portions for foxes presents: Jeffrey Lewis and Peter Stampfel @ The Cluny, Byker Newcastle June 3rd

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www.thejeffreylewissite.com

 

 An awesome one off show from the man Jarvis Cocker describes as the finest song-writer of his generation, and a beatnik legend from the generation previous.

 

The Jeffrey Lewis & Peter Stampfel Band hits the UK in May 2013, with a new album in tow!  Songwriter and visual artist Jeffrey Lewis is renowned for his six albums of twisted garage-indie-folk on Rough Trade, while Grammy winner Peter Stampfel now celebrates 50(!) years of making totally off-the-wall folk music, most famously with the Holy Modal Rounders and the Fugs (in addition to being featured on the Easy Rider soundtrack, and more notable albums and collaborations than you'd care to count).  Although forty years apart in age, these two New Yorkers share an obsession with both comic books and songs, as well as a collaborative history that has spawned some of the most unexpected and delightful music of recent years! A tour from this pair (and their full 5-piece band, w/ guest-star Franic of the Wave Pictures on mandolin) is an event not to be missed. 

 

 "…it's a gig of equals. [...] they are quite a duo, this mismatched but perfectly compatible pair of New Yorkers." - **** - The Guardian 

 

"Jeffrey Lewis continues to amaze in 10,000 ways... Peter Stampfel is a name that should drop some jaws if you’re into important figures in psych-folk history. Stampfel even contributed to the liner notes for Harry Smith’s Anthology of Folk Music, for Pete’s sake!."  Tiny Mix Tapes

portions for foxes presents: GHOSTPOET @ Cluny, Byker Newcastle May 23rd (2013)

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www.ghostpoet.co.uk

We can't wait to welcome back an artist that played one of our absolute favourite gigs last year!

Ghostpoet’s debut album, Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam, marked him out as one of the most distinct, uncategorisable and forward-thinking voices to emerge in British music this decade, and it was rewarded with a surprise Mercury Prize nomination in 2011. It was a sudden rise for a man who for whom news of a record deal came in the same week that he was made redundant from his office job in insurance.

Ghostpoet’s creativity has blossomed even more on his second album, Some Say I So I Say Light, pushed even further in all directions than on Peanut Butter Blues. Whereas Peanut Butter Blues was entirely self-produced on a computer in Ghostpoet’s bedroom, Some Say I So I Say Light is a studio-based work co-produced with the talented Richard Formby (Wild Beasts, Darkstar, Egyptian Hip-Hop) largely on analogue equipment.

The result is an incredibly eclectic mix of industrial beats, sonorous piano lines and hyper-detailed ornamentation.  The sound of the album is generally moodier, written on piano in a claustrophobic Dalson flat, with Ghostpoet choosing to confront darker feelings he would usually ignore when creating music. The tunes take on a huge range of new sounds and influence; cinematic horns, string-led chamber music, afrobeat, two-tone and moody, abstract soundscapes. All of this is tied together by Ghostpoet’s unique voice; stamping an album that marks a step upward with his one-of-a-kind identity.

Last gig sold out quick so get tickets!