Calvin Johnson
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Mon 4 August 2008 // 20:00
(Mon 4th / 8pm / £7/6 advance)
Calvin Johnson’s work in underground culture started back in the days of punk as a teenage fan volunteering at the local community radio station, KAOS-FM in Olympia Washington. He moved on to establish the legendary K records in 1982 and has been at the heart of truly independent music and art in the USA ever since. Through K, and in-house Dub Narcotic Studios, he has worked with a host of influential artists including Beck, Make Up, Built To Spill, Modest Mouse, The Blow, Kimya Dawson, Heavenly, The Microphones, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The Blow, and The Gossip amongst others.
His distinctive voice and idiosyncratic stage presence (including signature dance moves such as ‘the tummy hop’) have gained him friends and fans around the world for his bands Beat Happening, The Go Team, Halo Benders, Dub Narcotic Sound System and most recently Calvin Johnson and the Sons of the Soil.
The decade of the double zeroes has seen Calvin Johnson set out into the world, acoustic guitar in hand, as a solo artist. Deadpan, playful, romantic and confrontational in turn; his live performances in the UK are few and far between.
Support comes from country-esque and folk-inspired Lianne Hall and the little-big band, The Mountain Parade. Lianne Hall was a firm Peel favourite, recording five sessions for him and has recently recorded with Paul Hartnoll (Orbital) and Robert Smith (The Cure). The Mountain Parade is a new project including members of Roxanne: The Early Years and Little Cosmonauts plus a whole host of friends.
http://www.krecs.com
http://www.myspace.com/liannehall
http://www.myspace.com/themountainparade
Calvin Johnson’s work in underground culture started back in the days of punk as a teenage fan volunteering at the local community radio station, KAOS-FM in Olympia Washington. He moved on to establish the legendary K records in 1982 and has been at the heart of truly independent music and art in the USA ever since. Through K, and in-house Dub Narcotic Studios, he has worked with a host of influential artists including Beck, Make Up, Built To Spill, Modest Mouse, The Blow, Kimya Dawson, Heavenly, The Microphones, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The Blow, and The Gossip amongst others.
His distinctive voice and idiosyncratic stage presence (including signature dance moves such as ‘the tummy hop’) have gained him friends and fans around the world for his bands Beat Happening, The Go Team, Halo Benders, Dub Narcotic Sound System and most recently Calvin Johnson and the Sons of the Soil.
The decade of the double zeroes has seen Calvin Johnson set out into the world, acoustic guitar in hand, as a solo artist. Deadpan, playful, romantic and confrontational in turn; his live performances in the UK are few and far between.
Support comes from country-esque and folk-inspired Lianne Hall and the little-big band, The Mountain Parade. Lianne Hall was a firm Peel favourite, recording five sessions for him and has recently recorded with Paul Hartnoll (Orbital) and Robert Smith (The Cure). The Mountain Parade is a new project including members of Roxanne: The Early Years and Little Cosmonauts plus a whole host of friends.
http://www.krecs.com
http://www.myspace.com/liannehall
http://www.myspace.com/themountainparade