A very special performance is to come…Modified Toy Orchestra present their new record ‘Plastic Planet’ at the the stunning Town Hall Birmingham on Wednesday 8th September.

The performers will use only modified toys to create wacky, playful electronic pop songs

Here they are at Supersonic 2006:

Purchase your tickets direct from Town Hall Birmingham

We are gathering content for our next zine and as ever are doing a call out to all y’all for illustrations, reviews, rants, recipes, dot to dots, magic eyes, diary entries, poems, and other such stuff.

Check out our last zine…

For more info – admin[at]capsule.org.uk

Once complete the zine will be out and about around the bars and shops of Brum as well as at forthcoming Capsule gigs

And for more zine related stuff, Birmingham’s very own zine festival will take place 10th-12th September, check out http://www.birminghamzinefestival.com/

Weirdo pop folksters Tunng will be performing at the arena stage of the mac this summer.

Here they are at Supersonic 2007

Lovely…

13th August
Tunng + Health & Efficiency
mac, Cannon Hill Park
Get your tickets here

The festival has gone and got itself and lovely new website

Find out more about the festival, get up to date line up news and watch live performances from the artists at www.supersonicfestival.com

FURTHER ACTS ANNOUNCED FOR
SUPERSONIC FESTIVAL 2010

HALLOGALLO 2010 – Michael Rother + Friends present the music of NEU!
NAPALM DEATH
PEOPLE LIKE US / DEMONS (W/SICK LLAMA) / OvO
PART WILD HORSES MANE ON BOTH SIDES / DOSH /
TWEAK BIRD / DRUMCORPS / CAVE / PCM

Joining confirmed acts including:

GODFLESH / SWANS / JAILBREAK FEAT. CHRIS CORSANO + HEATHER LEIGH / MELT BANANA / JAMES BLACKSHAW / LICHENS / BONG / GNOD /
VOICE OF THE SEVEN THUNDERS / NECRO DEATHMORT / GNAW /
EAGLE TWIN / BLUE SABBATH BLACK FIJI

NEW FESTIVAL DATES!
22 – 24 OCTOBER 2010
Birmingham, UK
www.supersonicfestival.com

Tickets on sale now from:
www.theticketsellers.co.uk
www.seetickets.com

Following the news that the 2010 edition of Birmingham’s acclaimed annual Supersonic Festival will be headlined by SWANS and GODFLESH, Capsule are excited to announce a further round of live acts who will also perform at this year’s festival, including HALLOGALLO 2010 and NAPALM DEATH. Tickets are now on sale!

“I´m thrilled to return to Supersonic this year with my new live project Hallogallo 2010. We will present some favourite music by NEU!, Harmonia and from my solo albums. I look forward to Supersonic this year because two great musicians and friends are joining me in Hallogallo 2010: Steve Shelley (drummer of Sonic Youth) and Aaron Mullan (guitar player of Tall Firs). Expect some fast-forward movement!” – Michael Rother, Hallogallo 2010/NEU!

Capsule are also excited to confirm that unquestionably the most influential band in extreme music’s ferocious history NAPALM DEATH will be performing in their hometown to make their first ever Supersonic Festival appearance. Acclaimed as the creators of Grindcore, Napalm Death will be pushing the envelope of metal to new extremes in what is guaranteed to be an unforgettable performance.

“We are very much looking forward to playing Supersonic this year. It’s always great to play a hometown gig, and with this festival being so diverse musically it’s going to be even more fun for us as we rarely get the chance to play such events -  and on the same stage as SWANS, well what can I say?” – Shane Embury, Napalm Death

Also confirmed are an incredible, eclectic mix of music and visual artists, including PART WILD HORSES MANE ON BOTH SIDES with their mesmerizing and unforgettable avant-primitivism,  oVo with their incredible combination of heavy riffage, bombastic drumming and unforgettable vocals, as well as a return from the dark lords of Drum and Bass, PCM. DOSH will be performing, complete with mandatory pots and pans, as well as DRUMCORPS, with their unique, high-energy mix of music production values and the raw power of American hardcore.

TWEAK BIRD are also confirmed, bringing their big drums, fuzzed out baritone guitar and tandem spacey vocal melodies, and also CAVE, with their sickeningly tight drum and bass. There will also be multi-sensory art in the form of DJ and multimedia artist Vicki Bennett, aka PEOPLE LIKE US, and dark visual music trio DEMONS (W/SICK LLAMA).

This latest announcement forms part of a series of line up announcements for Supersonic 2010 with many more exciting acts and artists to be revealed in the coming weeks and months.

Tickets on sale now from:
www.theticketsellers.co.uk
www.seetickets.com

after a hectic beginning of the year we took a little gig break through July, but we can’t stay quiet for long so here’s what’s coming up…

5th August: Silver Apples + Pram @ Hare and Hounds
We’re extremely excited to host the great grandaddy of electronica, Silver Apples created what are now widely regarded as the first rock-orientated albums to utilise electronic techniques.
Get tickets

13th August: Tunng + Health & Efficiency @ mac
Twisted pop wonders perform at mac’s outdoor arena
Get tickets

8th September: Modified Toy Orchestra @ Town Hall Birmingham
After international performances to critical and audience acclaim, MTO return to their hometown for this UK premiere of their new album Plastic Planet, performed using only modified toys.
Get tickets

29th September: Josephine Foster and the Victor Herrero Band @ Hare and Hounds
One of the most enigmatic, luminious and enlightening American singers of her time
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11th October: Red Sparowes @ Hare and Hounds
Epic, instrumental songs that manage to pummel you into submission
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PLUS more Supersonic Festival announcements to come, watch this space as they say

This bit of footage makes us SUPER excited about Godflesh playing SUPERSONIC in October.
Tickets from
www.theticketsellers.co.uk
www.seetickets.com

from 19th of April tickets also available from:

Swordfish Record Shop
Cheltenham House
14-16 Temple St, Birmingham, B2 5BG
0121 633 4859

Polar Bear
10 York Rd
Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7RZ
0121 441 5202