The RHYTHM Factory September Live Events

Thursday 17th September: Let’s WrestleThe Rhythm Factory’s top band night Goldmine presents raucous grunge poppers Let’s Wrestle.Having garnered press plaudits including NME citing the band as "basically f**king genius", and Drowned in sound "Utterly perfect, in its own retarded way". The group released their album 'In the Court Of The Wrestling Lets' at the beginning of the year with further praise from Mojo mag hailing the band as ‘Savant geniuses’.

 

Friday 18th September: The Beat
What more to say about The Beat? Two-Tone pioneers. Toured with The Clash, The Specials, Talking Heads, Madness and more. Chart-toppers on both sides of the Atlantic. And now they’re all set to tear-up the Rhythm Factory and launch new night; Absolute Beginners.

 

Thursday 24th September: ScannersThe Rhythm Factory’s top band night Goldmine presents two boy two girl grunge pop outfit Scanners. Signed to US dj and scenester Steven Aoki’s label Dim Mak, their music has been used in US TV shows, motion pictures, and computer games. "Raw" appeared in NBC's Life, episode 218, "Air164" in HBO's Entourage, season 5, episode 7 "Got to look up to get down" and "In my Dreams" on One Tree Hill season 4 episode 18. "Lowlife" has appeared in motion pictures Mamma's Boy and Endgame.

 

WEDNESDAY 9th SEPTEMBER 2009JERICHO: QUALITY LIVE SOUNDS PRESENTS:
KIT RICHARDSON
Kit is a little lady with a motherf**king pair of lungs. On record she's a big slab of pretty pop, with a pinch of glitch and some bitching thrown in for good measure. Live it's banging keys, break downs and hip-hop covers (maybe the occasional Annie Lennox one too). Don't bring you mother!
"If you want adventurous, Kit Richardson most certainly fits the bill. She is everything that new music should be about, moving the boundaries and ignoring whatever is currently deemed to be”in”. With her manic keyboard style and her amazing vocals, she is Kate Bush meets Kate Nash. The songs are brilliantly constructed and the sheer energy and innovation of her performance cannot be ignored."
http://www.myspace.com/kitrichardsonmusic
+ more tbc
8pm - 12am £5 entryTHURSDAY 10th SEPTEMBER 2009
GOLDMINE MAXIMUM ROCK n ROLL PRESENTS:SHACKLETONS5 lads, one band!! Playing music influenced by Neil Young and Captain Beefheart to name a few....http://www.myspace.com/shackletonsloveyouTHE JESTER'S DEAD
They write heavily urban tilted, aggression based supra-melodic rock/hardcore/pop tunes, musing on (but not confined to) such already heavily stock sociatal banalities as 'emotion' (love, pain, anger), 'abuse' (drug, personal, physical), commitment/responsibility, social necessities (relationships/work), and, of course, extensive apathy to all of the above should the mood so dictate.
http://www.myspace.com/thejestersdead
THE LITTLE PHILISTINES
The Little Philistines are a melodic pop group based in London, where they create catchy pop songs with decent lyrics and tones of underlying menace. Rob and John sing lead vocals with backing harmonies from Emily and Adam, while Matt bangs the drums. The group's sound is bolstered by violin and trumpet.
Formed in the sweaty crucible of 2006, The LP's have since recorded two collections of pop music and gigged across London.
"Interesting lyrics, hummable tunes and off-kilter weirdness" - Tom Robinson, BBC 6 music
"...like Bloc Party letting their hair down" - Artrocker, Top (16) tracks of 2008
http://www.myspace.com/thelittlephilistines
THE SUMMONS
Title track Wasteland takes its cues from The Specials' seminal Ghost Town, awash with eerie dub guitar, Strummer-esque social commentary and a rumbling, hypnotic bassline that even Jah Wobble would be proud of. In The Sky and the sublime Something In The Water are likewise executed with near-geometric precision, the latter coming on with the vim and vigour of Foals' marauding math rock mixed with a refreshing dash of post-colonial calypso. Rounding off nicely is the funktastic, stop-start jitter-punk of Sign Of The Times - a breathless, skittish soul-jazz lament that sounds like the Dead 60s with Tourette's." - Review of Wastelands EPhttp://www.myspace.com/thesummons
MONDAY 14th SEPTEMBER
OBAMA PLAYS POP PRESENTS MUSIC, ART AND OPEN MIC

guest performances to be confirmed

+ OPEN MIC SLOTS (sign up before 7pm to perform)

8pm - 12am, FREE
TUESDAY 15th SEPTEMBER
LET THEM EAT GAK – NEW ALTERNATIVE BANDS EVERY TUESDAY!!

PLEASURE MOB2009’s dance-rock diamond in the rough, Pleasure Mob have something out of reach for most current bands; relevance with credibility. Rock riff tradition and digital rhythm are no longer mutually exclusive. If you value new music you'll be going to a riff-disco made by Pleasure Mob.
YES MEN
+ more tbc

8pm - 12am free b4 8.30pm with flyer / £3THURSDAY 17th SEPTEMBERGOLDMINE MAXIMUM ROCK N ROLL PRESENTS:
LET'S WRESTLE
Having garnered press plaudits including NME citing the band as "basically f**king genius", and Drowned in sound "Utterly perfect, in its own retarded way". The group released their album 'In the Court Of The Wrestling Lets' at the beginning of the year with further praise from Mojo mag hailing the band as ‘Savant geniuses’. OBVIOUSLY FOUR BELIEVERS
This “high voltage blues band” (ArtrockerMagazine) boast a diverse and original set, dynamically spanning genres with passion and panache. Impressing audiences across London, Niteflights are a wide-eyed and malnourished troupe of young musicians bloated with ambition.THE DISSENTERS
The Dissenters play the music that they want to play from their heart, they do not want to fool you, they do not want to change you, they want you to make up your own mind about what you choose/choose not to see or hear.THE COLLECTABLE FEW

8pm - 12am £6 entry / advance tickets available from ticketweb.co.ukFRIDAY 18th SEPTEMBERABSOLUTE BEGINNERS AND RHYTHM FACTORY PRESENTS:

THE BEATWhat more to say about The Beat? Two-Tone pioneers. Toured with The Clash, The Specials, Talking Heads, Madness and more. Chart-toppers on both sides of the Atlantic. And now they’re joining the Rhythm Factory to launch the brand new night; Absolute Beginners.MOUTHWASH
Mouthwash have been going for a long time. They have toured the world, broken down, slept in vans... in the snow...in graveyards. They have slept in the woods. They have broken bones. They have almost died. They have broken up and got back together. They have worked hard and they have dithered. And now they’re going to rip up the Rhythm Factory! BEBOP AND ROCKSTEADY
with DJ EDDIE PILLER

8pm – late, tickets £15 from ticketweb.co.uk / from the venueWEDNESDAY 23rd SEPTEMBER
JERICHO QUALITY LIVE SOUNDS PRESENTS:

THE PALPITATIONS
+ more tbc

8pm - 12am, £5 entryTHURSDAY 24th SEPTEMBER
GOLDMINE MAXIMUM ROCK N ROLL PRESENTS:

SCANNERS
 
"We need less boring,boring indie boys! Think we need an injection of snarling grrrl voices? Me too! That's why I'm bloody obsessed with snarling London rawk types Scanners whose singer Sarah is a shining bright star in its ascendancy. They're like all the songs Kim Gordon sings in Sonic Youth, but played by Motorhead at their early-'80s peak. And if that doesn't sound brilliant to you, perhaps it might be worth slicing off your ears and giving them to someone who deserves them, yeah?"
NME
FUCKSHOVEL
 
Spawned in London Fuckshovel bring a head-ripping brutalised juggernaut of punk fueled melody and ballsy swagger. An unrelenting mass of festering dragster groove primed with the DNA of old school Discharge disfigured and dispatched with the manic face down aggression of 'Hotrod'-era Ministry being pummelled by Anthrax and spiked with a crowd pleasing terrace styled choruses. As aggressive as their name suggest, Fuckshovel deliver gun shot drumming and sleaze-fueled rock designed to shake your brain loose.

HEAT FROM A DEAD STAR
 
Slackers, loose messy grungy, sometimes energetic, sometimes moody, London slackers. Searching for their nirvana out there in the grungy space or something like that.
ORGANART, FEBRUARY 09

DIRTY NO.9
 
In 2006 a bond was formed upon the dance-floor of London’s infamous nightclub, The End. It was the clattering future beats, the conversation of incompetent music, and a collective vision that brought them together. On the dark winter Sunday morning walk home that followed, Dirty No.9 was born. Sinking deep into the squats of Hackney and St. Pancras an almost scientific effort to balance reckless nightlife with the boredom of post-education living followed. The band enrolled in this vibrant academy of influence and noise that bred their sound. Procrastinating with colourful and provoking thoughts, touching subjects that other writers don't, and bored with every "new band" on your saturated radio.. something had to be done...
VON JERGO
 
Essex Rocks @ The Fleece, Feb 14th: Von Jergo seem confident from the first chaotic growl. As if they know they don’t have to hurt you now, ’cause you’re all strapped down and not going anywhere. Jergo’s garagey Stooges goodness flows from the stage, louder and faster with each song. Their lithe pale frontman is a vampire. No food ever passes his lips, but he relentlessly drains the alcohol from his glass victims. It’s not that he’s scared of the sun, the sun is scared of him. The set ends on a chaotic high, with the feeling the band are only just holding the song down so as to not hurt the crowd. - Shawn Rees.
8pm – 12, free B4 8:30pm / £5
FRIDAY 25th SEPTEMBER
 
GLASSWERK PRESENTS:

THE KRAK
 
THE BASKERVILLES

THE MERRY GO ROUND

BLUE VEILS

7.30pm - 10.30pm, £5 with flyer / more otherwise

TUESDAY 29th SEPTEMBER
LET THEM EAT GAK NEW ALTERNATIVE BANDS EVERY TUESDAY!!

GABI GARBUTT AND THE BREADSTEALERS
 
BOMB FACTORY

SOMETHING LIKE FIRE
 
THE ELECTRIC RED DRIVE

FIRE FLOWER REVUE

8pm - 12am, free b4 8.30pm with flyer / £3