Starting This Week: James Chance & Les Contortions: Upcoming shows in Europe

Oct 28 - Heretic Club - Bordeaux (France) 
Oct 29 - Silencio - Paris (France) 
Oct 30 - L'Entrepôt - Arlon (Belgium) 
Oct 31 - Zaal Belgie - Hasselt (Belgium) 
Nov 04 - Urban Spree - Berlin (Germany) 
Nov 05 - Folken - Stavanger (Norway) 
Nov 06 - Jazz house - Copenhagen (Denmark)

James Chance & Les Contortions: Upcoming shows in Europe

Oct 28 - Heretic Club - Bordeaux (France)
Oct 29 - Silencio - Paris (France)
Oct 30 - L'Entrepôt - Arlon (Belgium)
Oct 31 - Zaal Belgie - Hasselt (Belgium)
Nov 04 - Urban Spree - Berlin (Germany)
Nov 05 - Folken - Stavanger (Norway)
Nov 06 - Jazz house - Copenhagen (Denmark)

Brooklyn Vegan pix from Trans Pecos 9.20.15

Here are some terrific shots of James and company in action (by P Squared) recently at Trans Pecos. 

For more visit Brooklyn Vegan.

James Chance announces European tour dates, October/November 2015

James by Jay Jay Robertson

Oct 28 - Heretic Club - Bordeaux (France)
Oct 29 - Silencio - Paris (France)
Oct 30 - L'Entrepôt - Arlon (Belgium)
Oct 31 - Zaal Belgie - Hasselt (Belgium)
Nov 04 - Urban Spree - Berlin (Germany)
Nov 05 - Folken - Stavanger (Norway)
Nov 06 - Jazz house - Copenhagen (Denmark)

20 minutes with James Chance at Trans-Pecos 9.20.15

James Chance on Noisey: Still Incorrigible After All These Years

James Chance by Dawid Laskowski

James Chance and the Contortions are performing at Trans Pecos this Sunday (9/20) during the day (along with Ex Models and Dreamcrusher) as part of Trans Pecos’ September Sunday afternoon concert series. 

James sat down recently with Noisey contributor, Zachary Lipez, for a chat. Read it here.

Tickets now available for Contortions show, Sept 20, in NYC at Trans-Pecos

Get 'em here.

James Chance at Trans-Pecos, Queens NY (6.26.15)

New York's Alright If You Like Saxophones: June 26 in Astoria, Queens

Info here.

James Chance in Frankfurt, August 27

Tickets: bett-club.de

Three Dates With James Chance This August In Europe

Photo by Dawid Laskowski

We're happy to announce three European shows in August. 
They are as follows:

08.27 - Das bett - Frankfurt (Germany)
08.28 - Festival Météo - Mulhouse (France)
08.29 - Usine - Genève (Switzerland)

James Chance at Select Art: You Are Here aka The Maze, 05.15.15

James will be appearing as part of the Select Art Fair, You Are Here Festival aka The Maze. He plays this Friday at 9:00PM. For more information visit the Select Art website, Facebook, or Twitter. The exhibit/installation/show takes place at CENTER 548  // CHELSEA on West 22nd Street in New York City.

CONTORTIONS 'Buy' Hand Screen Prints Now Available From Futurismo

Contort your favorite room with this CONTORTIONS Limited Edition Hand Screen Print featuring an iconic image of the late fashionista, photographer and muse to James Chance - Anya Phillips.

Get more info & order at Futurismo.

Cafe OTO, London, March 10, 2015 by Dawid Laskowski

Shot by Dawid Laskowski in London, 3.10.15, at Cafe OTO. 

For more visit his Flickr page, and PLEASE CREDIT THE PHOTOGRAPHER 

if you use any of these.

James Chance & Les Contortions: 03/13/2015 - Instants Chavirés - Paris, France

 

Here's a few minutes of James & the fellas in action a few nights ago at Les Instants Chavires in Paris. Thanks to La Nuit La Nuit for the footage.

 

James Chance et Les Contortions at Stereo Bar, Glasgow, March 12, 2015

James Chance, Stereo Cafe Bar, Glasgow, 3.12.15, by Jayjay Robertson

Joe Whyte was at the show in Glasgow last night at the Stereo Cafe Bar for Louder Than War, and loved what he saw & heard.

He’s tonight accompanied by a French three-piece band and quite probably the last time Glasgow witnessed a band as drum-skin tight would have been Mike Watt’s gig at Broadcast last year. This latest Gallic incarnation of Les Contortions are as lean and as precise as a band are ever likely to be; swerving from be-bop jazz to popping funk to Van Vliet-style discord in the blink of an eye or a wave of Chance’s fist, they carve into the material with an assuredness that’s jaw-dropping.

I’m left wondering if this sort of thing is the purest form of that old devil called punk rock. Guys like James Chance are the true outsiders, the risk-takers, the experimenters. It’s light years away from angry men with guitars, but sometimes it’s the people who play music entirely for themselves that are the true renegades. And James Chance is certainly that.

Read the entire review at Louder Than War.

Glasgow March 12

Thursday, March 12, Glasgow

James White & The Blacks featured on Mojo Mag comp, March 2015 issue

For you complete-ists out there, "Sax Maniac" by James White & The Blacks is included on the CD that accompanies the March 2015 issue of MOJO magazine. It also includes cuts from Bush Tetras, Funkadelic, Curtis Mayfield, Arthur Russell, 23 Skidoo, ESG and others.

This Saturday in Brooklyn with Jonathan Toubin

James Chance: Europe, March 2015

We're happy to announce some Euro-dates for James & Les Contortions this March in the UK, France, Germany, and Belgium. Here's what we have so far - if any are added you'll find 'em here & Facebook.

03/10/2015 - Cafe Oto - London (UK)
03/12/2015 - Stereo - Glasgow (UK)
03/13/2015 - Instants Chavirés - Paris (France)
03/14/2015 - Het Boss - Anvers (Belgium)
03/15/2015 - King Georg - Koln (Germany)
03/17/2015 - Sonic - Lyon (France)
03/18/2015 - Bbc Perpinya - Perpignan (France)
03/20/2015 - Buffet de la Gare - Marmande (France)