We’re doing a show for the Label Love project, which is raising money for independent labels that lost all their stock in the recent fire at the PIAS warehouse during the riots. Which sadly includes us and our very good friends Broken Sound.
We have a fantastic lineup featuring four bands from the increasingly convergent Broken Sound / Willkommen gangs: Rachael Dadd, Rozi Plain, Eyes & No Eyes (formerly Tristram) and Dancehalls (formerly Curly Hair). The gig is on the 5th September.
Expect plenty of cross-pollination. The gig is at The Silver Bullet in Finnsbury Park, details and tickets from here.
The Leisure Society have announced they will be supporting Laura Marling on her sold out Cathedral tour this autumn. Dates can be found here. Also our favourite lady Alessi Laurent Marke will be supporting on LM’s dates in America, dates can be found by clicking that same link.
The Leisure Society have postponed their own headline tour, which was scheduled for October, until February.
London-based fans of the Leisure Society can still get their pre-Christmas fix when the band play a show with the Heritage Orchestra at the Barbican in December. Tickets are available here.
Tristram have changed their name to EYES & NO EYES to reflect their move from a solo project to a full band. They are currently recording a new single and playing a few shows, including a short tour with Peggy Sue in September:
12th – London Lexington (no Eyes & No Eyes, Peggy Sue only, their album launch show)
14th – Winchester Railway
15th – Bristol Louisiana
17th – Manchester Deaf Institute
18th – Leeds Brudenell Social Club
Peggy Sue’s awesome new album ACROBATS is released on Wichita on September 12. You can preorder it here and I recommend that you do.
Last year’s Foxtrot warmup show with Diane Cluck was such a great success that we’ve decided to stretch out the festivities this year too.
After the success of the Rachael Dadd, Rozi Plain and Ichi show at the Caxton, we couldn’t think of a better place to do it, so prepare yourselves for another completely unamplified, extremely intimate evening of music. We’re calling it ECHO, both to tie it in with the FOXTROT name and to draw attention to the reverent silence in the room.
We have full sets from REDWOOD RED – Cathy Cardin from Sons of Noel and Adrian’s solo project, heartbreakingly delicate and fragile but equally powerful and moving, she has written some of my favourite songs of all time, beautifully harmonised by EMMA GATRILL, who has just completed an album of breathtaking harp songs with contributions from various members of the Willkommen Collective.
She also sings with Sons of Noel and Adrian, as well as playing clarinet and accordion with them and the likes of Rachael Dadd, The Mariner’s Children, Laura Marling and Laish.
Laish violinist MARTHA ROSE, also brings her beautiful duets to the Caxton, following on from an unforgettable surprise set in the woods at last year’s Foxtrot and an amazing set supporting Sons and DANCEHALLS, with whom she also plays.
Also expect lots of collaborations and surprise sets.
