Godspeed You! Black Emperor ( Music Trix , Antwerp, 10/30/2015 at 19:30 )

On October 30, 2015 the Canadian post - rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor plays at the Trix in Antwerp. The support act is Tashi Dorji , the Bhutani American guitar virtuoso.

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Stealing Sheep return with “Apparition”, the third single to be released from their critically acclaimed second album Not Real.

Accompanied by a playful video, directed by Dougal Wilson, in his first music video in 6 years, that creates the illusion of a candid one shot in an unassuming village square witnessing a group of Morris dancers that are infiltrated by the band.

The band explains “we liked the idea because the English folk imagery juxtaposes the moody synth style of the music. The Morris dancing goes surprisingly well with the electronic drums and made us laugh! We love the dreamlike flow of the choreography and the camera. It was Dougal that first introduced us to a female experimental film maker from the 50's called Maya Deren and her style really influenced our visual when we began working on our album, exploring dreams, subjective reality and streams of consciousness"

 Wilson elaborates:

 "The idea for ‘Apparition’ came from the fact that the song had a mysterious, hypnotic feeling, and the fact that I’ve always found Morris Dancing slightly strange and psychedelic.

 I’d also wanted to re-visit Morris Dancing since I made a Four Tet video in 2003, where I simply cut existing Morris footage to music.

 Since then, I’d always wanted to take the idea further by actually having a band learn Morris Dancing themselves, and this seemed like an appropriate opportunity given the unexpected contrast of the girls' personalities with the characters in a genuine Morris side. 

 Very luckily for me, Emily, Becky and Lucy, were very conscientious and learnt their dance steps very well. I also thought it would be appropriate to attempt to capture it in one (apparently) continuous take, as Morris dancing seems to always shot by one camera when it appears on Youtube."

 Following a hugely busy and successful festival season, which included an appearance at David Byrne’s Meltdown, Stealing Sheep are about to embark on a equally busy Autumn live schedule which includes support shows with Django Django and further performances of the In Dreams: David Lynch Revisited series (in Dublin, Bristol and Paris) alongside Villagers, Stuart Staples, Mick Harvey and Jehnny Beth from Savages. The band will also be performing in NYC as part of CMJ. Upcoming live info below: 

Friday 10 December – BRUSSELS – AB w/ Django Django

 The Greatest Switch of Studio Brussel is collected in an unique box
Switch has been a longstanding Studio Brussel's brand for quality electronic music. Annually the listeners of Studio Brussel choose their favorite dance records. On Saturday 10th October Studio Brussels broadcasts its list of the 100 best dance records in history.

This broadcast traditionally comes with a collector. This year, for the occasion all previously collectors were brought together in a unique box containing more than 200 club classics, only available on CD.
On that same evening there is in the Vooruit in Ghent The Greatest Switch Party with sets of The Subs, Goldfox and Studio Brussels and Switch-founders Jan Van Biesen and Michael Sheridan Midnight.

The Wharves combine gracefully minimal psyche-rock with fuzzed out folk. Their songwriting remains consistently rich, largely due to the startling harmonies of Gemma Fleet (bass) and Dearbhla Minogue (guitar) that bond together each song. They invoke the reverberated spook of 60s girl groups, the mid-fi guitar crunch of Kim Deal’s The Amps, the vocal flavours of The Roches and the narrative and structural panache of 70s progressive folk. Marion Andrau’s thunderous drumming drives through these compositions, ensuring the wealth of disparate influences remain focused and celebratory.

Following on from last year’s brilliant ‘At Bay’ album on Gringo Records, this brand new 7” single gives us a glimpse of what their next album ‘Electa’ will sound like next year. PRS’ 'Women Make Music' grant made these recordings possible and enabled the band to spend a day recording with a rebel choir made up of friends of the band and family members. Side A boasts the plaintive yet powerful track ‘NAZ’, which soars for the sky with each vocal climb and guitar trail. Whilst, ‘My Will’ on the flipside takes us back to a wintry past life, sounding practically medieval in its quietude, before leaping up like a newly lit bonfire when the rebel choir join the fray.

The Wainwright Sisters will be releasing their anticipated new album 'Songs In The Dark' on November 13 via [PIAS]

Although they're sisters, Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche didn't grow up together. Aside from genetics, their true bond was a musical one, both growing up in families steeped in songwriting. Both their mothers would sing them lullabies (Kate McGarrigle to Martha and Suzzy Roche to Lucy) - now to honour that, 30 years later, Martha and Lucy are singing many of these same songs, some penned by their mothers and father (Loudon Wainwright III) on 'Songs In The Dark.'

The record also includes songs that shaped their childhoods, made famous by the likes of Woody Guthrie and Jimmie Rogers. When Martha and Lucy grew up and become songwriters of their own, they discovered their physical separation was trumped by their shared musical DNA. On 'Songs In The Dark,' this is captured in its elemental essence: dark, mysterious, and beautiful.

The Wainwright Sisters - Upcoming Showcase Dates

11/07 - City Winery, New York, New York

11/10 - St. Stephens Church, London, England

12/1 - Phi Centre, Montreal, Quebec