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Upset The Rhythm presents...
SHANNON AND THE CLAMS
TV CRIME
UTR DJs
Monday 9 October
Tufnell Park Dome, 178 Junction Road, Tufnell Park, London, N19 5QQ
7.30pm | £12 | TICKETS
SHANNON & 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. Recent 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.
TV CRIME are a new garage punk / power pop band from Nottingham who come fully formed. Their debut single 'Hooligans' (out of Satic Shock) is a total stomper of a power pop song that starts like a classic Good Vibrations Records 7" with The Moondogs-esque guitar work and the energy of 90's legends New Bomb Turks or Gaunt. Flip 'Wild One' is another pounder but with a more rock 'n' roll twist. |
Upset The Rhythm presents...
PRIESTS
DOWNTOWN BOYS
BIG JOANIE
Wednesday 18 October
Tufnell Park Dome, 178 Junction Road, Tufnell Park, London, N19 5QQ 7.30pm | £12 | TICKETS PRIESTS are Daniele Daniele (drums), Katie Alice Greer (vocals), G.L. Jaguar (guitar), and Taylor Mulitz (bass). Formed in 2011 in Washington DC, the band has proven a valuable force for strangeness in a city that is increasingly terraformed by norms. At a time when few groups were making serious moves beyond the Beltway, Priests toured throughout North America and Europe. More significantly, they've helped to raise the general standard of show-going at home through cassettes and singles released on Sister Polygon, including music by bands like Sneaks, Snail Mail, Pinkwash, Cigarette, Downtown Boys, and numerous Priests-affiliated groups like Gauche and Flasher. Still, even amidst thriving hometown creativity, Priests possess a singular gravity. They are physical and combustible, urgent and visceral. This January, Nothing Feels Natural, the band's first full length LP was released on their own label Sister Polygon Records. It's the bands most stylistically diverse set of songs to date, expanding on their lo-fi post-punk bona-fides with ideas drawn from pop, R&B, and industrial noise. Thematically, Nothing can be understood as a series of vignettes - nine stories that crystallize into a bigger picture about the economics of human relationships, the invisibility of feminized labor, and the dual purpose of art for both the group and the individual. It's a record that thrives amid the tension between that what is valued and what is dismissed; between what is desired and what is presented.
DOWNTOWN BOYS use their
ferocious energy and powerhouse live shows to unite crowds in the
struggle to smash racism, queerphobia, capitalism, fascism, boredom, and
all things people use to try to close our minds, eyes and hearts. The
Providence, RI band have just announced their third album, Cost of
Living, to be released August 11th on Sub Pop. The new album - the
follow-up to their critically-acclaimed sophomore album, 2015's Full
Communism - is at once incendiary, cathartic, and fun, melding the
band's revolutionary ideals with boundless energy. Produced by Fugazi's
Guy Picciotto, one of indie-rock's most mythological figures (he also
produced Blonde Redhead, The Gossip, and others), Cost of Living shows a
sense of maturity without compromising the band's righteous assault and
captivating presence. The position of Downtown Boys has been clear
since they started storming through basements and DIY spaces with their
radically-minded, indefatigable rock music: they are here to topple the
white-cis-het hegemony and draft a new history. This is how Downtown
Boys began, and their resolve has only strengthened as both their sound
and audience have grown. Like the socially conscious groups of years
past, from Public Enemy to Rage Against the Machine, Downtown Boys
harness powerful sloganeering, repetitive grooves, and earworm hooks to
create one of the most necessary musical statements of today.
BIG JOANIE are like The Ronettes filtered through 80s DIY and riot grrrl with a sprinkling of dashikis.
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