Gig Of The Week – Parallel Voices 2010 @ Siobahn Davies Studios
Pulling together an incredible cast of cross-media artists, Parallel Voices 2010 is the third event of it’s kind at the Siobahn Davies Studios in Elephant & Castle. Curated this year by Carsten Nicolai the event aims to bring together performers that bridge the gap between the audio and visual mediums and the two headline figures for me are Blixa Bargeld (Einstürzende Neubauten, The Bad Seeds) and electronic maestro Christian Fennesz. Given the supreme quality of their musical work, you’d expect their discussions to be equally vital. Both discuss the fertile land where art forms meet – music and poetry, dance, video. Each talk is accompanied by a short performance piece featuring some of the panel – an intriguing event.
If you hanker after something a little more traditional then there are gigs aplenty throughout town this week. On Monday try Mono at Scala, or the latest ATP event – The Retribution Gospel Choir at Cargo. Tom McRae is back, still searching for the awesome form of his first two records, and plays Scala on Wednesday. The influential Chapterhouse, along with Engineers, also play Scala on Thursday. MGMT hit the promo trail at Heaven, part of an ever-expanding live music line-up at the club. Fabric on Friday sees an incredible lineup, highlights of which are Skream, Benga and Caspa. As a final recommendation why not try and catch the inimitable Patti Smith, who performs at the branch of Foyles in the RFH, and then a fully fledged gig at the Union Chapel on Sunday – still, I imagine, something worth seeing.
Einstürzende Neubauten – Die Wellen
Photo: Kentaro_m_photography @ The Triple Door, Seattle WA, 02/06.
Read on for all this week’s recommendations.
Monday 15 March
Delphic – Heaven
Mono – Scala
Retribution Gospel Choir, These Monsters – Cargo
The Tallest Man On Earth, Alessi’s Ark – Bush Hall
Tuesday 16 March
The Avett Brothers – Relentless Garage
Emma Pollock + Josh Pyke – The Tabernacle
George Pringle + Robot Disaster + more – Club Fandango @ Buffalo Bar
Why? + I Might Be Wrong – Heaven
Wednesday 17 March
Cara Dillon + Seth Lakeman – East Wintergarden
Tom McRae – Scala
Spectrum + Hush Arbours – Luminaire
Thursday 18 March
Bad Lieutenant + Factory Floor – Electric Ballroom
Blixa Bargeld + Christain Fennesz + many more – Parallel Voices 2010 @ Siobahn Davies Studios
Eliza Carthy – Water Rats
Chapterhouse + Engineers – Club AC30 @ Scala
The Hidden Cameras – Shoreditch Church
MGMT + Television Personalities – Heaven
Nosaj Thing – The Rhythm Factory
Two Door Cinema Club – Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen
Friday 19 March
The Bloody Beetroots + Does It Offend You, Yeah? + Kissy Sell Out + more – Together @ The Coronet
Caspa + Skream + Benga + more – Fabric
Dan Michaelson & The Coastguards – The Local @ The King’s Head
Vitalic – Matter
Saturday 20 March
Foals (DJ set) + D.N.T + No Pain In Pop – London Sunshine @ Amersham Arms
IAMX – ULU
Free - Patti Smith – Foyles, Royal Festival Hall
Times New Viking – The Dome
Sunday 21 March
DM Stith + Mechanical Bride – The Slaughtered Lamb
Patti Smith – Union Chapel
