Underground Railroad - Watch on Channel M

 

Underground Railroad - Tour Dates

 

Underground Railroad played by Zane Lowe

Zane Lowe played Sticks and Stones yesterday, Thursday 9th July you can listen to yesterday's show here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/zanelowe

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Underground Railroad - Rough Trade Gig

We are very pleased to announce that Underground Railroad will be playing a special gig at Rough Trade East on September 22nd at 7pm. Its free to get in too! see you there.

Rough Trade East

New Album - Sticks And Stones

‘Sticks and Stones’ – lead single out 21 July 2008

‘Sticks and Stones’ – album to follow on 29 Sept 2008

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WATCH AND PLAY VIDEO

The guys have just finished filming the video for Watch And Play - Its the best video that’s come into One Little Indian for a long while so take a look here.

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PARIS PUNK TRIO RELEASES DEBUT SINGLE

They exude effortless cool. Vogue will be tripping on their Prada bags in an effort to get out the way of songs like the pulsing shrieking ‘Hollywood Whore’ before they photograph them in gritty black and white. - Disorder Magazine
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Black-hearted avant- punk that bristles with the sort of distorted guitars and whip-lashing climaxes that will have older indie fans fishing out their Sonic Youth Classics- The Metro
Coming from the same district that provided us with the sublime Air, Paris punk trio UNDERGROUND RAILROAD release their debut extended single ‘Watch And Play’, on One Little Indian on 2nd April.

 

UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

Formed five years ago in Paris, Underground Railroad released their debut album ‘Twisted Trees’ on One Little Indian in the summer of last year – a ferocious squall of a record crystallising the band’s love for post-punk and New York’s No Wave scene, it won them a passionate following through its wholly uncompromising nature.

“Black-hearted avant punk…whiplashing climaxes.” – Metro
“A sound to frighten Gallows back into the tattoo parlour.”        – The Fly

Drummer Raphael Mura, guitarist Marion Andrau (who both take lead vocal duties) and bassist/backing vocalist JB Ganivet return in the latter half of 2008 with ‘Sticks and Stones’, a new album that smoothes over the jagged edges of their debut, imbuing upon them a strong melodic drive, without losing a trace of the band’s trademark integrity.

Recorded in Seattle at the dawn of 2008 with renowned producer John Goodmanson at its helm (Death Cab For Cutie, Blood Brothers, Sleater Kinney and Blonde Redhead), it sees Underground Railroad gain maturity without sacrificing their angular, noisy leanings; a Velvet Underground / Jesus and Mary Chain psychedelic swirl is discernible in the hypnotic ‘Stuff in Your Pocket’, while the simple, overdrive-led buzz of Pixies or Sebadoh is palpable in the heady fury of tracks like ‘Kill’. The record also features Seattle’s prodigal cello player Phil A. Peterson, whose arrangements on ‘Poems For Freaks’ or ‘Six Pieds Sous Terre’ lend these songs an unabashed, epic edge.

A spectacular live show is long part of the band’s appeal, Mura’s presence behind the drum kit magisterial and Andrau’s vocals captivating. Couple this with a strong desire to road-test their new material, and 2008 looks likely to grant Underground Railroad a whole new audience.

UR SHARED THE BILL WITH:

DINOSAUR JUNIOR / usa (2007 european tour) THE THERMALS / usa - sub pop ( June 2007 London Water rats ) TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS / usa - touch and go ( 2005 Paris @ bar 3 ) MELT BANANA / japan - ( 2006 Paris La Maroquinerie ) LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION ( 2008 London Amersham arms ) LONG BLONDES / UK - rough trade ( June 2005 London On the rocks ) HTRK ( April 2007 Luminaire London ) RAY ROUMORS ( Electrelane-September 2007 London )

Underground railroad has played more than 150 gigs since 2005 in prestigious venues such as :

London - Camden Underworld / The Luminaire / Barfly / Water rats / 93 feet east/ Madame jojo's / Buffalo bar...
Glasgow - Barfly
Bristol - Thekla
Southampton - joiners
Exeter - cavern
Cardiff - Chapter
Norwich - Arts center
Newcastle - University
Leeds - Social
Nottingham - the social
Liverpool - Korova
Paris - Maroquinerie / batofar / pop in / bar 3 / ...
St Germain - la clef l'eclipse
Angers - Rock coco
Bordeaux - Inca
Belfort - Poudriere
Lyon - Ninkasi
Amsterdam - Paradisio - main hall
Eindhoven - Effenar - main hall
Berlin - Fritz - main hall / White trash fast food - down stairs Erfurt - Squat noize Insbruck - Weekender Geneva - Piment rouge Fribourg - Frisson Montreux - Le ned ...