January 2025
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Sunday 12th January
999 / MENACE - Resolution 2025 punk fest @ 100 Club, 100 Oxford, Street, 7pm, £14.90adv or £107 8-day ticket
BONES ATE ARFA / TORUS / SLAG @ The Old Blue Last, 38 Great Eastern Street, EC2A 3ES, 7.30pm, FREE
Bones Ate Arfa are returning to London to celebrate the release of their next single ‘Just Bananas’ - 'a raging psychedelic punk experience not to be missed...'
Monday 13th January
ADULT DVD / SLATE / SHORTSTRAW - 5 day forecast @ The Lexington, Pentonville Rd, 7pm £14.30adv or £57.30 for a five day ticket....
INFECTED RAIN / SEMBLANT / ELYOSE / SKIN ON FLESH / MIRUTHAN @ Underworld, Camden, 7pm £30adv
STARTER CAR / CHARLIE HAVENICK / LOLA @ The Old Blue Last, 38 Great Eastern Street, EC2A 3ES, 7.30pm, FREE
Tuesday 14th January
CHLOE SLATER / BLOSSOM CALDERONE / DISGUSTING SISTERS / PUNCHBAG @ The Old Blue Last, 38 Great Eastern Street, EC2A 3ES, 7.30pm, FREE join the waitlist
GOOD LOOKS / BROWN HORSE - 5 day forecast @ The Lexington, Pentonville Rd, 7pm £14.30adv or £57.30 for a five day ticket....
GREG FREEMAN @ Servant Jazz Quarters, 10A Bradbury St, Dalston, N16 8JN, 7.30pm, £12adv
'Greg Freeman deals in biblical deluges, apocalyptic fever dreams, Floridian miscreants, and green mountain malaise' (Bird On The Wire)
SAFETY JACKET (album launch) plus guests @ Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, 7.30pm, FREE
UGLY @ Moth Club, Valette St, Hackney, 7.30pm FREE waitlist
Wednesday 15th January
GREG MENDEZ / GREG FREEMAN / KITTY FITZ - 5 day forecast @ The Lexington, Pentonville Rd, 7pm £14.30adv or £57.30 for a five day ticket....
WILL GUTHRIE/KOSHIRO HINO(Goat) / BREATHING HEAVY / LUCIA H CHUNG @ Cafe Oto, 18-22 Ashwin St, Dalston, 7.30pm, £14adv £16door
YUUF @ Moth Club, Valette St, Hackney, 7.30pm, FREE
Thursday 16th January
THE BELAIR LIP BOMBS / TTSSFU / SUDS - 5 day forecast @ The Lexington, Pentonville Rd, 7pm £14.30adv or £57.30 for a five day ticket...
INKASSO / LEYDEN JARS / LAURA NOT DJ @ Cafe Oto, 18-22 Ashwin St, Dalston, 7.30pm, £12adv £14door
Sagome presents enigmatic Berlin based duo Inkasso, London based duo Leyden Jars, and artist and a dj, Laura Not.
MANNEQUIN FLOWERS @ Two Palms, 289 Mare Street, Hackney, E8 1EJ, 8pm, £10.20adv
Mannequin Flowers headline a female fronted shoegaze evening...
PIGEON DOG (Single launch) / CHERRY I / MARFA MA @ The Old Blue Last, 38 Great Eastern Street, EC2A 3ES, 7.30pm, FREE
Friday 17th January
**ORGAN RECOMMENDS** - JESUS AND THE ZEALOTS / ORAL HABIT / CHAD @ Paper Dress Vintage, 352a Mare Street, Hackney, E8 1HR, 7.30pm, £8.50adv
"Jesus And The Zealots could be baroque, psychedelic, if they are channelling Dear Prudence then they’re not too far from the Siouxsie version without being anywhere near it, actually they look, and more importantly, sound like they’ve fallen out of 1972 and an all-dayer at the Roundhouse on a bill in the middle of the afternoon with a long-haired Bowie" (Organ)
CARDINALS / SEARCH RESULTS - 5 day forecast @ The Lexington, Pentonville Rd, 7pm £14.30adv or £57.30 for a five day ticket...
POZI / CLÉMENTINE MARCH @ Two Palms, 289 Mare Street, Hackney, E8 1EJ, 8pm, £10adv
THE SEA ENEMIES / JAY & THE LOST ARTS / AMOR BENDITO @ Biddle Bros, 88 Lower Clapton Rd, E5 0QR, 7.30pm, FREE
SUN YIZHOU / ZHAO CONG / ZHU WENBO @ Cafe Oto, 18-22 Ashwin St, Dalston, 7.30pm, £10adv £12door
A triple bill of Beijing-based artists hosted by the Infant Tree label...
WRISTMEETRAZOR / DRY SOCKET / LONG GOODBYE / VICARAGE / HOUR OF REPRISAL / CLOSED HANDS - Reality Unfolds 2025 @ New Cross Inn, 323 New Cross Rd, 5pm £20adv/£55weekend
Another year of hardcore, screamo and extreme metal taking over New Cross Inn - info here
Saturday 18th January
**ORGAN RECOMMENDS** - GAZELLE TWIN @ Kings Place, 90 York Way, N1 9AG, 5.30pm, join the waitlist
"Gazelle Twin will repurpose her immersive installation, We Wax. We Shall Not Wane, featuring Maxine Peake for the opening weekend of Earth Unwrapped at Kings Place. The installation was originally commissioned for The Horror Show!, an exhibition curated by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard and Claire Catterall at Somerset House. We Wax. We Shall Not Wane is an incantation of grief and defiance in lament for women lost to violence through the centuries until the present day".
JACKALS / GOTOBEAT @ The Grace (upstairs at The Garage), 20-22 Highbury Corner, Islington, 7pm £11.50adv
KILL II THIS / DIE KUR / DRONES @ Underworld, Camden, 6.30pm £5adv
Kill II This 'blending extreme metal with elements of industrial electronica, hip-hop, and even opera'... plus industrial metal bank Die Kur and 3-piece high engery alt metal from Kent's Drones
RINGWORM / BITTERWOOD / BROKEN VOW / MALIGNANT / NO RELIEF / AKU / STRANGLEHOLD / FINAL DOSE / SUPERA MORZA / BLOOD GUTTER / VATICINAL RITES / SUPERNOVA - Reality Unfolds 2025 @ New Cross Inn, 323 New Cross Rd, £30adv/£55weekend
Another year of hardcore, screamo and extreme metal taking over New Cross Inn - info here
SUFFERING / CATTLE HAMMER / HEXEN BRENNER @ Helgi's, 177 Mare Street, Hackney, E8 3RH, 7.30pm, £8adv £10door
West midlands based occult black metal from Suffering, plus 'blackened sludge negativity' from Cattle Hammer and old school blackened heavy metal from Hexen Brenner...
Sunday 19th January
HUMAN PRYAMIDS / DOG UNIT @ The Lexington, Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7pm £19adv £24door
16-piece-chamber-orchestra crossed with an alternative-pop / post-punk band Human Pryamids
MINIMUM WAGE IMMANENCE UNIT / KELLY JAYNE JONES / LEE PATTERSON @ Cafe Oto, 18-22 Ashwin St, Dalston, 7.30pm, £12adv £14door
'triple bill of artists from Manchester's always vital new music scene, featuring multidisciplinary artist, Kelly Jayne Jones; Lee Patterson, whose practice eavesdrops upon and makes a novelty of playing objects and situations otherwise considered mute'
STORMO / SORCERER / SHOOTING DAGGERS / PERP WALK / CASSUS / HIDDEN MOTHERS / FLESH CREEP / UNCERTAINTY / CHURCH OF THE RAT / GREY MARKET - Reality Unfolds 2025 @ New Cross Inn, 323 New Cross Rd, £25adv/£55weekend
Another year of hardcore, screamo and extreme metal taking over New Cross Inn - info here
Tuesday 21st January
CATTY / PAIGE KENNEDY / MAY / YUNEKI @ The Old Blue Last, 38 Great Eastern Street, EC2A 3ES, 7.30pm, FREE
DENTE @ Two Palms, 289 Mare Street, Hackney, E8 1EJ, 8pm, £18.50adv
INDEX FOR WORKING MUSIK @ Shacklewell Arms, Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, 8pm, FREE
Wednesday 22nd January
DURA MATTER / MUMBLES / BLOUSEY @ The Old Blue Last, 38 Great Eastern Street, EC2A 3ES, 7.30pm, FREE
'Nottingham's delectable Dura Mater heading down to shove some brain rock in your ears. Support comes from math/noise rock legends Mumbles'
EXPIRY / KISSING ON CAMERA plus more - Intro25 @ The Grace (upstairs at The Garage), 20-22 Highbury Corner, Islington, 7.30pm, FREE
GIRL LIKE THAT / ALEXANDRA LEAVING / ROWAN @ Two Palms, 289 Mare Street, Hackney, E8 1EJ, 8pm, £10.20adv
'Bitterly sweet, Girl Like That turns youth and romance upside down. This femme fatale approaches relationships with a tilted view, bringing to light the darkness behind them.'
Thursday 23rd January
DESPERATE JOURNALIST @ The Garage, 20-22 Highbury Corner, Islington, 7pm £22.50adv
FEMTANYL @ No90 Live, 92 Wallis Rd, Hackney Wick, E9 5LN, 7.30pm £18adv
LOST ROMANTIC @ Lafayette, 11 Goods Way, Kings Cross, N1C 4DP, 7pm £12.50adv
MARSY / LADYLIKE / GLASSHOUS RED SPIDER MITE - Intro25 @ The Grace (upstairs at The Garage), 20-22 Highbury Corner, Islington, 7.30pm, FREE
SHED SEVEN @ Pryzm, Kingston, KT1 1QP, 7pm
TEETH OF THE SEA / SMOTE @ ICA, 7.30pm, £20adv
Droning kraut, psych and acid folk rock experimentation from Smote, "takes in all kinds of forward movement, are there hints of the mighty Oroonies in there with their rather positive darkness? Are the woods alive? The Opinion Of The Lamb Pt. 1 feels spiritual, it feels aware, it feels right…" (Organ)
Friday 24th January
BISHOPSKIN @ Moth Club, Valette St, Hackney, 7pm £12.47
'this expansive nine-piece line-up, has been quietly gaining notoriety for their eccentric and blustering live performances, and blending folk, blues, punk and even mediaeval hymns to produce their unique sound.
THE FALLEN LEAVES / CONTINENTAL LOVERS / THE LONDON SEWAGE COMPANY / NIGHT OF TREASON / ELECTRICS @ The Water Rats, 328 Gray's Inn Rd, Kings Cross, 6pm, £10adv
HOLLY HEAD / BLACK FONDU / SILVERWINGKILLER - Intro25 @ The Grace (upstairs at The Garage), 20-22 Highbury Corner, Islington, 7.30pm, FREE
INDUSTRY STANDARD / LAURIE BLACK / THAT BAND CALLED SUSAN plus special guests @ Paper Dress Vintage, 352 Mare St, Hackney, E8 1HR, 7.30pm, £10adv
"Industry Standard deal out what they call wonky-tonk swamp pop, Laurie Black deals in delicious electro pop bleeps and bloops laced politically enraged lyrics, That Band Called Susan are a intensely raw and rather impressive noise punk duo, they say they are both scared of music, they make a noise that bites" (Organ)
PARLAY @ The Old Blue Last, 38 Great Eastern Street, EC2A 3ES, 7.30pm, £6adv
Saturday 25th January
AFTERLANDS / FLO LINES / PICTISH TRAIL - Daylight Music @ St John's Church, Leytonstone, E11 1HH, 12pm-2pm pay what you can here
BLUE VIOLET / GIRL IN THE YEAR ABOVE @ The Grace (upstairs at The Garage), 20-22 Highbury Corner, Islington, 7.30pm, £16adv
THE FRANKS / THE PARIS MATCH / BLITZ PLAYHOUSE @ The Lexington, Pentonville Rd, Angela, 7pm £8.80adv
MORBID @ The Dome, 178 Junction Rd, Tufnell Park, NW5 1HL, 7pm sold out
RYLEY WALKER @ The Ivy House, 40 Stuart Road, SE15 3BE, 7.30pm, £18adv
Sunday 26th January
MILKWEED @ Cafe Oto, 18-22 Ashwin St, Dalston, 7.30pm, £13adv £15door
TOM JAMES @ The Lexington, Pentonville Rd, Angela, 7pm £13adv
Monday 27th January
OTALA / HUMAN RESOURCES @ The Old Blue Last, 38 Great Eastern Street, EC2A 3ES, 7.30pm, £5adv
Otala and their frenetic brand of post-punk...
Tuesday 28th January
ALIEN CHICKS / FLAT PARTY / KARMA SHEEN / CHRISTIAN MUSIC @ The Old Blue Last, 38 Great Eastern Street, EC2A 3ES, 7.30pm, FREE
LOTS OF HANDS @ Moth Club, Valette St, Hackney, 7.30pm, FREE
Wednesday 29th January
NADIA KADEK / HTMLJONES / AYU MESI @ The Old Blue Last, 38 Great Eastern Street, EC2A 3ES, 7.30pm, FREE
VINCE FREEMAN @ St Pancras Old Church, Pancras Rd, King's Cross, NW1 1UL, 7.30pm, £17adv
Thursday 30th January
**ORGAN RECOMMENDS** - TRISTWCH Y FENYWOD / EKSTASIS @ St Pancras Old Church, Pancras Rd, King's Cross, NW1 1UL, 7.30pm, £12adv - more info here
"Witchy dreamy ethereal otherness from the three stark, striking and bewitching women who make up the quietly gothic avant-rock power-coven. Their name translates as "sadness of women", their lyrics are all in Welsh, it is as much about the atmosphere as the words".'' ORGAN: Albums, more albums – Tristwch Y Fenywod's rather witchy occult flavoured feminist goth emissions, Chris Corsano's feverish essay of transcendent drumming... see here for more: https://wp.me/p2ScbB-tnC
**ORGAN RECOMMENDS** - UT / THE ENGINE ROOM @ Cafe Oto, 18-22 Ashwin St, Dalston, 7.30pm, £15adv £17door
'Ut is a radical rock group founded by Nina Canal, Jacqui Ham and Sally Young in NYC in Dec 1978. Originating in the downtown No Wave scene and inheritors of the collision between rock, free jazz and the avant-garde, Ut exploded the rigidity of conventional rock, constructing songs through collective improvisation, swapping instruments and rotating the role of singer/director.'
BLOOD WIZARD / GUS TIRAMANI / THE SLOW COUNTRY @ The Old Blue Last, 38 Great Eastern Street, EC2A 3ES, 7.30pm, FREE
DO NOTHING @ The George Tavern, 373 Commercial Road, Stepney, E1 0LA, 7pm £18.50adv
POPULATION II @ Shacklewell Arms, Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, 8pm FREE
'heavy psychedelic rock infused with feverish funk rhythms, a hint of jazz philosophy, a burst of energy reminiscent of punk's early days, and a love of minor scales that harkens back to the roots of heavy metal.'
RON POPE @ The Garage, 20-22 Highbury Corner, Islington, 7pm £28adv
THISTLE. / AIN'T - Intro25 @ The Grace (upstairs at The Garage), 20-22 Highbury Corner, Islington, 7.30pm, FREE
YOUNG KNIVES @ Underworld, Camden, 7pm £20adv
Friday 31st January
**ORGAN RECOMMENDS** - TRISTWCH Y FENYWOD / THE SEER @ St Pancras Old Church, Pancras Rd, King's Cross, NW1 1UL, 7.30pm, £12adv - more info here
"Witchy dreamy ethereal otherness from the three stark, striking and bewitching women who make up the quietly gothic avant-rock power-coven. Their name translates as "sadness of women", their lyrics are all in Welsh, it is as much about the atmosphere as the words".'' ORGAN: Albums, more albums – Tristwch Y Fenywod's rather witchy occult flavoured feminist goth emissions, Chris Corsano's feverish essay of transcendent drumming... see here for more...
**ORGAN RECOMMENDS** - THE PEOPLE'S FRIEND / CRISIS WITH A Y / THE MOOCHES / MOTHER @ Dublin Castle, Parkway, Camden, 8pm, £11adv £12door
"The Peoples’ Friend are a five piece psyche-baroque-rock outfit that do not sound too much like their influences, cited as Captain Beefheart, Cardiacs, Can, Schubert, Charlie Mingus and Peters & Lee. More accurate would be "deranged piped music for a post-apocalyptic shopping mall”. Be there or bewildered." (Organ)
ANARCHISTWOOD / P.I.G. / FAMILY OF STRANGERS @ Hope & Anchor, Upper St, 7.30pm £12adv
Prank rock theatrical anarcho punk from Anarchistwood
THE DSM IV plus guests @ Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, 7.30pm, £14adv
Liverpool gothic alt-pop trio THE DSM IV celebrate release of new EP, 'Negative Utopia' out via local independent label 9x9 Records on 21st January 2025.
HUMOUR / TARMAC / PLAY DEAD @ The Old Blue Last, 38 Great Eastern Street, EC2A 3ES, 7.30pm, £4adv
Glasgwegian punk-spoken-word outfit Humour
MADBALL @ The Dome, 178 Junction Rd, Tufnell Park, NW5 1HL, 7pm, £29adv
THE MEFFS @ The Garage, 20-22 Highbury Corner, Islington, 7pm £16adv
'Frantic Britpop louder than a 4-piece'...
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