Singling out just one gig is a tough one this week, but for sheer anticipation alone, we’re going for Stealing Sheep at Chats Palace, on Tuesday.
The Liverpool trio’s debut album, Into The Diamond Sun was released in 2012 and was a real gem. Deliciously spooked with lashings of pagan percussion and irresistible harmonies, it was a delight to see performed live. Its follow-up, Not Real, is pitched for release by Heavenly on 13 April, but you can catch a sneak peek here.
Announcement Of The Week
Another album we’re chomping at the bit to hear is John Grant’s third – the follow-up to 2013’s brilliant Pale Green Ghosts. He’s currently toiling away at it, and it looks like we could expect something around November – for this is when he’s set to play his biggest London show to date, at the Hammersmith Apollo, on the 12th.
Monday 9 February
Milky Chance – Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Peace – Heaven
Crushed Beaks – Sebright Arms
Tuesday 10 February
Elbow – Hammersmith Apollo
Saint Raymond – Koko
Stealing Sheep – Chats Palace
Ex Hex – Oslo
Wednesday 11 February
Gruff Rhys – KOKO
Elbow – Hammersmith Apollo
Honeyblood – Oslo
Philip Selway – Queen Elizabeth Hall
Thursday 12 February
The Cribs – Electric Ballroom
Elbow – Hammersmith Apollo
James Bay – KOKO
Rae Morris + Fryars – Electric Brixton
The Staves – Hackney Empire
Drenge – Tufnell Park Dome
Friday 13 February
These New Puritans – Oslo
OK Go – KOKO
Tigercats – Montague Arms
Faerground Accidents – St Moritz
Saturday 14 February
Mariachi El Bronx – Brooklyn Bowl
Macy Gray – Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Jane Weaver – Social
Sunday 15 February
Chris & Cosey – Heaven
Kate Tempest – Electric Brixton
Stealing Sheep MP3s or CDs
Stealing Sheep on Spotify
