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TOY

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Shacklewell Arms

Wednesday 1 February 2012
Wednesday 25 January 2012
Wednesday 18 January 2012

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Toy come to the Shacklewell arms for a four date residency.

Toy is a Korg Delta led five-piece formed in 2010. It consists of Tom Dougall (Vox/Guitars), Dominic O’Dair (Guitars), Maxim Barron (Bass/Vox), Alejandra Diez (Synthesizers/Modulation) and Charlie Salvidge (Drums/Vox). TOY’s musical influences incorporate a wide range of genres including punk, psychedelia, krautrock, kosmische, post rock, musique concrete and folk to name a few.
With the majority of 2010 spent writing, TOY played their first show at the Cave Club in Islington. Since then the band have played a string of live performances including Field Day and 1234 festivals and have supported bands such as The Horrors and The Pretty Things. Their first single – Left Myself Behind – is out now. Both sides can be downloaded for free from the Heavenly website –www.heavenlyrecordings.com

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THE UNSPEAKABLE CHILLY GONZALES

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Soho Theatre

Saturday 28 January 2012
Friday 27 January 2012
Thursday 26 January 2012
Wednesday 25 January 2012

21 Dean Street London W1D 3NE

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After the storming success of the Autumn shows, and due to popular demand, Chilly Gonzales will be returning to the Soho Theatre for a second run in January and February 2012.

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Virtuoso pianist, rapper and all-round relentless entertainer Chilly Gonzales comes to Soho Theatre’s brand new Downstairs space this Autumn to perform a series of unique shows in an intimate setting. The Unspeakable Chilly Gonzales celebrates the latest genre-defining release from the musical genius – the first-ever all-orchestral rap album.

‘Unlike anyone else… hugely entertaining’
★★★★ Guardian

Chilly Gonzales is Grammy nominated as a producer, the Guinness World Record holder for the longest piano solo concert with 27 hours of piano, the mastermind behind the Locarno Film Festival prize-winning feature film Ivory Tower and accompanying album. Gonzales’ recent efforts include the single @Never Stop, as chose by Apple for their international iPad promo campaign and the inter-planetary hit ‘You can Dance’ with its near one million You Tube views.

EYOE AT LANEWAY FESTIVAL

Various Locations

Saturday 28 January 2012

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You’ll find a heady mix of artists in this, the 2012 St Jerome’s Laneway Festival line-up announcement. There’s the ground-breaking, the genre-bending, your recent discoveries and your soon-to-be new favourites. But one thing unites them all: they are spine-tinglingly great live. Say that five times.

The 2012 Australian event returns to the five venues that have established Laneway as one of the most unique events in the country. The banks of Melbourne’s Maribyrong river, the historic sandstone buildings of Sydney’s College of the Arts, the tree-lined laneways just minutes from the Brisbane CBD, the lush grounds of the Perth Cultural Centre, and a new, expanded site at University of SA will provide the backdrop for 2012’s most exciting indie line-up.

The Dø

Bush Hall

Thursday 26 January 2012

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310 Uxbridge Road London W12 7LJ

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French / Finnish duo who’ve drawn comparisons to Vashti Bunyan, Bjork and Duffy, THE DØ follow up a sold out Hoxton Bar and Kitchen show with a night under the chandeliers at Bush Hall.

Their album, ‘Both Ways Open Jaws’, is released on November 14th, through Village Green. Olivia is the O in The Dø. Dan is the D. The Dø rhymes with ‘d’oh’, as in Do, Re-Mi-Far-So…

They’ve already had a Number 1 album in France with stunning debut ‘A Mouthful’, and now France’s best kept secret, The Dø are set to conquer the UK.

Self-produced, with multi-instrumentalist Dan Levy taking turns on sax, piano, harpsichord and trumpet to name but a few, this is a brave LP, stubbornly like no-other. “We’re looking for the diversity and richness of sound, surprises in the details, orchestral colours,” says Dan. “It certainly comes from our culture of classical music, our love of contemporary music, and of musicians like Charlie Mingus. The types of music that follow no map.”

Technically accomplished and full of rich orchestration and electronic flourishes, Both Ways Open Jaws somehow still manages to keep a lightness of touch and an instant pop appeal, no doubt thanks to Olivia’s bewitching vocals and song-writing skills. Olivia says, “I’m constantly after the ideal song, I believe in a song’s healing powers. As long as the song exists in itself with just one instrument and vocals, then we can start arranging it in a million ways. The basic recipe will remain immutable.”

She veers from the primal, invoking the spectres of Fever Ray and Bjork with the percussion led Slippery Slope, replete with tribal chanting, and lead single ‘Too Insistent’ with its tirelessly catchy propulsive melody, to the childlike; her sweet vocals offsetting the unsettling imagery on opener Dust It Off, and the nursery rhyme rhythm of Bohemian Dances a little reminiscent of Joanna Newsom and CocoRosie.  Expect to be hearing a lot more of the pair as the year goes on.

Both Ways Opens Jaws is released 14th November
Gonna Be Sick is released 16th January.

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Casiokids

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Cargo

Tuesday 24 January 2012

83 Rivington Street London EC2A 3AY

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After a packed out performance at the Shacklewell Arms in late November, we are pleased to announce Casiokids will return to Cargo in the new year.

‘Aabenbaringen Over Aaskammen’ is the eagerly anticipated debut album from Casiokids. Due for release on January 16th 2012 through Moshi Moshi Records, it follows the recent single ‘Det Haster!’ and marks a welcome and refreshing return for the quartet.

Casiokids recently recorded ‘London Zoo’ whilst they were in France; check out the live session here

Hailing from the celebrated music scene in Bergen, Norway – Casiokids have spent the last 12 months playing shows across North America, Europe, Mexico and Russia including being hand-picked by fellow Norwegians a-ha to support them on their last tour.

Whereas their past releases have been recorded quickly in unusual locations such as guitarist Fredrik Vogsborg’s father’s office, the hallway of the Bergen Jazz Association, and an old canteen, ‘Aabenbaringen Over Aaskammen’ came to fruition within the band’s rehearsal space at the newly established Bergen Kjøtt (a converted old abattoir also home to Datarock and Røkyskopp).

The tracks were also recorded at the band’s own pace, all within the same timeframe. As a result, the record is much more cohesive than their collection of previous singles and unlike anything Casiokids have released thus far. The record also features guest appearances from of Montreal members.

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