Category: warm-ups ’16

The Night before: Pop Montréal & TSF’16

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The Night Before: Pop Montréal & Torstrassen Festival present Wake Island + L.A. Foster
June 3rd, 8pm
Acud Macht Neu
Veteranenstraße 21

Building on the success of last years collaborating, Pop Montréal and Torstarssenfestival have teamed up again, this time to bring you a free show featuring two Pop curated acts: Wake Island and L.A. Foster.

L.A. Foster: After growing up in Edmonton, Foster has spent the past ten years living in Buenos Aires and Montreal. Playing with these geographical contrasts, Foster’s premiere release is a mix of emotion ranging from southern heat to gritty cold-weather-break-ups. Blending cumbia, reggaeton, and house; her mix of samples, melodic hooks and cutting vocals provides the perfect setting for a melancholic dance party.
lesleyannfoster.bandcamp.com/releases

Wake Island: Wake Island is an electronic duo formed by Lebanese musicians Philippe Manasseh and Nadim Maghzal and based in Montreal and New York City. The band fearlessly blends electronic dance music with indie rock songwriting to create a positive, uplifting experience. Their new album, OUT, was mostly self-recorded in isolated cabins across the Quebec Eastern Townships and mixed at Montreal’s Breakglass Studios with Jace Lasek (Suuns, Wolf Parade). Through this beautiful and eclectic collection of songs, the band encourage us to stay positive and to open up to the world around us. OUT comes out on April 29th through Oh Hi, an artist collective they co-founded in Montreal. Their live show echoes bands like Caribou, Moderat and Beach House and is sure to elevate your spirit and make you dance.
soundcloud.com/wakeisland

TSF’16 Warm-Up #3 – The Seth Bogart Show

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The Seth Bogart Show
+ Miserable Lesbians
Monday, May 16th, 8pm
Privatclub Berlin

Tickets: powerline.tickets.de/de/events/7235-Seth_Bogart

Is it getting hot in here or is that just me? It’s hot, right? Am I feeling the Bern or is this another Torstraßen Festival 2016 warm-up show? The later, the former, any, all. Point is, Torstraßen Festival, Powerline Agency and Shameless/Limitless are teaming up to proudly present weirdo ripper Seth Bogart (aka Hunx And His Punx) perform THE SETH BOGART SHOW.

Support comes in the form of Miserable Lesbians, a stoner garage project of 19 year California transplant Lafayette Vanderkin-Jus. Tickets on sale now.

BURGER RECORDS is excited to announce the official debut album from Seth Bogart, the former frontman for iconic DIY acts Hunx And His Punx and Gravy Train! The genre-twisting pop homage features guest appearances from Kathleen Hanna, Tavi Gevinson, Clementine Creevy (Cherry Glazerr), Chela and is co-written and produced by long-time friend Cole MGN (Julia Holter, Ariel Pink, DâM FunK etc).
Following years of creating and touring with his punk projects, Seth’s reinvention began when he moved to Los Angeles in 2012 and started to focus on his visual art. Amongst other things, he opened his Wacky Wacko store, based on his extremely popular clothing line, collaborated on a special limited edition collection with Saint Laurent and had installations at various galleries and museums, including 356 S. Mission Road and MoCA Geffen Contemporary, all the while still working on new music.
With new surroundings and inspiration, a laptop, guitar, microphone, a $50 keyboard and help from Cole MGN, Seth’s new sound was born. Inspired by music he grew up loving – Radio Disney, Broadcast, 80s French Pop like Lio and Plastic Bertrand, Le Tigre, Nina Hagen and Kraftwerk – the new sound is a welcomed adventurous step in a completely new direction. Previously, Seth shared the first single “Eating Makeup”, featuring a vocal assist from the legendary Kathleen Hanna. The song is based on an episode of “My Strange Addiction” in which the subject is literally addicted to eating makeup. The tongue-in-cheek video directed by JJ Stratford (Telefantasy Studios) shows off Seth’s friends eating makeup but also acts as a Pee Wee’s Playhouse-meets-Liquid Television-inspired social commentary on the effects of the beauty industry. Today, Seth shares new track “Forgotten Fantazy” that shows his more somber and contemplative side.

www.sethbogart.com

TSF’16 Warm-Up #2 – The Chap

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Torstraßen Festival wärmt auf, SPEX präsentiert:

The Chap
+ Tendre Biche
11. April, 2016
Kantine am Berghain

2016 ist wieder Zeit für den weirden Indie-Pop des britisch-griechisch-deutschen Quartetts. Laut Band ist das neue Album “ein Pamphlet in Musikform über die absolute Gewissheit, dass Rockmusik die Welt niemals geändert hat und sie niemals ändern wird. Es ist der Sound der Verzweiflung angesichts gigantischen Stumpfsinns, inmitten von Ereignissen, die sich nicht nur auf Hunderttausende von Flüchtlingen, sondern auch auf Familien und Freunde der Band auswirken.”

Tickets: https://puschen.tickets.de/de/events/7198-THE_CHAP
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/214401522227349/

TSF’16 Warm-Up #1 – Princess Century

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Torstraßen Festival & Shameless/Limitless present:

Princess Century
+ Pascale Project
March 18th, 2016
Acud Club

In anticipation of TSF’16, Torstraßen Festival and Shameless/Limitless proudly present the Berlin debut of Maya Postepski’s (of Austra and TR/ST) new project, Princess Century at ACUD Macht Neu on the 18th of March.

Support comes from the Montréal based TSF and S/L alumna Pascale Project.
Tickets available at the door and via shamelesslimitless@gmail.com.

After Party W/ DJs Mona Lisa Disco & Magic Island
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1561598287492195/