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Gig of the Week: Twisted Christmas – Barbican
As Christmas hurriedly approaches, the larger venues around London have been largely booked up by comedians and tribute shows. Fortunately the smaller venues keep the variety levels high, and this week is no exception. Pick of the bunch is the second in the Barbican’s series Only Connect, the first of which was the Drifting and Tilting concerts featuring the music of Scott Walker. The theme this time round is the underbelly of our traditional festive practices, with the artists performing their own versions of classic and modern Christmas tunes. With artists like Jarvis Cocker, Patrick Wolf and Kathryn Williams involved the event surely has to be interesting to say the least…
Tickets are still available from the Barbican’s website, from £13 to £22.
Jarvis Cocker – Baby’s Coming Back To Me
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Photos: Patrick Wolf: sugicy; Jarvis Cocker: Lizzka
Read on for the rest of Stereo Jealousy’s recommended London gigs this week…
Monday 8 December
A Place To Bury Strangers, Ten Kens, Sian Alice Group – ICA
Billy Bragg – Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Union Chapel
Duffy – Brixton Academy
Fantomas – Astoria
The Human League, Heaven 17, ABC – Hammersmith Apollo
Loney Dear, Martin Carr, Adam Donen & The Drought – Old Blue Last
The Slow Life, Gregory And The Hawk – Local Mondays @ Big Chill House
Winnebago Deal, Bad For Lazarus, Assembly Point 3 – Monto Water Rats
Women – Rough Trade East
Tuesday 9 December
Ben Kweller – Union Chapel
David Cronenberg’s Wife, Kong, The Slow Blade – Artrocker @ Buffalo Bar
Duffy – Brixton Academy
Joan As Police Woman – Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Melvins – Scala
Squarepusher, LFO – Astoria
Vivian Girls, Wet Dog, Holiday Romance – Madame Jo Jo’s
The Zutons, The Redwalls – Hammersmith Apollo
Wednesday 10 December
Lisa Hannigan – St John’s Smiths Square
iLiKETRAINS – 93 Feet East
Land Of Talk, Will And The People, Buffalo 77 – Monto Water Rats
The Locust – Barden’s Boudoir
Nightmares on Wax Soundsystem – Scala
Supergrass – Shepherd’s Bush Empire
They Came From The Stars (I Saw Them) – The Lexington
This Town Needs Guns, Blakfish, Shapes, Shoes And Socks Off – Brixton Windmill
Thursday 11 December
Chromeo – Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Gotan Project – The Roundhouse
Kings Of Leon, M83 – O2
Lightspeed Champion – BFI Southbank
Twisted Christmas – The Barbican
Rachel Unthank& The Winterset, Félix Lajkó – Union Chapel
James Yorkston & The Athletes, Malcolm Middleton – St Giles In The Fields
Friday 12 December
Alphabeat, Sam Sparro, Tommy Sparks, The Rumble Strips – Matter
Autokratz – Club NME @ Koko
Chrome Hoof, Bass Clef, David E Sugar – Cargo
Electric Six, Tragedy – Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Errors, Tim Exile – The End and AKA
Friendly Fires – Koko
Jeniferever, Prego – Club AC30 @Luminaire
M83 – St Giles In The Fields
Jesse Malin, Dave Bielanko – Monto Water Rats
Let’s Wrestle, The Brute Chorus, La Shark, Josh Weller – 93 Feet East
The Prodigy, Fight Like Apes – Brixton Academy
Angie Stone – Jazz Cafe
Vivian Girls, Chew Lips, Plug – Macbeth, N1
Saturday 13 December
1990s, We Are The Physics, Peter Parker, Betty & The Werewolves, Spinmaster Plantpot – Buffalo Bar
Chromeo – Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Concert Against Knife Crime – Queen Elizabeth Hall
Good Shoes, Flashguns, We Stole Cairo – Watershed
Elton John – O2
The Prodigy , Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Fight Like Apes – Brixton Academy
The Rascals – Push @ Astoria 2
Angie Stone – Jazz Cafe
Sunday 14 December
Tom Baxter, Beth Rowley plus many more – The Living Room @ The Hideaway
Coldplay, The High Wire – O2
The Dandy Warhols, Fabienne Delsol – Astoria
Jamie Lidell, Fujiya & Miyagi, Micachu – Shepherd’s Bush Empire
