A killer week of shows to tell you about - some sold out and some still ready to welcome any late-planners…
Yacht - Tuesday - XOYO
Yacht are back with a blistering new single on DFA. Their shows with us have always been party affairs. How better to spend a Tuesday?
Trailer Trash Traceys - Tuesday - Hoxton Bar and Kitchen
Fresh from their releasing a killer debut record, East London’s finest park themselves in Hoxton Bar and Kitchen for what we’re sure will be a triumphant showing.
Grimes - Wednesday - XOYO
Star of the moment Grimes returns to London and to XOYO for her biggest show here to date. This one is sold out - as is her return leg at Heaven in September. There ought to be a palpable buzz amongst those of you lucky enough to snag tickets.
Perfume Genius - Thursday - St Pancras Old Church
The first of two sold out shows for rising icon Perfume Genius. He was interviewed with Michael Stipe in the Independent last weekend, confirming his status as one of the brightest songwriting talents around. This one is sure to be an emotional and intense night.
We are extremely excited to confirm that BEAK> will now be supporting The Horrors at Brixton Academy at the end of the month (tickets on sale here).
BEAK> is a Bristol based project, made up of Billy Fuller, Matt Williams and Geoff Barrow. We heavily recommend their self-titled debut album, and their Tumblr, found here.
The superb Trailer Trash Traceys debut touched down in January this year and we’re still burning our way through this track. Excited for their stage return next week at Hoxton Bar and Kitchen!
We are hopelessly addicted to the new Yacht single, coming out on the ever-reliable DFA records. There are hallmarks of that labels classic sound and something slightly 2002 about this one. Hit play below.
Watching Zulu Winter’s rapid rise over the past 6 months has been exciting. The band first started to turn heads with their own blog - believe it or not - with none of their own music posted initially. Instead they wrote about obscure Czech films, rare records and all sorts of other off-the-beaten path stuff. The logic behind the buzz was: this band have superb taste, their music must be brilliant. It was a logical leap that paid off. Their music is informed by this wealth of good taste they possess but struts in pop land too with some huge hooks all over debut record “Language”. Field Day caught up with the band recently and asked them to hark back to their beginnings, making them a YouTube mixtape. Here it is…
Zulu Winter play for us at Boston Arms on 17th May.
Captain Beefheart Interview on Band Stand
The Captain terrorises another woman! No one will ever know what he says to her when the track’s playing but apparently she was later seen running around a wood naked whilst barking like a chiuaua… Dom
Eskaton - Dagon
This is a song from a French group off a psych funk collection put out by World Psychedelic Funk Classics. The way it builds and then explodes at the end is astonishing. Henry
Holy Fuck remix of Nude
Holy Fuck are one of the most inspiring live bands around and their show at the Breeders ATP was well in my top 5 gigs. I was very pleased to stumble across this clip and it was exciting for me to listen to one of my favourite artists remix another of my favourite artist’s. I’m also particularly fond of it as it brings a very typical Holy Fuck sound to the track and offers something very different to your standard software/heavily computerised remix. Guy
Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened
One of my favourite groups at the moment. I’ve listened to them a few times over the years and it’s never really made the mark I thought it would. That’s all changed now… Henry
A puppet play by author Mila Kolarova
Watching theatre on screen never quite does it justice and this clip also takes a while to get going. If you can sit through a fairly slow start then it’s very amusing and clever little scene. I’d love to actually see it done live - I’ll be keeping an eye for any London trip the company might be doing. I can imagine it’s the sort thing that would be great stumble across in the early hours at a festival. Guy Warm Dust - Blood Of My Father
A British ‘progressive jazz rock band’ so says Wikipedia… Don’t let that put you off. This is off the album Peace Of Our Times and has been getting some heavy rotation over the last 6 months. Henry
Wolf People - Tiny Circle
Beard in the wind! Will
Caribou Vibration Ensemble Featuring Marshall Allen - Everytime She Turns Round It’s Her Birthday
Guy (the drummer) will probably choke when reading this but I think I possible enjoyed their live album more than Odessa… Maybe it’s just because it was a bit of a change but still very much Dan Snaith. I brilliant live record. Henry
The Power of Music - Jack Leroy Tueller
I came across this randomly one day whilst bored and looking at a video website called wimp.com and was amazed by the balls of the bloke. It serves as a good reminder of what can be achieved by music, and how getting the right tone or note is not always something thats thought of but often comes straight from the heart. Iain
Polica - Wandering Star
We recently toured with Polica in the states. Really really mesmerising live and beautiful people. Also check out Marijuana Deathsquads and find the missing link… Will
Mmoths - Thanx
Mmoths has done a remix for us recently and we’re pretty pleased. Excited about it coming out so keep your ears peeled. Henry
Armando Sciascia - Circuito Chiuso
This is off the same Psychedelic Funk collection. It’s too good to not put a couple on here… Henry Der Lauf Der Dinge (the way things go) By Fischili and Weiss
This is the original kinetic sculpture, Its long but I think its worth it, made in 87’ it is the influence for OKGO’s vid and the honda advert. It explores state change and repetition I like the way you can see the energy being passed on and morphing from a liguid to a gas to a solid and even fire. It serves as a reminder of the ever changing world and that really when it comes down to it everything is the same we are all part of a big wheel blah blah blah. Anyway its pretty much the best game of dominos ever! Iain
Chairlift - Amanaemonesia
We recently played some shows with them. Fun people and a ridiculously catchy tune. Will
Uknown - Moon Play
I stumbled across this on the excellent Toys and Techniques blog. Don’t know who made this or why but glad that someone did. Dom
We thought we’d mix it up a little this week, what with the particular visual artists we have - and present a bit of a video guide to who we have in store. So here it is, the inaugural EYOE week in videos.
White Rabbits - XOYO - Tuesday
Terrific video from White Rabbits - we’re big fans of both the song and the visuals, which look almost cast from myth. White Rabbits are joined by Sunless 97 in support, who made one of our favourite EPs from last year…
Siren - Shacklewell Arms - Thursday
Check out the uber-cool video for Buckets of Blood above. Love this song.
Here We Go Magic - Saturday- Sebright Arms
The new Here We Go Magic record is a product of their studio work with the amazing Nigel Godrich. It’s completely amazing but we can’t get an older song of theirs out of our minds - “Fangela”. Take a fresh listen above. In support we have the always brilliant Porcelain Raft. Here’s one from his most recent record…
