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    Posted: August 13 2009 at 11:14
UPSILON ACRUX OCTOBER UK TOUR

1-Chatham* (w/ Honey Ride Me A Goat @ Tap N Tin)

2-Milton Keynes* (w/ Action Beat @ The Crown) TBC

3-Liverpool*/** (The Feast Of The Tail w/ a.P.A.t.T., Honey Ride Me A Goat, Shield Your Eyes + MORE @ The Kazimier - ALL DAY EVENT)

4- Worcester* (@The Firefly)

5- TBC

6-London* (Upset The Rhythm w/ Honey Ride Me A Goat & 20 Jazz Funk Greats DJs @ Barden's Boudoir)

7-Leeds* (Room 237 w/ That F**king Tank & Cowtown @ The Brudenell Social Club)

8-Dublin (@ The Lower Deck)

9-Cork (@ The Quad)

* With The Laze
** With HEALTH

UPSILON ACRUX

Upsilon Acrux (Los Angeles) is an instrumental quintet (dual guitars, keyboards, bass and drums). They are one of the most creative and original of the shockingly large number of great post-punk, avant-garde rock bands today and are regulars of the now legendary Smell venue in L.A. This is their sixth album of explosive, intense and surprisingly beautiful intricate, instrumental rock. UA continue to develop their uncompromising sound and intense live shows/tours with such acts as The Boredoms, The Ruins, Mission of Burma, the Locust, Don Caballero, Bad Dudes, the f**king Champs, Dillinger Escape Plan, Cattle Decapitation, Black Heart Procession, Hella, Lightning Bolt, Marnie Stern, Flying Luttenbachers, Orthrelm, Time of Orchids, Experimental Dental School, Truman's Water and Mick Barr.

http://www.myspace.com/upsilonacrux

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"...a stunning example of both virtuosity and clever composition...amazing, and amazingly consistent...." – All Music Guide

"Seldom is music so challenging also so easy to listen to." – Prefix

“The best new band in California” – Bobby Bray (The Locust)

"Mixing instrumental complexity within highly structured mini epics...these guys sweat and spray us with the results." – Modern Drummer

"... [they] have the ability to make instrumental music interesting at any speed. It’s Upsilon Acrux’s songwriting that sets them apart, not flashy instrumentalism or fiery bombast" --Dusted Magazine

"...weird and playful and glowing, a much-needed antidote to the normally sober world of instrumental progressive rock" --Prefix Magazine

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=8600647&albumId=2784968


Tour Support: THE LAZE

A Wirralien 6-piece with Progressive/Soundtrack & Science Fiction/Psychedelic allusions. Melodic guitar, cosmic synths, screaming sax and pounding rhythms conspire to rewire neural pathways. Enmeshed in Liverpool's avant-garde scene (a.P.A.t.T., Mugstar, Zukanican et al). The Laze have also played with the likes of Acid Mothers Temple, Circulus, Damo Suzuki, Diagonal, Gonga, The Mae Shi, Polar Bear, Pulled Apart By Horses, Rolo Tomassi & Vialka.
The Laze will be promoting their forthcoming LP "Spacetime Fabric Conditioner".

http://www.myspace.com/thelaze

http://www.last.fm/music/The+Laze

"What begins as John Carpenter ’70s horror-house thumps, soon transmogrifies into medieval prog-rave vs. whimsical melodic alien folk that teases and taunts the artwork from Hawkwind LPs into life" - www.20jazzfunkgreats.co.uk

"Sonny Crocket speeding in his Ferrari after
witnessing his love-interest-du-jour blow up at the hand of some drug cartel." - Steve Moore (Zombi)

"Musically-amorphous prog sextet The Laze confuse and engage in equal measure" - The Fly
 
"We have a serious band here, this just might be the missing link that glues together the classic English prog of long past days and the forward looking musical adventure of now" - Organ

"MgCl2 (sea salt) + H2O (steam) = MgO (periclase) + 2HCl (HCl gas)" - www.volcanolive.com
 
 
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2009 at 12:06
Excellent!

I'll see which one would be advantageous for me to go to.
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Great band!! I discovered them jus trecently and I just adore the way they shake my melomaniac foundations so easily and so weirdly.
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further details added above
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Is the Winchester gig at The Railway Inn?
 
MySpace says 4th October for that - I should be able to make it to that one.Approve
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Still not sure of all of the venues.  I shall post more details as soon as I know them :)
 
There's a little preview review of our forthcoming LP here: http://www.organart.com/
Scroll down to aug 27th to find.
 
 
 
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Is the Winchester gig at The Railway Inn?
 
MySpace says 4th October for that - I should be able to make it to that one.Approve


That's the one I plan to go to as well, Dean. Wink

Let me know if you're going and we can maybe go to a pub first.
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Originally posted by James James wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Is the Winchester gig at The Railway Inn?
 
MySpace says 4th October for that - I should be able to make it to that one.Approve


That's the one I plan to go to as well, Dean. Wink

Let me know if you're going and we can maybe go to a pub first.
The Railway Inn ... the name says it all really Wink 
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 01 2009 at 18:45
Is it actually there, though?

It could be at a different venue.

I have a mate who lives in Winchester... hmm, I doubt he'll be interested though.
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Unfortunately gentlemen, Winchester has become Worcester.
 
I hope there is another city that works for you.  Or that we get another southern date on the 5th...
 
More information as and when.
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2009 at 06:33
Hmm... Worcester isn't too far away...

Milton Keynes is also a possibility but last time I went there, I got lost...


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Further details for the Feast Of The Tail Festival (October 2nd & 3rd) in The Kazimier, Liverpool:
 
Friday Oct 2nd
 
HEALTH - L.A.'s No Wave Gamelan Neons  www.myspace.com/healthmusic
Pictureplane - Electronic New House from Denver, Colorado
Balloons - Prog Punk Electro  www.myspace.com/wereballoons
Minion TV - Post-Rock scousers
 

 
Saturday Oct 3rd (All-dayer)
 
Upsilon Acrux - Californian Avantech Wizardry (Cuneiform)
a.P.A.t.T. - Bizzart Genius, file next to Abba & Zappa  www.myspace.com/apatt
The Laze - Psycience Fiction Cheese Prog  www.myspace.com/thelaze
Shield Your Eyes - Strangled guitar and furious face  www.myspace.com/leavethetapesrunning
Iron Crease - Good time Mathletic riffage, guitar & drums  www.myspace.com/ironcrease
Honey Ride Me A Goat - Spazz Jazz Punk Noise  www.myspace.com/hrmag
Mother Earth - Hella good drums
Pariah Qarey - DJ set from the IDM B-Boy
 
 
This is easily the best night on the tour, devastating line-up!  If you haven't seen or heard a.P.A.t.T. before prepare to be blown away!  I hope this site is familiar with their insanity?
 


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unfortunately our milton keynes date has been cancelled!

we are looking to fill the hole in the schedule.

if any one can help just shout me here:

[email protected]

oh and a limited edition (only 100) our new LP Spacetime Fabric Conditioner will be available on the tour.  A full release will come later in the year (digipak & 12"). sneaky previews of the art here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/the-LAZE/10058910865?ref=search&sid=764890645.3161726571..1
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Why all the cancellations for such a brilliant band?

It's not fair.  I guess the UK aren't ready for you guys yet!  Grrr!

Milton Keynes was also not far from me... I guess Worcester it might have to be then.


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yeah i don't get it, we even had our van cancel on us?!
don't people understand upsilon will be devastating?!
 
we are considering our options, house parties are always fun ;)
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Alas you cannot come round mine but if there's a party, maybe I'll find my way there!

And another new album?  Radian Futura is excellent and I cannot wait to hear you guys perform live!

I think I'll be able to get myself one of those 100 if I'm lucky.  You can always drop one off at mine on your way through!

Do you know if tickets are on sale for Worcester yet?  It's creeping up to October already.
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^ wrong band James, David is with The Laze, not Upsilon Acrux
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 24 2009 at 05:55
How should I know that?

Whoops!

But still... it's still disappointing that these gigs are getting cancelled.
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Tour starts this Thursday!
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