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

Fennesz – Grey Scale

Parallel Voices website

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

Gig Of The Week:

Celebrating 20 years of recording activity, the Hartnoll brothers make their indoor live return this month – culminating in a pair of shows at Brixton Academy. The tour is celebrating their entire groundbreaking output, from Chime onwards so expect a thumping catalogue-raiding set and a stage show to singe your eyeballs.

Elsewhere the London scene is coming back to life following its summer slumber. Check out the superb double header at the Queen of Hoxton on Tuesday – Epic45 and Piano Magic should be an excellent evening’s entertainment. There’s an Aphex Twin led bash at Matter this Saturday too, with a strong support line up led by Luke Vibert and Leila. Possibly the mist interesting free gig of the week takes place on Thursday at the lovely Jamm in Brixton, where White Town (remember Your Woman, what a track!) play with Arthur and Martha. See you stageside.

Orbital – The Box

Read on for the week’s recommended gigs across town…

Monday 21 September

And So I Watch You From Afar – Barfly

Girls – The Lexington

The Veils – Scala

Tuesday 22 September

Charlotte Hatherly – Highbury Garage

Epic45, Piano Magic – Queen of Hoxton

Golden Silvers – The Flowerpot

Ou Est Le Swimming Pool – The Legion

Wednesday 23 September

Lamb – Koko

The Temper Trap – Highbury Garage

Times New Viking, Male Bonding, Pens – Cargo

Thursday 24 September

Euros Childs – Tamesis Dock

Orbital – Brixton Academy

Slow Club – Scala

White Town, Arthur + Martha – Jamm, Brixton

The Young Knives, Esser, Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man – Heaven

Friday 25 September

DARTZ!, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly

Dinosaur Jr – Koko

Foals – Heaven

Orbital – Brixton Academy

Pere Ubu – ICA

Zu – The Lexington

Saturday 26 September

Aphex Twin, Luke Vibert, Leila – Matter

Gang Of Four – Kentish Town Forum

I Am Kloot – Highbury Garage

Johnny Flynn, Jeremy Walmsley, Dan Michaelson & The Coastguards – Union Chapel

Sunday 27 September

Florence And The Machine – Shepherd’s Bush Empire

Lovvers – Rough Trade East Instore

Talvin Singh – Dingwalls

Summer season finally starts to bite, with a much slower week this week. Still, there are still a few great shows dotted around town. The plumb draw has to be The Twilight Sad at the Lexington on Wednesday. The show happens in advance of a month long jaunt around North America, and in support of their new single, I Became A Prostitute, out on Monday. Their support comes from a fantastic London band Factory Floor, whose hypnotic, swirling songs blew Piano Magic off the stage at Barden’s earlier this year.

Otherwise, catch Fucked Up at the relaunched Higbury Garage on Monday – surely a fabulous venue in which to catch such an intense live band. Tuesday sees The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart backed by Hatcham Social at the same venue.

The Twilight Sad – Modern Romance
The Twilight Sad – I Became A Prostitute (video)
Factory Floor – Taxidermist

Photo: Jacob Earl, Metropolis, Montréal, 03.05.08

Monday 3 August

The Blackout, We Are The Ocean – Barfly, Camden

Songs of David Byrne & Brian Eno – Barbican

Fucked Up, Ghost Of A Thousand, Tubelord – Garage

Dent May and his Magnificent Ukelele – Brixton Windmill

Stars Of Sunday League, Jeremy Walmsley, Broadcast 2000 + more – The Luminaire

Tuesday 4 August

Crocodiles, Colours, Jelas – Barden’s Boudoir

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Hatcham Social – Garage

Pharoahe Monch – Jazz Café

Wednesday 5 August

The Twilight Sad, Factory Floor – The Lexington

Thursday 6 August

PENS, Graffiti Island + more – Old Blue Last

Wild Beasts – Album Launch @ Hoxton Hall

Friday 7 August

Mariee Sioux, Alessi’s Ark – Café OTO

Saturday 8 August

4 or 5 Magicians, Winnebago Deal + loads more – Our Band Could BBQ Your Life @ Brixton Windmill (Day 1)

Sunday 9 August

Ice, Sea, Dead People, 4 or 5 Magicians, The Muscle Club + loads more – Our Band Could BBQ Your Life @ Brixton Windmill (Day 2)

Gig Of The Week – Marnie Stern @ The Luminaire

A relatively quiet start to the week soon gives way to a first class end with my undoubted highlight being the appearance of Marnie Stern at Kilburn’s Luminaire on Thursday. The New Yorker has been around town a few times since the release of last year’s excellent This Is It… (which made #5 in my Best of ’08 list) but I’ve missed her each time. No doubt the intimate venue will be shredded by her awesome guitar work. A few tickets are still available from We Got Tickets.

The week ends with two varied festivals in Clapham and Shoreditch. The two line ups are wildly different, with Ben & Jerry’s sponsored affair on Clapham Common seeing some well established acts like The Human League, Teenage Fanclub and Super Furry Animals lead a solid but slightly anodyne line up. A more of-the-moment line up can be found at Sunday’s 1-2-3-4 Festival taking place in Shoreditch Park, headed up by The Rakes, Patrick Wolf, Chrome Hoof and S.C.U.M. Also in the festival vein the iTunes festival and Somerset House summer series continue, although with slightly less big hitters than the previous week.

Listen:

Marnie Stern – Letters From Rimbaud
Marnie Stern – Vault

Watch:

Marnie Stern – Transformer
Marnie Stern – Ruler

Find out more:

Marnie Stern Myspace / Last.fm / Wikipedia / Label

Photo: Sexy Fitsum

Read on for the rest of the week’s highlights below…

Monday 20 July

Bloc Party, Delphic – iTunes Live @ Roundhouse

Marianne Faithful – Queen Elizabeth Hall

Calvin Harris, Mr Hudson – Somerset House

Let’s Wrestle – Barfly

Tuesday 21 July

Au Revoir Simone – Pure Groove Instore

Morrissey – Doll And The Kicks

Oasis – iTunes Live @ Roundhouse

Wednesday 22 July

The Death Set – Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen

Kasabian, Twisted Wheel – iTunes Live @ Roundhouse

Thursday 23 July

Black Box Recorder – Queen Elizabeth Hall

Frankmusik – Heaven

Graham Coxon, Esser – iTunes Live @ Roundhouse

Marnie Stern – The Luminaire

Rachel Unthank & The Winterset – Royal Opera House, Linbury Studio

Friday 24 July

Caribou – The Luminaire

Ipso Facto, HTRK – Queen of Hoxton

The Dø, Speech Debelle – Barfly

Sky Larkin – White Light @  The Lexington

Vitalic, The Horrors + more – Cocadisco @ Corsica Studios

Yacht – Cargo

Saturday 25 July

Au Revoir Simone – Proud Galleries

Ben & Jerry’s Sundae ft The Human League, Super Furry Animals, The Futureheads, Camera Obscura, Teenage Fanclub + more – Clapham Common

Envelopes – Kicker Conspiracy @ Barden’s Boudoir

Gary Numan – Shepherd’s Bush Empire

Sunday 26 July

1-2-3-4 Festival ft. The Rakes, Patrick Wolf, autoKratz, S.C.U.M. + more – Shoreditch Park

Cornershop – Jazz Cafe

Remember Remember – Cafe Oto

Gig Of The Week – Nine Inch Nails, Jane’s Addiction, Mew – O2 Arena

Although ordinarily I would never recommend a gig at the corporate cowshed, this little soiree should be one of the gigs of the year for those who attend. Not only is it probably the last chance to catch Trent Reznor for quite some time, earlier this year he claimed that NiN were done with touring for the foreseeable future, but also see the iconic Jane’s Addiction and the excellent Mew.

Elsewhere in town we have the Summer Series at Somerset House, with the Mars Volta tonight and Bat for Lashes, The Ting Tings and Super Furry Animals appearing throughout the week. It’s a beautiful setting to see a show and last time I went the sound was perfect. Lovebox also takes place this weekend in Victoria Park, with a crazily haphazard lineup that sways from Duran Duran to Rodrigo Y Gabriela. Stand-out individual gig of the week has to be Fever Ray appearing at Shepherd’s Bush Empire, her glacial electronics slightly out of sync with the rising mercury.

It also happens to be the week when Michael Jackson’s This Is It tour was due to kick off in earnest, a huge gap in the O2 – and London’s – musical summer that will be impossible to replace.

Nine Inch Nails -Discipline

Jane’s Addiction – Just Because

Mew – Swimmer’s Chant

Photo: Nine Inch Nails Official, Worcester MA, 09.11.08

Monday 13 July

Duckworth Lewis Method – Rough Trade East Instore

Mars Volta – Somerset House

Múm – Tabernacle, Notting Hill

TV On The Radio, Noisettes – Brixton Academy

Tuesday 14 July

Alessi’s Ark – Tamesis Dock

Of Montreal – Shepherd’s Bush Empire

Placebo – iTunes Live @ Roundhouse

The Ting Tings, Dan Black – Somerset House

Wednesday 15 July

Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster – 100 Club

Friendly Fires, Magistrates – iTunes Live @ Roundhosue

Nine Inch Nails, Jane’s Addiction, Mew – O2

Thursday 16 July

Bat For Lashes – Somerset House

Fever Ray – Shepherd’s Bush Empire

Mew – ICA

Spinnerette, Freeland – Electric Ballroom

Friday 17 July

Ladytron, Japanese Popstars – Remix Allnighter @ Matter

Madstock! ft. Madness, The Pogues, Hayseed Dixie +  more – Victoria Park

Saturday 18 July

Lovebox Weekender ft.  N*E*R*D, Dan Black, Florence & The Machine, Friendly Fires, Gang Of Four, VV Brown, – Victoria Park

Morrissey – Troxy

Super Furry Animals – Somerset House

Sunday 19 July

The Gutter Twins – Southbank Centre

Lovebox Weekender ft. Groove Armada, Datarock, Doves, Gary Numan, Ladyhawke, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Rokia Traore, Simian Mobile Disco, Wave Machines – Victoria Park

Gig of the Week: Tinariwen @ Roundhouse

Continuing my love affair with most things Malian, desert band extraordinaire Tinariwen hit the Roundhouse this Thursday as part of the third iTunes festival. Their follow up to 2007′s fantastic Aman Iman, Imidiwan, is garnering similar levels of adulation from both music and mainstream presses. Tickets for this show and all the others during the month long run at the Roundhouse are available for free from the iTunes festival Facebook page, or through their site here.

Elsewhere this week Welsh trio The Victorian English Gentlemen’s Club make their London return, in support of stomping new ‘un Parrot. Catch them Monday at The Lexington. Other recommendations include the incredible live experience that is !!! at Electric Ballroom, M83 wrapping up (surely!) their tour surrounding our 2008 album of the year Saturdays=Youth with support from the returning Maps. Also on the comeback trail are Jealousy faves Honey Pine Dresser, now with all members on the same patch of earth for the first time in months. They’re playing as part of the all-dayer on Saturday at the Cross Kings. Finally, in unusual venues of the week Morton Valence play on the Battersea Barge, their tales of Bob and Veronica surely set to rock the boat… cue groans.

Tinariwen – Tahult In

Check out the rest of this week’s fantastic haul below.

Photo: Mick Orlosky, Coachella 18.04.09

Monday 6 July

Florence & The Machine – Rough Trade East Instore

Franz Ferdinand, Passion Pit – iTunes Festival @ Roundhouse

Lil Wayne, Kid Cudi – Hammersmith Apollo

My Latest Novel, Here We Go Magic, Chimes & Bells – ICA

Victorian English Gentlemen’s Club – The Lexington

Why? – The Garage

Tuesday 7 July

!!! – Electric Ballroom

Alessi’s Ark – The Lexington

Dananananaykroyd, The Late Greats – Levi’s Ones To Watch @ Vibe Bar

Here We Go Magic, My Tiger Timing, Gallops – Madame JoJos

M83, Maps – Koko

Wednesday 8 July

Killa Kela – Cargo

Passion Pit, Fanfarlo – Levi’s Ones To Watch @ Vibe Bar

Revere, The Strange Death Of Liberal England – The Lexington

White Denim – Heaven

Thursday 9 July

The Bellrays – Borderline

Cymbals Eat Guitars – Brixton Windmill

Morton Valence – Battersea Barge

Tinariwen, Oi Va Voi – Roundhouse

The Twilight Sad, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Kill It Kid – ICA

Friday 10 July

Casiokids, Teeth, Django Django – Moshi Moshi @ The Garage

Daedalus – ICA

Engineers – Bush Hall

Everything Everything – Levi’s Ones To Watch @ Vibe Bar

Future Of The Left – Garage

Saturday 11 July

Lily Allen – Summer Series @ Somerset House

Honey Pine Dresser – Cross Kings

Kate Nash, Peggy Sue, Brigitte Aphrodite, Laura Dockrill – Ugly Shy Girls @ Queen Elizabeth Hall

La Roux, Dan Black – Roundhouse

Sunday 12 July

The Field – Queen Of Hoxton

Mumford & Sons, The Temper Trap – Roundhouse

Gig Of The Week – Hard Rock Calling, Hyde Park

Despite it’s frankly ludicrous comfy slippers and Daily Mail name this three day festival in Hyde Park has thrown up some very juicy acts indeed. Friday is probably the weakest headliner but strongest overall day, with The Killers topping off a bill including Howling Bells, Metric, Silversun Pickups and Echo & The Bunnymen. Saturday sees the incomparable Neil Young play along with Fleet Foxes, Seasick Steve and not really anyone else of interest. If you’re still going by Sunday you’ll be tested by one of The Boss’s marathon sets after already gone through the purgatory of drivel like James Morrison and Starsailor. The pick of the day lineup is openers The Low Anthem. Expect corporate music hell in terms of surroundings and atmosphere, but when you have artists of that quality present shouldn’t it all be about the music? Somewhat bizarrely only the Saturday has not yet sold out, so grab a ticket; it’ll probably be the cheapest you’ll ever get to see Neil Young!

If that’s not your thing there’s a massive glut of bands playing the Zonino 4.5 all-dayer at Brixton Windmill, along with a bill topped of by Jonquil at OXSW2 at the same venue come Sunday.

The Killers -Where The White Boys Dance

Neil Young – Cinnamon Girl (Live)

Bruce Springsteen – Thunder Road

Photo: Andrea Barsanti, 22-6-08 Firenze

Read on for the capital’s best gigs this week…

Monday 22 June

Blur – Goldsmith’s College

Joe Gideon & The Shark – The Lexington

Slow Club – ICA

Wavves – The Luminaire

Worriedaboutsatan, 65daysofstatic – Clash Live @ The Social

Tuesday 23 June

The Low Anthem – Union Chapel

Colin Macintyre – Album Launch @ The Social

The Soundtrack Of Our Lives – Bush Hall

The Thermals – Cargo

Wednesday 24 June

Atmosphere – Scala

Eagles of Death Metal, Dananananaykroyd – Brixton Academy

Jamie T, Flashguns – Electric Ballroom

Shonen Knife – Brixton Windmill

Thursday 25 June

Bloc Party – Highbury Garage

Jonny Flynn – The Flowerpot

Morton Valence – Bob And Veronica’s Book Club @ The Enterprise

Piano Magic – Brixton Windmill

Friday 26 June

The Killers, Metric, Echo & The Bunnymen, Silversun Pickups, Howling Bells – Hard Rock Calling, Hyde Park

Saturday 27 June

Action Beat, Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring, Pennines, Pagan Wanderer Lu, Tim Ten Yen +more – Zonino 4.5 @ Brixton Windmill

Brand New – Kentish Town Forum

Neil Young, Fleet Foxes, Seasick Steve, Johnny Flynn + More – Hard Rock Calling, Hyde Park

Sunday 27 June

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Barden’s Boudoir

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, The Gaslight Anthem, The Low Anthem + More – Hard Rock Calling, Hyde Park

Distance – Plastic People

Jonquil + loads more – Ox By Southwest 2 @ Brixton Windmill

Gig Of The Week – Yo La Tengo @ Queen Elizabeth Hall

The Ornette Coleman curated Meltdown festival dominates the London gig listings this week, with my pick being an appearance from Yo La Tengo tonight at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Not only are the New Jersey trio rarely over here (and as an aside – where are the Condo Fucks appearances this side of the pond, hey?) but for the festival they are showing up in ‘Freewheeling’ mode. Moving away from the traditional setlisted gig this is an opportunity for fans to holler at the band – conversations, requests I guess anything goes! One of my biggest gig regrets is that I didn’t catch the band whilst over in NYC in December ’08 during their residency at Maxwells on their home patch, and alas I’m not able to make good that fact tonight. Tickets are long gone, but Scarlet Mist and Ebay are your friends.

Yo La Tengo – Sometimes I Don’t Get You

Read on for the rest of the week’s recommendations…

Monday 15 June

A Certain Ratio – Beat Happenings @ Dingwalls

Kings Of Leon, Glasvegas – O2

Telefon Tel Aviv – Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen

Yo La Tengo – Meltdown @ Queen Elizabeth Hall

Tuesday 16 June

Moby – Meltdown @ Southbank Centre

Wednesday  17 June

Dengue Fever – Pure Groove Instore

Jarvis Cocker – Troxy

Jolie Holland – Dingwalls

Shonen Knife – Brixton Windmill

Thursday 18 June

A Hawk And A Hacksaw – Cecil Sharp House

Dengue Fever – Scala

The Mars Volta – ICA

Patti Smith & A Silver Mt. Zion Orchestra – Meltdown @ Southbank Centre

Friday 19 June

Clinic – Rockfeedback Vs White Light @ The Lexington

The Longcut – The Luminaire

Pet Shop Boys, Frankmusik – O2

Saturday 20 June

Kieren Hebden & Steve Reid – Meltdown @ Southbank Centre

Yndi Halda – Union Chapel

Sunday 21 June

Throbbing Gristle, S.C.U.M. – Heaven

Gig Of The Week – Stag & Dagger @ 93 Feet East

I know Stag & Dagger is a multi-venue, many band extravaganza but I’ve got to pick the Fact Magazine line-up at 93 Feet East as gig of the week. They hold court with Everything Everything, TEETH!!!, Dananananaykroyd (pictured), The Twilight Sad and Kicker Conspiracy – easily the best of any of the venues. Tickets still available at a relatively reasonable £16.50 – and are valid for any of the venues across town.

Elsewhere Ladyhawke rolls into Koko surely on her final bit of touring around her stupendous debut, likewise the Ting Tings (only without the stupendous debut bit) at Brixton Academy. Idlewild provide a twist on the ‘play an album as a gig’ schtick as they plump for a comprehensive review of work old and new over three nights at Dingwalls. I’d pick the middle night of 100 Broken Windows and Warnings/Promises. Other picks: Metric, Vivian Girls, Datarock and especially The Soft Pack!

Dananananaykroyd – Black Wax
The Twilight Sad – I’m Taking The Train Home
Everything Everything – Photoshop Handsome
TEETH!!! – If I Ever (Video)

Photo: sugicy

For all the recommended gigs around town this week read on…

Monday 18 May

Datarock – Barfly

Deerhunter – Scala

Juliette Lewis – Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen

Vivian Girls – 93 Feet East

Wave Machines – Islington Academy

White Denim, The Gay Blades, Air France – Old Blue Last

Tuesday 19 May

The Bronx – ULU

Idlewild perform Hope Is Important & – Dingwalls

Metric – Electric Ballroom

Wednesday 20 May

Akron/Family – ICA

Idlewild perform 100 Broken Windows & Warnings/Promises - Dingwalls

The Soft Pack, Titus Andronicus – 100 Club

The Strange Death of Liberal England – Purple Turtle, Camden

Thursday 21 May

Gallows – The Forum

Idlewild perform The Remote Part & Make Another World - Dingwalls

Ladyhawke – Koko

Mumford & Sons – The Flowerpot

Stag & Dagger London ft. Cursive, Evan Dando, Maps, Teeth, The Mae Shi & loads more – Various Venues

The Sunshine Underground – Scala

Friday 22 May

Crystal Stilts – Club AC30 @ ICA

The Ting Tings – Brixton Academy

Saturday 23 May

Anti-Flag – McCluskys

Great Lake Swimmers – The Borderline

Hip Hop All-Nighter ft. Raekwon, Rahzel, Jehst & more – Matter

Mr. Scruff – Koko

Sunday 24 May

Seth Lakeman – Union Chapel

Talvin Singh – Dingwalls

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