News:
| Grubby Mitts at Hayward Gallery This Saturday |
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16 Jul 2010 The Grubby Mitts will be playing on the roof of the Hayward Gallery outside the Dan Graham Pavillion between 4 and 5pm. There will also be a record stall selling all the records from the Lost Toys Records back catalogue inside the Pavillion which will be open all day. |
| Ricky Leach Album OUT NOW |
17 Jun 2010  New Album from Ricky Leach out now in the Lost Toys Shop Limited to only 100 copies in recycled gramophone sleeves salvaged from Andy Holden's studio floor, prior to a wider digital release later in the year, Yonic Totem is the first Ricky Leach release on Lost Toys Records. The album perversely delves into our long held fascination with the apocalypse, from the black death to the climate crisis - to read more about it click on the lost toys editions button at the top. To purchase one of the limited edition disks - complete with full digital liner notes - click on the lost toys shop. |
| Grubby Mitts at Central Reservation, Bristol |
02 Jun 2010 Rounding off an all day event of music and art events...including Sleeping States, Morris Dancers and Mark Essen's Record Exchange amongst others. If you are in the area do come along to this, should be a lot of fun. 2pm - 1am. Mitts on stage 10PM. £5. |
| Bedford Esquires |
18 May 2010 On Saturday 12th june Lost Toys Records take over bedfords esquires for a special evening of film and music. performances by the johnny parry chamber orchestra, buzzard lope and the grubby mitts £5 entry Films from special guest artists (TBA) will start at 8.30pm First live act will start at 9.30pm 60 Bromham Road, Bedford |
| Andy Holden: Permanent Vacation, Bureau, Manchester |
17 May 2010 Andy Holden: Permanent Vacation Bureau, Manchester 8-29th May As part of the exhibition a new Grubby Mitts tape single is available through the gallery and also through the Lost toys website for £3. It has two new tracks: 1] O.S 2] The Dresser |
| Ricky Leach Album Launch / Lost Toys Film and Music |
10 May 2010.jpg) Lost Toys Night at Roxy Bar and Screen: 25th May starting 8pm, £5 Entry. 128-132 Borough high Street, SE1 1LB. This show is to replace the cancelled show at the Slaughtered Lamb last month, but expanded to include Juneau Projects, live animation narration by Robert Bidder and videos by M4SK 22. Should be a super evening. |
| Lost Toys Records Exhibition at Wysing Art Centre |
22 Apr 2010  The 'lost toys lounge' at Wysing Art Centre near Cambridge is now open. It is part of an exhibition presenting group practices, artist run spaces and collaborations and is running until 23rd May. wysing website. |
| Ricky Leach Album Launch |
11 Apr 2010 This show is to be re-scheduled for May 25th at The Roxy Bar and Screen watch this space for further details. |
| Lost Toys Exhibit at WAC: Presents |
18 Mar 2010 Lost toys will exhibit a display of videos, paintings, posters and records as part of Wysing Art Centre's exhibition Presents. The display will include pieces by Andy Holden (Grubby Mitts), Phil Root (pyramid pyramid), craig sharp (Ice see dead people), Johnny parry and ricky leach. Exhibition runs from April 10th until 23rd May. Open every day 12-5pm. free entry. wysing website. On the afternoon of the opening Lost toys will stage a special performance by Ricky Leach from 5pm-6pm. free entry. |
| Andy Holden Performance at Tate Britain |
15 Mar 2010 Andy Holden Performance this saturday at Tate Britain, includes music for string quartet by the Grubby Mitts and Johnny Parry. |
| Show Without Punch Now Called Buzzard Lope |
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14 Mar 2010 Please note that, after many years of being called show without punch, Roger, raph and adam will now perform under the name Buzzard Lope. Plenty of live shows in the pipe line, especially around London, so do try an catch Buzzard Lope soon. Currently joining the band on stage is Gill on accordion and jason on guitar. New Website, gives a little insight into the new name: www.buzzardlope.com Updates of the site to follow shortly! |
| Lost Toys Badges! |
13 Feb 2010 Lost Toys badges now available in the lost toys shops and live shows for 75p. |
| Andy Holden Exhibition at Tate Britain |
26 Dec 2009 From january 9th until april 10th 2010 andy holden will have a solo exhibition as part of the 'art now' series at tate britain. the show is 'pyramid piece and return of the pyramid piece', a reincarnation of the work first shown in holland at kunstfort vijfhuizen last year. the video 'return of the pyramid piece' has a soundtrack by the grubby mitts. www.tate.org.uk |
| Andy Holden 'Lecture on Migration' |
17 Nov 2009 Lecture on Migration is a work originally performed in 2004. It involves a one hour slide lecture by Peter Holden on the theme of bird migration. This performance coincides with the launch of the new issue of Garage Land Magazine, which includes an interview with Andy Holden about this work and other issues surrounding his art practice. Sunday 29th November, 3-4pm Transition Gallery, 25a Regents Studio, 8 andrews Road, London E8 4QN. Free Entry |
| 28th NOV - Johnny Parry Chamber Orchestra Concert at St. Giles in The Fields |
06 Nov 2009 With support from: Tom Mckean & The Emperors and Tom Hickox 60 St Giles High Street London WC2H 8LG Tickets available from We got Tickets: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/58008 Furthermore! Johnny Parry 'More Love and Death' T-shirts now available in the Lost Toys Shop.   |
| 'Daybreak' by Show Without Punch Out Now! |
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02 Sep 2009 The Long awaited debut mini album by Losttoys finest Show Without Punch is now available to buy in the Lost Toys Shop! Horray! Purchase a copy without delay from the shop or download it from bandcamp. Taster below.  |
| Johnny Parry Chamber Orchestra Dates Announced! |
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02 Sep 2009 Johnny Parry with full Chamber Orchestra will play: Oct 24: Music in Mind 'Festival of Imaginative Music’ Brugge, Belgium, Nov 28: St Giles in the Fields, London (support tbc) 'More Love and Death' has meanwhile been generating glowing reviews: "As Parry has proved it once more with 'More Love And Death', his dark and beautiful and complex world is a work of genius." Daily Vault, 2009 "Parry's poems of morbid carnality and romance are framed by heavy velvet curtains of stylized theatrical gloom" Uncut, 2009 Here is a clip of the last outing with the full Orchestra at the Union Chaple in May: |
| Andy Holden 'Desert Project' Bristol |
09 Jul 2009 Andy Holden: Desert Project (or Hard On In The Desert) Exhibition of new work, including one new Grubby Mitts track cut as a dub-plate inspired by a road trip around the West Coast of America as well as photographs, drawings, and sculptures in wood, bronze and plaster. Runs until August 8th at Works/Projects, Sydney Row, Bristol. Open Friday and saturday 10-6. |
| Grubby Mitts + JP at CUBE CINEMA, Bristol |
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21 Jun 2009 Cube Cinema, Bristol, Saturday 4th July 7.30pm £5ADV /£6 Door Special Grubby Mitts and Johnny Parry visual show at the Cube cinema in Bristol to coincide with the opening day of Andy Holden's solo exhibition 'Desert Project' at the Works/Projects Gallery. www.cubecinema.com |
| Johnny Parry 'More Love and Death' |
29 Apr 2009 Johnny Parry Album Out May 1st! It is now available to order from the Lost Toys Shop for £8. It will be posted out to reach you on May 1st. Tickets stil available for the special one-off show at the Union Chapel on Saturday May 9th, playing new tracks off the album with a chamber orchestra! Not to be missed! |
| Grubby Mitts Dates! |
29 Apr 2009 Does three shows constitute a tour? No. Grubby Mitts will play a few shows to promote their forthcoming EP for the Lost Toys Editions series. Confirmed: Friday 12th June - Cambridge, Wysing Arts, 7.30pm (special show as part of the exhibition 'Performed') Saturday 13th June - Norfolk - Private Show Thursday 18th June - Electro Accoustic Club at Slaughtered Lamb with Juneau Projects + Support. 8pm £5. |
| Johnny Parry at the Union Chapel |
26 Mar 2009 Johnny Parry with Chamber Orchestra! Album Launch 'More Love and Death' Do your very best to be there. Tickets available from: www.johnnyparry.com http://www.wegottickets.com/event/46576f £8 in advance. Book early! Great support acts - this is this 5th birthday celebration of the Electro Accoustic Club, should be an amazing night! |
| Andy Holden Exhibition - London |
26 Mar 2009 The event at the Odeon Cinema, Covent Garden on Thurs 9th April at 6.30pm will feature a string quartet and the music of Johnny Parry and Grubby Mitts. It is free to get in. For more info on the art of Andy Holden see: www.andyholdenartist.com |
| Lost Toys Editions: Betty Frances |
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10 Feb 2009 Lost Toys Records are pleased to announce a special new wing to our operation: Lost Toys Editions. Lost Toys Editions will be a series of EP's by artists, both new to Lost Toys as well as more familiar faces, issued in a strict limited edition hand numbered sleeve designed by the artist in collaboration with Andy Holden. Each limited edition will be launched at an event hosted by Lost Toys and the Electro Accoustic Club. The first in the Series will be by BETTY FRANCES. It will be launched at the Electro Accoustic Club at the Slaughtered Lamb on Tuesday 17th March. More Details to Follow. For a taster: www.myspace.com/bettyfrances <  Above: Betty Frances www.myspace.com/bettyfrances |
| Lost Toys Records Christmas 'do' 20th dec Luminaire |
18 Dec 2008 doors 7.30pm £6/£7 Johnny Parry Trio (with guests ) on at 8pm Show Without Punch 9.30pm The Grubby Mitts 10.30pm Grubby Mitts dj's till 1am blurb from Luminaire website: A EVENING Of WAITS-Y, TALK-TALK-Y, PIANO-LED SAVVY AND ORCHESTRAL-POP COMPOSITIONS. THE SAME BILL GAVE US ONE OF OUR BEST SHOWS OF 2007. WE EXPECT TONIGHT TO BE JUST AS SPECIAL hope to see you there! |
| Grubby Mitts play closing event for exhibition |
25 Aug 2008 See www.kunstfort.nl for directions. |
| Andy Holden Exhibition in the Netherlands |
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30 May 2008 A major exhibition by Andy Holden opens July 14th at Kunstfort Vijfhuizen, NL, running until 24th August. It is the first time the Arts Council funded sculpture and film 'The Return of the Pyramid Piece' will go on show. The exhibition also contains a musical composition Last Stop For the Good Old Times pt 3, a version of the Grubby Mitts track arranged for piano quintet in collaboration with Johnny Parry.  Details: www.kunstfort.nl www.andyholdenartist.com |
| Little Prayers Launch / Lost Toys Night |
12 Jan 2008 Please join us at the Luminaire in Kilburn, easily the nicest venue in London, for another Lost Toys night, this time to Launch the Little Prayers 1-8 (ep) by the Johnny Parry Trio. This is the first of what will be a triptych of CD's by the Johnny Parry Trio. It is also the first set of studio recordings as a three piece rather than Johnny on his own, giving it a very different feel. The 8 'Little Prayers' contain two alternate versions from 'Songs Without a Purpose' and one from Johnny's debute album from 2003 'Break Your Little Heart'. It is also the first set of recordings to surface from the just finished Lost Toys Studio, hidden out in the Bedfordshire countryside. SHOW WITHOUT PUNCH and The GRUBBY MITTS will also perform at the Luminaire in support of a full set by JP Trio. |
| Johnny Parry Trio Little Prayer EP |
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17 Dec 2007 The Johnny Parry Trio will release the first in a series of three EP's. All three EP's will feature the ongoing series of songs by Johnny Parry which are simply titled Little Prayer and then numbered. These will be played as a trio, stripped down to piano, bass and drums. Several of these songs have featured on Johnny's debut album 'Break Your Little Heart' and the follow up 'Songs Without A Purpose', here, however, they will be completely new interpretations. This will be the first recording proper as The Johnny Parry Trio. The first of the three records will be launched at the Luminaire, Kilburn, on Jan 28th. Ticket information to follow shortly. |
| SHOW WITHOUT PUNCH FREE SHOW |
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13 Sep 2007 The Lost Toys Records Ensemble will play a free show at the Cross Kings in Kings Cross on Sat 22 Sept, headlined by SHOW WITHOUT PUNCH.  This was initially intended by LTR to be the launch of the astonishing debut full lenght recording of Show Without Punch, but as noted previously this can no longer be the case. We can't say for sure when it will be available, or from where, but for the time being a new live EP will be available from shows. |
| Grubby Mitts Myspace |
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20 Aug 2007 After futile resistance the Grubby Mitts have a myspace: www.myspace.com/thegrubbymitts |
| Stufest 2007, Blunham, Bedfordshire |
20 Aug 2007 A large part of the Lost Toys ensemble will perform at Stufest. This is a one day charity festival. It is now in its third year, with last year seeing the Johnny Parry Trio headline at 2am and the Grubby Mitts being booed and having their fireworks stolen. Both acts will play again this year. Camping available. £5 entry. Email info@losttoysrecords.com for more details. www.myspace.com/stufest |
| SHOW WITHOUT PUNCH ALBUM POSTPONED |
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20 Aug 2007 Due to unforseen things, mostly good, Lost Toys Records will not be putting out the self-titled debut album from show Without Punch in September as hoped. The album is finished, but having to be held, for the time being, under lock and key. We are very sorry, but you will hear it eventually. The album lauch party at will be replaced with a Lost Toys night, possibly with a very special guest, but we are not going to make any more promises. More details to follow. |
| Grubby Mitts at CB2, Cambridge - 8th July |
07 Jul 2007 Grubby Mitts host an evening of electronica, live accompaniment to films and piano-based song writing at CB2, 5-7 Norfolk street Cambridge, on Sunday 8th July Doors at 7pm. £3 entry. And for those who were not at the Luminaire on Monday night, a second chance to pick up a free Lost Toys compilation. |
| Johnny Parry 'Songs Without a Purpose' - out now! |
07 Jul 2007 Johnny Parry 'Songs Without a Purpose' is now officially released and is available in the Lost Toys Shop! The reviews so far have been terrific: "Songs Without a Purpose is one of the most beautiful records ever made... his music brims with such beauty, elegance and bountifulness that it is impossible not to look at him as a poetic and musical genius. Could Parry be England's best export in recent years? Hell, Yes!" (Daily Vault, USA) "Mind-blowing." (DaMusic, Belgium) "Drama that would bring an opera house to its feet." (Disclaimer Review) "Bizarre? Definitely. Beautiful? Absolutely." (The Big Takeover) |
| lost toys showcase night - 2nd july at the luminaire, london |
01 Jun 2007 we've just confirmed a lost toys showcase night at the luminaire, kilburn, london on the 2nd of july. this will be the launch date for the new johnny parry trio album, 'songs without a purpose' (already available to purchase from our shop page for £10). |
Upcoming Shows:
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May: 05: Buzzard Lope, Perfect 5th, Taunton 21: Grubby Mitts, Royal Standard, Liverpool 24: Buzzard Lope, Mr Wolf's, Bristol 25: Ricky Leach+Grubby Mitts, Roxy Bar+Screen June: 03: Buzzard Lope, Luminaire, London 05: Grubby Mitts, Central Reservation, Bristol 12: Johnny Parry, Buzzard Lope, Grubby Mitts, Bedford Esquires, Lost Toys Night. From 8.30pm 28: Betty Frances at 93 Feet East Johnny Parry European Summer Tour (please note these will be 'trio' shows) 16th June - Starbike Rental,Amsterdam, Netherlands 17th June, 4pm - Plato Record Store, Groningen, NL 17th June, 8pm - Platformtheater, Groningen, NL 18th June - Waldschmiede, Schwanewede, Germany 19th June - Superbude Hostel, Hamburg, Germany 20th Germany, 3pm - Fair Cafe, Schortens, Germany 20th June, 8pm - KREREM Kulture Kniepe, Delmenhorst 21st June - Falstaff, Bremen, Germany 22nd June 12.30pm - Theatersaal Universität Bremen 22nd June, 8pm - 25hours Hotel by Levi’s, Frankfurt 23rd June - Pauluskirche, Dortmund, Germany 24th June - Erdbeerblau -TBC, Osnabrück, Germany 25th June, 3pm - Hot Shot Records, Bremen, Germany 25th June, 8pm - Townside Hostel, Bremen, Germany 26th June - Polyester, Oldenburg, Germany 27th June - Katakomben, Achim, Germany 28th June - Blooming Bar, Göttingen, Germany 29th June - Astra Stube, Hamburg, Germany 30th June - Freundlich + Kompetent, Hamburg 1st July - Kulturpalast, Hannover, Germany 2nd July - Passage Kino, Bremerhaven, Germany 3rd July - WunderBAR, Lüneburg. Germany 4th July - Club Moments, Bremen, Germany Grubby Mitts Summer Shows: 21 May: Royal Standard Liverpool 25 May: Roxy, London 05 June: Central Reservation, Bristol 12 June: Bedford Esquires |