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

GET GHOSTPOET CLUNY TICKETS HERE

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!

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:

please email portions for foxes promo 'at' gmail dot com for hi-res
















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

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 @ 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.

Casiotone For The Painfully Alone + Withered Hand @ The Other Rooms Fri 12th November

PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE OTHER ROOMS, TIME SQUARE.

SEE DIRECTIONS TO THE OTHER ROOMS

We're so glad to have Casiotonetone for the Painfully Alone playing in Newcastle as part of his Farewell Tour.

Owen Ashworth has been making music since 1997, and has performed and toured as Cftpa for 13 years.

In that time he pioneered a an ultra lo fi aesthetic, using just some inexpensive battery operated keyboards and electronics and a 4 track cassette recorder to create an utterly idiosyncratic accompaniment to his occasionally funny and almost always heart rending confessional lyrics.

Its with this set up that he performs on this, his last ever tour.

WITHERED HAND:

Casiotone For The Painfully Alone will be supported by Edinburgh's Withered Hand on this date.
Withered Hand is on Absolutely Kosher Records (Mountain Goats, The Wrens) and is one of my favourite songwriters.
Here's Mojo's 4 star review
"his impressive debut Dan Willson’s alter ego attains the celestial lustre of that holy grail of lapsed evangelical folk nouveau, the first Palace Brothers album."

Damn right. Damn, Right?


For Fans Of:
If you've been lit up inside by the likes of Mountain Goats, Jeffrey Lewis, The Smiths, Magnetic Fields or Why? in the past, but haven't heard ctfpa; please don't pass over on this one.

Pictures:

CLICK HERE FOR HI RES PHOTOS OF CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE IN NEWCASTLE

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS OF WITHERED HAND

PRESS/ QUOTES:

CLICK HERE FOR PRESS FOR CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE


TICKETS:

CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS FOR CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE

Wolves In The Throne Room @ Cluny 2, November 29th

portions for foxes presents:

WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM (US, Southern Lord)
www.wittr.com
+ Khunnt
+ Wodensthrone

@ CLUNY 2, NOVEMBER 29th.

from Southern Lord Bio;
"During the Summer of 2002 at an Earth First rendezvous in the Cascade Mountains of Washington State, guitarist Nathan Weaver was inspired to create a band that merged a Cascadian eco-spiritual awareness with the misanthropic Norwegian eruptions of the 90's. The band envisioned would strive to create a mythic space where artist and listener alike could strip away the mindset of the mundane to reveal a more ancient and transcendent consciousness. The mysterious and wild energies of the untrammeled forests of the Northwest would be channeled into sonic form."

"The fall of 2006 brought a pact with Southern Lord records and the beginning of a relationship with producer-engineer Randall Dunn. (SUNN O))), Earth, Grails) Their epic album Two Hunters is a masterfully dark and emotional document that further established Wolves in the Throne Room as a band totally unafraid to follow their own path."

Reviews:
"dark, haunting music that's as gorgeous as it is ugly. "
pitchfork 7.7.

MP3s
listen to Wanderer Above A Sea Of Fog:
http://www.southernlord.com/mp3/Wolves%20Edit.mp3

IMAGES and PRESS:
Click here for images and press for Wolves In The Throne Room Newcastle
Tickets here and at RPM Records and Beatdown:

TICKETS £10 Advance Click below or visit Beatdown or RPM Records
Click here for Wolves In The Throne Room Newcastle tickets

Last Lungs @ Head Of Steam, November 19th

portions presents:

LAST LUNGS (Deep Elm)
http://www.myspace.com/lastlungs

@ Head Of Steam, Friday November 19th

for fans of; Explosions In The Sky, Mogwai, Appleseed Cast

"A meticulous merger of glistening beauty and glaring power, LAST LUNGS glows on their debut with a sprawling display of melody, mood and superior sonic craftsmanship. Like am old grizzly bear walking ever so gently through the forest knowing it can exert tremendous force at will, the album alternates unpredictably between explosive intensity and sparkling serenity...whispering and screaming, all without words. The flawless flow of soaring guitars and storming soundscapes aside, it's really Last Lungs' keen ability to know just when to punch in and pull back that undoubtedly casts an anchor for this band on the modern instrumental stage. Look At That Old Grizzly Bear is elegantly epic, sweepingly cinematic music that always pays off."

support:
http://www.myspace.com/arcsandtrauma
+
www.myspace.com/waskerleyway

Tickets £4 on the door or at RPM Records.

Door 7pm

Titus Andronicus @ Cluny 2 November 23rd

portions for foxes presents:















TITUS ANDRONICUS (US, Xl Records)

...Titus Andronicus is a punk/indie rock band from Glenn Rock New Jersey.

Their two records 2008's 'Airing Of Grievances' and 2010's 'The Monitor', with their sprawling song lengths and euphoric sing along moments, give an impression of what Bruce Springsteen would sound like if he were raised on Neutral Milk Hotel or My Bloody Valentine records rather than Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison.

'The Monitor', Titus' loosely conceptual album based on the American Civil War (with a lyric sheet that reads like Albert Camus if he were Not In Education, Employment or Training) is the funnest, most singularly giant sized 'FUCK YOU' to the modern world ever commited to plastic.
Pianos crash, lead guitars howl squealing rock and roll jigs over velvety beds of shoegaze fuzz, harmonicas, trumpets, strings and bagpipes swell and lift, grab you by the gut, by the ear; yelling sweat-drenched, feverish glee between the earlobes. It's almost impossible not to sing along,

Large size photo of band:
CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS OF TITUS ANDRONICUS IN NEWCASTLE

Band Website:

http://www.myspace.com/titusandronicus

Reviews:
punknews - 4.5/5
pitchfork 8.5
drowned in sound 9/10
guardian 4/5
rock sound 7/10

fans of: Springsteen, Desaparecidos, Arcade Fire, My Bloody Valentine

Tickets are £7.50 advance.

CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS FOR TITUS ANDRONICUS IN NEWCASTLE

Edwyn Collins @ The Cluny November 9th

The legendary scottish songwriter, Postcard Records co-founder and ex frontman of the seminal 80's post punk act Orange Juice.

We are so proud to be bring a living legend with such an incredibly influential 30 year history of pop music to Newcastle.

Edwyn is touring in support of his seventh studio album 'Losing Sleep', which comes in leui of his miraculous recovery from a serious brain hemorrhage and illness in 2005, which left him paralysed down one side and with a condition called aphasia, hindering his ability to speak.

The album features an diverse array of contributing artists and co-writers from some of pop and rock's most well known acts, past and present: Ryan Jarman (The Cribs), Johnny Marr (uh, The Smiths), Roddy Frame, Alex Kapranos, Nick McCarthy (both Franz Ferdinand) Romeo Stodart (Magic Numbers) and The Drums.

______________

Collins was a leading figure on the alternative Scottish scene in the late 1970s and 1980s, forming his first band, Nu-Sonics, aged 17. The band was later renamed Orange Juice, their first single released on Postcard Records (who later became home to Aztec Camera and Josef K). They then inked a deal with Polydor and released four studio albums whose jaunty, lustrous take on post punk; bouncing on David Mclymont's rubbery basslines and floating on Collin's chiming diminished chords and his breathy, sinus inflected voice, took a knife-blade eccentricity and carved out a hole in the belly of Post Punk .

The band briefly broke into the mainstream with Rip It Up in 1983, a hit so big that Simon Reynolds chose the name for his definitive book on post punk music.
The band disbanded a year later.
Edwyn then pursued a solo career with mixed results until A Girl Like You, a top 10 hit in seven countries in 1995 that anyone over 18 is guaranteed to have heard on the radio at some point in their lives.
Collins has recently turned to producing, working with acts including Sons and Daughters, The Cribs and Little Barrie.

Edwyn tours now after making an incredible return to the stage following a cerebral hemorrhage in 2005.

TICKETS:

TICKETS ARE £15 Advance available at RPM Records. or online:
CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS FOR EDWYN COLLINS AT NEWCASTLE CLUNY

IMAGES:

CLICK HERE FOR HI RES IMAGES FOR EDWYN COLLINS @ NEWCASTLE CLUNY

pff presents: Melt Banana @ Star And Shadow Cinema, October 18th

Melt Banana are a 'noise-punk' band from Tokyo, Japan.

How to describe Melt Banana is so difficult that it's easier to look at the facts and the panaroma of their career of over 15 years, 10 albums and 23 EPS and try to see which adjectives stick best.

Most obvious is a furious inventiveness that has burnt like a gasoline bonfire for nearly two decades without any sign of burning out. In the ash left behind: years of music that somehow melds ultra fast, twitching punk and hardcore with huge riffs and moments of constant feedback to squawking half cartoon half hip hop vocals. If Melt Banana was a spray tin can of sugar infused cream cheese (which it could be) it'd come with added e-numbers and a 5% digital hardcore 10% noise-trash extra Free.

BUT! To focus on their recorded output wouldn't be the best marker for how much of a treat this live show will be: Melt Banana's live shows and sets have been issued around the world as a recording of how incredibly they can intersperse their hits with seconds long ultrasonic musical hand grenades and freeform improvisation. Something worth trawling youtube for, if you aren't worried about spoiling the surprise.

Tickets are £10 Advance, available at RPM Records.

or Click Here for Tickets for Melt Banana in Newcastle.

Click Here for the Star And Shadow Website.

Photographs:

Click for Photographs for Melt Banana in Newcastle

Support:
support acts TBC

Fang Island @ Cluny 2 Monday Sept. 6th

Portions for foxes presents:
Fang Island
+ Support

Fang Island is an incredibly explosive, heavily caffeinated, monster. One likely to seize, besiege, and overpower your senses in a pink/purple spray of Diesel ( does anyone still drink that?) vomit strewn with chunks of riffs, soloing and vocal harmony...yawned straight from the party mouth of Andrew WK.

This is what happiness sounds like!
http://www.myspace.com/fangisland
http://fangisland.com/bio/

Tickets:
Tickets £7.50 advance
Click forTickets for Fang Island in Newcastle

Photos:
Click Here for Hi Res Photographs of Fang Island

Listen:
Click Here for 'Daisy' (its a video.)

Quotes:
"llike some crazy jam session between Fairport Convention and Faith No More, or between the Incredible String Band and Deep Purple as conducted by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, only played by people dressed as human-sized furry cartoon animals because it seemed like a fun idea"
The Guardian

"Fang Island are simply Killer Fun"
Mojo 4/5

"A Joyous, jangling, low fidelity mess of riffs and shout a long choruses"
Vice 8/10

"This music is just honest and life-affirming and infectious, and it's that rare concentration of directness and simplicity that makes Fang Island so uniquely and wonderfully inclusive"
Pitchfork 8.3/10.

The band have a perpetual smile on their face, a sun shiny, achingly positive mix of Trans Am, The Fucking Champs, Don Caballero and Boston'
Rock Sound

FACEBOOK EVENT:
Click here for Fang Island Newcastle Facebook Event

Diane Cluck at Morden Tower, Newcastle September 21st

Diane Cluck plays a low key gig for us this September in the turret room of Morden Tower, a Newcastle poetry reading room with an incredibly rich history (read more about Morden Tower here)

Frequently associated with the New York anti-folk scene, Diane's music makes an awkward fit among the likes of Moldy Peaches or sometime collaborator Jeffrey Lewis. On her records to date, including the best known 'Oh Vanille, Ova Nil' she writes like a creepier, more agitated Joni Mitchell or Karen Dalton. The minimalistic acoustic arrangements leave the focus almost entirely on her incredible voice, its wonderful range given to coiling into a dissonant wail on 'Easy To Be Around' or 'My Teacher Died'.

In 2007, when Diane last played Newcastle, hearing such an arresting instrument live was an awkard joy t0 behold, equally unnerving and beautifully arresting. As though a vinly recording of an exotic songbird were being played backwards.

For this gig Diane will play with Anders Griffin, (Regina Spektor, Frank Lowe, Jeffrey Lewis) a multi-directional drum set player who performs with a range of choreographers, jazz musicians and song writers. He is characterized by his unique, supportive accompaniment and ability to play in acoustic situations with sensitivity and nuance. He holds a degree in music composition and is the head catalog librarian at the Manhattan School of Music.

A very limited amount of tickets are available. Gig is Bring Your Own Beer.

Click Here For Tickets for Diane Cluck in Newcastle

or get tickets for Diane Cluck in Newcastle at RPM Records.

PHOTOS:

Click here for Photos of Diane Cluck

MP3s:
Click here for 'Easy To Be Around'

CONTACT:

get me on portions for foxes at gmail dot com for details.

DUM DUM GIRLS @ The Cluny, July 26th

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Dum Dum Girls play girl-group rock and roll which, with the help of Richard Gotterher's production work, buries insanely catchy melodies beneath a shimmering cloak of ethereal echoes and twinkling lead guitars.

They call the sound the 'Blissed Out Buzzsaw', which sounds like it could be heavy metal, but rather than jarr your ears, Dum Dum Girls record 'I Will Be' is eleven of the most sugary sweet pop songs in existence right now.

TICKETS:
TICKETS ARE £8 advance at RPM
or CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS TO DUM DUM GIRLS IN NEWCASTLE

PRESS:
CLICK HERE TO READ PRESS FOR I WILL BE


PHOTOS:
CLICK HERE FOR HI RES PHOTOS OF DUM DUM GIRLS:

MP3s:
Click here to hear 'Jail La La' from 'I Will Be'