U.S. GIRLS at the Castle Hotel--------- Saturday 8th December 2012

U.S. GIRLS is the nomme de guerre of one Meghan Remy. She has releases on Siltbreeze, Kraak, Atelier Cisceaux, Medusa Editions, Sibling Sex, Electric Voice, Not Not Fun, Hardscrabble Amateurs, Fast Weapons, Cherry Burger, Palmist, Chocolate Monk, Clan Destine and her own Calico Corp label. Her most recent LP 'GEM' was released on Fat Cat records and is the first of her albums to be recorded with a full band, who'll be joining her on this tour. She also contributed collage and a song to our recent collaboration with MUSEUMS PRESS- MUSEUMS IV .

We've been trying to set up a show for U.S GIRLS for about 5 years now, a time that has seen the U.S.GIRLS sound change considerably and also a time that has seen the rest of the world try and fail to catch up with her music which is, at once, genuinely experimental and unabashedly 'pop'; the sound of the future and yet stacked in nostalgia; academic and emotional; packed with reminiscences and but  singular in it's vision, challenging and unshakeable.

WE ARE DELIGHTED TO INVITE YOU TO ATTEND THE DEBUT MANCHESTER PERFORMANCE OF U.S.GIRLS (WITH FULL LIVE BAND), WHICH TAKES PLACE ON SATURDAY 8th DECEMBER 2012 AT THE CASTLE HOTEL, OLDHAM STREET from 8pm. ADVANCE TICKETS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

 T I C K E T S                                    H E R E

AMENTA ABIOTO

MAKES HER MANCHESTER DEBUT NEXT MONDAY AUGUST 6th AT KRAAK, STEVENSON SQUARE

SERIOUSLY UNMISSABLE!

CHECK IT UP!


Mama Do - Amenta Abioto sings in PDX from flier arts on Vimeo.

SHOWPAPER Issue 134

A few months ago Laetitia was invited by Ethan Swan to contribute to SHOWPAPER, NYC-based DIY listings paper. Below is the resultant image and relevant text, a little late but totally worth sharing, i'm sure you'll agree


☗ THIS IS THE NEW COVER OF SHOWPAPER! ISSUE 134! ☗

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It's a single sheet of newsprint with a full listing of every all ages / underground show in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, along with a beautiful, full-color print.










♢ ISSUE 134: Laetitia Glenton ♢
♢ June 25 - July 10 ♢

2 of 3 Issues Curated by Ethan Swan

Laetitia Glenton is an artist based in Manchester, UK, where as one half of Comfortable on a Tightrope, she produces independent concerts, DJs, releases tapes and records. Her visual arts practice is inseparable from her activity in the city’s DIY scene, as her works on paper reflect the languages and concerns of this community. Nostalgia-rich images from discarded advertisements and home photography are damaged and reprocessed in her work, questioning these legacies. Coded messages are hidden in dead languages and punctuation, mirroring the means by which underground scenes communicate. Her work has appeared in exhibitions in the UK, and in numerous small press books and records.


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WAY THROUGH, GENTLE FRIENDLY & PEEPHOLES

This Saturday February 4th sees the Upset The Rhythm 'KINGDOM' Tour make it's Manchester stop at Kraak Gallery, Stevenson Square. It's almost 2 years since WAY THROUGH were last in Manchester---they played their second ever gig at SFTOC 2010. This tour also coincides with the release of a new album 'Enclosure' on Comfortable On A Tightrope as well as new records by all three bands on Upset The Rhythm.

Over the last eight years Upset The Rhythm have inexhaustibly sought out the best underground sounds from all over the world. With fifty releases under their belt and their inspired series of YES WAY festivals they continually focus the spotlight on the UK’s own idiosyncratic DIY music. February 2012 sees the label hit the road with three incredibly inventive bands from their native soil to bring their pastoral punk, junked rhythms and tribal synth dance parties to the near and far of the United Kingdom. Upset The Rhythm’s Kingdom Tour sees GENTLE FRIENDLY, WAY THROUGH and PEEPHOLES team up to present a revolving lineup that resonates deep within landscape, drawing on forgotten pasts and remembered futures in equal measure.

Here’s a more in depth look at all the UTR artists featured on the tour…

GENTLE FRIENDLY are a duo from London, comprised of David Morris and Richard Manber, who have a penchant for circular melodies, tidal fuzz and rapid junked rhythms. With an austere setup of Casio keyboard, vocals and drums (sometimes electronic) the band push against the pop boundary, trapping their songs on record like a continuous sun-warped field recording. 2009 saw Gentle Friendly release their debut album 'Ride Slow' to critical acclaim, with Pitchfork even citing Clipse and Lil Wayne as influences on the band. Since then Gentle Friendly have remodeled and rebuilt their sound into a stronger beast at their home studio called Deep House. Bringing us up to date, new EP 'Rrrrrrr' is the first fruit to fall from the tree, with its seven tracks washing the band's insistent prism punk alongside more tender, filmic textures.

http://www.upsettherhythm.co.uk/gentlefriendly.shtml

 

Gentle Friendly - Speakers from lloyd bowen on Vimeo.

WAY THROUGH are a pastoral punk duo originally from Shropshire, now residing in London. Informed by the field as much as the flyover, Way Through write songs which phase in and out with guitar, tapes, damaged drums and vocals. Using wrong-footed repetition, rapid interplay and free-looping happenstance the band create a ragged yet intuitive tapestry of sound. Their songs walk the streets of market towns, wait forever at bus stops and lose themselves in edgelands. Way Through find great resonance with the spirit of place and try and channel its feeling into their music, joining the dots between lost places and deteriorating histories. Their debut album 'Arrow Shower' is out now on Upset The Rhythm, alongside the band's new deep map project of London's East End.

http://waythroughwithyou.blogspot.com/

 

Way Through - W.B. from Charles Chintzer Lai on Vimeo.

PEEPHOLES are Katia Barrett (drums, vocals) and Nick Carlisle (keyboards). The Brighton / London duo formed in 2006 after bonding over a Chinese violin and the quietest of music. Pretty soon they turned the volume up and hit on their winning strategy of soaring, stammering synth lines, tribalised drumming and low-slung vocals. Walking a tightrope between underground punk and dance music, Peepholes write cloaked anthems as likely to open celestial gates with keys of repetition as to soundtrack a slow motion fairground accident. Their sound is otherworldly, aching with wild beats, echoing with cavernous atmospheres. Upset The Rhythm have released a split 12” and a mini-album entitled ‘Caligula’ most recently.

http://wearepeepholes.co.uk/