Penguin Cafe take over the Union Chapel for three nights this week. Arthur Jeffes’ reimagining of the band originally established by his father in the 1970s are set to release their second album on 17 Febuary. They’ll be playing tracks from The Red Book, as well as their debut, A Matter of Life, on Friday-Sunday.
We loved Parquet Courts‘ debut, Light Up Gold, calling them “anti stylised and ultra DIY”. See for yourself at the Electric Ballroom on Sunday.
Likewise, we were won over by Phoenix‘s last album, Bankrupt. When it was released in April last year we awarded it four-and-a-half stars, saying it was “full of off-kilter, strange pop songs” and well worth the four year wait. The Parisians continue their mini-residency at the Brixton Academy on Wednesday.
And that’s all without mentioning the activities of a certain purple gentleman…
Monday 10 February
Fanfarlo – Rough Trade East
Temples – Rough Trade East
Taylor Swift – O2 Arena
Tuesday 11 February
Moderat – KOKO
Charlie Jones – Vortex
Taylor Swift – O2 Arena
Vance Joy – Scala
Fanfarlo – Village Underground
Basia Bulat – Lexington
The Family Rain – Garage
Cheatahs – Rough Trade East
Future Islands – Hoxton Square Bar + Kitchen
Wednesday 12 February
Poliça – Troxy
iLiKETRAiNS + Her Name Is Calla – Jazz Cafe
Pawws – Lexington
Cheatahs – Birthdays
Courtney Barnett – Sebright Arms
Phoenix – Brixton Academy
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Rad Stewart – New Cross Inn
Thursday 13 February
Cooly G – Birthdays
Darren Hayman – Vortex
Antlanter + Schultz & Forever + Vök – Lexington
Cloud Control – Heaven
Young Fathers – Electrowerkz
Laura Cantrell – Kings Place
Lily and Madeleine – St Pancras Old Church
Kaiser Chiefs – Scala
The Strypes – Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Rudimental + Bipolar Sunshine – Brixton Academy
Friday 14 February
Foals – Alexandra Palace
Darren Hayman – Vortex
Post War Glamour Girls – Hoxton Square Bar + Kitchen
Rudimental + Bipolar Sunshine – Brixton Academy
Saturday 15 Feburary
Penguin Cafe – Union Chapel
Rudimental + Bipolar Sunshine – Brixton Academy
Foals – Alexandra Palace
Courtney Barnett – Rough Trade East
Sunday 16 February
Parquet Courts – Electric Ballroom
Evans The Death – Lock Tavern
Just announced
Ben Folds will be joined by the Heritage Orchestra for a date at the Barbican on 6 July. It’ll be the European Premiere of his new piano concerto, except with some of the hits thrown in there too.
After last year’s brilliant Electric Lady, Janelle Monáe is set to return to the live stage with a show at the Brixton Academy on 9 May.
Taylor Swift MP3s or CDs
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