Daughters, Friday 12th October @ Independent in Sunderland

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North-East Gig goers are in for yet another instalment of energetic noise this October with a feast of a show headlined by the almighty Daughters! Fresh from a stint of dates with The Fall of Troy, this frenetic quintet will be hitting Sunderland’s Independent on the 12^th October to rip it up on a stage with Grizzly Twister and the region’s very own D.I.Y legends, Lavotchkin.

This is another exciting show that takes the Portions for Foxes team back to some their previous alternative promotion projects, working with the likes of Wives, The Hope Conspiracy and Whores Whores Whores.

The most recent Daughters album, Hell Songs (Hydrahead, 2006) frantically flings short spiked tracks at the listener in a way that is both rhythmic and robotic, by assigning the melody of the tracks to their bass and bass drum.

“Daughters' uneasy marriage of Pussy Galore-cum-Locust attitude mirrors what they're attempting on Hell Songs: A unity of two different avant-gardes united mostly by a desire for shock and aural awe. The resulting songs might even work too well-- together, the disparate elements of grind and trashcan-rock come together so naturally that the result is almost conventional, which one has to think isn't really their intent. Forgive them for trying to freak us out: In the process, they've stumbled on to something.”

-Pitchfork Medial

On October 12^th can we expect a selection of tracks from Daughters’ previous releases, including Canada Songs (Robotic Empire, 2003), we can hope for a preview of some of the upcoming tracks that will feature on the release of their third LP, due in 2008.

Pelican, High On Fire, Priestbird, 12th December @ Independent, Sunderland

We are super excited to announce that we will be putting on the almighty Pelican on the 12th of December @ Independent in Sunderland. For more information on the band and to stream some tracks go to hydrahead.tortugarecordings.com/pelican/ and www.myspace.com/pelican.

Watch this space for full line up details.

That's all for now.


David and Rachelx

Caribou, Thursday November 22nd @ Independent, Sunderland

Portions For Foxes are ultra-pleased to be bringing one of modern electro-pop’s most consistently inspiring acts Sunderland. This November, Dan Snaith, multi-instrumentalist, virtuoso, and most recently. Doctor Of Mathematics, will be warming up our dreary and overly be-Greggsed little city with sunny Krautrock crescendos aplenty.

Caribou’s latest CD, ‘Andorra’ sees Snaith make the hop from Domino Records to Merge (home of Camera Obscura, Neutral Milk Hotel, Arcade Fire etc.) with conquering flair and style. More hooks and chord changes per square minute mark an obviously departure from the looped drones that characterised his earlier work, and led him to rarely be mentioned without a nod to Fourtet but a move into verse and chorus hasn’t meant a move to pop at the lowest common denominator. Something the atomic glow of Andorra’s critical reviews reflects:

‘a multi-layered masterpiece, refreshingly sweet, with beautiful baroque touches’
- NME 8/10

‘Andorra will undoubtedly win Caribou a lot of new fans and rightfully so; it's a big, bold, tuneful collection that impresses with its ambition and meticulous arrangement.’
- Pitchformedia 8.3/10

‘expertly melds experimental electronica with pop sensibilities, a momentous addition to Caribou’s enviable discography.
- Tiny Mix Tapes – 4.5/5

Caribou live is renowned for deploying multiple drummers and synchronised visuals to bring to life the incredible melody filled explosiveness of their tunes. An absolute bargain (seriously) at five quid an advance ticket, with some brilliant local supports and DJs, and free entry to Cool For Cats club night afterwards, we’re even more certain than usual that this one is un-missable.

Click For:

Caribou Myspace

Caribou Official

Recommended for fans of:

Fourtet, M83, LCD Soundsystem, Neu!, Boards Of Canada, Can, Captain Beefheart

Photos:

Caribou Flickr page

Support:

D_rradio


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Daughters! Friday 12th October @ Independent, Sunderland

Yet another instalment of energetic noise this October with a feast of a show headlined by Hydrahead Records (also home of: Pelican, Jesu, Isis, Botch) almighty Daughters! Fresh from a stint of dates with The Fall of Troy this frenetic quintet will be hitting Sunderland’s Independent on the 12^th October to rip it up on a stage with Sweden's Grizzly Twister and the region’s very own D.I.Y legends, Lavotchkin.

This is another showcase for the uncomprimising, cutting edge of modern metal takes us Portions for Foxes lot back to our heady days sticking on the likes of Wives (who are now defunct and have went on to form NO AGE, and recently signed to none other than Sub Pop!), The Hope Conspiracy and Whores Whores Whores.

The most recent Daughters album, the chaotic, swaggering and clinically insane Hell Songs (Hydrahead, 2006) frantically flings short spiked tracks at the listener in a way that is both rhythmic and robotic, by assigning the melody of the tracks to their bass and bass drum.

“Daughters' uneasy marriage of Pussy Galore-cum-Locust attitude mirrors what they're attempting on Hell Songs: A unity of two different avant-gardes united mostly by a desire for shock and aural awe. The resulting songs might even work too well-- together, the disparate elements of grind and trashcan-rock come together so naturally that the result is almost conventional, which one has to think isn't really their intent. Forgive them for trying to freak us out: In the process, they've stumbled on to something.”

-Pitchfork Media.com

On October 12^th can we expect a selection of tracks from Daughters’ previous releases, including Canada Songs (2003's more straight up but no less ear-bursting grindcore debut), we can hope for a preview of some of the upcoming tracks that will feature on the release of their third LP, due in 2008.

Click For:

Daughters! myspace

Photos:

Daughters! Press

Recommended for fans of:

The Birthday Party, The Locust, Converge, Give Up The Ghost, Lightning Bolt

Support:

The Grizzly Twister (Sweden)

Lavotchkin

Tickets £7 Advance:

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Parts and Labor, Friday 5th October @ Independent, Sunderland

Brooklyn based Parts and Labor will be bloodying Independent, Sunderland's nose with a noise-anthem suckerpunch in October. It'll no doubt be a hit with the art-rock scene in the North-East. Portions for Foxes are always trying to take a step up from previous success and we're sure a band as boundary smashing as Parts and Labor will give us a push in the right direction.

The band is out on tour in the UK with their fourth LP on Jagjaguwar/Brah Records. Since its release in June Mapmaker has gone down a storm with the likes of Pitchforkmedia.com; describing it as an album of “uptempo noise punk with the irrepressible drums of Chris Weingarten, blurting and squealing keyboards to replace guitars, and the vocals always set to a strident, monotone bellow.” This is an album that offers a fine balance between “Frenetic drumming and counterpoint keyboard squeals” with churning sections of “simmering tension”.

On record this is a band that somehow manages to make distance seem close. It swirls around the room, catching you off-guard from all angles leaving unsure whether to dance around like you are at a punk-rock show or kick-back and float off on a rumbling storm-cloud.

A live performance by this energetic trio is more than likely to have its crowd unable to resist a bit of schizophrenic combustion-and there’s certainly plenty of room to do that on Independent’s sizeable floor space.

click for:

Parts And Labor Myspace

Parts And Labor Official

Reccomended for fans of:

Battles, !!!, Lightning Bolt, Husker Du, Neutral Milk Hotel, Battles

Press Sez:

“Brilliant sustained Noise-Rock…. Minimalists with a monumental impact”

-The New York Times

“Fist-pumping choruses and chaos; the sense of a song not just being sung, but being hurled over the side of a mountain.”

-Chicago Tribune

“What Parts and Labor have figured out how to do, in a way no one else really has, is to make noise anthemic.”

-Pitchfork Media

Photos:

More photos at:
http://www.partsandlabor.net/photos.html

Support:

The Burning Dice

A Book Burning Diet

Ryoga

Coldseat Djs

Tickets £4.00 +b.f. click HERE for tickets

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We have joined the Blogosphere. to what purpose is something as yet undecided on, but it ought to develop organically....if we don't get bored of it.

I guess we'll use it as a way to keep publicising our thoughts (maybe even controversial ones) on how things are going and allow a bit of insight into how the music scene in Newcastle and Sunderland is connected up...it was a bit dumb keeping everything on the cool for cats forum anyhow.

we'll stick news of what we're up to, bookings, details about bands we're involved with, goodies, interviews we end up doing and whatever here. should be fun.

there probably will not be any tired old 100 word album reviews or anything.

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Foxesxxx