25.05.2015
Upset The Rhythm - MONOTONY
MONOTONY // 7" Launch //
THE WORMS
DAS BOOTS THE CHEMIST
Monday 25 May (Bank Holiday Matinee)
Power Lunches, 446 Kingsland Road, Haggerston, E8 4AE
2pm | £5 |
MONOTONY are an evolving band of future humans making truly irregular punk, not quite comparable to anything else. 'Weird' is a meaningless platitude, and 'art punk' is a classifier that shouldn't be required. Celebrating the release of a split 7" on Upset The Rhythm with their sister band Sauna Youth, Monotony are set to detonate the basement of Power Lunches with their head-first primal punk. "Acquisitions, and amazon product descriptions no ambition. Jumping off the balcony," they intone over the swaggering rhythm over their new song 'Luxury Flats'. In the song, Monotony come face to face with Ballard's high-rise nightmare set upon rapidly gentrifying London out of all reason. The second track on the 7", "Human Troll," is a boldly brash track lodged with sloping riffs and hollered vocals. "Human Troll lives in the river, cement mattress making him shiver!". Monotony also have some forthcoming releases on Faux Discx and 80/81 Records, so keep your ears open for those too!
THE WORMS are a guitar-n-drums London duo consisting of one Cold Puma and one Omi Palone. Describing themselves as "petty prannies proffering pithy punk produce", there's a straight forward, bare-bones immediacy to their solid stop/start missives.
DAS BOOTS THE CHEMIST formed at the end of the crap year of 2014. Approaching their songs as raw statements vs intricately genius jokes, Das Boots throw some conversationally direct lyrics on top of a great pile of spindly guitar lines and bombastic drummage. You can also use this music when creating a webinar because you want the webinar to be interesting and not boring. Their music is a bit like punk, post punk, rockabilly, and classic rock. They often play the bits wrong and then scream because it all gets a bit you know. They write a new song during every rehearsal and then discard it because it sounds too much like a song by one of their friend's bands. Sometimes one song that only vaguely sounds like something else slips through the net and that's how they built their set up.
25.05.2015
Cesura ZPD#1 RUDE SURPLUS!
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• Nowa Huta/Disjecta (Cesura//Acceso) •
• Xomaltesc Tbobhni (Paul Abbott / Seymour Wright) •
26.05.2015
SILICON
Check out some music here -
27.05.2015
come down hectic!
- NITKOWSKI
- EYE FOAM (free improvisation)
- CIANURO (raw punk)
artworks by:
- Fresa Ensalada
- Stefy Retche
28.05.2015
The Daydream Fit
Post punk/ noise rock band from the Netherlands. They take their influences from bands like Sonic Youth, Hot Snakes, No Age, Pavement and Japandroids.
Andalucía is a noisepunkwhatever two-piece band from Münster, Germany. They like to listen to Dinosaur Jr., Wipers and Sonic Youth
Soul Punk from Watford, their album 'Drinking Seawater' was one of the best of last year.
£5
7pm
Powerlunches Dalston
29.05.2015
Brunch
alt-noise-pop-whateva....gonna play some new songs!
heroes of indie-pop! playing some new stuff too maybe??
yeeaah some new stuff i reckon!
@ the 1 and only Powerlunches! --------
£3 entry so we can pay the bandz
thanks and see you there!!
mint sauce 4 eva
30.05.2015
JACK댄스
31.05.2015
Small Wonder & Yohuna
Slay Tracks are honoured and excited to present two of the most inspiring and talented musicians in the world, and at Power Lunches in Dalston.
Small Wonder is Henry Crawford from Brooklyn, New York. In 2014 he released one of the best help with roas calculations records of the year titled 'Wendy' through the brilliant Father/Daughter Records.
Yohuna is the moniker of Johanne Swanson from Eau Claire, Wisconsin via Berlin where she currently lives. As well as a handful of excellent EPs and splits, her song 'Badges' featured on Orchid Tapes 'Boring Ecstasy: The Bedroom Pop of Orchid Tapes' compilation last year.
This is an incredibly rare opportunity to get the user journey map to see two of the best songwriters around right now. We're extremely proud to bring this really rare show to London. Have a listen to both Small Wonder and Yohuna's fantastic back catalogue:
01.06.2015
ROLO TOMASSI
Greivances release show!
SOLD OUT
02.06.2015
Dang + Fever Family
Fever Family's funky smoothe disco:
03.06.2015
The Craic Lodge Comedy Night
Comedy gold
05.06.2015
Downtown Kids
Our Gig starring , , and more is finally announced ! Tickets available soon !
BANDS PLAYING :
MOHIT :
Cold Boys :
HOO HAs:
06.06.2015
GANCHO TIME
We are so excited about this dance party...
Come and dance to ! These guys are our favourites... we love their Dance Cafe parties... they make us go wild. Check them out here:
Also playing tunes: Michael from Chips For The Poor:
AND Tom from Design a Wave!
Also, we've got a heap of party records that we play at home. We want to play them in a dark room through big, loud speakers and this is where it's going to happen.
Dancing starts at 9pm but for maximum impact come earlier because this party finishes at 2.
Admission: £3
07.06.2015
Sonic Masala
- tripping between brooding contemplation, blasted anxieties and serrated distortion, all held together with spit-shined melody. I Am Material is out on Soft Power Records now -
- swirling in militaristic rhythms, dark-hued shadows and devilishly disillusioned. Meet Yourself Inside is out through Unwork Records now -
- the centrifugal point of the night, this ex-pat Aussie enigma lives in a slipstream of his own making. The gutter punk for the muzak generation, cutting truths straight from the cheese-cloth -
- reminding us all what garage rock used to be about - leather, denim, action, noise.
Winnaretta - wailing trio who play loose and fast with groove, tone, harmony and sense. They play like their lives depend on it - and they still don't give a fuck -
All for a fiver - that's a pound per band!
09.06.2015
PINKWASH
Philadelphia upstarts PINKWASH head over the Atlantic to make their UK debut this June. They'll be accompanied by exciting Brighton crushers GANG.
PINKWASH
Ashley and Joey crash and settle as crunchy duo PINKWASH. Ambushing you with their coarse vocals and smashing drums, they specialise in exciting immediate noise punk. Their 7" single 'Cancer Money', released on Sister Polygon this year, was a violent treat. Angry, charged and brutal it tingled in the back of your neck like a sweet case of whiplash. There's something both scaring and satisfying about the rough and fuzzy chimes of PINKWASH. Like your favourite denim jacket, just better.
GANG
Superb craft and energy pierce out of this gnarled three piece. Their latest single 'Silverback' opens with a slamming salvo, which is then pinned back by the moaning of singer Eric Tormey, his voice dripping with feeling. The track unravels raucously, as if Tame Impala's 'Elephant' has been caught by poachers and is now ready for the black market. A blood lust ivory garage-rock classic. The ragged but assured nature of their songs, mean GANG arrive as kings in the court of their own dingy basement.
£3 advance cheap list // £4 on the door
10.06.2015
The Craic Lodge Comedy Night
Comedy Gold
11.06.2015
Rice Milk/ Furow
Rice Milk
Black Fungus
Pret A Monster
Furrow
The Current/ Dissent
£3 on the door
12.06.2015
AUTOBODIES
WEDDINGS
PANDA POP
More to be announced! stay tuned
13.06.2015
Kindred Shins and more
KINDRED SHINS
MILLIE MANDERS
LACK
plus
THE BEAUTIFUL GAME
SATURDAY JUNE 13th
446 Kingsland Road
Hackney, E8 4AE
email [email protected] for advance tix
£5 adv / £6 on the door
16.06.2015
ART OF BURNING WATER
mangled / hardcore / intense
BAXTER STOCKMAN
Finnish / urgent / noise rock
SKY:LARK!
discordant / riffy / noisy / beautiful
CONTAINMENT
short / sharp / shocking
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Tuesday 16/06/15
Powerlunches
446 Kingsland Road
London
E8 4AE
£5
17.06.2015
The Craic Lodge Comedy Night
Comedy Gold
18.06.2015
BROKEN HANDS
https://www.musicglue.com/broken-hands/live/
All of the early-bird guaranteed entry e-tickets to the
3rd night of the residency shows in June/July have been snapped up.
There are a few left for the other two nights & then it's all
down to first come first served on the door.
Supports will be announced ASAP
19.06.2015
Jovis & The Bedwetters
FREE ENTRY FOR ALL
Support TBC
Doors open at 8pm
20.06.2015
HOTGOTHIC
£5 on the door, £3 guestlist if attending on the event page
"That unreleased Throbbing Gristle theme tune to The Muppet Show. On speed, poppers, & too much acid. Disarmingly suave. Disorientating. Genitalia seem to be a recurring lyrical theme." -Ben Hell-
with
"Combining a mutual respect for 50's rock'n'roll, lo-fi garage punk, with a touch of glam, The Dedwardians are punching out some hyper energetic live shows and winning accolades all over the place"
And
"An explosive two-piece with searing blues riffs and snarling vocals. Uncontainable attitude collides head-on with chorus hooks full of genuine rock swagger and grit."
Comedy by Harry U Eldrich
Twisted, uncompromising and angry Harry U Eldrich is bound to offend, honour bound that is.
DJ Josh Cooper spinning Roadkill classics"
"DJ The Scott (Psychocandy, The Queer Alternative) spinning Post Punk, Goth and Indie Classics new and old.....providing he doesn't get arrested by the cops at the Bank of England..."
21.06.2015
The Ethical Debating Society
Notes From Underground in association with present:
The launch party for "New Sense", the long-awaited debut LP
from The Ethical Debating Society (released on Odd Box Records,
June 2015) plus a showcase of some of the best DIY music from the
UK underground scene: post-riot grrrl, queercore, indiepop,
anti-folk, noisepop, post-punk and all points around and
inbetween.
This gig is also a little bit of a celebration of the UK riot
grrrl legacy: most of the bands playing are directly inspired by
riot grrrl, some players have been involved since the network
around Riot Grrrl London/Essex at the turn of the century and
others were knee-high to the first wave. The title "New Sense"
comes from an essay on riot
grrrl by Pete Dale (Pussycat Trash/Avocado Baby/Red Monkey/Milky
Wimpshake).
*TICKETS!*:
"Queer anti-folk/punk pop." DIY anthems - and we do mean anthems -
set to stomp box and tambourine.
new EP for 2015:
Post-punk-pop perfection. Witching Waves meets Young Marble Giants
in a painkiller-haze daydream. And that's just from listening to
their back catalogue, there's new material ready to drop!
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"Working class feminist racket." And a soaring cross-harmonic
racket of angry beauty it is too.
"Vocals are shared between Kirsty and Aaron who dip and dive
through the rugged clamour and clang, lettings the rhythms stab and
collapse, regroup and race away." Upset the Rhythm
DJ details tbc (might just put on some CDs, it's lonely in that
corner..)
Power Lunches is a *Safe Space* venue with all that implies, inc.
gender-neutral toilets.
If you voted Tory/UKIP kindly FUCK OFF you're not
invited.
xoxoxoxo
*TICKETS!*:
22.06.2015
All The Noise. All The Time
Featuring:
: The sound of Andrew WK playing with Charles Mingus FFO Polar Bear & Battles
: Glasgow based singer sludgewriter pedalling mathy industrial noise rock vibes FFO Bjork Big Black Black Godflesh Faraquet & Einstruzende Neubauten
London duo blending the fervor of math rock with the intricate and heavily textured nature of classical and jazz music.
: Wonky post punk from Cambridge with no actual song titles. FFO Tubelord, Early Biffy Clyro & les Savy Fav
: Bedroom dronegaze from local scene hero
23.06.2015
NMR 40
"FRESH" - K Records
SACRED PAWS (Glasgow ...ish)
On Rock Action records - new EP out now
more to be announced
details soon!
24.06.2015
The Craic Lodge Comedy Night
Comedy Gold
26.06.2015
ARTEFACT
- ARTEFACT -
Second London appearance from this Cardiff goth/post-punk lot feat ex/current Facel Vega/Twisted/Plaids/Mars to Stay faculty. Deep chorus, shimmering rhythmic waves and interstitial sheen in brooding health.
FFO: ASYLUM PARTY, BELGRADO, SECT (& THE NEW WAVE OF SPANISH GOTH PUNK)
- MAJOR MALFUNCTION (tbc) -
Home Office-dependent return for this COP/Los Cripis collision. MARTA SMARTER/NOEL ASSHOLE/LUKE DEATHTRIP do early 90s post hardcore and alterna-ROCK sounds crashing and burning against walls of late 70s SF incendiary punk.
FFO: YOUNG GINNS, YOUNG STOOGES, YOUNG MELVINS
- VERTICAL SLUMP -
Four-to-the-floor radical indifference from Shopping/Gloss Rejection/Circuit Breaker/Human Form mob. Newly added-synth driving postpunk leanings, dark entries and lachrymose-intolerant melody. New 7" due out on Icecapades this summer
FFO: WIREPERS, BAUHAUS, TOTAL CONTROL
- THE WORMS -
Stripped-down, future primitive guitar & drums duo do hats-off, bare-bones, no messin shouty uk punky stomp. Minimalist functionality, politely furious, this is punk vol. vermicast, feat. members of Cold Pumas/Omi Palone/Tense Men
FFO: MESSTHETICS, THE URINALS, PUNK COMPILATIONS ON VINYL
+ MORE TBC
Poster coming soon
27.06.2015
its a gig
theres a gig on... secretly
02.07.2015
BROKEN HANDS
https://www.musicglue.com/broken-hands/live/
All of the early-bird guaranteed entry e-tickets to the 3rd
night of the residency shows in June/July have been snapped up.
There are a few left for the other two nights & then it's all
down to first come first served on the door.
Supports will be announced ASAP
03.07.2015
Jordaan Mason
Manchester's is about being absolutely honest, about being super sad and about just throwing it all out there. He describes his music as anti-folk being inspired by punk and outsider music. All of his songs are beautiful and you can listen to each of them on bandcamp:
can also be described as anti-folk, but in contrast to Crywank he'll make you leave the room with a heart filled of rage and anger, but a smile on your face of feeling not alone on this planet. His songs are about equality and love and are accompanied by beautiful piano play. He either plays solo or full band. We are lucky enough to have him with a band existing out of other well known musicians in the DIY community.
comes from Norwich and can be simply described as nerdy DIY pop punk. Super cheerful and happy, making you want to dance. Check out their video with a lot of their mates brushing their teeth. Because dental hygiene is important!
at
£5
Doors open 7pm
04.07.2015
Musica Dispersa
- SERIOUS CUT b2b FORTUNE GATE LIVE/DJ
- AFASIA YURIKAYURA LIVE
- SHELLY KNOTTS LIVE
- VASCO ISPIRIAN LIVE
- TONI QUIROGA LIVE
- EDEN GREY LIVE
- DOME LIVE
More artists TBC very soon
09.07.2015
Kone
, , Young Knives (DJ set) @ Power Lunches
or
Music you want to hear in a place you want to be
Tickets (£5)
*****
Kone
Art music for guitars
Elle Mary and the Bad Men
Gorgeous slowcore minimalism
Down from Manchester to stun and amaze
Young Knives (DJ set)
Henry Dartnall (unrepentant auteur and best member of Young Knives) plays good music always. The latest release from Young Knives is the Something Awful EP & Fanzine.
What else are you looking for?
17.07.2015
POWER LUNCHES 4TH BIRTHDAY
ITS OUR 4TH BIRTHDAY BLOW OUT!!
On Friday 17th July we are very proud to be hosting the
following acts-
EMOTIONAL
RETROFUTURE
ANTI-CORPOS (Brazil)
NEGATIVE SPACE
DJs to be announced, dancing til 2!
cheap weekend tickets coming soon
14.08.2015
ULTIMATE PAINTING
Part of a 2 day residency.
Ultimate Painting, the duo of James Hoare (Veronica Falls)
and Jack Cooper (Mazes), will release their sophomore album, Green
Lanes, on August 7th via Trouble In Mind.
After touring North America and Europe with contemporaries such as
Parquet Courts, Twerps and White Fence, Jack and James quickly
retreated to James' all-analogue home studio just off Green Lanes
in North London to record the follow-up, joined this time by Mazes
drummer Neil Robinson.
Green Lanes is the follow-up to Ultimate Painting's 2014
self-titled debut, also released on Trouble In Mind. Acclaimed by
critics and peers, the LP felt like a breath of fresh
air, with one eye on the orange haze of the late
sixties and another looking optimistically to a sparse post-digital
space. Refined and economic, dreamy and quietly euphoric, it's ten
songs by two songwriters at the top of their game.
BOTW are thrilled to welcome the band to perform two very intimate
dates that'll showcase the new record.
15.08.2015
ULTIMATE PAINTING
Part of a 2 day residency.
Ultimate Painting, the duo of James Hoare (Veronica Falls)
and Jack Cooper (Mazes), will release their sophomore album, Green
Lanes, on August 7th via Trouble In Mind.
After touring North America and Europe with contemporaries such as
Parquet Courts, Twerps and White Fence, Jack and James quickly
retreated to James' all-analogue home studio just off Green Lanes
in North London to record the follow-up, joined this time by Mazes
drummer Neil Robinson.
Green Lanes is the follow-up to Ultimate Painting's 2014
self-titled debut, also released on Trouble In Mind. Acclaimed by
critics and peers, the LP felt like a breath of fresh
air, with one eye on the orange haze of the late
sixties and another looking optimistically to a sparse post-digital
space. Refined and economic, dreamy and quietly euphoric, it's ten
songs by two songwriters at the top of their game.
BOTW are thrilled to welcome the band to perform two very intimate
dates that'll showcase the new record.