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Hello all!
Thanks so much for coming to see Gun Outfit already this week, what
a treat that was! Two shows bridging the weekend for you coming up.
Tomorrow night, Trouble In Mind’s Greg Ashley, well known for his
work with blazing psych outfit The Gris Gris, will be treating us to a
suite of his self-deprecating solo work. Greg’s honest, personal lyrics
and stunningly bold delivery are often cited as chief credits, but
there’s also a perfectly pitched poetic insularity that runs through his
songs, all in all it’ll be super impressive. We’re really pleased to
have Mass Datura building up a dizzy tower of progged-out space pop at this event at The Islington too.
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Upset The Rhythm presents…
GREG ASHLEY
MASS DATURA
Saturday 24 February
The Islington, 1 Tolpuddle St, Angel, London, N1 0XT
7.30pm | £7 | TICKETS
GREG ASHLEY has been a fixture
on the underground music scene since the late Nineties while strafing
eardrums as a teenager in Houston in garage- punk band The Strate-Coats.
Since then he’s proven himself not only as a songwriter, singer and
guitar player in bands like The Mirrors & The Gris-Gris, but also as
a producer/sound engineer via his Oakland-based Creamery Studio. His
career as a solo artist is vast and varied, spanning the gamut between
fried-n-beautiful psychedelia, gorgeous & cathartic symphonic suites
and gentle, damaged folk music, beginning with 2003’s debut and last
leaving us with 2017’s ‘Pictures of Saint Paul Street’ (Trouble In
Mind). This recent record carries forward Ashley’s musical palette (a
rootsy amalgam of tortured, Cohen-esque folk tinged with the beer soaked
recklessness of a West Texas honky-tonk). The songs on ‘Pictures of
Saint Paul Street’ are lush & beautiful autopsies of society’s
underbelly, with stark and brutally honest ruminations on humanity.
Songs like “A Sea of Suckers” & “Pursue The Nightlife” pull no
punches, while “Jailbirds & Vagabonds” and “Blues For A Pecan Tree”
carouse on a more abstract, human (almost romantic) level. The
protagonist in many of Ashley’s songs may be Ashley himself - a true
artist willing to admit he’s nowhere near perfect, and honest enough to
document his sunrises & sunsets no matter if they occur in his own
backyard, or on a barroom floor.
https://gregashley.bandcamp.com/
MASS DATURA have spent the last three years earning a well-deserved reputation for their mesmerising, raw and unpredictable live performances. Mass Datura was initially formed by singer, writer and artist Thomas Rowe (with best friend Joseph Colkett), as an outlet to channel his own strange childhood experiences. Born and raised in the rural ghettos of Western Canada, frontman Rowe discovered at an early age what a powerful form of escapism music could be for him. Landing as an alien in London eight years ago, Rowe gathered a group of like-minded East London misfits around him and from this, Mass Datura formed. Mass Datura take their name from 16th century occult mythology, the Datura flower when ingested was said to give you the ability to levitate, flying through bleak night skies around the world snatching up little children. The band’s debut album was released last year alongside a performance at Liverpool Psych Fest. Mass Datura have managed to support some very exciting bands around the country including L.A. Witch, The Black Angels, A Place to Bury Strangers, Holy Drug Couple, Dark Horses and Black Mountain. |
Upset The Rhythm presents…
CHAIN AND THE GANG
MILKY WIMPSHAKE (SOLO)
Monday 26 February
OSLO, 1a Amhurst Road, Hackney, E8 1LL
7.30pm | £10 | TICKETS
CHAIN AND THE GANG are a
dynamic and irresistible live combo that pens provocative, unforgettable
odes to obedience and total destruction. They are led by the remarkable
Ian Svenonius; the prime mover behind two of the most essential bands
of our time, Nation Of Ulysses and The Make-Up, and author of several
books, including The Psychic Soviet and Supernatural Strategies for
Making a Rock 'n' Roll Group. Ian is also an online talk show host and
auteur filmmaker. Chain And The Gang deal in a radical rock n roll that
updates rock, blues, and gospel music or vocal quartets from the late
50s /early 60s for the discerning few. After nodding off to the
washed-out zzzounds of the latest five-star folly critic's catastrophe,
Chain & the Gang decided to respond with their patented perversity;
they reached to the farther corner of the lab and came up with an
immortal classic in the hard-to-hear genre of 'EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC'. Its a
foot-tapping, head scratching, torso tornado that will crinkle the
connossieur's temple in a tantrum of cerebral delight. 'EXPERIMENTAL
MUSIC' is due for release through Radical Elite Record soon.
https://chainandthegang.bandcamp.com/
MILKY WIMPSHAKE are a passionate punk band from Newcastle Upon Tyne. The band formed in the early 1990s as part of the Slampt Underground organisation, a label and arts umbrella that supported many of the best UK DIY acts including The Yummy Fur, Pussycat Trash, Red Monkey and personal favourites Bette Davis & The Balconettes. Milky Wimpshake play love songs for punk rockers, protest tunes, covers of Northern Soul classics, and some new classics of their own. Characterised by Pete Dale’s wry lyrics and playful, direct guitar riffs, Milky Wimpshake are true stalwarts and legends of the underground and have recorded several ‘personal vs political’ albums in recent times for the mighty Fortuna Pop imprint. This show sees Pete Dale fly solo, performing his own favourite Wimpshake songs for this select audience on guitar and vocal. |
Thanks for reading, have a great weekend!
Upset The Rhythm
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UPSET THE RHYTHM
UPCOMING SHOWS
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GREG ASHLEY
MASS DATURA
Saturday 24 February
The Islington, 1 Tolpuddle St, Angel, London, N1 0XT
7.30pm | £7 | TICKETS
CHAIN AND THE GANG
MILKY WIMPSHAKE (SOLO)
Monday 26 February
OSLO, 1a Amhurst Road, Hackney, London, E8 1LL
7.30pm | £10 | TICKETS
KA BAIRD
DIANA POLICARPO / JEJUNO
HACK MYSTIC
Tuesday 6 March The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, London, N1 9JB 7.30pm | £7 | TICKETS
SHANNON LAY
WILLIAM PATRICK OWEN
Wednesday 7 March
The Islington, 1 Tolpuddle St, Angel, London, N1 0XT
7.30pm | £6 | TICKETS
ALAN LICHT
JAMES SEDWARDS
Sunday 11 March
The Islington, 1 Tolpuddle St, Angel, London, N1 0XT
6.30pm | £7 | TICKETS
BILL ORCUTT & CHRIS CORSANO:
* DUO PERFORMANCE
RATTLE
Saturday 17 March
The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, London, N1 9JB
7.30pm | £12 | TICKETS
* SOLO PERFORMANCES
Sunday 18 March
The Islington, 1 Tolpuddle St, Angel, London, N1 0XT
7.30pm | £12 | TICKETS
BRIGID MAE POWER
DANIEL O'SULLIVAN
Tuesday 27 March
Servant Jazz Quarters, 10A Bradbury Street, Dalston, London N16 8JN
7.30pm | £8 | TICKETS
JOSHUA ABRAMS - NATURAL INFORMATION SOCIETY
Monday 2 April
OSLO, 1a Amhurst Road, Hackney, London, E8 1LL
8pm | £11 | TICKETS
NO AGE
MIAUX
VITAL IDLES
Wednesday 4 April
Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, 44 Pollard Row, London, E2 6NB
7:30pm | £12 | TICKETS
JAMIE STEWART (Xiu Xiu)
ERIC CHENAUX
Monday 9 April
The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, London, N1 9JB
7.30pm | £12 | TICKETS
PROTOMARTYR
ANA DA SILVA
RATTLE
Thursday 10 May
Scala, 275 Pentonville Road, King´s Cross, London, N1 9NL
7pm | £12.50 | TICKETS
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