Micachu and the Shapes have announced a full UK tour for early October. The rising experimental star will be playing some of their biggest venues yet.Tickets are on sale now, priced around the £10 mark. Catch them at:Wednesday 7th October 2009 – Leeds Nation Of ShopkeepersThursday 8th October 2009 – Manchester The Deaf InstituteFriday 9th [...]
Micachu (pronounced mee-cah-chew) is Mica Levi. She’s 21 years old and already making fuzzed-up, lo-fi pop tunes that warm the soul. She (and her band) signed to Rough Trade Records in January and released their debut album, Jewellery, a few months later. Her instrumentation is as cute as her music, sometimes using a vacuum cleaner [...]
The Festibelly Festival is a one day event that takes place in Hampshire, England to just one thousand people. This years intimate event takes place on August 29th and has just had Micachu And The Shapes, Man Like Me and James Yuill confirmed to play and who will now join other artists such as the Laurel Collective, Brass Roots, The Operators, Colouring In and Fear Of Theydon.
Picture three kids wearing baggy, homemade band t-shirts “playing band” in the attic, using pots, pans, bottles, and kiddie guitars as instruments. They seem to have little sense of traditional song structure and don’t worry too much about on-stage antics. Instead, the guitar player simply revels in the fact that when she strums the chords of her plastic-stringed guitar, it makes a noise. Th
Die, die, die, your lips a big lie You lie all the time, but you still get by You bite your tongue, but you don't comply You lie all the time and you still get by guitar Dry your tears away with your tie You drive that truck, but you're still let by Shut that trap, your drivel is dry Drop, drop, drop, [...]
Filmed in one continuous shot earlier this month by Ray Concepcion at Littlefield in Brooklyn. Ray’s words:“mica levi’s appealing, oddly-tuned guitar chops and avant-pop leanings...**Summary** Go to website for downloads, videos & more.