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A GRAVE WITH NO NAME | BATHS | DEAP VALLYALUNAGEORGE
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WHAT WE CAN’T STOPLISTENING TO THIS MONTH
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LOKILIONFACEWE ARE KINGS
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We did it guys, we got to our sixth issue. Meaning, for half a year now we've been learning (stumbling) and ricocheting through the highs and lows of making a magazine, and BOY was there a ton to learn. Still, we’re here, and I can't help but think back to the people who took a chance on us, with issue #1, when we had nothing to show. There was a group of people who thought - you know what - we're in. They know who they are, and I've said it before, but I'll say it again, THANKYOU, we wouldn't be living out this ridiculous existence if it wasn't for you.Onto this issue; and unlike June, July is a pretty quiet month. There's still a bunch of top releases and super fun gigs, but not quite the plethora we're used to.I guess we all need to take a little breather sometimes, and this is one for the music world.But hey, let's get to some festivals and remember all those songs we've already fallen in love with this year.
WELCOME
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FUCK BUTTONS
10. A GRAVE WITH NO NAME
06. ON THE STEREO
13. TALES FROM THE CITY
14. ALUNAGEORGE
20. ALBUM REVIEWS
23. GIGS OF THE MONTH
28. THE GOOD GIG PUB GUIDE
29. LIVE LISTINGS
46. LIVE REVIEWS
49. PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS
London In Stereo is brought to you by:
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ContributorsDanny Wright, Jack McKenna, Lauren Down, Al Horner,Dan Carson, Emily Bruce,Luke Morgan Britton,Tom Edwards, Sammy Maine, Sam Betts
PhotographyCover story:Sonny MalhotraLive:Sin Fang: Howärd Melnyczuk
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Despite having only played a handful of gigs since April, Telegram have already swooped into BBC 6Music HQ and recorded a session for Marc Riley’s evening show. This cut from it proves why, Matt Saunders’ unusual Welsh tones standing out like intoxicating, romantic beacons amongst his bandmates psych-tinged warps of melody. They might be relatively unknown now but don’t expect Telegram to stay that way for long.
TELEGRAMFOLLOW
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Lorde - aka 16 year old New Zealander Ella Yelich- O’Connor - might’ve caught the attention of music’s hipster royalty in Grimes and Sky Ferreira but she’s only just getting started. ‘Tennis Court’, the lead track from her debut EP, packs all the glamour of Lana Del Rey (without the faux trailer park back story) but couples it with R&B influences to make something fresh and extremely exciting.
LORDETENNIS COURT
“I’m done with being alone,” sighs Sophie-Rose Harper on The Night VI’s latest song, a heavenly waltz through separation and the unavoidable infatuation of love. Subdued but still with a hint of serenity, ‘Thinking Of You’ marks the London band out as one of the most elegant around.
THE NIGHT VITHINKING OF YOU
The b-side to the enigmatic Oxford band’s first single on Paul Epworth’s new label Wolf Tone, ‘Exxus’ bears a striking resemblance to Wild Beasts. Sparsely built, the track’s backbone comes via suitably restrained Hayden Thorpe-esque vocals whilst whistling motifs drift around the repetitive lyrics to form something enthralling.
GLASS ANIMALSEXXUS
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‘Mysterious producer’ might be a phrase that’s nearly worn out but at least Water is committed to the idea of not letting on about their identity. Instead, all they give us to assemble an image of who they might be is clinical, cold and introspective soundscapes like ‘Currents’, brought to life by Stone Fox’s exquisite vocals.
WATERCURRENTS FT STONE FOX
On the surface, making the transition from recording in your bedroom to working in a proper studio seems like a logical step.However, when your career has been built upon the lo-fi aesthetics that home-recording brings, it's also a huge risk. Thankfully it's one that paid off for A Grave With No Name.We sent Tom Johnson to catch up with Alexander Shields and find out exactly what we can expect from his wonderful third album ‘Whirlpool’.
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What have you found yourself exploring on ‘Whirlpool’?
The first two records are very insular; I wouldn't say they were bleak, but they're both incredible melancholy. I realised you need something to compare it to. I was trying to create euphoria and hopefulness and just make a more connecting record so that the other two have some context. If you just write about the same downbeat stuff then you get stuck in your own rut.
At the start of these records you said you were making a trilogy. Is that still how you want it viewed?
Oh 100%. I feel great because writing this record was kind of like writing the
last Batman film! On ‘Mountain Debris’ and ‘Lower’ I was writing with a firm idea of how to set up and conclude the narrative running through them, but now on this record I could do whatever I wanted to and that was really exciting.
How did you find the transitionfrom the bedroom to working in a proper studio?
It worked in a lot of ways. The new tracks sound great and actually have a much greater emotional impact I think. The part that I didn't like came from days spent sat around, with me trying to play this one guitar part for hours while
everyone else begged me to get it right. You just don't feel as inspired as when you write a song and record the whole thing on your own at home.
Does part of you wish you'd stayed in the bedroom?
No way. I pushed that as far as it could go. I don't think any of the songs on this record would have worked in a bedroom-produced environment.
So what sort of record can we expect?
I figured that a lot of people who have liked my stuff in the past might find the accessibility of this one a bit alienating, but it was a conscious thing because I really love records that do that to
people! 'Adore' by Smashing Pumpkins, 'Up' by REM...they're all my favourite records and I wanted my own version! So it's an ode to them.
Where did the title come from?
Originally I was going to call it 'Higher', but all the songs mention events taking place either by or in water, so it’s just a visual representation of that. Whirlpools are quite mysterious things in their own way; it's something you look into and through rather than direct at. I liked that idea a lot.
“I WAS TRYING TO
CREATE EUPHORIA AND
HOPEFULNESS”
A Grave With No Name play Birthdays July 17th and The Windmill July 27th.‘Whirlpool’ is released by Stare July 1st.
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BATHSTALES FROM THE C ITY. . .
Us people based in London - armed with Oyster cards, an innate understanding of the tube map and no reliance on a grid-based street system - we run around the city with impunity (and maps on our phones). If you’re Baths’ Will Wiesenfeld though, arriving in the rain-drenched dead of night, London isn’t always quite as easy.Read on for tears, desperate searches for those Golden Arches and a brief bit of nudity:
London was where I arrived for the first night of my European tour sometime in 2010 or 2011. It was night time, raining, and my phone wasn't working, but I was too jet-lagged to panic, so I became this lost, globular idiot repeating the word 'McDonalds' over and over...All I knew was I had to find wifi so I could tell my parents I wasn't dead. McDonald's was my best bet. Alsooooo I needed to find this hostel where I was supposed to stay. That came first. London was hideously confusing that late at night. It was a nightmare. I finally found the place, but argued with the people at the front desk, cried, went out and sought a Mcdonalds again, ate some grease, emailed, and argued again before I miraculously checked in. At this weird youth hostel I had to padlock my suitcase in a cupboard in order to go take a shower. (The only good moment that night was remembering that I randomly packed a lock.) The shower had no heat and no water pressure, so I just like... stood under cold drips for 15 minutes. Also I forgot my towel and had to rush naked through a hallway full of strangers. Later that night, lying awake on my fuuUUUUuucking cardboard mattress, I was roused by the sound of four drunk dudes piling into our communal bunk space. I listened to them shout about 'puss' until six or seven in the morning, at which point, I got all my stuff together and headed to the train station for an 8-hour trip to my first show of tour later that night. That show went super weird.
Baths' third album ‘Obsidian’ is out now on Anticon.
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The ascent of AlunaGeorge has always seemed the oft-told bedroom act cliche, but with a twist. While indeed spawned from informal sessions experimenting with beats and bleeps, their music has always seemed the finished, polished product from the very start. So, it is telling that their debut album, Body Music, runs fluidly from the first-heard 'Just A Touch' to more recent creations 'Diver' and 'Attracting Flies'.Luke Morgan Britton spoke to the eponymous R&B pair, in the run up to their pivotal record release.
It's been a very hectic pastyear for you guys. Around this time last year you were just starting out live, now you've added live drums and guitar and are headlining shows of your own. How tough was this transition from bedroom to studio then stage?It's still a work in progress but we're getting there. When we first started it was just Aluna and myself and a bit of instrumental percussion, but we soon realised that people respond better if there's more of a live presence.If people are seeing you for the first time, you want to give them something to hold their attention.You're in the middle of a flurry of festival dates. Glastonbury must surely be something you're very much looking forward to. I've never been there before, even as a punter, so being able to go as one of the bands is pretty cool.
I hear it's really hard to get a ticket for too, so this way at least it gives us a way of getting in.You've just announced your first North American tour dates for August and September, that must be exciting. What are you looking forward to from that? Maybe chilling with Jay-Z backstage at Made In America festival?I'm not sure hanging out withJay-Z is written into the actual contract, but I'll have to check.I actually haven't been to America before, so the main highlight is simply being able to go there for such a great reason.Your Instagram is always full of photos of you guys having loads of fun when on the road, so I take it you've embraced touring with open arms. Would you say this is one of the main benefits of being in a band?To be fair, part of the job is waiting around airports, but you've
“I'm not sure hanging out with Jay-Z is written into the actual contract”
got to embrace it at the end of the day. We played Sonar in Barcelona last weekend and luckily for us all it was boiling hot, even if I did come back with sunburn.Your debut, Body Music, comes out next month. How was writing and recording the bulk of that compared to your earlier tracks that feature on it? Was it a case of having to lock yourself in a studio for weeks and buckle down to write a certain amount of material?There was actually not that much pressure, really. It all happened in three different stages and three different places. I guess the first was in my bedroom, then we
moved things into the studio.After spending about a year and a half there, we packed everything away and spent a week in some residential studios, just to get away and not be distracted. It was pretty successful as there we got five songs written in a week.Then the album release date kept being pushed back and back, so we had a bit more time on our hands to just keep on writing. The best of the ones written then have made it onto the final album.It's interesting that the writing and recording process was spread out over such a long period as, listening to the record,
there seems definite fluidity throughout.Well, we definitely wanted the record to have its own "sound",so that you could tell all thetracks belong together.A common trend of albums this year has been an enormous amount of guest stars, you featured on the new Disclosure record for example. But this one seems to be solely AlunaGeorge, was this a conscious decision?It could explain why it fits together so well.It never occurred to us to have extra people on there, really.I don't know where they'd fit.
But we've done a lot of remixes and have been remixed by some great artists. I always love hearing what someone else has done with something I've created.Finally, how would you like to cap off what's been a pretty exciting year for you guys? We're looking forward to getting the album out and seeing how audiences react differently live after they know the tracks a bit better.
“we soon realised that people respond better if there's more of a live presence”
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THURSDAY 11 JULY
THE SHACK LE WELL ARMS
After soundtracking the Olympics opening ceremony there might have been some pressure on Andrew Hung and Benjamin John Power to deliver. They answer this in the only way they can: by pulverising your brain into mush.Rougher and more bristling than ‘Tarot Sport’, songs like ‘The Red Wing’ grow into a chaotic torrent of seething noise. Each track builds and churns away, with closer ‘Hidden XS’ a brutal crescendo.Just seven tracks long, and the first record Fuck Buttons have self-produced, there’s a swagger here and a sense that the duo are in complete control of the writhing sonics they’re creating. This is gold. Danny Wright
Clutter is a concept that Deap Vally might not even grasp if the spareness of 'Sistrionix' is anything to go by.The LA drums-and-riffs duo (so LA, in fact, that they look like forgotten members of The Runaways) make this their calling card on a debut with guitars that frankly have no right to be that loud on any self-respecting major label record.Whether rallying listeners to arms with the opening war cry of 'End Of The World' or delivering a whipsmart ode to one night stands on 'Walk Of Shame', their raucous blues rock rarely forgets to bring the party.Tom Edwards
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FUCK BUTTONSSLOW FOCUSATP Recordings // July 22nd
DEAP VALLYSISTRIONIXIsland Records/Communion // Out Now
After years of shame brought on by Geordie Shore, the citizens of Newcastle upon Tyne have reason to rejoice in the streets: To be filed somewhere between Natasha Khan, PJ Harvey and Shirley Bassey, this brooding Geordie has crafted an intoxicating debut album, in
the form of 'Love Your Dum and Mad'. Whether she's crooning over the deep bass lines of 'Aching Bones' or vulnerably soaring through 'Used It All', it's an extraordinarily delectable noise to behold. Her dark tales, laced with piano ballads, should be more than enough to keep ears enraptured. Jack McKenna
Former trucker Daughn Gibson’s most vital tools are his Marlboro-stained vocal chords, which naturally, he exercises to heart-stopping effect on second LP ‘Me Moan’. ‘Phantom Rider’ is underpinned by a tender piano solo while ‘Mad Ocean’s bold Gaelic-sounding
pipes retain an organic feel, contrasting with the crackly throb of ‘You Don’t Fade’ and its toing and froing Eastern vocal samples. Although labyrinthine electro-droning often engulfs his worldly touches during the latter half, ‘Franco’ highlights Daughn’s gentle side; his Ian Curtis-drunk-on-too-much- bourbon croon beautifully spun over wafts of clacking percussion and tremulous heartbreak guitar. The perfect album for this summer’s more downbeat days. Dan Carson
Introverted, menacing, bleak and oddly compelling: The debut album from once Tri-Angle records signed producer oOoOO is a distinctly claustrophobic affair. Yet, amidst the record's dark atmospherics, eerie clattering beats and groaning, distressed vocals lies a
secret warmth, found in the delicate piano loops, wispy R&B flutters and strangely straight-up pop refrains. Drawn together underneath a blanket of static noise, muted percussion and lurching, cyclic rhythms, 'Without Your Love' finds Chris Dexter shaking off the irksome genre definitions that marred his early EPs and exceeding expectations. Lauren Down
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NADINE SHAHLOVE YOUR DUM AND MADApollo Records // July 22nd
DAUGHN GIBSONME MOANSub Pop // August 8th
oOoOOWITHOUT YOUR LOVENihjgt Feelings // Out Now
You wouldn't immediately guess that Icky Blossoms are a Tilly and the Wall side-project. Electropop, and without a hint of twee, the Saddle Creek signed Nebraska trio's debut album is produced by David Sitek from TV On The Radio – and you definitely can hear his
influence. Vocals come from Sarah Bohling and lead guitarist Nik Fakler,their voices blending intuitively together with a perfect amount of guitars mixed in with the synths, along with plenty of bass heavy tunes. This is catchy dance music with depth; a diverse and interesting debut packed full of promise. Emily Bruce
Oliver Wilde has crafted something truly special. 'A Brief Introduction to Unnatural Lightyears' is a masterpiece - blending all the good bits of the acoustic, electronic and pop genres to bring together a
truly unique, affecting debut. Describing himself as 'downer pop', there's nothing to be down about here - 'Perrets Brook' is such a beautiful listen, with its subtle harmonies, emotive content and effortless execution; you can't help but smile. His haunting delivery of delayed guitars and frog-in-throat lyrics on songs such as 'Pinch' and 'Flutter' ensure that this is a debut to pay attention to. Utterly flawless. Sammy Maine
I'd suggest you give this album more than one listen, on first glance its schizophrenic nature, anxious noises and eclectic influences can seem grating, nonsensical. Although lacking some of the assurance of the like of Modest Mouse and Animal Collective this album is laced
with a chaotic genius both those bands have mastered. Towards the end of the album (which includes a fucking mental cover of 'Walk on By') they come into their own, embracing the noise-tinged and R&B influenced to create something unique to them. That said, the vocals might just be a step too far for some. Jess Partridge
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ICKY BLOSSOMSICKY BLOSSOMSSaddle Creek // July 17th
OLIVER WILDEA BRIEF INTRODUCTION TOUNNATURAL LIGHTYEARSHowling Owl Records // July 22nd
ABOUT GROUPBETWEEN THE WALLSDomino // July 1st
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The Duke of Edinburgh204 Ferndale Rd,Brixton,SW9 8AGwww.thedukebrixton.com@DukeBrixton
A (leisurely) five minute walk from The Academy and a (brisk) fifteen from The Windmill, The Duke of Edinburgh is Brixton's undiscovered treasure. Hidden in SW9 backstreets, the decor of this pub is what you could once call shabby-chic, but we'll go for lo-fi mismatched charm instead. The main attraction though is the astonishingly (seriously) great oasis of a beer garden, which makes this the first choice pre-gig Brixton pub. Serving up an awesome barbecue in the summer, and with pool tables, dart boards and sports on tv for those that like sports on tv, this place has everything for everyone, but all the time feels like it’s just yours.
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Key gigs in Brixton this month:O2 Academy:Frank Ocean // Wu-Tang Clan // Ke$haBrixton Windmill:Alcopopalooza (Johnny Foreigner //Stage Coach // My First Tooth + more)
“Does anyone know a good pub to meet in around..?”It’s the question you see time and time again, but we’re here answer it;We've done the research, we care, we’re here to help with a new area every month:
BRIXTON
THE COMPUTERS
£6 / 7.00PM / BARFLY
LENKA
£9ADV / 8.00PM / THE BORDERLINE
TIMOTHY C HOLEHOUSE + GILMORE TRAIL
£4 / 8.00PM / BRIXTON WINDMILL
ODD FUTURE
SOLD OUT / 7.00PM / THE FORUM
SAINT MOTEL + LOW MOON LOW + YOUNG
ROMANCE
£6ADV / 8.00PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR &
KITCHEN
ZAC BROWN BAND
£25ADV / 7.00PM / O2 SHEPHERD'S BUSH
EMPIRE
SHITWIFE + SPEED THE PLOUGH + KULL +
DEEP MEN
£5 / 8.00PM / POWER LUNCHES
GOLD HEART ASSEMBLY
FREE / 7.00PM / ROUGH TRADE EAST
WAXAHATCHEE
FREE / 6.00PM / ROUGH TRADE WEST
THE JUMP OFF
£8ADV / 8.00PM / SCALA
SUUNS + HOLY STRAYS
£11.50ADV / 8.00PM / SEBRIGHT ARMS
THOUGHT FORMS
£7ADV / 8.00PM / BARFLY
ABOUT GROUP
£5 / 8.00PM / THE DALSTON VICTORIA
FARMFEST LAUNCH PARTY: MT. WOLF +
BABESHADOW + THE STANDARDS +
THUMPERS (DJ)
£7 DONATION / 7.30PM / HOXTON SQUARE
BAR & KITCHEN
WHITE HEAT PRESENTS: BIG DEAL + PAWS +
SISTERS
£6ADV / 8.00PM / MADAME JOJO'S
TIM BARRY + SAM RUSSO
FREE / 8.00PM / THE OLD BLUE LAST
HAIMENFELDMAN & PSYKICK DANCEHALL
PRESENTS: ADAM BOHMAN + TOM JAMES
SCOTT + CHASTITY POTATOE + HUMAN
HEADS + LOST WAX
£5 / 8.00PM / POWER LUNCHES
ASCAP PRESENTS: MOATS + MODEL
AEROPLANES + NEW DESERT BLUES
£3 / 7.30PM / QUEEN OF HOXTON
WAXAHATCHEE
FREE / 7.00PM / ROUGH TRADE EAST
MONDAY 1ST JULY
TUESDAY 2ND JULY
THE FLAMIN' GROOVIES
£22.50ADV / 7.30PM / SCALA
THE WEEKS + CHINA RATS
£7.50ADV / 7.00PM / SEBRIGHT ARMS
NICK MULVEY + NORMA JEAN MARTINE
SOLD OUT / 7.00PM / THE SOCIAL
HARM'S WAY + TWITCHING TONGUES + I
EXIST
£10ADV / 7.30PM / 229
SASKWATCH
FREE / 8.00PM / BEDROOM BAR
GHOLD + WOLFSHEAD + TOMBGRINDER
£3 / 8.00PM / BRIXTON WINDMILL
DINGUS KHAN
£8ADV / 8.00PM / CARGO
MISTY'S BIG ADVENTURE + DAVID
CRONENBERG'S WIFE
6.50 / 8.00 / 7.30PM / CATCH
FLUME
£10ADV / 8.00PM / HEAVEN
BADBADNOTGOOD
£10.50ADV / 8.00PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR
& KITCHEN
DELOOZE + HEART-SHIPS + DEATH RATTLE
£8ADV / 7.30PM / ISLINGTON ASSEMBLY
HALL
SILVER SEAS
£15ADV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON
MARVIN + BRONTO SKYLIFT + FLOWERS OF
EVIL
FREE / 8.00PM / THE OLD BLUE LAST
THE DARK LIGHTS + SAFE BARRACKS +
DEATH & THE PENGUIN
£3ADV/£5 / 8.00PM / POWER LUNCHES
THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT
£10ADV / 7.30PM / SCALA
NO
FREE / 7.00PM / SEBRIGHT ARMS
MOSHI MOSHI PRESENTS
£5 / 7.30PM / SERVANT JAZZ QUARTERS
EYES & NO EYES + WILD PALMS DJ
£4 / 8.00PM / THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS
MIXED BAG OF NUTS PRESENTS: V.O.S +
GUESTS
FREE / 8.00PM / STRONGROOM
ALLO DARLIN’
£10 / 8.00PM / VORTEX
JULIE HAWK
FREE / 8.00PM / THE WAITING ROOM
WEDNESDAY 3RD JULY
MAYER HAWTHORNE
£16.50ADV / 9.00PM / XOYO
SCRITTI POLITTI + BUTCHER BOY + TRAPPED
MICE
£15ADV / 8.00PM / 229
BECK: SONG READER LIVE
£20-30ADV / 7.30PM / BARBICAN
TAPE CLUB RECORDS PRESENTS: ACKROYD
+ HAIRY HANDS + TOBY GALE + DEAF KID
FREE ENTRY / 8.00PM / CATCH
OLD MAN LUEDECKE
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MOKO + BENIN CITY + KIRK SPENCER
FREE WITH RSVP / 8.00PM
/ ELECTROWERKZ
FLUME
£10ADV / 8.00PM / HEAVEN
FRYARS
£9.50ADV / 8.00PM / ISLINGTON ASSEMBLY
HALL
SIC ALPS
£17ADV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON
BLIND CAVES + TONY VOLKER + FARAO +
DEAN JAMES + YOUNG & LOST CLUB DJS
FREE / 8.00PM / THE LOCK TAVERN
VISION FORTUNE + HIGHER LEARNING
FREE / 8.00PM / THE OLD BLUE LAST
OWINY SIGOMA BAND
FREE / 7.00PM / ROUGH TRADE EAST
MICHELLE DALY + EMILIE CHYTRAEUS
£5 / 7.30PM / SERVANT JAZZ QUARTERS
MISTY MILLER + THE ART CLUB + HAUS
FREE / 7.00PM / TIPSY BAR
LONG LANKIN + YAZMYN HENDRIX + ISLA +
FOR THE ROSES + ABBEY BOWDEN
£4ADV / 7.30PM / THE WILMINGTON ARMS
PISSED JEANS + HOOKWORMS + SAUNA
YOUTH
£13ADV / 8.00PM / ELECTRIC BALLROOM
JACK BEATS + MIXHELL + RITON + LUNG
£17ADV / 9.00PM / FABRIC
YOUNG BLOODHAWK + STORMS
£5ADV / 10.00PM / KOKO
SETH
FREE / 8.00PM / THE LOCK TAVERN
NATIVE TOUNGE + MOATS + SARAH
WILLIAMS WHITE + LITTLE BOOTS DJ
£7 / 9.00PM / THE NEST
THE ADICTS
£15ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY ISLINGTON
THURSDAY 4TH JULY
FRIDAY 5TH JULY
PERFUME
£20 ADV / 6.00PM / O2 SHEPHERD'S BUSH
EMPIRE
EKMAN + GALAXIAN + RESIDENTS
£6ADV / 10.00PM / THE WAITING ROOM
VICTORIES + GO TELL THE ESKIMO +
RANDOM PULSE
£5ADV / 9.00PM / BEDROOM BAR
JOHNNY FOREIGNER + STAGECOACH + MY
FIRST TOOTH + GUNNING FOR TAMAR + THE
ATTIKA STATE + OUI LEGIONNAIRES + DEXY +
THE STRONG SILENT TYPE
£9ADV / 3.00PM / BRIXTON WINDMILL
PLAID + ANCHORSONG + RIVAL CONSOLES
TBC / 8.00PM / DALSTON ROOF PARK
SCOTT AND CHARLENE'S WEDDING + GUESTS
£6 / 7.00PM / THE DALSTON VICTORIA
KITES + MIRROR CITY + TRIBAL RIOT
£12ADV / 2.00PM / THE LAMBETH
WAKING AIDA + CONTROL + DEGREE OF ARC
£4ADV / 8.00PM / THE MILLER
NFD + SKELETAL FAMILY (ORIGINAL LINE-UP)
+ THE FACES OF SARAH + RED SUN REVIVAL +
GENERATION GRAVEYARD
£13ADV / 6.00PM / O2 ACADEMY ISLINGTON
NFD + SKELETAL FAMILY + THE FACES OF
SARAH + RED SUN REVIVAL + GENERATION
GRAVEYARD
£13ADV / 5.30PM / O2 ACADEMY ISLINGTON
TELEGRAM + LOVE L.U.V.
FREE / 7.00PM / THE SOCIAL
VICTORIA AND JACOB + ALL THINGS
CONSIDERED + FLOWERS
FREE / 12.00PM / UNION CHAPEL
ANDREW WEATHERALL B2B DANIEL AVERY
£10ADV / 9.00PM / XOYO
THE PRE NEW + NEILS CHILDREN + EVANS
THE DEATH + JOSEPH COWARD + PET WIGGS
(SAINT ETIENNE) DJ + JOHN SWEENY
(STEROID ABUSE) DJ
FREE / 3.00PM / THE LOCK TAVERN
MARIA GADU + KARINA
£20-30 ADV / 7.00PM / O2 SHEPHERD'S
BUSH EMPIRE
JAPANESE FIGHTING FISH + SAWSOUND +
BLASTEROIDS
£4ADV/£5 / 8.00PM / POWER LUNCHES
BLONDIE
£38ADV / 8.00PM / ROUNDHOUSE
BECK
SOLD OUT / 7.30PM / UNION CHAPEL
SATURDAY 6TH JULY
SUNDAY 7TH JULY
DUB TRIO + NECRO DEATHMORT
£10ADV / 8.00PM / BRIXTON WINDMILL
HOOK & THE TWIN
/ 8.00PM / CATCH
MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS
£10ADV / 8.00PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR &
KITCHEN
TUNNG + CONQUERING ANIMAL SOUND
SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON
CARDONSANTO + PRESCOTT
£4ADV/£6 / 8.00PM / POWER LUNCHES
TELLING STORIES: TIM BURGESS + MARK
COLLINS + JOHN DORAN + JACK
UNDERWOOD
£10ADV / 7.00PM / THE SOCIAL
ALELA DIANE + 9MARY
£13.50ADV / 8.00PM / THE TABERNACLE
TRASH TALK
£10ADV / 8.00PM / THE UNDERWORLD
JOHNNY QUITS
£5 / 8.00PM / BUFFALO BAR
LOLA COLT + PARLOUR
£5ADV / 8.00PM / ELECTROWERKZ
YOUNGBLOOD HAWKE
£9.50ADV / 8.00PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR &
KITCHEN
TUNNG + CONQUERING ANIMAL SOUND
SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON
WHITE HEAT PRESENTS: LA SHARK
£6ADV / 8.00PM / MADAME JOJO'S
FRANK OCEAN
SOLD OUT / 7.30PM / O2 BRIXTON ACADEMY
PAPER AEROPLANES + ROXANNE DE
BASTION
FREE / 8.00PM / THE OLD BLUE LAST
HOLLOW STONE RECORDS PRESENTS:
MANTRA + GLOSSY POSSY + TYRANTS + WE
ARE POTATO
FREE / 7.00PM / POWER LUNCHES
WILD SMILES + MENS ADVENTURES + HONEY
FREE / 7.30PM / QUEEN OF HOXTON
WILD SMILES
FREE / 7.00PM / ROUGH TRADE EAST
THE VEILS
£10ADV / 7.30PM / SCALA
EMBERS
£3ADV / 8.00PM / SEBRIGHT ARMS
THE SAVAGE NOMADS + THE HORN THE HUNT
+ NATALIE MCCOOL
£5ADV / 8.00PM / THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS
MONDAY 8TH JULY
TUESDAY 9TH JULY
MONDAY 8TH JULY
TUESDAY 9TH JULY
VALENTINA + FYFE + HMS MORRIS
FREE / 7.00PM / THE SOCIAL
THE LUCID DREAM + BEAT MARK + THE LIGHT
SHINES
£6ADV / 8.00PM / BUFFALO BAR
HK119 + DEPARTMENT M + ATLAS
£7ADV / 8.00PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR &
KITCHEN
THE NEW MENDICANTS
£13.50ADV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON
SYMPTOMATIC PRESENTS: THE BIG BLUFF +
CALPIN
£5ADV / 8.00PM / THE MILLER
FRANK OCEAN
SOLD OUT / 7.30PM / O2 BRIXTON ACADEMY
RASCAL FLATTS
SOLD OUT / 7.00PM / O2 SHEPHERD'S BUSH
EMPIRE
DEAD WOLF CLUB + ICE, SEA, DEAD PEOPLE
FREE / 8.00PM / THE OLD BLUE LAST
TUNNG
FREE / 7.00PM / ROUGH TRADE EAST
SONS AND LOVERS
£7ADV / 7.00PM / SEBRIGHT ARMS
ANDREYA TRIANA
£14.50ADV / 8.00PM / THE SHACKLEWELL
ARMS
THE MARINER'S CHILDREN
£7ADV / 8.00PM / THE SLAUGHTERED LAMB
WINTERHOURS PRESENTS: SOPHIE
JAIMESON + DANIEL JAMES
FREE / 8.00PM / STRONGROOM
HAUS + CHEERIO SKYDIVER + FELT TIP
£5ADV / 8.00PM / TIPSY BAR
SHUGGIE OTIS + JAKE ISSAC
£20ADV / 8.00PM / VILLAGE UNDERGROUND
THUNDERCAT + THROWING SNOW
£19.50ADV / 7.00PM / XOYO
CAKES DA KILLA + QBOY + EVON
£7 / 8.00PM / BIRTHDAYS
JONNY COLA & THE A-GRADES + THE
PRISCILLAS + THE GALLON BELL + KINGS OF
COMEDY
TBC / 8.00PM / BUFFALO BAR
BUGBEAR PRESENTS: HOTHEAD STEW +
ZAPHONIC
FREE ENTRY / 8.00PM / CATCH
MAUSI + PY
FREE WITH RSVP / 8.00PM
/ ELECTROWERKZ
WEDNESDAY 10TH JULY
THURSDAY 11TH JULY
WEDNESDAY 10TH JULY
THURSDAY 11TH JULY
JOHN NEWMAN
SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON
UK STAND UP - SUMMER JAM 2013
£13ADV / 7.30PM / O2 ACADEMY ISLINGTON
RASCAL FLATTS
SOLD OUT / 7.00PM / O2 SHEPHERD'S BUSH
EMPIRE
MILKY ONIONS + DUTCH BARN + PRINCESS +
FIRE STATIONS
FREE / 8.00PM / THE OLD BLUE LAST
JAMIE LIDELL + MOKO
£34ADV / 9.00PM / OVAL SPACE
LOSERS + VICTOR TALKING MACHINE + THE
MICRODANCE
TBC / 8.00PM / PROUD
EMILY BARKER & THE RED CLAY HALO
FREE / 7.00PM / ROUGH TRADE EAST
NAZORANAI + FLOWER CURSANO DUO
£15ADV / 7.30PM / SCALA
FUTURE BABY MAMA PRESENTS: TOMMY
ANTONIO + JACKAL PACK + CLYDE KING
£5 / 7.30PM / SERVANT JAZZ QUARTERS
GAPS
FREE WITH RSVP / 8.00PM / THE
SHACKLEWELL ARMS
ALEX CLARE + JACOB BANKS + CHLÖE HOWL
£30ADV / 7.30PM / SOMERSET HOUSE
ALEX CLARE + JACOB BANKS + CHLÖE HOWL
£30ADV / 7.30PM / SOMERSET HOUSE
NILS FRAHM + JACK WYLIE
£14ADV / 8.00PM / ST JOHN-AT-HACKNEY
CHURCH
NILS FRAHM + JACK WYLIE
£14ADV / 8.00PM / ST JOHN-AT-HACKNEY
CHURCH
SOFT RIOT + NOI KABÁT + I.F.A ELECTRONICS
(MEMBERS OF LINEA ASPERA)
£4 / 8.00PM / THE WAITING ROOM
THE SHARKS + THE CONNECTORS + PINK
CIGAR
£3 / 8.00PM / BRIXTON WINDMILL
RETOX + ZEUS + BROKEN DC
£8ADV / 8.00PM / CARGO
LIFE IN FILM + COASTAL CITIES
£5ADV / 10.00PM / KOKO
LIFE IN FILM + COASTAL CITIES
£5ADV / 10.00PM / KOKO
ADVANCE BASE (PREVIOUSLY CASIOTONE
FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE)
£8ADV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON
NIGHT WORKS DJ + HOWL DJ
FREE / 8.00PM / THE LOCK TAVERN
FRIDAY 12TH JULYFRIDAY 12TH JULY
KOLSCH + THE PUSHAMANN + TÅCHES +
MOMOTARO
£7 / 9.00PM / THE NEST
CHARLIE WILSON
£26.50ADV - £37.50ADV / 7.00PM / O2
SHEPHERD'S BUSH EMPIRE
BASTIONS + PARISO + SVALBARD + ROUGH
HANDS
FREE / 8.00PM / THE OLD BLUE LAST
AMANDA PALMER & THE GRAND THEFT
ORCHESTRA
£19.50ADV / 8.00PM / ROUNDHOUSE
AMANDA PALMER & THE GRAND THEFT
ORCHESTRA
£19.50ADV / 8.00PM / ROUNDHOUSE
JOSH WELLER
£7ADV / 7.30PM / SEBRIGHT ARMS
BAND OF HORSES + THE STAVES + TYLER
RAMSEY
SOLD OUT / 7.30PM / SOMERSET HOUSE
BAND OF HORSES + THE STAVES + TYLER
RAMSEY
SOLD OUT / 7.30PM / SOMERSET HOUSE
PLASTICIAN + ANDY SMITH + NICK HALKES +
CRISSY KYBOSH
£5ADV / 10.00PM / THE WAITING ROOM
KYLE HALL + FUNKINEVEN + PORTICO
QUARTET + GILLES PETERSON
£12.50ADV / 9.00PM / XOYO
AUNTIE FLO
£5 / 8.00PM / BIRTHDAYS
THE ORB + PANTHA DU PRINCE + WOLFGANG
FLUR + LUKE VIBERT + NATHAN FAKE +
FANTASTIC MR. FOX + OLUGBENGA
£15ADV / 9.00PM / KOKO
PARIS IS BURNING: NAIVE NEW BEATERS
£8ADV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON
DERBY SUNSHINE + SLUSHY GUTS
£5 / 8.00PM / POWER LUNCHES
THE STRUTS + THE LAST PARTY + THE HOLY
GHOSTS + THE THIRST
£5ADV / 8.00PM / QUEEN OF HOXTON
HER PARENTS + QUADRILLES + BLOODY
MAMMALS + SPITEHOUSE
£5 / 7.30PM / SEBRIGHT ARMS
MARMADUKE DANDO
£5 / 7.30PM / SERVANT JAZZ QUARTERS
LIANNE LA HAVAS + MATT CORBY
SOLD OUT / 7.30PM / SOMERSET HOUSE
WAKA FLOCKA FLAME + SEB CHEW +
MARTELO + TWO INCH PUNCH
£12.50ADV / 9.00PM / XOYO
SATURDAY 13TH JULYSATURDAY 13TH JULY
Q-TIP + GILLES PETERSON + HARRY LOVE +
JIMI NEEDLES
£22.50ADV / 7.00PM / KOKO
DAVID THOMAS BROUGHTON AND FRIENDS
£12ADV / 7.30PM / THE LEXINGTON
ATUMPAN + MOELOGO + HONEY B + 2KRISS +
ADEY + DIZZY + VIBE SQUAD + WERAY ENT
£6GUESTLIST / 7.00PM / QUEEN OF HOXTON
RICHARD HAWLEY + TOM HICKOX
SOLD OUT / 7.30PM / SOMERSET HOUSE
SULLY + E.M.M.A. V MOLESKIN + DUSK &
BLACKDOWN + WEN V ETCH
FREE / 7.00PM / THE WAITING ROOM
LAURA WELSH
£9ADV / 7.00PM / THE AFRICA CENTRE
KAT EDMONSON
£15 / 8.00PM / BUSH HALL
YEAH YEAH YEAH'S
£25ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY ISLINGTON
KE$HA
£32ADV / 7.30PM / O2 BRIXTON ACADEMY
CHERUB + AVEC SANS + COCONUT CLUB
FREE / 8.00PM / THE OLD BLUE LAST
BEN BARRET + DEAR EARTH + JUSTIN
PATTON
FREE / 7:30 / POWER LUNCHES
THE JUMP OFF
£8ADV / 8.00PM / SCALA
FIRST AID KIT + MILO GREENE + JO ROSE
SOLD OUT / 7.30PM / SOMERSET HOUSE
FIGHT LIKE APES + THROWING UP
£10ADV / 8.00PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR &
KITCHEN
TORRES
£8ADV / 7.30PM / THE LEXINGTON
WHITE HEAT PRESENTS: VV BROWN
£6ADV / 8.00PM / MADAME JOJO'S
AN EVENING OF THE BLUES FT. BEN HARPER
& CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE
£26ADV / 7.00PM / O2 SHEPHERD'S BUSH
EMPIRE
TRANSFORMATIVA + SOFT AS SNOW
£5 / 8.00PM / POWER LUNCHES
OF MONSTERS AND MEN + ASGEIR TRAUSTI
SOLD OUT / 7.30PM / SOMERSET HOUSE
MIND ENTERPRISES
FREE WITH RSVP / 7.30PM / THE WAITING
ROOM
SUNDAY 14TH JULY
MONDAY 15TH JULY
TUESDAY 16TH JULY
SUNDAY 14TH JULY
MONDAY 15TH JULY
TUESDAY 16TH JULY
MIKKY EKKO
£12ADV / 7.00PM / XOYO
A GRAVE WITH NO NAME + THE PROPER
ORNAMENTS + OLD FOREST
FREE / 8.00PM / BIRTHDAYS
LEEROY STAGGER + BILLY VINCENT + CASE
HARDIN
£6.50ADV / 8.00PM / BRIXTON WINDMILL
RAD STEWART + FEATURE
TBC / 8.00PM / BUFFALO BAR
DINOSAUR PILE-UP
£8.50ADV / 8.00PM / CARGO
DOGGONE
£5 / 8.00PM / CATCH
JAPANDROIDS
£13ADV / 8.00PM / DINGWALLS
MS MR + THUMPERS + FREDDIE DICKSON
SOLD OUT / 7.00PM / ELECTRIC BALLROOM
JOSEF SALVAT
£6ADV / 8.00PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR &
KITCHEN
PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING
SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON
MAX RAPTOR
FREE / 8.00PM / THE OLD BLUE LAST
COM TRUISE
£10ADV / 7.30PM / OLD QUEENS HEAD
TIGERCATS + JUST HANDSHAKES + THE
SPOOK SCHOOL
£6ADV/£8 / 8.00PM / POWER LUNCHES
EAT LIGHTS BECOME LIGHTS
FREE / 7.00PM / ROUGH TRADE EAST
MUTE SWIMMER + SEAMUS FOGARTY
£5 / 7.30PM / SERVANT JAZZ QUARTERS
TOM ODELL + WOLF ALICE + DENAI MOORE
£30ADV / 7.30PM / SOMERSET HOUSE
FRENZ EXPERIMENT
FREE / 8.00PM / STRONGROOM
THE BOMBAY ROYALE
£10ADV / 8.00PM / VILLAGE UNDERGROUND
CLEAN BANDIT + PLUS INDIANA
£9.50ADV / 8.00PM / XOYO
DEVENDRA BANHART + RODRIGO AMARANTE
£20ADV / 8.00PM / BARBICAN
GOLDIE THORN + MODERN BORDERS
FREE / 8.00PM / BEDROOM BAR
DAN LE SAC VS SCROOBIUS PIP
SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / BIRTHDAYS
TREMBLING BELLS & MIKE HERON
£12 / 8.00PM / BUSH HALL
WEDNESDAY 17TH JULY
THURSDAY 18TH JULY
WEDNESDAY 17TH JULY
THURSDAY 18TH JULY
JAPANDROIDS
£13ADV / 8.00PM / DINGWALLS
OI VA VOI
£15ADV / 8.00PM / HACKNEY ROUND
CHAPEL
AKRON/FAMILY
£11.50ADV / 8.00PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR
& KITCHEN
WEAPONS OF LOVE + VELVET STREAM +
GOOD GIRL & THE BAD TIMES
£5 / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON
THE BLACK SEEDS
£14.50 ADV / 7.00PM / O2 SHEPHERD'S
BUSH EMPIRE
HALO HALO + MICKEY GLOSS + THE
WHARVES
£5 / 8.00PM / POWER LUNCHES
RAFFERTIE
£7ADV / 7.00PM / SEBRIGHT ARMS
MÉLANIE PAIN + ALBERT GOLD
£10 / 7.30PM / SERVANT JAZZ QUARTERS
JESSIE WARE + MIKKY EKKO
SOLD OUT / 7.30PM / SOMERSET HOUSE
JOHNNY FLYNN
SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / THE TABERNACLE
NO CEREMONY + MYPET
£7.50ADV / 8.00PM / TRINITY CENTRE
WARM SODA
£6ADV / 8.00PM / THE DALSTON VICTORIA
FRICTION + BREAKAGE + MORE
£17ADV / 9.00PM / FABRIC
DARK DARK DARK
£11.50ADV / 8.00PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR
& KITCHEN
KIT RECORDS PRESENTS: SYNAESTHETE +
UTHER MOADS + DRAMATIC RECORDS DJ
£5 / 8.00PM / POWER LUNCHES
EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS +
HE’S MY BROTHER, SHE’S MY SISTER
SOLD OUT / 7.30PM / SOMERSET HOUSE
AEROPLANE + FRIENDLY FIRES DJ +
PILLOWTALK + HOT BOY DANCING SPOT
£12.50ADV / 9.00PM / XOYO
COCOROSIE + YOUTH LAGOON
£15 - £22.50ADV / 7.30PM / BARBICAN
KINGDOM + JON CONVEX + GOLDFFINCH + MY
PANDA SHALL FLY + SEB WILDBLOOD +
MOTO + BAGHEERA
£5-9ADV / 10.00PM / CORSICA STUDIOS
GYPSY HOTEL CLUB
£10ADV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON
FRIDAY 19TH JULY
SATURDAY 20TH JULY
FRIDAY 19TH JULY
SATURDAY 20TH JULY
COLOMBIA! TIERRA QUEIRDA - ANDRES
CEPEDA & BAND, ANGELICA LOPEZ & LA
PAPAYERA
£20.00 ADV - £25.00ADV / 7.00PM / O2
SHEPHERD'S BUSH EMPIRE
PRIMITIVE PARTS + RAVIOLI ME AWAY + THE
SMEAR + WORLD PEACE + THEE DOWNS +
WITCHING WAVES + MORE
£6 / 4.00PM / POWER LUNCHES
SANTIAGO STREET MACHINE + ELECTRIC
CHILDHOUSE + THE BRACKNELL & SUPPORT
£7 / 8.00PM / QUEEN OF HOXTON
MATTHEW & ME
FREE / 5.00PM / ROUGH TRADE WEST
DIGNAN PORCH + DEEP SEA ARCADE + THE
CULT OF DOM KELLER + TELEGRAM + CROWS
£8ADV / 2.00PM / THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS
GOLDFRAPP + POLLY SCATTERGOOD
SOLD OUT / 7.30PM / SOMERSET HOUSE
ENDERBY’S ROOM + TRANSEPT + THE
BELLES OF LONDON CITY
FREE / 12.00PM / UNION CHAPEL
DAVID THOMAS BROUGHTON AND FRIENDS
£12ADV / 7.30PM / THE LEXINGTON
THE AMAZING ALLDAYER WITH JAWS +
THROWING UP + THE PEARL HARTS + THE
DEATH OF POP + JOHN KENNEDY DJ
FREE / 12.00PM / QUEEN OF HOXTON
BASEMENT JAXX + BONDAX
SOLD OUT / 7.30PM / SOMERSET HOUSE
MOPOMOSO
£8ADV / 8.00PM / VORTEX
NADINE SHAH + RETRIEVER
£7.50ADV / 7.30PM / THE LEXINGTON
GRUMBLING FUR
FREE / 7.00PM / ROUGH TRADE EAST
ARTHUR BEATRICE
£5ADV / 8.00PM / THE BORDERLINE
NEW BUILD
£8.50ADV / 8.00PM / CONCRETE
THE AMAZING SNAKEHEADS
£5ADV / 8.00PM / THE DALSTON VICTORIA
THE THERMALS
£11.50ADV / 8.00PM / THE GARAGE
WHITE LIES + BIPOLAR SUNSHINE +
JUVENILES
£18ADV / 8.00PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR &
KITCHEN
SUNDAY 21ST JULY
MONDAY 22ND JULY
TUESDAY 23RD JULY
SUNDAY 21ST JULY
MONDAY 22ND JULY
TUESDAY 23RD JULY
LARKIN POE
£13ADV / 7.30PM / THE LEXINGTON
JAKE MORELY
£7 / 7.30PM / SERVANT JAZZ QUARTERS
THE DIVERS + ESCAPISTS + MR DUPRET
FACTORY
£4ADV / 7.00PM / THE SOCIAL
JOSH RITTER
SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / VILLAGE
UNDERGROUND
KARL MICHAEL
£12.50ADV / 8.00PM / XOYO
VELVET STREAM + VICTORIA HUME + ELIZA
SHADDAD
FREE / 8.00PM / BEDROOM BAR
THE SCARAMANGA SIX + XDIAMONDX
TBC / 8.00PM / BUFFALO BAR
RUNAROUND KIDS + KATIE MALCO + TRAVIS
WALTONS + LION & THE WOLF
£5 / 8.00PM / CATCH
WHITE LIES + BIPOLAR SUNSHINE +
JUVENILES
£18ADV / 8.00PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR &
KITCHEN
SIX BY SEVEN
£12ADV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON
LAUGHTA + HBN + DJ CHILLZ + TEAM LIVE +
AARON ROACH BRIDGEMAN + KWEST + LADY
LYKEZ
£5ADV / 7.00PM / QUEEN OF HOXTON
NADINE SHAH
FREE / 1.00PM / ROUGH TRADE EAST
NORMAN WATT-ROY
FREE / 7.00PM / ROUGH TRADE EAST
ATOMS FOR PEACE + OWINY SIGOMA BAND
£49ADV / 8.00PM / ROUNDHOUSE
AGE + MOLLY BEANLAND + CYMBALS DJ
£3 / 8.00PM / THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS
KATIE SUTHERLAND + OLIVER WILDE
FREE / 8.00PM / STRONGROOM
JOSH RITTER
SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / VILLAGE
UNDERGROUND
CABOOSE + BLACK JUJU + MR PUMPKIN
FREE / 7.30PM / BRIXTON WINDMILL
DEAD RABBITS + BEACH VOLLEYBALL
£4ADV / 8.00PM / BUFFALO BAR
WHITE LIES + BIPOLAR SUNSHINE +
JUVENILES
£18ADV / 8.00PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR &
KITCHEN
WEDNESDAY 24TH JULY
THURSDAY 25TH JULY
WEDNESDAY 24TH JULY
THURSDAY 25TH JULY
PUBLIC ENEMY
£29ADV / 7.00PM / KOKO
BIS + ACE CITY ROCKERS + THE ETHICAL
DEBATING SOCIETY
£10ADV / 7.30PM / THE LEXINGTON
COLOUR ME POP PRESENTS: THE SECRET
HISTORY + COMET GAIN + PALE SPECTRES
£7ADV / 8.00PM / THE MILLER
ICON OF COIL + TERROLOKAUST + SURGYN +
CYGNOSIC
£15ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY ISLINGTON
ICON OF COIL + TERROLOKAUST+ SURGYN +
CYGNOSI C
£15.00 / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY ISLINGTON
VENETIAN BLINDS + DUTCH BARN + STATS
£5 / 8.00PM / POWER LUNCHES
ATOMS FOR PEACE + OWINY SIGOMA BAND
£49ADV / 8.00PM / ROUNDHOUSE
ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS
£45ADV / 8.00PM / ROYAL OPERA HOUSE
MY PANDA SHALL FLY
£5 / 7.30PM / SERVANT JAZZ QUARTERS
BULLET PROOF VEST + THE RECUSANTS
£3 / 8.00PM / THE WAITING ROOM
WE ARE SCIENTISTS
£15ADV / 8.00PM / XOYO
MOGWAI
£25-£30ADV / 8.00PM / BARBICAN
VERITY SUSMAN + PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM
£7ADV / 7.00PM / DALSTON ROOF PARK
DJ HYPE + PASCAL + SUB ZERO +
GROOVERIDER
£17ADV / 9.00PM / FABRIC
THE ICI'S + THE RED LAPELS + THE NEW
UNIONS
£4ADV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON
WU-TANG CLAN + BISHOP NEHRU + MIC
RIGHTEOUS + DJ SEMTEX
£40ADV / 7.30PM / O2 BRIXTON ACADEMY
ATOMS FOR PEACE + OWINY SIGOMA BAND
£49ADV / 8.00PM / ROUNDHOUSE
ROBAG WRUHME + DANIELE BALDELLI +
TOSHIYA KAWASAKI + SISTERHOOD +
HESSELTIME
£8ADV / 10.00PM / CORSICA STUDIOS
KINK + IVAN SMAGGHE + SASCHIENNE +
REBOLLEDO
£19ADV / 9.00PM / FABRIC
FACE+HEEL
FREE / 7.30PM / THE LOCK TAVERN
FRIDAY 26TH JULY
SATURDAY 27TH JULY
FRIDAY 26TH JULY
SATURDAY 27TH JULY
ABI WADE + THE UNTIED KNOT + FUTURE
BAND
FREE / 12.00PM / UNION CHAPEL
PENGO + BLOOD STEREO +USURPER +
INFINITE GAHH + IAN MURPHY + DUNCAN
HARRISON
£6ADV / 3.00PM / THE DALSTON VICTORIA
TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS
£27.50 ADV / 7.00PM / O2 SHEPHERD'S
BUSH EMPIRE
FLUX + ARCHEAN SOUNDTRACK + DANBOB
CLARKE + RODRIGO VENTOUR
£10 / 7.00PM / QUEEN OF HOXTON
OPEN MIC NIGHT
£3 / 8.00PM / CATCH
THE JUMP OFF
£8ADV / 8.00PM / SCALA
MAIA + THE MAY BIRDS
FREE / 8.00PM / BEDROOM BAR
FOLLOW THE CAPULETS
£5 / 8.00PM / CATCH
FOXES
£7ADV / 8.00PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR &
KITCHEN
THE CRIMEA
£10ADV / 8.00PM / JAZZ CAFE
WHITE HEAT PRESENTS: CRUSHED BEAKS
£6ADV / 8.00PM / MADAME JOJO'S
VUVUVULTURES
FREE / 7.00PM / ROUGH TRADE EAST
MYPET
FREE / 7.00PM / SEBRIGHT ARMS
SYKUR PLUS KILLAFLAW + BATTLE LINES
£6ADV / 8.00PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR &
KITCHEN
EAT LIGHTS BECOME LIGHTS + THE KVB +
JACQUES CARAMAC & THE SWEET
GENERATION
£7ADV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON
PHLO FINISTER
£5 / 8.00PM / SEBRIGHT ARMS
MATTHEW AND THE ATLAS
£9ADV / 7.00PM / ST PANCRAS OLD CHURCH
FRENCH FOR RABBITS + JAKE MATTISON +
MYSTERIANS
FREE / 8.00PM / STRONGROOM
SUNDAY 28TH JULY
MONDAY 29TH JULY
TUESDAY 30TH JULY
WEDNESDAY 31ST JULY
SUNDAY 28TH JULY
MONDAY 29TH JULY
TUESDAY 30TH JULY
WEDNESDAY 31ST JULY
THE BALLET + MAKING MARKS
£8.50ADV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON
VINDICATRIX + SOME TRUTHS + THESE
FEATHERS HAVE PLUMES + KEMPER NORTON
+ HAREM
£7ADV / 8.00PM / THE WAITING ROOM
BEN UFO + PANGAEA + 2562
£17ADV / 9.00PM / FABRIC
ANIMAL KINGDOM + SHAKE SHAKE GO +
HAUS
£6.50ADV / 7.30PM / THE LEXINGTON
BOY NAMES + NATIVE TONGUE + FINAL FORM
+ ROWAN JOHN
£6 / 8.00PM / SEBRIGHT ARMS
DARK HORSES
£8ADV / 8.00PM / THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS
EAT LIGHTS BECOME LIGHTS + BALTIC FLEET
+ TWELVE + ÖKÖ
£7 / 7.30PM / BRIXTON WINDMILL
THEME PARK + GABRIEL BRUCE + MT +
LEGOLAND
£12.50ADV / 8.00PM / VILLAGE
UNDERGROUND
GENERATIONALS
£7.50ADV / 7.30PM / THE LEXINGTON
THE ADICTS
£16.87 / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY ISLINGTON
BARBAROSSA
FREE WITH RSVP / 8.00PM / THE WAITING
ROOM
CHESTER WATSON
£7.50ADV / 8.00PM / BIRTHDAYS
HATCHAM SOCIAL + FLOWERS
FREE / 8.00PM / THE OLD BLUE LAST
BIPOLAR SUNSHINE + BENIN CITY + TUESDAY
BORN
£5ADV / 8.00PM / BIRTHDAYS
CHECKEMLADS MODERNISTQUE ALL-DAYER:
RHONDA + THE UNIVERSAL + THE BEAT
MOVEMENT + THE TRAVELLERS + MRS
ENGLAND + JOHN CADE & THE ANYDAYS
£10ADV / 3.00PM / THE LEXINGTON
THURSDAY 1ST AUGUST
FRIDAY 2ND AUGUST
SATURDAY 3RD AUGUST
MONDAY 5TH AUGUST
TUESDAY 6TH AUGUST
WEDNESDAY 7TH AUGUST
THURSDAY 8TH AUGUST
SATURDAY 10TH AUGUST
THURSDAY 1ST AUGUST
FRIDAY 2ND AUGUST
SATURDAY 3RD AUGUST
MONDAY 5TH AUGUST
TUESDAY 6TH AUGUST
WEDNESDAY 7TH AUGUST
THURSDAY 8TH AUGUST
SATURDAY 10TH AUGUST
Back after a successful show at Ja Ja Ja in March, Pascal Pinon have been causing a stir and raising a few eyebrows with their uniquely bleak folktronica, especially after the success of their recent debut album ‘Twosomeness’. Combining perfect harmonies and sparse beauty, there wasn’t a single weak moment throughout their all-too-short 30 minute performance. Ethereal ‘Ekki Vanmeta’ was as enchanting as ever and fan favourite, ‘When I Can’t Sleep’, was a mournfully charming reminder of the ridiculously high standard of music coming out of Iceland at the moment.Already baying for Sin Fang’s most recent single before the band had even
mounted the stage, the fervour of the crowd is hardly surprising given that, after six studio releases over half a decade, this is the Icelandic quintet's debut UK show.To the dismay of some, though certainly not to everyone, the set is liberally furnished with tracks spanning the breadth of the earlier years, leaving patient smiles on the faces of an audience possibly mostly here on the strength of recent album ‘Flowers’. However, and although a little awkward when translated live, ‘Young Boys’ is a masterpiece of lo-fi indie, and whilst the technical difficulties which plague ‘What’s Wrong With Your Eyes’ make for a slightly disappointing finale, it doesn’t detract at all from an inspiring evening.
Sam Betts
SIN FANG //PASCAL PINONHoxton Square Bar & Kitchen //May 29th
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The Dance Tunnel very much does what it says on the tin, it is a tunnel to dance in. It's not really one for watching bands in, because well, the lack of stage (or indeed space) dictates that you shan't be able to see past the 3 people in front of you. That said, it is the perfect venue for such a beat filled night, The Slow Revolt open, creating stunningly catchy R&B tinged gems and transfixing the steadily growing audience. Ghosting Season come on to sweep us off our feet, their perfectly crafted electronica engulfing and lifting an already rapturous crowd. Not being able to see them doesn’t matter, we just want to keep dancing.
Jess Partridge
GHOSTING SEASON //THE SLOW REVOLTThe Dance Tunnel // May 31st
I'll admit I didn't catch all ofJames Holden's set to celebrate the release of his glorious new album,‘The Inheritors’. I am, after all, only a human man and eight hours is just too much.I did my best – I was there for five and a half hours of his brain-frazzling set and emerged, blinking into the 6am sky, confused, wide-eyed and exhausted but very happy after a propulsive set of his own stuff – including a gigantic ‘Renata’ – and loads of other glitchy-krautrock-rave hybrids including a thunderous Battles remix of Four Tet.The crowd go wild and energylevels never drop; This man knows how to time a set – even one eight hours long. Dave Rowlinson
JAMES HOLDENCorsica Studios // May 15th
photo: Sonny Malhotra
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WHY AREN’T WE GOING INTO SPACE, MAN… BY AL HORNERIt’s usually with a wide-jawed, jaded yawn that I thumb right past Justin Bieber newspaper stories on the bus to work each morning but one morning recently was different. “BIEBER BECOMES ASTRONAUT,” ran the headline, the star reported to be travelling with Richard Branson on one of Virgin Galactic’s inaugural commercial flights into orbit in 2014. After a swell twenty minutes daydreaming up a frankly-fucking-awesome Planet of the Apes remake in which the pop pin-up’s space mission goes wrong, returning to Earth years later to find the pet monkey he abandoned in German quarantine has risen up and enslaved humanity – hit me up for the rights to that one, Hollywood – it suddenly struck me. Somewhere along the line, western pop culture’s fascination with the final frontier has boldly gone to shit. From Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’ to Super Furry Animals’ ‘Colonise the Moon’, from Patti Smith’s ‘Space Monkey’ to Ash’s ‘Girl from Mars’, our music constellation was once packed with star-gazers. This time 15 years ago, as the sci-fi sounds of Babylon Zoo’s (HORRENDOUS) ‘Spaceman’ was still blaring out on FM radios, blockbusters Armageddon and Deep Impact were doing big business at cineplexes. But in 2011, NASA's space shuttle program was shut down and a disappointing opening weekend last month for JJ Abram's Star Trek: Into Darkness, taking a meagre $70.8m worldwide, seemed to suggest that films about space travel can no longer live long and prosper at the box office. The ‘Starships’-singing Nicki Minaj aside, the music world nowadays rarely looks to that great big fuck-off black abyss above us, with all its infinite mystery, for inspiration. That’s a shame, right? As a kid, even the neon blue sky above Cape Canaveral seemed so exotic and full of possibility to me. Which is why I’m entrusting Bieber with sparking new interest in space for a generation whose main interest in stars are the ones on the cover of gossip rags. Godspeed, dude.
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