Diamond Catalog will support Grouper at her upcoming Birmingham show on Friday 30th March at VIVID, they make sound collages with a twisted groove. Their debut record has been released by NNA Tapes (Nate Young, Dylan Ettinger, Oneohtrix Point Never) who describe their record as the “sound of a distant rave in the midst of a disorienting drug spell, wading your way through the infinity of your mind’s own dark matter”.
Go here for more info and for tickets for this exciting show
The Quietus talk to fuzzed up, space rockers White Hills about their new record and influences
As a young kid I was all about San Francisco hippy bands but the biggest record that gave me my first proper mindfuck as a kid was P.I.L.’s Metal Box and that really set me off on the tangent. I then got into Juju-era Siouxsie And The Banshees and Bauhaus and that whole kinda
thing. Then I got into bands like The Telescopes and Thee Hypnotics, Loop, Spacemen 3 and that whole era
Read the full interview here
Thanks to all who came to see White Hills and Pontiak at Panopticon on Saturday. Part of Flatpack Festival (well done for another excellent festival guys!), it was a sold out event. Great bands, visuals and a lot of late night dancing – pictures will be posted up soon.
Both Panopticon and Secret Show sold out, so don’t miss out on our next show – Grouper performing new work at VIVID on Friday 31st March –
there are 4 live acts and DJs for only £8. Get your tickets here
Tickets for this much anticipated show have now sold out – but Fierce and Capsule are looking for volunteers to assist with the running of the event. Volunteers will need to be available 5.30pm – 10pm on Thursday 5th April and will receive free entry to Fierce’s Holy Mountain Party and Shabba Dabbah Dah, as well
as concessions on other festival tickets. If you’d like to volunteer, get in touch with [email protected]
Starts today and runs to Sunday 18th March. There’s exciting screenings and live events taking place across the city – find out more at http://www.flatpackfestival.org
Props to Rammel Club and Harbinger Sound for a brilliant weekender in Nottingham. A really diverse line up with some stand out performances from Bill Kouligas, John Wiese, John Wall + Mark Durgan, Dieter Muh and Bong.
SWLLWS also performed a great lo-fi set and you can catch a new piece from her at our show with Grouper as part of Fierce Festival on Friday 30th March at VIVID.
Sad news was announced today that VIVID will be ceasing trading. We’ve had a great relationship with the VIVID team over the years, from co-commissioning the Sonic Graffiti project, to housing great shows with Lightning Bolt, Atsuhiro Ito, Tweak Bird, Pram and lots more. We look forward to hearing how the VIVID legacy will move on.Read their statement here – http://www.vivid.org.uk/
Fancy a bit of this on your Monday night?
The first Capsule show of the year happens tonight at Hare & Hounds. Teeth of the Sea are joined by Birmingham bands Health & Efficiency (they’ve just uploaded two new recordings) and Victories at Sea.
Tickets are £7 adv from theticketsellers and doors are at 8pm
The lovely people at First Fold records have started a monthly eclectic club night of live music, DJs and visuals in Birmingham. The next BOYD takes place tomorrow, Thursday 1st March at Bull’s Head in Moseley. It’ll be a particular good one (I’m sure they’ll agree) as Capsule’s Lisa will be your DJ for the night. Any requests for Slayer gratefully received.
Live music on the night:
The Resource Centre
Boss Turbo Doesn’t Afraid Of Anything
The Harry Dawes Trio
and visuals come from Hellocatfood and Leon Trimble.
Check out a new Birmingham festival of guided tours across the city – an exciting addition to the city’s already healthy festival offer.
One of the Still Walking tours explores the gentler side of concrete…
Still Walking will take place from 15th March to 1st April taking in architecture, typography, film locations, sound tours and more. You can check out the full programme, sign up to volunteer and read more about the events here http://stillwalking.org
It’s part of a jam packed March that includes the ever incredible Flatpack Festival (their full programme is now online), Fierce Festival, Birmingham Opera’s new production ‘Life is a Dream’, the Rammel weekender in Nottingham and tons of gigs.
We’re pretty busy ourselves at Capsule HQ with following shows:
Monday 5th March
Teeth of the Sea + Victories at Sea + Health & Efficiency @ Hare & Hounds TICKETS
Saturday 17th March
Panopticon feat. White Hills + Pontiak + films + DJs @ Custard Factory TICKETS (part of Flatpack Festival)
Friday 30th March
Grouper presents Violet Replacement @ VIVID TICKETS (part of Fierce Festival)
