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

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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:

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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