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NEW VINYL

4 February 2010

It's taken a while, but we finally have Bird Names' 'Sings The Browns' and Foot Village's 'Anti Magic' in the shop on vinyl. Both LPs are £10 postage paid in the UK.

TRASH KIT LIVE ACTION

4 February 2010

In support of their eponymous debut full-length, which is due to drop on UTR in March, Trash Kit have a bunch of shows coming up - both in London and further afield.

04.02 - London - The Windmill
06.02 - London - The Good Ship
15.02 - London - Cargo*
20.02 - Madrid - The Costello Club
29.03 - Paris - Les femmes s'en melent Festival
02.04 - London - The Stag's Head^

* = w/ Tune Yards
^ = w/ Bo Ningen

If you can't wait to hear them in the flesh, then here are two MP3s as a taster...

Cadets | Fame

POSTERS FOR SALE

1 February 2010

Over the last few years, our friend Diego Mena has been producing some beautiful, screenprinted posters for our shows. Six of his designs are now for sale on a new page dedicated to merch in the shop - there's badges and shirts too!

The posters - for shows including Lightning Bolt, Omar Souleyman, Mika Miko, Old Time Relijun, NO AGE and WHY? - are all limited to 50 each, are handscreened in a variety of colours, sizes and paper stocks, and range from £10 to £20. Check them out here.

2010 BADGE SET BY GIRL MOUNTAIN

4 January 2010

To celebrate the New Year / decade, the latest addition to the shop is the "Upset The Rhythm 2010" badge set, designed by Girl Mountain.

The sets feature four badges and a miniature comic strip, which pay curious homage to cartoon and musical luminairies such as Meg & Mog, Garfield, JLS and La Roux.

They're limited to just 100 editions and cost £2.50 including postage worldwide, so grab one while you can.

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LINKS

UPCOMING SHOWS

TUNE-YARDS

TRASH KIT

THINK ABOUT LIFE

Monday 15 February

Cargo

83 Rivington Street, Shoreditch, EC2A 3AY | Map
7:30 | £7.50 | Buy tickets

TUNE-YARDS is Merrill Garbus - a one-woman DIY workshop concocting an impressively assured sort of lo-fi World (as in World Music) pop world (as in her own secret territory) by mixing tenor ukulele, digital loops, toms and (most importantly) a powerful, shape-shifting voice. At times, she's a self-contained Sublime Frequencies compilation, jumping between blues, African tunes, shiny reggae-esque sprawls, and folk. Her debut album 'Bird-Brains' was released on Marriage Records and 4AD last year to much acclaim, and anyone who has seen her perform can attest to her captivating and ingeneous live show.
www.myspace.com/tuneyards

TRASH KIT are a gang of facepainted flag-bearers who have a wild feel for melody and a heartfelt kick inside each song. Mixing chaos, considered songcraft and overlapping harmonies in equal measure, the female trio sound as joyful as they are focussed. Rachel Aggs, Rachel Horwood and Ros Murray formed the band in early 2009, and since then have been lighting up London, energising the UK underground with their raw performances. There's a stripped back quality to their music that packs the bravest of punches. Both Rachels tangle their vocals with each other whilst expressive drumbeats and impulsive guitar and bass lines pin down the songs. Trash Kit sound both urbane and primal, drawing on the potential of punk and the naturalism of an internal folk music and as a result sound like nothing else. The band's self-titled debut album will be released on CD/LP through Upset The Rhythm in March.
www.myspace.com/trashkit

THINK ABOUT LIFE bring the party like no other band operating in Montreal area. Their recordings, like their live show, consist largely of party anthems from start to finish. The trio keep things short and sweet, all high-energy action, no filler. The band is led by Graham Van Pelt, a multi-instrumentalist (also of Miracle Fortress), recording studio proprietor and one of the main organisers behind Montreal's super-hip palace, the Friendship Cove. With Matt Shane on drums and Caila Thompson-Hannant (also of Shapes & Sizes and Miracle Fortress) on keyboards, vocal duties are led by Martin Cesar, the main man behind Dishwasher and formerly Donkey Heart's front person. Their debut album, as well as last year's record 'Family', were both released by Alien 8 recordings.
www.myspace.com/thinkaboutlife

TORO Y MOI

DENT MAY

JEREMY JAY

Sunday 21 February

The Lexington

96-98 Pentonville Road Road, Angel, N1 9JB | Map
8:00 | £7.50 | Buy tickets

DUM DUM GIRLS

MALE BONDING

THE HUMAN RACE

Thursday 25 February

Barden's Boudoir

38-44 Stoke Newington Road, Dalston, N16 7XJ | Map
8:00 | £5 | Buy tickets

XIU XIU

IRMA VEP

Friday 26 February

The Luminaire

311 Kilburn High Road, Kilburn, NW6 7JR | Map
7:30 | SOLD OUT

U.S. GIRLS

TIME

Monday 1 March

Café Oto

22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, E8 3DL | Map
8:00 | £6 | Buy tickets

PEAKING LIGHTS

Thursday 4 March

Barden's Boudoir

38-44 Stoke Newington Road, Dalston, N16 7XJ | Map
8:00 | £5 | Buy tickets

In collaboration with Auto-Italia...

LUCKY DRAGONS

SUMI INK CLUB

Saturday 13 March

Auto-Italia

1 Glengall Road, Peckham, SE15 6NJ | Map
3:00 | £5 | Buy tickets

ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER

NO FUN ACID (CARLOS GIFFONI)

KONX-OM-PAX (DJ SET)

Thursday 18 March

The Grosvenor

17 Sidney Road, Stockwell, SW9 0TP‎ | Map
8:00 | £7 | Buy tickets

TIMES NEW VIKING

COLD PUMAS

PRIZE PETS

Saturday 20 March

The Dome

178 Junction Road, Tufnell Park, N19 5QQ | Map
8:00 | £8.50 | Buy tickets

NINGENGOUKAKU

Tuesday 23 March

Barden's Boudoir

38-44 Stoke Newington Road, Dalston, N16 7XJ | Map
8:00 | £5 | Buy tickets

MT EERIE (FULL BAND)

NO KIDS

TEAM BRICK

Tuesday 6 April

The Scala

275-277 Pentonville Road, King's Cross, N1 9NL | Map
7:30 | £9 | Buy tickets

XENO & OAKLANDER

LED ER EST

Tuesday 13 April

Barden's Boudoir

38-44 Stoke Newington Road, Dalston, N16 7XJ | Map
8:00 | £6 | Buy tickets

CHAIN AND THE GANG

THE STICKS

Monday 19 April

Cargo

83 Rivington Street, Shoreditch, EC2A 3AY | Map
8:00 | £7.50 | Buy tickets

CRYSTAL ANTLERS

TALK NORMAL

TWO MINUTE NOODLES

Monday 26 April

Cargo

83 Rivington Street, Shoreditch, EC2A 3AY | Map
8:00 | £8 | Buy tickets

THE PHARMACY

Thursday 29 April

Barden's Boudoir

38-44 Stoke Newington Road, Dalston, N16 7XJ | Map
8:00 | £5 | Buy tickets

HIGH PLACES

CHEN SANTA MARIA

Tuesday 4 May

Cargo

83 Rivington Street, Shoreditch, EC2A 3AY | Map
8:00 | £8 | Buy tickets

DUM DUM GIRLS

Thursday 13 May

The Luminaire

311 Kilburn High Road, Kilburn, NW6 7JR | Map
8:00 | £7 | Buy tickets

BEST COAST

Wednesday 12 May

The Old Blue Last

38 Great Eastern Street, Shoreditch, EC2A 3ES | Map
8:00 | £6.50 | Buy tickets

OMAR SOULEYMAN

Monday 17 May

The Scala

275-277 Pentonville Road, King's Cross, N1 9NL | Map
7:30 | £12 | Buy tickets

GANGLIANS

DOUBLE DAGGER

SPECIAL GUESTS

Tuesday 18 May

Cargo

83 Rivington Street, Shoreditch, EC2A 3AY | Map
7:30 | £8 | Buy tickets

LATEST RELEASES

FORMER GHOSTS

'Fleurs'

UTR035 | CD / LP | Buy

XIU XIU / PARENTHETICAL GIRLS

'Morrissey / The Smiths'

UTR034 | 7" | Buy

GENTLE FRIENDLY

'Ride Slow'

UTR031 | CD / LP | Buy

THE STICKS

'The Sticks'

UTR030 | CD / 2 x 7" | Buy

GAY AGAINST YOU

'Righteous Signals, Sour Dudes'

UTR028 | LP | Buy

COMING SOON

TRASH KIT

'Trash Kit

UTR036 | CD / LP

BACK CATALOGUE

HANDS ON HEADS

'Tough Fun'

UTR033 | Digipack CD | Buy

FOOT VILLAGE

'Anti Magic'

UTR032 | Digipack CD | Buy

BIRD NAMES

'Sings the Browns'

UTR029 | Digipack CD | Buy

FUTURE ISLANDS

'Feathers & Hallways'

UTR027 | 7" | Buy

K.I.T FEAT. MIKE WATT

'Dreams Are Burned'

UTR026 | 7" | Buy

HIGH PLACES

'High Places'

UTR025 | Gatefold LP | Buy

T.I.T.S

'Second Base'

UTR024 | LP | Buy

FUTURE ISLANDS

'Wave Like Home'

UTR023 | Digipack CD | Buy

DEATH SENTENCE: PANDA!

'Insects Awaken'

UTR022 | Digipack CD / LP | Buy

LUCKY DRAGONS

'Dream Island Laughing Language'

UTR021 | Digipack CD / LP | Buy

SOFTBOILED EGGIES

'Try It Again'

UTR019 | Mini LP | Buy

HIGH PLACES

'Vision's the First... / Namer'

UTR018 | 7" | Buy

SOILED MATTRESS & THE SPRINGS

'Honk Honk Bonk!'

UTR017 | Digipack CD | Buy

GOWNS

'Red State'

UTR016 | Digipack CD | Buy

JOHN MAUS

'Love Is Real'

UTR015 | Digipack CD / LP | Buy

CHOPS / HELHESTEN

'Split'

UTR013 | 12" | Buy

NUMBERS

'Now You Are This'

UTR012 | Double gatefold LP | Buy

NO AGE

'Get Hurt'

UTR011 | 12" | Buy

BARR

'Summary'

UTR010 | CD / LP | Buy

HANDS ON HEADS / THE STICKS

'Split'

UTR009 | 10" | Sold out

K.I.T

'Broken Voyage'

UTR008 | Digipack CD / LP | Buy

DEATH SENTENCE: PANDA!

'Festival of Ghosts'

UTR007 | 12" | Buy

YIKES!

'Secrets To Superflipping'

UTR006 | Digipack CD / 10" | Buy

BARR

'Beyond Reinforced Jewel Case'

UTR005 | CD / LP | Buy

LEOPARD LEG / T.I.T.S

'Split'

UTR004 | Double gatefold LP | Buy

JOHN MAUS

'Songs'

UTR003 | CD / LP | Buy

ESQUILAX / TRENCHER

'Split'

UTR002 | 10" | Sold out

DEATH SENTENCE: PANDA!

'Puppy, Kitty Or Both'

UTR001 | 10" | Sold out