FRIDAY 1ST OCTOBER
BRING ME THE HORIZON, CANCER BATS, TEK ONE @ The Garage, 19.00
FINLEY QUAYE @ The Luminaire, 19.30, £15adv £17door
FRANKIE AND THE HEARTSTRINGS, SUMMER CAMP, THE NEAT @ The Lexington, 19.30, £8.50adv
GRINDERMAN @ Hammersmith Apollo, 19.30, £25+
MGMT @ Brixton Academy, 19.30, £21.50
SANTANA @ O2 Arena, 19.00
SATURDAY 2ND OCTOBER
ANNE-MARIE HURST plus supports @ Electrowerkz, 7 Toerrns St, 19.00, £10adv
BUTTERFLIES ON STRINGS plus more @ The Wilmington Arms, 19.30
COLDCUT, ROOTS MANUVA, AMON TOBIN, MR. SCRUFF, TODDLA T, DAEDELUS, THE BUG (& FLOWDAN), KID KOALA plus more - Nina Tune XX @ Ewer St Car Park, Great Suffolk St, 22.00, £33
KRS-ONE @ Jazz Cafe, 19.00
'The legendary "teacha" KRS-One is often credited with setting the template for the burgeoning genres of hardcore and gangsta rap.' (Jazz Cafe)
NEON NOISE PROJECT, WE HAVE BAND plus more @ XOYO, 32-37 Cowper St, 19.30
VINCENT RAZORBACKS @ The Gaff, 20.00
SUNDAY 3RD OCTOBER
HOODOO GURUS @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 19.00
MONDAY 4TH OCTOBER
JOSEPHINE FOSTER and THE VICTOR HERRERO BAND @ Café Oto, 20.00, £10adv £12door ‘One of the most enigmatic, luminious and enlightening American singers of her time sings Federico Garcia Lorca’s popular folk song collection “Las Canciones Populares Espanolas” with guitarist Victor Herroro and live band.’ (Café Oto)
LIFEHOUSE @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 19.30
STEVE TILSTON, THE RAVEN @ Green Note, Camden, 19.30
TUESDAY 5TH OCTOBER
THE BAND OF HEATHENS (acoustic) @ The Borderline, 19.00, £10adv
LIFEHOUSE @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 19.30
THE POSIES @ The Garage, 19.00
One of the most distinctive and respected alternative-pop bands, The Posies, unite to unleash their long-awaited new album, "Blood/Candy"
VILLAGERS @ Scala, Kings Cross, 20.00
WEDNESDAY 6TH OCTOBER
A STORM OF LIGHT, TAINT, SEDULUS, SONS OF ALPHA CENTAURI @ Underworld, Camden, 19.00, £10
AHA @ Heaven, 19.30 (album purchase required for chance of winning tickets)
DELAYS @ The Garage, 19.30
MUDHONEY, UNNATURAL HELPERS @ Electric Ballroom, 19.30, £15
Grunge pioneers and cult live act return to play from latest Sub Pop album The Lucky Ones.
SIA @ The Troxy, 19.30
TIFFANY PAGE @ 100 Club, Oxford St, 20.00
THURSDAY 7TH OCTOBER
BAND OF SKULLS @ The Forum, 19.00, £14adv
BLACK MOUNTAIN, THE BLACK ANGELS @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 19.00
BLOOD RED SHOES @ Electric Ballroom, Camden, 19.00, £11
ERRORS, THE TWILIGHT SAD @ Xoyo, 32-37 Cowper St, 20.00
MARK CHADWICK (Levellers) @ Bush Hall, 19.30
NEEDTOBREATHE plus special guests @ Borderline, 19.00
SAM CARTER @ The Lexington, 20.00
TUBELORD, TALL SHIPS @ Monto Water Rats, 19.00, £7.50adv
FRIDAY 8TH OCTOBER
A-HA @ Royal Albert Hall, 19.30
ARCHITECTS @ Koko, 19.30, £12adv
IMEDLA MAY @ The Forum, 19.00, £17.50
LACUNA COIL plus special guests @ The Garage, 19.00, £17.50adv
MUMFORD & SONS @ Hammersmith Apollo, 19.00
PLAN B @ Brixton Academy, 19.30, £17.50
SUBLIME WITH ROME @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 19.00
TRISTANIA, ASRAI @ Underworld, Camden, 19.00, £16.50
YOAV @ Monto Water Rats, 19.30, £7
‘YOAV has a unique, acoustic singer/songwriter style that's fused with an electronic aethetic, giving mindful recognition to DJ culture.’ (Water Rats)
SATURDAY 9TH OCTOBER
HURTS @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 19.30
KENI BURKE @ Jazz Cafe, 19.00, £20adv
KULT @ The Forum, 18.00, £25adv
PLAN B @ Brixton Academy, 19.30, £17.50
SUNDAY 10TH OCTOBER
CITY OF FIRE, ILLUMINATIS @ Underworld, Camden, 19.00, £10
IAN HUNTER AND THE RANT BAND @ Union Chapel, 19.00, £21.50adv
OCEAN COLOUR SCENE @ Royal Albert Hall, 19.00, £27.50
RED SPARROWES @ Scala, 19.30, £13.50adv
MONDAY 11TH OCTOBER
THE MAGIC NUMBERS @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 19.30 - rescheduled from June tour
SOMEONE STILL LOVES YOU BORIS YELTSIN @ Hoxton Sq Bar & Kitchen, 20.00, £7.50adv
TUESDAY 12TH OCTOBER
ATTACK ATTACK! @ The Garage, 19.00
BOWLING FOR SOUP plus special guests @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 19.00
EXAMPLE @ Koko, 19.30
MAPS & ATLASES, TALL SHIPS, FICTION @ Cargo, 19.30, £8adv
'Super complex songs [that] sound like Vampire Weekend after a math-rock makeover… can’t hide the band’s knack for a good tune or six. Maps & Atlases are clearly the thinking man’s pop group.' (NME)
MELT BANANA @ Islington Academy, 19.30
WEDNESDAY 13TH OCTOBER
ABE VIGODA, NAKED ON THE VAGUE @ Cargo, 83 Rivington Street, 20.00, £8
GET CAPE WEAR CAPE FLY plus special guests @ Electric Ballroom, 19.00
MICE PARADE @ Corsica Studios, 19.30
NO CONSEQUENCE, BETWEEN THE SCREAMS, ECHOVIRUS @ New Cross Inn, 20.00, £5
‘With disregard for playing by the rules that may cause a few old school puritans to retch in horror, No Consequence are the quintessential modern metal band. With a solid spine of tech-death intricacy, huge swathes of Architects-style atmosphere and smartly executed bursts of everything from brutal grind to razor-sharp thrash, their sound is a bravely limitless amalgam of every credible sub-genre.’ (Terrorizer)
OLAF RUPP and SHOJI HANO @ Café Oto, 20.00, £8adv £10door
SHERYL CROW @ Hammersmith Apollo, 19.30
SPIERS AND BODEN @ The Lexington, 19.30, £14adv
TARJA @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 19.30
THURSDAY 14TH OCTOBER
22-20'S @ Islington Academy, 19.00
ARCHIE BRONSON OUTFIT plus special guests @ Heaven, 19.30, £12.50
EMILY BARKER & THE RED CLAY HALO @ Exmouth Market Church Hall, 19.00, £8adv
'Expect a raft of sublime acoustic vocal music, drawing you in to a world that celebrates the sheer pleasure of song writing and ensemble playing. These four women love the music they create together, drawing on country and English-folk roots, performed with that effortless sun-kissed class that could only come from a young Australian singer-songwriter. The first single due off her new album is due on 4th October 2010'
KING CHARLES plus special guests @ Cargo, 19.30
MARTIN SIMPSON TRIO @ Green Note, Camden, 20.00
NO AGE, ABE VIGODA, MALE BONDING @ XOYO, Cowper St, 19.30, £14
PORCUPINE TREE @ Royal Albert Hall, 19.30, £40+
SABATON, ALESTORM plus more @ Electric Ballroom, 19.00, £14
SOPHIE HUNGER @ Roundhouse, Camden, 19.30, £10
Swiss folk-pop-blues singer Sophie Hunger described as a 'young PJ Harvey, Laura Marling...and Bjork in one folk-rocking package'.
TOM MCRAE @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 19.30
WALTER LURE, JOHNNY THROTTLE @ 100 Club, Oxford St, 20.00
'Walter Lure is a former member of Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers. A gig outside of the New York area is a very rare event indeed!'
FRIDAY 15TH OCTOBER
CROCODILES @ Hoxton Sq Bar & Grill, 19.30
CRYSTAL CASTLES @ Roundhouse, Camden, 19.30, £16
THE DeRELLAS, PUSSYCAT & THE DIRTY JOHNSONS @ The Gaff, Holloway Road, 20.00
ENSLAVED, NEGURA BUNGET @ Underworld, Camden, 19.00, £12.50
GROOVE ARMADA @ Brixton Academy, 19.30
NILS LOFGREN Acoustic Duo @ Cagogan Hall, 19.00
SATURDAY 16TH OCTOBER
CASTROVALVA, MOJO FURY plus more @ Bull & Gate, 19.45, £4flyer £5door
Castrovalva ‘this is genuinely different - this is tangled noise and a set of beautifully in your face screaming at your ears, dancing at your head, funking on your feet tunes, this is Bringing The serious Noise!...Massive sound, massive funk, massive experimental other rock...Playing it all their own way and by their own rules...’ (Organ)
GROOVE ARMADA @ Brixton Academy, 19.30
KILLING JOKE @ Hammersmith Apollo, 19.00, £22.50
UNBROKEN @ ULU, 18.00, £20adv
MONDAY 18TH OCTOBER
DEMONS, SICK LLAMA, HELM @ The Grosvenor, Stockwell, 20.00
THE IMAGINARY STRING BAND, JOSIENNE CLARKE @ Green Note, Camden, 19.30
KATE NASH @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 19.30
SOAP&SKIN @ Union Chapel, Islington, 19.00, £13.50
STEVE WINWOOD @ Roundhouse, Camden, 19.00, £30
TUESDAY 19TH OCTOBER
ECHO LAKE plus more @ The Social, 19.00
THE EX @ The Dome, 178 Junction Rd, Tufnell Park (opposite the tube), 20.00, £9
MARTIN SIMPSON TRIO @ Vortex, 20.00
WEDNESDAY 20TH OCTOBER
LUKE DOUCET plus guests @ The Luminaire, 19.30
THURSDAY 21ST OCTOBER
BRANDI CARLILE @ Koko, 19.00, £14adv (moved from April)
CROOKED STILL @ Bush Hall, 19.30, £11adv
DIMMU BORGIR @ The Forum, 19.00
THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM @ Hammersmith Apollo, 19.30
GUN OUTFIT, GUMMY STUMPS, HUMAN HAIR @ The Grosvenor, Stockwell, 20.00, £5adv
THE JIM JONES REVUE @ Scala, Kings Cross, 19.30, £12.50
YEASAYER @ Roundhouse, Camden, 19.00
FRIDAY 22ND OCTOBER
ADRIAN EDMONDSON AND THE BAD SHEPHERDS @ Bush Hall, 19.30, £20adv
ALTER BRIDGE @ Hammersmith Apollo, 19.00, £19.50adv
THE CHARLATANS plus SHAUN RYDER @ Brixton Academy, 19.30
JON WINDLE (ex Little Man Tate) @ The Borderline, 19.00
MISS NEEKS & THE MASQUERADES @ Babalou, Brixton, 22.00
QUINTRON & MISS PUSSYCAT @ The Dome, 178 Junction Rd, Tufnell Park (opposite the tube), 20.00, £6.50
ROBYN @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 19.30
THE VASELINES @ Scala, Kings Cross, 19.30
WE ARE THE OCEAN @ Kings College SU, 19.30, £10
SATURDAY 23RD OCTOBER
THE CAT EMPIRE @ Brixton Academy, 19.30, £19.50
Australia's The Cat Empire have an 'incredibly infectious, undeniably uplifting and genre defying sound'
EDWYN COLLINS @ Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank, 20.00
MORCHEEBA @ Roundhouse, 19.30, £25
MYSLOVITZ @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 19.00
OBLITERATION, SALUTE, CHILDREN OF TECHNOLOGY, SPEEDTRAP, RAMESSES plus more – Evil Fest @ Underworld, Camden, 19.00
THESE NEW PURITANS @ Barbican, 19.00
These New Puritans will be joined by the full ensemble of instruments which appear on ablum 'Hidden', featuring a fifteen-piece brass and woodwind ensemble, multiple prepared pianos, Japanese Taiko drums and various sound effects...
SUNDAY 24TH OCTOBER
THE MIGHTY ATOMICS @ The Stags Head, 20.00
TRENTEMOLLER @ Roundhouse, Camden, 19.00
Following the release of his second artist album, 'Into The Great Wide Yonder', Danish producer Anders Trentemoller will be playing Camden's Roundhouse
VAN MORRISON @ Royal Albert Hall, 20.00
MONDAY 25TH OCTOBER
GOTAN PROJECT @ The Troxy, 19.30
HOT HOT HEAT, GLITCHES, TUNICS @ The Garage, 19.30, £12.50
SHINING, ENTHRONED @ Underworld, Camden, 19.00, £15
TRAIN plus special guests @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 19.30
TWENTY TWENTY @ Islington Academy, 19.30
TUESDAY 26TH OCTOBER
3 DAFT MONKEYS plus special guests @ Borderline, 19.30
AMY MACDONALD @ Hammersmith Apollo, 19.30
BANE, TRAPPED UNDER ICE, ALPHA & OMEGA @ The Garage, 19.00, £10
DARWIN DEEZ @ Scala, 19.30
GURF MORLIX @ The Slaughtered Lamb, 20.00, £12.50
KIUAS, METASTOLL, CELESTY @ Underworld, Camden, 19.00, £10
THE SWELL SEASON @ Royal Festival Hall, 19.00
Following a sold out World tour and much critical acclaim, Oscar-winning duo Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova have confirmed details of a London Royal Festival Hall show for October
WEDNESDAY 27TH OCTOBER
BADLY DRAWN BOY @ Bloomsbury Theatre, 19.30
CARL BARAT @ Scala, 19.30, £15
THE DUKE AND THE KING @ Electric Ballroom, Camden, 19.30
HANDFUL OF HATE, ABGOTT @ The Gaff, 20.00
SCREAMING FEMALES @ The Luminaire, Kilburn, 20.00, £6
TINIE TEMPAH, CHIDDY BANG, BLUEY ROBINSON @ Koko, Camden, 19.00
THURSDAY 28TH OCTOBER
ELECTRIC WIZARD plus guests @ Electric Ballroom, 19.00
FEEDER @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 19.30, £22.50
MANIC STREET PREACHERS @ Brixton Academy, 19.30
THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS performing 'Talk Talk Talk' @ The Forum, 19.00, £20
SWANS @ Koko, 20.00
WARPAINT @ Scala, 19.30
FRIDAY 29TH OCTOBER
ANTI NOWHERE LEAGUE @ Underworld, Camden, 19.00, £10
CANCER BATS @ Electric Ballroom, Camden, 19.30
LA FLEUR FATALE plus more @ Bull & Gate, 19.45, £5flyer £6door
MANIC STREET PREACHERS @ Brixton Academy, 19.30
SHAPESHIFTER @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 19.30
THE TIGHTS @ South of the Border, Old St, 20.00
UB40 @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 19.00
UB40 celebrate the 30th anniversary of their seminal debut album, "Signing Off", by performing the whole album live
SATURDAY 30TH OCTOBER
AVENGED SEVENFOLD & STONE SOUR @ Hammersmith Apollo, 18.00
BATTLES, BEAK>, THE FIELD, TWEAK BIRD - Release The Bats @ The Forum, 19.30, £22
Some new material expected from NYC's Battles at this year's ATP Halloween celebration show
LEAETHER STRIP, SYSTEM:FX, MACHINE ROX @ Islington Academy, 19.30, £15adv
LOVE AMONGST RUIN plus special guests @ The garage, 18.30, £9.50
SUNDAY 31ST OCTOBER
AVENGED SEVENFOLD & STONE SOUR @ Hammersmith Apollo, 18.00
FRANCIS DUNNERY'S BRAND NEW IT BITES @ Bush Hall, 19.30, £20adv
MY PASSION @ Underworld Camden, 19.30, £8.50
