently curated Simple
Things festival and we’re extremely pleased to have them visit London to play
their first show here in 25 years around that date.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQbOKO8Mmck
JD TWITCH (OPTIMO / DJ Set)
BULLION (DJ Set)
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11 /////
SHANNON AND THE CLAMS
THE CREEPING IVIES
Wednesday
11 November
OSLO, 1a Amhurst
Road, Hackney Central, E8 1LL
SHANNON AND THE CLAMS are from Oakland, California and comprise of Shannon Shaw (vocals, bass), Cody Blanchard (vocals, guitar), and Ian Amberson (drums, vocals). Sounding like a prom band from 1964 getting dosed with acid and having the sweetest lovelorn freak out, Shannon And The Clams defy expectations. Imagine a brawling Etta James, backed up by the 13th Floor Elevators singing Shangri La's tunes. Shannon has a voice that can go from a sweet girl group croon to a bluesy ballsy growl before you realize you're headed for the (dance) floor. It's total punk rock bop, brimming with doo-wop glory delivered to your door by the Homecoming Queen and Kings of weirdo rock 'n' roll. What started as an open mic project for a shy, young Shannon to try out some tunes ended with the Clams meeting and forming a band. Many have said to have been possessed by thee (eerily similar at times) haunted howls and beautiful growls of their two lead vocalists, hypnotized by their heavy heartbeats, and mesmerized by their magical music. Your ears may become infested with a real Buddy Holly jolly kinda joy (oh boy) while you stutter along to a hiccupy song. Take a scratch and a sniff at these stickers and get bit by their bad-brained snarls. It's always Christmas (if you want it). It's your party time, and it's excellent. Cry-yi-yi if you want to, but be sure to surf a splish-splash with a laugh later. New album, ‘Gone by the Dawn’ (Hardly Art) is monumental; immense, magnificent, and unforgettable. Shannon and the Clams have pioneered their way into a lonesome land where the past still lives in the long shadows of a hot afternoon, where whispering spirits follow high along canyon walls, and if you sink your fingers into the dusty hard-packed earth you pull out hands smeared with blood.
http://shannonandtheclams.com/
THE CREEPING IVIES are a three piece band from Glasgow. Led by vocalist and guitarist Becca Murray, they formed in 2011 and have recorded two albums to date. With influences ranging from 50s rock n roll, 60s girl groups through to 70s punk, the band have carved over the years a unique and distinctive sound. Debut 'Stay Wild' was released in 2012 on via US label Dead Beat Records which was followed up a year later with the full length 'Ghost World’. Following this, there was a line-up change and a new drummer and bassist were added. Supporting such acts such as Viv Albertine, Vic Godard & Subway Sect, Bob Log III, The Primevals and Tav Falco they have also played headline shows throughout Scotland and London and have received airplay and critical acclaim from around the world. New EP 'The Witch House', which was described in one review “as complex as Johnny Thunders, the backbone of The Cramps, the speed of the Ramones and the urgency of Patti Smith..” was released this August and the band will shortly follow it up with another album.
https://thecreepingivies.bandcamp.com/
UPSET THE RHYTHM
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UPSET THE RHYTHM /////
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UPCOMING SHOWS \\\\\
MAXIMUM JOY
JD TWITCH (OPTIMO / DJ Set)
BULLION (DJ Set)
Tuesday
27 October
The
Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, N1 9JB
PROTOMARTYR
WITCHING WAVES
TENSE MEN
Monday 2 November
The Victoria, 451 Queensbridge Rd, Dalston, E8 3AS
7.30pm | SOLD OUT
WITCHING WAVES
TENSE MEN
Monday 2 November
The Victoria, 451 Queensbridge Rd, Dalston, E8 3AS
7.30pm | SOLD OUT
SHANNON AND THE CLAMS
THE CREEPING IVIES
Wednesday
11 November
OSLO, 1a Amhurst
Road, Hackney Central, E8 1LL
MIKAL CRONIN
J FERNANDEZ
THEO VERNEY
Tuesday
17 November
Scala,
275 Pentonville Road, King´s Cross, London, N1 9NL
CALVIN JOHNSON
INVISIBLE FOXX
Wednesday 18 November
The Tin Tabernacle, 12-16 Cambridge Avenue, Kilburn, NW6 5BA
7pm | £10 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/330306
Wednesday 18 November
The Tin Tabernacle, 12-16 Cambridge Avenue, Kilburn, NW6 5BA
7pm | £10 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/330306
SLIM TWIG
TARZANA (Spencer Clark, Jan Anderzen, Floris Vanhoof)
TROON LIENAD (DJ set)
Wednesday 2 December
The Victoria, 451
Queensbridge Rd, Dalston, E8 3AS
7.30pm | £6 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/334563
MOSS
LIME
AS
ONDAS
Monday 7 December
Old Blue Last, 38 Great Eastern St,
Shoreditch, EC2A 3ES
IAN SVENONIUS (Escapism)
OLIVIA NEUTRON JOHN
Tuesday 15 December
Power Lunches Arts Cafe, 446 Kingsland Road, Dalston, E8
8pm | 7.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/336321
OLIVIA NEUTRON JOHN
Tuesday 15 December
Power Lunches Arts Cafe, 446 Kingsland Road, Dalston, E8
8pm | 7.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/336321
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