P4f Presents: Lucero @ Newcastle Cluny, November 26th

Portions For Foxes Presents:
LUCERO + support

@ Newcastle Cluny, November 26th 

Tickets £9.50 advance- available:
Here via the cluny

We're so pleased to have Lucero back. With a deserved reputation as the best americana/punk band touring today and with absolute die hard fans that know it, Lucero have always come off as an amalgam of every great heartland rock or rock and roll band that ever inspired the same in their fans; Springsteen, Social Distortion, Uncle Tupelo and The Replacements are especially good reference points for their rawkus blue-collar punk-narratives.

On their recent album, 'Women and Work', Lucero have stopped flirting with their latent country and old-school rock and roll influences, and dived headlong into creating a record that owes as much to Joe Cocker as it does Joe Strummer.

 In amongst the old-school rock'n'roll shufflers and country soul ballads are blasts of horn section, twinkling pedal steel and full on gospel choral music, full of heart and gutsy production by Gaslight Anthem producer Ted Hutt (and hey-didn't these guys lay down the blueprint GA later refined?).

Lucero's recent move to ATO Recods, home of Drive By Truckers and My Morning Jacket, truly cements their name as one long-lived and ever brilliant band sharing a stable with those cut from the same booze-drenched, plaid patterned cloth.

Video:
Watch the video for the new Lucero single

Press?
for hi-res images / band blurbs etc.
e-mail portions for foxes 'at' gmail dot com 

The Heartbreaks @ Head Of Steam, Newcastle May 14th

Portions For Foxes Presents:

THE HEARTBREAKS
+ Brilliant Mind + Retriever
@ Head Of Steam
Monday May 14th

Tickets £6 advance:
get em here: Heartbreaks Newcastle Head of Steam Tickets
or at RPM Records

Since the release of their last single ‘Jealous, Don’t You Know’, The Heartbreaks have
packed a great deal into a short space of time. They've supported both Morrissey and Hurts across Europe. ‘Funtimes’, their debut album. is a 10 track collection of bright, witty and youthful anthems. It combines ferocious, rattling drums and chiming guitars with Motown hooks that come together
with the knowing swagger and melodic lushness of all great life affirming pop. With a shimmer that displays a love of Northern Soul 45s and the girl-group soul of The Ronettes and the Shangri-Las, The Heartbreaks' sound is as classic as the ideas and musical influences behind it.

The album was produced by Tristan Ivemy (Babyshambles, Frank Turner, The
Holloways) with additional production from Joe Cross (Hurts, Sound of Arrows) and the
track ‘Remorseful’ by Edwyn Collins and Sebastian Lewsley.

The foursome, from Morecambe, formed in May 2009 after growing up together bonding
over shared passions; Motown, bittersweet romance and the English seaside. Still in
their early 20s, it quickly became apparent that they harboured the same dream: to
create a band that really meant something to people. And here it begins; with ‘Funtimes’.

PRESS:
“They’ve got the tunes in spades and their jangle-pop reeks with the sorrow
of a Mr Whippy dropped in gravelly sand. And it’s delicious. ” NME

"They are the next great benchmark in British rock ‘n’ roll mythology." i-D

“Their lovelorn, nostalgia-tinged pop is right on the money” The Fly

“Irresistible. The Heartbreaks are going to be huge.” Notion

PHOTOS:
for Hi-Res photos of The Heartbreaks, please contact:
beth@purplepr.com/0207 434 7095

Ghostpoet @ The Cluny, Newcastle 27th February

portions for foxes presents:
GHOSTPOET
+ Alt J

@ The Cluny, Newcastle
27th February

Tickets £12 from RPM, Beatdown stores
PLEASE BUY FROM LOCAL RECORD STORES!

or click the following:
GHOSTPOET CLUNY TICKETS

Born and raised somewhere between London, Coventry, Nigeria and Dominica, Obaro admits that his heritage is important to him, but that it hasn’t consciously affected his musical career: “My parents enjoyed listening to music around the house but never really encouraged it as a career. I kind of pursued listening to various sounds late into the night when the house was asleep.” And as for attempting to pinpoint his tastes… it’s hard to gauge when his palette flips from Badly Drawn Boy’s ‘The Hour Of The Bewilderbeast’ (the first CD he ever bought) to the angular dynamics of the UK grime scene via Iggy Pop, Fela Kuti, Radiohead, MF Doom and Squarepusher. This was the music that captured his imagination at university, where Obaro was part of a grime collective: “One of the guys made the beats with Reason, he taught me the basics and I kind of stumbled, bumbled and fumbled my way to the present.”

The 'present' Obaro talks about? a Mercury Prize nomination in 2011 and widespread celebration of his debut as the most nuanced, original and characterful debut in hip hop since Original Pirate Material.

TICKETS £12 advance:
TICKETS FOR GHOSTPOET @ THE CLUNY NEWCASTLE

PHOTOS OF GHOSTPOET:

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PRESS:

"Rarely does a British debut album forge such a fully formed, genuinely unique direction that attempts to slot it into established scenes prove almost entirely fruitless. You probably have to go back to Original Pirate Material, in fact, for similar impact." BBC

Ghostpoet (aka Obaro Ejimiwe) fresh outta the West Midlands, has been making a serious dent on the live circuit this summer thanks to his storytelling skills. if you don’t know about his suave Brit-hop style already, get involved. - Mixmag 5/5

“With lullabies to hypnotise, this somnolent spirit is sleepwalking his way to greatness”
The Guardian

“A mix between Mos Def’s halfhearted croon and Tunde Adebimpe [lead singer of TV On The Radio] on quaaludes”.
Patric Fallon, XLR8R

“(A voice that is) idiosyncratic. It has a quality of it’s own. Languid, laidback, pensive, wise and broken. Sad but hopeful at the same time.” Nobodydancenomore