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SUMMARY:SOPHIA DJEBEL ROSE + SHE THE THRONE | Upset The Rhythm
DESCRIPTION:Upset The Rhythm presents… \nSOPHIA DJEBEL ROSE\nSHE THE THRONE\nSaturday 17 October\nThe Horse Hospital\, Colonnade\, London\, WC1N 1JD\n7.30pm | £11 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/hf9055210b2d \nSOPHIA DJEBEL ROSE is a Franco-Moroccan artist who distills a singular music. Blending folk\, noise\, experimental song\, and avant-garde poetry\, she invents a new language of her own. Born into the perpetual exile of a childhood divided between two countries\, Sophia has turned wandering into her greatest strength. As a modern poetess\, she now takes the stage alone\, armed with an electric guitar\, to sing of the beauty of the lands she has ceaselessly left behind. Her live performances intertwine Mediterranean music with ecological and feminist themes\, all of it carried by a syncretic approach that merges into a mysticism meant as an invitation to break the course of things and to reclaim one’s strength. Her latest album\, Sécheresse\, released in february 2025 unveils nine mesmerizing & genre-defying tracks imbued with magnetic allure. Austere yet baroque\, dark yet luminous\, raw yet refined\, this work escapes all categorization: it is an act of faith. To class among the unclassifiable\, Sophia Djebel Rose lays the foundations for an oeuvre that follows in the lineage of avant-garde women who never ceased to challenge and expand the limits of style. \nhttps://sophiadjebelrose.bandcamp.com/ \nSHE THE THRONE are a ritual noise duo from Manchester UK. They aim to bring forth an ancient latent rhythmic union merging themselves\, the space they play with the audience who listens\, urging them to remember. Musically incorporating elements of industrial music and harsh noise with the darker melody of bands like Portishead\, fused to the backbone of experimental hip hop. Since the release of their 2023 album\, “NUNTIS” on Trepanation Recordings\, they have shared line ups with a diverse range of artists such as: The Body & Dis Fig\, Wolf Eyes\, METH\, AYA\, Dälek\, Greet\, SATORI\, Collosloth and more. \nhttps://shethethrone.bandcamp.com/
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/sophia-djebel-rose-she-the-throne-upset-the-rhythm/
LOCATION:The Horse Hospital\, Colonnade\, Bloomsbury\, London\, WC1N 1JD
CATEGORIES:Events in London,Live Music,Music
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SUMMARY:The Long Play Sessions | Kevin Dettmar: In Conversation & Book Signing with Jon King (Gang Of Four)
DESCRIPTION:Punk In Fifty Pieces with Kevin Dettmar and special guest Jon King (Gang of Four)\n\n\n\nFifty years after punk exploded into public consciousness\, Punk in 50 Pieces revisits the songs\, artists and moments that transformed popular music forever.\n\n\n\nKevin Dettmar joins The Long Play Sessions and in his engaging new book\, explores 50 defining tracks that chart punk’s emergence and its evolution into post-punk and new wave. Beginning with the Sex Pistols’ “Anarchy in the U.K.”\, he traces the revolutionary impact of artists including Patti Smith\, The Ramones\, Iggy Pop\, Joy Division\, Siouxsie and the Banshees\, Talking Heads\, Blondie\, Devo\, The Clash\, Public Image Ltd\, X-Ray Spex\, The Cure\, The B-52s\, The Go-Go’s and many more.\n\n\n\nBoth an accessible introduction and a richly informed cultural history\, Punk in 50 Pieces examines how a five-year burst of creativity reshaped rock music and left an enduring influence on popular culture. Combining insightful criticism with an expertly curated soundtrack\, it stands alongside classic works such as Please Kill Me\, Lipstick Traces\, Rip It Up and Start Again and England’s Dreaming as an essential exploration of one of music’s most influential movements.\n\n\n\nKevin Dettmar is the author of Is Rock Dead? and the acclaimed 33⅓ volume on Gang of Four’s Entertainment!. He is also co-editor of Shake It Up: Great American Writing on Rock and Pop from Elvis to Jay-Z and editor of The Cambridge Companion to Bob Dylan.
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/the-long-play-sessions-kevin-dettmar-in-conversation-book-signing-with-jon-king-gang-of-four/
LOCATION:ICMP\, Queen’s Park Campus\, 76-78 Salusbury Road\, London\, NW6 6PA\, ICMP Queen's Park Campus\, London\, NW6 6PA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Cheap Tickets,Community Events,Events in London,History,History,Literature,Music,Writers
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SUMMARY:Club FFRUK
DESCRIPTION:CLUB FFRUK — SATURDAY 10 OCTOBER 2026\nRooz Studios\, 35 Corsham Street\, London N1 6DR · Doors 7pm · £10 advance \nSmall room. Proper PA. Nobody asking you to be anything other than what you are. Club FFRUK is back at Rooz for a night of live punk\, post-punk and spoken word — curated\, as ever\, by Tara Rez (The Duel) and Segs (Ruts DC). \nOn the night\n\nRAGE DC\nMARIE & THE MELTDOWNZ\nCHERRY B — punk poet\n+ one more TBA\nHosted by Tara Rez & Segs\n\nWhy come\nNo barrier between the stage and the floor. No industry\, no hierarchy\, no dress code you have to pass. Just loud guitars\, sharp words\, and a room full of people who actually want to be there. If you have been meaning to get back out to a proper gig\, this is the one — bring someone who has never been to one. \nThe details\n\nDate: Saturday 10 October 2026\nDoors: 7pm\nVenue: Rooz Studios\, 35 Corsham Street\, London N1 6DR (nearest tube: Old Street)\nTickets: £10 in advance\nCapacity: 100 — it is a small room and it does go\nAll ages: under-18s welcome with an adult\n\nClub FFRUK has been putting on nights since 2013 — Madame Jojo’s\, the 12 Bar\, now Rooz. Independent from day one\, here to support the scene rather than feed the industry. \nNo rules. Love is the law. Do what you want\, but hinder none. Everyone is a star. \nGet your ticket in advance\, more on the door. 
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/club-ffruk/
LOCATION:Rooz Studios\, London
CATEGORIES:Events in London,Gigs,Party
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SUMMARY:THE YUMMY FUR - album launch! + BRUNO BOF | Upset the Rhythm
DESCRIPTION:Upset The Rhythm presents… \nTHE YUMMY FUR – album launch!\nBRUNO BOF\nFriday 9 October\nThe Lexington\, 96-98 Pentonville Rd\, Angel\, London\, N1 9JB\n7.30pm | £12 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/Eb344d50313e \nTHE YUMMY FUR’s first album of new material in over 25 years is seductive and ambiguous; a fast-paced flip through scenes from art\, myth\, life and fantasy; a witty whole made from glittering scraps. The band’s original incarnation – fronted by singer\, songwriter and guitarist John McKeown from 1992 to 1999 – morphed from making quick-hit cartoon-art songs to Eno and Cale-influenced creepers\, populated by characters from McKeown’s life in Glasgow and the films\, books and poetry that he lived a parallel life through. Everybody Talks About The Weather (out on Sep 24th through Upset The Rhythm) delights in using every past iteration of the band as potent collage material: a melee of sounds and ideas existing at once\, revealing themselves then dipping back into hiding. \nRecorded by the original core trio of McKeown\, Brian MacDougall (guitar) and Paul Thomson (drums)\, Everybody Talks About The Weather comes 17 years after the band reformed for sporadic live shows\, and seven years after the release of their sorta-greatest hits compilation Piggy Wings (Rock Action). Ten tracks long with nothing to spare\, it is as condensed and vital as their best songs\, with a new clarity of sound that allows their ambiguities to come into the light.\nhttps://theyummyfur.bandcamp.com/album/piggy-wings \nBRUNO BOF accompanied by live band playing songs heretofore unheard! The once pre-teen punk prodigy has finally grown up\, in so much as he and his Outrageous Methods Of Presentation release their debut single proper – the double AA sided single featuring two songs of completely different styles that work well together\, each clocking in at around 1 minute 30 seconds. Bruno says of them: “Tire Iron is an anarchistic salutation from a parallel universe where the king of rock ’n’ roll’s name is misspelled Hasil Adkins. This is all of the truth in the universe; the sound of angels kissing”. “You Know I Love You’ is a paean to the eternal salvation of love\, albeit one that comes off like a disturbing Chinn and Chapman song”. In the current climate it’s often only kids from affluent backgrounds that can afford to be creative. Bedminster’s Bruno Bof breaks that mould and his voice is authentic and passionate. \nhttps://linktr.ee/brunobof \n 
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/the-yummy-fur-album-launch-bruno-bof-upset-the-rhythm/
LOCATION:The Lexington
CATEGORIES:Events in London,Live Music,Music
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SUMMARY:R.M.F.C. + THE HOBKNOBS | Upset the Rhythm
DESCRIPTION:Upset The Rhythm presents… \nR.M.F.C.\nTHE HOBKNOBS\nSaturday 3 October\nThe Lexington\, 96-98 Pentonville Rd\, Angel\, London\, N1 9JB\n7.30pm | £15 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/ta72c863481e \nR.M.F.C. is the recording project of New South Wales’ Buz Clatworthy. Buz Clatworthy seemingly writes songs with natural born ease\, both unfussy and hyper catchy. Since 2018 R.M.F.C. have released a slew on 7”s on Anti Fade\, Total Punk and Goodbye Boozy and 2023’s debut full-length ‘Club Hits’. This album gained energy and charm from both punchy songs and subtly\, with each song moving R.M.F.C. forward\, whilst holding something memorable. \nSince then Clatworthy has continued to push himself creatively through singles\, which feels like the smart play. He is allowed the freedom to experiment and express without really having to harken back to any trace of his beginnings of automaton-inflected\, fast-paced wormy punk from his youth. Most recent 7” ‘Ecstatic Strife’ dips its mug into the punch bowl of what’s best about New Zealand’s ’80s jangle pop scene\, with Clatworthy’s assured drumming keeping it on edge. B-side ‘Golden Trick’ is a magical stunner that delves into something more meditative. It’s meditative and lush and hopefully a promise of more to come. \nhttps://rockmusicfanclub.bandcamp.com/ \nTHE HOBKNOBS debut album ‘Helmets Off’ is released this June\, by themselves and 12XU. Every word and every strum sounds like it’s placed in exactly the right moment. Perhaps it is this bareness of the songs\, that makes it feel as if The Hobknobs are speaking to the listener directly. It is clear that they don’t want anything to cloud this human interaction. Yaël Dekker\, whom you may also know as the singer of The Klittens\, and Arie van Vliet\, who used to spread his word through the band Lewsberg\, were once described as loving misanthropes. Listening to ‘Helmets Off’\, this description seems rather accurate. Dekker and Van Vliet’s voices seem to know each other well\, in a way that magnifies the songs beyond their deceptive simplicity. \nThe Hobknobs
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/r-m-f-c-the-hobknobs-upset-the-rhythm/
LOCATION:The Lexington
CATEGORIES:Events in London,Live Music,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260926T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260926T210000
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SUMMARY:The Long Play Sessions: Stephanie Phillips (Big Joanie): In Conversation & Book Signing
DESCRIPTION:We Were Here: A History of Black People and Alternative Music\n\n\n\nStephanie Phillips joins The Long Play Sessions and discusses We Were Here as she rewrites the story of rock ’n’ roll and alternative music\, placing Black artists at the heart of a history they’ve always helped shape. \n\nFrom pioneering figures such as Sister Rosetta Tharpe\, Little Richard\, Jimi Hendrix\, Tina Turner\, Betty Davis\, Poly Styrene and Bad Brains to today’s trailblazing musicians\, Stephanie Phillips reveals the profound influence of Black creativity on alternative music across nearly a century.\n\n\n\nExploring why Black artists have continued to embrace alternative music despite being marginalised by the mainstream industry\, Phillips makes a compelling case that there is no alternative music without Black innovation. Looking ahead\, she celebrates a new generation of Gen Z musicians redefining the possibilities of punk\, metal\, hardcore and indie\, and shaping the future of the genre.
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/the-long-play-sessions-stephanie-phillips-big-joanie-in-conversation-book-signing/
LOCATION:ICMP\, Queen’s Park Campus\, 76-78 Salusbury Road\, London\, NW6 6PA\, ICMP Queen's Park Campus\, London\, NW6 6PA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Cheap Tickets,Community Events,Events in London,History,History,Literature,Music,Writers
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SUMMARY:PROLAPSE + JETSTREAM PONY
DESCRIPTION:Upset The Rhythm presents… \nPROLAPSE\nJETSTREAM PONY\nFriday 7 August\n100 Club\, 100 Oxford St\, London\, W1D 1LL \n7.30pm | £15 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/u09e48cb795c \nPROLAPSE formed in Leicester in the early 90s and are now spread across the UK and Scandinavia. Still pursuing their own path of repetition and twisted melodies\, they merge influences from post punk to krautrock and even folk. Their previous releases have included numerous singles and four albums on various labels\, including Cherry Red and Radar. They feature vocalists Mick Derrick and Linda Steelyard\, whose intense duelling vocals combine with ferocious triple guitar assault and pummelling rhythms. \nhttps://prolapse2.bandcamp.com/ \nJETSTREAM PONY come to us (mainly) from Brighton\, channelling a love of post‑punk and indie‑pop. Led by vocalist Beth Arzy (Aberdeen/Trembling Blue Stars) & guitarist/vocalist Shaun Charman (The Wedding Present/The Fireworks)\, the band fuse chiming melodies with driving bass and propulsive rhythms; a sound they’ve taken from “schrammelig” (German for rough or raw) to slightly less “schrammelig” from the early singles in 2017\, to their newest album\, “Bowerbirds and Blue Things.” Most recently releasing a BBC6 Riley & Coe session on Precious Recordings of London. \nhttps://jetstreampony.bandcamp.com/
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/prolapse_jetstream_pony/
LOCATION:The 100 Club\, 100 Oxford St\, Oxford Street\, W1D 1LL\, London\, W1D 1LL
CATEGORIES:Events in London,Gigs,Live Music,Music
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SUMMARY:ARTIFICIAL GO + NO PEELING
DESCRIPTION:Upset The Rhythm presents… \nARTIFICIAL GO\nNO PEELING\nWednesday 13 May\nNew River Studios\, 199 Eade Rd\, Harringay\, London\, N4 1DN\n7.30pm | £10 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/P1af2a986141 \nARTIFICIAL GO hail from Cincinnati\, USA\, and bring the beat to life with their New / No / Whatever Wave weirdness! Last year\, they released ‘Musical Chairs’\, building on 2024’s ‘Hopscotch Fever’\, an album of ten existential post-punk chamber pop tracks. Recorded at Lambda Research and the haunted attic of the band’s house\, the core trio of Angie Willcutt\, Micah Wu\, and Cole Gilfilen have traded the sparse jangle of their debut for a broader\, fuller sound. ‘Musical Chairs’ deftly meshes the angular excitability of ‘Hopscotch Fever’ with a spectral warmth and expensiveness able to encompass acoustic guitars\, Wu’s almost metaphysical funk bass lines\, tape loops and blips and bleeps\, a guest spot by Eric Dietrich (of The Drin and Sorry Eric) on saxophone\, and Gilfilen’s hip moving boom-bap drumming add to the excitement. \nIn Willcutt’s hands\, the struggles\, and at times terrors\, of our current age are playfully subverted with agile world play and dynamic vocalization that moves from sweet and dreamy to cartoonishly exaggerated as she charts an emotional course through such topics as the difficulties of playing the role of “woman” in a misogynist world (“Playing Puppet”) or the injustice of anthropocentric hierarchy (“Tightrope Walker”). Musical Chairs is serious music not meant to be taken too seriously\, a playful act of resistance\, a meditation on the good and bad of this world\, and ultimately a remarkable statement on the continuing growth of Artificial Go. \nhttps://artificialgo.bandcamp.com/ \nNO PEELING was formed in 2025 as a studio project by five friends in the fertile Nottingham DIY underground. September 2025’s self-titled EP was the perfect introduction to the No Peeling universe. Bandcamp Daily picked it as an Essential Release\, calling it “a clanging collection of get-in-get-out egg punk that doesn’t ask for more than 10 minutes of your time and overdelivers on every front”. It managed to cram a lifetime of idea-nuggets into seven songs that rarely exceeded the minute mark. A blast of enthusiasm and hyperactivity\, the EP was the audio equivalent of a barrage firework: exhilarating and energising. Whilst the first EP was completed before the band had played live; the forthcoming EP2 hits a little differently. \nEP2 has the garage punk clatter and sparkly efficiency of their debut but is somehow faster and weirder. The guitar and synth seem to be engaged in a constant (playful) fight\, tumbling further and further away from the song structure being held together (and propelled) by one of the tightest rhythm sections around. The scrawl and skronk might occasionally recall No Wave but those grooves are locked down. This all provides the perfect foundation for the wry\, dry observations of Sophie Diver. From pasta post and fluff-clad delinquents to clingfilm catastrophes and poor working conditions\, all modern life’s bases are covered and emerge miraculously from a magic-eye explosion of clangs\, thwacks and bloops. \nhttps://nopeeling.bandcamp.com/album/no-peeling
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/artificial-go-no-peeling/
LOCATION:new river studios\, 199 Eade Road\, London\, N4 1DN
CATEGORIES:Live Music,Music
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SUMMARY:The Long Play Sessions: Dan Jennings with Paul Weller Dancing Through the Fire
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an intimate and expansive evening with award‑winning broadcaster and journalist Dan Jennings\, as he discusses DANCING THROUGH THE FIRE: The Authorised Oral History of Paul Weller\, the first fully authorised and definitive oral account of one of Britain’s most influential and enduring musical figures. \nThis event forms part of The Long Play Sessions\, ICMP’s curated series celebrating transformative writers\, artists and cultural voices who shape how we understand music\, identity and creative expression. Each session opens a window into the stories behind the art — blending conversation\, cultural history and lived experience. \nHosting the evening will be acclaimed author Daniel Rachel and joining as a guest will be Go! Discs founder Andy Macdonald. \nIn DANCING THROUGH THE FIRE\, Jennings traces the extraordinary creative life of Paul Weller\, from the explosive urgency of The Jam\, through the ambitious sophistication of The Style Council\, to a prolific and uncompromising solo career spanning more than three decades. Built from over 200 hours of interviews with more than 250 contributors\, including Weller himself; the book offers an unprecedented\, collective portrait of a musician whose influence has defined generations. \nDrawing on unique access to Weller’s inner circle of family\, friends\, bandmates\, producers and collaborators\, Jennings reveals the drive\, discipline and restless creativity behind a career that continually resisted nostalgia and commercial complacency. The result is candid\, generous and richly revealing — capturing not just the myth\, but the man at the centre of one of British music’s most remarkable artistic journeys. \nFar more than a standard biography\, DANCING THROUGH THE FIRE explores the realities of longevity\, reinvention and creative survival. It reflects on class\, culture\, fandom and the personal cost of sustaining artistic integrity in the public eye\, while charting how Weller became one of the very few artists to achieve Number One albums across five consecutive decades. \nPaul Weller’s story — creative\, uncompromising and continually evolving\, speaks to anyone who cares about music as a cultural force. It asks what it takes to remain vital\, curious and true to yourself when the world expects you to stand still. \nAlready hailed by critics as a landmark work of music journalism\, DANCING THROUGH THE FIRE is being recognised as the definitive account of one of Britain’s greatest artists. \nTickets available here and currently on a limited 2-4-1 offer – https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-long-play-sessions-dan-jennings-paul-weller-dancing-through-the-fire-tickets-1987599404323?aff=oddtdtcreator \nWhat to Expect\n\nA talk from Dan Jennings exploring the making of DANCING THROUGH THE FIRE\, the interview process\, and the challenge of capturing a living legend through many voices\nIn‑depth discussion of creativity\, longevity\, reinvention and artistic integrity across five decades of British music\nBehind‑the‑scenes insight into Jennings’ unprecedented access to Paul Weller and his closest collaborators\nReflections on class\, fandom\, cultural legacy and why Weller’s music continues to resonate across generations\nAudience Q&A\, offering the chance to engage directly with Jennings about his research\, the writing process and Paul Weller’s cultural impact\nBook signing — bring your copy or purchase one on the night\n\nWe look forward to welcoming you to The Long Play Sessions for a thoughtful\, energising and unforgettable evening celebrating one of modern music’s most vital and uncompromising creative figures. \n\n\n\nLocation\nThe Venue\, ICMP (Queens Park Campus)\, NW6 6PA
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/the-long-play-sessions-dan-jennings-with-paul-weller-dancing-through-the-fire/
LOCATION:ICMP\, Queen’s Park Campus\, 76-78 Salusbury Road\, London\, NW6 6PA\, ICMP Queen's Park Campus\, London\, NW6 6PA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Cheap Tickets,Events in London,Literature,Music,Writers
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SUMMARY:The Long Play Sessions: Scott Rowley with Stay Alive: The Life and Death of Stuart Adamson
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a powerful and deeply human evening with author and music journalist Scott Rowley as he discusses STAY ALIVE: The Life and Death of Stuart Adamson — the first fully co‑operative and definitive account of the life\, legacy and tragic death of one of Scotland’s most influential and enigmatic musicians. \nThis event is part of The Long Play Sessions\, ICMP’s curated series spotlighting transformative writers\, artists and cultural voices who shape the way we understand music\, identity and creative expression. Each session opens a window into the stories behind the art — blending conversation\, cultural history and lived experience. \nIn STAY ALIVE\, Rowley traces the remarkable rise and haunting decline of Stuart Adamson\, founder of both The Skids and Big Country. Drawing on unprecedented access to Adamson’s family\, bandmates\, private writings and never‑before‑seen material\, Rowley paints a vivid portrait of a man whose talent\, turmoil and working‑class pride helped define a generation of post‑punk and alternative rock. \nFrom the chaotic energy of late‑70s Scotland\, to global fame with Big Country\, to the battles with addiction\, trauma and depression that shadowed his later years\, Rowley’s narrative is unflinching\, tender\, and profoundly revealing. Far more than a music biography\, STAY ALIVE explores the weight of expectation\, the wounds we carry from childhood\, and the quiet struggles that fame can magnify rather than soothe. \nAdamson’s story — tragic\, inspiring and heartbreakingly human — resonates far beyond his era. It asks what it means to be an artist\, a father\, a survivor… and what happens when the world sees only the legend\, not the man. \nWith praise from critics and musicians alike\, this long‑overdue book is already being hailed as a definitive work on one of Scotland’s most compelling creative figures. \nTickets available here and currently on a limited 2-4-1 offer – https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-long-play-sessions-scott-rowley-with-tony-butler-stay-alive-tickets-1987598655082?aff=oddtdtcreator \nPurchase the book here:\nhttps://bit.ly/stayalivescottrowley \nWhat to Expect\n\nA talk from Scott Rowley exploring the making of STAY ALIVE\, the revelations uncovered\, and the emotional weight of telling Adamson’s story\nIn‑depth discussion of creativity\, trauma\, addiction\, fame\, and the pressures placed on artists in the post‑punk and alternative rock scenes\nBehind‑the‑scenes insight into Rowley’s research\, interviews and unprecedented access to Adamson’s family and archives\nReflections on legacy\, working‑class identity and how one man’s music resonated across generations\nAudience Q&A\, offering the chance to engage directly with Rowley about Adamson’s life\, the writing process and the cultural impact of The Skids and Big Country\nBook signing — bring your copy or purchase one at the event\n\nWe look forward to welcoming you to The Long Play Sessions for a moving\, honest and unforgettable evening centred on one of Scotland’s most important — and most misunderstood — musical icons. \n\n\n\nLocation\nThe Venue\, ICMP (Queens Park Campus)\, NW6 6PA
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/the-long-play-sessions-scott-rowley-with-stay-alive-the-life-and-death-of-stuart-adamson/
LOCATION:ICMP\, Queen’s Park Campus\, 76-78 Salusbury Road\, London\, NW6 6PA\, ICMP Queen's Park Campus\, London\, NW6 6PA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Cheap Tickets,Events in London,Gigs,Music,Writers
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SUMMARY:All-New Twickenham Record Fair - April 11th 9am-3.30pm
DESCRIPTION:The long-established Twickenham Record Fair is under new management and is now FREE to enter! \n\nCome along to the first fair organised by JLWRecords on April 11th at St Mary’s Church Hall\, Church Street\, Twickenham TW1 3NJ (9 am-3.30 pm).\n\n\nWe have some new traders lined up\, as well as our established favourites\, and all will have THOUSANDS of great records to root through. \nWe are just yards from some great cafes and bars\, so you can go over your new purchases with a cold drink or two afterwards! \n\nIt’s free entry all day\, so tell all your friends\, family\, and pets\, and come on over!
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/all-new-twickenham-record-fair-april-11th-9am-3-30pm/2026-05-09/
CATEGORIES:Arts,Community Events,Events in London,Free Events,Music,Shopping
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260213T193000
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SUMMARY:CINDY + THE GABYS
DESCRIPTION:CINDY + THE GABYS\n\nFriday 13 February\nChats Palace\, 42-44 Brooksby’s Walk\, London\, E9 6DF\n7.30pm | £14 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/yd196e6fb1a4 \n\nCINDY is a key part of the San Francisco/Bay Area dream pop\, fog pop\, and lo-fi scene. Led by NYC-originating songwriter Karina Gill\, the steady stream of releases has earned sincere support from the international press community\, who have vividly championed the writing and sound. The songs are hazy but with intent – this is nostalgic pop-craft with lyrical backbone that has opened doors for Cindy to tour and appear at festivals in the UK\, Europe and USA\, most recently with DIY recording icon\, Linda Smith. \nThe current Cindy touring band includes members Will Smith of Now\, Staizsh Rodrigues of Children Maybe Later\, and Oli Lipton of Now and Violent Change. Cindy will tour the EU & UK in 2026\, while making progress back home in San Francisco on the eagerly awaited fifth album. Cindy have previous releases available through Tough Love and Paisley Shirt Records. \nhttps://cindytheband.bandcamp.com/ \nTHE GABYS are a duo made up of Matt Wilkinson and Natasha Bikkul. They write mysterious\, eerie bedroom pop from their home in Liverpool. This is Velvet Underground-inspired electric folk music that can roll with 90s New Zealand greats like Dadamah and The Garbage & The Flowers but also has parallels with current San Francisco lo-fi pop moodists like April Magazine and Mister Baby. They have released music with All Gone\, Fruits and Flowers\, and most recently\, A Colourful Storm. \nhttps://fruitsandflowers.bandcamp.com/album/the-gabys
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/cindy-the-gabys/
LOCATION:Chats Palace\, 42-44 Brooksby's Walk\, London\, E9 6DF\, London\, E9 6DF
CATEGORIES:Live Music,Music,Performing Arts
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SUMMARY:Cornflakes for Christmas
DESCRIPTION:Welcome one and all to the now iconic Cornflakes for Xmas. With our hosts\, the legendary punk blues duo Stage Door Guy assisted by Rock and Roll jazz band The Nathan Osgood Trio guiding us towards Xmas. \nThe night ends with a sing a long version of the greatest Xmas song ever written ‘Cornflakes for Xmas’ It’s become a song of unity over the last 10years as it guides us towards another year and another Xmas. \nAll taking place at one of the finest Taprooms in London. Ignition Brewery in Sydenham. Not only do they brew fantastic beer on site. They also train and employ people with learning disabilities. Every penny spent on beer helps the training and employment.
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/cornflakes-for-christmas/
LOCATION:Ignition Brewery\, 44a sydenham road\, London\, SE265QF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Arts,Cheap Tickets,Concerts,Music,Poetry
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251205T233000
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SUMMARY:Grapes of Wrath Presents… Punk/Hardcore/Post-Hardcore/Noise
DESCRIPTION:GRAPES OF WRATH PRESENTS:\nFriday 5th December\, 7pm\nWalthamstow Trades Hall\, 61-63\nTower Hamlets Road E17 4RQ\n \n\nGrapes of Wrath presents the best hand-picked punk acts from all over the UK\, this month we have: Ritual Error (noisy punk from London)\, Value Of Nothing (radge post hardcore from Lestah) and Louse (London d-beat/crust/hardcore). \n\n\nTickets from £10 (16+):\nVisit https://wegottickets.com/f/14468
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/grapes-of-wrath-presents-punk-hardcore-post-hardcore-noise/
LOCATION:Walthamstow Trades Hall\, 61-63 Tower Hamlets Rd\, London\, E17 4RQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Arts,Cheap Tickets,Concerts,Events in London,Gigs,Live Music,Music
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SUMMARY:Upset The Rhythm - Cafe OTO showcase w/ Rattle\, Me Lost Me\, Quinie\, Es\, Dog Chocolate\, Mary Currie
DESCRIPTION:Upset The Rhythm presents… \nRATTLE\nQUINIE\nES\nSHAKE CHAIN (DJ set)\nTuesday 25 November\nCafe OTO\, 18-22 Ashwin St\, London\, E8 3DL\n7.30pm | £12 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/U19e86228aea \nRATTLE released their third album ‘Encircle’ on Upset The Rhythm at the start of the 2025. ‘Encircle’ sees the drumming duo expand their unique experiments in rhythm\, metre and tension. Rattle have honed the four songs that make up ‘Encircle’ by playing them live over the last few years\, adapting and stretching them into endlessly inventive new shapes\, playing with the concept of time and expectation. With ‘Encircle’ Rattle have grown\, writing songs alive with elemental power. They build-up and disintegrate\, existing in two places at once\, embracing the nuance\, tracing the circle’s edge. These are modes of song as pure gesture and eternal imagination\, refined in mirrors after midnight. Rattle have toured the UK with Animal Collective and Thurston Moore and toured Europe with The Julie Ruin and Protomartyr\, and have also performed with Hot Snakes\, Bill Orcutt Quartet and Codeine. \nhttps://upsettherhythm.bandcamp.com/album/encircle \nQUINIE released her her third album ‘Forefowk\, Mind Me’ with Upset The Rhythm back in May this year. The record is largely sung in Scots language\, one of Scotland’s three official languages along with Gaelic and English. “Scots gives me a way of expressing myself which is connected directly with the landscapes I love. It brings the songs alive and it is a fascinating language. The name of the record is in Scots – Forefowk means the people who came before\, or ancestors. When we say ‘mind me\,’ we can mean a few things- remind\, remember\, watch over or care for me. The record explores how tradition needs to be constantly reconnected with\, built upon\, looked after\, and shared.” To develop this record\, Quinie travelled across Argyll with her horse. They went on a pilgrimage of sorts through the ancient landscapes of the West of Scotland to explore the interconnected relationships between people\, ancestors\, animals\, and place. \nhttps://www.quinie.co.uk/ \nES released an incredible EP titled ‘Fantasy’ in 2023 (on Upset The Rhythm). Echoing the legendary Pylon or the later\, disco-inspired releases from PIL\, tracks like ‘Emergency’ and ‘Unreal’ blend the band’s established disjunctive style of gothic restlessness with brighter\, poppy\, and danceable tones. These stylistically unwind in transition with the increasingly claustrophobic pieces like ‘Too Late’ and ‘Swallowed Whole’\, syncopating a parallel design of the frantic and the fashionable. Es deconstruct our modern wreckage of personhood and self-deceit\, granting a sense of solidarity inside alienation. This show represents Es’ final show for Upset The Rhythm\, as the musical project winds up this December. \nhttps://esband.bandcamp.com/ \n  \nUpset The Rhythm presents… \nME LOST ME\nMARY CURRIE & THE PGs – FLAMING TUNES set\nDOG CHOCOLATE\nNORMIL HAWAIIANS (DJ set)\nWednesday 26 November\nCafe OTO\, 18-22 Ashwin St\, London\, E8 3DL\n7.30pm | £12 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/S8d66c1f896c \nME LOST ME delights in experimenting with songwriting and storytelling\, creating a beguiling mix of soaring vocals and atmospheric electronics that playfully weave together disparate genres\, drawing influence from folk\, art pop\, noise\, ambient and improvised music. In 2023 Me Lost Me released the critically regarded album ‘RPG’ and toured extensively in support of the release. On Me Lost Me’s fourth full-length\, This Material Moment – released this June through Upset the Rhythm – she has created an “emotionally raw” album\, her most honest and vulnerable yet. Me Lost Me presents sound reaching in opposite directions\, straddling time towards the archaic and timeless traditions of folktales\, and towards the possible and potential futures of pastoral Britain and the world at large. This is an album which uses words as a material\, a playful tool for experimentation\, full of metaphor\, abstraction and analogies. Jayne affirms\, “it has softness and anger\, humour\, hope and despair\, intensity of feeling in all directions expressed as textures\, objects\, places.” \nhttps://www.melostme.com/ \nMARY CURRIE released a collaborative 7” with Robert Sotelo last October on Upset The Rhythm entitled ‘Dream Songs’. Not only did the title capture the hazy\, reflective nature of the music it also expounds on the mysterious origin of the tracks. Mary Currie is best known as half of touchstone DIY experimentalists Flaming Tunes\, alongside Gareth Williams (of This Heat). Currie also performed in Officer! with Mick Hobbs amongst others. For this performance Mary appears alongside her bandmates Alison Craig\, Marcus Holdaway\, Nick Haeffner and William Hayter\, as The PGs performing songs from their Flaming Tunes repertoire. \nhttps://flamingtunes.bandcamp.com/album/flaming-tunes \nDOG CHOCOLATE sound like a crowded room but are actually four individuals. 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 have released a split LP with Ravioli Me Away and two full length albums on Upset The Rhythm. Dog Chocolate’s new album is due out early 2026. \nhttps://dogchocolate.bandcamp.com \n 
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/upset-the-rhythm-cafe-oto-showcase-w-rattle-me-lost-me-quinie-es-dog-chocolate-mary-currie/2025-11-25/2/
LOCATION:cafe oto\, 18-22 Ashwin St\, London\, E8 3DL
CATEGORIES:Arts,Cheap Tickets,Concerts,Live Music,Music
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SUMMARY:100 FLOWERS + THE YUMMY FUR
DESCRIPTION:Upset The Rhythm presents… \n100 FLOWERS\nTHE YUMMY FUR\nFriday 31 October\nNew River Studios\, 199 Eade Rd\, Harringay\, London\, N4 1DN\n7.30pm | £10 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/teff2cfdc2f2 \n100 FLOWERS are a post-punk band from Los Angeles\, California\, active primarily in the early 1980s. The group evolved from the politically charged punk outfit The Urinals\, who were known for their raw\, minimalist sound and radical brevity\, many of their songs clocked in under a minute. As their musical interests expanded and matured\, the trio mutated into 100 Flowers in 1981\, taking their name from Mao Zedong’s “Hundred Flowers Campaign\,” a brief period in Chinese history encouraging open expression. The new moniker reflected their increasingly sophisticated and experimental approach to music\, while maintaining a subversive\, critical edge. \nThe band consisted of the same core lineup from the Urinals: John Talley-Jones (vocals\, bass)\, Kjehl Johansen (guitar\, vocals)\, and Kevin Barrett (drums). Under the 100 Flowers name\, they moved beyond the stark minimalism of their previous incarnation\, embracing more complex song structures\, abstract lyrics\, and an eclectic mix of influences ranging from Wire and Gang of Four to Captain Beefheart and Pere Ubu. Their sound retained punk’s urgency and DIY ethos but integrated funk\, avant-garde noise\, and jarring time signatures\, all hallmarks of the emerging post-punk genre. In 1983\, 100 Flowers released their self-titled LP on the independent label Happy Squid Records\, which they co-founded. The album was critically well-regarded within underground circles\, praised for its angular guitar work\, sharp lyrical content\, and inventive rhythms. Songs like “Sensible Virgins” and “Motorboat to Hell” showcased their unique fusion of intelligence\, irony\, and punk rebellion. The group disbanded in 1983\, but their influence endured. Both 100 Flowers and the Urinals became cult favorites\, especially among later generations of punk\, indie rock\, and lo-fi musicians. Their music was rediscovered and reissued over the years\, including a retrospective compilation\, 100 Years of Pulchritude\, which brought renewed attention to their groundbreaking work. \nhttps://100flowers.bandcamp.com/album/100-flowers \nTHE YUMMY FUR are Glaswegian DIY pop legends with their energetic mix of angular riffs\, super-short songs and biting social commentary. Consisting of lead singer and guitarist John McKeown and an interesting line-up of other musicians\, the band were favourites of John Peel and recorded two Peel Sessions\, as well three totemic albums: ‘Night Club’ (Slampt / Guided Missile\, 1996)\, ‘Male Shadow at Three O’Clock’ (Vesuvius\, 1998) and ‘Sexy World’ (Guided Missile\, 1998). All three are essential. The group disbanded in 1999\, and ten years later ‘Rock Action’ released ‘Piggy Wings’\, a compilation of their best 7” and album tracks. The band have since reformed to play with a line up featuring original members John McKeown\, Paul Thomson and Brian McDougall. \nhttps://theyummyfur.bandcamp.com/album/piggy-wings
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/100-flowers-the-yummy-fur/
LOCATION:new river studios\, 199 Eade Road\, London\, N4 1DN
CATEGORIES:Live Music,Music
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SUMMARY:LUNG LEG + UNMARRY ME + THE PLAN - Live Music
DESCRIPTION:Upset The Rhythm presents… \nLUNG LEG\nUNMARRY ME\nTHE PLAN\nSaturday 25 October\nMOTH Club\, Old Trades Hall\, Valette St\, London\, E9 6NU\n7pm-10pm | £10 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/Uf5bde2d3be1 \nLUNG LEG formed in Glasgow in 1994 and were part of the city’s vibrant DIY underground scene. They blended elements of post-punk\, C86\, and riot grrrl\, creating a sound described as indie rock\, pop-punk\, and garage rock.  The original lineup included Jane McKeown (“Jane Egypt”)\, Annie Spandex\, Amanda “Jade Green” Doorbar\, and Maureen “MoMo” Quinn. They released two EPs in the mid-1990s: ‘The Negative Delinquent Autopsy’ and ‘Shagg the Tiger’. The band’s debut album\, “Maid to Minx\,” was released in 1997. Lung Leg’s songs are soaked in hedonistic tales of Glasgow nights out\, living life on the central Scottish edge between the dole and the pub\, the music pumped full of adrenaline. Seriously\, if you tune your mind into just the guitars\, you’ll be doing mental somersaults. But you’d also be missing the vocal interplay\, call-and-response work\,and  lyrics that read like surrealist\, grimy narratives. At the turn of the century\, Lung Leg imploded\, scattering its component members to different parts of the country or to other groups\, after a reissue of the singular ‘Maid To Minx’ album in 2022\, the band reformed with new members Paul Thompson\, Simone Antigone and Hando Morice\, playing a reunion gig in Glasgow that December. They have since featured in the documentary ‘Since Yesterday: The Untold Story’. Lung Leg will be releasing their first new record in October. A limited edition split 7″ with Unmarry Me! is also coming out soon on Second City Static.\nhttps://lungleg.bandcamp.com \nUNMARRY ME! is a triangular-shaped group\, comprising Lise Frances\, Jon Slade and Chris Rowley. London to Brighton and back again. Unmarry Me! is a group that has been together for about 6 months in a world at war and in trouble. Unmarry me! are therefore a group trying to carve out some joy and light as a form of resistance\, no small feat\, and maybe grandiose but worth stating. Unmarry me! It is comprised of personnel who have all had time or continue to have time in other groups that did not take easy routes or money and didn’t make many friends\, so it goes. These groups respectively or chronologically were and are Huggy Bear\, Comet Gain\, I’m Being Good\, Help She Can’t Swim\, Snoozers and Adulkt Life. Bands that time will record as being on the right sides of history and her story. Unmarry Me! are of a completely different stripe or ilk but comprise the antagonist and peculiar DNA that honour this. Unmarry Me! play and record and create and make do in a DIY syncretism that’s useful to themselves\, distinct and not worth talking about. Unmarry Me! is about bending\, queering\, breaking and resetting rules\, smudging boundaries and in the main having a lot of excellent fun!! \nTHE PLAN breeze in from Southend\, keeping the flame burning for the kind of askew provincial pop captured on all those Messthetics compilations. Featuring folks formerly of Wetdog\, The Ghosts and Vic Godard & The Subway Sect\, the group plays a combination of clattering beats\, clanging guitars and conversational tunes. Their songs often move in unexpected directions and are pinned together by Rebecca Gillieron’s sometimes defiant/sometimes soft vocal melodies. New album\, ‘Mountain View’\, to be released on Divine Schism in September.\nhttps://theplan1.bandcamp.com/ \nParty Bands London
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/lung-leg-unmarry-me-the-plan-live-music/
LOCATION:MOTH Club\, Valette Street\, Hackney\,\, London\, E96\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Cheap Tickets,Concerts,Live Music,Music
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SUMMARY:L.A. Salami meets Stage Door Guy
DESCRIPTION:L.A. SALAMI: \nAs much a philosopher as a popsmith\, articulate and versatile. One of the premier lyricists of his generation\, he remains curious\, still distinguishing the illusory from the eternal\, the true from the beguiling; keeping the faith\, in his own cynical yet impassioned way. \nL.A. Salami (Lookman Adekunle Salami) is a singer/songwriter from London\, known for crafting magnetic blues-rock songs with a postmodern twist.His love for music began when he first heard Bob Dylan on the radio\, subsequently leading him to explore more blues and folk music and inspiring him to write his own songs; unfortunately\, however\, he could not afford his own instrument and wasn’t introduced to one until he was given a guitar for his 21st birthday. After three months of soul-searching\, tapping into different creative avenues\, and sleeping rough\, Salami eventually had his first few songs written and set out to land some gigs. Success soon came knocking after relentless gigging\, starting with a tour support slot for Lianne La Havas in 2012. The rest is history. \nSTAGE DOOR GUY: \nA Mancunian walks into a bar in New Orleans. He staggers past a guy downing his 5th neat whiskey. They form a band. Stage Door Guy is a post-punk blues duo mash up of Professor Longhair\, The Dead Kennedys and Dr John Cooper Clarke. With three acclaimed albums under their belt\, they were described by Louder Than War’s John Robb’s as: “… a quirky off-kilter slice of snarky swing with a rocking core” \nTheir latest album is the critically acclaimed ‘Stage Door Guy Beach Party’
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/l-a-salami-meets-stage-door-guy/
LOCATION:The Moustache\, 99 Kirkdale\, London\, SE26 4BL
CATEGORIES:Events in London,Live Music,Music,Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250913T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250913T233000
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SUMMARY:Club FFRUK Nights - Saturday 13 September 2025
DESCRIPTION:Club FFRUK – Saturday 13 September 2025Rooz Studios\, London N1 | Doors 7 PM – LATE | £10 ADV / FREE before 9 PM in Pirate Gear \n\nNO RULES. LOVE IS THE LAW.Do what you want but hinder none.EVERYONE IS A STAR. \nWe’re breaking the borders between scenes. Punks in the pit\, ravers in the strobes\, goths in the smoke—we move as one. \nThis isn’t a “gig” and it’s not a “club night.” It’s a collision—post-punk distortion meets electronic pulse\, basslines shaking the floor\, strobes cutting the dark. Unity without compromise. \nSaturday 13 September\, Rooz Studios becomes our sanctuary. We turn grief into joy\, chaos into connection\, and sweat into freedom. Whether you come for the riffs\, the drops\, or the sheer electricity—you belong here. \n\nThe Line-Up\n\n\nTara Rez (The Duel) – Punk priestess with anthems for the outsiders. \n\n\nSegs (Ruts / Ruts DC) – Bassline pioneer\, punk royalty. \n\n\nTaurus Trakker – Grit-drenched rock with London’s heartbeat. \n\n\nScant Regard – Electro-surftronica explosions built for the dance floor. \n\n\nFamily of Strangers – New wave of raw punk ferocity. \n\n\n\nWhy This Night Is Different\n\n\nPirate dress = free entry before 9 PM. \n\n\nPunk + rave + goth + industrial—everyone under one roof. \n\n\n£5 from every ticket goes straight to the artists. \n\n\nNo barriers. No rules. All love. \n\n\n\n📍 Rooz Studios – 35 Corsham Street\, London N1 6DR🎟 Tickets are limited. When they’re gone\, they’re gone. \nFrom mosh pit to dance floor—this is where we meet.
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/club-ffruk-nights-saturday-13-september-2025/
LOCATION:Rooz Studios\, London
CATEGORIES:Cheap Tickets,Events in London,Gigs,Live Music,Music,Party,Pop Up,Pubs
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250801T190000
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SUMMARY:MICHAEL BEACH + EXPIRY + CAROLINE NO
DESCRIPTION:Upset The Rhythm presents… \nMICHAEL BEACH\nEXPIRY\nCAROLINE NO\nFriday 1 August\nThe Lexington\, 96-98 Pentonville Rd\, Angel\, London\, N1 9JB\n7pm – 10.30pm | £9 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/uc37b4f150b4 \nMICHAEL BEACH is a Melbourne-based and Californian-born musician. On his fifth LP\, Big Black Plume\, Beach reveals the vitalizing power of connection in an often hostile world. Equally informed by the songwriting of Bill Fay and Peter Laughner\, the minimalism of Tony Conrad and Terry Riley\, and the rock and roll heart of the Goner Records roster\, Big Black Plume provides deliberate compositions adorned with genuine madness. The songs on this album range from spare\, textural ballads\, to spiraling psychedelic overtures connected to a propulsive cosmic pulse. \nThe songs here aren’t stick-and-poke songs that will dry and fade on the skin\, aimless prayers for jams; Beach has been making deliberate things for decades. Big Black Plume is a record about connections\, mercurially curated\, transforming individual contributions into something strikingly communal. For years\, Beach has been carefully fostering musical connections – for Big Black Plume is out July 25th\, 2025\, on vital independent labels Poison City (Australia) and Goner Records (US / Rest of World). Beach will support Big Black Plume with headlining tour dates and festival appearances in Australia\, the United States\, and Europe\, including Gonerfest in Memphis\, TN\, Rising in Melbourne\, Dark Mofo in Tasmania\, and Binic Folks Blues Fest in France. \nhttps://michaelbeach.org/ \nEXPIRY are a 5 piece band based in London. Centred around the songwriting of Australian expat Louis Forster (formerly of The Goon Sax) the band began as a two piece with Sonny Barrett (Adulkt Life) in 2022. From early shows that featured primitive drum beats played off phones the band has evolved slowly into a roaring five piece complete with duelling guitars\, piano and brothers. \nhttps://www.instagram.com/expiry__/ \nCAROLINE NO is a psychedelic-folk project based in London and built around the songwriting of Caroline Kennedy. Recordings of the group have been described as commanding in their nonchalance\, allowing the listener to feel like they are living within the open boundaries of the song. A “unique\, beguiling sound sits somewhere between archetypal Dunedin pop and languorous\, textural improvisation” (Students of Decay) and “no-fi\, anti-folk ditties that channel an anarchic spirit” (Chris Cobcroft 4ZZZ). Caroline No have released three albums No Language (World News / Students of Decay)\, Swimmers (King Crab) and Caroline No (Grapefruit Record Club). \nhttps://carolinenohello.bandcamp.com/album/no-language \n 
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/michael-beach-expiry-caroline-no/
LOCATION:The Lexington
CATEGORIES:Live Music,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250724T193000
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SUMMARY:Wasted Youth MOTH Club
DESCRIPTION:Wasted Youth play music that is “energetic\, psychedelic\, prone to semi-improvised and chaotic detours…combined with a selection of melodic and memorable tunes” (Billboard\, 2024). “The original Wasted Youth\, were probably one of the best bands to come out of post punk East London” (Louder Than War\, 2022). \nThey were hugely popular as the Eighties dawned with punks looking for something more sexy and sophisticated and looked set to become much more than the cult band they became. They pre-dated Post Punk and Goth and are still remembered as quietly-influential and a superb live band by fans. Their 1981 album ‘Wild and Wandering’ is widely considered to be an overlooked classic which has sold in excess of 25\,000 copies in its lifetime. \nWasted Youth return to The Moth Club having played a sell-out show there in June 2024. They will be promoting their new album ‘Neo Noir”.\nSpecially invited support act for the evening is Jamie Perrett\, a good friend and amazing singer/musician/performer\, who you really need to see! The DJ for the night is the wonderful Jeffrey Munday\, who will be playing a selection of toe-tapping favourites and some obscure gems. \nThis is Wasted Youth’s only London appearance this year so make sure you get your fix at The Moth Club on Thursday\, July 24. This promises to be a night to remember\, so don’t miss it!
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/wasted-youth-moth-club/
LOCATION:MOTH Club\, Valette Street\, Hackney\,\, London\, E96\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events in London,Music
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SUMMARY:EVIL SWORD + SHAKE CHAIN + SPLIT APEX
DESCRIPTION:Upset The Rhythm presents… \nEVIL SWORD\nSHAKE CHAIN\nSPLIT APEX\nSaturday 5 April\nNew River Studios\, 199 Eade Rd\, Harringay\, London\, N4 1DN\n7.30pm | £8 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/B1970de44fb0 \nEVIL SWORD are Kate Ferencz and Ben Furgal from Philadelphia\, USA. Their chaotic live shows combine elements of noise\, cryptic metal overtones\, performance art\, and gallows humor and feature macabre props\, flashing lights\, stage sets and costumes. There are hardly any instruments in this group\, but they make such a racket you’d never know it. The bass and the percussion sound like they’re having a great time\, telling each other jokes. Then the words come in and it all locks together in these strange\, hypnotic rhythms. I just listen to the stories and laugh and cry and get scared and wonder what they were ever thinking.\nRecent album ‘Basket Fever’ (Magic Pictures\, 2023) features electrocuted bells\, backwards parts\, rusty horns; I’m pretty sure I even heard a clarinet in there somewhere. There’s this one part where it all seems to come back around\, where they took some gang vocals from the very first demo they ever recorded and slowed it way down. When they first started; I thought they were some goofy kids making music about the end of the world\, back when that seemed a little further away\, like it was going to be fun. They were all laughing and making these funny ghost sounds\, but now everyone’s older and the ghosts are real\, a great whoosh of bygone spirits and cold air. It’s bone chilling. There’s plenty to be upset about\, but it’s not really an Evil Sword song until that grimace has been twisted up into a smile. \nhttps://evilsword.bandcamp.com/album/basket-fever \nSHAKE CHAIN have been busy demolishing audiences and expectations for the best part of the last five years. Vocalist Kate Mahony sets that standard by anything from crawling through the audience’s legs in a bright yellow raincoat to crying and washing her hands in a nearby toilet\, as the rest of the band start the set. The four-piece from London are completed by Robert Eyres (Synth/Guitar)\, Chris Hopkins (Bass/Synth/Samples) and Joe Fergey (Drums). Shake Chain are built of nervy bass lines\, twitchy guitars that jolt and jerk and tack sharp drums\, overridden by screeching vocal slurs and sampled television. Kate’s singing is a unique embrace of flights of atonal fancy\, head-first repetition and ecstatic frenzy. Opinion-dividing arguably\, but singular in making Shake Chain dauntingly brilliant. The band’s debut album ’Snake Chain’ was released by Upset The Rhythm. \nhttps://upsettherhythm.bandcamp.com/album/snake-chain \nSPLIT APEX are Jussi Palmusaari (guitar\, electronics and percussion) and Peter Blundell (voice and bass). On their self-titled cassette (out now) release they combine restless sonic textures\, oddball phrasing within barely-contained song structures held together by moth-woven threads. Seemingly governed by an unknowable gravitational pull that tugs hither and yon\, the duo lays out their statement of intent through a brief suite of intimate nocturnes. The release marks the first work for Palmusaari since leaving his native Finland where he played with the band\, Preesens\, in the late-90s/early-00s. For Blundell\, this new project exists adjacent to his current work with Dominic Goodman as Komare and previous endeavours in the band\, Mosquitoes. \nhttps://tinyurl.com/n8cf2jhf \n 
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/evil-sword-shake-chain-split-apex/
LOCATION:new river studios\, 199 Eade Road\, London\, N4 1DN
CATEGORIES:Concerts,Events in London,Live Music,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241208T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241208T230000
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SUMMARY:NIGHTSHIFT + MARY CURRIE & ROBERT SOTELO + ANNELIES MONSERÉ
DESCRIPTION:Upset The Rhythm presents… \nNIGHTSHIFT\nMARY CURRIE & ROBERT SOTELO\nANNELIES MONSERÉ\nSunday 8 December\nThe Lexington\, 96-98 Pentonville Rd\, Angel\, London\, N1 9JB\n7.30pm | £10 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/pcd6fe8e5f9b \nNIGHTSHIFT are a Glasgow music collective whose new album ‘Homosapien’ just came out on Chicago’s Trouble In Mind Records. Notably\, the band has lost some members\, gained a new member & shuffled some roles; former drummer Chris White (Spinning Coin) is now on guitar. His distinctive playing delivers a countrified energy that is central to the album\, leading the song structures into more succinct and colorful places\, matching the upbeat and playful nature the band has always drawn strength from\, only more so now under his stylish approach. Primary vocalist & keyboardist Eothen Stearn’s lyrical gifts illuminate the group’s output with an optimistic urgency that is unmatched. On ‘Homosapien’ she wears her heart on her sleeve\, but even in the song’s darkest moments\, the words create a sense of hope and potential.\nhttps://nightshiftgroup.bandcamp.com \nMARY CURRIE & ROBERT SOTELO have a forthcoming 7” EP coming out on Upset The Rhythm this October entitled ‘Dream Songs’. Introduced via a mutual friend\, Robert Sotelo approached Mary Currie (Flaming Tunes/Officer!) about collaborating on four songs he was constructing with Glasgow based producer/sound guru Joe Howe. Performing live with a set-up that will reconfigure these four compositions into a minimalist bass\, drum machine and keys dynamic the duo (and band) will also look at recreating some cuts from the Flaming Tunes era also\, focusing quite heavily on a anything could happen approach.\nhttps://robertsotelo.bandcamp.com/ \nANNELIES MONSERÉ has been playing music solo since 2000. Initially the music was piano-based and mostly instrumental. Once she ‘discovered’ her voice\, vocals became a main focus. The early songs had very simple structures and melodies\, and the words were sparse and introvert. Her debut album ‘Helder’ (released by BlueSanct) was described as “a delicate album\, complete with beautiful cracks and loads of tape-hiss.” Recorded at home in Gent between 2016 and 2023\, Annelies new album ‘I Sigh\, I Resign’ (Horn of Plenty) retains the intimacy of previous LP ‘Mares’ with it’s close-mic’d keyboards and vocals that capture every breath. Folk and early music are at the core of her sound but the palette of piano\, organ\, bass guitar\, cello\, synth and drum machine make it very much a document of the here and now.\nhttps://anneliesmonsere.bandcamp.com/
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/nightshift-mary-currie-robert-sotelo-annelies-monsere/
LOCATION:The Lexington
CATEGORIES:Events in London,Live Music,Music
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SUMMARY:URANIUM CLUB + HYGIENE
DESCRIPTION:Upset The Rhythm presents… \nURANIUM CLUB\nHYGIENE\nThursday 14 November\nNumber 90 Live\, Main Yard\, Wallis Road\, London\, E9 5LN\n7.30pm | £13 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/yd631fde96ea \nURANIUM CLUB released their fourth album\, ‘Infants Under the Bulb’\, back in March this year through Static Shock Records and Anti Fade. The Minneapolis band recorded the album over the course of 2023 by long time collaborator Grant Richardson and is just as rampant and agitated as ever. Uranium Club once again win their dear listeners over with eccentrically wild guitar parts\, revolving voices\, elastic-tight drums and the addition of their very own Saints-styled horn section. \nLyrically\, ‘Infants Under the Bulb’ opens up the history books of unsolved mysteries – unidentified\, unsolved\, unanswered subjects of suspicious acts or individuals across the last century. Who\, what\, when and where… but mostly\, why? Ignorant humanity of earth orbits the sun once again. The Somerton Man\, Bergmann\, Bauby\, Denton\, phone phreakers\, and just what is lurking behind the cosmic organ of The Wall? As always\, the artwork was handled in-house by the Club and ambitious as ever. The spectacular cover shot captures a carefully coordinated event orchestrated by the Club to photograph a crowd of the local volunteers wearing ponchos standing together in an open field to make the shape of a giant spiral. \nhttps://staticshockrecords.bandcamp.com/album/infants-under-the-bulb \nHYGIENE returned last year with their most urgent and essential recordings and not many bands can say that after 15 years. ’15 Minute City’ EP (Static Shock) is an absolute bundle of DIY greatness…it has the chaos and chorus of one the classic 70’s / early 80’s Swell Maps 7”s. ‘L.T.N’ is a robotic and stiff post punk song that doesn’t outlast it’s welcome as it lasts just over a minute. Last track ‘Petrol’ is a childlike punk gem that gets stuck in your head after one play. \nhttps://staticshockrecords.bandcamp.com/album/15-minute-city
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/uranium-club-hygiene/
CATEGORIES:Events in London,Live Music,Music
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SUMMARY:Shannon and the Clams + Mock Media + Pozi - Live Bands
DESCRIPTION:-Upset The Rhythm presents… \nSHANNON AND THE CLAMS\nMOCK MEDIA\nPOZI\nTuesday 5 November\nIslington Assembly Hall\, Upper St\, London\, N1 2UD\n7pm | £20 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/i36cc53102af \nSHANNON 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 freakout\, 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. \nShannon & The Clams’ sonics go from black and white to technicolour on their new album\, The Moon Is In the Wrong Place\, produced by longtime collaborator Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys. Faced with the unimaginable sudden loss of Shannon’s fiancé\, the project is a holistic exploration of grief and celebration of life coupled with the most expansive\, exciting songs and arrangements of their celebrated catalogue. The Moon Is In the Wrong Place marks Shannon & The Clams’ 7th studio album together and is now via Easy Eye Sound. \nhttp://shannonandtheclams.com/ \nMOCK MEDIA\, Canada’s new supergroup\, contains members Evan Aasen (Painted Fruits)\, Garnet Aronyk Muhammad (Crack Cloud)\, Austin Boylan (Pottery)\, and Bennett Smith (N0V3L). Mock Media originated in Vernon\, British Columbia\, a small farming town surrounded by a blue lake and majestic mountain ranges. Such wholesome beginnings naturally sparked a heady wanderlust and DIY spirit within its founding members.\nMock Media’s debut LP Mock Media II\, out Nov 17th\, captures this firebrand four-piece’s head-on plunge into enthralling existential contradictions: songs that explore the darkest corners of humanity yet come out at the other end with the unwavering joy that marked their genesis. It’s an album of sneak eclecticism; the high-wired punk rock stylings serve as Mock Media’s framework to clad their agog explorations into pop\, electronic\, and world folk music.\nhttps://mockmedia.bandcamp.com/album/mock-media \nPOZI is a band that tackles the creative cycle of deconstruction and rebuilding with relish. The second album ‘Smiling Pools’ is a testament to that. An LP that sees them at their most expansive yet\, it follows a gradual swelling of their sound across two EPs preceding the urgent\, self-enforced minimalism of their debut album\, PZ1\, in 2019. The trio of Toby Burroughs\, Rosa Brook\, and Tom Jones quickly established something of a foundational template on that first album: a hyper-skeletal sound palette of drums\, bass and three distinct vocals disrupted by Rosa’s churning violins\, from which emerged biting social observations and political angst. These hallmarks haven’t fully gone away over time\, but from that urgent energy\, greater confidence\, and a playful desire to push further out of the loose genre tag of post-punk have emerged. \nhttps://poziband.bandcamp.com
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/shannon-and-the-clams-mock-media-pozi-live-bands/
LOCATION:Islington Assembly Hall\, Upper Street\, London\, N1 2UD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Arts,Cheap Tickets,Concerts,Gigs,Live Music,Music
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SUMMARY:TYVEK + GEO + VIRVON VARVON
DESCRIPTION:Upset The Rhythm presents… \nTYVEK\nGEO\nVIRVON VARVON\nWednesday 30 October\nNew River Studios\, 199 Eade Rd\, Harringay\, London\, N4 1DN\n7.30pm | £12 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/G309daf25a4e \nTYVEK has remained a singular force. The Detroit group formed somewhere in the mid-aughts by songwriter\, vocalist\, guitarist\, and sole consistent band member Kevin Boyer\, who enlisted various friends to cultivate a raw\, rudimentary punk sound that manages to get back to basics while at the same time presenting abstract perspectives and weird concepts not normally explored by your everyday garage band. There have been mutations over the years as the band toured regularly and released a run of solid albums with labels like Siltbreeze and In The Red\, but with every reformation\, Tyvek still didn’t sound quite like anyone else. Their new album\, the self-released Overground (Ginkgo\, 2023)\, stays true to their reputation for delivering hit after hit of blistering punk and remains tightly wound until it unspools into the dreamlike title track\, an extended post-Velvets plea for human decency. Tyvek’s current line-up of all-stars guarantees an intense live show: Shelley Salant (Shells\, XV)\, Alex Glendening (Deadbeat Beat)\, Fred Thomas (Idle Ray)\, and Emily Roll (XV) channel the high-energy rock’n’roll of Detroit’s past while side-stepping the cliches to push forward into an uncharted future.\nhttps://tyvek.bandcamp.com/ \nGEO are a no wave oddity from The Netherlands\, the more mismatched the moving parts appear\, the more their music starts to make sense. Since the Groningen quartet’s inception in 2019\, they have built a framework of skeletal agit-funk\, cartoonish chromatics and neoteric art punk vignettes – sketching negative spaces where chaos and cacophony can sound perplexingly catchy. ‘Out of Body’ – Geo’s long-awaited debut album was released on Erste Theke Tontraeger in April. Geo’s jitterbug\, birdbrained post-punk spiels are in the spirit of gung-ho deconstructionists like The Contortionists\, The Fall and Gang of Four. On ‘Out of Body’\, they play emotions out against each other like some kind of absurdist Punch and Judy show.\nhttps://geoband.bandcamp.com/ \nVIRVON VARVON are part-time punks from London\, featuring Black Time\, Midnight Mines and The Jazz June members. They’ve played Gonerfest in Memphis and Get Lost Festival in Hamburg and released an LP and two tapes on Girlsville Records.\nhttps://girlsville.bandcamp.com/album/virvon-varvon-four-bars-of-hate-2
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/tyvek-geo-virvon-varvon/
LOCATION:new river studios\, 199 Eade Road\, London\, N4 1DN
CATEGORIES:Cheap Tickets,Concerts,Events in London,Gigs,Live Music,Music
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SUMMARY:PARSNIP + GRAZIA + SASSYHIYA
DESCRIPTION:Upset The Rhythm presents… \nPARSNIP\nGRAZIA\nSASSYHIYA\nTuesday 1 October\nMOTH Club\, Old Trades Hall\, Valette St\, London\, E9 6NU\n7.30pm | £11 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/Rc2d78d6f59c \nPARSNIP are a fantastic Australian group. Their sophomore album ‘Behold’ (out now on Upset The Rhythm)\, is a testament to Parsnip at their most creative\, catchy and collaborative. ‘Behold’ showcases the multi-talents of all four members\, with spirited performances adding sparkle to the thirteen tracks. Paris Richens lets the bass playfully roam. Carolyn Hawkins tumbles\, feeling into the drum rumble. Stella Rennex’s guitar soars alongside her saxophone work whilst Rebecca Liston tenderly attends to an animated keyboard. Everyone sings amidst this lush canopy. \nOn ‘Behold’\, Parsnip explores consciousness’s inner and outer realms with quick wits and some seriously quality jangle and jolt. ‘The Light’ is a whip-smart workout\, sprouting naturally from the propulsive nature of their debut album ‘When the Tree Bears Fruit’ (Trouble In Mind\, 2019). Drawing comparisons with Dolly Mixture\, Sara Goes Pop and Look Blue Go Purple\, Parsnip is an animated ensemble full of life\, emotional complexity and humour. The laughter in the dark is real\, but then the sun rises\, and we must meet the day. Even the flowers turn their faces. Behold!\nhttps://parsniphq.bandcamp.com/album/behold\nGRAZIA just released their debut EP\, “In Poor Taste\,” (Feel It Records)\, written and recorded by Heather Dunlop and Lindsay Corstorphine. Often referential\, In Poor Taste pulls inspiration from the high and low brow\, but mostly the low. Grazia pays homage to everything from The Fall to cheap lingerie brands in a campy pastiche of 80s new wave and pop. In Poor Taste is about having fun while delving into your worst\, core self.\nhttps://grazia.bandcamp.com \nSASSYHIYA are Katherine Wright and Helen Skinner of cult South London queer band Barry. Now\, with added Neil and Pablo. Check out their new 7” on Skep Wax\, a celebratory ode to Kristen Stewart.\nhttps://sassyhiya.bandcamp.com
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/parsnip-grazia-sassyhiya/
LOCATION:MOTH Club\, Valette Street\, Hackney\,\, London\, E96\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Cheap Tickets,Concerts,Events in London,Live Music,London Musicals,London Theatre,Music
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SUMMARY:Restless // A one hour punk theatre gig
DESCRIPTION:‘Appropriately furious…a howl against abuse that somehow everyone can sing along to‘ – audience member \nAre you angry? This band is angry. Come as you are\, and bring anyone with you who needs an outlet to shout at the sky. Restless might be the most necessary hour in your week. \nRestless brings together the loose ends of a rage that we feel but don’t quite know what to do with and weaves it into a collective chord of F*** YOU\, DO SOMETHING. \nKind of like a guided meditation\, except if it had been made by The Sex Pistols and shouted through loudhailers. \nThe music pulls no punches; it’s raw and visceral and urgent\, but crafted too – both in the lyrics (simultaneously catchy and rich) and the skill of the performers including the co-composers Quinta (Collectress\, Bat For Lashes) and the inimitable Thomas Johnson. \nAll the staples of classic 70s punk are here – thumping drums\, driving riffs\, sweary vocals smashed through fuzzing amps – along with some folkier finesse from fiddles and intricate solos. \nBut the real power comes from where the music takes the room. The set list leads the audience through a building narrative from abuse\, to anger and\, ultimately\, action – all informed by the direct experiences of frontwoman and lyricist Viv Gordon. \n‘I didn’t know how much I needed that. It was as angry as I am but then joyous and beautiful all at the same time. I’m crying. It’s gonna take me a while to come down’ – audience member \n–things to know– \n\nRestless is created\, convened and performed by Viv Gordon\, a campaigner & survivor-activist grounded in her lived experience of Child Sexual Abuse\nThis is a safer space for anyone aged 18 + with considerate lighting\, relaxed environment and wellbeing support available\nThis is a Work in Progress Sharing. It is a supportive event about testing new work.\nIt’s f***ing brilliant\n\n\nEVENT DETAILS \nThursday 11th July\nMorley College\, Westminster Bridge Road\, London SE1 7HT\nTimings: Doors 7pm. Gig 7.30-8.30pm. Venue closes 9pm.\nAge 18 +
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/restless-a-one-hour-punk-theatre-gig/
LOCATION:Morley College London – Waterloo Centre for Adult Education\, 61 Westminster Bridge Road\, London\, SE1 7HT
CATEGORIES:Events in London,Live Music,Performing Arts
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SUMMARY:KILYNN LUNSFORD + THE REBEL + THE PHEROMOANS
DESCRIPTION:Upset The Rhythm presents… \nKILYNN LUNSFORD\nTHE REBEL\nTHE PHEROMOANS\nWednesday 3 July\nNew River Studios\, 199 Eade Rd\, Harringay\, London\, N4 1DN\n7.30pm | £9 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/qf75cce9e3be \nKILYNN LUNSFORD had been conceiving her first solo album since she was a young teen. Growing up in Philadelphia through the MTV era of Missy Elliot\, Timbaland and the Swing Mob collective\, and drawn towards its “sometimes ridiculous\, but overloaded” qualities\, she found herself returning to that state of emerging adulthood when the moment for a solo record finally arose. ‘Custodians of Human Succession’\, released on Ever Never Records\, straddles unclear boundaries between electro-pop\, post-punk and the avant-garde; it delves into those liminal spaces between pop culture and experimentalism\, between city and country\, between verse and chorus. \nWritten over four years\, drafted during long car rides from work\, hewn out first thing in the morning or last thing at night ‘Custodians’…is Lunsford’s first work since the dissolution of her former project\, noise-punk outfit Taiwan Housing Project in 2021. The album itself operates like a collage\, splintered and warped\, each song in imprinting its own shape and colour to fashion a finished whole. Industrial-edged electro-pop a la Chris and Cosey sits shoulder to shoulder with twangling new wave rock ‘n’ roll ironies. Lunsford’s caustic lyrics embellish this further\, packed as they are with a potent blood-stream of unflinching surrealism and discomfiting satire. Impacted by her experiences as Healthcare Union Organiser working through a pandemic\, and as a sufferer of an autoimmune disorder with no healthcare coverage\, a festering anger boils at the album’s core. Little wonder how\, from all this\, comes a record of commensurate disturbance\, and brilliant intrigue.\nhttps://evernever-records.bandcamp.com/album/custodians-of-human-succession \nTHE REBEL was born Benedict Roger Wallers in 1971. Since 1989 BR Wallers has recorded & hand-distributed a bewildering array of impossibly hard-to-find home-made cassette-albums\, under a variety of guises. Wallers is a charismatic lone wolf in a cowboy hat and a tie whose electrified howls are too idiosyncratic to be broken down into market-oriented terms. It is difficult to sketch a thumbnail summary of a musician who has amassed a vast and unwieldy discography under a variety of names and genres: the most widely acclaimed is probably the Country Teasers\, but he also moonlights as the Company\, the Male Nurse\, the Beale\, the Stallion\, the Black Poodle and Skills on Ampex\, across folk\, country\, garage\, post-punk\, no wave and electronic pop. In the main part The Rebel is centred around twisted Casio drones\, clanging guitar and some defiantly deadpan vocals\, all thrown in the pan and pressure-cooked in Wallers’ mind. Wallers has amassed a near-unquantifiable discography over the past 30 years\, from scores of more or less “official” LPs\, EPs and 7”s to seemingly endless self-released cassettes.\nhttps://the-rebel.bandcamp.com/ \nTHE PHEROMOANS are tenants of an unruly domain. Over the last 18 years the group have evolved from garage rock primitivists to auteurs of their own curious sound; a frothy brew of loose electronics\, refractory rock and humdrum musing. Their songs are mutable\, capricious\, unreliable narrations\, often withholding as much as they reveal. Russell Walker’s understated vocal has always been the band’s unifying focus\, it is wry\, unsparing and wilfully honest. Walker’s lyrics are an observational tour de force\, sometimes droll\, yet often tipping over into unlikely pathos. With previous releases on Upset The Rhythm\, Convulsive and Alter\, 2024 will witness The Pheromoans return with lucky album number 13\, entitled ‘Wyrd Psearch’ (out now 1st on Upset The Rhythm). With The Pheromoans there is always a familiarity at play\, only broken and reassembled\, like a bygone sitcom gone rogue in your memory. This contributes to the group’s peculiarly British outsider perspective\, one that shouts from the sidelines\, but never goes unnoticed.\nhttps://upsettherhythm.bandcamp.com/album/wyrd-psearch
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/kilynn-lunsford-the-rebel-the-pheromoans/
LOCATION:new river studios\, 199 Eade Road\, London\, N4 1DN
CATEGORIES:Concerts,Events in London,Live Music,Music
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SUMMARY:MARCEL WAVE - ‘Something Looming’ album launch! + THE PHEROMOANS
DESCRIPTION:Upset The Rhythm presents… \nMARCEL WAVE – ‘Something Looming’ album launch!\nTHE PHEROMOANS\nFriday 14 June\nMOTH Club\, Old Trades Hall\, Valette St\, London\, E9 6NU\n7pm-10.30pm | £10 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/t6d6b5967c40 \nMARCEL WAVE write eulogies for tragic actresses\, ancient riverbeds and concrete obscenity. Their inaugural sonic instalment ‘Something Looming’ (out June 14th on Upset The Rhythm) is part trades club symphony\, part itchy serenade\, and part wistful lament. As their heady concoction of ‘Meades meets Pat-E-Smith meets Kirklees Borough Council’ gets prepped to be formally baptised on a dank stage near you\, Upset the Rhythm and Feel It Records have dutifully stepped in to deliver its songbook to the masses on both sides of the pond.\nFormed when Lindsay Corstorphine and Christopher Murphy of Sauna Youth and brethren Oliver and Patrick Fisher of Cold Pumas were summoned by northern ink-slinger Maike Hale-Jones\, Marcel Wave’s debut offering is a walk through a smoke-filled pub with yellowing wallpaper and all eyes on you. It’s a chronicle of the death of the docklands\, the decline of industry\, of the high street\, of civic pride\, of civilisations\, of hopes and dreams. As Hale-Jones delivers the bad news in her low\, West Yorkshire brogue\, Corstorphine adds the bells and whistles via the frantic pulsations of a wheezing Hohner organ in tandem with Fisher O’s rasping guitar. Marcel Wave are completed by the throbbing basslines of Murphy and Fisher P’s fervent rhythms. Join Marcel Wave as they dance to society’s decline with a lukewarm pint in both hands at this album launch!\nhttps://marcel-wave.bandcamp.com \nTHE PHEROMOANS are tenants of an unruly domain. Over the last 18 years the group have evolved from garage rock primitivists to auteurs of their own curious sound; a frothy brew of loose electronics\, refractory rock and humdrum musing. Their songs are mutable\, capricious\, unreliable narrations\, often withholding as much as they reveal. Russell Walker’s understated vocal has always been the band’s unifying focus\, it is wry\, unsparing and wilfully honest. Walker’s lyrics are an observational tour de force\, sometimes droll\, yet often tipping over into unlikely pathos. With previous releases on Upset The Rhythm\, Convulsive and Alter\, 2024 will witness The Pheromoans return with lucky album number 13\, entitled ‘Wyrd Psearch’ (out now 1st on Upset The Rhythm). With The Pheromoans there is always a familiarity at play\, only broken and reassembled\, like a bygone sitcom gone rogue in your memory. This contributes to the group’s peculiarly British outsider perspective\, one that shouts from the sidelines\, but never goes unnoticed.\nhttps://upsettherhythm.bandcamp.com/album/wyrd-psearch
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/marcel-wave-something-looming-album-launch-the-pheromoans/
LOCATION:MOTH Club\, Valette Street\, Hackney\,\, London\, E96\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events in London,Live Music,Music
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