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WEDNESDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER
**NEMESIS TO GO RECOMMENDS** ZOLA JESUS, THE HAXAN CLOAK @ CAMP Basement, City Rd, 20.00, £6.50adv
'Zola Jesus comes from the American midwest, although her influences seem to derive from an entirely different place. She deals in swooning ambiences that make the Cocteau Twins sound positively jaunty: her single 'Night' sounds like Siouxsie staring into an existential abyss. There's something starkly compelling about her bathed-in-blue-light orchestrations, and her opera-trained vocals should ensure that the live experience packs a punch - especially as she's playing very small venues on this, her first UK visit. Tonight's venue, the basement bar of the City Arts And Music Project (Camp, geddit?) should brim with her delicious bleakness.'
DELANY DAVIDSON @ The Lexington, 19.00, FREE
Delany Davidson plays a free gig downstairs at The Lexington 'The one man 'renegade ghost orchestra' formerly of The Dead Brothers pops over from New Zealand to play some swampy voodoo rhythms for you.'
EELS @ Brixton Academy, 19.30, £25
Eels mark the release of the final part of a trilogy of albums, 'Tomorrow Morning', which will be released on 23 Aug and is the follow-up to 2009's 'Hombre Lobo', and 'End Times', which came out in January.
KANO @ Bush Hall, 19.30, £15adv
NOAH & THE WHALE, EXLOVERS, ALAN POWNALL, PLANET EARTH plus special guest - Young and Lost Club Compilation Party @ Village Underground, Shoreditch, 19.30, £11adv
PETE & THE PIRATES, REDTRACK plus more @ Bull & Gate, 19.45, £10
STARS @ Heaven, 19.00
Canadas Stars bring their eloquent electro-based indie pop to Heaven in support of their latest release 'The Five Ghosts'
WOMEN, IDIOT GLEE @ Cargo, 20.00, £7.50adv
Calgary's Women bring their experimental North American lo-fi art-prog other rock over, a band not to be missed
THURSDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER
THE 286 plus more @ The Fox, Lewisham, 20.00
THE CLIENTELE @ Bloomsbury Theatre, 19.30
The Clientele are launching their brand new mini-album 'Minotaur'
EVERYTHING EVERYTHING @ Barfly, Camden, 19.30
Everything Everything launch their album ‘Man Alive’
HER NAME IS CALLA, THE MONROE TRANSFER @ The Luminaire, 19.30, £7adv £9door
JAMES BLACKSHAW @ Bush Hall, 19.30
MIAOUX MIAOUX, THE B. GOODES plus more @ The Monarch, Camden, 19.45, £4flyer £5door
MINUS THE BEAR @ Scala, 19.30
MOUTAIN MEN @ St Giles In The Field, 19.30, £10
NEON INDIAN @ Cargo, 20.00
PAINT IT BLACK, BLACKLISTED @ Upstairs at The Garage, 19.00, £10
ROBERT PLANT @ The Forum, 19.00
SIMONE FELICE @ St Pancras Old Church, 19.30, £11
SKINSUIT plus more @ Lock Tavern, 20.00
FRIDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER
50 LIONS, GRAVE MAKER, ANTAGONISTIC AD @ Underworld, Camden, 18.00, £8.50adv
ARK FEAT. JOHN JOWITT and PRESTO BALLETT @ The Luminaire, 19.30, £12.50adv
BLACKDOGHAT plus more @ The Miller, London Bridge, 20.00
'BlackDogHat formed in September 2007 when they realised that their common passion for music, their background in bands and musical theatre as well as their similar outlook on the creative process could lead them to something worth pursuing and sharing with as many people as possible.'
CASIMIR plus more @ The Comedy Pub, Leicester Sq, 20.00, £5
CHEWING ON TIN FOIL, RAW POO, SMOKEY BASTARD, LUVDUMP @ Birds Nest, Deptford, 20.00, FREE
RAW POO 'Everyone's favourite 4 piece play alcohol fuelled straight up punk. Rumour has it they have new songs too.'
THE FRESH & ONLYS plus more @ Old Blue Last, 20.00, £5
THE MURDER ACT plus more @ The Victoria, 20.00
REVEREND BEATMAN, THE NUNS, MIRACULOUS MULE (Michael J Sheehy's gospel choir) @ The Lexington, 20.00, £7adv
‘Reverend Beatman, the blues trash preacher on a mission for your blues trash soul with songs about the dead, killing, lost love and seeing the light...raw and primitive rock'n'roll for true believers.’
TOUCHSTONE @ The Forum, 19.00
SATURDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER
**NEMESIS TO GO RECOMMENDS** OFFSET FESTIVAL featuring (a brief and random selection from the full bill): EIGHTERS MATCHBOX B-LINE DISASTER, THESE NEW PURITANS, CHARLES DE GOAL, CLUSTER, KAP BAMBINO, FACTORY FLOOR, O.CHILDREN, LIQUID LIQUID and many more, bands are still being booked @ Hainault Forest Country Park, gates open 11.30am Saturday, 10.30am Sunday, £65 weekend ticket with camping; £55 weekend ticket without camping. One-day tickets available at £29. These are 'Earlybird' prices - tickets will get more expensive as the festival approaches. Latest line-up and all other details on the Offset website: www.offsetfestival.co.uk
'With a policy of booking the creative, left-field bands that mainstream festivals might overlook, Offset manages to be cooler and edgier than other events on the Summer festival circuit - but it still retains that essential festival vibe of a big, good-humoured shindig in a field. This year the line-up features everything from the space-rock ambiences of Cluster to the brusque post-punk angularity of Charles De Goal; not something you're likely to get on the play-it-safe corporate-fest circuit. But the boisterous rumbustious rock of Eighties Matchbox is in there, too, proving that Offset is never too precious to party.'
THE INCREDIBLE STAGGERS @ The Kings Cross Social Club, 20.00, £5
KATH BLOOM @ Café Oto, 20.00, £10adv £12door
Kath is a folk, country, and avant-garde legend and has been making records since the late 70s. “One of the most beautiful singers ever. Heartbreaking” (Devendra Banhart)
LOST SOUL BAND @ Borderline, 19.00, £10adv
PART CHIMP plus more - All Dayer @ The Victoria, from 15.00, £8
PROUD MARY, THE STERLING, THE E-GO'S, THE LEIGON, THE IC1'S, RUSSIAN DOLLS @ Jamm Brixton, 19.30, £10
REDTRACK(album launch) @ Buffalo Bar, 20.00
SUNDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER
**NEMESIS TO GO RECOMMENDS** OFFSET FESTIVAL featuring (a brief and random selection from the full bill): EIGHTERS MATCHBOX B-LINE DISASTER, THESE NEW PURITANS, CHARLES DE GOAL, CLUSTER, KAP BAMBINO, FACTORY FLOOR, O.CHILDREN, LIQUID LIQUID and many more, bands are still being booked @ Hainault Forest Country Park, gates open 11.30am Saturday, 10.30am Sunday, £65 weekend ticket with camping; £55 weekend ticket without camping. One-day tickets available at £29. These are 'Earlybird' prices - tickets will get more expensive as the festival approaches. Latest line-up and all other details on the Offset website: www.offsetfestival.co.uk
'With a policy of booking the creative, left-field bands that mainstream festivals might overlook, Offset manages to be cooler and edgier than other events on the Summer festival circuit - but it still retains that essential festival vibe of a big, good-humoured shindig in a field. This year the line-up features everything from the space-rock ambiences of Cluster to the brusque post-punk angularity of Charles De Goal; not something you're likely to get on the play-it-safe corporate-fest circuit. But the boisterous rumbustious rock of Eighties Matchbox is in there, too, proving that Offset is never too precious to party.'
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MONDAY 6TH SEPTEMBER
THE ASKEW SISTERS, LAURA VICTORIA @ Cross Kings, 20.00
'Emily and Hazel Askew are a young duo making waves on the folk scene with their energetic brand of English folk music. Using fiddle and melodeon, they play and sing with an infectious enjoyment and love for the music'
ECHO LAKE plus more @ The Social, 19.00
MR TEMPER plus more @ The Gaff, 20.00
TUESDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER
CATHAL COUGHLAN @ Bush Hall, 19.30, £14adv
CYMBALS EAT GUITARS @ The Forum, 19.00
New York indie-rockers with shades of shoegaze and technicolour-tinged pop
FANG ISLAND @ Madame JoJo's, 20.00
LOVE ENDS DISASTER, MADDOX, THE ACHILLES plus more @ Buffalo Bar, 20.00, £4flyer £5door
WEDNESDAY 8TH SEPTEMBER
GENERATION GRAVEYARD @ The Borderine, Soho, 20.00
EUGENE CHADBOURNE @ The Vortex, 11 Gillett Square, 20.30 £10
FANG ISLAND @ Old Blue Last, 20.00
FEVER RAY, ZOLA JESUS @ Brixton Academy, 19.30
Swedish electronica outfit, Fever Ray announce their only UK show
JAMES BLACKSHAW @ Bush Hall, 19.30
JANELLE MONAE @ Koko, 19.30
Janelle Monae’s debut album 'The ArchAndroid' released in July, she says: "Musically, 'The ArchAndroid' is an epic James Bond film in outer space. I want to be looked at as a leader and businesswoman. I really feel that music and artists have a huge influence in the way we think. My goal is to help bring as many people as I possibly can together with my music"
MODEST MOUSE, YUCK @ The Troxy, 19.00, £20adv
After playing a number of sold out shows last December, Modest Mouse will return to London this September to play the Troxy
PHOSPHERENCE plus special guests @ Scala, 19.30, £12.50adv
REVERE plus more @ Bull & Gate, 19.45, £5flyer £6door
SUD SOUND SYSTEM @ Dingwalls, Camden, 19.30, £15adv £18door
'Sud Sound System is a crew born in ‘91. The name says everything; they are the Italian translation of the Jamaican Dance Hall. Do not be disheartened however, these guys are not copying anyone. It is rather pure, un-adulterated, southern Italian spirit.'
VIRUS, AUGER BANE, KILL THE MACHINE, AVENGE THEE & NAIME @ New Cross Inn, 20.00, £6adv
VIV ALBERTINE's LIMERANCE @ Temple Pier, Victoria Embankment, 19.30
WIDOWS plus more @ The Monarch, Camden, 20.30
Low slung swampy black hearted crampy velvet underound blues and impressively edgy dark gothy alt.rock from London's Widows
WINTERSLEEP @ Cargo, 19.30
THURSDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER
ELLIOTT BROOD, LADYHAWK, THE MOUNTAINS & THE TREES @ The Borderline, 19.00, £10adv
EMILY JANE WHITE, LES SHELLEYS @ The Slaughtered Lamb, 20.00
Emily Jane White doesn't write happy music she says, 'I'm drawn to writing sad songs. Reflective, contemplative songs. I truly believe that that's my job. It's not my job to create happy music. I'm okay with that.'
FAT FREDDY'S DROP @ The Troxy, 19.30
GIGGS @ Kings College Student Union, 19.30
THE LOST GIRLS plus more @ Buffalo Bar, 20.00
MOUNTAIN GOATS @ Koko, 19.00, £16.50
'John Darnielle who leads cult band THE MOUNTAIN GOATS has been long recognised by their (understandably avid) fans as one of the most imaginative and downright thrilling lyricists of his generation...'
NAIVE NEW BEATERS, FRENCH HORN REBELLION @ CAMP, 19.30, £8
PLANTS AND ANIMALS, THE PATTERN THEORY @ Bush Hall, 19.30
THE RUBY SUNS @ Cargo, 19.30, £8
'‘Fight Softly’ is the third album by New Zealand’s pop masters The Ruby Suns. Ryan McPhun (their prime mover) has the kind of voracious musical mind that cites as equal influences ’80s/’90s New Jack Swing and modern Angolan kuduro, Fleetwood Mac and Britney Spears, Brazilian tropicalia and Argentinean cumbia. He’s the kind of diligent, meticulous soul that spends days hunched over a laptop in a tiny rented studio in Auckland, NZ just to perfect a sequenced drum track (mission accomplished).' (Bird on Wire)
TIN HEARTS plus more @ Proud Galleries, Camden, 20.00
ULTRASOUND plus special guests @ The Lexington, 19.30, £7.50adv
'When Tim Smith of the Cardiacs suffered (ironically) a heart attack, Ultrasound were asked to reform for a benefit concert to raise money for him, so at the start of the new decade, the 5 members of Ultrasound met, and with 4 clicks of the sticks, arrived back home. Meeting up at Vanessa Best's East London home - the decision was made to reform and write material for a new album. This sees a special reunion gig in the capital to celebrate.' (RockFeedback)
FRIDAY
10TH SEPTEMBER
THE 286 plus more @ Babalou Crypt, Brixton, 20.00
CITY OF FIRE feat. BURTON C BELL (Fear Factory) and BYRON STROUD (Strapping Young Lad), DEFILED, ILLUMINATIS @ Underworld Camden, 19.00, £10
JOHNNY BARLOW @ Monto Water Rats, 19.00
LADYHAWK, THE TAILORS plus more @ The Windmill, Brixton, 20.00
'Recalling Dinosaur Jr's drive as adroitly as some of Neil Young's darker notions, Ladyhawk can play as fast and loose as they can bowed and bloody.' (MOJO)
LES SAVY FAV @ Cargo, 20.00, £12.50adv
Les Savy Fav have announced a one-off headline show at Cargo, just prior to the release of their forthcoming album ‘Root For Ruin’
MINNESOTA VOODOOMEN, THE SPACE AGENCY plus more @ Ryans Bar, Stoke Newington, 19.30, £5
MUSE @ Wembly Stadium, 19.00
TRUCKFIGHTERS, GHOST 'N GOBLIN @ The Gaff, 20.00
SATURDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER
ALABAMA 3, CHEATING THE REAPER @ Jamm, Brixton, 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.
DAVID THOMAS & TWO PALE BOYS @ Café Oto, 20.00, £8adv £10door
"A gloriously garrulous, diffidently divine, pumping, wheezy, melodeon-driven, contemporised avant-folk... Twisted and inspired, it is like everything and nothing you've ever heard, [they] are now creating a whole new kind of strange and affecting beauty." (Time Out)
GONG, SPACE RITUAL @ The Forum, 19.30, £20adv
JAREMA @ Biddle Brothers, Lower Clapton Rd, 21.30
JULIEN-K @ Monto Water Rats, 19.30, £15
KING SALAMI & THE CUMBERLAND 3, FLORENCE JOELLE’S KISS OF FIRE @ The Stag's Head, 18.00, FREE
MUSE @ Wembly Stadium, 19.00
THE POP GROUP @ The Garage, 19.30, £17.50adv
The Pop Group return after nearly thirty years to play four small club dates to "blow the dust off the old songs and pick up where we left off.”
THE RILEYS @ The Forum, 19.00
SUNDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER
CEPHALIC CARNAGE, PSYCROPTIC @ Underworld, Camden, 19.00, £10
LUSH LIFE TRIO @ The Vortex, 11 Gillett Square, 20.30 £10
'Lush Life is a trio comprising pedal steel maestro BJ Cole, vibes player Roger Beaujolais and bassist Simon Thorpe, and they play in a manner Cole wittily describes as 'a reinvention of a familiar musical space...call it loft jazz'.'
PHILIP SELWAY(Radiohead) @ Bush Hall, 19.30
Radiohead drummer Philip Selway has announced some tour dates to coincide with the release of his debut solo album, 'Familial', which is due out on 30 Aug.
THE POP GROUP @ The Garage, 19.30, £17.50adv
The Pop Group return after nearly thirty years to play four small club dates to "blow the dust off the old songs and pick up where we left off.”
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MONDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER
CITAY, WOLF PEOPLE @ The Windmill, Brixton, 20.00, £6.50adv
FOREST FIRE, ANNA CALVI @ The Borderline, 19.30
LES SHELLEYS @ The Vortex, 11 Gillett Square, 20.00
Folk, indie acoustic show from Les Shelleys who are Tom Brosseau and Angela Correa, 'a duo who first began cutting their teeth in San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Los Angeles. Their sound has been described as a plait of voices.'
THE SCRIPT, LISSIE @ Hammersmith Apollo, 19.30, £23.50
TUESDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER
1973, BILLY VINCENT, THE GOODNESS plus more @ Buffalo Bar, 20.00, £4flyer £5door
IRON & WINE (solo) @ Union Chapel, 19.00, £16adv
Alt-folk singer/songwriter Sam Beam brings his Iron & Wine project to London for a special solo show.
NURSES, THE MONROE TRANSFER @ The Lexington, 20.00, £7adv
'To immerse yourself in Nurses' Apple's Acre is to delight in a certain mental unraveling. These are songs where the vulnerability of pop with its heart on its sleeve engages in a double-dutch jumprope match with the euphoric surrender-to-the-weird that is essential to psychedelia. And Nurses is a band that scavenges beauty and wonder, uncovering Technicolor where others see somber hues.' (Bird on Wire)
OLOF ARNALDS, LES SHELLEYS @ Bush Hall, 19.30, £9.50adv
"Olof Arnalds has the kind of voice that can silence a room, such is its sweetness. And high-profile fans such as Bjork have been very vocal about Arnalds' awesome talent." (Time Out New York)
WILCO, PHILIP SELWAY(Radiohead) @ Royal Festival Hall, 19.00
WEDNESDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER
BARENAKED LADIES @ Hammersmith Apollo, 19.30, £28
Canadian multi-platinum pop rock outfit Barenaked Ladies
CIRCA SURVIVE @ Scala, 19.30, £12
THE FELICE BROTHERS plus more tbc - Camfire Trails @ The Troxy, 19.00, £18.50
SILENT DEVICES, 1973, AMORISTE @ 229 Grt Portland St, 19.45, £5flyer £6door
THE WILDERNESS OF MANITOBA, LEIF VOLLEBEKK, ARTUR DYJECINSKI @ The Windmill, Brixton, 20.00
WOLF PARADE @ The Forum, 19.00, £18.50adv
THURSDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER
ANA FREE @ Barfly Camden, 19.30
ATOMIC, VANDERMARK 5 @ The Vortex, 11 Gillett Square, 20.00, £12
DAN DEACON, DJ DOG DICK, SEWN LEATHER @ XOYO, 19.30, £10
HORSE FEATHERS @ The Luminaire, 19.30, £10adv
SAGE FRANCIS plus B.DOLAN @ Scala, 19.30, £14adv
SEEFEEL @ ICA, 20.00
Seminal band Seefeel are set to return to the UK this September with their first new material for nearly 14 years and are releasing a new single on Warp 'Faults'
SKELETONWITCH, WARBRINGER, ANGELUS APATRIDA @ Underworld, Camden, 19.00, £10
UNDERWORLD @ The Forum, 19.30, £25
WILD BEASTS plus more tbc - Camfire Trails @ The Troxy, 19.00, £18.50
YETI LANE, THE DAREDEVIL CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT @ Hoxton Sq Bar & Kitchen, 20.00, £7.50adv
FRIDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER
**NEMESIS TO GO RECOMMENDS** HUSKI @ PUNK, Soho, 20.00
'A welcome return for Huski, the glam-but-spiky pop group that features the vocals of Melanie Garside (aka Maple Bee) and her mysteriously mono-monikered music creator Pike. The trashy glamour of the venue should suit the band down to the ground.'
COLD IN BERLIN plus more @ The Stags Head, 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)
DIARY OF DREAMS plus special guests @ Scala, 19.30, £13adv
DINOSAUR PILE-UP @ Kings College SU, 20.00, £8adv
FUN LOVIN' CRIMINALS plus special guests @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 19.00, £22.50adv
MARTIN STEPHENSON & THE DAINTEES @ The Borderline, 19.00, £15
MAX RICHTER @ CADOGAN HALL, 19.30, £19.50
'Max Richter performs ‘infra’. Originally conceived as a Royal Ballet-commissioned collaboration between composer Max Richter, choreographer Wayne McGregor and artist Julian Opie, Max Richter’s gorgeous score to ‘infra’ was written in autumn 2008 and premiered in November of the same year at The Royal Opera House in London. Expanded and extended from the original piece so that it could be released as an album on FatCat Records, ‘infra’ comprises music written for piano, electronics and string quintet.' (Bird on Wire)
OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW, DAVE RAWLINGS MACHINE plus more tbc - Camfire Trails @ The Troxy, 19.00, £18.50
SERENA MANEESH, EXIT CALM, TRIPWIRES plus DJs - Reverence 3 @ ICA, 19.30, £10adv
THIS WILL DESTROY YOU, TALONS @ The Garage, 19.00, £12
SATURDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER
THE 286 plus more @ The Good Ship, Kilburn, 20.00
ANGELIC UPSTARTS, SPLODGENESSABOUNDS, GARY & THE GONADS, MENSI @ The Garage, 18.30, £15
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS, PACER @ Underworld, Camden, 19.00, £7
THE LONE SHARKS, THEE FACTION, THE PHOBICS plus more @ Bull & Gate, 19.45, £5flyer £6door
PANDORA, BIG WORDS @ Upstairs at The Garage, 19.00, £6
THE PRIMITIVES, THE BLANCHE HUDSON WEEKEND, SLOWGUN - Reverence 3 @ ICA, 19.30, £15adv
RACEBANNON, NITKOWSKI, DKH, SILENT FRONT @ The Unicorn, Camden, 19.30, FREE ‘Midway between a deleted scene from River’s Edge and the resurrection of Frankenstein to unleash havoc upon the villagers that put him under, the Racebannon sound is one of many disparate influences that blend seamlessly into one lethal cocktail of hatred and aggression, draped in a cerecloth of pure molten rock that is as unforgiving as it is pulse-quic...kening.’ And a scratchy spiky head-pecking math roth flavoured attack from Nitkowski
WE ARE THE NYNES plus more @ Hope & Anchor, 20.30
SUNDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER
ROBIN GUTHRIE, HELIGOLAND, DANIEL LAND & THE MODERN PAINTERS - Reverence 3 @ ICA, 19.30, £15adv
THEE CURLEE WURLEE! plus more @ The Stags Head, 20.00, FREE
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MONDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER
COLD IN BERLIN, ZEBEDY RAYS plus more @ Old Blue Last, 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)
KAREN ELSON @ Bush Hall, 19.30, £12.50
SAM BAKER @ The Luminaire, 19.30, £12.50adv £14door
SKY LARKIN @ The Lexington, 19.30
TUESDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER
CHATHAM COUNTY LINE @ The Garage, 19.00, £15
DIMMU BORGIR @ The Forum, 19.30
Norwegian black metallers Dimmu Borgir are in London with new album Abrahadabra due for release via Nuclear Blast on 27 Sep
FYFE DANGERFIELD @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 19.00
HEY ZEUS, THE KOOLAID ELECTRIC COMPANY, DEAD SONS, MAKE.BELIEVE @ Buffalo Bar, 20.00, £4flyer £5door
MUSEE MECANIQUE @ The Forum, 19.00
SMOKE FAIRIES @ Dingwalls, 19.30, £9
YOUNG LEGIONNAIRE @ Hoxton Sq Bar & Kitchen, 20.00
WEDNESDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER
**WEARS THE TROUSERS RECOMMENDS** THE VASELINES plus special guests @ Scala, 19.30, £12.50adv
'With their second studio album Sex With An X arriving a full twenty-one years after their influential debut Dum-Dum and a nicely packed touring schedule, it’s an exciting time for fans of Glaswegian twee-pop icons The Vaselines. Frances McKee and Eugene Kelly will hit the road in September for a ten-date UK tour'
BATTLE FOR PRAGUE, DEARJOSEPH, SENIORS @ 229 Grt Portland St, 19.45, £5flyer £6door
THE BOYCOTT COCA COLA EXPERIENCE, EUGENE CHADBOURNE @ The George Tavern, 20.00
JUSTIN RUTLEDGE, AMELIA CURRAN @ The Slaughtered Lamb, 20.00
LISBEE @ Borderline, 19.30
REFUSE THE CURE plus more @ The Gaff, Holloway Rd, 20.00, £4
SHOUT OUT LOUDS, AIR CASTLES @ The Garage, 19.00, £12
Swedish indie rockers Shout Out Louds are back in London in support of their most recent release 'Work'
TAMCO @ The Vortex, 11 Gillett Square, 20.00, £8
TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 19.30
ZEN MOTEL @ The Gaff, Holloway Rd, 19.00, £5
THURSDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER
ACEY SLADE AND THE DARK PARTY, LORD OF THE LOST, STEREO JUGGERNAUT, TECNOTITLAN @ Purple Turtle, Camden, 19.00
CHRIS SINGLEDON & THE DISTRACTIONS @ Peter Parkers Rock n Roll Club, 20.00
DEPARTMENT S plus support @ Madam JoJo's, 19.30, £10adv
DUCKTAILS, DOLPHINS INTO THE FUTURE, JASON URICK @ The Nest, 38-44 Stoke Newington Road, Dalston, 20.00, £7
FRAMING HANLEY @ Underworld, Camden, 19.00
FUTURES @ Borderline, 19.30
JOSH RITTER & THE ROYAL CITY BAND @ Barbican, 19.30, £20adv
LITTLE DRAGON @ Koko, 19.00, £14.50adv
FRIDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER
EUGENE CHADBOURNE, SOUND OF THE SUN, BOYCOTT COCA-COLA EXPERIENCE, RUCKSACK CINEMA @ The Grosvenor, Stockwell, 20.00
FAR FROM FINISHED, LANDMINES, JEFF ROWE, DETATCHED @ Underworld, Camden, 18.00, £8.50adv
THE NEW GOVERNORS @ Barfly Camden, 19.30, £6adv
THE REAL NUMBERS plus more @ South of the Border, Old St, 20.00, £4before 23.00, £5after
SALMONELLA DUB @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 19.30
WRECKLESS ERIC & AMY RIGBY @ The Lexington, 20.00, £10adv
'Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby arrive in the UK fresh from a tour of the USA. Their new album will be out soon. Their live show is a wonder to behold - polished, shambolic, loud, soft, funny, moving, long, short tempered, nostalgic, modern, impressive and energetic -- sometimes all within the same song. The duo perform songs from the new album, highlights from their respective back catalogues and the occasional unexpected cover version.'
SATURDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER
**NEMESIS TO GO RECOMMENDS** BUBBLEGUM SLUT FANZINE BIRTHDAY PARTY with THE BERMONDSEY JOYRIDERS, THE DUEL, ZEN MOTEL @ The Gaff, 20.00, £5adv £7.50flyer on door £8without
'Bubblegum Slut, London's legendary fake-fur trimmed trash rock fanzine, celebrates 10 years of publication with a suitably trashy, rocky gig at the Gaff. Fake fur is optional: rocking out will be inevitable. They're seeking flyer giver-outers to help plug the gig, so if you move in suitably rock 'n' roll circles, by all means offer your services.'
THE MOODY BLUES @ O2 Arena, 19.00
REAL NUMBERS plus more @ Ryans Bar, Stoke Newington, 20.00
RECKLESS LOVE, JETTBLACK @ The Garage, 19.00, £10
SALMONELLA DUB @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 19.30
WOJTEK GODZISZ plus more @ Bull & Gate, 19.45, £5flyer £6door
ZEN MOTEL @ The Gaff, 19.00, £5
SUNDAY 26TH SEPTEMBER
ERLAND & THE CARNIVAL, ALESSI'S ARK @ Cecil Sharp House, 19.30
HYBERNATION, TOM WHITE, WLK, KATZGRABEN, ROME PAYS OFF, TEN, BURNING ZOO, P JORGENSEN plus DJs - Recluse Experimental All Dayer @ Wilmington Arms, from 15.00, £4adv £5door
'Recluse events, run in association with FBox Records, aim to host divergent live performers who traverse the musical tightropes between the analogue and the digital, the past and the present.'
KYLA LA GRANGE @ The Macbeth, Hoxton, 20.00
LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE plus support @ Underworld, Camden, 19.00, £11adv
TRASH KIT, PURPLE RHINESTONE EAGLE, WOOLF, ITALIAN CAUSALS, TRULY KAPUT @ Korsan Bar, Shoreditch, 19.00
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MONDAY 27TH SEPTEMBER
BLACK TWIG PICKERS @ The Vortex, 11 Gillett Square, 20.00, £10
CORINNE WEST, KELLY JOE PHELPS @ The Slaughtered Lamb, 20.00, £14adv
MT DESOLATION @ Scala, 19.30
Mt Desolation, the band formed by Keane's main songwriter Tim Rice-Oxley and live bassist Jesse Quin, are playing their first ever tour...
TANGENT @ Underbelly, 19.00
WATAIN, DESTROYER 666, ICENI @ Underworld, Camden, 18.00, £15
TUESDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER
**WEARS THE TROUSERS RECOMMENDS** CAITLIN ROSE @ Cargo, 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'
DARK TRANQUILLITY, INSOMNIUM @ Underworld, Camden, 19.00, £14adv
PAUL HEATON @ Borderline, 19.30, £17.50
PEGGY SUE @ Scala, 19.30, £8.50adv
VOLE, PREDICATE @ The Vortex, 11 Gillett Square, 20.00, £8
Free improv/experimental music double bill
FRIDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER
3OH!3 @ Koko, 19.30, £14
FUTURE ISLANDS @ CAMP Basement, 20.00, £7adv
GIRLYMAN @ The Luminaire, 19.30, £12adv £14door
I AM KLOOT @ Union Chapel, Islington, 19.30
MGMT @ Brixton Academy, 19.30, £21.50
PAUL HEATON @ Borderline, 19.30, £17.50
SATURDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER
BLUE RODEO @ The Borderline, 19.00, £13adv
DRY THE RIVER plus guests @ The Lexington, 19.30
EILEN JEWELL & BAND @ The Luminaire, 19.30, £11adv £13door
GRASS WIDOW, TRASH KIT @ Old Blue Last, 20.00, £6adv
"Trash Kit are a gang of facepainted flag-bearers who have a wild feel for melody and a heartfelt kick inside each song. Mixing chaos, considered songcraft and overlapping harmonies in equal measure, the female trio sound as joyful as they are focussed." (Upset The Rhythm)
THE IRREPRESSIBLES, SIMON BOOKISH @ Scala, 19.30, £20
The Irrepressibles are a 10-piece ‘performance orchestra’ that, through the power of their instruments, can transport and transfix, break moulds and collide worlds.
MGMT @ Brixton Academy, 19.30, £21.50
ROSE ELINOR DOUGALL @ 100 Club, Oxford St, 19.30
STILL FLYIN' @ Hoxton Sq Bar & Kitchen, 19.00
