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by Helen Clarke
Gig Of The Week Mammoth Penguins – a group made of former members of Standard Fare, The Pony Collaboration and Puncture Repair Kit – launch their debut album with a show at the Lexington on…
by Helen Clarke
Gig Of The Week Excellent noise generators Archie Bronson Outfit arrive in Peckham’s Bussey Building this Saturday as part of this month’s Screensaver Live night. Four support acts and ‘tropical’ DJs complete the bill, with the...
by Helen Clarke
Gig Of The Week It’s that time of year when traditionally listings start to look a little sparse, as the world’s musical artistes head off to play to huge crowds in fields rather than the...
by Helen Clarke
Gig Of The Week Nathaniel Rateliff is best known for sparse but powerful, melancholic folk, so his latest venture might surprise a few people. His new, seven-piece backing band, The Night Sweats, inject some dirty...
by Helen Clarke
Gig Of The Week Faith No More bring their first album for 18 years to Camden this week. Sol Invictus was a welcome return for the band who set the blueprint for nu metal several...
by Helen Clarke
Gig Of The Week Since its first outing in 2011, Bushstock has quietly carved a solid reputation for giving up-and-coming bright young things a stage. Its alumni include George Ezra, Daughter, Hozier and Willy Mason....
by Helen Clarke
Gig Of The Week It’s a busy week in London town, with Field Day bringing hundreds of acts – including Patti Smith, Caribou and Ride – to Victoria Park at the weekend. Across town, Camden’s...
by Helen Clarke
Gig Of The Week This week sees the ultimate gig clash that will leave riot grrrls seething, as legend Kathleen Hanna (fronting new(ish) band The Julie Ruin) rocks into town at the same time as...
by Helen Clarke
Gig Of The Week Erased Tapes’ Nils Frahm (pictured) has built up a reputation as one of the most innovative pianists – nay, instrumentalists – of our time. Berlin-based Frahm is never one to take the...
by Helen Clarke
Gig Of The Week The first lady of electro, Róisín Murphy, releases her latest solo album, Hairless Toys, on Monday, and she’s marking the occasion with a show at the Roundhouse, the following Saturday. It’s...
by Helen Clarke
Gig Of The Week The National‘s Bryce Dessner takes over the Barbican next weekend of “an emerging American generation”. It’s a packed few days, including the world premiere of Wave Movements, a new orchestra by...
by Helen Clarke
Gig Of The Week If anyone knows how to put on a show, it’s Nick Cave. After over 30 years in the business, melodrama still oozes from his every pore and each show feels like...
by Helen Clarke
Gig Of The Week Never ones to shy away from making themselves heard, Godspeed You! Black Emperor‘s new album is a 40 minute noisy, raucous plea for action. Angry, disjointed guitars and booming drums pepper...
by Helen Clarke
Gig Of The Week Slug is the latest in the seemingly never ending line of Field Music side projects. This incarnation, however, sees the mind-bogglingly talented Brewis brothers take a back seat, as their former...
by Steven Johnson
Celebrating the release of Nils Frahm’s Solo and the instrument upon which it was composed.
by Helen Clarke
Gig Of The Week Courtney Barnett kept us waiting what felt like forever for her debut album, Sometimes I Sit and Think, Sometimes I Just Sit. But it was worth the wait; her distinctive raucous...
by Helen Clarke
Gig Of The Week Marika Hackman‘s debut album, released last month, was far from cheery. Her brand of folk is far from easily digestible; We Slept At Last is full of dark, twisted fairytales that...
by Helen Clarke
Gig Of The Week Sleater Kinney’s new album fell on us with virtually no notice. Towards the end of last year, nearly a decade after their split, the trio hid an unmarked seven inch into...
by Helen Clarke
Our pick of this week’s live music happenings in London.
by Helen Clarke
Gig Of The Week Caribou – aka Dan Snaith – wooed us with his fourth album under this moniker, 2014’s Our Love. The Canadian musician/producer is known for his immersive, impassioned electronics, but his last...
by Helen Clarke
Gig Of The Week Susanne Sundfør launches her new album Ten Love Songs with an upgraded and sold out gig at the Scala on Tuesday. From the D-E-F Management stable that gave the world Robyn,...
LoneLady @ The Hope & Ruin, Brighton
Rigoletto @ Royal Opera House, London
Sleigh Bells – Texis
Spotlight: Metallica – Metallica (The Black Album) 30th Anniversary + The Metallica Blacklist
We Were Promised Jetpacks – Enjoy The View
BBC Proms: The Last Night of the Proms 2021 @ Royal Albert Hall, London
The Stranglers – Dark Matters