May 2026

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Friday 1st May  
CRACK CLOUD @ ICA, The Mall, 7.30pm, £26.27adv    
THE HEAVENLY BODES / FREDDIE J WATTS / MAZY DAY @ Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, 7.30pm, FREE 
MOHAMMAD SYFKHAN / CANAB MARWO - Dig That Treasure! Festival 2026 @ Cafe Oto, 18-22 Ashwin St, Dalston, E8 3DL, 7.30pm, £17.50adv or £49adv for 4 nights
THE PARIS MATCH / THE VOLUME / THE ROVES @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, N1 9JB, 7.30pm, £8.30adv​​​​  
SPENCER CULLUM @ Moth Club, Valette St, Hackney, 7pm £15adv 

Saturday 2nd May 
ABLE NOISE / JEMIMA / DNA? AND? - Dig That Treasure! Festival 2026 @ Cafe Oto, 18-22 Ashwin St, Dalston, E8 3DL, 7.30pm, £17.50adv or £49adv for 4 nights
Able Noise are duo of drums (Alex Andropoulos) and baritone guitar (George Knegtel) '...the duo's live performances see them utilise cassette players, extended practice techniques and shared vocal duties to create a distinctive, spellbinding experience.' 
CRACK CLOUD @ ICA, The Mall, 7.30pm, £24.21adv   
MATT PRYOR (of The Get Up Kids) @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, N1 9JB, 7.30pm, £23.18adv​​​ 
WITCH PISS @ Helgi's, 177 Mare Street, Hackney, E8 3RH, 7pm, £9adv 

Sunday 3rd May  
ERIC CHENAUX / HARRY GORSKI-BROWN / ENSEMBLE IRSAHM - Dig That Treasure! Festival 2026 @ Cafe Oto, 18-22 Ashwin St, Dalston, E8 3DL, 7.30pm, £17.50adv or £49adv for 4 nights
'Eric Chenaux is one of the great contemporary guitarists and experimental songsmiths. His work balances masterful improvisation and classic composition, at once giving nods to avant-garde noiseniks, folk songwriters and the great jazz singers.'
PINK TURNS BLUE / THE SNAKE CORPS @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, N1 9JB, 7.30pm, £27.50adv​​​ 

Monday 4th May  
ABUL MOGARD / RAFEEL ANTON IRISARRI / STANDARD ISSUE - Dig That Treasure! Festival 2026 @ Cafe Oto, 18-22 Ashwin St, Dalston, E8 3DL, 7.30pm, £17.50adv or £49adv for 4 nights

Tuesday 5th May   
ZIO (THE BUBBLE TOUR) / THAT JOE PAYNE @ The Bedford, 72 Beford Hill, Balham, SW12 9HD, 7.30pm, £19.80adv 
International pop prog band ZIO

Wednesday 6th May   
MODERN WOMEN (album launch) @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7.30pm, £14.20adv 
Modern Woman’s debut album Johnny’s Dreamworld out on May 1st via One Little Independent Records 'the LP represents the culmination of songwriter Sophie Harris’s early, intimate project into a full-bodied band capable of folding post-punk, avant-garde, and folk traditions into a live force of dynamic originality'

Thursday 7th May 
INTERROBANG / MOLLY VULPYNE BAND @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, N1 9JB, 7.30pm, £17.60adv​​​ 
ISHAN @ The Social, Little Portland St, 7pm £16.90adv   
MINI SKIRT @ Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, E8 2EB, 7.30pm, £18.15adv 
RIVAL CONSOLES @ Koko Camden, 7pm £29adv 

Friday 8th May 
ENGORGEMENT / VISIONS OF DISFIGUREMENT / CHAINSAW CASTRATION @ The Black Heart, 2–3 Greenland Place, Camden, NW1 0AP, 7pm, £20.77adv 
FLORRY @ Moth Club, Valette St, Hackney, 7.30pm £20adv 
JOEP BEVING @ Soho Theatre Walthamstow, 186 Hoe St, E17 4QH, 7pm, £25adv 
LÖWENZAHNHONIG @ Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, E8 2EB, 7.30pm, £13.60adv 
POLY-MATH (album launch) @ Oslo, 1A Amhurst Rd, Hackney, E8 1JB, 7pm, £16.50adv 

Saturday 9th May  
ANATOLE MUSTER @ Oslo, 1A Amhurst Rd, Hackney, E8 1JB, 7pm, £17adv 
PETE BENTHAM & THE DINNER LADIES / DOGHOUSE / ANARCHISTWOOD / RITES OF HADDA @ New River Studios, 199 Eade Rd, Harringay, N4 1DN, 7.30pm, £10adv £13door
STYROFOAM WINOS @ Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, 7.30pm, £14.10adv 

Sunday 10th May  
GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS @ 100 Club, 100 Oxford St, 7.30pm £16.50adv 
JOSHUA BURNSIDE @ EartH Theatre, 11-17 Stoke Newington Rd, N16 8BH, 7.30pm, £21adv 
PICTISH TRAIL @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, N1 9JB, 7.30pm, £18+adv​​​ 

Monday 11th May  
FRIENDSHIP @ Moth Club, Valette St, Hackney, 7.30pm £20.25adv 

Tuesday 12th May  
SWORD II @ Club Cheek, 302-304 Barrington Road, SW9 7JJ, 7.30pm, £14.10adv 

Wednesday 13th May 
THE OBGNS @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, N1 9JB, 7.30pm, £17.39adv​​​  
SMOTE @ 100 Club, Oxford St, 7.30pm, £19adv 
'SMOTE, once a solo endeavor by Daniel Foggin, now expanded to a fuller ensemble blends traditional instrumentation - creaking strings, funeral drums, somber winds - with thunderous synth work and desolate guitar to craft drone and dirge.'

Friday 15th May  
THE UTOPIA STRONG / BRUISE BLOOD @ St Matthias Church, Wordsworth Rd, N16 8DD, 7.30pm, £21.50adv 

Saturday 16th May 
MALAURIU / COGAS @ Helgi's, 177 Mare Street, Hackney, E8 3RH, 7pm, £11.33adv 
THE MONOCHROME SET / JAMIE PERRETT @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, N1 9JB, 7.30pm, £22adv​​​​ 
MORROW / COPSE / JØTNARR / GILDED CAGE @ New Cross Inn, 323 New Cross Rd, SE14 6AS, 8pm, £12adv £14otd
'maelstrom of violin and cello driven emo crust' from Morrow, plus Bristol post black metal band Copse
THE NONE / THEE ALCOHOLICS / HAEMOGOBLIN @ New River Studios, 199 Eade Rd, Harringay, N4 1DN, 4pm, £17adv 

Monday 18th May    
DOBRAWA CZOCHER @ St Pancras old Church, Pancras Rd, NW1 1UL, 7.30pm, £18.35adv 

Wednesday 20th May  
CHARLIE PARR @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7.30pm, £24.20adv 
THE EX @ 100 Club, 100 Oxford St, 7.30pm, £24.99adv 
JARBOE feat THOR HARRIS & JOY VON SPAIN @ Cafe Oto, Dalston, 7.30pm, £26.65adv 
FOMIES @ Old Blue Last, Grt Eastern St, Shoreditch, EC2A 3ES, 7.30pm, £14adv 

Thursday 21st May  
MERYL STREEK @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7.30pm, £17adv 

Friday 22nd May  
GANSER @ Sebright Arms, 31-35 Coate St, Hoxton, E2 9AG, 7.30pm, £12.92adv 
MEMI @ Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, E8 2EB, 7.30pm, £20.40adv 

Saturday 23rd May
RON GALLO @ Moth Club, Valette Street, Hackney, 7.30pm, £22.66adv 

Sunday 24th May  
BRUIT ≤ @ Oslo, 1A Amhurst Road, Hackney, E8 1JB, 6.45pm, £18adv 
MIK ARTISTIK'S EGO TRIP @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7.30pm, £19.80adv 

Wednesday 27th May  
KITTY CRAFT @ Bush Hall, Shepherds Bush, 7pm £20adv 

Thursday 28th May   
LOS CAMPESINOS! @ Electric Ballroom, Camden, 7.30pm, £10+adv 

Friday 29th May
ALDOUS HARDING @ Barbican, 7.30pm, £30adv   

Saturday 30th May  
ALDOUS HARDING @ Barbican, 7.30pm, £30adv   

Sunday 31st May   
CLAIRE HAMILL BAND / DANDELION CHARM @ Camden Club, 72 Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8AN, 1pm, £17.60adv 
'Claire Hamill is a pioneering British singer-songwriter whose career has gracefully traversed folk, rock, ambient and progressive genres for over five decades... DANDELION CHARM combine prog, folk and rock influences into a luxurious blend of intricate harmonies, soaring melodies, superb musicianship and heartfelt lyrics'

 







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