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September 2021
Unmasked
Ushiku Crisafulli and The Peer Hat presents: Unmasked - a journey through the autistic mind via hip hop, comedy and theatre. On Tuesday 21st September I’ll be doing a scratch performance of my piece Unmasked which exams concepts around autistic authenticity through comedy, theatrical monologues and hip hop at @thepeerhat. As it is an early scratch performance ahead of the full preview at @oldbankstudios in April 2022 I’ll be supported by a group of fantastic performers. In hour 1 we’ll…
Find out more »October 2021
Me Lost Me & Nathalie Stern
We bring together two intriguing titans of the North East for your edification... Me Lost Me is the solo electronic music project of Newcastle based artist, composer and musician Jayne Dent, current Artist in Residence at internationally renowned concert venue Sage Gateshead. Described by BBC Radio 6's Tom Robinson as a "brilliant peculiar noise", Me Lost Me delights in experimenting with genre, taking influence from folk, electronica, art pop, ambient and noise music to create a beguiling mix of soaring…
Find out more »Sunglaciers//The Vandalis//Offset Pearls
Like their name might suggest, SUNGLACIERS' music blurs the boundaries between dazzling indie-rock melodicism and icy post-punk experimentation. On the Calgary quartet’s sophomore album, Subterranea, co-produced by hometown hero Chad VanGaalen and mixed by acclaimed engineer Mark Lawson (Arcade Fire, Yves Jarvis, The Unicorns), they carve out new sonic spaces with laser focus. While past releases found the band exploring a maximalist approach, these 13 songs emerge and vanish in rapid succession, never outstaying their welcome. THE VANDALIS Formed out…
Find out more »Joshua Zero//Fus//Juice Pops
London-based artist JOSHUA ZERO is an artist whose time has undoubtedly come. Zero has developed a delightfully shiny nü rock sound, coupled with a distinct stage presence that’s seamlessly developed from his band, cutting their teeth on the sticky floors of Leeds’s music venues. Sheffield based FUS fashion chaotic slabs of sweating psych, injected with veins of childlike absurdity. The startling sugar gum duet stylings of our own city's JUICE POPS will be starting us out. Make no mistake, Juice…
Find out more »November 2021
Rude Films//Nara//Longheads
SKYMOUTH HERE WITH MORE NEW MUSIC! From Manchester via Lancashire mill town Chorley. RUDE FILMS' dreary, melancholic sound is a sonic reflection of bleak surroundings. That's what they say. SKYMOUTH says "the grandeur of the epic, doomed charge, shifting effortlessly from pained flesh, into ephemeral legend". NARA have found that sweet spot in between the two where the bass forces you to get off your seat and dance. This goes some way to explain the huge interest in the band’s…
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