This Sunday Capsule’s director Lisa Meyer is a guest on BBC 6 Music, Freakier Zone with Stuart Maconie – hosting a Sludge special, including playing tracks by Iron Monkey, Fudge Tunnel and the Melvins.
LISTEN HERE

We also got a lovely shout out from Stephen Tanner of Harvey Milk fame when he was on as a guest last week, and you can catch that here

HARVEY MILK

Birmingham Hare And Hounds – 22nd May 2012

Review by Matthew Tilt

It’s a rare enough event to catch the incredible Harvey Milk live in the UK; to catch them on Harvey Milk Day is something that puts the average mind at the risk of exploding. It seems pointless discussing and debating what genre these Georgian boys fall into because in the live setting they fit neatly into some heavy, nasty and obscure corner of jazz.

You’re all looking at me now; wondering what the hell I took before I saw Harvey Milk but I assure I know what I’m talking about here. You see, escaping from the heat and into the top room of the Hare and Hounds I stumbled into the venue a little disorientated and I stood staring wide eyed at the three piece on stage, each riff creating a monolith of feedback that literally shook people in front of me.

The advantage of seeing the band literally working like cogs in front of you, is that you see where each song starts, and every time it started from the slightest thing and built up around this idea creating something that seemed simple, deceptively so because in reality it was something that carried a complexity that kept all three in time and in sync with each other.

Creston slips his inimitable voice into crevices and cracks

in the music; wailing like a shaman or crooning before he rocks out in sudden, almost improvisational blasts of good, solid classic rock. There’s no such thing as a perfect set, but it’s hard to think of a better one. Half the time they don’t even need to speak because the crowd stay transfixed throughout, only daring to move when the speakers roar with the openings of a new song, and never daring to disrespect something as rare and as beautifully ugly as a Harvey Milk performance.

Review from sonicshocks.com

Thanks to all who came out to the Hare & Hounds last night for Harvey Milk. It was as crushing and heart wrenching as we’d hoped. Thanks also to Einstellung who made a welcome live return. Sorry to those who were hoping to catch Grimpen Mire, they unfortunately had to pull out of the show due to illness.

Some snaps below:

Capsule first coaxed Harvey Milk to the UK back in 2006, and at that year’s Supersonic Festival they made their debut UK appearance. We feel that its risks and ambition like this that makes Supersonic such a special event – and we really need your support to help us continue this. So we’ve set up a We Fund campaign so that people are able to pledge extra support to the festival. Go to our We Fund page to find out more and check out this year’s festival line up on the Supersonic website.

Our next show is with Unsane and Big Business on Wednesday 4th July at Rainbow Warehouse. Tickets are available via https://www.theticketsellers.co.uk

We’re buzzing with anticipation in the Capsule office for our forthcoming show with sludge legends Harvey Milk on Tuesday 22nd May. After reducing many to tears of overwhelming joy (no exaggeration) at their debut UK show at Supersonic Festival 2008, we’ve got high, high hopes.

There are advance tickets available via theticketsellers and directly from Polar Bear Records in Kings Heath (just a few doors down from the Hare & Hounds, on York Road).

Support comes from kraut/noise rockers Einstellung and heavy doom trio Grimpen Mire, so earplugs recommended.

If you like this poster design by Daniel Margretts for our forthcoming show with Harvey Milk, you can purchase a very limited, screen printed copy at the show on Tuesday 22nd May. See more of Daniel’s work here http://www.behance.net/Margetts

Tickets for the show are available from https://www.theticketsellers.co.uk

More top quality Birmingham based support acts have been confirmed for upcoming Capsule shows.

Einstellung join the bill for Tuesday 22nd May at Hare & Hounds. They will be playing with the mighty Harvey Milk and Grimpen Mire. Einstellung are a krautrock/shoegaze band who have been likened to My Bloody Valentine, Bardo Pond and Neu!. They released a double vinyl named ‘Wings of Desire’ on Capsule’s very own record label. Tickets are available from https://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/

Added to the Unsane + Big Business show is sludge duo Stinky Wizzleteat. United by a mutual love of the Bad Brains, Wizzleteat carve out a sound informed by groove from across the musical spectrum, whilst staying fully committed to heaviness, good times and volume. Tickets are available from https://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/

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

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!