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SUNDAY 1ST AUGUST
ALLEYWAY CREW, THE RATS, TRASH TALK @ Borderline, 19.00, £12
BARRY 'The Fish' MELTON with IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY, ALAN CLAYSON, THE GREEN RAY with BARRY 'The Fish' MELTON, DUBBLE BUBBLE, THE HOLY VESSELS, COLIN RICE @ Amersham Arms, New Cross, 17.00, £12
BEN CAKEBREAD, KEITH MORKEL @ The Fox, Lewisham, 19.00, FREE
BLEEDING HEART NARRATIVE @ The George Tavern, 20.00
BUCK BROTHERS, THE TANTRUMS @ Birds Nest, Deptford, 20.00, FREE
COUNTERPOINT, JETBLACK plus more @ Bull & Gate, 20.00, £5flyer £6door
GHOST POET plus more @ Rest is Noise, Brixton, 19.30
LEBRON BROTHERS plus lots more - Carnaval Del Pueblo @ Burgess Park, Albany Rd, Camberwell from 10.00 to 22.00 - Full info on the Carnaval here
This years theme is the 'Bi-centenary Anniversary of Independence for many Latin American countries, and in turn promises to be one of the most vibrant and family-friendly festivals this August in the capital.'
M.I.A., TINCHY STRYDER, ELLIE GOULDING, GOLD PANDA, HADOUKEN!, NEW YOUNG PONY CLUB plus more – Underage Festival @ Victoria Park, £29.50
NEDRY, KYTE, NILS FRAHM, HEATHER WOODS BRODERICK, OMO, ALEX HIGHTON, GRAND SALVO, KILMA, MODDI, JOE PUG, FUZZY LIGHTS, RACHAEL DADD, DUOTONE, TULA, THE MARINERS CHILDREN, DEPEDRO, LOST LEFT, O-ARC plus more - The Local presents Shhh! @ Cecil Sharp House, Regents Park, from 12.00 £10 early bird tickets
NICOLA BORGHI, INCA HOOTS, THE REVERB @ New Cross Inn, 20.00
THE SIDE, THE HYENAS, BOY CRIED WOLF, APE SEX AND THE FEAR – rock n roll cabaret @ Dublin Castle, 19.00, £4.50adv £6door
THE SINGLE SPY, TRISTRAM, YOUNGHUSBAND, PADRAIG WHELAN, YUSAF AZAK, MONSIEUR GUMBY, OLDWICK, WOODPECKER WOOLIAMS @ The Old Queens Head, Islington, from 15.00
THE WINTER OLYMPICS, THE CUBICAL, ALPHABET BACKWARDS, THE WUTARS, THE WINDING SHEET, THE CUT UPS, KAMIKAZE PILOT plus more - Backstreets Sunday BBQ @ The Windmill, from 14.00, £5
TEENAGERSINTOKYO, BEAR DRIVER, JAMIE LEY @ Lock Tavern, Camden, from 15.00, FREE
MONDAY 2ND AUGUST
BEST COAST, SKY LARKIN @ Cargo, 20.00, £10adv
THE BOHEMES @ The Live Room, 20.00
Dutch indie band The Bohemes are in London to promote their newupcoming album 'To the Ears of the Night'
CEREBRAL BALLZY, SHITTY LIMITS @ Old Blue Last, 20.00, FREE
The Shitty Limits are shouty mouthy wired diy speed-punks from small town Southern England.
CHRISTI ANDROPOLIS & DAVID NEWEY, YOU ARE WOLF @ Green Note, Camden, 19.30, £7
'Hailing from New York State, Christi is singer and fiddle player whose musical inspirations range from the Southern states of the US to the UK. From delta blues to Appalachian tunes, she combines influence of her American roots with a flair for Scottish and English fiddle.'
DEATH BECOMES THEM, SAIFA, RETURN TO FALL, INTERNAL SKARS, SEVERN @ The Gaff, 19.00, £5
THE DU-RELL FAMILY @ Jamboree, 20.30
"...rattling, rolling, snake-wrestling anthems travel through your ears. It's opium, it's Mazzy Star, it's Dolly Parton on toast... and they're rather fantastic." (Artrocker Magazine)
FILTHY BOY, KING KASTRO @ Proud Galleries, Camden, 20.00, FREE
GRAND ARCHIVES @ Hoxton Sq Bar & Kitchen, 19.30, £8adv £10door
Seattle Grunge quartet, Grand Archives in town...
THE LORENZ ATTRACTOR, AMY BLUE @ The Windmill, Brixton, 20.00
THE LOST CAVALRY @ The Lexington, 20.00
SAUNA YOUTH plus special guests @ The Grosvenor, Stockwell, 20.00, £5
SHOTGUN VENUS, EVY FOR THE KILL, CATCH CRAYONS, TODGER @ 93 Feet East, Brick Lane, 19.30, FREE
TO THE BONES plus more @ Barfly, Camden, 19.30
Bolton's To The Bones are a scathing alternative grungy ball of energy...
TUESDAY 3RD AUGUST
A HAWK AND A HACKSAW @ Cafe Oto, 20.00, £12.50adv £14door
AGE OF CONSENT, PAPER CROWS – White Heat’s 7th Birthday Party @ Madam JoJo’s, Soho, 19.30, £5
"Age of Consent was formed by Joe Reeves & Darren Cullen in the summer of 2009, recording demos with producer, Luke Smith in Italy. Their music is dark yet melancholic electro-pop about escape, freedom, and reinvention. Influences are drawn from events in their own lives, as well as the music of Berlin-Era David Bowie, Vince Clarke & the films of John Carpenter."
ALAN POWNALL plus guests @ Hoxton Sq Bar & Kitchen, 19.30, £9adv £10door
ARMY OF FRESHMEN @ Islington Academy, 19.30
BEST COAST @ Rough Trade East in-store, 19.00, FREE
THE BOHEMES @ Lock 17, Camden, 20.00
Dutch indie band The Bohemes are in London to promote their newupcoming album 'To the Ears of the Night'
THE BOOK CLUB, KITES, ERIC NESS, INVASION OF @ Proud Galleries, Camden, 19.30, £6adv/flyer £7before 22.00 £8after
CW STONEKING @ The Borderline, 19.00, £10adv
DEAD ON TV, ORPHAN BOY, THE ELECTRIC MODERN plus more @ The Enterprise, Camden, 19.30
DIR EN GREY @ Koko, 19.30, £20adv
FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS @ Cafe 1001, Brick Lane, 20.00, FREE
GODZILLA BLACK - special appearance @ The Garage, 20.00
'Godzilla Black, who combine Kraut-rock with art-rock with noise-rock with your Mum to create an unforgettable mix'
HOT CLUB DE PARIS @ The Watershed, Wimbledon, 19.30, £6.50
THE INVASION OF, ERIC NESS, KITES, THE BOOK CLUB @ Proud Galleries, Camden, 19.30, £6guest list £7before 22.00 or £8after
Proud Galleries host showcase of new projects from The Libertines, Dirty Pretty Things and Milburn, with Eric Ness, "Melodically and lyrically, he’s unique, ballsy; as a songwriter he’s infinitely more interesting than your average acoustic-singer." (Glasswerk)
JONESIN', LIZ AND THE LIGERS, DEXY, HOLDEN plus DJs @ The Social, 20.00, £2before 21.00, £6after £4NUS or cheap list
Sweet and hazy, shoe gazerish electrocandy from JONESIN' and edgy and mysterious folk from Liz and the Ligers...
LEYAKS plus more @ The Comedy, Leicester Sq, 20.00
OUT OF SIGHT @ Barfly Camden, 19.00
THE QUEBE SISTERS BAND @ The Luminaire, 19.30, £9adv £10door
RATTFACE, POETICAT, LIFECYCLE @ The Windmill, Brixton, 20.00
REBECCA DUTTON, VERITY FLECKNELL plus more - Ladyfest Ten @ The George Tavern, 20.00, from £5
‘LADYFEST TEN! the night will include southern soul food, a 'build your own burger' station, down and dirty blues and macabre fortune tellers...’
THE ROACHES plus more @ Bull & Gate, 20.00
TEENAGE HAND MODEL, THE HEEBIE JEEBIES, PETE HICKMAN, GUNNING FOR TAMAR @ Buffalo Bar, 20.00, £4flyer £5door
WEDNESDAY 4TH AUGUST
ALI WHITTON, TABITHA BENJAMIN, ED SHEERAN - Folkadot @ Green Note, Camden, 20.00
BONNIE PRINCE BILLY, THE CAIRO GANG @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 19.30
CAPELLE, BLITZEN, THE MELTING ICE CAPS, EXPLODE THE TV @ 229 Grt Portland St, 19.45, £5flyer £6door
THE CHAPMAN FAMILY, HOT CLUB DE PARIS, STARMAN, KILL HER KILLER @ Proud Galleries, Camden, 20.00, £6
'The Chapman Family are an alternative indie-rock band from the north east of England who merge intensity with chaos encouraging comparisons with Joy Division and Sonic Youth. They aim to provide a distortion fuelled antidote in a musical climate big on apathy and lacking in integrity. They are dark and noisy and according to the NME make "music to change your life, if you're that way inclined."'
COMBICHRIST, RABIA SORDA, DISMANTLED, SYSTEM FX @ Electric Ballroom, Camden, 19.00, £16adv
THE COMPLETE SHORT STORIES, LYREBIRDS, TINASHE @ Hoxton Sq Bar & Kitchen, 20.00, £6flyer £7door
FAMILY FORCE 5 @ The Garage, 19.00, £9
FILTHY BOY, CLOCK OPERA, PLUS ULTRA - Kopparberg Klash @ Old Blue Last, 20.00, FREE
Vice and Kopparberg Cider have run the Kopparberg Klash competition all summer, in an effort to find the newest creative talent in the country, inc. filmmakers, fashion stylists, musicians and photographers, the Music Finalists' gig is on August 4th and apparently there'll be free cider as well...
LENI WARD, DAWN KINNARD @ The Social, 19.00, FREE
'A modern one woman band, her debut single has found fans including Steve Lamacq, Lauren Lavern, Nemone and Tom Robinson. Tonight sees her debuting tracks from her new album 'Hope' set for release in the Autumn.'
THE LOST GIRLS, TRASHCAT, UK VOMIT, REFUSE THE CURE @ The Gaff, Holloway Rd, 20.00, £4
MADINA LAKE, FREEZE THE ATLANTIC, THE WILD @ Barfly Camden, 19.00, £14adv
Chicago's Madina Lake bring their post-hardcore sounds to the Barfly
THE MARINER'S CHILDREN, TRISTRAM, PAPERPLAIN @ The Wilmington Arms, 19.30, £4adv £5door
OLD FAITHFUL, TOTEM, STRAIGHT CIRCLE, PEOPLE LIKE US, ICE CREAM CHILDREN @ Buffalo Bar, 19.30, £5
PAPERWAITS plus more @ Elixir Bar, Camden, 20.00
ROBERT RANDOLPH & THE FAMILY BAND @ Bush Hall, 19.30, £18.50adv
SILICON KID, STAYAWAYS, JAMES OWEN FENDER, BAEDEKER @ 93 Feet East, Brick Lane, 19.30, £5adv £7door
STAR FUCKING HIPSTERS, THE FILAMMENTS, ASHERS, MARK UNSEEN @ Underworld, Camden, 19.00, £12
THE STRANGE DEATH OF LIBERAL ENGLAND @ Monto Water Rats, 19.00, £7adv
"Intellecto-situationists TSDOLE are here to distract us from the earthly pleasures of The Twang. And prevail they shall - mainly because they sound like Arcade Fire with tattoos and have a singer so dreamily effete he makes Neil Young seem like a car wash worker" (NME)
THOMAS TRUAX, DAVID CRONENBERG'S WIFE, THE LOST CAVALRY @ Tamesis Dock, 19.30, £6adv
David Cronenberg's Wife: "If Nick Cave isn't unpleasant enough for you these days, this will be a record to treasure" (Time Out)
VALHALLA SMITH, THE ARCHETRYPES plus more @ Bull & Gate, 19.30, £4flyer £5door
VILLAGERS @ Old Vic Tunnels, 20.00
WU-TANG @ Brixton Academy, 19.30
THURSDAY 5TH AUGUST
**NEMESIS TO GO RECOMMENDS** PETER MURPHY plus GREENHAUS, LETTIE @ Electric Ballroom, Camden, 19.00, £18adv
'A relatively rare UK gig by the former Bauhaus frontman, who usually concentrates his touring in the USA, where he's had a string of solo hits. We're told Peter will play a 50% Bauhaus, 50% solo set at this one, but whichever songs are on the set list we can be sure they'll be delivered by a consummate showman'
AUCTION FOR THE PROMISE CLUB @ 93 Feet East, 20.00
Auction For are a female fronted indie trio, bit like Editors but also a bit early PJ Harvey
BASTARD RATS, FIRST BLOOD, DESERT STORM @ Birds Nest, Deptford, 20.00, FREE
BEHIND THE SKIES, CONCIL, LOCOMOTIVES @ The Monarch, 19.45, £4flyer £5door
THE BOHEMES @ The Tigers Head, Lee Green, 20.00
Dutch indie band The Bohemes are in London to promote their newupcoming album 'To the Ears of the Night'
CHARLY COOMBES & THE NEW BREED, BURN BEFORE READING, HUSKI @ Barfly Camden, 19.30, £5adv
THE CONNECTORS @ 100 Club, Oxford St, 20.00, £8adv, £10door
The Connectors are a "Raw twosome of drums and guitar with heavy trash and roll vocals which proves hopelessly addictive" (Subterfuge)
EL GUINCHO, PLANTS AND ANIMALS @ The Lexington, 19.00, £8adv
A rare performance from Barcelona's El Guincho
GHOST POET plus more @ Quintessentially Soho at The House of St Barnabas, 19.00
JAPANESE VOYEURS, THRUSH METAL, TURBOGEIST plus very special guests @ Hoxton Sq Bar & Kitchen, 20.00, £6adv £8door
MICRODANCE, ROSS AND THE WRONGENS, KAH, NATHAN WATSON @ 93 Feet East, Brick Lane, 19.30, FREE
MILKWOOD, ROBERT RORISON, MISS JO WILLIAMS @ The Fox, Lewisham, 19.00, FREE
PAUL ELDRIDGE, CAS CHRISTENSEN, KEELEY FILGO, HUW JACOB - Almost Acoustic @ Troy Bar, Hoxton, 20.00, £4
PETE LAWRIE plus more @ Bull & Gate, 19.30, £5flyer £6door
SARAH JEZEBEL DEVA, THE DEAD LAY WAITING, GONE TIL WINTER @ Underworld, Camden, 19.00, £10
THEE TEMPLARS @ Buffalo Bar, 20.00, £4flyer £5door
Thee Templars garage rock and old school first generation punk...
THOMAS J SPEIGHT, PULL IN EMERGENCY, THE HALL OF MIRRORS @ The Lock Tavern, Camden, 20.00, FREE
VILLAGERS @ Old Vic Tunnels, 20.00
WILL AND THE PEOPLE, KRAKATOA, THE RAZZLE, SEAN PREGNAOLATO BAND @ Purple Turtle, 20.00, £5adv
FRIDAY 6TH AUGUST
THE BLACK SEEDS, EASY STAR ALL STARS @ The Forum, 18.30, £18.50adv
CHURCH OF CONFIDENCE, LUCIFER STAR MACHINE, THE TIGHTS, DEADBEAT @ The Gaff, Holloway Rd, 20.00, £5
CONNAN MOCAKSIN, BLUE ON BLUE, FANZINE plus DJS @ The CAMP, 20.00, £3before 23.00 £5after
'Dirty Bingo brings you a new off shoot night, THIS IS IMPORTANT. It’s a night of music and art. We’ll have video works from Slade graduates JOE GRAHAM and OLOF HELGA HELGADOTTIR Two artists from Slade producing short films of a provocative, thoughtful and humorous nature. With live sets from Connan Mockasin, Blue on Blue and Fanzine. And for afters we have Micachu, Becoming Real, Rory Brattwell, Dirty Bingo, hime.under.ground and Dance Magic Dance DJing.'
DOWN TO THE BONE @ Jazz Cafe, 19.00, £12.50adv
EMILY BARKER, DOM COYOTE, TED BARNES, MOLLY HARRY, SONE INSTITUTE plus more – The Lovers, The Dreamers and Me @ Tate Britain, 18.00 – 22.00, FREE
Arctic Circle would like you to join them for a musical journey into a lost world. Look out for dinosaurs, rainbows, mountains and rivers as a cast of musicians, puppeteers and artists bring the galleries to life – more info here
THE GIN RIOTS plus more @ 93 Feet East, Brick Lane, 19.00, FREE
GODZILLA BLACK, THE WAILINGEST CATS, MAYORS OF MIYAZAKI @ The Miller, London Bridge, 20.00
'Godzilla Black, who combine Kraut-rock with art-rock with noise-rock with your Mum to create an unforgettable mix'
HOODLUMS @ Cargo, 20.00, £9
HYBERNATION plus more @ The Others, Stoke Newington, 20.00
ICE SEA DEAD PEOPLE, BASTARD SWORD plus more @ Catch, Shoreditch, 20.00, FREE
MILK WHITE WHITE TEETH plus more @ Old Blue Last, 20.00
OAF plus guests @ Purple Turtle, 20.00
OBELISKS, THE LAST DINOSAUR, REDBLUEGREEN, BRIGHT SPARK DESTROYER, MAGNA SAGA @ The Luminaire, 19.30, £4adv £6door
OTHON AND TOMASINI, SIEBEN @ National Portrait Gallery, 18.30-19.30, FREE
Othon & Tomasini and Sieben in a 30 minute set each as part of the National Potrait Gallery's "Late Shift" series. Othon & Tomasini are an explosive electric performance. 'Othon’s uncompromising songwriting and virtuosic piano playing perfectly match Tomasini’s staggering 4 octave range and idiosyncratic theatricality. Sonically, they mix and tease cabaret, pop and punk with opera histrionics and post romantic melodrama, while emotionally they move from the darkest corners of the psyche to the most joyous corners of the human heart.' (Kaparte Promotions)
PEOPLE IN PLANES, UNDIVIDED, IKO @ The Garage, 19.00, £4
PLANTS & ANIMALS, BEACONS @ Windmill, Brixton, 20.00, £6.50
'As their name suggests, the band has been a creature of evolution from the start. Plants and Animals latest offering, La La Land, is louder, and tougher, but also showcases them their smoothest and most cohesive to-date. Inspired by a rediscovery of electric guitars, amplification and fuzz pedals,' (Bird on Wire)
ROACHFORD (unplugged) @ Bush Hall, 19.30, £17.50adv
SPENCER MCGARRY SEASON, THE LOST CAVALRY @ The Lexington, 20.00, £5
SUICIDE PARTY, THE QUEENS HEAD, THE EVIL STAIRS, THE LAWDS @ New Cross Inn, 21.00, FREE
THE TENDER HIPS, THE BAD LAND REVIVAL, SMALL ENGINE REPAIR @ The Wilmington Arms, 20.00, £5flyer £6door
TIN HEARTS plus more @ Arch 635, Clapham, 20.00
TO ARMS ETC @ Old Blue Last, 20.00, FREE
Lush prog flavoured indie rock adventure from UK-based Australian multi-instrumentalist and sonic adventurer, Charles Campbell-Jones
WHEN I WAS ELECTRIC, THE GREAT STATESMEN @ Barfly Camden, 19.30, £6adv
SATURDAY 7TH AUGUST
ARTERY plus DJs @ The Lexington, 19.30, £4adv £6door
BILLY VINCENT, SPINDLE & WIT, ANTLERED MAN, JD SMITH plus more @ The Windmill, Brixton, 20.00
BO NINGEN, N.E.W. @ Café Oto, Dalston, 20.00, £5adv £6door
Bo Ningen are "fantastically energetic, often brain-crushingly heavy, and quite probably the most exciting young band in London right now. The foursomes feral punk/metal approach and hectic tempo changes nod to Jap freak-out combos such as Acid Mothers Temple, Melt-Banana, Boredoms and Boris." (MOJO)
THE BOHEMES @ The Spice of Life, Cambridge Circus, 20.00
Dutch indie band The Bohemes are in London to promote their newupcoming album 'To the Ears of the Night'
COLD IN BERLIN plus more @ Wilmington Arms, 20.00
Cold in Berlin "this is tear your heart and eat it raw, rib cage smashing...mind sucking energy...This is everything you need, this all those ethics and spiders in your veins and earworms and shouty girl standing on your toes and telling and spitting and scratching it all, yelling in your face, and you’ll love it to pieces." (Organ Single Review 2009)
COLD HARD TRUTH, THE BLESSED & THE CURSED, OPEN WRIST EXILE, DEATH VALLEY SURFERS plus more and DJs @ 12 Bar Club, 20.00, £3flyer £6door
DRUM EYES, SCREAMING TEA PARTY, TEETH OF THE SEA, GUM TAKES TOOTH, COLD PUMAS, RICA MINAMI, LOVESICK TEENAGERS @ The Others, Stoke Newington, 20.00, £7.50adv
FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS plus more @ Islington Academy, 19.30
FLOWERS OF FLESH AND BLOOD plus more @ The Gaff, 20.00
FRENZY, THE GRIT @ Underworld, Camden, 19.00, £7adv
THE HUNDRED IN THE HANDS, HARRYS GYM plus Mystery Jets DJset @ Proud Galleries, Camden, 20.00, £10
IVY'S ITCH @ Catch, Shoreditch, 20.00
JOHN MAUS @ The Grosvenor, Stockwell, 20.00, £7
MIRRORS, YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE, DON’T WAIT ANIMATE, BLACK CHERRY, ANNA CALVI plus more – Little London Fields festival, from 12.00 – 21.00, FREE
Little London Fields is an independent one day FREE Arts & Music Festival; showcasing an eclectic, alternative mix of Contemporary Art, cutting edge fashion and dynamic new music. All complimented by hand picked local food stalls,delicious ales and cocktails... More info here
THE NUNS plus more @ The Hope & Anchor, 20.00, £6
ONE FATHOM DOWN plus more @ Bethnal Green Working Mens Club, 20.00
PATRICK WOLF @ Bush Hall, 19.30, £12.50adv
RAPIDS! plus more @ The Good Ship, Kilburn, 20.00
SILVER TIE AND THE MAGPIES, THE CAROLINES, THE RIVERS PRESLEY SET @ Flowerpot, Camden, 20.00, FREE
THE SOUND OF POP ART(acoustic set) plus DJs – Blow Up Club @ 4 Denmark St, 22.00, £6before 23.30 with flyer / NUS or £8without
"English to the hilt, Cambridge's T.S.O.P.A. see former The Users and A Craze guitarist/songwriter Chris Free (with Users drummer Andrew O'Hanrahan) propelling a trio who update Mod riffs and attitudes and pour sunny harmonies over them… Infectiously enthusiastic, this is classic boho pop: plenty invigorating" (Uncut)
STARSEED, GRACE & FAVOUR, DUPLEX GAGE @ Purple Turtle, 20.00, £6adv £8door
STRANGE CHOCOLATE, GENERAL MUSINGS @ Birds Nest, Deptford, 20.00, FREE
THE SUNS @ The Borderline, 19.00, £7adv
THEE VICARS plus more @ Kings Cross Social Club, 20.00, £5
Teenage Stooges style garage punk from Thee Vicars.
THEY CAME FROM JAPAN, ROOKS, THE FAMOUS CLASS, HEY THERE KIZUKI, BODYMACHINE, THEIR NAME ESCAPES ME - What?Fest! @ New Cross Inn, 17.00, £3
Identify by Dental Records are a non-profit organisation designed to promote and showcase local talented unsigned acts - Wreckless Entertainment are essentially the same thing. Last year Identify by Dental Records released a CD full of these bands called 'Skeenscene Vol.1' introducing a whole host of acts 5 of which you'll be able to hear when you come down to What?Fest! 2010. All the profits made from this day will go directly into producing the next CD - 'Skeenscene Vol.2'
THE THIRST, XO MAN, MILKMOON, SCARLETT'S ROSES, THE KID JONES, FAMOUS JACK @ 93 Feet East, Brick Lane, £5adv/flyer before 21.00 £7 after, or £8door
TINARIWEN @ The Forum, 19.00, £15adv
SUNDAY 8TH AUGUST
THE BOHEMES @ Old Queens Head, Islington, 20.00
Dutch indie band The Bohemes are in London to promote their newupcoming album 'To the Ears of the Night'
THE BLACK SEEDS, EASY STAR ALL STARS @ The Forum, 18.30, £18.50adv
THE DANDY WARHOLS @ Koko, 19.00, £22.50adv
ECHO LAKE plus more - Sexbeat radfest @ Corsica Studios, Elephant & Castle, 14.00
FIRST BLOOD, PAY NO RESPECT, NO SECOND CHANCE, DISGUST @ Underworld, Camden, 19.00, £8.50
THE RECUSANTS plus more @ Old Queens Head, Islington, 19.00
ROB CUSHMAN, THE JAZZ DADDY @ The Fox, Lewisham, 19.00, FREE
SILVER APPLES, EAT LIGHTS BECOME LIGHTS plus DJs @ The Luminaire, 19.30, £7adv
TIM FINN @ Scala, 19.00
TIM HOLEHOUSE, TRIPLE ROSIE, FACEOMETER plus more @ Windmill, Brixton, 18.00, £5
BACK TO TOP
MONDAY 9TH AUGUST
THE CAROLINES plus more @ Proud Galleries, 20.00
CHURCH OF THE WOLF, THE OUTBURSTS @ The Gaff, Holloway Rd, 20.00
CIVET, MIKE TV, ACCELERATORS @ Underworld, Camden, 19.00, £9.50
FUCKED UP, TRASH TALK, CEREBRAL BALLZY @ Barfly Camden, 19.30, £10adv
THE GOODTIMES, HEKTOR RED, RAMSHACKLE UNION BAND @ 93 Feet East, Brick Lane, 19.30, FREE
PHIL VASSAR @ Bush Hall, 19.30, £14adv
RACHEL HARRINGTON, ROD CLEMENTS @ The Slaughtered Lamb, 20.00, £13.50
'Seattle's Rachel Harrington is the rising star of Americana and keeping the ancient art of the musical storyteller alive. For her 2010 tour she is accompanied by master slide guitarist Rod Clements.'
SANJURO plus more @ Windmill, Brixton, 20.00
SLEIGHBELLS @ The Lexington, 19.30, £7adv
TAKO LAKE plus more @ Windmill, Brixton, 20.00, £4
TUESDAY 10TH AUGUST
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, DESPISED ICON, MARTYR DEFILED, DYSCARNATE @ The Garage, 19.00, £12adv
BORDEAUXXX plus more @ The Comdey, Leicester Sq, 20.00
CALVIN JOHNSON @ Trinity Centre Hall, Beechwood Road, Dalston, 19.00, £8adv
CEREBRAL BALLZY, YOUNG LEGIONNAIRE, EXIT INTERNATIONAL – Huw Stephens presents @ The Social, 19.00, FREE
CRO-MAGS, STATIC THOUGHT, MORAL DILEMMA @ Underworld Camden, 19.00, £12
FOOLS GOLD, TINASHE - White Heat’s 7th Birthday Party Part II @ Madam JoJo’s, Soho, 20.00, £5
Fool's Gold ‘Drawing influences from all over the globe, including (but not limited to) Ethiopian soul, Cuban conga, and Brazilian funk’
JUST ME AGAIN, THE FAMOUS CLASS, A DAY OVERDUE, FAR FALLEN @ Barfly Camden, 19.30
KYLA LA GRANGE plus more @ Notting Hill Arts Club, 20.30
LUCKY SOUL, THE SCHOOL, THE LODGER plus DJs @ Hoxton Sq Bar & Kitchen, 19.30, £9adv £10door
REAZIONE, RADIO DEAD ONES @ The Gaff, 20.00
THE SLACKERS @ Jazz Cafe, 19.00, £15adv
SLEIGHBELLS @ Rough Trade East in-store, 19.00, FREE
TIM GUY, HANNAH CURWOOD, BOND STREET BRIDGE @ The Windmill, Brixton, 20.00, £4.50adv £5door
The Windmill and Monkey Records present New Zealand songwriter showcase...
VIENNA TENG & ALEX WONG @ Bush Hall, 19.30, £10adv
WAYNE 'THE TRAIN' HANCOCK @ The Luminaire, 19.30, £14adv £16door
Wayne "The Train" Hancock has been the undisputed king of Juke Joint Swing - that alchemist's dream of honky-tonk, western swing, blues, Texas rockabilly and big band. Wayne is the embodiment of genuine, house rocking, hillbilly boogie, so say The Luminaire
YOUNG HUSBAND @ The Social, 19.30
WEDNESDAY 11TH AUGUST
ALINA ORLOVA @ The Vortex, 11 Gillett Square, 20.30 £8
Alina Orlova is a singer, songwriter, pianist, artist and multi-linguist from Lithuania, whose debut album 'Laukinis Suo Dingo', is set for release in August through Fargo Records.
THE BOHEMES @ Jazz After Dark, Soho, 20.00
Dutch indie band The Bohemes are in London to promote their newupcoming album 'To the Ears of the Night'
CHIEF, THE FALLTHROUGH, COMPANY L, THE SEAPARATION, OLD SCHOOL RULES @ Windmill, Brixton, 20.00, £5
CHINA CRISIS, LARSEN B, MR FOGG @ Islington Academy, 19.00, £15
CIRCLES, JUKEBOX COLLECTIVE, STRANGE AND PARTNERS, TARGET NINE @ 93 Feet East, Brick Lane, 19.30, £5adv £7door
DALE WATSON @ The Luminaire, 19.30, £13.50adv £15door
EDWYN COLLINS @ 100 Club, Oxford St, 19.00, £18.50
Edwyn Collins has confirmed details of a London show prior to the autumn release of his new album 'Losing Sleep'
ENDERBY'S ROOM plus more @ The Slaughtered Lamb, 19.30, £5
'Having performed previously with the likes of Daniel Johnston, Allo Darlin' and Darren Hayman, Dan Mayfield performs his own music with his band Enderby’s Room. At times they capture the sumptuous melancholia of Low; at others, they're finding new shapes for indie folk.'
GET CAPE WEAR CAPE FLY, XCERTS @ The Borderline, 19.00, £10adv
HAWKS AND DOVES, THE DON RAMOS PLAYERS, THE OWL GENE @ Bull & Gate, 19.30, £5
'Hawks And Doves is the new project from Gared O'Donnell, formerly of rock powerhouses Planes Mistaken For Stars.'
KILL THE MACHINE, THUNDERWOLF, ACCRETION @ New Cross Inn, 20.00, £4
Local metal hero's Kill The Machine are to rip apart the New Cross Inn, with support from Central London Alt. Metallers UnderDrone & female fronted five-piece Accretion.
KITES, SECRET SIRENS, CHAIRMAN MAOCAT plus more @ 229 Grt Portland st, 19.45, £5flyer £6door
THE LOUCHE, NOAH KELLY @ The Social, 19.00, FREE
Alt country psychedelisists The Louche
MOULETTES (album launch) @ Tamesis Dock, 19.30
SUB HUMANS, BADTOWN, GIRLFIXER, CONDITION DEAD @ Underworld, Camden, 19.00, £9.50
THE VALIANT, DEATH OF AN ARTIST @ Purple Turtle, 19.00
VOIVOD, NASHVILLE PUSSY, OBIAT @ The Garage, 19.00, £15adv
Legendary Quebec prog/metal-ers Voivod are back in London in support of latest album "Infini" with sleaze rockers Nashville Pussy in tow.
THE ZEPHYRS, TRIPWIRES, SPOTLIGHT KID @ Buffalo Bar, 20.00, £5adv
THe Zephyrs release new album 'Fool Of Regrets' with Club AC30
THURSDAY 12TH AUGUST
AGNOSTIC FRONT, 7 SECONDS, ALL WILL SUFFER @ Underworld, Camden, 19.00, £9.50
THE BOHEMES plus more @ Hope & Anchor, 20.00, £6
Dutch indie band The Bohemes are in London to promote their newupcoming album 'To the Ears of the Night'
THE CARRIER, CRUEL HAND, MILES AWAY @ Purple Turtle, 19.30, £8adv
DWARVES @ Monto Water Rats, 19.00, £13
EVERYTHING ON RED, SCREWLOOSE, THE BLACK FUZZ plus more @ Bull & Gate, 19.30, £4flyer £5door
THE HOPELESS SONS, ANITA MAJUMDAR, STRANGE CHOCOLATE @ The Fox, Lewisham, 19.00, FREE
JOHN COOPER CLARKE, PLAN B plus DJs - GOMAD: TURANGALILA FESTIVAL @ The George Tavern, 20.00, £15adv £20door
TURANGALILA is a charitable organisation set up by The George Tavern to promote creativity in East London, focused on engaging the young, elderly, and those with mental health issues while providing a solution to the vacant 2 Jubilee Street. More info here
KILL IT KID, THE PERILS, GOERGE VJESTICA @ Barfly, Camden, 19.30, £5adv
Rootsy, folky alt.rock country indie ragtime rock 'n rollness from the English band they call Kill It Kid
KIRSTY ALMEIDA @ Jazz Cafe, 19.00
THE LOST CAVALRY, EZRA FURMAN & THE HARPOONS @ The Lock Tavern, 20.00
THE NOISETTES, TINASHE @ Union Chapel, Islington, 19.30, £12
'The vinspired Lake of Stars Festival, an international music festival set on the shores of Lake Malawi in Africa, brings its unique flavour to the Union Chapel in Islington. Headlining the evening will be the Noisettes, recently described by The Guardian as ‘the best live band in Britain’…
NOT ADVISED, THEY SINK SHIPS @ Islington Academy, 18.30
THE ST JUST VIGILANTES, BLEEDING HEART NARRATIVE, LOST LEFT @ The Slaughtered Lamb, 20.00, £7adv
Bleeding Heart Narrative "Layered cellos, pianos and all mixed together with a general eerie drone. It's dark and light....happy and sad..... incredibly emotive and one one of the most interesting records we've heard here in a long long time. This is seriously good." (Norman Records)
TIN HEARTS plus more @ Buffalo Bar, Islington, 20.00
THE REVELLIONS, THE FABULOUS PENETRATORS, THE VINYL STITCHES @ 100 Club, Oxford St, 20.00
60s flavoured garage rock 'n roll is what the Fabulous Penetrators do...
WATER TOWER BUCKET BOYS @ Filthy McNasty's, 20.00
"From Portland, Oregon, some real old-time string band music done with a ton of youthful energy, much quick fingered pickin’ ‘n’ pluckin’ and, on the likes of Fromage and Bread, a neat modern twist." (Q Magazine)
FRIDAY 13TH AUGUST
ALABAMA 3(acoustic & unplugged) plus more @ Dirty South, Lewisham, 19.00, £8adv
BIG D & THE KIDS TABLE, MOUTHWASH, DIRTY REVOLUTION, BROKEN NOSE @ Underworld, Camden, 19.00, £9.50
BUFFALO STAR, NED WALKER plus DJs - Hot Vox Promotions @ Babalou, Brixton, 20.00, £5
CINDYTALK, POSITION NORMAL @ The Vortex, 11 Gillett Square, 20.30 £8
Resonance FM DJ and music journalist Jonny Mugwump brings his Exotic Pylon radio show to the club for a series of bi-monthly events.'
DEAD CASSETTE, MODEL SOCIETY, WAREHOUSE REPUBLIC @ The Enterprise, Camden, 19.30
ECHO LAKE, FLUKER LOVE @ The Lock Tavern, Camden, 20.00, FREE
ISBELLS, SAM BEER, HANNAH PEEL @ The Slaughtered Lamb, 20.00
IVY'S ITCH plus more @ The Unicorn, Camden, 20.00, FREE
THE KITS plus more @ The Monarch, Chalk Farm Rd, 20.00
LOOKOUT JOE, GOODDEVILSKIN @ Barfly Camden, 19.30, £6adv
THE LOST GIRLS plus more @ The Comedy Pub, Leicester Sq, 20.00
THE LOVELY EGGS plus more @ The Wilmington Arms, 19.30
LUCY'S DIARY, CORPORAL MACHINE & THE BOMBERS, PAUL HAWKINS AND THEE AWKWARD SILENCES, FAUNTLEROY @ Kings Cross Social Club, 19.30, FREE
launch party for Lucy's Diary's brand new, debut album 'Rock Kicks'
MAGNA SAGA, RINGS AROUND SATURN, THUNDERHORSE, GRIFTER @ The Gaff, 20.00
MALE BONDING, LOVVERS, COLD PUMAS, MUNCH MUNCH, THE HUMAN RACE, FAMILY – Yes Way @ Auto-Italia, 1 Glengall Road, Peckham, SE15 6NJ, 18.00, £5 Friday ticket or £18 full weekend
A weekend celebration of the UK’s art and music underground. The event is a collaboration between promoter and label Upset The Rhythm and Auto-Italia - a project space that aims to explore and support the practices of a growing peer group of artists, residing in a former car showroom in Peckham, South East London. Full info here
ROBINSON, KEVIN PEARCE plus more @ Bull & Gate, 19.30, £4flyer £5door
TIM GUY, HANNAH CURWOOD, BOND STREET BRIDGE @ The Spice of Life, 20.00
New Zealand songwriter showcase
SATURDAY 14TH AUGUST
BOND STREET BRIDGE, TIM GUY @ Inspiral Lounge, Camden, 20.00
CLECKHUDDERSFAX, FAIR OHS, ISLET, PLEASE, SLOWCOACHES, GHOST HUNTER, HYPE WILLIAMS, SCHOOL TOUR, CHORA, BLOOD STEREO, THE HAXAN CLOAK, TIME, GOLDEN GRRRLS, TQQUNDO FRRRRR plus more – Yes Way @ Auto-Italia, 1 Glengall Road, Peckham, SE15 6NJ, from 12.00, £8 day or £18 full weekend
A weekend celebration of the UK’s art and music underground. The event is a collaboration between promoter and label Upset The Rhythm and Auto-Italia - a project space that aims to explore and support the practices of a growing peer group of artists, residing in a former car showroom in Peckham, South East London. Full info here
THE CROOKED FIDDLE BAND @ Hootenanny, Brixton, 19.30
The Crooked Fiddle Band are embarking on their first tour of the UK this Summer and have several London dates. They are pioneers of 'Chainsaw Folk', a dark infusion of genres, including folk and jazz to name a few, while being a tour de force on stage.
DARK SPAKRS plus more - Festival of Sins @ Purple Turtle, 20.00
GLUE, CIVILIAN plus more @ Bull & Gate, 19.30, £5flyer £6door
HEY COLLOSUS, CARETAKER, ONE UNIQUE SIGNAL, SILENT FRONT, ASTROHENGE, PSYCHO OUT MISKLAND BIG BAND, GIN PANIC, DEATH PEDALS, HECK TATE, CHERRY BUT NO CAKE, IT OFTEN TAKES A WAR - Rip this Joint All Dayer @ Windmill, Brixton, 12.00, £5
'Epic dirge space rock, sprawling slow-jams, slow burning drones, stumbling blackened crush, metallic krautrock - Hey Colossus! have it all.'
DEEP CUT, THE REAL SOUND, WE WALK ON ICE @ The Wilmington Arms, 20.00, £5
Deep Cut "An awesome, driving single of guitarpop/shoegaze magic from this new band featuring ex-Revolver/Death in Vegas member Mat Flint. Female vocals over fuzzy guitars is a win-win recipe for sure. Hot stuff!"
EFEMER, NOUGHT @ Fiddler's Elbow, 20.00, £3
GOOBER PATROL, VANILLA POD, SOUTHPORT @ The Gaff, 20.00
KAVINSKY, KAP BAMBINO, AUTOKRATZ, IS TROPICAL, TEENAGERS IN TOKYO, RUBICKS, PUNX SOUNDCHECK plus DJs - Playground @ Koko, 21.00, £10adv £13door
Kap Bambino are Caroline Martial and Orion Bouvier and known for their excited and electric live shows, "Their digital hardcore sound is compelling.. …a demented pulse of fight-or-flight energy that leaves us wanting to stomp on car bonnets all the way home." (NME) with a New Wave-Electronica vibe from London's Rubricks and some dark pop from Teenagers in Tokyo...
LONDON, SHAG NASTY, FREEDOM FACTION, THE LIABILITIES @ The Grosvenor, Stockwell, 20.00, £4
NAKED RAYGUN, THE HUMAN PROJECT, SERF COMBAT @ Underworld, Camden - cancelled
ONE FATHOM DOWN plus more @ Bethnal Green Working Mens Club, 20.00
POLAR BEAR CLUB @ Upstairs at The Garage, 19.00, £10
PUBLIC SPEECH @ Biddle Brothers, Hackney, 20.00
THE RED BULLETS, ESCORT KNIGHTS, DISCO MACHINE GUN @ Barfly Camden, 19.30, £6adv
THE VINYL STITCHES @ The Enterprise, Camden, 20.00
YAHZARAH, SEICA @ Bush Hall, 19.30, £20adv
SUNDAY 15TH AUGUST
THE EDEN HOUSE, THE CESARIANS, STRANGE FRUIT @ Dingwalls, Camden, 19.00 , £10adv
MUCOFLORIS, A POETIC YESTERDAY plus guests @ Purple Turtle, 19.30, £5
PLUG, VERONICA FALLS, GENTLE FRIENDLY, DAM MANTLE, HUMAN HAIR, ULTIMATE THRUSH, TWO WINGS, JELAS, WAY THROUGH, KLAUS KINSKI, NO WOMB, BITCHES, LA LA VASQUEZ plus more – Yes Way @ Auto-Italia, 1 Glengall Road, Peckham, SE15 6NJ, from 12.00, £8 day or £18 full weekend
A weekend celebration of the UK’s art and music underground. The event is a collaboration between promoter and label Upset The Rhythm and Auto-Italia - a project space that aims to explore and support the practices of a growing peer group of artists, residing in a former car showroom in Peckham, South East London. Full info here
SHAUN GRIMSLEY, DAN GERMAN, NICK CAPOCCI @ The Fox, Lewisham, 19.00, FREE
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MONDAY 16TH AUGUST
BOND STREET BRIDGE, TIM GUY @ Halfmoon Putney, 20.00
FOOL'S GOLD, DM STITH @ Borderline, 19.00, £8adv
'Los Angeles collective Fool's Gold weave together western pop aesthetics with African rhythms and melodies.' (Mean Fiddler)
JACQUELYN HYNES and ALLISON SLEATER, MATTHEW ORD @ Green Note, Camden, 19.30, £7
'Jacquelyn Hynes and Allison Sleator met last year as they began an MA in traditional Irish music performance at the University of Limerick. What bound them together was a desire to take a fresh approach traditional and original music, using improvisation and composition, and thereby spinning musical textures of a rare and understated elegance.'
JUNIP plus more DJs @ Hoxton Sq Bar & Kitchen, 19.30, £8door
LAURA VEIRS, LED TO SEA, KARL BLAU @ Jazz Cafe, 19.00, £15adv
MATTHEW ORD @ Cross Kings, 19.45
MATTHEW ORD is a London based singer and guitarist with a fresh take on the traditional music of the British Isles and North America
MEGAFAUN @ The Lexington, 19.30, £7.50adv - Cancelled
RADFAX plus more @ Lock 17, Camden, 20.30, FREE
WE HATE SHOTPUT, WINTERHOURS, ROUNDS, INDIGO EARTH @ 93 Feet East, Brick Lane, 19.30, FREE
TUESDAY 17TH AUGUST
ADEBISI SHANK @ Barfly Camden, 19.30, £6.50adv
BOND STREET BRIDGE, TIM GUY @ Steeles Pub, Chalk Farm, 20.00
CROOKED MOUNTAIN CROOKED SEA, NITKOWSKI, THREE AMATEURS plus special guests @ Old Blue Last, 20.00, FREE
A scratchy spiky head-pecking math roth flavoured attack from Nitkowski
GALLON DRUNK, TOEHAMMER @ The Lexington, 20.00, £8adv £10door
A collision of funk, punk and skewiff jazz from the legendary Gallon Drunk.
GOLD PANDA, MAX TUNDRA, DAM MANTLE - White Heat’s 7th Birthday Party Part III @ Madam JoJos, Soho, 20.00, £5
Gold Panda "music is championed as being an organic breed of electronic that’s not quite dance or flash-in-the-pan enough to only be heard on dance floors, although live is where it takes on it's need for large speakers and full attention, whilst making heads nod and shoes move. Derwin’s adoration of all things Japanese have also heavily influenced his hazy and surprisingly emotional sounding songs released on You EP from earlier this year." (RockFeedback)
LAURA VEIRS, LED TO SEA, KARL BLAU @ Jazz Cafe, 19.00, £15adv
SLEEPY SUN plus special guests @ Bush Hall, 19.30, £10adv
San Francisco psych-rockers on ATP Recordings return to support new album 'Fever'.
SUICIDE HOTLINE, THE ROCKET DOGS, LIFE BELOW LIGHT @ The Gaff, 20.00
WE DIE TONIGHT plus more @ The Hope & Anchor, 20.30, £4.50flyer £6door
WHILE SHE SLEEPS @ Underworld, Camden - cancelled
YOUNG LEGIONNAIRE plus special guests @ Hoxton Sq Bar & Kitchen, 20.00
YOUR NEW FRIEND, MICHAEL LIGGINS, MORDROS(solo), BENJAMIN SHAW @ The Social, 18.00, FREE
Acoustic duo Your New Friend sound like what might have happened if Morrissey had formed a band with Mark Kozelek in Christmas 2009.
WEDNESDAY 18TH AUGUST
A GRAVE WITH NO NAME, BLUE ON BLUE, DIGNAN PORCH @ The Social, 5 Little Portland St, 19.30
lo-fi adventure from A Grave With No Name
KONG, BLACKLISTERS plus more @ Old Blue Last, 20.00, £6adv
'If any band ever was going to actually slaughter your eardrums (like a marauding sonic tyrant with less compassion than Vlad the Impaler), that band would be Kong. The Manchester 3-piece deliver a special breed of abrasive punk; an intense mongrel borne of polyrhythmic complexities and ear-splitting distortion; the angsty bitter bastard son of maximum sonic density.' (RockFeedback)
LONELY THE BRAVE, THE FOREST AND THE FIRE, BAD WOLF, BIG TRUCK @ Purple Turtle, 19.30, £5adv
THE LOVELY EGGS plus more @ The Drop, Stoke Newington, 19.30
MARK LANEGAN plus special guests @ Union Chapel, Islington, 19.00, £17.50adv
TIN HEARTS plus more @ The Monarch, Camden, 20.00
THURSDAY 19TH AUGUST
**WEARS THE TROUSERS RECOMMENDS** CAITLIN ROSE @ CAMP, Old St, 20.00
'With her new single ‘For The Rabbits’ now out and debut album ‘Own Side Now’ hitting the shops in August, it’s an exciting time to be a Caitlin Rose fan. Or, indeed, to become one, especially as the Nashville-based singer-songwriter heads out on her most extensive UK tour to date'
THE BESNARD LAKES @ The Garage, 19.30
Canadian indie outfit The Besnard Lakes are to return to London for a Garage show this August in support of new album 'The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night'.
THE CROOKED FIDDLE BAND @ Dublin Castle, Camden, 19.30
The Crooked Fiddle Band are embarking on their first tour of the UK this Summer and have several London dates. They are pioneers of 'Chainsaw Folk', a dark infusion of genres, including folk and jazz to name a few, while being a tour de force on stage.
DANSETTE JUNIOR, LIVELIKELIONS, WINTER OF OUR DISCOTEQUE plus DJs @ Big Chill House, 19.30, FREE before 22.00 £5after
Dansette Junior single release gig "Of all the electro pop artists lately, Dansette Junior seem the least contrived, and judging by 'Drums n Bass', have the big songs too" (Steve Lamacq, Radio 1)
DOUBLE DENIM, THE LEWISHAM ATHEIST GOSPEL CHOIR, YEARBOOK @ The Fox, Lewisham, 19.00, FREE
IGNUG, LONELY WEEKEND, PALE FIRES @ The Monarch, 19.45, £5
IHSAHN plus special guests @ Electric Ballroom, 19.00, £17.50
KASABIAN @ Brixton Academy, 19.30
KING SALAMI AND THE CUCUMBERLAND 3 @ Peter Parker's Rock n Roll Club, 20.00
LUKE JACKSON – Icarus Club @ Station Hotel, Hither Green, 20.00
MISS NEEKS & THE MASQUERADES @ Rhythm Factory, Whitechapel, 20.00
ONE NIGHT ONLY @ Dingwalls, Camden Lock, 19.30
PURIFIED IN BLOOD @ Barfly Camden, 19.30, £7adv
SAM AMIDON, CAITLIN ROSE @ CAMP Basement, 19.30, £10adv
STEREO DECADE, HELLO MEXICO, THIS PART IS US, WHATS YOUR VICE, SPECTRUM 7, NATALIE MCCOOL EARTH @ 93 Feet East, Brick Lane, 19.00, FREE
THE TELESCOPES, THE ENTERS, ONE UNIQUE SIGNAL @ Monto Water Rats, 19.00
FRIDAY 20TH AUGUST
BUTTERFLIES ON STRINGS, FUSED, CASIMIR @ The Hope & Anchor, 20.30, £5flyer £6door
ELEVEN FABLES @ The Cobden Club, Kensal Rise, 20.00
THE FABULOUS PENETRATORS @ The Stags Head, Dalston, 20.00
"These gentlemen are good ol' traditional rock n' roll assholes. Aggressive and god-damn cocky they channel all their built-up contempt for mediocre modern life into fiery licks, double-time kicks and yelping like hicks" - 60s flavoured garage rock 'n roll is what the Fabulous Penetrators do...
HEXICON @ Barfly, Camden, 19.30, £5adv
IZZI DUNN @ Jazz Café, 19.30, £10
JULIA K plus more @ Babalou Crypt, Brixton, 20.00
RESCUE CAT @ King's Head, Crouch End, 19.30
SAINT JUDE, CASINO, TRACIE HUNTER BAND, HORSEMAN SHAKES & THE DRAYMEN @ Scala, 19.30, £10adv
SERGEANT BUZFUZ, EMIL BRYNGE plus more - Summer Anitfolk Festival @ 12 Bar Club, Denmark St, 20.00
SHED SEVEN @ Islington Academy, 18.30, £17.50
THE SLIPS, IGNUG, MIDI MIDIS, LEISURE plus DJs @ 93 Feet East, Brick Lane, 19.00, FREE
WILD NOTHING, FRANK (JUST FRANK), WEIRD DREAMS @ The Luminaire, 20.00, £6adv
SATURDAY 21ST AUGUST
ASTROHENGE, IVY'S ITCH @ Catch, Kingsland Rd, 20.00
BEAR IN HEAVEN @ XOYO, 32-37 Cowper St, 19.30, £8.50
BIG BEHAVIOUR, SAMSARA, FAITHFUL, JIMMY NAPES plus more @ 93 Feet East, Brick Lane, £5adv/flyer before 21.00 £7 after, or £8door
THE CHORDS, LONG TALL SHORT, SUPANOVA @ The Gaff, Holloway Rd, 20.00
COURTS, KYLA LA GRANGE, TELEVISION PERSONALITIES @ Queen of Hoxton, 20.00
THE DESPONDENTS(album launch), THEE VICARS, ARMITAGE SHANKS @ Kings Cross Social Club, 20.00, £5
FINAL FLASH, THE LOVELY EGGS plus more @ Bull & Gate, 19.30, £5flyer £6door
FRÜLI SCHÜ plus more @ PUNK, Soho, 21.00
THE INSULTS, THE TASTE, MK ZERO - Terminal Records Night @ The Hope & Anchor, 20.30, £5flyer £6door
THE KOOLAID ELECTRIC COMPANY @ The Royal George, 122 Charing Cross Rd, 20.00
NITKOWSKI, FALL OF MESSIAH, HAPPY SLAVES, LOW TRAMON - Li Grand Zombi @ The Scar, 21 Castlehaven Rd, Camden, 20.00, FREE plus BBQ
A scratchy spiky head-pecking math roth flavoured attack from Nitkowski
SABBAT, IMPERIAL VENGENCE, CINDERS FALL, ANGER MANAGEMENT @ Underworld, Camden, 18.00, £12adv
SOCIAL SCHISM plus more @ Ryans Bar, Stoke Newington, 20.00
TELEVISION PERSONALITIES, KYLA LA GRANGE plus DJs @ Queen of Hoxton, 20.00, FREE before 21.00 £7after
THE VORTEX feat. Bonehead(Oasis), THE DIRTY REDS, LITTLE IMP, THE DISSIDENTS, THE TRAFFIC, THE WORKING PROJECTS, THE FRONT RANK, THE LOW ORDERS @ Dirty South, Lewisham, from 16.00, £8
THE WILD ZEROS, ATOMIC SUPLEX, THE CARPET SELLERS @ The Grosvenor, Stockwell, 20.00, £3
WONK UNIT plus more @ Cross Kings, 20.00
SUNDAY 22ND AUGUST
THE CARPET SELLERS, THE MEAN THINGS @ The Stags Head, 20.00, FREE
HAPPY MAMMOTH, KATE DAISY GRANT @ The Fox, Lewisham, 19.00, FREE
THE WOUNDED KINGS, GRAVE MIASMA, CRAVEN IDOL, CROM DUBH @ Bull & Gate, 19.30, £7
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MONDAY 23RD AUGUST
BAD RELIGION @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 19.00, £17.50
American punk veterans, Bad Religion announce their first UK shows for 5 years.
THE BROTHERS RASPUTIN, THE TRIPPERS, PAUL CHILD plus more @ 93 Feet East, Brick Lane, 19.00, FREE
CHURCH OF THE WOLF, BASTARD OF THE SKIES, ALUNAH @ The Gaff, 20.00
HARLEM, SPECTRALS, THE LUCID DREAM @ Hoxton Sq Bar & Kitchen, 19.30, £6adv £8door
PULL IN EMERGENCY @ Barfly Camden, 19.30, £5adv
SKULL OF A MAMMOTH, DIVINE CHAOS, DE PROFUNDIS @ Purple Turtle, 19.30, £5
TUESDAY 24TH AUGUST
AVI BUFFALO plus support @ Cargo, 19.30, £10adv
Avi Buffalo, who played one of their first European shows at the ATP curated by Pavement event, have confirmed they will play Cargo on 24th August. The band's debut album is out on Sub Pop.
FULCHER SMITH AND DANCE, OUT LIKE A LION, SECOND HEAD, ARMADA OF SECRETS @ 93 Feet East, Brick Lane, 19.00, FREE
IGNOMIOUS INCARCECRATION, AND HELL FOLLOWED WITH, HONOUR IS DEAD, YOUR CITY IS FORGOTTEN @ Purple Turtle, 19.00
PHANTOM, feat. KING ANTICS @ The Lexington, 20.00, £6adv
WEDNESDAY 25TH AUGUST
ALKALINE TRIO plus special guests @ The Garage, 19.00, £18.50
BASTARD SWORD plus more @ The Good Ship, Kilburn, 20.00
JONATHAN POWELL, TOODAR, THEY'RE ALL PROJECTS, RONY CORCOS @ Bull & Gate, 19.45, £4flyer £5door
KILL THE MACHINE, THUNDERBIRD 13, PRETTY NOOSE, GRIMHILDE @ Purple Turtle, Camden, 19.30, £5
LOSTPROPHETS, ATTACK! ATTACK! @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 19.30
MARTHAS & ARTHURS plus more @ THe Troubadour, 20.00, £6
NOSAJ THING, BULLION @ CAMP Basement, 19.30, £7adv
Los Angeles producer Nosaj Thing crafts stately, ethereal synth-based instrumental hip-hop, with influences that range from Boards of Canada and DJ Shadow to Danny Elfman and Erik Satie
POKEY LAFARGE @ The Luminaire, 19.30, £12adv £14door
SISSY & THE BLISTERS, BURNING ROOM, HOWTOCURE DYSLEXIA, THE POET DOGS @ 93 Feet East, Brick Lane, 19.30, £5adv £7door
SURFER BLOOD @ The Lexington, 19.30, £10adv
THE TRANSPERSONALS, COMMISSAR, PETE LAWRIE @ 229 Grt Portland St, 19.45, £5flyer £6door
WALKMEN @ Islington Academy, 19.30
WATER TOWER BUCKET BOYS @ The Old Queens Head, Islington, 20.00
"From Portland, Oregon, some real old-time string band music done with a ton of youthful energy, much quick fingered pickin’ ‘n’ pluckin’ and, on the likes of Fromage and Bread, a neat modern twist." (Q Magazine)
THURSDAY 26TH AUGUST
BLACK ANGELS @ Borderline, 19.00, £12
THE DETHKATS plus more @ The Fox, Lewisham, 19.00, FREE
LIFECYCLE, THEE PIATCIONS, ELECTRIC RIVER plus more @ Bull & Gate, 19.45, £4flyer £5door
LIGHTS @ Monto Water Rats, 19.30, £7
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK @ Underworld, Camden, 19.30
Following the release of their storming fourth album ‘My Dinosaur Life’ this spring, Motion City Soundtrack return to play London’s Camden Underworld “Motion City Soundtrack have crafted an album that will leave a few jaws on the floor and will make the faint of heart lose their pulses” (Absolute Punk)
THE SMALL FAKERS @ Peter Parkers Rock n Roll Club, Denmark St, 20.00
THE STORM SOCIETY, LE COTTON CLUB, THE KOOLAID ELECTRIC COMPANY @ Dublin Castle, Camden, 20.30, £5flyer £6door
TANGENT @ Camden Rock, 19.00
THRICE @ Electric Ballroom, Camden, 19.30
FRIDAY 27TH AUGUST
DAMN VANDALS @ Barfly Camden, 19.30
DAVID GUETTA, SOULWAX, CALVIN HARRIS, AUDIO BULLYS plus more - LED Festival @ Victoria Park, £37.50 (£65 2 day)
HUNGRY & THE HUNTED, TERZO LIVELLO, LOS LANGEROS, PEOPLE ARE THINGS @ The Hope & Anchor, 20.30, £5flyer £6door
KING SALAMI & THE CUCUMBER 3, DAVID PETER & THE WILDE SECT, ATOMIC SUPLEX @ The Gaff, 20.00
THE QUIRKY, JOHN OTWAY SOLO, COLUMBUS GIANT, THE COLD CALLERS, SANJURO @ Dublin Castle, 19.30, £10
Progressive pop/rock from The Quirky, launching their debut album 'Fresh Lies'
THE RESTARTS, POUNDAFLESH, RABIES BABIES, CONSTANT STATE OF TERROR, BIZARRE X, AUTONOMADS, BRUTAL REGIME, KADT – Reknaw’s Fuk Reddin All Dayer @ The Grosvenor, Stockwell, £10day ticket £25weekend
Fuk Reddin is back for 2010. Reknaw's punk 3 dayer will be happening over the august bank holiday at the grosvenor & crown & anchor in brixton, featuring the best of punk / hardcore / thrash / crust / rock ska and metal bands from the underground. More info here
RODEO MASSACRE plus more @ Tommy Flynn's Camden, 20.00
THE TEN O SEVENS plus more @ South of the Border, Old St, 20.00, £4before 23.00, £5after
THE VINYL STITCHES @ The Victoria, Mile End, 20.00
VOLITAINS plus special guests @ The Enterprise, Camden, 20.00
SATURDAY 28TH AUGUST
THE 286 @ The Cavendish, Stockwell, 20.00
CHEATING THE REAPER plus more @ Tommy Flynn's Camden, 20.00
London based blues-rock outfit Cheating the Reaper will be tearing it up with new music, pushing the boundaries between rock, pop, reggae, funk all drawn together with a cohesive melodic vibe.
EAT LIGHTS; BECOME LIGHTS, THREE DIMENSIONAL TANX, NOW, LA77 @ Cross Kings, 20.00, £5
Bright light post-rock flavoured instrumental indie alternativeness from Eat Lights
LEFTFIELD, GOLDFRAPP, FRIENDLY FIRES, APHEX TWIN plus more - LED Festival @ Victoria Park, £37.50 (£65 2 day)
OMAR SOULEYMAN @ Corsica Studios, Elephant & Castle, 20.00, £5
Omar Souley man will be performing both a rare Mawal set and a Dabke/Choubi set
PETER AND THE TEST TUBE BABIES, REFUSE/ALL @ The Gaff, 20.00
TRIBAZIK, LIBERTY, THE FIEND, LAST UNDER THE SUN, TRASHCAT, 2 SICK MONKEYS, GIRLFIXER, DIRTY LOVE – Reknaw’s Fuk Reddin All Dayer @ The Grosvenor, Stockwell, £10day ticket £25weekend
Fuk Reddin is back for 2010. Reknaw's punk 3 dayer will be happening over the august bank holiday at the grosvenor & crown & anchor in brixton, featuring the best of punk / hardcore / thrash / crust / rock ska and metal bands from the underground. More info here
SUNDAY 29TH AUGUST
CITIZEN FISH, THE USUAL SUSPECTS, PUSSYCAT & THE DIRTY JOHNSONS, LEFT 4 DEAD, FLATPIG, DEFCON ZERO, ARMED RESPONSE UNIT, THE EXTINGUISHERS – Reknaw’s Fuk Reddin All Dayer @ The Grosvenor, Stockwell, £10day ticket £25weekend
Fuk Reddin is back for 2010. Reknaw's punk 3 dayer will be happening over the august bank holiday at the grosvenor & crown & anchor in brixton, featuring the best of punk / hardcore / thrash / crust / rock ska and metal bands from the underground. More info here
DESECRATION, DEAD BEYOND BURIED, INFESTATION, FLESHROT, GOREBOUND, BTK BASEMENT TORTURE KILLINGS, FLAYED DISCIPLE, DECREPID, DECREPIT WOMB @ Purple Turtle, Camden, 15.00, £12
MARTHA WAINWRIGHT, VADOINMESSICAO @ Open Air Theatre, Regents, Park, 18.00
MONDAY 30TH AUGUST
DEAD PREZ, SWAY plus more @ The Forum, 20.00, £22.50
MV & EE with THE GOLDEN ROAD feat. JOHN MOLONEY & MICK FLOWER @ Café Oto, 20.00, £6adv £8door
'MV & EE continue their singular cosmic orbit on the back of new album ‘Barn Nova’, out on Ecstatic Peace after a year of releases on LP, CD and cassette. Their vision is unique and totally inspiring.' (Café Oto)
TUESDAY 31ST AUGUST
BUTTERFLIES ON STRINGS, DEAD SEA NAVIGATORS, THEY'RE ALL PROJECTS, REMI MILES @ 93 Feet East, Brick Lane, 19.30, FREE
DISTRICT 6, DISCLOSURE, STILL I RISE, DECODES @ Barfly, Camden, 19.30, £6
O EMPEROR, ALESSI'S ARK, TRISTRAM @ The Lexington, 20.00, £6adv
SLAVES TO GRAVITY @ The Garage, 19.00, £6adv
Slaves To Gravity bring their big riffs and convincing swagger to London
