PRIMETIME, spell it one word, not two. Unlike their name, this London based four piece never stick to one thing but a multitude of noise, voices and musings. Driven by off kilter chords, booming drums and bellowing English accents the PRIMETIME sound harkens back to the era of music that bore The Raincoats and The Slits, retaining the same sense of individuality and DIY spirit that those groups portrayed.

On their self-titled 7” EP, just released via La Vida Es Un Mus Records, they harness this energy into four tales of low life London. Their calling card, 'Tied Down', is an ode to the filthier side of human relations that slinks along to a jerky melody that you'll be humming for the rest of the day. As Good Throb guitarist Bryony Benyon writes of the song, "Lyrics evoke the dark sadism and admirable self-interest of fictional dream girl gang punks with an undeniable almost girl group-esque hook." Watch the video below, directed by Roxanne Clifford of Veronica Falls:

The other tracks on the EP reflect this same ambivalence between teenage fantasy and the realities of adult life. The menacing guitar grind of 'Right Track' is offset by a dissonant bass line that together sound out the teetering tightrope walk between want and need. 'Last Night' is a stripped down call and response song that summons a Jonathan Richman-esque guitars and sentiment. Slushy is a murky strut from the Job Centre to the train tracks, vocals part poet, part shoplifter.

Fearless to have fun making a mess, PRIMETIME are a band searching for splendour in the grit and urging listeners to do the same. As Sean Forbes of Rough Trade exclaims "You can't help but fall in love with this band after just one listen."

Upcoming Shows

AUG 14TH – EP LAUNCH PARTY! THE MACBETH w/ Personnel, Quango, Monotony - LONDON

AUG 29TH - POWERLUNCHES w/ Straight Arrows, Primitive Parts, Angie - LONDON

AUG 30TH - SEABRIGHT ARMS w/ Blue Minkies, Daskinsey4 - LONDON

OCT 29TH - 100 CLUB w/ Greys - LONDON

NOV 16TH - PRINCE ALBERT w/ The Coathangers - BRIGHTON

Editors Frontman Tom Smith wrote this breakup ballad after betting he could write a tune for a former X Factor contestant. The unnamed singer got dropped and Smith kept the song for band. “I like writing about things that are darker than what's in or anywhere near the charts. I just try to find interesting ways about writing around the topic of love. They're the most straightforward lyrics I've ever written."

The video for 'What Is This Thing Called Love' was conceived and animated by Ania Leszczynska who was shortlisted for the 2012 British Animation Awards and previous to that nominated for a New Talent Award in the Scottish BAFTA’s in 2010.

RELEASED ON DVD SEPTEMBER 1st 2014

Two-time Academy Award© winner Michael Caine (Get Carter, Alfie, The Dark Knight) and the hugely talented Clémence Poésy (Harry Potter) star in the upcoming Mr. Morgan’s Last Love, a bitter-sweet Parisian-set romance, from director Sandra Nettelbeck (No Reservations).

Mr. Morgan’s Last Love is an emotionally charged tale of a lonely American widower in Paris who learns to love life again after a chance encounter with a beautiful and vibrant young woman.

From the day Pauline (Clémence Poésy) lends him a helping hand on the bus, the stubborn, weary Matthew Morgan (Michael Caine) stumbles back to happiness. Swept off his old feet by the young woman's disarming vitality and unwavering optimism, the quiet teacher becomes an unlikely student of living. In their everyday adventures of walks through Paris, lunches in the park, and trips to the country, the odd couple explores the treasures of friendship, the comfort of companionship, the taste of romance – and the meaning of family. Through their mutual restoration of faith in people who care, Pauline embraces the idea of a new kind of family while Matthew finally reconnects with his estranged son Miles (Justin Kirk), who in turn finds himself deeply affected by the changes in his father.

Mr. Morgan’s Last Love will be released by Arrow Films in select cinemas across the UK on July 11th following the Irish theatrical release on July 4th. The film will be available on demand and digital to own and rent from August 18th and released on DVD on September 1st, 2014.

No Les than 10 films supported by the Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel will premiere at Toronto international Film Festival ans World Film Festival of Montreal.

Major event in North America, TIFF will propose 4 French-speaking Belgian Films. Tokyo Fiancée, third feature from director Stefan Liberski, produced by Versus Production and sold by Films Distribution will world premiere in Contemporary World Cinema section. Canadian audience will discover Young Belgian actress Pauline Etienne (The Nun) int this pop adaptation of Amélie Nothomb’s bestseller Ni d’Eve ni d’Adam. Same section, produced by Artémis Productions and sold worlwide by Films Distribution, Not my type by Lucas Belvaux, staring Belgian actress Emilie Duquenne, will make its North American premiere after a successful release in France and Belgium.

Acclaimed at Cannes Film Festival Two days, one night by Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Alleluia by Fabrice du Welz will be part of the game. Two days, produced by Les Films du Fleuve and handled by Mongrel Media (Canada) and Wild Bunch (Worlwide) will be the object of a Special Presentation while Alleluia will be presented in the Vanguards section dedicated to « provocative, sexy… possibly dangerous » works. In the Contemporary World Cinema section Canadian audience will also discover the Greek-Belgian coproduction Xenia by Panos H. Koutras. 

Before TIFF, the World Film Festival of Montreal will present 6 French-speaking Belgian productions: 3 features and 3 shorts.

In the Official Competition, Melody by Bernard Bellefroid should be a strong contender for the Grand Prix des Americas. Produced By Artémis Productions and handled wolrdwide by Doc & Film, the second feature by Belgian director after The boatrace (2011) explores the complex Relationship between a surrogate mother and her « client ».

Two female debuts will also premiere in Montreal. In the First Films World Competition, Next year by Vania Leturcq, produced by Hélicotronc, tells the story of Clotilde and Aude friendship, just before their big jump in adulthood. In the Focus on World Cinema section, All cats are grey by Savina Dellicour, produced by Tarantula Belgium and handled by Brussels based Be For Films stars Bouli Lanners in the role of a private detective investigating on the case of his biological daughter.

On the documentary front, a debut film by Angelos Rallis and Hans-Ullrich Gössl, A place for everyone, produced by AJC ! is selected. The film follows young Hutus and Tutsis living their lives in modern Rwanda.

Finally, 3 shorts will be presented: Taxistop by Marie Enthoven, Forest by Samuel Feller and The being from elsewhere by Renaud de Putter and Guy Bordin.

FRENCH VERSION

Au festival de Toronto comme au Festival des films du Monde de Montréal, les productions belges francophones se font la part belle. Pas moins de dix films soutenus par le Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel y seront présentés.

Considéré par beaucoup comme le deuxième festival le plus important après Cannes, le festival de Toronto accueille un grand nombre de premières de prestige ainsi qu’un marché prisé et dynamique qui en font le rendez-vous incontournable d’Amérique du Nord.

On y retrouve cette année quatre films de Wallonie Bruxelles. En première mondiale, Tokyo fiancée, troisième long métrage de Stefan Liberski produit par Versus Production sera présenté dans la section Cinéma du Monde contemporain. Le public canadien y découvrira Pauline Etienne dans une adaptation pop du roman autobiographique d’Amélie Nothomb Ni d’Eve ni d’Adam.

Dans la même section, après son succès en salles en France et en Belgique, Pas son genre, de Lucas Belvaux produit par Artémis Productions fera sa première outre-Atlantique.

Plébiscités en mai à Cannes, Deux jours, une nuit de Luc et Jean-Pierre Dardenne et Alleluia de Fabrice du Welz seront également da la partie. Le premier, produit par Les Films du Fleuves fera l’objet d’une présentation spéciale tandis que le second est programmé dans la section Vanguard consacrée aux réalisateurs audacieux et provocateurs.

A noter par ailleurs dans la section Cinéma du Monde contemporain la co-production greco-belge Xenia, de Panos H. Koutras, déjà remarquée également sur la Croisette.

Avant Toronto, place au Québec et au Festival des films du Monde de Montréal où les films belges francophones tiendront le haut de l’affiche. Présenté en première internationale dans la Compétition officielle, Melody, de Bernard Bellefroid devrait être une candidat sérieux au Grand Prix des Amériques. Une nouvelle fois produit par Artémis, le deuxième film du réalisateur namurois après La régate en 2011 explore les liens complexes entre une jeune mère porteuse et sa « cliente ». 

Deux premiers films au féminin feront également leur première mondiale à Montréal. Dans la Compétition premières Œuvres, L’année prochaine, de Vania Leturcq, produit par Hélicontronc, s’attache à l’amitié adolescente entre Clotilde et Aude, à la veille de leur vie adulte. Dans la section Regards sur les Cinémas du Monde, Tous les chats sont gris (la nuit) de Savina Dellicour produit par Tarantula Belgique nous présente Bouli Lanners en détective privé célibataire enquêtant sur sa fille biologique.

A noter également la présence du film documentaire de Angelos Rallis et Hans-Ullrich Gössl,

Une endroit pour tout le monde, produit par AJC!. Tourné au Rwanda, le film relate le quotidien de jeunes Hutus et Tutsis. 

Le court-métrage ne sera pas en reste dans la belle province avec Taxistop, de Marie Enthoven , Forêt, de Samuel Feller et L’être venu d’ailleurs de Renaud de Putter et Guy Bordin.

STARS have confirmed the October 14 release of their new album ‘No One Is Lost’ (ATO Records) and a headlining North American tour, including shows at NYC’s Modern Sky Festival plus dates in DC, Boston, Chicago and more (full schedule below). The follow-up to 2012’s ‘The North,’ ‘No One is Lost’ is comprised of 11 original songs and was produced by STARS and Liam O’Neil (Metric, The Stills). NPR Music premiered “From The Night,” the lead track off the record, calling it “a misnomer to describe a song about embracing darkness as ‘sunny,’ but its silver linings – “Let’s be young / Let’s pretend that we never will die” – are as insistent as the propulsive thump of the chorus.”

“From The Night” revels in the chances you take and the loves you make or break on any given evening. Lead singer/songwriter Torquil Campbell explains, “I always find it so moving and beautiful to watch people have their nights out. There’s something so heartbreaking about it. People have jobs that they have to get up for, jobs they hate, and they live for the weekend; they live for these moments. And they put everything they have into it.”

For ‘No One Is Lost,’ STARS craved autonomy, and serendipitously inherited the Mile End rehearsal space last December above the now defunct, Royal Phoenix nightclub in Montreal. STARS built a functional studio out of the former space of then-disbanding Handsome Furs (and site of Arcade Fire’s first rehearsals); Mile End became a home away from home. Then the nightclub (and life) crept in, resulting in STARS’ most urgent record to date. Drummer Pat McGee explains, “The sub-bass throb coming from the club below our studio was undeniably and unavoidably influential. It motivated us to out-throb the throb.”

“This record’s called ‘No One Is Lost’ because that is a fucking lie,” says Torquil. “We are all lost, we are all going to lose this game and, as you get older, you lose people more and more. I just wanted to close my eyes and jump and hope that was true. Life is loss, love is loss. And loving people is about accepting that you’re going to have to say goodbye to them. And that’s why it’s fucking brave. That’s STARS ethos: this life is very heartbreaking and sad… so let’s get completely fucking arseholed and listen to some Dionne Warwick.”

‘No One Is Lost’ translates all that anxiety into pure ecstasy, from the laser-cut new-waved precision of Millan’s “This Is the Last Time” to the soaring, Mozzerific chorus of Campbell’s “Trap Door,” to the dreamy duet “Look Away.” And the titanic title track - the sound of a dancefloor being swallowed whole by an ocean of sweat and swapped spit - feels like the moment STARS entire 15-year journey has been leading up to, a euphoric house banger that distills all the hope, fear, joy, sadness, and sex in the band’s songbook into a pair of unshakeable mantras: “put your hands up because everybody dies / put your hands up if you know you’re going to lose.”

‘No One Is Lost’ Tracklist:

1. From The Night

2. This Is The Last Time

3. You Keep Coming Up

4. Turn It Up

5. No Better Place

6. What Is To Be Done?

7. Trap Door

8. Are You OK?

9. A Stranger

10. Look Away

11. No One Is Lost

STARS is: Amy Millan, Evan Cranley, Patrick McGee, Chris Seligman and Torquil Campbell, with Chris McCarron.