April 2025
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Tuesday 1st April
KASSIE KRUT @ Loki, 302-304 Barrington Rd, Brixton, SW9 7JJ, 7pm, £10adv
Kassie Krut, “Meet the New York band channelling Sophie and Kim Gordon to make future-pitched industrial pop” (i-D)
MARK WILLIAM LEWIS @ ICA, The Mall, SW1Y 5AH, 7pm £16adv
REAL FARMER / UNLUCKY / THE THREATS @ Moth Club, Valette St, Hackney, 7.30pm, FREE
Wednesday 2nd April
KASSIE KRUT @ Loki, 302-304 Barrington Rd, Brixton, SW9 7JJ, 7.30pm, £10adv
MARK WLILIAM LEWIS / GREAT AREA @ ICA, The Mall, SW1Y 5AH, 7.30pm £16adv
MONOBLOC / ALPHABET @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7.30pm £13.20adv
'Soaring out of the underground of New York City’s booming DIY scene, Monobloc, helmed by vocalist Timothy Waldron and Michael Silverglade on bass, is an exciting new project formed by two friends with a shared ear for merging pop sensibilities, with a distinctly metropolispost- punk attitude'
OCTOBER DRIFT @ The Dome, 178 Junction Rd, Tufnell Park, NW5 1HL, 7pm, £15adv
Thursday 3rd April
BETTER JOY plus guests @ The Old Blue Last, 38 Great Eastern St, EC2A 3ES, 7.30pm, FREE
DITZ @ The Garage, 20-22 Highbury Corner, Islington, 7pm, £20adv
ENJOYABLE LISTENS @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7.30pm £14.30adv
KIRSTEN ADAMSON & THE TANAGERS / MICHAEL J SHEEHY @ The Harrison, 28 Harrison St, WC1H 8JF, 7.30pm, £13.20adv
'Award-winning singer/songwriter Kirsten Adamson (daughter of rock legend Stuart Adamson (Big Country, Skids) summons the same heart-stopping purity as Sandy Denny, by way of Emmylou Harris and Kate Bush. Since spending summers soaking up the atmosphere in Nashville with her dad, and singing on Big Country’s Driving To Damascus album, Kirsten has been steadily developing her own voice and songwriting, with indie folkers Aberfeldy, country rockers The Gillyflowers and Americana duo The Marriage.' Plus support from Michael J Sheehy 'former front man of Dream City Film Club and currently co-fronting Miraculous Mule and United Sounds' performing solo tonight...
MUMFORD & SONS @ Pryzm, 154 Clarence St, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 1QP, 6.30pm & 8.30pm, £25+adv
PAUL BRADY @ Bush Hall, Shepherds Bush, 7pm £35adv
PETE PHILLY & PERQUISITE / JEANGU MACROOY @ Hootananny, 95 Effra Rd, Brixton, SW2 1DF, 7pm, £16.53adv
Acclaimed Amsterdam-based hip hop duo Pete Philly & Perquisite return to London..
THE UNDERGROUND YOUTH @ Rich Mix, Bethnal Green Rd, 7.30pm, £19.38adv
URCHIN / AUTOFICTION @ Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, 7pm, FREE
Friday 4th April
BERNE (Album launch) @ Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, 7pm, FREE
Earth-pop duo and EU Climate Pact Ambassador for Malta, Berne will be celebrating the release of their new album 789
BROWN HORSE @ Rich Mix, 35 Bethnal Green Rd, E1 6LA, 7.30pm £16.95adv
THE GRUBBY MITTS / MARK LECKEY & KINN @ New River Studios, 199 Eade Rd, Harringay, N4 1DN, 7.30pm, £15adv
JJULIUS + DFA DJs @ Moth Club, Valette St, Hackney, 10pm, £17adv
MINOR CONFLICT / FLIP TOP HEAD / THE COWARDS @ Old Blue Last, Grt Eastern Street, Shoreditch, 7pm, £3.50+adv
PAUL BRADY @ Bush Hall, Shepherds Bush, 7pm £35adv
PETE WYLIE & THE IGHTY WAH! @ The Garage, 20-22 Highbury Corner, Islington, 7pm, £31.25adv
SISTER WIVES / VAIAPRAIA @ Moth Club, Valette St, Hackney, 7.30pm, FREE
'Unearthing forgotten feminist histories through myth and landscape, Sister Wives weave wild tales braiding the Welsh and English language. Haunting 4-part harmonies drift atop heavy psychedelia, avant space rock and ferocious fuzz-laden folk'...
TUMMYACHE / SULK / UZUMAKI @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7.30pm, £10+adv
East London four-piece SULK 'punk and riot grrrl to blues to shoegaze', "What I imagine Hole would sound like if they were from East London." (Phoebe Lunny, Lambrini Girls)
Saturday 5th April
DUKE GARWOOD @ The Grace (upstairs at The Garage), 20-22 Highbury Corner, Islington, 7pm, £18.50adv
EVIL SWORD / SNAKE CHAIN / SPLIT APEX @ New River Studios, 199 Eade Rd, Harringay, N4 1DN, 7.30pm, £8adv
'Evil Sword are Kate Ferencz and Ben Furgal from Philadelphia, USA. Their chaotic live shows combine elements of noise, performance art, and gallows humor and feature macabre props, flashing lights, stage sets and costumes. There are hardly any instruments...'
GBH / CRIMINAL DAMAGE / DOGSFLESH / THE BACKSTREET ABORTIONS plus more @ New Cross Inn, 323 New Cross Rd, 6pm, £20adv
LOBBY / ZILCHO HAMBLIN / YURN @ The Shacklewell Arms, Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, 7.30pm, FREE
PARANOID VISIONS / RED ANGER / PEST @ Hope & Anchor, 207 Upper St, Islington, 7.30pm, £13.20adv
'82 Dublin punk rock band Paranoid Visions, with support from Nu-Punk Two-Piece Pest
TWAT UNION @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7.30pm £8+adv
All-girl punk pop, 'Theatrical-feminist-punk-pop 6 piece' Twat Union
Sunday 6th April
CHICO BERNARDES @ The Shacklewell Arms, Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, 7pm £17adv
MC YALLAH & DEBMASTER / SHEIVA @ Venue MOT, Unit 18 Orion Business Centre, Surrey Canal Rd, SE14 5RT, 7.30pm, £18adv
TRAITRS @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7.30pm £20.25adv
Monday 7th April
HEX GIRLFRIEND / FUNERALCARE / THE SHOWSTRING FACTORY @ Old Blue Last, Grt Eastern Street, Shoreditch, 7pm, FREE
MYRIAM GENDRON / THE MEMORY BAND @ Grand Junction, Rowington Cl, W2 5TF, 7.30pm, £18adv
Tuesday 8th April
HOLLY MACVE @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7.30pm £17.85adv
MOON IDLE / SWAMP / SAM CROWE @ The Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, 7.30pm, FREE
SIOBHAN WINIFRED @ The Garage, 20-22 Highbury Corner, Islington, 7pm, £16adv
YOSHIKA COLWELL @ Moth Club, Valette St, Hackney, 7.30pm £12adv
English Folk musician Yoshika Colwell
Wednesday 9th April
BUCKET plus guests @ Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, 7pm, FREE
Dublin based DIY garage & punk rock 3-piece Bucket
CHINA BEARS / BOTTLEMOTH @ The Grace (upstairs at The Garage), 20-22 Highbury Corner, Islington, 7pm, £15adv
LAURA MISCH / WU-LU / POISON ANNA / JAMES MASSIAH - Rally Festival @ ICA, The Mall, SW1Y 5AH, 7pm £22.41adv
LONGHEADS plus special guests @ Old Blue Last, Grt Eastern Street, Shoreditch, 7pm, FREE
WENDY EISENBERG & RYAN SAWYER / KEIRAN LEONARD @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7.30pm £13.77adv
Thursday 10th April
ΣTELLA @ Jazz Cafe, 5 Parkway, Camden, NW1 7PG, 7pm £23adv
CARDBOARD / LOLA @ The Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, 7pm, £8adv
FIRST HATE / STATIC PALM / BUBZ / SHELLY EXPOSE @ Old Blue Last, Grt Eastern Street, Shoreditch, 7pm, £17.60adv
HALLEN @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7pm £13.72adv
INTERLAKER @ The Dome, 178 Junction Rd, Tufnell Park, NW5 1HL, 7pm, £17adv
JACK AND THE WEATHERMAN / GAUDION @ The Grace (upstairs at The Garage), 20-22 Highbury Corner, Islington, 7pm, £20.50adv
MAN/WOMAN/CHAINSAW / DOG RACE @ Scala, Kings Cross, 7.30pm, £14adv
Man/Woman/Chainsaw, “the most exciting live band in London right now” (The Line Of Best Fit)
WOLF EYES / SLY & THE FAMILY DRONE / SOBORGNOST @ The Underworld, 174 Camden High St, NW1 9DL, 7pm, £15adv
Michigan based experimental noise from Wolf Eyes, with support from Sly & the Family Drone "Using only drums and processed cassettes, and incorporating many elements of avant-garde music and sound art in their realisation, Sly & The Family Drone are a primal orchestra of drum rhythms, radiophonic oscillator noise and electronically-abstracted vocals." plus Soborgnost a "sci-fi dance punk at the intersection of vaporwave, minimal wave, disco dub, industrial, EBM, proto-house, drone and noise." (Cafe Oto)
Friday 11th April
BRYONY DUNN & THE FOREST / LACUNA / ORMELLA @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7.30pm £10adv
FENNESZ / SCANNER @ The Round Chapel, 1D Glenarm Rd, Lower Clapton, E5 0LY, 8pm £25adv
FUZZ LIGHTYEAR / CRIMEWAVE / CORDELIA GARTSIDE @ Old Blue Last, Grt Eastern Street, Shoreditch, 7pm, FREE
CULTURA TRES @ Helgi's, 177 Mare St, Hackney, E8 3RH, 7.30pm, £16.95adv
'Cultura Tres is a band with a history of defiance and perseverance that started more than a decade ago in the small town of Maracay, Venezuela. Until then, the band had been a DIY powerhouse, steadily gaining respect in the South American sludge doom scene'
WAXHEAD / HOUSE ARREST / ORAL HABIT @ Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, 7pm, FREE
British drummer fronted psych-punk quartet with their 'raw, high-octane performances'
Saturday 12th April
ARABELLA / BORDER WIDOW / THE TWISTEES / VERNON JANE @ Hope & Anchor, Upper St, Islington, 7.30pm, £9adv
Loud Women presents 'Armenian rockstar princess' Arabella plus 'Gothic Slade' Border Widow, 'dirty bass-driven sister duo' The Twistettes and Dublin jazzpunks Vernon Jane
BRIDEAR @ Underworld, Camden, 7pm, £27adv
Japan's hard rock/heavy metal all female 4-piece 'combines elements of power and melodic speed metal with strong hooks to create a sound unlike any other Japanese artist.'
DELAIRE THE LIAR - final show @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7.30pm £8adv
DRAB MAJESTY @ Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, 7pm, £12adv
THE FALLEN STATE @ The Dome, 178 Junction Rd, Tufnell Park, NW5 1HL, 7pm, £19adv
JIM BOB @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 7.30pm, £36adv
TOBY DRIVER (Kayo Dot)/ALORA CRUCIBLE plus guests @ New River Studios, 199 Eade Rd, Harringay, N4 1DN, 6.30pm £30adv
Toby Driver of Kayo Dot and one of his many projects, Alora Crucible... "composer and multi-instrumentalist who navigates between genres. He is “a tirelessly inventive recording artist” (PopMatters) with a prolific career of over 20 years. His work – impressionistic, architectural and emotionally vulnerable – has been described as “unlike any other” (The Quietus)...Alora Crucible, his most recent musical identity, explores transcendental instrumental music with Driver on guitar and hammered dulcimer in collaboration with violinist Timba Harris and keyboardist Ana Cristina Pérez." more info here
Sunday 13th April
BLACK CURSE / CONCRETE WINDS plus guests @ The Black Heart, 2-3 Greenland Place, Camden, NW1 0AP, 6.30pm, £21.36adv
BOUNDARIES @ The Dome, 178 Junction Rd, Tufnell Park, NW5 1HL, 7pm, £25adv
JOSEPH KECKLER / THE WITCHING TALE @ Moth Club, Valette St, Hackney, 7.30pm, £17adv
SENDELICA / Z MACHINE / THE C SIDES PROJECT @ Camden Club, 72 Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8AN, from 1pm, £16adv
an afternoon of prog and psych from Wales - more info here
SLEAP-E / THE WHEEL 2 @ Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell lane, Dalston, 7.30pm, FREE
WITHERED HAND @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7.30pm £22adv
Tuesday 15th April
BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD @ Village Underground, Grt Eastern St, Shoreditch, 7pm, £26.50adv
GEORDIE GREEP @ Koko, 1A Camden High St, NW1 7RE, 8pm, sold out
JESSICA WINTER @ The Divine, 33 Stoke Newington Road, N16 8BJ, 7.30pm, £12adv
MORNE / DOOM CLUB / MOIST CREVICE @ Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, 7pm, FREE
Wednesday 16th April
CLUTTER / PISCES / HAEMOGLOBIN @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7.30pm £11.44adv
'Clutter channel the spirit of grunge and post-hardcore through distorted guitars and fuzzy vocals, blending the tones of 90s rock into their post-modern indie core'
FEZ @ The Shacklewell Arms, Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, 7pm, FREE
GEORDIE GREEP @ Koko, 1A Camden High St, NW1 7RE, 8pm, sold out
PORCHES @ Heaven, Under The Arches, Villiers St, Embankment, WC2N 6NG, 8pm £20adv
SCULPTURE PARK @ New River Studios, 199 Eade Rd, Harringay, N4 1DN, 7.30pm, £10adv
Thursday 17th April
AZAMIAH / GEORGE BLOOMFIELD / CHISARA @ Old Blue Last, Grt Eastern Street, Shoreditch, 7pm, FREE
BIG FUN @ Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, 7pm £12adv
'Hatching out of the underground diy punk scene in LA, Big Fun has assembled a noisy, hard-hitting, electronic sound that zig-zags through techno, hardcore, and dance punk.'
DAYDREAMERS @ The Garage, 20-22 Highbury Corner, Islington, 7pm, £15adv
KUNTESSA / BETH KNIGHT / POPPY RICHLER @ The Shacklewell Arms, Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, 7pm, FREE
LAMBRININ GIRLS @ Electric Brixton, Town Hall Parade, SW2 1RJ7.30pm, £18.75adv
PENELOPE TRAPPES / TENNOTA / ROSE ANSCHUTZ @ The Old Church, Stoke Newington Church St, N16 9ES, 7.30pm, £17adv
RIFLE / THE DOGS / BENNY LAGER AND THE TOPS @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7.30pm, £13.20adv
Friday 18th April
DEWOLFF @ The Garage, 20-22 Highbury Corner, Islington, 7pm, £30.25adv
HECKLE CHAMBER / THE GLASS KEY / KUNAL SINGHAL @ The Victoria, 443 Queensbridge Rd, Dalston, 7pm, £10adv
'Heckle Chamber is the new trio of Jem Doulton (Thurston Moore Group), Roberto Sassi (Abstract Concrete) and Alex Ward (Pere Ubu). The three members have a long shared musical history via their tenure in outfits such as the post-harmolodic assault team Forebrace, not to mention the Sisyphean decade-and-a-half Ward and Doulton spent trading as Dead Days Beyond Help...' - more info here
THE MASONICS / THE VOO-DOOMS / CREAM SODA @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7pm £11+adv
MONG TONG @ The Dome, 178 Junction Rd, Tufnell Park, NW5 1HL, 7pm, £18.05adv
Taiwanese psych band Mong Tong
SLAPRASH plus guests @ Old Blue Last, Grt Eastern Street, Shoreditch, 7pm, FREE
STAHLSARG / NYCTOPIA / COLDFALL @ Helgi's, 177 Mare Street, Hackney, E8 3RH, 7.30pm, £5adv
UK black metal band Stahlsarg with Nyctopia, 'avantgarde Black metal with doom and classical influences from tortured souls' and primitive dreg black metal from Coldfall
TREACHEROUS CRETINS @ downstairs at The Dome, 178 Junction Rd, Tufnell Park, NW5 1HL, 7pm, £29adv
Saturday 19th April
BLIND YEO @ Moth Club, Valette St, Hackney, 7.30pm, £11.40adv
'Cornish psychedelic-folk collective Blind Yeo blur motorik beats, rave synths and jagged electric guitar'
DISAFFECT / HAAVAT / LEASHED / CATASTROPHE @ New Cross Inn, 323 New Cross Rd, SE14 6AS, 6pm £10adv £13door
Scotland/Belgium anarcho crust from Disaffect
JJ BULL @ The Waiting Room, 175 Stoke Newington High St, N16 0PE, 7.30pm, £17adv
MACSEAL / JETSKI @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7.30pm, £22adv
'Infectious melodies, hooky guitar parts, and captivating live shows from Long Island..'
ROLLED UP SLEEVES plus guests @ The Old Blue Last, 38 Great Eastern Street, EC2A 3ES, 7.30pm, £13.65adv
Sunday 20th April
DEATH DISCO @ The Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, E8 2EB, 7pm, £6.20adv
KLINGONZ / THEE CREEPFREAKS / THE DEAD SHOUT @ The Water Rats, 328 Gray's Inn Rd, Kings Cross, 7pm
THE THANES / LORD ROCHESTER / THE HEAD HENCHMEN @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7pm
Tuesday 22nd April
HOUSE ARREST / BATHING SUITS / THE KITCHEN SINK BAND @ The Shacklewell Arms, Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, 7pm, FREE
JEREMY BRADLEY EARL (Woods solo) @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7.30pm, £17adv
NY-based visual artist & musician Jeremy Bradley Earl, from sychedelic folk rock band Woods
ORA COUGAN / GREET @ Moth Club, Valette St, Hackney, 7.30pm, £17.16adv
WILLIAM BASINSKI / HINAKO MINORI @ Union Chapel, Upper St, Islington, 7.30pm, £27adv
Wednesday 23rd April
CLEANERS FROM VENUS / THE GARDENERS @ Bush Hall, 310 Uxbridge Rd, Shepherds Bush, 7.30pm sold out
FALSE HEADS @ Old Blue Last, Grt Eastern Street, Shoreditch, 7pm, £13.72adv
JEFF GOLDBLUM & THE MILDRED SNITZER ORCHESTRA @ Pryzm, 154 Clarence St, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 1QP, 5pm, £21+adv
SCROUNGE / LIV WYNTER @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7.30pm, £13adv
TEST PLAN @ Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, 7.30pm, £11.40adv
Thursday 24th April
BROWN HORSE @ Rich Mix, Bethnal Green Rd, 7.30pm, £16.95adv
CLEANERS FROM VENUS / THE GARDENERS @ Bush Hall, 310 Uxbridge Rd, Shepherds Bush, 7.30pm, £17adv
PIT PONY @ Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, 7.30pm, £13.60adv
SAM AKPRO @ Moth Club, Valette St, Hackney, 7.30pm, £12adv
Friday 25th April
BENEFITS / HANG LINTON @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7pm, £12adv
'A mangled car crash of noise…intense, exhilarating and thoroughly absorbing. Utterly glorious' (Louder Than War)
BIG LAD / HUMAN LEATHER / THE EUROSUITE @ Moor Beer Vaults, 71 Enid Street, Southwark, SE16 3SG, 7.30pm, £16adv
FAMILY STEREO / MY MERCURY plus special guests @ Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, 7.30pm, £8.50adv
FINAL DOSE / LÄBRYS / EKSTASIS @ Helgi's, 177 Mare Street, Hackney, E8 3RH, 8pm, £11.33adv
Final Dose "Under the Eternal Shadow" album release show
MING CITY ROTTERS / LONDON SS / HAUNTED MEN @ Hope & Anchor, 207 Upper St, Islington, 7.30pm £12.50adv
Saturday 26th April
AIRBAG @ The Dome, 178 Junction Rd, Tufnell Park, NW5 1HL, 7pm, £34adv
BOREHEAD / COMMONER @ Helgi's, 177 Mare Street, Hackney, E8 3RH, 8pm, £9.27adv
FAT DOG @ The Troxy, Commercial Rd, 7.30pm, £30adv
JOHN MYRTLE / GUS TIRAMANI / THE LAST WHOLE EARTH CATALOG @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7pm, £10adv
MAPACHE / THE CLUBHEADS / HEARING TESTS @ Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, 7.30pm, FREE
SQUID @ Roundhouse, Camden, 8pm, £26adv
English art rock quintet Squid 'extend and explore textures of folk, kosmische, psychedelia, jazz and electronics' (Bird On The Wire)
Sunday 27th April
HEALTHY JUNKIES / X-RAY LOVE / AND THE SUNSET BURNS @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7.30pm £11adv £10 door
Monday 28th April
ANIKA @ Omeara, 6 O'Meara Street, Borough, SE1 1TE, 7.30pm, £22.70adv
VENOM INC / KRISIUN / HATE / ATER @ 229 Grt Portland St, W1W 5PN, 7pm, £30adv
Tuesday 29th April
GNOD DROP OUT with WHITE HILLS / FINDOM @ Dingwalls, East Yard, 11 Camden Lock Pl, NW1 8AL, 8pm £20adv
RICH(ARD) DAWSON @ The Clapham Grand, 21-25 St John's Hill, Clapham, SW11 1TT, 7.30pm, £30adv
Wednesday 30th April
JUST FRIENDS @ The Dome, 178 Junction Rd, Tufnell Park, NW5 1HL, 7pm, £19adv
RICH(ARD) DAWSON @ The Clapham Grand, 21-25 St John's Hill, Clapham, SW11 1TT, 7.30pm, £30adv
SAINT LEONARD @ The Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, 7.30pm, £12.50adv
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