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Thanks to everyone who came along to the Luminaire last week for our
10th anniversary shows and helped make them three nights to remember.
It was great to see so many familiar faces. Thanks too to all the
bands, comperes and DJs, and especially to Andy, Gen and Matt at the
Luminaire for being top, top people. The gigs continue next week with a
Lucksmiths show at the Spitz. I don’t know exactly when the Lucksmiths
will next be back from Australia but I suspect it won’t be soon, so get
your tickets now if you want to see them as it’s selling fast. Oh, and
The Grave Architects have now been confirmed to play this show and, as
anyone who saw them support Tilly And The Wall will confirm, they’re a
band to put a great big smile on anyone’s face, so get there early to
see them, doors at 7pm. On Friday 22nd we have our regular Beat Hotel
night at the Buffalo Bar and this month we’re very pleased to have
Sheffield’s rising stars Monkey Swallows The Universe as our
headliners. This band are destined for great things, so check them out
now before you have to sell your granny to get a ticket. Finally, as
promised, we’re getting back to what we’re actually supposed to do,
which is release great records. We’ve four new releases to tell you
about, from Sodastream, Fanfarlo, The Butterflies Of Love and The
Loves, and they’re all brilliant. Well, we would say that, but they
are! Full details about everything below.
– LUCKSMITHS WED 13th SEP @ THE SPITZ, LONDON
– MONKEY SWALLOWS THE UNIVERSE, FANFARLO, POCKETBOOKS AND THE MARY
EPWORTH BAND, FRIDAY 22ND OF SEPTEMBER @ THE BUFFALO BAR, LONDON
– NEW RELEASES FROM SODASTREAM, FANFARLO, THE BUTTERFLIES OF LOVE AND
THE LOVES
*** THE LUCKSMITHS @ THE SPITZ ***
The Lucksmiths + Michaelmas + The Grave Architects
Wednesday 13th September 7pm The Spitz, 109 Commercial St, Old
Spitalfields Market, London. E1 6BG Nearest tubes : Liverpool Street,
Aldgate East, Shoreditch Tel : 020 7392 9032 Web: www.spitz.co.uk
E-mail : mail@spitz.co.uk
Advance: £7 from ticketweb
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=176763
Door: £9
THE LUCKSMITHS Three years since their last visit to Europe, The
Lucksmiths make their long-awaited return from Australia with a bounty
of tales and songs from their most recent album “Warmer Corners”
(Fortuna Pop!/Candle Records). The Lucksmiths (singing drummer Tali
White, guitarist Marty Donald, and bass player Mark Monnone) were set
on foot in a bayside suburb of Melbourne back in the early ’90s, and
continue to beguile audiences with their songs of modern front-porch
romance. The addition of Louis Richter on guitar in 2004 has seen The
Lucksmiths operating as a full-time four-piece. Warmer Corners, the
band’s ninth album has found The Lucksmiths at peak form, happily
continuing the tradition of Australian pop storytelling as forged by
the likes of the Go-Betweens, The Cannanes, and Paul Kelly.
“Idiosyncratic but accessible, literate but unpretentious, gentle but
not weak, sincere not so much in presentation as in presence”.
(Pitchfork) www.thelucksmiths.com.au www.myspace.com/lucksmiths
MICHAELMAS Fron London, Michaelmas play pop music and are not ashamed
to say so. Rising, phoenix-like, from the ashes of Adekola Sound in
early 2002, Michaelmas have played shows with, amongst others, Calvin
Johnson, Cass McCombs, Jens Lekman, The Would-Be-Goods, The Eighteenth
Day Of May, Jeffrey Greene, Camera Obscura and Herman Dune. Currently,
Michaelmas are a four piece with Jude adding violin, melodica and
harmonies to their live shows and their new recordings. “Big-hearted,
big-chorused songs about love, lust and the weather”
www.michaelmasnet.com www.myspace.com/michaelmas
THE GRAVE ARCHITECTS Born with a broken heart “The Grave Architects”
have picked themselves up, dusted themselves down and written their way
to the top, garnering praise from the NME, plays on Radio Nottingham
and a mention on the local council website along the way. Since forming
in Nottingham (July 2005) “The Grave Architects” are now seasoned hands
at the pulling heart strings out, stretching them once around the funny
bone and plucking them to the wet crash of tiny tears. Think a
hopped-up Jonathan Richman, or maybe The Rockingbirds, if anyone
remembers them. Currently in the process of recording an LP at First
Love (Nottingham’s finest recording studio), early indications suggest
that you may well throw away the rest of your records on the grounds
that they are now ‘worthless’. “Nottingham’s own broken-hearted, The
Grave Architects, haven’t even played ten gigs yet in their short
career as a band, but already something special’s going on. (egigs.com)
http://www.myspace.com/thegravearchitects
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*** NEXT BEAT HOTEL – 22ND SEPTEMBER ***
Monkey Swallows The Universe + Fanfarlo + Pocketbooks + The Mary
Epworth Band
plus Fortuna POP! DJ playing indie, punk, soul and 60s
Friday 22nd September 8pm til late Buffalo Bar, 259 Upper Street,
London N1 1RU Nearest tube : Highbury & Islington Tel : 020 7359 6191
Web: www.buffalobar.co.uk E-mail : info@buffalobar.co.uk
Advance: £4 from ticketweb
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=178323
Door: £5
MONKEY SWALLOWS THE UNIVERSE Monkey Swallows the Universe are an
acoustic indiepop band from Sheffield, centred around the original
founding duo of Nat Johnson & Kevin Gori, who formed the band in 2004.
The band expanded in 2005 to include Catherine Tully on violin, Andy
George on cello & Rob Dean on drums. In February 2006 the band released
their debut album ‘The Bright Carvings’, on the independent record
label Thee Sheffield Phonographic Corporation and released a single
with Thee SPC in July 2006. The band have supported Mercury-nominated
Richard Hawley and Camera Obscura on tour. They have performed sessions
on both BBC Radio 6 and XFM. They have been variously described as
“something special” (Stylus Magazine), “big big news” (Rough Trade) and
“boss” (Richard Hawley.). www.mstu.co.uk www.myspace.com/mstu
FANFARLO Last year the then 23-year-old Simon Aurell left his native
Sweden and moved to London, armed only with a headful of songs and a
laptop on which to record them. A cdr of 4 songs was duly produced and
as Simon sold or gave them away people began to sit up and take notice.
A band was assembled with country music aficionado Justin Finch (bass)
and multi-instrumentalist Leon Beckenham (Keys, Trumpet). Gigs
followed, including prestigious support slots for Guillemots,
Semifinalists and Love Is All, for promoters as diverse as White Heat
and How Does It Feel To To Be Loved? (to whose compilation album they
also contributed a track), and in places as far away as New Zealand.
Influenced by The Arcade Fire, Sufjan Stevens, Pavement, Neutral Milk
Hotel and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! the band release their debut single
on Fortuna POP! this month with an album to follow in the new year.
This is fall in love, take no prisoners pop at its very best. They’re
out for your heart. Get ready to have it stolen.
“One of the most affecting songs I’ve heard this year, like a more
scaled-down, vulnerable Arcade Fire with achingly mournful vocals.”
(Tasty fanzine) www.fanfarlo.com www.myspace.com/fanfarlo
POCKETBOOKS Pocketbooks are an indiepop band from London, with a
fondness for handclaps, harmonies and jangly guitars. The band appear
on the new How Does It Feel To Be Loved? compilation and played their
first gig in July 2006. Think Camera Obscura, The Pastels, Belle and
Sebastian, The Sundays and Tindersticks. www.myspace.com/pocketbooks
THE MARY EPWORTH BAND Mary Epworth writes music with roots in country
and folk, filtered through a love of sunshine pop, gypsy music and
psychedelia. The band have been compared to “a seafaring mazzy star”
and “like Kristin Hersh covering Johnny Cash” but most people say they
sound like “dark dark folk” Crazy Horse, The Band, Fairport, etc.
www.myspace.com/maryepworth
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*** NEW RECORDS!! ***
Some brand spanking new records for you to order…
RESERVATIONS – SODASTREAM (CD ALBUM £10) The brilliant new album by the
Australian duo of Karl Smith and Pete Cohen, augmented here by a full
band. Darker in tone than their previous “A Minor Revival” album,
“Reservations” nevertheless has that mark of quality we’ve come to
expect from these guys, with Karl Smith’s amazing voice always a
highlight. For newcomers, think Low, Nick Drake and Will Oldham and
you’ll be halfway there.
TALKING BACKWARDS – FANFARLO (GREEN VINYL 7″ £2.50) The first release
from the wonderful Fanfarlo who’ve been making waves in London for a
while now. Led by 24 year old Swede Simon Aurell, this is a great,
driving pop single that anyone who loves The Arcade Fire will instantly
fall for. And it’s on green vinyl.
ORBIT AROUND YOU/IN A BLIZZARD IN A LIGHTHOUSE – THE BUTTERFLIES OF
LOVE (7″ £2.50) The return of everyone’s favourite super-tall
Americans. A double A-side, the single couples the Jeff Greene-penned
AM radio hit “Orbit Around You” with Dan Greene’s woozy, psychedelic
“In A Blizzard In A Lighthouse”, a tasty combination that is sure to
whet the appetite for the album to come, “Famous Problems”.
XS AND OS/SHE’LL BREAK YOUR HEART… AGAIN – THE LOVES (4 SONG 7″ EP
£2.50) Two choice cuts from The Loves forthcoming “Technicolour” album,
the super poppy “Xs and Os” and a re-recorded “She’ll Break Your
Heart… Again” sounding absolutely massive. Plus two other exclusive
tracks, “My Sweet Drunken Blues” and an Os Mutantes cover. Bostin’!
All three 7″s are limited to 500 copies, so be quick!
TO ORDER THESE MINOR GEMS IN A SEA OF MEDIOCRITY…
BY POST: Send a cheque, postal order or IMO made payable to ‘Fortuna
POP!’ to 4 Mayfield House, Rushcroft Road, Brixton, London. SW2 1LD.
UK.
BY PAYPAL: Use our PayPal address ministryoffinance@fortunapop.com
For orders in Europe but outside the UK, please add 50p per item
ordered. Outside of Europe, please add £1.00 per item ordered.
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