White Lies
Gig Of The Week 1: Underage Club @ Scala

Oh, to be young again! Under 18 special featuring some of 2008′s best artists, and some great picks for the coming year. Headlining are the excellent White Lies, who have to be the favourite in the recent BBC Sound of 2009 longlist. Backing them are the immense Metronomy, currently riding high in the cumulative Best of 2008 charts. Also on the bill are the great live act Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, whilst the eclectic mix is topped off with Rolo Tomassi. Head down to Scala early on Saturday as things kick off at around 2pm, if you’re young enough that is.

White Lies – Death

Metronomy – A Thing For Me

Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip – The Beat That My Heart Skipped

Golden Silvers – Magic Touch

Laura Marling
Gig Of The Week 2: Fee Fie Foe Fum @ Cargo

Fantastic folky sorts populate Cargo on Tuesday as Laura Marling headlines a strong line up including Jay Jay Pistolet and Johnny Flynn, in celebration of the Fee Fie Foe Fum tour, which many of the artists present took to the USA earlier this year. Somewhat unsurprisingly due to Marling’s ever-growing popularity this is well sold out. But – if you have a chance to pick up spares by hook or crook this could be one of the last great shows of 2008.

Laura Marling – Night Terror

Mumford & Sons -Roll Away Your Stone

Johnny Flynn – Cold Bread

Jay Jay Pistolet – Holly

Laura Marling photo: ipickedmynose

Continue reading for a selected list of what London has to offer this week…

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Hercules & Love Affair
S/T

MGMT
Oracular Spectacular

The Kills
Midnight Boom

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Grand Archives
The Grand Archives

Thee Silver Mt Zion…
13 Blues For
Thirteen Moons

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Young Knives
Superabundance

Get Cape.
Wear Cape. Fly
Searching For The
Hows and Whys

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The Twilight Singers
A Stitch In Time


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Baltic Fleet
S/T

Bleeding Heart
Narrative
All That Was
Missing…

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The Low Lows
Shining Violence

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Adam Green
Sixes And Sevens

A great set of releases this week, the highlights for me are the Baltic Fleet album I blathered about last week, the Twilight Singers EP featuring Mark Lanegan on vocals, and the disco-fabulous Hercules & Love Affair, an LP picking up ‘Record Of The Week’ accolades everywhere. Elsewhere, MGMT have been generating hype amongst the press and Silver Mt Zion keep Constellation fans in sumptuous record packaging, and the tremendous U.R.A. Fever gets an LP release on The Kills’ Midnight Boom. Ex-Moldy Peaches annoyance Adam Green regurgitates would is likely to be another slab o’shite, and NME-darlings Young Knives attempt to better 2006′s patchy Voices of Animals and Men. Perhaps the most exciting thing, and album of the week is the Bleeding Heart Narrative CD, a limited sewn (!) edition of 200, outdoing Constellation in fancy sleeves is going some!

Hercules & Love Affair – Blind
MGMT – Electric Feel
The Kills – U.R.A. Fever