Stereo Jealousy

Gig of the Week: Saint Etienne @ Bloomsbury Ballroom

Saint Etienne spend two evenings in the Bloomsbury Ballroom this week revisiting their 1991 album Foxbase Alpha alongside the pick of the rest of their catalogue. Although I remain unconvinced by this practice, usually in the form of the Don’t Look Back series, the opportunity to catch this classic of English electropop would be too good to miss. Tickets sold out a long time ago so if you are overcome with need Ebay or the touts might be your only chance.

Elsewhere about town it is a good week with plenty of options on pretty much every night. Highlights include the Vivian Girls revisiting the Brixton Windmill on Sunday – the scene of their first UK gig last year. Marnie Stern is in town on Monday playing the smaller of the capital’s two Domes at Tufnell Park. Corsica Studios has a very different, but equally excellent, couple of nights with Grails and Nathan Fake on Tuesday and Friday respectively.

Saint Etienne – Only Love Can Break Your Heart

Click below for further shows this week…

Monday 11 May

Tori Amos – Savoy Theatre

Andrew Bird – Shepherd’s Bush Empire

Graham Coxon – Rough Trade East Instore

Jesus Lizard, Grails, Harvey Milk – Kentish Town Forum

Morrissey – Royal Albert Hall

Marnie Stern – Tufnell Park Dome

Telepathe – 93 Feet East

Tuesday 12 May

Abe Vigoda, The Mae Shi – Barden’s Boudoir

Cursive – Dingwalls

Grails – Corsica Studios

Machinefabriek – Cafe OTO

Placebo – Shepherd’s Bush Empire

Shearwater, The Cave Singers – Union Chapel

Wednesday 13 May

Dan Auerbach – Islington Academy

Graham Coxon – The Lexington

Madlib – Fabric

Thursday 14 May

Holy Fuck – Scala

School Of Seven Bells – ULU

Yann Tiersen – Electric Ballroom

Friday 15 May

Nathan Fake – Corsica Studios

Friendly Fires – Kentish Town Forum

Ben Kweller – Koko

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – White Light @ The Lexington

Saint Etienne – Bloomsbury Ballroom

Saturday 16 May

Jarvis Cocker – Pure Groove Instore

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Brixton Windmill

Sunday 17 May

Vivian Girls – Brixton Windmill

Wavves – Old Blue Last