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Shopping announce new album, ‘The Official Body’, plus UK shows with Gauche

Aaron Lohan — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 11:14:30 +0000

London/Glasgow post punks Shopping have announced the release of their upcoming third album, ‘The Official Body’.

It will be released on the 19th January via FatCat Records. You can watch the video for the first single, ‘The Hype’, below.

The band will also be playing some UK shows with Gauche, who feature members of Priests and Downtown Boys. This DC band’s latest release is their mini-album ‘Get Away With…’, which was released on cassette in 2015 via Sister Polygon Records and earlier this year on vinyl via Danger Records.

Get Away with Gauche by Gauche

NOVEMBER
06 GLASGOW Vic Cafe Bar, Art School w/ Vixxxionary
07 LEEDS Wharf Chambers w/ Autobodies
08 YORK The Crescent^
09 CARDIFF Gwdihw Cafe Bar w/ Lawndale High
10 LONDON Kamio w/ The World
11 MANCHESTER Fuel Cafe Bar^* w/ Unpaid Intern
12 BRIGHTON The Pipeline* w/ Slum of Legs, Porridge Radio + The Snivellers

^ w/ Eureka California
* Gauche only

photo: CJ Monk

Eureka California sign to Scopitones plus UK shows

Aaron Lohan — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 23:50:57 +0000

Athens, GA duo Eureka California have announced that they have signed to The Wedding Present’s own label Scopitones.

The band will be releasing their latest 7″ ‘Wigwam’ for a UK release soon. It was originally released earlier this year via Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records in the US.

Wigwam 7" by Eureka California

The band will also be playing the following UK shows next month.

NOVEMBER
02 LIVERPOOL Maguire’s Pizza Bar w/ Good Grief, Fort Baxter + The AV Society + MultiTap
03 LONDON Sound Savers w/ Suggested Friends + Solution Hours
04 BRIGHTON West Hill Hall w/ Cowtown, Bloom + The Snivellers
05 EXETER Cavern w/ The Fairweather Band + Metronomic Underground
06 CARDIFF The Moon w/ Guide Dog, Pink Grapefruit + MultiTap
07 GLASGOW Nice N Sleazy w/ Womps, The Pale Kids + WHYNO?
08 YORK The Crescent* w/ Shopping
09 LEEDS Wharf Chambers w/ Milk Crimes
10 NOTTINGHAM JT Soar w/ Slumb Party, Unqualified Nurse Band + Cherry Hex and the Dream Church
11 MANCHESTER Fuel Cafe Bar* w/ Unpaid Intern

* w/ Gauche

Cowtown stream remix of ‘Emojicore’ by Deerhoof’s Greg Saunier

Aaron Lohan — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 23:10:05 +0000

Leeds alt rockers Cowtown recently revealed a video for the remixed version of their song ‘Emojicore’.

Originally taken from their 2016 fourth album ‘Paranormal Romance’ on Hot Salvation Records and Audacious Art Experiment, this new version was mixed by DJ Earl Grey Supreme, aka Deerhoof drummer Greg Saunier. The song is available for purchase on bandcamp, with all proceeds going towards Heart N Soul, a charity who specialise in helping people with learning disabilities explore their skills in creative arts, as well as funding Cowtown’s peers The Fish Police to travel to SWSX to play and speak at a conference on neurodiversity.

Cowtown will also be playing the following shows.

NOVEMBER
03 DERBY Dubrek Studios w/ Pet Crow
04 BRIGHTON West Hill Hall w/ Bloom, The Snivellers + Eureka California
08 LEEDS Wharf Chambers w/ Rakta, No Form + Cheap Surgery
09 SHEFFIELD Picture House Social^
11 LEEDS Belgrave Music Hall^
12 GLASGOW Stereo^ w/ Cryptic Street

Knifedoutofexistence announces shows with Upward and VIIOFIX

Aaron Lohan — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 21:54:42 +0000

Brighton noise artist Knifedoutofexistence has announced that he will be playing a run of shows later this month with VIIOFIX and Upward.

Last month he released his third album ‘Inhibitors’ via Outsider Art.

Inhibitors by knifedoutofexistence

The latest release by Upward from Bournemouth is 2016 record ‘Stubborn’, whilst VIIOFIX release a two track in July entitled ‘Past Lives’.

Stubborn by Upward

Past Lives by VIIOFIX

OCTOBER
26 LONDON DIY Space for London* w/ Big Joanie, Snob + The Snivellers
27 SHEFFIELD Delicious Clam Records
28 NOTTINGHAM Stuck On a Name w/ Bloody Head + Kuebiko
29 NEWPORT Le Pub w/ Blood Medals, Pathogenesis + Sunshine