Thursday 31 March 2016

The World 7" released and upcoming shows!

 
 
 
Hello you lot!
Upset The Rhythm has a teeming myriad of things going on right now, there are actual traces of steam about our ears, so we thought it well worth bombarding you with all the pertinent news and relevant drama, stand well back, take cover!
 
Tomorrow, we release the extraordinary debut 7” EP by The World from Oakland California. The World are all about the double sax attack, the tremolo of dub guitar, and those spare and sturdy drums, anchored by the gravitational pull of a propulsive bass. The World’s a post-punk band, sure, but they’re also a dance group, a wild and revolutionary art collective, with sounds from the past catapulted to the future. Limited to just 500 copies on neon yellow vinyl, you can pick one up in all good record shops from tomorrow morning or from our very own webshop here if that’s more opportune.
 
Have a listen to lead track ‘Managerial Material’ to have any superfluous socks blown off into the void. It’s contagious, utterly alive and a total pulse-grabbing cacophony, listen up!
 
 
 
 
We’ll definitely be playing The World loud and proud tomorrow evening at DIY Space For London, as we’re on DJ duties for an awesome show that sees The Rebel, Ravioli Me Away, The Glugg and Score all performing. Hope to see you there! No fooling, April 1st. More on that here.
 
We’ll also be DJing on Saturday afternoon at the ever-excellent Independent Label Market in Spitalfields. Throughout the day we’ll be selling UTR wares at pitch number 69, so please drop by and shout hello in our direction! We’ll have plenty of things ready for your discerning purse including some rare and obscure items from our back cat alongside some of the freshest releases imaginable. I hear there are a fair amount of breweries going to be present too, so if you like music and drinks, drunken music or musical drunks this could be exceedingly up your alley.
 
 
 
 
 
In other news of a show nature, Upset The Rhythm confirmed this week that Aaron Dilloway and No Form will be joining Wolf Eyes for a colossal concert next month at the Tufnell Park Dome. Whilst today we also revealed that we have a show planned for July 27th also at The Dome for Memphis garage-punk legends The Oblivians. This is an extremely rare occurrence and on a European tour shorter than a week sees them make their only stop in the UK. Tickets for these events and all or future promotional ventures are listed at the end of this message and also include details of a new double headline show in October for Upsilon Acrux and Guapo too. Mouthwatering stuff!
 
Talking of shows, next week is one of our busiest weeks planned for this year, Monday we have Protomartyr playing a sold out event at The 100 Club. Then on Tuesday we head to OSLO in Hackney for a heaven-heavy tapestry of sound from U.S. Girls, Ed Dowie and Mat Riviere. The following Saturday we’ve arranged a corker of a show at DIY Space For London with The Intelligence, The Pheromoans and Black Mask. Whilst Sunday 10 April finds us at Café OTO with a label lineup special featuring cosmic post-punk collective Normil Hawaiians performing alongside some contemporary label mates in Bamboo, The Wharves and Dog Chocolate, all for an astonishing £7 ticket! Wah, I told you there was a lot to wade through, well hopefully it’s all nourishing food for thought. The real nitty gritty follows…
 
 
 
 
U.S. GIRLS
ED DOWIE
MAT RIVIERE
Tuesday 5 April
OSLO, 1a Amhurst Road, Hackney, E8 1LL
7.30pm | £10 | TICKETS
 
U.S. GIRLS is Illinois-born, Toronto-based artist Meghan Remy. A captivating musical force who evolved from the raw, corrosive 4-track fidelity found on her early records to the more unabashed art-pop of U.S. Girls on KRAAK (2011) and Gem (2012) - albums which helped to "widen and universalize her music without losing a drop of what previously made it so special and personal" (Pitchfork) - her debut album for 4AD, Half Free, came out in 2015. Half Free focussed on characters in everyday struggles, with narratives inspired by the work of director John Cassavetes and Bruce Springsteen. Throughout, Remy explores themes relating to abuse and gender inequality, whether the broken wife in 'Sororal Feelings' (a track loosely based on the character Nora Bass in Michael Ondaatje's Coming Through Slaughter), or the exasperated war widow in 'Damn That Valley', soundtracked by its intoxicating combination of thick dub flavours and Wall of Sound dramatics.
 
ED DOWIE started making music in the late 1990s with Beta Band label mates, Brothers in Sound, releasing three EPs and an album on Regal Recordings and BMG. After spending several years composing scores for theatre and short films, Ed joined The Paper Cinema, a puppetry/ animation/ theatre/ music hybrid that tours around the world. In 2012, Ed embarked on a solo career that led him to release an EP to accompany the Paravion Press publication of a Walter Benjamin essay. His second EP received praise from No Fear of Pop, 20 Jazz Funk Greats and The 405. His music has been featured on various short films and TV programmes and has regularly featured on BBC Radio 3 and Resonance FM. He’s recently completed his debut album, which will be released later in the year.
 
MAT RIVIERE sculpts the kind of soundscapes your brain wanders into after you've been given a co-codamol prescription. Active for a good few years now, self-releasing carefully crafted albums with names like ‘Not Even Doom Music’ and ‘Follow Your Heart’, Mat has woven together a tapestry of influences unique to himself - one where Xiu Xiu's noisepop and Trust Fund's vulnerability sit comfortably next to each other. Recent EP ‘Terrible Trouble’ came out on Super Smash Hit Records and sounds a bit like a lo-fi How To Dress Well cross-pollinated with Casiotone For The Painfully Alone and features additional vocals by Joel Midden of Chicago drone-pop outfit Bastardgeist.
    
 
 
 
THE INTELLIGENCE
THE PHEROMOANS
BLACK MASK
Saturday 9 April
DIY Space For London, 96-101 Ormside St, South Bermondsey, SE15 1TF
7.30pm | £8 | TICKETS 
DIYSFL is a members club, become a member here:
 
THE INTELLIGENCE was born unto the world at the dawn of the 21st century and since its seen its brand of art-smarm surf become a touchstone for with-it rock n’ roll of the era. Perhaps a surprising assertion, especially considering their primitive and personal origins, but one cemented by the dedication and continual reinvention fostered by main-brain Lars Aldric Finberg. For all their longevity and prolificacy, The Intelligence is a restless, ever-evolving vehicle for Finberg, showcasing his presumably patented knack for sharp pop songwriting that rides waves from both the past and heretofore unknown. Hence the emergence of ‘Vintage Future’, the band’s latest album. Finberg has always playfully flashed fangs with The Intelligence, but the hard targeting here makes ‘Vintage Future’ the most thematically biting offering thus far. Across the record, Finberg combs over relationships, ambitions and his own values for trouble spots and indignities, highlighting his findings and skewering as needed. Jabs at the absurdities of band life have been a focus of since The Intelligence’s inception, but tunes like “Nocturnal Admissions”, “We Refuse To Pay The Dues” and “Platinum Janitor” confront living in rock n’ roll with an honesty bordering on the sadistic. Songs like “Sex” and “Whip My Valet” (the band’s most singularly aggressive and punk moment ever) manage to be intensely personal ruminations, nervously humorous and all-out rockers simultaneously, all with a wink. It’s precisely that charm coupled with intensity that makes The Intelligence so crave-worthy. Well, that and the copious panic-stabs of guitar.
http://theintelligenceband.com/

THE PHEROMOANS are a six-piece experimental rock band from the South East of England who deal in a deadpan DIY music. Married to the mundane yet surreal reportage of our lives, their music manages to address the truly restless boredom and absurdity of everyday life. The Pheromoans write songs for the end of the queue, songs that prowl the periphery, songs that stand up on the bus and stare out through the window, blasted through with brilliant sprawling sunshine. Over the last nine years the band have released a slew of records, including numerous EPs, 7"s, mini-albums and LPs through labels as diverse as Night People, Convulsive, Sweet Rot, Monofonus Press, Clan Destine and Upset The Rhythm. These recordings largely focused on a ramshackle, wayward rock ethic, underpinned by lyricist Russell Walker's dry, observational musings that tread an almost diary-like path throughout the songs. Brand new album ‘I’m On Nights’ was just released through Alter and features the band stalking into a world of drum machine clicks, spaced-out keyboard ditties and ennui-soaked rhymes.
 
BLACK MASK are a SE London trio who make songs about love and crime and melting - broken synthesizer and frantic drums accompany desperate vocals. Their 1st single David Kronenberg 1664 (a tale inspired by a mysterious blood-tasting can of the brew bought in an Elephant and Castle off-license) is due this Spring on self released 7".
http://blackmaskblackmask.bandcamp.com/
 
 
 
 
NORMIL HAWAIIANS
BAMBOO
THE WHARVES
DOG CHOCOLATE
Sunday 10 April
Cafe OTO, 22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, E8 3DL
5:00pm - 10:00pm | £7 | TICKETS
 
NORMIL HAWAIIANS have always operated as a collective of musicians rather than a band per se and for their third album, 'Return Of The Ranters', the group comprised of Guy Smith, Simon Marchant, Alun 'Wilf' Williams, Noel Blanden and Jimmy Miller. Recorded at Dave Anderson's Foel studio in Wales (sonic home of Amon Düül II and Hawkwind) in the Winter of 1985, a time and a place triangulated from political, social and geographical aspects, the album extended their free experiments in compelling arrhythmia and seemingly organised sound, taking a loose trajectory from their previous albums and earlier, more confrontational approach.

Lucid, candid, politically engaged, rarely metronomic but always humane, tired but still fighting, Normil Hawaiians' have waited patiently for thirty years. 'Return of The Ranters' was not released back in 1985 as with Guy, Jimmy and Wilf living in squatting communities in South London, and Simon and Noel re-locating their families to rural Kent - the Family Hawaii splintered and went its separate ways. In the intervening years, the band's reputation has grown considerably, far beyond the UK. With vast clouds of atmosphere, tape loops, found percussion, exalted synths and walls of guitar ambience, Normil Hawaiians sound more at home today. Now the causes and conditions have finally come good with Upset The Rhythm releasing 'Return Of The Ranters' last November to much acclaim and the band having prepared their spellbinding show for the road once more. All that falls, now falls into place...and all that was air now becomes solid.
http://normilhawaiians.com/

BAMBOO is a sublime new project from Nick Carlisle (of Peepholes, Don't Argue) and Rachel Horwood (of Trash Kit, Halo Halo). Their music is vivid and deeply poignant, locking into a magnetic attraction between between Rachel's flawlessly resonant folk cadence and Nick's pristine synth pop production. Far from being a one off, or dare we say side-project, BAMBOO is very much a fully realised pursuit, with the band working on multiple records simultaneously from their Brighton and London base camps. 'Prince Pansori Priestess' is the first album to see the light from this pairing of talents (out now on Upset The Rhythm). 'Prince Pansori Priestess' was recorded between spring 2014 to spring 2015, this was before the band expanded to a four piece for live performances, showcasing BAMBOO as a very original duo with a sound-world very much their own. It feels very pure, prismatic and even mystical at moments without losing any of its human touch.
http://www.bamboosongs.co.uk/

THE WHARVES combine gracefully minimal psyche-rock with fuzzed out folk. Their songwriting remains consistently rich, largely due to the startling harmonies of Gemma Fleet (bass) and Dearbhla Minogue (guitar) that bond together each song. They invoke the reverberated spook of 60s girl groups, the mid-fi guitar crunch of Kim Deal's The Amps, the vocal flavours of The Roches and the narrative and structural panache of 70s progressive folk. Marion Andrau's thunderous drumming drives through these compositions, ensuring the wealth of disparate influences remain focused and celebratory. Following on from last year's brilliant 'At Bay' album on Gringo Records, Upset The Rhythm released a brand new 7" single recently giving all a glimpse of what their next album 'Electa' will sound like this year.
https://thewharves.bandcamp.com/

DOG CHOCOLATE sound like a crowded room but are actually four individuals from London. Having played in many other bands including Yeborobo, Limn and Gasp! Cracking Eggs, united they recognise Dog Chocolate as their one true love. Abandoning notions of elegance, cred and professionalism they embrace the ramshackle, instant and fun, capturing a vivid spontaneity with their music. Their sound is a shabby, fast, over-excited ball of wet fur falling down the stairs, knocking over plant pots along the way and staining the carpet. With an average song time of 2 minutes, Dog Chocolate are on to the next treat before fully digesting the last. Chewing up bits of punk, post-punk, noise and pop, Matthew and Robert's guitars race around each other like wasps, pitch-shifting and phasing all over the place while Jono's rolled-up-newspaper drums chase them round the room. The band's debut album 'Snack Fans' was released this month by Upset The Rhythm.
 
    
 
 
Thank you tremendously for taking the time to read this!
Upset The Rhythm
x
 
 
 
 
UPSET THE RHYTHM
UPCOMING SHOWS 
PROTOMARTYR
THE REBEL
Monday 4th April
100 Club, 100 Oxford St, Oxford Street, W1D 1LL
7.30pm | £10 | SOLD OUT
 
U.S. GIRLS
ED DOWIE
MAT RIVIERE
Tuesday 5 April
OSLO, 1a Amhurst Road, Hackney, E8 1LL
7.30pm | £10 | TICKETS
 
THE INTELLIGENCE
THE PHEROMOANS
BLACK MASK
Saturday 9 April
DIY Space For London, 96-101 Ormside St, South Bermondsey, SE15 1TF
7.30pm | £8 | TICKETS
DIYSFL is a members club, become a member here.
 
NORMIL HAWAIIANS
BAMBOO
THE WHARVES
DOG CHOCOLATE
Sunday 10 April
Cafe OTO, 22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, E8 3DL
5:00pm - 10:00pm | £7 | TICKETS
 
QUINTRON & MISS PUSSYCAT
RAVIOLI ME AWAY
Friday 22 April
DIY Space For London, 96-101 Ormside St, South Bermondsey, SE15 1TF
7.30pm | £10 | TICKETS
DIYSFL is a members club, become a member here.
 
WOLF EYES
AARON DILLOWAY
NO FORM
Friday 29 April
Tufnell Park Dome, 178 Junction Road, Tufnell Park, N19 5QQ
7.30pm | £10 | TICKETS
 
THE SPACE LADY
DANIEL BACHMAN
ERIC SCHNEIDER
Thursday 5 May
Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, 44 Pollard Row, Bethnal Green, E2 6NB
7:30pm | £9 | TICKETS
 
NEIL MICHAEL HAGERTY & THE HOWLING HEX
IRMA VEP
Tuesday 10 May
Moth Club, Old Trades Hall, Valette St, Hackney Central, E9 6NU
7.30pm | £10 | TICKETS  
 
CIAN NUGENT - ‘Night Fiction’ release party!!!
NAP EYES
Saturday 21 May
MOTH Club, Old Trades Hall, Valette Street, Hackney, E9 6NU
7.30pm | £8 | TICKETS
 
NOTS
MONSTER TREASURE
ES
Monday 23 May
The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, N1 9JB
7.30pm | £7 | TICKETS
 
DOWNTOWN BOYS
Tuesday 31 May
The Victoria, 451 Queensbridge Rd, Dalston, E8 3AS
7.30pm | £7 | TICKETS
 
KAREN GWYER
CONTAINER
GIANT SWAN
Friday 3 June
The Old Baths, 80 Eastway, Hackney Wick, London, E9 5JH
7.30pm | £10 | TICKETS
 
In collaboration with Caught by the River…
 
DARREN HAYMAN & BAND performing ‘Thankful Villages’
JULY SKIES
Plus Spoken Word & Nature Disco
Saturday 4 June
Cafe OTO, 22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, E8 3DL
8pm | £10 | TICKETS
 
GENEVA JACUZZI
LIBERATION
Tuesday 7 June
Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, 44 Pollard Row, Bethnal Green, E2 6NB
7:30pm | £7 | TICKETS
 
TY SEGALL & THE MUGGERS
AUSMUTEANTS
Friday 24 June
O2 Forum Kentish Town, 9-17 Highgate Road, London, NW5 1JY
7pm | £17.50 | TICKETS
 
EARTHEATER
GABRIEL SALOMAN
COMMON EIDER, KING EIDER
Saturday 25 June
Cafe OTO, 22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, E8 3DL
7.30pm | £9 | TICKETS
 
THE OBLIVIANS
Wednesday 27 July
Tufnell Park Dome, 178 Junction Road, Tufnell Park, N19 5QQ
7.30pm | £16 | TICKETS
 
UPSILON ACRUX
GUAPO
Friday 7 October
Cafe OTO, 22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, E8 3DL
7.30pm | £7.50 | TICKETS
 

The OBLIVIANS are heading to London this July!

 
OKOK!

The Oblivians are playing a very rare show in London this July, only UK date!
Tickets available now here:









Wednesday 30 March 2016

Upsilon Acrux and Guapo double headline show in London!




Very pleased to announce this show for the Autumn!
Upset The Rhythm presents…

UPSILON ACRUX
GUAPO

Friday 7 October
Cafe OTO, 22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, E8 3DL
7.30pm | £7.50 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/356180

Upsilon Acrux is an instrumental quintet (dual guitars, keyboards, bass and drums). Their music is generally very intense, loud, hard-hitting and unbelivably virtuosic. Upsilon Acrux's music is demanding on many levels, but mostly it demands that you listen to it a number of times before forming an opinion, because only after you've gotten familiar with it can you get past the sheer complexity and onslaught of it all and hear the amazing musicality of what they are doing. This combination of blazingly fast, interwoven musical lines delivered at blinding speed mixed with their unique melodic sense makes Upsilon's music instantly recognizable.

2015 marked the 20th anniversary of avant rock ensemble Guapo’s debut release (the Hell Is Other People EP on Power Tool Records), and the band celebrates this milestone by proving with the release on 26th May 2015 of Obscure Knowledge, its 10th album and 3rd release on Cuneiform exactly how far it has come since then.
 
While Guapo started out in the mid 90s as a heavy, London-based duo (Dave Smith - drums; Matt Thompson - bass) playing post-hardcore noise-rock in the style of the Jesus Lizard and Shellac, it has expanded significantly (in more ways than one) since. Skillfully incorporating more styles of music into their sound than there is room to list here, Guapo has become one of Europe’s most
highly respected modern psychedelic/ experimental/ progressive rock bands. 





Thursday 24 March 2016

Friday 18 March 2016

Dog Chocolate - 'Snack Fans' LP

 
 
Good morning everyone!
Let the weekend bear down fast, like a canine in pursuit of a tasty morsel, as today sees the release of Dog Chocolate’s debut album ‘Snack Fans’ and you’ll need a few days to digest it. Comprised of 14 bite-sized songs, high in salt and sugar content, the LP comes in either a magenta or black vinyl option, with an accompanying bunch of extras including a glossy poster, lyric book, remix album and computer game. If that wasn’t enough the whole album is also housed in a beautiful gatefold sleeve designed by Florence Shaw.
 
Dog Chocolate chew up bits of punk, post-punk, noise and pop to make their own inventive music. Matthew and Robert’s guitars race around each other like wasps, pitch-shifting and phasing all over the place while Jono’s rolled-up-newspaper drums chase them round the room. Andrew’s occasionally impressionistic keyboard flourishes add further colour to the scene, whilst Andrew and Robert take it in turns to sing with the others joining in occasionally. Lyrically the album deals with themes domestic, emotional and metaphysical: purging your life of material possessions, cosmically ordering a pet, memories evoked by the tactile properties of objects, the impermanence of the body, confusion, holidays, environmental concern and hay fever. There are moments of flippancy and silliness, but also of investigation and introspection.
 
You can snag your copy of ‘Snack Fans’ through our webstore here. Whilst a launch party will take place next Thursday evening at Apiary studios which you can read more about below.
 
 
 
In other show-related news, we’re very happy to reveal another concert we’ve been plotting for a while has finally come to bear fruit. On Friday 3rd June we’ll be heading over to Hackney Wick’s Old Baths to witness Karen Gwyer, Container and Giant Swan all performing, looks set to warp and distort all minds present, so get noting in those diaries.
 
 
 
 
Come and celebrate Dog Chocolate’s debut album coming out, with bands, comedy, food, projections, DJs...
  
DOG CHOCOLATE
RÓISÍN AND CHIARA
PRIVATE TROUSERS
DJ EGGS LEGS
Thursday 24 March
Apiary Studios, 458 Hackney Road, London, E2 9EG
7:30pm – 2am | £2 on the door
 
DOG CHOCOLATE sound like a crowded room but are actually four individuals from London. Having played in many other bands including Yeborobo, Limn and Gasp! Cracking Eggs, united they recognise Dog Chocolate as their one true love. Abandoning notions of elegance, cred and professionalism they embrace the ramshackle, instant and fun, capturing a vivid spontaneity with their music. ‘Snack Fans’ is the band’s debut album, released on March 18th by Upset The Rhythm. In just over 25 minutes the band gleefully assemble a roller-skate of sound held together with sellotape and blu-tac, just robust enough to reach it’s destination as it’s chucked downhill. It’s an album packed with ideas and momentum, no need to set the table, Dog Chocolate are in a rush. If ‘Snack Fans’ doesn't satisfy your appetite then you’ll need to fix yourself a feast or something.
 
RÓISÍN AND CHIARA’s routine is as funny as it is bizarre. Whether singing a hymn to Nick Grimshaw, pretending to be breastfeeding babies or giving sage advice as celtic mystics, Róisín and Chiara are consistently hilarious. They move with such rampant pace from one segment to another that the audience cannot help but get caught up in the proceedings: even if you’re not a fan of absurdist comedy, you'll find it hard not to enjoy their infectious energy.
 
PRIVATE TROUSERS are playing the long game, one step at a time. Variously regarded as a breath of fresh air and an awful business, PT use self-made instruments to make lairy lullabies for the happy-sad, yes you.
 
DJ EGGS LEGS’ tropical omelete includes Highlife, Afro funk, soukous, makossa, samba, mambo, shangaan and many more.
    
 
 
Thank you so much for your time,
Have a terrific weekend!
Upset The Rhythm
x
 
 
 
 
UPSET THE RHYTHM
UPCOMING SHOWS 
PROTOMARTYR
THE REBEL
Monday 4th April
100 Club, 100 Oxford St, Oxford Street, W1D 1LL
7.30pm | £10 | TICKETS
 
U.S. GIRLS
ED DOWIE
MAT RIVIERE
Tuesday 5 April
OSLO, 1a Amhurst Road, Hackney, E8 1LL
7.30pm | £10 | TICKETS
 
THE INTELLIGENCE
THE PHEROMOANS
BLACK MASK
Saturday 9 April
DIY Space For London, 96-101 Ormside St, South Bermondsey, SE15 1TF
7.30pm | £8 | TICKETS
DIYSFL is a members club, become a member here.
 
NORMIL HAWAIIANS
BAMBOO
THE WHARVES
DOG CHOCOLATE
Sunday 10 April
Cafe OTO, 22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, E8 3DL
5:00pm - 10:00pm | £7 | TICKETS
 
QUINTRON & MISS PUSSYCAT
RAVIOLI ME AWAY
Friday 22 April
DIY Space For London, 96-101 Ormside St, South Bermondsey, SE15 1TF
7.30pm | £10 | TICKETS
DIYSFL is a members club, become a member here.
 
WOLF EYES
SPECIAL GUEST
NO FORM
Friday 29 April
Tufnell Park Dome, 178 Junction Road, Tufnell Park, N19 5QQ
7.30pm | £10 | TICKETS
 
THE SPACE LADY
DANIEL BACHMAN
ERIC SCHNEIDER
Thursday 5 May
Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, 44 Pollard Row, Bethnal Green, E2 6NB
7:30pm | £9 | TICKETS
 
NEIL MICHAEL HAGERTY & THE HOWLING HEX
IRMA VEP
Tuesday 10 May
Moth Club, Old Trades Hall, Valette St, Hackney Central, E9 6NU
7.30pm | £10 | TICKETS  
 
CIAN NUGENT - ‘Night Fiction’ release party!!!
NAP EYES
Saturday 21 May
MOTH Club, Old Trades Hall, Valette Street, Hackney, E9 6NU
7.30pm | £8 | TICKETS
 
NOTS
MONSTER TREASURE
ES
Monday 23 May
The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, N1 9JB
7.30pm | £7 | TICKETS
 
DOWNTOWN BOYS
Tuesday 31 May
The Victoria, 451 Queensbridge Rd, Dalston, E8 3AS
7.30pm | £7 | TICKETS
 
KAREN GWYER
CONTAINER
GIANT SWAN
Friday 3 June
The Old Baths, 80 Eastway, Hackney Wick, London, E9 5JH
7.30pm | £10 | TICKETS
 
In collaboration with Caught by the River…
 
DARREN HAYMAN & BAND performing ‘Thankful Villages’
JULY SKIES
Plus Spoken Word & Nature Disco
Saturday 4 June
Cafe OTO, 22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, E8 3DL
8pm | £10 | TICKETS
 
GENEVA JACUZZI
LIBERATION
Tuesday 7 June
Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, 44 Pollard Row, Bethnal Green, E2 6NB
7:30pm | £7 | TICKETS
 
TY SEGALL & THE MUGGERS
AUSMUTEANTS
Friday 24 June
O2 Forum Kentish Town, 9-17 Highgate Road, London, NW5 1JY
7pm | £17.50 | TICKETS
 
EARTHEATER
GABRIEL SALOMAN
COMMON EIDER, KING EIDER
Saturday 25 June
Cafe OTO, 22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, E8 3DL
7.30pm | £9 | TICKETS

Thursday 17 March 2016

New show confirmed for Karen Gwyer, Container and Giant Swan!


Well this is going to be brilliant!!!
Upset The Rhythm presents…

KAREN GWYER
CONTAINER
GIANT SWAN
Friday 3 June
The Old Baths, 80 Eastway, Hackney Wick, London, E9 5JH







Dog Chocolate LPs assembling in the wild







Thursday 10 March 2016

Dog Chocolate news, plus lots of recently confirmed shows!



 
Hello everyone!
 
I trust you’re all in the swing of things now spring has sprung, gambling like lambs through the everyday hubbub. This week at Upset The Rhythm we’ve been assembling Dog Chocolate LPs for their forthcoming ‘Snack Fans’ release this month. Filling each record with magenta vinyl, a poster, lyric book, computer game plus a variety of bonus delights, we’ve had a whale of the time and now feel like jumping around the room wearing a red coat, a blue nose and some books lashed to our backs. Watch their most recent video and all will become clear, it's a right brain-boggle, will we ever be the same again!
 
 
 
Dog Chocolate have an eclectic album launch planned for March 24th at Apiary Studios, which you can read more about below, along with news of all our upcoming events. Which reminds me, since we last talked we’ve been rushed off our feet confirming new concerts for The Intelligence, Geneva Jacuzzi, Ty Segall & The Muggers, Ausmuteants, Eartheater, Gabriel Saloman, Nap Eyes, Cian Nugent and a special evening with Darren Hayman presenting his beguiling ‘Thankful Villages’ project. UTR is an idle hands / devil’s work free zone! Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin…
 
 
 
 
 
Come and celebrate Dog Chocolate’s debut album coming out, with bands, comedy, food, projections, DJs...
  
DOG CHOCOLATE
RÓISÍN AND CHIARA
PRIVATE TROUSERS
DJ EGGS LEGS
Friday 24 March
Apiary Studios, 458 Hackney Road, London, E2 9EG
7:30pm – 2am | £2 on the door
 
DOG CHOCOLATE sound like a crowded room but are actually four individuals from London. Having played in many other bands including Yeborobo, Limn and Gasp! Cracking Eggs, united they recognise Dog Chocolate as their one true love. Abandoning notions of elegance, cred and professionalism they embrace the ramshackle, instant and fun, capturing a vivid spontaneity with their music. ‘Snack Fans’ is the band’s debut album, released on March 18th by Upset The Rhythm. In just over 25 minutes the band gleefully assemble a roller-skate of sound held together with sellotape and blu-tac, just robust enough to reach it’s destination as it’s chucked downhill. It’s an album packed with ideas and momentum, no need to set the table, Dog Chocolate are in a rush. If ‘Snack Fans’ doesn't satisfy your appetite then you’ll need to fix yourself a feast or something.
 
RÓISÍN AND CHIARA’s routine is as funny as it is bizarre. Whether singing a hymn to Nick Grimshaw, pretending to be breastfeeding babies or giving sage advice as celtic mystics, Róisín and Chiara are consistently hilarious. They move with such rampant pace from one segment to another that the audience cannot help but get caught up in the proceedings: even if you’re not a fan of absurdist comedy, you'll find it hard not to enjoy their infectious energy.
 
PRIVATE TROUSERS are playing the long game, one step at a time. Variously regarded as a breath of fresh air and an awful business, PT use self-made instruments to make lairy lullabies for the happy-sad, yes you.
 
DJ EGGS LEGS’ tropical omelete includes Highlife, Afro funk, soukous, makossa, samba, mambo, shangaan and many more.
    
 
 
Thank you for reading! Before heading off we also wanted it made known that we’re very happy to be DJ-ing at an upcoming show for The Rebel, Ravioli Me Away, The Glugg and Score at DIY Space for London on April 1st, full details can be found here.
 
The Rebel performing on April Fools Day? What’s not to love?
Have a brilliant week and we’ll see you soon!
Upset The Rhythm
x
 
 
 
 
UPSET THE RHYTHM
UPCOMING SHOWS 
PROTOMARTYR
THE REBEL
Monday 4th April
100 Club, 100 Oxford St, Oxford Street, W1D 1LL
7.30pm | £10 | TICKETS
 
U.S. GIRLS
ED DOWIE
MAT RIVIERE
Tuesday 5 April
OSLO, 1a Amhurst Road, Hackney, E8 1LL
7.30pm | £10 | TICKETS
 
THE INTELLIGENCE
THE PHEROMOANS
BLACK MASK
Saturday 9 April
DIY Space For London, 96-101 Ormside St, South Bermondsey, SE15 1TF
7.30pm | £8 | TICKETS
DIYSFL is a members club, become a member here.
 
NORMIL HAWAIIANS
BAMBOO
THE WHARVES
DOG CHOCOLATE
Sunday 10 April
Cafe OTO, 22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, E8 3DL
5:00pm - 10:00pm | £7 | TICKETS
 
QUINTRON & MISS PUSSYCAT
RAVIOLI ME AWAY
Friday 22 April
DIY Space For London, 96-101 Ormside St, South Bermondsey, SE15 1TF
7.30pm | £10 | TICKETS
DIYSFL is a members club, become a member here.
 
WOLF EYES
SPECIAL GUEST
NO FORM
Friday 29 April
Tufnell Park Dome, 178 Junction Road, Tufnell Park, N19 5QQ
7.30pm | £10 | TICKETS
 
THE SPACE LADY
DANIEL BACHMAN
ERIC SCHNEIDER
Thursday 5 May
Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, 44 Pollard Row, Bethnal Green, E2 6NB
7:30pm | £9 | TICKETS
 
NEIL MICHAEL HAGERTY & THE HOWLING HEX
IRMA VEP
Tuesday 10 May
Moth Club, Old Trades Hall, Valette St, Hackney Central, E9 6NU
7.30pm | £10 | TICKETS  
 
CIAN NUGENT - ‘Night Fiction’ release party!!!
NAP EYES
Saturday 21 May
MOTH Club, Old Trades Hall, Valette Street, Hackney, E9 6NU
7.30pm | £8 | TICKETS
 
NOTS
MONSTER TREASURE
ES
Monday 23 May
The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, N1 9JB
7.30pm | £7 | TICKETS
 
DOWNTOWN BOYS
Tuesday 31 May
The Victoria, 451 Queensbridge Rd, Dalston, E8 3AS
7.30pm | £7 | TICKETS
 
In collaboration with Caught by the River…
 
DARREN HAYMAN & BAND performing ‘Thankful Villages’
JULY SKIES
Plus Spoken Word & Nature Disco
Saturday 4 June
Cafe OTO, 22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, E8 3DL
8pm | £10 | TICKETS
 
GENEVA JACUZZI
LIBERATION
Tuesday 7 June
Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, 44 Pollard Row, Bethnal Green, E2 6NB
7:30pm | £7 | TICKETS
 
TY SEGALL & THE MUGGERS
AUSMUTEANTS
Friday 24 June
O2 Forum Kentish Town, 9-17 Highgate Road, London, NW5 1JY
7pm | £17.50 | TICKETS
 
EARTHEATER
GABRIEL SALOMAN
COMMON EIDER, KING EIDER
Saturday 25 June
Cafe OTO, 22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, E8 3DL
7.30pm | £9 | TICKETS