Get your ostrich bop on with Robert Sotelo's new video!

'Take Control Of It' by Robert Sotelo is taken from Sotelo's recent 'Celebrant' album , out now on Upset The Rhythm. Thanks to Post-Trash for premiering this wondrously odd vignette!

FUZZ - March 18th London concert postponed, new date TBC!

 

Sadly due to an ongoing health issue our March 18th FUZZ concert at Electric Ballroom will be postponed, new date forthcoming soon.

Here’s a statement from Ty Segall and Charles Moothart:

“All European Fuzz dates will be canceled due to one of the band members’ ongoing recovery from a medical situation. The band and all involved hope to reschedule the dates as soon as everyone is back to full health. In the meantime, Fuzz and crew send love and positive energy in these trying times.”

Refunds available, existing tickets will remain valid for the new date TBC too.

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Philip Frobos - 'Berlin' b/w 'Tonight' single!

 

Lou & Iggy are given the inimitable Frobos treatment with today’s surprise digital single! ‘Berlin’ b/w ‘Tonight’ performed by Philip Frobos (Omni) featuring Greenscreen & Grace Bellury! Available now on all digital platforms innit, enjoy the weekend!

https://open.spotify.com/album/7BofHmGsMf1w6qBVqWhpE7?si=AspDa7JISK6knSqaJCpoZA

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Nicfit - 'Fuse' released today!

Kick, kick, kickstart 2022 with Nicfit’s wild debut album ‘Fuse’, out today on Upset The Rhythm! 

Nicfit are a punk band from Nagoya, Japan. Comprising Hiromi on vocals, Charley on guitar, KenKen on bass and Kuwayama on drums the group are by turns melodic and menacing. Nicfit are a nervous itch, incessantly flipping between head-down tumbles of hardcore bounce and freaked feedback clamour. Boasting some total life-affirming trample packed with snappy vocals, metallic spikes and glammy undercurrents that soar out of the sprawl.

‘Fuse’ is available now digitally and in all the best records shops on 180g black vinyl, we also have copies of the LP in our webshop, yeh.

 

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Eric Chenaux - London show announced for March 2022!

 

Upset The Rhythm presents…

ERIC CHENAUX
Friday 4th March
Cafe OTO, 18-22 Ashwin St, London, E8 3DL
7.30pm | £12 | https://link.dice.fm/V5e79467840a

ERIC CHENAUX lives in Paris but was a fixture of DIY and experimental music in Toronto throughout the 1990s and 2000s, progressing from local postpunk legends Phleg Camp and Lifelikeweeds towards a highly distinctive technical and gestural mastery of amplified acoustic guitar. Eric Chenaux operates among various musical ‘traditions’ but perhaps most broadly, his records grapple with the relationship between improvisation and structure in very particular, unique, idiosyncratic ways – and quite without irony or cynicism, through love. Because fundamentally, Chenaux writes love songs, which he sings in a voice honeyed and clear, while his guitar gently bends, frazzes, chortles, diverges and decomposes. This juxtaposition of his mellow, dexterous crooning and his highly experimental (and equally dexterous) guitar explorations, explodes even unconventional notions of singing and accompaniment, of tonal and timbral interplay between guitar and voice.

Constellation has been home to Eric's "solo" records since 2006 – a brilliant discography of adventurous, sumptuous, mostly languorous deconstructed folk, jazz and pop-influenced balladry rooted in the juxtaposition of Chenaux's fried guitar playing and his gorgeously clear and lyrical singing voice.

Eric also composes and performs music for film and contemporary dance, and collaborates on numerous sound installations with visual/sound artist Marla Hlady, including Smedaholmen Tourist (with Amplifiers) (2012) for The Thousand And One Birds festival in Norway, and with filmmaker Eric Cazdyn, including a two week residency at Bristol's Cube Cinema, where they produced and performed the film Play The Cube in 2014. Chenaux has also performed and recorded with countless other artists over his 25-year career, including membership in Sandro Perri's band and appearances on Perri's albums, in duo with Radwan Ghazi Moumneh (a celebrated 2012 release on Grapefruit Records), Eloise Decazes, Pauline Oliveros, John Oswald, Michael Snow, Brodie West, Han Bennink, Michael Moore, Josephine Foster, Martin Tetrault, Wilbert De Joode, Gareth Davis, Jacob Wren, Norberto Lobo, Nathaniel Mann and many more.

http://ericchenaux.com/

 

 

 

Seasons Felicitations!

Seasons Felicitations!
Upset The Rhythm turns 18 years old today and to celebrate with suitable festive panache we’re offering you all 18% off our entire catalogue for the next 18 days. Just use the code UTR18 at the checkout of our UTR webshop here: https://upsettherhythm.bigcartel.com/

XMAS = SORTED

2021 saw Upset The Rhythm release an astounding armful of 9 records by Buffet Lunch, Screensaver, Philip Frobos, Robert Sotelo, Kaputt, Bertie Marshall, Clear History and Normil Hawaiians! We could not be prouder of these essential outpourings of underground culture. Thanks so much for all your kindness and support in making our record label and concerts possible this year, you put the baubles on our tree!

May merriment abound and all your Christmases be happy and healthy,
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'Deviation' video by Nicfit!

Japanese punks Nicfit have a restive (and decidedly not festive) new single out now called ‘Deviation’! Here’s the brilliantly tensile video.

‘Deviation’ is also streaming on all the usual digi-platz and features on the band’s debut LP ‘Fuse’, out Jan 14th through Upset The Rhythm.

 

Hen Ogledd next Tuesday in London!

 

Alright, we made it to December!   Upset The Rhythm tiptoes into 'last show of the year' territory next Tuesday with a very special, festive visitation from Hen Ogledd.   Featuring the combined talents Richard Dawson (bass, vocals), Sally Pilkington (electronics, vocals), Rhodri Davies (electric harp, vocals) & Dawn Bothwell (electronics, vocals), Hen Ogledd are the most remarkable pop group. A little bit wonky, sci-fi focused, genre-leaping, improv-peppered pop group! Pop first and foremost, triangulating from the distant corners of joy and sensibility.   Tuesday's concert will also mark our 18th birthday as Upset The Rhythm too, now we can legally attend all these shows we've been plotting.   So yes, Corsica Studios is our chosen hub for celebrations and the conceptual pop powerhouse known as Jenny Moore's Mysic Business are set to stun all and sundry too.   See you there with bells on!

In other London show news, this week we announced a corker of an event for April 16th with the bowl-you-over lineup of Protomartyr, Traams and Rattle!   This concert will take place at Islington Assembly Hall and tickets went on sale this morning no less, whoo! We've been waiting ages to see Protomartyr again, it will be cathartic.   We also managed to reschedule our recently postponed Buffet Lunch concert which will now take place on April Fool's Day at MOTH Club. Me Lost Me and Shake Chain are still confirmed to perform and original tickets for Cafe OTO's Nov 6th event are still valid.   Coby Sey was also confirmed to support Grouper at our Barbican concert next April too, perfect!

Upset The Rhythm presents… HEN OGLEDD JENNY MOORE’S MYSTIC BUSINESS Tuesday 7 December Corsica Studios, 4 & 5 Elephant Rd, London, SE17 1LB 7.30pm | £14 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/ubtrl5YlLjb HEN OGLEDD are a band comprising Richard Dawson, Rhodri Davies, Dawn Bothwell and Sally Pilkington, Hen Ogledd’s meaning comes from the Welsh name for The Old North. Following on from the quartet’s previous album Mogic, with its digital overtones and themes of artificial intelligence, Hen Ogledd's second album Free Humans takes a deliberately organic and natural approach. Inspired as much by ABBA as the work of 12th century mystic-composer-naturalist-visionary Hildegard von Bingen, touched equally by the spirits of radical philosophical plumber Mary Midgley and PC Music star Hannah Diamond, as quiet as the paintings of Agnes Martin yet bombastic like a Werner Herzog documentary... it’s an album of seamless, glorious contradictions. Tackling themes of love, friendship, Gaia theory, sewers, the nature of time, human stench, and the thrills of wild swimming, it’s remarkable that, given the intense collision of influences and wide-ranging ideas at play, Free Humans somehow coheres into a marvellous whole. Hen Ogledd manages to hold both the tragedy of the wrongs happening in the world and also a sense of hope and liberation in their hands at the same time. https://www.henogledd.com/ JENNY MOORE’S MYSTIC BUSINESS is a London-based six-piece choral-punk ensemble known for their tuned percussion, huge vocals and chanted soulful mantras, a mix of the 90's R&B and post-punk Jenny grew up listening to in the Canadian prairies. A testament to the raw power and untamed joy of communal singing, the band features members of Bas Jan, Trash Kit, F*Choir and Bamboo as well as solo singer-songwriter Rubie. They draw inspiration from artists such as Meredith Monk, Laurie Anderson, Joan La Barbara and Robert Ashley, as well as feminist poets like Sharon Olds and Lorrie Moore, and David Byrne’s musical use of language, breaking down words into rhythmic tools. ‘He Earns Enough’ EP out on Lost Map Records now! https://jennymoore.bandcamp.com/album/jenny-moores-mystic-business

Have the best weekend! Thanks for reading! Upset The Rhythm

UPSET THE RHYTHM UPCOMING SHOWS

HEN OGLEDD
JENNY MOORE'S MYSTIC BUSINESS

Tuesday 7 December
Corsica Studios, 4 & 5 Elephant Rd, London, SE17 1LB
7.30pm | £14 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/ubtrl5YlLjb

 

CLEMENTINE VALENTINE
(PURPLE PILGRIMS)
KINLAW
Monday 7 March 2022
Cafe OTO, 18-22 Ashwin St, London, E8 3DL
7.30pm | £10 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/cDMTPCt5Dkb

 

FUZZ

(Charles Moothart, Ty Segall, Chad Ubovich)

Friday 18 March 2022

Electric Ballroom, 184 Camden High St, Camden Town, London, NW1 8QP

6pm - 9.45pm | £17.50 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/mhxLeUrBL4

(This show is rescheduled from July 22^nd 2020 & March 31^st 2021, original tickets valid, refunds available too)

 

FUTURE ISLANDS

DAN DEACON

Friday 25 March 2022

Alexandra Palace, Alexandra Palace Way, London, N22 7AY

6.30pm | £30.00 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/g3KQl6bmpgb

(Promoted in collaboration with our friends Parallel Lines)

BUFFET LUNCH
ME LOST ME
SHAKE CHAIN
Friday 1 April 2022
MOTH Club, Old Trades Hall, Valette St, London, E9 6NU
7.30pm | £7 | https://link.dice.fm/v9oNFWFE7hb
(Tickets still valid from the postponed Cafe OTO, Nov 6th 2021 show)

 

GROUPER

COBY SEY

Thursday 14 April 2022
Barbican Hall, Silk St, Barbican, London, EC2Y 8DS
7.30pm | £20 | Tickets:  https://link.dice.fm/uBMlbma5ykb 

(Promoted in collaboration with our friends at Barbican)

 

PROTOMARTYR
TRAAMS
RATTLE
Saturday 16 April 2022
Islington Assembly Hall, Upper St, London, N1 2UD
7pm | £17 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/I78d1a3906de

KRISTIN HERSH (Electric Trio)
FRED ABONG
Thursday 21 April 2022
The Garage, 20-22 Highbury Corner, London, N5 1RD
7.30pm | £25 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/LbdJu2HTUjb

 

JAKE XERXES FUSSELL

Saturday 7 May 2022

OSLO Hackney, 1A Amhurst Rd, Hackney Central, London, E8 1LL

6.30pm-10pm | £9 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/fUuBdCfJD3

(This show is rescheduled from May 12^th and Sep 8^th 2020 & May 7^th and September 1st 2021, original tickets valid, refunds available too)

Protomartyr in London next April!

 

 

Upset The Rhythm presents…

PROTOMARTYR
TRAAMS
RATTLE
Saturday 16 April
Islington Assembly Hall, Upper St, London, N1 2UD
7pm | £17 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/I78d1a3906de 

(Tickets on sale from 10am Fri 3rd Dec)

PROTOMARTYR play a taut, austere rock that's been incubated in a freezing Detroit warehouse littered with beer cans and cigarette butts and warmed occasionally by space heaters. With respect to the local predecessors, this isn't the primitive stomp of The Dirtbombs or The Stooges' greasy roar. Punk works, kind of, even if it leaves the hardcore kids confused. Protomartyr's economical rock elicits comparisons to possible antecedents like Pere Ubu or The Fall as well as local contemporaries like Frustrations or Tyvek. Singer Joe Casey's dry declarative snarl serves as a reliable anchor, granting his bandmates (guitarist Greg Ahee, drummer Alex Leonard and bassist Scott Davidson) the opportunity to explore textures and reinforce the rhythm section.

Next April sees Protomartyr finally touring the UK in support of their 2020 album ‘Ultimate Success Today’! The group’s epic fifth album moves like a river, with waves of sound that are quiet, loud, empty, full, but flowing together and shaping itself around the words. To see these songs performed live finally will be a cathartic release, this is what we’ve been waiting for!
http://www.protomartyrband.com/ 

TRAAMS formed in late 2011 via their shared love of groups like Television, Battles, The Stooges, Can & Women. Having released EP Ladders & LP Grin via FatCat Records in 2013 they saw through the year playing shows with bands such as Wire, Fidlar, Parquet Courts, & Temples. 2014 saw TRAAMS support Drenge on a sold out UK tour, before venturing to the states for SXSW and releasing the Cissa EP. 2021 witnessed Traams release ‘4-songs’ (FatCat), a collection of some of their stand alone tracks plus the never before released ‘Karma Kat’. TRAAMS' music is a distinct form of post-punk leaning Krautrock that is in equal parts catchy and hypnotic.
https://traams.bandcamp.com/  

RATTLE are a Nottingham based duo who focus almost exclusively on drums and more drums, beneath a delicate overlay of vocal harmonies and percussive effects. Formed by Katharine Eira Brown (also of Kogumaza) and Theresa Wrigley (also of Fists), Rattle began as an experiment in crafting rich songs and melody using drums and voice alone. Their music weaves and intertwines post-punk, minimalism and experimental rock, through off-kilter rhythms, patterns and counter melodies. Rattle effortlessly blend the avant-garde with irresistible melodies and hypnotic drum beats, using rhythm and harmony to create a refreshing sound that is utterly new - a pretty rare feat these days when we're saturated with so much music. Rattle's impressive ‘Sequence’ album came out recently through Upset The Rhythm.
https://rattleon.bandcamp.com/

Buffet Lunch - London concert rescheduled!

This show is rescheduled! Was at Cafe OTO - Nov 6th, now at MOTH Club - April Fool's Day!

 

 

Upset The Rhythm presents…

BUFFET LUNCH
ME LOST ME
SHAKE CHAIN
Friday 1 April 2022
MOTH Club, Old Trades Hall, Valette St, London, E9 6NU
7.30pm | £7 | https://link.dice.fm/v9oNFWFE7hb
(Tickets still valid from the postponed Cafe OTO, Nov 6th 2021 show)

BUFFET LUNCH are a Scottish group who make it their mission to craft satisfyingly imperfect pop songs filled with imagery and humour. The group's elementary parts are Perry O'Bray (Vocals/Keys/Guitar), Neil Robinson (Bass), John Muir (Lead Guitar) & Luke Moran (Drums), united by a shared love of music on the ABBA-to-Beefheart axis. These four ricochet between Glasgow and Edinburgh, creating music that bristles with DIY spirit and upbeat wonkiness. Their tracks are vigorous excursions, meandering into clattersome terrain as often as hiking up into the breezy, melodious foothills. The desire to lead the listener along a curious tale helps tie things together, showcasing a lyrical playfulness that pins down their puzzle of sound. Following on from their excellent ‘The Power of Rocks’ album (Upset The Rhythm), the band return this November with a vigorous new 7” EP featuring the tracks ‘Mild Weather’ and ‘Cheeks’.
https://buffetlunchband.tumblr.com/

ME LOST ME is the electronic music project of Newcastle based musician Jayne Dent. Described by BBC Radio 6's Tom Robinson as a "brilliant peculiar noise", Me Lost Me delights in experimenting with genre, taking influence from folk, electronica, art pop, ambient and noise music to create a beguiling mix of soaring vocals, synth, field recordings and hypnotic rhythms. Her live shows are atmospheric, dark and playful, with a repertoire that explores storytelling through original songs, improvisations and reworkings of traditional ballads. She recently released her second album 'The Good Noise’, out November 2020, was described as 'stunning' and 'remarkable' by NARC Magazine demonstrates a maturing of her sound and a deepening of her exploration of site and experiments with genre.
https://www.melostme.com/

SHAKE CHAIN are a 4-piece experimental group formed of artist Kate Mahony (Vocals), Joe Fergey (Drums), Robert Eyres (Guitar/Synth) and Chris Hopkins (Bass/Synth) hailing from Bournemouth, London and Oxford. Formed through a love of thought-provoking performance art and a yearning for disruption, they recorded their debut EP ‘Neil Yonge and Bob Doylan Live at Hyde Park’ in 2019 with sound artist David Carugo at Oxford Brookes University, released by Permanent Slump. Shake Chain provide a fusion of post-punk grooves, noise samples and chaotic lamenting on the current state of things. 

https://katemahony.com/Shake-Chain