Micachu and The Shapes – AmeliasMagazine

Time and Place

Bridget Macdonal
New paintings and drawings from the artist’s new figurative and landscape work.

Art First, online abortion 1st Floor, 9 Cork St, W1S 3LL
Apr 28 – May 21, 2009

Where Eagles Tremble

Vic Reeves
TV comedian Vic Reeve’s art work mixes the surreal and the mundane in an amusing way,
the exhibition features a new series of paintings that focus on aviation.

Mews of Mayfair, 10-11 Lancashire Court, New Bond Street, Mayfair W1S 1EY
2nd April – 29th April 2009
Weekdays 10am – 6pm

Optimistic Immigrants

Performances and films from a group of London based immigrants as Part of the East End Film Festival 2009.

Vibe Live and V Gallery, The Vibe Bar, The Truman Brewery. 91 Brick Lane, London, E1 6QL
Main event: Tuesday 28th April 7-11pm

Tickets £7. £5.50 concessions.

Avoision

Dan Mort
This is the artist’s first solo exhibition with Museum 52 gallery.

Museum 52, 52 Redchurch Street, London E2 7DP
20th March – 30th April 2009, Wednesday – Saturday 11am – 6 pm or by appointment

Still Life

Robin Conway
An exhibition of stunning underwater photography.

Red Gate Gallery, 209a Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, London SW9 8RU
24th- 30th Apr 09, Monday – Saturday: 2.30 pm – 6.30 pm
Free

Swedish Fashion: Exploring A New Identity

This exhibition showcases fashion and jewellery from a group of Swedish designers.

Fashion and Textile Museum, 83 Bermondsey Street, Tower Bridge, SE1 3XF
6 February 2009 – 17 May 2009, from 11am – 6pm
How Much: £5 tickets, £3 Concessions

Monday 27th

Don`t let a rainy and grey Monday discourage you from having a fun and joyful evening out. Go for curry and great indie/electro in Bricklane where Blitz And The Sheets, find Beta Rays, side effects Richard Peter Snapes and The Lie Awakes will be playing at 93 Feet East.
7:30pm. Free.

Blitz and The Sheets

Tuesday 28th

Let the beat – and one more of ICA`s awesome musical nights – control you. This time is Micachu and The Shapes performing their delicious electro pop.
7:30pm. £8.50.

Micachu and The Shapes

Wednesday 29th

Better and more creative than band names only venue names, right? This one is called Last Days of Decadence and is welcoming the very ladylike sound of My Toys Like Me.
8pm. £6.

My Toys Like Me

Thursday 30th

That`s a night we were all waiting for! Straight from St Albans comes Friendly Fires, three lovely boys who came up with one of the most catchy and totally danceable things from last year. I just can`t stop listening to “Jump in The Pool”. Support comes from Boy Crisis and they will all be at the HMV Forum.
7pm. £12.50.

Friendly Fires

Friday 1st

Start your long weekend at a fantastic venue that is Koko. Hosting Joe Gideon and The Shark + White Man Kamikaze in another Club NME night.
10:30pm. £7, £5 before 11pm, concs £4.

Joe Gideon and The Shark

Saturday 2nd

Presenting their fourth album entitled “Kingdom of Rust”, Doves will be stepping up Brixton Academy`s stage on Saturday. Don`t pass out the opportunity to check this historical band out and their new stuff for this year.
7pm. £20.

Doves

Sunday 3rd

Some easy and boyish vibes can`t never hurt so pray for a better weather to come and plan your Sunday to enjoy the Sheffield`s boys from Skeletons at Barfly.
7pm. £5.

Skeletons

Written by Barbara Mattivy on Monday April 27th, 2009 12:07 pm

Categories ,Doves, ,Friendly Fires, ,Live, ,London, ,Micachu and The Shapes, ,Music Listings

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Illustrations by Michael Maitland

Micachu and the Shapes have provided one of 2009’s strongest growers in debut album, stuff sales Jewellery. On first listen, pill splattered with on-trend DIY sounds of vacuums and other found objects, pills it is amiable. But if hastily allowed, it falls inside the bracket of most East London output that perpetually dreams of nailing the ultimate C86 sound by foolishly bashing their assortment of instruments. Only when you really give it the listening attention it deserves do you realise what a skilfully crafted piece of recording it is, elevating the Guildhall trained trio from the toilet circuit to something resembling an award winning act.

We featured them in the printed magazine during their salad days, and since then they have in most people’s eyes been promoted to the latter with a near miss on a Mercury nod. Now at a well-deserved pinnacle, Mica Levi and her school chums headline London’s Scala with fellow purveyors of noise, The Invisible and justify their pole position.

To surmise, Micachu and the Shapes deliver. In a live setting, the favourites play out with a tightness and flexibility that befits these classically trained musicians. The idiosyncrasies of each track are giving room to breathe and Levi’s unfaltering commitment to her Bow accent gives her vocals an alluring authenticity. She is flanked by her trusty comrades on keyboards and drums, who nail their parts, delivering an added energy to the performance as opposed it simply being a Mica plus session musicians show. Their matching white t-shirt stage outfits are a similarly unifying symbol, removing any ego or hierarchy within the band.

All in all, there are no criticisms. Apart from the lacklustre reaction in the audience, which can probably be explained by the sizable guest list queue, no doubt to celebrate the band’s homecoming. Said queue, caused me to regrettably miss The Invisible’s set but luckily a representative of theirs in the gigantic, shadow casting form of David Okumo joined The Shapes on a track. So at least I got proof of their existence.

If, like me, you stuck with Jewellery and let it bore a Micachu shaped hole in your heart, then I recommend you catch a live performance and give them the almighty holler they deserve.

Written by Katie Weatherall on Thursday October 22nd, 2009 5:28 pm

Categories ,c86, ,diy, ,gig, ,Micachu and The Shapes, ,the invisible

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