MONDAY 1ST NOVEMBER
ARIEL PINK'S HAUNTED GRAFFITI @ The Garage, 19.00
'LA based Ariel Rosenberg aka Ariel Pink, is an experimental musician whose talents can only be described as legendary. Playing on the first night of a specially curated series of shows with Uncut magazine, discover the beginning of a new Haunted Graffiti.' (Mean Fiddler)
LISSIE @ Heaven, 19.00
XIU XIU, ZOLA JESUS, FORMER GHOSTS @ XOYO, 32-37 Cowper St, 19.30, £13adv
'Xiu Xiu are one of the darkest, most intense, but ultimately beautiful bands you'll ever hear. With music echoing industrial acts and the darker side of the early 80s post-punk canon...'
YOU ARE WOLF, FIREFLY @ Green Note, Camden, 19.30
“You Are Wolf weaves together traditional English folk, leftfield pop and storytelling via experimental vocals and an RC-50. She uses gentle touches of electronica, weaves in spoken word and throws in an array of wild vocal techniques. Her EP 'hunting little songs' is out now."
TUESDAY 2ND NOVEMBER
THE BLACK KEYS @ Brixton Academy, 19.30, £18.50
DAN LE SAC VS SCROOBIUS PIP @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 19.30
MIDLAKE plus guests @ Roundhouse, 19.30, £19.50
ONE NIGHT ONLY @ Heaven, 19.30, £12.50
WEDNESDAY 3RD NOVEMBER
AGAINST ME!, FUCKED UP, JAPANESE VOYEURS, CRAZY ARM @ Electric Ballroom, Camden, 19.30
MAGNETIC MAN @ Heaven, 19.30
PARKWAY DRIVE, COMEBACK KID, BLEEDING THROUGH, EMMURE, YOUR DEMISE, WAR FROM A HARLOTS MOUTH @ The Forum, 17.00, £15adv
YANN TIERSEN @ Koko, 19.30, £17adv
Cult French musician and composer Yann Tiersen will return to London to play one of his renowned live shows
THURSDAY 4TH NOVEMBER
!!! @ Koko, Camden, 19.30, £15adv
Fusing dance, punk and funk, !!! have been filling gigs and dance floors alike since 1996...
NOUVELLE VAGUE @ Royal Albert Hall, 18.45, £17.50
TINCHY STRYDER – Keep A Child Alive @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 19.00
‘Tinchy Stryder has announced that he will play a one-off charity show in aid of Alicia Keys' charity Keep A Child Alive on 4 Nov at London's Shepherds Bush Empire. The pop hopper will be joined on stage by a variety of special guests, who will be revealed at a later date.’
FRIDAY 5TH NOVEMBER
**WEARS THE TROUSERS RECOMMENDS** GROUPER with RAFAEL ANTON IRISARRI, LAWRENCE ENGLISH @ Café Oto, 20.00
'It’s just ticked past the two year mark since Liz Harris, aka Grouper, released the murkily psychedelic Dragging A Dead Dear Up A Hill [review], so it’s really about time that she put out something new for us to wrap our eager ears around. Well, indications are that she might be about to do just that as she will be playing Café Oto tonight'
ATTACK! ATTACK!, FREEZE THE ATLANTIC @ Underworld, Camden, 19.30
CELILO plus more @ Bull & Gate, 19.45, £5flyer £6door
VOLCANOES plus more @ The Miller, London Bridge, 20.00
SATURDAY 6TH NOVEMBER
DONKERKARNUFFEL @ The Gaff, 19.30, £5
HOCICO plus support @ Electrowerkz 7 Torrens St, 20.00 £12adv includes FREE entry to Slimelight Club after bands
LOS EXPLOSIVOS @ The Kings Cross Social Club, 20.00
TUNNG and friends @ The Forum, 19.00, £14adv
Twisted pop wonders Tunng are set to return to London in support of fourth album in "... And Then We Saw Land".
SUNDAY 7TH NOVEMBER
GRANT-LEE PHILLIPS @ Bush Hall, 19.30, £18.50adv
MONDAY 8TH NOVEMBER
CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS plus special guests @ Union Chapel, Islington, 19.00, £17adv
LESS THAN JAKE, ZEBRAHEAD @ The Forum, 19.00, £16.50adv
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS @ Roundhouse, Camden, 19.30, £17.50adv
PALOMA FAITH @ Hammersmith Apollo, 19.00, £18.50adv
SIRENIA, SOULGRIND, APPARITION, SANITY FALLS, SCARECROWN, SOLSIKK, CRIMSON TEARS – Femme Metal Festival in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support and Cancer Research UK @ The Peel, Kingston, 14.00, £12.50adv £15door
TREVOR MOSS & HANNAH LOU @ St Giles in The Fields, 19.00
TUESDAY 9TH NOVEMBER
COWBOY JUNKIES @ Union Chapel, Islington, 19.00
MARINA & THE DIAMONDS @ The Forum, 19.00
WEDNESDAY 10TH NOVEMBER
BAIN MOLLER & MOLSKY @ Bush Hall, 19.30, £15
FAILSAFE plus special guests @ Islington Academy, 19.00
FENECH-SOLER @ Heaven, 19.30, £9
Fenech Soler are the future of dance floor-scorching electro-funk say Time Out
KULA SHAKER @ The Garage, 19.00, £20adv
LINKIN PARK @ O2 Arena, 19.00
THURSDAY 11TH NOVEMBER
GOLDFRAPP @ Hammersmith Apollo, 19.00
MYSTERY JETS @ Roundhouse, Camden, 19.00, £14
RINOA plus guests @ Barfly Camden, 19.30, £6adv
FRIDAY 12TH NOVEMBER
CHEAP TRICK @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 20.00
CHROMEO @ The Roundhouse, Camden, 19.30
Chromeo's new album, 'Business Casual', is due for release through Backyard Recordings in September…
FOALS, CRYSTAL FIGHTERS, PULLED APART BY HORSES @ Brixton Academy, 19.30, £18adv
FREAK KITCHEN @ Underworld, Camden, 19.00, £12
SATURDAY 13TH NOVEMBER
DEVILDRIVER, 36 CRAZYFISTS @ The Forum, 18.00, £17.50adv
GOO GOO DOLLS @ Brixton Academy, 19.30
LISA EKDAHL @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 19.00, £23.50
PARAMORE @ O2 Arena, 19.30
POLAR BEAR - London Jazz Festival @ Westminster Reference Library, St Martin's St, 20.00, £10
SUNDAY 14TH NOVEMBER
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE, RUINS ALONE (Yoshida Tatsuya solo) – Japanese New Music Festival @ Café Oto, 20.00, £10adv £12door
‘Japanese New Music Festival 2010 is a group of Tatsuya Yoshida (Ruins), Atsushi Tsuyama (Acid Mothers Temple) and Makoto Kawabata (Acid Mothers Temple). Tonight they will be playing in 7 different combinations.’
GORILLAZ @ O2 Arena, 19.30
POLAR BEAR - London Jazz Festival @ Westminster Reference Library, St Martin's St, 20.00, £10
MONDAY 15TH NOVEMBER
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE, TORTOISE @ Koko, 19.30, £22adv
Chicago experimental rock types Tortoise are in town, following release of their sixth studio album, 'Beacons Of Ancestorship', via Thrill Jockey in June '09
JOHN HIATT @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 19.30
PARAMORE @ O2 Arena, 19.30
TUESDAY 16TH NOVEMBER
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE, TORTOISE @ Koko, 19.30, £22adv
Chicago experimental rock types Tortoise are in town, following release of their sixth studio album, 'Beacons Of Ancestorship', via Thrill Jockey in June '09
GORILLAZ @ O2 Arena, 19.30
SPOON plus support @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 19.30, £18.50
WEDNESDAY 17TH NOVEMBER
**WEARS THE TROUSERS RECOMMENDS** SARAH BLASKO @ Electric Ballroom, 20.00
'Fresh from a one-off headline show at the Islington Academy earlier this year and a stint as tour support for fellow Australians Temper Trap, Sarah Blasko has announced a national headlining tour of her own. Scheduled in at the tail end of a major Australian tour, the award-winning singer-songwriter will be visiting London’s Electric Ballroom.'
STORNOWAY @ Shepherd’s Bush Empire, 19.30
FRIDAY 19TH NOVEMBER
CARIBOU @ The Coronet, 19.30
ELLIE GOULDING @ Hammersmith Apollo, 19.30
KELE @ Electric Ballroom, Camden, 19.00, £16
SATURDAY 20TH NOVEMBER
ATHLETE @ The Forum, 19.30
BELLOWHEAD @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 19.00, £17.50adv
SHAM 69, CHELSEA, THE DUEL, THE ANORAKS @ The Garage, 18.30, £10adv
British punk rock legends and Godfathers of Oi punk Sham 69 bring their old school musings to the Garage
SUNDAY 21ST NOVEMBER
KEVIN MCGOWAN, SEROTONIN, MAX, E 4 ECHO, INFUSION, CEYHAN, L PERRY, THIS EDEN, STATIC ACTION @ Underworld, Camden, 19.00, £7.50adv £10door
WE ARE SCIENTISTS @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 19.30, £16
MONDAY 22ND NOVEMBER
LES SAVY FAV @ Electric Ballroom, Camden, 19.00
O'HOOLEY & TIDOW @ The Slaughtered Lamb, 20.00, £10
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT plus MARTHA WAINWRIGHT @ Royal Albert Hall, 19.00, £50+
TUESDAY 23RD NOVEMBER
BEACH HOUSE plus support @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 19.00, £14
After playing a stunning series of shows both at a sold out Bush Hall and to rapturous applause supporting Grizzly Bear at The Roundhouse, Beach House will return to London this November to play Shepherd's Bush Empire.
OWL CITY @ Hammersmith Apollo, 19.00, £20adv
SNOW PATROL @ Royal Albert Hall, 19.00
STEVE WYNN & THE MIRACLE 3 @ The Lexington, 19.30, £10adv
WEDNESDAY 24TH NOVEMBER
BLITZEN TRAPPER plus special guests @ The Garage, 19.30, £12.50adv
Blitzen Trapper plays at The Garage, fresh from a sell out show at the ICA and huge acclaim for new album "Destroyer Of The Void"
THE DRUMS @ The Forum, 19.30, £12.50adv
KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 19.30
SNOW PATROL @ Royal Albert Hall, 19.00
THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH @ Electric Ballroom, Camden, 19.30, £13.50
Natural folk singer-songwriter who really does have a genuine touch of Dylan beauty about him...
THURSDAY 25TH NOVEMBER
THE PARLOTONES @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 19.30
SNOW PATROL @ Royal Albert Hall, 19.00
FRIDAY 26TH NOVEMBER
AS I LAY DYING @ Koko, 18.00
JONSI @ Hammersmith Apollo, 19.00, £20
'The Sigur Ros front man steps out from the shadows with a solo live show described as "seriously epic". This show promises to be unlike any other with wild animals, burning buildings and Biblical storms all on offer in what promises to be a major theatrical performance.'
SAW DOCTORS @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 19.30, £22.50
Following last year's 21st Anniversary tour, veteran Irish rockers The Saw Doctors are set to return with their annual UK tour in November and December!
SKUNK ANANSIE @ Brixton Academy, 19.30
SATURDAY 27TH NOVEMBER
**NEMESIS TO GO RECOMMENDS** DAF plus special guests @ Islington Academy, 19.30, £22adv
'Pioneers of headlong electronic dancefloor anthems in the 80s; now acknowledged as godfathers of EBM, DAF actually always regarded themselves as a punk band that just happened to use synths instead of guitars. They still have the energy and the edge: this one should be a blast. No supports listed yet - watch the promoter's website for updates: www.flagpromotions.com'
A-HA @ Wembley Arena, 19.00
ARCH ENEMY, SABBAT, ENSLAVED @ The Forum, 19.00, £18adv
DEMENTED ARE GO @ The Garage, 19.00, £12.50
THE ELECTRIC STAWBS @ The Borderline, 19.00, £15adv
PRIMAL SCREAM @ London Olympia , 19.30
"Primal Scream mark 20 years since the creation of their mind-blowing landmark 'Screamadelica' by playing the album in its entirety at London’s Olympia this Nov"
SUNDAY 28TH NOVEMBER
HEAVEN 17 @ The Forum, 19.00
MARTYN JOSEPH @ Bush Hall, 19.30, £15adv
MONDAY 29TH NOVEMBER
CHRIS WOOD @ The Slaughtered Lamb, 20.00, £14
GET WELL SOON @ The Garage, 19.00
'25-year-old German Konstantin Gropper aka Get Well Soon brings his imaginatively arranged mix of exultant Motown pop, electronica, soundtracks and noir-ish alt rock' (Mead Fiddler)
TUESDAY 30TH NOVEMBER
30 SECONDS TO MARS @ O2 Arena, 19.30
CHRIS WOOD @ The Slaughtered Lamb, 20.00, £14
THE NATIONAL @ Brixton Academy, 19.00, £20
