HOT CHIP promote their new album with a live set
them sees them combine subtle pop melodies with R&B style, post –
punk disco and prince like riffs to create a perfect electro pop sound.
Think Prince, Steve Wonder and Devo…
Midwestern band TILLY AND THE WALL consists of two dressed-down boys, two glamorous girls and one frenzied hoofer, the tutu-wearing Julie Williams with pockets full of melodies sprang out of Nowheresville, USA, with a penchant for classic 60s pop, boy/girl harmonies and American folk records. They create jagged, elegant songs, and rejoice in tales of friendship, broken hearts, and youthful dreams and frustrations.
Brooklyn’s TV ON THE RADIO play a live set of new
material from their forthcoming 4AD album that sees them deliver an
addictive and unique blend of new york noise, amped-up electronica,
twitchy, danceable beats, gospel-esq vocals and swathes of
treated guitar into rich and endlessly surprising folds of sound.
Its like Joy Division, Curtis Mayfield, Kraftwerk and, um, Kool &
The Gang. Add the fact that singer Tunde Adebimpe’s hair looks as if
it’s about to leap off his head and claw your face off and Kyp Malone’s
backing vocals sound like Prince deformed by helium-lust into some sort
of Gollum creature, and you’ve got a nail-gnawing, tongue-chewing,
eyeball-spasming comedown classic set of tunes; as razor-sharp as a
sunlight in dilated pupils, as edgy as 11am raps on a pub front door,
as ‘chilled’ as a cocaine heart attack, healthy as hypertension!
ABSENTEE play a live set that sees them mix poignant Smog like melodies with Bonnie Prince Billy’s quirkyness with the
gnarled drawl of say Tom Waits. Absentee have songs better than either of their mope-rock peers have written in years, being friends with The Magic Numbers….
FINAL FANTASY is the solo project of Owen Pallett ex Hidden Cameras member, violist / arranger for The Arcade Fire and
guitarist and vocalist from Torontos Les Mouches who has won fans including David Bowie and U2. Tonight sees him promote his recently released album ‘Has a Good Home’.
New York’s GRIZZLY BEAR play their first London show that sees them deliver a nostalgic amalgamation of found sounds and layered vocals bound to thrill fans of Sufjan Stevens, Nick Drake, Animal Collective, and the Unicorns. Get on this now, this is going to be massive news soon!!
San Francisco band and part of the Devendra Banhart clan VETIVER deliver a live set that gracefully navigates the choppy waters of folk and pop as it blends shimmering melodies and intimate songs with the jumpiness of old Cajun music with gentle vocals matched against finger-picking acoustic guitar duets, a tasteful hint of slide guitar and minimalist drumming, and simple, sturdy cello lines from Alissa Anderson.
TUNNG play a mesmerising mix of folky acoustics and busy electronica, overlaying electronic crackles, gorgeous harmonies,
bewitching mantras and synthetic beats that are reminiscent of early Beta Band, ‘The Wicker Man’ soundtrack and Four Tet.
Tonight KIERAN HEBDEN (AKA FOUR TET) and veteran jazz drummer STEVE REID promote their new album ‘The Exchange Session: Vol 1’ on Domino Records.
Having sold out their February sow at the Luminaire a month in advance BATTLES the avant-experimentalists and math rock super group – including John Stanier on drums, originating from the legacy that is Helmet, and still lending his skills to Mike Patton?s Tomahawk and Australian powerhouse The Mark of Cain; Ian Williams guitarist/ keyboardist known for his distinctive guitar styling in cult band Don Caballero; Dave Konopka, guitar and bass, previously in the underground band Lynx and Tyondai Braxton, avant-garde solo musician (who recently collaborated with Prefuse 73), here vox/ keyboardist/ guitar/ electronics play a headline show at Dingwalls on Monday April 24th to promote their new Warp records release Battles ‘EP C/B EP’ out on February 20th.
Their live sets sees them concoct a mix of strident post-rock/ jazz/ hardcore and electronics, stunning crowds with mind boggling poly-rhythmic sequences and complicated time signatures, hurtled at you with sheer sonic velocity.
Too beat orientated to be dubbed ?post rock?, as vanguards Battles stand on their own in the realm of contemporary music. Battles will captivate you live with the dexterous competency of each member, executing musical forms previously unattainable outside the sphere of the electronic scene.
?Battles dismantle post rock, hip hop and serial music, only to reassemble the pieces in the wrong order?with phrases zipping back and forth across the listener?s consciousness, they reduce his or her brain to a quivering joyful mush?. Plan B
?As trite as a term ?supergroup? has become, it?s hard not to use it in reference to a band like Battles. Some would be hard pressed to name another group combining such a pedigree with a calculated, yet fearlessly avant-garde, experimental sound? ? Anthem (US)
Skewed rock idols Silver Jews will play their first-ever London show at the Scala on Tuesday April 25th.
After a sold out show at the Barbican as part of the Folk Britannia event ADEM plays
a headline show to promote his new album ‘Love and other planets’ out
April 24th on Domino with a live set that sees him deliver a
marvellously accessible mosaic of sound as he mixes clicks, hums,
harps, parps, belles?n?whistles with intimate and heartfelt songs that
recall Nick Drake or Spirit of Eden ?era Talk Talk.
?Homesongs has a mystical, ethereal quality. It is fair to say you will hear nothing like this for some time.? 5/5 The Times
“Overwhemingly, this is an open, emotionally congruent record that
never tries to be clever and yet rarely seems dull. A generosity of
spirit pervades this lovely debut. There’s no doubt about it, Homesongs
is where the heart is” Mojo
AMINA the Icelandic female four-piece have graced the
albums and shows of Sigur Ros, augmenting Reykjavik’s most famous group
with modern string quartet backing. Tonight they play a live set of
graceful, ethereal compositions that are beautiful and engaging, on
violin, viola and cello as well as many malleted instruments, a
glassophone and various stringed instruments they picked up around the
world.
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