Slow Songs For Fast Hearts: Video

The Younger Lovers...postscript

I discovered that Upset the Rhythm made a video at the Younger Lovers show I put on with my friend Len last month.

I just wanted to point out that contrary to what the blurb at the bottom of the video says, it wasn’t at a “London House Party”, rather, we were very generously given use of the Dewdrop Squat in Battersea by the people who live there & run the space.

Generally the Dewdrop hosts punk benefit shows and the like, and they’ve been running the space for a couple of years now. I wanted to give credit where credit’s due, cos squatting a space like this isn’t easy (especially nowadays) and Len and me wanna say THANKS to the punx at the Dewdrop for letting us do this gig. Also thanks heaps to all our friends who helped us by cooking food, running the bar, DJing til the wee hours, and dancing and generally made the show amazing. DIY or DIE.

And obvs, thanks so much to Michal Local Kid for giving us the chance to put them on, so much fun!!!

Upset The Rhythm TV Episode #2: The Younger Lovers from Charles Chintzer Lai on Vimeo.

Posted Aug 4, 12:22 PM | By Melissa |
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Brontez Purnell

Saturday 10th July @ the Dew Drop, London, 8pm £5
The Younger Lovers with support from The Bumblebees and The Ethical Debating Society, with DJs including a set by Woolf + Zines + vegan food & cakes. Queer punk DIY fun!
The Dew Drop, 58 Stewarts Road, London SW8 4DE
Buses: P5 and N87, nearest overland Wandsworth

The Younger Lovers is fronted by Brontez Purnell, formerly of Gravy Train!!!!, and creator of Fag School zine, as well as current columnist for Maximum RocknRoll.

As well as being a musician and a dancer and probably many other things, Brontez is a writer. I love reading his pieces in zines like Shotgun Seamstress and Maximum RocknRoll, partly because he’s just so damn uncompromising in terms of his personality, his politics and his opinions. Plus he’s smart and passionate. I’m totally into passionately written pieces. I hate reading things which, while sound in their politics, are just so wrapped up in “how” they’re written, or what words they’re choosing that it’s just kind of dead on the page, and barely creates a spark in me. Brontez probably wants this issue to be done and dusted now, but I just have to post this link which I found one time while looking stuff up about him. His response to a situation in which a member of the band Black Lips was racist, is amazing. It’s interesting to read the comments that come after it too, the first one implying that the grammer and spelling is wrong. Oh god. Typical come back whenever someone of colour or a queer or feminist or whatever has a completely justified, passionate rant. That kind of “your grammer was wrong” argument is just like a bloodless fish to me, where’s your goddamn pulse, mate?

Anyway, The Younger Lovers is a garage punk band, with a kind of retro sound, like, I want to say 60s girl group, but don’t really know why. The Newest Romantic LP was recently released, which features great songs such as:

The Younger Lovers – Kiss me on the Bus

which just make you feel happy to be queer, and you can hold hands with your friends, sauntering down the summer street listening to it.

The Younger Lovers is gonna be amazing, I can’t wait.
QueerPunxOfColour 4everxxx

Posted Jun 30, 11:24 PM | By Melissa |
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Trash Kit's new video

London 3 piece Trash Kit released their self-titled album last month, and here is the first video from that album.

Cadets – Trash Kit

Trash Kit – Cadets from Upset The Rhythm on Vimeo.

Trash Kit could recently be seen playing at the Matt Groening-curated ATP, and will be opening for the Raincoats tonight, who will be playing their first album in its entirety at Scala. Seems they are the go-to band of the moment, and watching them play, it’s easy to see why. Not having listened to their new album yet, I have to be lazy and provide you with Upset the Rhythm’s review

Posted May 20, 08:31 PM | By Melissa |
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