The first Capsule gig of the year got off with a theatrical start with avant jazz metallers Bilbao Syndrome, featuring vocals from Andrew Plummer of World Sanguine Report
Jeremiah Cymerman offered beautiful solo clarinet work, an intriguing and understated set
Headliners Kayo Dot finished their set with a fantastic percussive conclusion, tin cans and buckets galore!
The next show sees the return of the wonderful Woods, the Capsule team are buzzing in anticipation! Not just hella great musicians they run the prolific Woodsist label that has put out releases from, amongst others, Exceptor, Ducktails and Sun Araw. Check out all the Woods / Woodsist news here and buy tickets for the show here
The bad news is that the Blood Ceremony + Ghost show, scheduled for 30th April has been cancelled. Here is the statement from the Elastic Artists –
“We are extremely sorry to announce that we have been forced to cancel
Blood Ceremony in Birmingham and the rest of the band’s scheduled UK
dates. This is due to a conflict in schedule with Ghost who had been due to
tour as a package with Blood Ceremony. We have tried everything we
possibly could to keep the shows on but unfortunately it has not been
possible owing to the complex logistics involved. Blood Ceremony will
be returning to the UK in the Summer of 2011”
A real shame. If you already bought your tickets online, theticketsellers will contact you regarding a refund.
But keep the date in your diary as we’re planning a Capsule party of some great Brum bands – you can’t hold back the grannies!
The good news is that Emeralds will be coming to Birmingham on 22nd May with some fine local support from Iron Fist of the Sun and Mr Underwood. Should be a great show. Tickets are available here
Obviously, you don’t need to wait til then to see some excellent live music as the wonderful WOODS will be headlining the next Capsule show along with Spectrals and The Doozer. A night of lo-fi psych folk, I for one am most looking forward to
Thanks to those who came down to Hare and Hounds last night for the Kayo Dot show – a pretty impressive percussive close to the set i’m sure you’ll agree (tin cans and buckets galore!). Piccies to come soon.
The next Capsule show will be a psych folk freak out with three stellar bands who bridge psychedelia with more pop sensibilities.
Woods have been gathering momentum since 2006 with their spooky campfire folk and noisey interludes.
Spectrals’ equal love for 60s girl groups and distorted tape collages creates a fine blend of guitar pop
The Doozer was profiled in last month’s Wire, as a key player in the ‘Alternative Cambridge’ scene, full of feaky, underground experimentation. His vocal work has been likened to Syd Barrett and Thurston Moore is a fan!
Woods blew us away when they played for us as part of the Shred Yr Face tour in 2009. Stunningly crafted songs take on a whole new direction live, with unexpected tangents, twists and turns.
I’ve been hearing this Spectrals track pretty much on repeat on 6music, so looking forward to hearing it live. He makes blissed out, disjointed guitar pop – a perfect support for Woods.
Disjointed psych experimentation comes from The Doozer (Slitbreeze), who is gaining much comparison to Syd Barrett for his vocal style.
Tickets for this show are available here, or in person at Swordfish Records and Polar Bear.
Happy New Year, and Capsule have tons of gigs planned for the forthcoming months:
16th Feb – Kayo Dot + Bilbao Syndrome @ Hare & Hounds: Heavy, experimental music from the Hydra Head label; this is Kayo Dot’s first appearance in Birmingham and they’re bringing extreme metal/jazz outfit Bilbao Syndrome along with them.
14th March- Woods + Mr Underwood @ Hare & Hounds: We at Capsule fell in love with Woods when they played with Espers back in 2009; trippy psych and lo-fi rock frame noise freak outs. Support comes from peddler of curiosities Mr Underwood AKA Glatze.
22nd March – Seefeel + Dead Fader + Epic45 @ Hare & Hounds: The influential electronic indie band have reformed and have a new LP. Also on the bill are noise dubstep outfit Dead Fader, whom some of you may have caught at Supersonic and the Midlands’ own Epic45.
23rd March – Arbouretum + Hush Arbors + Health & Efficiency@ Hare & Hounds: Heavy psychedelic folk in the form of Thrill Jockey’s Arbouretum. Support comes from the gorgeous country psych of Hush Arbors as well as Health & Efficiency.
3rd April – Earth + Sabbath Assembly @ Hare & Hounds: Firm Capsule favourites Earth, the godfathers of doom, are back in Brum with the majestic apocalyptic folk of Sabbath Assembly
30th April – Blood Ceremony + Ghost @ Hare & Hounds: 70s occult rock, massive riffage and flute solos, Blood Ceremony are a must see live act, support comes from Sweden’s Ghost.
Unfortunately the scheduled Secret Chiefs 3 gig will no longer be going ahead due to personal reasons within the band. We hope to get them back soon.
Tickets for all the above gigs can be bought from theticketsellers or in person at Swordfish Records and Polar Bear Records.
Ok folks we have a number of shows coming up over the next couple of months and we’re pretty stoked on the selection.
Kicking off with ELECTRIC WIZARD, a crushing behemoth of funeral march psychedelia with support from Canadian flute-tinged witch rock, BLOOD CEREMONY– think Jethro Tull mixed with Sabbath!
Be aware that this show is selling very fast and our capacity is limited!
A welcome return by Capsule favourites FUCK BUTTONS, with support from ZUN ZUN EGUI, a heavy dance band, they fire up mighty, eternal grooves worthy of some dust-caked Lagos street jam. THEO– Taut, chugging guitar loops layer up with frenetic tapping patterns that interweave in spiralling complexity.
STARLESS & BIBLE BLACK have drawn together the sounds of ‘70s Topanga Canyon country-rock, ‘80s Mancunian jangle, and space-age psychedelic drones to make a dynamic, warm and woodsy sound. Support from FOX, intimate, acoustic-led songwriting combining a wide variety of instruments, including guitars, banjo, percussion, keyboards, theremin, mandolin + new Birmingham based collective Health & Efficiency, who combine banjo, two basses, two guitars, synths, samplers and more effects and loop pedals.
ISIS are back in Brum, expect heavy, slow and brutal sounds, whilst hypnotising and entrancing you all with their live show. They will be bringing with them a very special support act – more news on that soon. This will be our first show at The Asylumin Hockley, which we’re really excited about using, good beer prices & great PA.
EFTERKLANGwith support from NANCY ELIZABETH will also be taking place at the Asylum on the following night – expect an upbeat atmosphere and with a sense of hope and optimism, these guys will leave you with a massive smile on your face – what more could you want from a gig.
Ok folks we have a number of shows coming up over the next couple of months and we’re pretty stoked on the selection.