Thanks to all who came out to last Friday’s sold out show with Grouper performing ‘Violet Replacement’. The show coincided with Fierce Festival’s opening weekend and was a very special evening, with excellent performances from Liz Harris (Grouper), Diamond Catalog and SWLLWS.

Grouper presents ‘Violet Replacement’. Looped field recordings using an array of cassette players, against a beautiful  lunar backdrop

Image courtesy of Katja Ogrin

Diamond Catalog blew us away with their complex noise, seeped groove and DIY lightshow. Sit down rave!

SWLLWS created a special performance for this event. ‘Seance’ drew from Victoriana imagery and found family photographs.

Image courtesy of Katja Ogrin

A really special show, thanks to all who came out and thanks to VIVID and Fierce.

Next up, you lucky ones who snapped up the limited tickets for the SECRET SHOW are in for a  unique experience tonight. Some of you are being met in the city centre, others being met from their home – then your journey will begin. Enjoy, and do let us know about your experience  by commenting here, on the Facebook event page or via Twitter.

Daniel Margetts (who also designed the great poster for our show with Teeth of the Sea) has designed this for the forthcoming Harvey Milk show on Tuesday 22nd May at Hare & Hounds. You can see more of Daniel’s work here – http://www.behance.net/Margetts

Support will come from West Midlands trio Grimpen Mire who combine sludge with Sabbath and released their debut album last year on At War with False Noise.

Tickets are £10 adv and available here

An incredible line up hits Birmingham on Wednesday 4th July. Call it an American Independence celebration – Unsane and Big Business will play The Rainbow Warehouse.

Unsane’s long awaited new album is complete and will be released in May, so here is your chance to hear new material from the NYC noise rock powerhouse. They’re joined by the ever brilliant Big Business.

Tickets are £10 and available here

A little belated, but here are some pics from our show with Flatpack Festival – Panopticon with live music from Pontiak and White hills plus visuals and DJs – it was a psych dream.

PONTIAK

WHITE HILLS

Thanks to all who came along to the sold out show – it was a great night.

Photos from Grouper (another sell out!) coming up soon plus details of a very exciting gig in July.

Coming up next though its the SECRET SHOW, tickets have sold out (we’re on a roll!) but tickets are still available for both Esmerine and Harvey Milk

Keep your eyes and ears peeled for an exciting announcement for July 4th, American Independence Day. Details coming soon!

Supersonic Festival 2010 poster designed by Malleus is now SOLD OUT.But you can still pick up a beautiful screenprinted copy of Simon Fowler’s 2011 festival poster (below) for £20 from our SHOP.

We’re very excited to announce that everyone’s favourite slow and heavy band Harvey Milk will play the Hare & Hounds on Tuesday 22nd May. Capsule coaxed the band out of the States back in 2008 to perform their very first show in the UK and we’re thrilled to have them back.

Support acts to be announced shorty, in the meantime tickets are available here https://www.theticketsellers.co.uk

Before that, it’s all eyes on Friday and our very special show with Grouper. She will be performing her new piece ‘Violet Replacement’ with support from Diamond Catalog and a new piece by SWLLWS developed specially for this event. Admission includes entrance to the Fierce afterparty with live music from Harry Dawes Trio (featuring members of Pram and Juneau Brothers) and BOYD DJs into the wee hours. Doors are at 8pm, at VIVID. See you there!

Beautiful trailer for Esmerine’s upcoming tour:

Esmerine – May 2012 Tour from Constellation Records on Vimeo.

They perform in Birmingham on Saturday 12th May in the lovely location of St Paul’s Church. Tickets are available here