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September with Melting Vinyl…

Start off your Melting Vinyl September with Patrick Fitzgerald at the Prince Albert on Tuesday 16th
September. Patrick Fitzgerald plays the songs of Kitchens of Distinction and Stephen Hero.
Performing solo under his own name for the first time in 30 years, Patrick Fitzgerald plays songs from previous incarnations, including legendary 1990s shoegaze pioneers Kitchens of Distinction and his introspective singer/songwriter solo act Stephen Hero. Patrick will be joined by special guests at each show to celebrate music from 1989-2025. Expect songs rom old Kitchen’s dream-pop classics to heartfelt songs from his latest solo album Convalescence.

Patrick is one of those musicians and gifted lyricists who really knows how to capture a person’s heart and mind. Thankfully he continues to do this…

For the Prince Albert evening show Patrick is delighted to be joined by composer, cellist and improviser Semay Wu and original Kitchens of Distinction guitarist and songwriter Julian Swales. This will be the first time in over 30 years that Patrick and Julian will have played live together.

Continue your September with Jolie Holland at St. Luke’s church on Friday the 19th. All hail the return of Jolie Holland after a sold out show in Brighton!

Jolie Holland is an American singer and performer who combines elements of folk, traditional country, jazz, soul, rock n roll, and blues. Forging a timeless, haunting musical career, Jolie Holland returns to the UK to share her intimate and honest artistry spanning several albums and projects with her new and devoted fans.

Jolie has knotted together a century of American song into a stew that is impossible to categorise. This is her burden and her gift, to know all of these American songs of the last ten decades in her head and her heart, and to have to wrestle with their legacy.
She dives straight to the pathos of a song the way the very greatest singers – singers like Mavis Staples, or Al Green, or Skip James, or Tom Waits do. Upon first encounter her songs seem challenging, perhaps unsettling at times, but as so many poets and rockers have shown us (from Dante Alighieri to William Blake to Sylvia Plath to Patti Smith to Nick Cave to Mark E. Smith) that’s where the beauty lies. As evident on her first recordings, Holland apparently has no fear of the truth, and there is no emotional core that she cannot reach in song. In fact she thrives on the red hot center of a musical composition, in all its strange and brutal detail.

“Noir, lived in, caustic, not entirely of this time” ~ Aquarium Drunkard.

On the same night (Friday 19th ), you can enjoy the PINS wild nights anniversary tour at the Prince Albert. Since the release of Girls Like Us in 2013, PINS have exuded strength in their danceable alternative post-punk transmissions and earned the trust, endorsement, and creative blessings of rock royalty such as Iggy Pop. 2015’s Wild Nights (Bella Union) was recorded and produced at Rancho De La Luna with Dave Catching (Eagles of Death Metal), attracted acclaim from Harpers Bazaar, Interview Magazine, The Guardian and Stereogum.
They toured on both sides of the pond alongside everyone from Sleater-Kinney and Warpaint to Best Coast and The Subways 2017 saw them unveil The Bad Thing EP preceded by the single “Aggrophobe” [feat. Iggy Pop].

Wild Nights marked a pivotal point for PINS and now, a decade later they are bringing the album to life once again. The tour will kick off in September 2025 and fans can expect a special setlist that includes all the fan favourites as well as a few surprises.
“Wild Nights took us on such a ride from recording it with Dave and Hayden at Rancho to ditching our jobs and touring it across the US, we were just young and free, it was so much fun. I loved how we would show up to a venue and people would know the words, want to dance with us on stage, want to party with us and show us their town, the music literally brought us together.” ~ Faith

“Everything went crazy after Wild Nights and the past few years we’ve taken time out to have new experiences, work on other projects, and spend time with friends and family. We’re energised creatively and it feels great to be back in the practice room and heading out on tour. We’ve missed everyone!” ~ Lois

A few days later you will be able to see Rowena Wise at The Folklore Rooms on Tuesday 23rd September. Australian indie-folk artist Rowena Wise returns to Europe and the UK this September, following the release of her critically acclaimed 2024 album, ‘Senseless Acts of Beauty’. Hailed by The Clash as “carefully etched indie folk”; Wise’s sound earned her a coveted Australian Music Prize shortlist nomination.

Known for her mesmerising live performances, Wise crafts intimate sonic landscapes with just voice and guitar, weaving together elements of traditional folk with contemporary indie sensibilities. Her crystalline vocals and intricate fingerpicking style create a captivating atmosphere that has enchanted audiences from Melbourne to Manchester.
This solo tour marks her first EU/UK performances since the album’s release, promising an evening of spellbinding music that showcases why she’s become one of Australia’s most compelling folk artists.

The night after Rowena Wise, you can enjoy Beautify Junkyards at The Rose Hill (Wednesday 24th September). Beautify Junkyards are a Portuguese group influenced by English acid folk, Brazilian Tropicália and contemporary electronica.
The band’s UK Tour promotes their latest album Nova on Ghost Box Records. The album, which has Paul Weller and Dorothy Moskowitz (from the 60s band United States of America) as guests, has received terrific press coverage on Mojo, Uncut, Shindig, Electronic Sound and was included on Shindig top 10 best 2024 albums list.
“Hybrid of out-of-time, out-of-place psychedelia and vintage electronic wonders and library music’s most esoteric corners” ~ Shindig.

Our final show of the month is be Oyama on Tuesday 30th at The Prince Albert.
Oyama is a five-piece shoegaze/indie collective from Reykjavík who has just released their second full-length album Everyone Left, which finds Oyama strikes a balance between elusive reality and tangible dreams.

Their new album has a contemplative vibe and shares thematic threads with its predecessor; their idiosyncratic songwriting earning recognition from leading music media. As KEXP’s Jim Beckmann noted, “Sharing a name with the relatively small Japanese central city, [the band] has grown into a sonic metropolis of multiple influences, from psychedelic to ambient.”
Featuring guitarist Alison MacNeil from cult Icelandic-Canadian math rock unit Kimono, Oyama creates a sound that combines a steady urban pulse with serenity, and with guitar delay causing ripples on the sonic pond, their sound is truly immersive.

Tracks were recorded at Sundlaugin studio of Sigur Rós and mixed by Árni Hjörvar Árnason (The Vaccines).