Afternoon
everyone!
We have two
imminent and eminent shows to tell you about. Tomorrow we’re very lucky to have
SHANNON AND THE CLAMS return to London
for a show at OSLO. Shannon & Co never fail to bring the party and if their
new album is anything to go by we’re in for a real treat. It’s their first
night of a full European tour so let’s help them kick start that in style! THE CREEPING IVIES from Glasgow will be
opening the show so well worth coming early to get the dancing afoot.
Our other show
takes place one week today at The Scala and is something of a colossus in terms
of lineup finding MIKAL CRONIN, J FERANDEZ and THEO VERNEY all sharing the stage!!! Now that’s a triple threat,
all killer, not one to miss! Read on for everything you need to know about both
shows.
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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/
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TUESDAY /////
MIKAL CRONIN
J FERNANDEZ
THEO VERNEY
Tuesday 17 November
Scala, 275 Pentonville
Road, King´s Cross, London, N1 9NL
7.30pm | £13 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/325344
MIKAL
CRONIN was raised in Laguna Beach,
California, where as a teenager he developed a passion for both surfing and
rock & roll. While attending Laguna Beach High School, he fell in with a
handful of like-minded music fans, and formed a band that played local parties.
After a spell as bassist in surf-punk Charlie & The Moonhearts, Mikal began
working on his own garage-accented pop tapping into his love of 80's indie
rock. Around the same time, Mikal also befriended kindred spirit Ty Segall,
joined his live band and also collaborated on an album together called 'Reverse
Shark Attack'. Mikal Cronin's self-titled album was released by Trouble in Mind
Records in September 2011. Conceived and recorded as a sort of therapy to help
cope with adjusting to life post-college, an ensuing break-up and geographic
isolation, Mikal’s solo debut is fully realized, cohesive and beautiful, with
themes as personal as they are universal; questioning your future, accepting
your past and living in the moment. Taking influences such as late sixties Del
Shannon and The Everly Brothers and filtering them through his own mutant
California fuzz, Mikal deftly explores his singer/songwriter side that at
moments feels like a punk Harry Nilsson or Curt Boettcher that balances sweet
melodies and chords with hefty, psychedelic guitar freak-outs. 2013 saw Cronin
release, 'MCII', his first disc for Merge Records, which was all about new
beginnings, looking at new relationships and growing up in the 21st century.
Earlier this year Merge released Mikal’s third album, entitled ‘MCIII’. Marked
by lush arrangements, stunning melodies, and deeply personal lyrical work for
which Cronin is now known, the album is also a deliberate attempt to simply
sound bigger in everyone’s head.
J
FERNANDEZ has a colourful world of imagination
that’s perfectly captured in his debut album ‘Many Levels of Laughter’. With lyrics
reflecting the profound (emotional mushroom trips), the mundane (dentist
visits, board games) and life’s other curiosities (sleep apnea, Craigslist
encounters), he’s made an album steeped in DIY origins, but offering a superior
exploration of sound that’s all set to wrap J Fernandez in a far worldlier
embrace. Born to Filipino immigrant parents, J (Justin) Fernandez relocated to
the Chicago from his native Little Rock, Arkansas to begin work for the U.S.
map company Rand McNally. Spending his spare time navigating his own personal
world of musical endeavours, he created three unique and accomplished early EPs
‘Olympic Village’, ‘No Luck’ and ‘Memorize Now’ that placed him alongside label
peers Best Coast, Mount Eerie, and Dirty Beaches whilst winning him praise and
comparisons to everyone from Syd Barrett, to Robyn Hitchcock and Ennio
Morricone. Fernandez’s songwriting draws on disparate influences from Terry
Riley to the annals of early electronic music, pop and psychedelia, not to
mention Can, Yo La Tengo, Jim O’Rourke, Electric Prunes, James Burke’s
‘Connections’, Carl Sagan, Bas Jan Ader, the winter in Chicago, and Adderall.
Listen closely to ‘Markers’, you can hear manipulated found sounds of the
outside world behind looped Casio keyboards. Elsewhere the mellow jazzy tones
of ‘Filled With Joy’ recall the energy and sonic sound of 90s Argentine band
Babasonicos whilst the layers of broken Moog string synthesizer on ‘Apophis’ is
played backwards and perhaps hints at a sound of the future.
THEO
VERNEY is a rock-n-roll prodigy from
Brighton! He’s spent the last two years building excitement and anticipation
across the UK and Europe with his no holds barred, psycheinfused shows. Theo
is currently recording his debut album to follow up the muchacclaimed ‘Heavy
Sunn’ EP which was released last year on Hate Hate Hate Records (The Wytches,
Fat White Family). He’s been touring with his band regularly since its release,
supporting the likes Drenge, Toy, Archie Bronson Outfit, La Luz and Parquet
Courts as well as his own headline shows. Theo's new EP 'Brain Disease' is out
now, go check it out!
Thanks for reading!
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UPSET THE RHYTHM /////
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UPCOMING SHOWS \\\\\
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
7.30pm
| £13 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/325344
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 | SOLD OUT
OLIVIA NEUTRON JOHN
Tuesday 15 December
Power Lunches Arts Cafe, 446 Kingsland Road, Dalston, E8
8pm | 7.00 | SOLD OUT
IAN SVENONIUS (Escapism)
OLIVIA NEUTRON JOHN
Wednesday 16 December
Power Lunches Arts Cafe, 446 Kingsland Road, Dalston, E8
8pm | 7.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/338385
OLIVIA NEUTRON JOHN
Wednesday 16 December
Power Lunches Arts Cafe, 446 Kingsland Road, Dalston, E8
8pm | 7.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/338385
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