North East East Africa Famine Benefit CD

Hi All,

In case you've missed it, we've been involved in curating a CD of North East bands (oh and Willy Mason) to sell to benefit the DEC East Africa Famine Appeal.

click to read more and buy:
North East East Africa Famine Charity CD

You can download tracks individually for £1 each, or buy the full CD with it's wonderful art by our resident poster designer Kerry Hyndman.

The CD features:
Futureheads, Willy Mason, Field Music, Shields, Age of Consent, Knuckle Dragger, The Lake Poets, Vinyl Jacket, Lanterns On the Lake, Maximo Park's Paul Smith, Here Comes Good Sailing, Young Liar, Symphonic Pictures, Warm Digits, We Are Knuckle Dragger, Let's Buy Happiness, Mammal Club and Waskerley Way.

Pretty much a who's who of sweet bands around here. Oh and one of my favourite songwriter's ever Willy Mason.

Don't screw up by ignoring it.

Spectrals @ The Cumberland Arms, Newcastle, October 14th

Portions For Foxes & Splash One are proud to present...

SPECTRALS (Leeds - Wichita Records)
+CULT IMAGE+FANTASY RAINBOW

THE CUMBERLAND ARMS

FRIDAY OCTOBER 14th

BUY TICKETS FOR SPECTRALS AT THE CUMBERLAND ARMS, NEWCASTLE

"Spectrals, aka 21 year old Louis Jones, has signed to Wichita for the release of his debut album.

'Bad Penny' is due for release on 17th October, featuring eleven new songs - none of which have appeared on previous releases."

Bringing their brand of dozy surf pop to Newcastle for the first time, we can't wait to welcome Spectrals to the Cumberland Arms in October

HI RES PHOTOS:
visit Spectral's website

Jeffrey Lewis + support @ The Cluny, Newcastle October 24th

portions for foxes presents:

JEFFREY LEWIS
+ very special guests
@ The Cluny, Byker
Monday October 24th

Tickets £10 advance;
BUY TICKETS FOR JEFFREY LEWIS AT THE CLUNY, NEWCASTLE


We are so stoked to have Jeff and his band back for the first time since our show in 2007.

If you haven't seen him before you may appreciably wonder why Jeff is practically a household name among indie rock fans of every stripe; his band's live show with Modern Lovers style rawk, strummy anti folk and illustrated storytelling are totally unique, inspiring and characterful and this tour for the new record A Turn In The Dream Songs is the best chance in the universe to check it out.

the initiated can sweat out the excitement for new Fuff and incredibly literate and witty new tunes, from someone who's been caught up touring lectures on Watchmen and writing songwriting guides for The New York Times.


PRESS:

"Weird? Very... but also downright inspiring" **** - Rolling Stone

“[Jeffrey Lewis is] The best lyricist working in the US today.” - Jarvis Cocker (Pulp)

“The Big Apple’s best-kept secret.... Genius-gone-ignored… mind-blowing." - NME

"Bizarre but brilliant" - Uncut

"Hands down my favorite contemporary songwriter" - Ben Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie)

“All my favorite songwriters are American – Jad Fair, Jonathan Richman and Jeffrey Lewis.” - Eddie Argos (Art Brut), Time Out New York

"At his best, [Lewis is] a vulnerable master of the humorously ineffable" - Robert Christgau

"Dazzling" - Mojo


HI RES PHOTOS:
email portions for foxes promo 'at' gmail dot com for photos

JEFFREY WEBSITE (WITH BIO)
Jeffrey Lewis' Website

Battles Newcastle Gateshead Town Hall Tickets

To those coming straight through google who want tickets to see battles at gateshead town hall, you can buy tickets here:

Battles Gateshead Town Hall Tickets.

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Battles @ Gateshead Old Town Hall November 17th

portions for foxes presents:

BATTLES
+ support
@ Gateshead Old Town Hall
17th November.

TICKETS:
Tickets £15 adv. from RPM, Beatdown Records,
and online here:


BLURB:
Battles play the incredible surroundings of Gateshead Old Town Hall on November 17th.

“When you see a band you really like, the reason you really like them is because you wish you’d had that idea. And when I saw Battles I thought, “Damn! Why didn’t I think of that?” Battles fan Brian Eno

You can often spot the best bands - the truly once-in-a-generation type - by their names alone. The all time greats usually come ready made with nomenclature that encapsulates their sound and ethos effortlessly. BATTLES are no exception. They are a rock group locked in conflict with the very limitations of what it means to be a rock group; conducting an all out assault on mediocrity and waging a fearsome campaign against genre conventions and pigeonholes. Their sound is that of an elite guard engaging in a series of complex sonic skirmishes. This is the sublime noise of equally talented musicians pushed to their limit - as interested in conducting synchronized audio attacks and ambushes on the listener as they are on each other.

IMAGES:
Download Hi res album art for Battles in Gateshead here

for more pictures and questions email portions for foxes promo at gmail dot com

Emmy The Great @ The Cluny, September 19th

portions for foxes presents:

EMMY THE GREAT
plus support
@ Newcastle, Cluny
September 19th

TICKETS:
Tickets from RPM Records, Beatdown Records, Cluny and here:
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/124330

INFO:
Emmy the Great is both a solo and collaborative project. Based around the words and music of singer-songwriter Emma-Lee Moss, it developed sonically with Euan Hinshelwood, guitarist in East London's Younghusband. The two are often joined by a a collective of musicians including Tom Rogerson of Three Trapped Tigers, Jenny Lau of the Mules, Ric Hollingbery of Pengilly's and Younghusband members Pete Baker and Joe Chilton.

The band's second album, Virtue, will be released in 2011. Mixing themes from myths, fairy tales and saints' lives, using the voices of archetypal female protagonists, and mixing classical images with the modern industrial images that have replaced them, the album started out as a purely third person project, but took on a personal tinge when Emma got caught up in her fiance's sudden religious conversion and the break-up of their relationship. The album was recorded very quickly after the summer of her cancelled wedding, with chief bridesmaid Euan, and legendary producer Gareth Jones (Depeche Mode, Grizzly Bear, These New Puritans).

CONTACT:

portions for foxes promo 'at' gmail dot com for hi res images

REVIEWS:

Mojo **** Uncut **** Financial Times **** Manchester Evening News ***** The Fly **** Telegraph ****

The Times **** Vice Magazine 8/10 Hi-fi News 9.4/10 Drowned in Sound 8/ 10

"Resigned but never accusatory, it makes for poignant reassurance that sometimes feeling utterly bewildered and lost is not only natural, but a strange and unmistakeable cause for optimism." - BBC

"One of the boldest young writers in pop today." - The Guardian

"Ambitious, thoughtful, outright feminist pop." - the Mirror (***)

"She's starting to develop a lyrical mysticism that's direct, human and fascinating." - The Arts Desk

"What folk music has been praying for" - Evening Standard

The Low Anthem @ Gateshead Old Town Hall August 16th

portions for foxes presents;

THE LOW ANTHEM
@ Gateshead Old
Old Town Hall
August 16th
Tickets £15 advance (see below)


The Low Anthem play the beautiful Town Hall in Gateshead on this one off show August 16th. From its hand silkscreened cover art to its meticulously crafted songs, The Low Anthem offers work meant to be held, savored, contemplated, and occasionally stomped along to.

The Providence, RI, trio’s massively acclaimed debut 'OH My God, CHarlie Darwin' offers a distinctly human touch in an era of instant uploading and ephemeral expression. The mood of Oh My God, Charlie Darwin is melancholic from the start—quiet, intimate, full of longing, and often hauntingly beautiful. In its lyrics, a dog-eat-dog society is nearing collapse and relationships are bruised, broken, or irretrievably lost. Yet in their tenor there is a pencil shaving of hope.

"A fine mix of hymnal purity and barn-storming rock" 4/5 Uncut

"the songs of Oh My God, Charlie Darwin infuse you with familiarity like an embroidered pillow on an old porch that says ‘home sweet home’.
Drowned in Sound 8/10

WHERE IS THE TOWN HALL?
Read about the town hall here

TICKETS:
Tickets are £15 Advance. Available at RPM Records, Beatdown Records and here:
LOW ANTHEM GATESHEAD TOWN HALL TICKETS


Doors at 8pm

James Vincent Mcmorrow @ The Cluny, Newcastle

JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW @ THE CLUNY, NEWCASTLE

Conceived and written in a 5 month period in a house by the Irish seaside, JVMcM's debut LP 'Early in the morning' has been hailed in his homeland as "one of the first truly great albums of the decade" (The Dubliner), before receiving a torrent of acclaim upon its release here.

...The record showcases a fragile, falsetto voice breathing intricate melodic lines and harmonies that are lyrically infatuated with the whistful and mournful.

The rustic arrangements of chords and vocal vanish and return like the ebbing and flowing of a river through cold autumn woodland.

Since 2010 James has earned an American contract with Vagrant and early comparisons to Justin Vernon and Crosby Stills and Nash. Though in the dreamy falsetto vocals, and the fact that everything involved was written and performed by one person, 'Early in the Morning' has a flavour and posture entirely its own.

SOME REVIEWS:
Sounds both fresh and as if they’ve been in your head forever…McMorrow’s debut deserves its success” Q, ****

“A captivating debut…An arresting journey from emotional trials to aural pleasure” Uncut, ****

“Vocals, lyrics and arrangements whose restraint and subtletly are totally at odds with the profound impact and resonance of his songs' Sunday Times Culture, Breaking Act

“Gorgeous…a similar beauty to James Blake’s current hit” NME

“Haunting, atmospheric…wintry wistfulness” Guardian

TICKETS ARE £8.50 Advance.
BUY TICKETS FOR JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW AT THE CLUNY, NEWCASTLE HERE

PHOTOS:
For hi-res photos of James Vincent Mcmorrow to accompany your article, post, or preview
Click here (under 'downloads')

LISTEN:
Some Videos of James Vincent Mcmorrow on Youtube.

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Willy Mason @ The Cluny, 19th May

Willy Mason is best known for his top 30 single 'Oxygen', which precipitated a UK tour in support of Radiohead, and the album 'Where The Humans Eat', written when he was just a teenager, but showcasing an incredible level of wisdom and piercing emotional insight. His most recent album 'If The Ocean Gets Rough' has been supplemented by scores of songs released online and self released tour E.P.s distributed at shows with the likes of Mark Lanegan and Isobell Campbell.

He has been called 'the next generation of Americana' by Uncut, and his UK shows are notorious for involving huge sing alongs, playing to people that know every word of his impassioned and uplifting take on the American songbook. Then there's his voice; timeless as an oak-tree and warm as a bonfire.

Last September he played a tiny show in newcastle Portions for Foxes organised with the help of Architecture. It was one of the best we've ever hosted and we can't wait for his return.

Tickets:
Click here for tickets for Willy Mason at the Cluny

Poster:
Visit the blog of Kerry Hyndman, who designed the poster for this show.

Photos:
Click Here for Hi-Res Photos for Willy Mason at The Cluny (Note: Uploaded to TinyPic, ignore the ads.

Video:
Click here for a short of Willy performing at the Tunstall Hill Sessions, at 2010's Split Festival.