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It's not until you start factoring in deadlines, distribution and photoshoots that you really feel how short February is. Who would have thought just a few days would make such a difference?Anyway, we worked it out and this month we have the endlessly awesome, hopelessly brilliant DENA on the cover, hailing from Bulgaria via Berlin, she caught our attention with Cash, Diamond Rings, Swimming Pools over a year ago and now she's put together her album Flash; a witty, catchy kind of rap that can't help but put you in an amazing mood.There's a bit of a Field Day theme to this issue, too: Headliners Metronomy chat to us about their fantastic new album, whilst our stereo is taken over by a crop of excellent new acts gracing the festival this year. Of course March is a stuff-as-many-gigs-as- you-can-into-it kinda month, so the listings section is absolutely bursting. Get stuck in, and join us online for even more shows, reviews, photos and fun.

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13. TALES FROM THE CITY

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20. ALBUM REVIEWS

26. DENA

34. GIGS OF THE MONTH

38. LIVE LISTINGS

58. LIVE REVIEWS

61. PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS

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Is there anyone with a better sense of humour than Norwegian mega producer and DJ Todd Terje? With a forthcoming album entitled It’s Album Time, the man Rolling Stone has deemed one of the “25 DJ’s That Rule The Earth” released this eclectic cut of extra-terrestrial beauty on 2012 EP It’s the Arps. Called “King of the Summer Jams” by Mixmag for a reason, there are few producers better suited to welcoming in the sunshine during Field Day.

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A delicate blend of soulful crooning, gorgeous backing vocals and a pulsating, almost theatrical-sized, build-up prove why Charlotte OC is being hotly tipped as an act to watch in 2014. Only 23 but with an already battle-hardened career in the music industry (she signed with Columbia as a teen but never released her debut album), her debut EP Colour My Heart is a beautiful confession of heartbreak and all the desperation that comes with it.

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Based in Melbourne but making huge waves internationally with heavy praise coming from NME, Pitchfork & Rolling Stone, singer/guitarist Courtney Barnett marries a voice so haunting it’ll bring a case of goose pimples with blues-inspired grooves. Blissful roots rock that translates well from headphones to on stage at Victoria Park.

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Cult-like in his native Finland, newest Weird World signing Jaakko Eino Kalevi is an alluring and complex character with a penchant for dream-like charm. Self taught and more than charismatic, his love for endorphin-producing surreal soundscapes never feels more evident than on this summery slice of daydream haziness.

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Ushering in a new breed of young prodigy-like bedroom producers with an instinctual knack for funk and house rhythms, Canadian Ryan Hemsworth’s innate understanding of beats and bass makes him the next sonic maestro to watch. Weird Life is sexy in all the right places and reeks of vintage r’n’b.

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Having spawned scores of seminal bands, Manchester’s cultural legacyis so great it commands an almost perpetual state of reverence. But natural as nostalgia is, constantly looking back also seems somewhat myopic, not least because it does a huge disservice to the youngmusicians who are busy writing the city’s next chapter.Leading the field in electronic music is 20-year-old Belgian-expat Oliver Cean, a former chorister who, apparently, appears on Elbow’s Build A Rocket Boys!. Now operating under the nom de plume ‘Oceaán’, he can currently be found making music even smoother than his pseudonym.Cean first caught our attention in July 2013, when he posted a track to Soundcloud, simply tagged “chill”.In truth, Neéd U was more like minimalist house, its throbbing melody

and soulful vocal comparable to acts like Disclosure and Cyril Hahn. Brooding remixes for Woman’s Hour and MØ followed, and then, a few weeks ago, he unveiled his finest track to date.Alongside that honeyed yet haunting, choir-honed croon, To Lose finds Cean showcasing a producer’s ear for detail, creating a sinuous, R&B groove from undulating synth sounds, twitching beats, and the hummingbird flutterof subs. Though just shy of three minutes in length, it’s a totally immersive sonic experience, and an intoxicating taster for his five-track, debut EP, which drops on March 31st via Chess Club Records.

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Too many nights at The Columbia Hotel. It's like the rundown headquarters for up and comers. Rumors of ghosts and scabies were always a hot topic at the bar. Many of us have been to the rooms that can barely fit our bodies and many of us had sleepless nights. When you graduate from that character castle the next logical place is the K West. A Boutique hotel run by Russians and filled with memories of "almost made it" bands all over the carpets.It was here I heard the triad of sex. Never in my hotel travels had I heard three rooms going for it at the same time. It felt slightly choreographed and staged.I was worried my reaction was being filmed.I remember that night because we had just played Shepherd’s Bush Empire, a venue I knew from seeing Jeff Buckley when I was eighteen. It was a sold out show but my uncle somehow got me tickets. I went with the most romantic teenage love I had ever felt at the time and we sat in the balcony watching him set the tone for so many singers to come. It was a historic show for me. So, finally being at the Empire was a "holy god" of a moment. Huge. Massive. Unbelievable. Then later that night I get three rooms going for it? Three? Above me and both beside me?It somehow felt like a salute from the man himself. I did what anyone would do in my situation - ordered a grill cheese sandwich and listened to Buckley's Grace while babies were being made all around me. I enjoyed that night immensely.

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“Have you seen his hair?It’s magnificent.”

I’m asking Joe Hunt, the main man in Metronomy, why he decided to write a song about Connan Mockasin’s immaculate hair on his equally flawless new record Love Letters.“I think if you make music and you have a haircut that is ‘you’ thenyou’ve ticked all the boxes. You’re the perfect product.”“Originally I wanted to do a duet with him. There aren’t many male duets around and he was up for it but he was doing his own record so I had to finish it alone. I’m always very jealous of musicians who musically have the chops and who’ve also got great hair.”Leaving aside any opinions on hair (yours is fine, Joe), Metronomy certainly have the musical chops and they’ve proved it again with their new record, a 70s influenced hybrid oflo-fi soul and electronica which sees them pushing their sound while also being their most accessible. “I really made sure I was happy with this record, more than on any of our previous albums. So I know I’ve done the best I can.”“I always think if you’re going in to record an album and you know that you’ve got four good songs at least you’re going to write an album that has four good songs on it – because some people struggle to do that.”It was when they recorded the slinky, starry eyed I’m Aquarius that he realised he had one of those four songs. “When I recorded that I was like ‘This is really nice and a bit unusual’. It gave me the confidence that I was on the right track." The success of English Riviera – it was Mercury nominated and critically

lauded – means there are many eyes watching out for their next step.If there was any pressure though, it came from within. “It’s becoming my catchphrase – though it’s not as succinct as a catchphrase – but my attitude is that if other people’s expectations are greater than your own then that should worry you really.It should be built in that you’re trying to do better.”It’s here where the conversation takes a bizarre and hilarious detour into business speak. “But the people that I work with – god, that sounds really business-like,” he laughs. “My colleagues … no, the people at the label are really not the type of people who would put pressure on you.With the last album no-one was expecting it to be that kind of record for Metronomy so there’s a trust that goes into everything.”Yet, in some ways, the success of English Riviera did inform the content of Love Letters. It was the constant touring and being away from home that inspired the subjects of the tracks: “When you’ve been touring for a couple of years the only thing you have any authority on is being away and no-one wants to hear someone in a band complain about travelling the world. So they’re all ideas I had of what you miss if you’re away – you miss your girlfriend or you miss your family and friends. And not even emotionally miss, just that part of what’s normal isn’t there every week.”To record the album the band decamped to East London's famously analogue Toe Rag Studio, which sounds like a curveball but was a very deliberate choice. “I knew quite early on that that’s what I wanted to do. And, again it all sounds a bit

business-like, but if you’re recording on to tape you really have to be ready – you can’t keep re-editing and this was a nice way of forcing myself to finish the record. And it was perfect because I wanted to feel I could write songs without leaning on technology.”There was also a symmetry between the retro studio and the influences that inspire the album; acts like Sly and the Family Stone and the Zombies. “It was really the spirit they were recorded in that I tried to achieve,” says Joe. “And I’m very aware of the business language I’m using now,” he pauses for effect, “but I had a few targets that I wanted to achieve,” barely stifling laughter.And four albums in does he feel in a place where he can let his creative urges take him wherever he wants to sonically? “I mean by now – haha I’ve really got to stop myself from this – there’s a job security. I feel like if you’re a band and you can get to a

fourth album and all of the albumsare relevant and interesting then that’s an achievement. And it’s not that I now think ‘Well, I can do whatever I want’ but I certainly feel like I’vegot people’s attention and you’ll continue to have it if you don’t waste the chance.”So there you have it. Look out for Metronomy’s next concept album, Job Security.

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The War On Drugs are, it seems, part of a dying breed. Beneath the intricate layers of droning synths and Adam Granduciel’s delicious drawl, the crucial elements that delicately structured previous releases, 2008’s Wagonwheel Blues and the stunning

Slave Ambient, their focus has been nudged wider on latest offering, Lost In A Dream.Thankfully, much of their appeal, the woozy, fractured beauty, the doting odes to benchmarks of American guitar music, remain intact, albeit smeared across a heftier running time in vivid, bubbling technicolour.Under The Pressure is a lethargic, seductive opener, easing you in softly, seemingly for the imminent detonation of simmering euphoriathat spills from Red Eyes, its runaway gallop barely letting up before Suffering’s tortured piano keys and strained vocal swallow you upin a gentle haze.A breathtaking fistful of tracks under their belt, the band seem to flirt with greater ambition as the album progresses. If An Ocean In Between The Waves is the record’s high point, as fluid and refreshing as a stream quivering from the purest spring, Eyes To The Wind and Burning ensure that while The War On Drugs may be part of a dying breed, extinction hardly beckons.Lost In A Dream brings comfort in moments of quiet reflection, leaving you a little misty-eyed, while also remaining subtly anthemic and, ultimately, vastly triumphant. I’m not sure you’ll hear a better record all year. Lee Wakefield

THE WAR ON DRUGSLOST IN THE DREAMSecretly Canadian //March 17th

It starts with the lines “Take my pants off ... Use my socks ... smell my socks” and it doesn’t get any less weird, but this is more sublime sonic chaos from Liars. Following on from the introspective electronics of WIXIW this takes the sound of machines and makes them feel primal, vital and

instant. Like Factory Floor fronted by an Australian Mark E Smith – and as great as that sounds – this is one glorious MESS. From I’m No Gold’s glitchy, mutated synth stomp to Mess On A Mission’s frenzied dance punk, they play with every toy in the box to create a record of syncopated, dizzying brilliance. It’s one more step in the journey to making Liars the most un-pigeonholeable (hey, I just made up a word) band on the planet. Danny Wright

LIARSMESSMute // March 24th

“HERE YOU ARE PARADING ON THE INTERNET” is a satirical cry of frustration at the bored, egotistical #selfie generation. So far, Brawlers arrive kicking and screaming with standout single Instagram Famous. The Leeds-based punk rockers, forged from ex-members of Castrovalva,

Leftover Crack and Dinosaur Pile-Up, were always going to create something awesome. Abrasively brash and unapologetic throughout, they've clearly got something to rant about. Where other bands overindulge on whiney power phrases, Brawlers keep the melodies mockingly prevalent. Their debut EP I Am A Worthless Piece Of Shit is just what we need to shake up the mass of social media lemmings. Amy Gravelle

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BRAWLERSI AM A WORTHLESS PIECE OF SHIT EPAlcopop // March 5th

There’s something very serious going on underneath the surface of Highasakite’s hugely melodic second record, like a bouncy castle on top of an Indian burial ground. Singer Ingrid Helene Håvik, responsible for the majority of music and lyrics on Silent Treatment, talks of being a

terrorist and of wanting to visit Iran despite acknowledging the threat of having her hands chopped off, but does it all over music that sounds like CEO has been drafted in to produce a Lykke Li record in a drastic hurry. And yet, everything that shouldn’t work about it succeeds with flying colours, the Norwegian quintet having delivered a fine record that makes just as much sense as it has to, and not one iota more. Thomas Hannan

HIGHASAKITESILENT TREATMENTPropeller Recordings // March 3rd

Timber Timbre have always excelled at being sinister, but their third album truly cements their status as masters of the macabre. Trading-up their signature haunted-folk for a more cinematic sound, Taylor Kirk and co have created a series of immaculately-scored horror-scapes, replete with grainy, slasher-flick strings and menacing melodies that

creep deep under your skin. Even at its most sonically benign – on the Richard Hawley-esque title track – Kirk kills the illusion with one sepia-toned croon of,“I want to follow through on all my promises… And threats to you, babe.”The overall effect is that of a great scary movie: suspenseful, unsettling and deeply compelling. Gemma Samways

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We saw it for the first time on the Dark Side of the Moon cover: Newton’s theory of colour to songs is not new to music. Now, after the Yellow and Red EPs, and the full length My ____ Is Pink, Colourmusic are back to continue their colourful experimentation. Described by co-founder, vocalist and guitarist Ryan Hendrix as their “purple album”, May You Marry Rich is tinted with blue undertones thanks to its darker and broodier topics. Musically speaking, the sound is less experimental at first, yet its constant fuzz, hazy synths and elusive vocals are inviting us to a completely different hallucinatory experience. Moreover, the farewell of Idiot is an exquisite debauchery of its own kind. Fabiana Giovanetti

COLOURMUSICMAY YOUMARRY RICHMemphis Industries //March 24th

Like it when an album pins you into a corner and refuses to let go? Baby, by American Casey Dienel, is a fiercely personal listen, recorded

deep in the womb-like safety of new studio The Glades in her parents’ basement. Stripping back most tunes to just her voice and a piano, Dienel forgoes reverb, saws off the synths and puts herself front and centre. The result is as arresting as it is brutal, from the overwrought Wait Until Dark to the rhapsodic finale Live With You. But it’s the title track where the synths and drums collide with her soaring r‘n’b-infused singing, as she muses: “Say I'll take a sip, but I can’t leave a drop/Is this my weakness?” Geoff Cowart

WHITE HINTERLANDBABYDead Oceans // March 31st

Tumbling with inner angst plaited and shrouded in bouncy confident melodies, the fourth album from Birmingham's Johnny

Foreigner is pure JoFo and pure Alcopop; bounding riotous rhythms, sprawling ragtag sounds and slightly over-enunciated jaunty lyrics with an acerbic edge. Right from the get-go on opener Shipping and its skidding start, the album is brimming with nervous energy. Tracks like Wifi Beach, In Capitals andLe Sigh are also propelled by those riffs that sound like strings being dragged through a tuneful cheese grater. Even when it seems as though things might be turned down a notch on the velocity scale, as on the gentle plucking open of Riff Glitchard (geddit?) or Stop Talking About Ghosts there's always the sudden jagged jolt and it all kicks off again.Johnny Foreigner can't sit still, and neither do we want them to. Francesca Baker

JOHNNY FOREIGNERYOU CAN DO BETTERAlcopop! // March 31st

DFA as a record label has never been shy about its love of house infused disco, releasing cowbell-defining records by The Rapture and Juan Maclean. DJ Mark Lambkin's second album as Shit Robot was never going to break the mould completely but compared to everything else that's

out now it has a certain minor key charm. Of all the interesting collaborators (Luke Jenner/Reggie Watts/Lidell Townself/Nancy Whang), Holly Backler shines brightest with the understated thumper of Feels Like, her voice letting out a resigned passion over an earworm inducing chorus. Overall, the record proves a very welcome addition to the DFA spectrum. Dan Wilkinson

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Named after the 22nd book in R L Stine's Goosebumps book series, this New York duo bring us their brand of self-described “Tropical Grit Pop” in the form of debut album Blonde. Sounding like Yeasayer if they were to listen to nothing but remixes of the Ghostbusters theme

tune for months on end, they drift between pure 80s pop and sample drenched electronica. The soaring vocals and layered electronics are infectious and easy to enjoy at first, but overall Blonde is difficult to fall truly in love with. Jack McKenna

GHOST BEACHBLONDENettwerk // March 24th

Dylan Baldi’s Cloud Nothings project has seen its existence evolve in the most honest of lights. His catalogue is one that thrives in the adolescent anxiety, angst and joy that, in truth, never goes away for any of us. And in Here And Nowhere Else, Baldi continues to etch

out his niche as one of the most hospitable songwriters around. A breathless half hour, it’s an album that manages, somehow, to not break under the astonishing weight of ideas and emotion it crams in. The just-under three minutes of highlight Psychic Trauma is a perfect encapsulation of everything Cloud Nothings exists to be in its arm-swinging and breathless punk charm, where Giving Into Seeing shatters through its lurching, Nirvana-owing bridge to a chorus-raising burst of tangible energy. As I’m Not A Part Of Me’s final, strained chord rings out, it’s impossible to ignore why this album of resilient and relatable anthems has sucha title. Will Grant

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There’s a track called You Wish on DENA’s debut album Flash.In the space of three minutes it gives the finger to patriarchy, directly references Skee-Lo’s biggest hit and single-handedly justifies her position as this month’s cover star. If there’s one ‘girl power tune’ on the record, she says, this is it. Tongue-in-cheek, this is not.

“I know that I say things in a funny way, but I really meant everything totally seriously when I wrote it. I came up withYou Wish on Valentine’s Day,I was just pissed about guys,like 'fuck that shit, I can makeit on my own’.” And how.

We meet at a studio in Seven Sisters, a part of town so up-and-coming that last year saw a Costa appear in less time than it takes to say “I’m not sure we’ve considered the social consequences of gentrification properly”. Costa or no, Haringey’s still a fair way from

finding itself in vogue or, as DENA did last month, in Vogue. The fashion mag’s site premiered the video for album highlight Bad Timing, a track which oozes pure, unadulterated R&B cool.

“That was a little weird!” she admits. “Vision and style is important to me in a natural, spontaneous way and that’s why I was really honoured by Vogue.”

Despite her assertions that fashion isn’t something she’d want to do professionally, it’s clear she’s having a lot of fun as she cycles effortlessly through pose after pose for the camera.

“I’ve never lived that model life, and now I’m getting to combine it with my music in the front perspective. The luxury about it is that I’m allowed to have an opinion when I do shoots, it’snot like I’m just being used to sell clothes.” Her glee when she’s given the opportunity to don a shiny, gold-fronted top

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“At some point I detached myself

from the Bulgarian language”

for the shoot suggests, however, it probably wouldn’tbe too hard to convince her otherwise.

While Flash is a remarkable album by anyone’s standards, DENA’s quick-witted way with words is especially impressive. Born in Bulgaria and now residing in Berlin, it’s fascinating how she’s jumped from one tongue to another, settling on a third and choosing to write solely in English.

“I’m super interested in languages, they’re keys that open you up. At some point I detached myself from the Bulgarian language. I mean, I still speak it, but like someone who hasn’t lived there for many years. I’d be interested to write in Bulgarian at some point, but so few people in the world understand it, unlike English which is a universal tool to express yourself. English is also so much closer connected to pop culture than Bulgarian or German.”

Perhaps not surprising then is DENA’s desire to spend more time in our humble city.

“I’m really psyched about London. People here care about

music, it’s the place where pop matters. In Berlin it’s not really like this - there’s great techno and electronic scenes - but it’s often that people aren’t really obsessed with keeping up and following the latest thing.”

A different world it may be,but for its apparent lack of songwriters Berlin has an abundance of producers.As DENA ponders her follow-up she admits her current home has its uses.

“On Flash, I composed all of this. I'm meanwhile brainstorming already about new topics, new songs and I'm thinking 'hey, I've played everything'. I feel like I'm repeating my chords and beats, so I'd be super interested to work with other people and just go crazy with the writing.”

It feels strange to hear her discussing plans for the second album when the first has yet to be released. As we chat, though, it becomes clear that while DENA the artist may draw from the past, Denitza the person dwells only on the future.Does she listen to Flash at all?

“Never. With the whole

“People here care about music,

it’s the place where pop matters”

Flash is releasedMarch 10thvia !K7 Records.

DENA playsBirthdays April 15th.

production process and everything, it’s just… it’s important to have this distance. I’m rehearsing a lot so we play it all the time anyway, but I feel everything should be free.”

As she gathers her things in preparation for her next engagement, she laments the fact she never gets to spend enough time in London. But she returns in April for a live show at Birthdays. There’s plenty of time to acquaint yourself with Flash before catching that gig, which we cannot recommend you do enough.As DENA herself puts it:“The album is just onecaptured version of the songs.”

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NAKED (ON DRUGS) MON 3 MARSEBRIGHT ARMS

JUNGLETUES 4 MARVILLAGE UNDERGROUND

HOCKEYSMITHTHURS 6 MARTHE WAITING ROOM

RAFFERTIETHURS 6 MARSERVANT JAZZ QUARTERS

COUSIN MARNIEMON 10 MARSEBRIGHT ARMS

MENACE BEACHWED 12 MAROLD BLUE LAST

THIS IS THE KITFRI 21 MARTHE LEXINGTON

MOLLY BEANLANDMON 24 MARSEBRIGHT ARMS

CLOUD BOAT TUES 25 MARCHATS PALACE

THE MENTHURS 27 MARVILLAGE UNDERGROUND

NIMMO AND THE GAUNTLETTSTHURS 27 MARCONCRETE

WILD BEASTSTUES 1 APRO2 ACADEMY BRIXTON

HOWLERTHURS 3 APROSLO HACKNEY

THE AMAZING SNAKEHEADSTHURS 3 APRBETHNAL GREEN WORKING MENS CLUB

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JESCA HOOPMON 7 APRSEBRIGHT ARMS

LA FEMMEWED 21 MAY SCALA

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TWO WINGSSAT 31 MAYSEBRIGHT ARMS

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DUMBJAW + TANGERINES + FAKE LAUGH +

SENILE CROCODILE

£4 / 7.30PM / DALSTON VICTORIA

DAN GHENACIA + DYED SOUNDOROM +

SHONKY

£20ADV / 11.00PM / FABRIC

SONIC BOOM SIX + RAT ATTACK + ANIMAL +

THE ONE HUNDRED

£10ADV / 8.00PM / THE GARAGE

37 NORTH + NURSE JOY + THE JUNKLE + ACID

BRAINS + RICHARD LETCHFORD

£5 / 7.30PM / THE GOOD SHIP

SOULFLY

£17.50ADV / 6.00PM / O2 ACADEMY

ISLINGTON

PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF

AMERICA + THE FRONT BOTTOMS

£20ADV / 7.00PM / O2 SHEPHERD'S BUSH

EMPIRE

BEST FRIENDS + DEMOB HAPPY + MOTHER

FREE / 8.00PM / THE OLD BLUE LAST

SAUNA YOUTH + PERSONNEL + COP + OMI

PALONE + WOOLF + THE CARBONATORS +

RETROFUTURE + GLOSS REJECTION +

GATHERING DUST + ROCK PENGUINES

£7 / 4.00PM / POWER LUNCHES

GYRATORY SYSTEM + SAN MORTIZZ

'£5 / 7.00PM / SERVANT JAZZ QUARTERS

EATS EVERYTHING

SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / XOYO

JOHN HARLE + MARC ALMOND

£15ADV / 8.00PM / BARBICAN

THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY +

TYRANNOSAURUS DEAD + HOUR HANDS

FREE / 7.00PM / BIRTHDAYS

TRAMPOLENE + JOHN J PRESLEY +

DERELICTS + HOLY MILK + DUSTIN TEBBUTT +

CHARLIE STOTT

£7ADV / 6.00PM / NOTTING HILL ARTS CLUB

WE CAME AS ROMANS + CHUNK! NO,

CAPTAIN CHUNK! + THE COLOR MORALE +

PALM READER


ISLINGTON

ERIC CHURCH + THE CADILLAC THREE

£24.50ADV / 7.00PM / O2 SHEPHERD'S BUSH

EMPIRE

BASTIONS + BURNING BRIGHT + SVALBARD


MILK TEETH + RICHA + THE NEW TUSK

TBC / TBC / POWER LUNCHES

SATURDAY 1ST MARCH

SUNDAY 2ND MARCH

SATURDAY 1ST MARCH

SUNDAY 2ND MARCH

STRAIGHT LINES + HEY VANITY + THE PEOPLE

THE POET

£8ADV / 8.00PM / THE BLACK HEART

KELIS

£158ADV / 6.00PM / METROPOLIS STUDIOS

BLACKBERRY SMOKE

£17ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY ISLINGTON

5 SECONDS OF SUMMER

SOLD OUT / 7.00PM / O2 SHEPHERD'S BUSH

EMPIRE

TOM PRIOR + ANA + FANTZ + AYME + DD

COMERCE

£5 / 7.30PM / THE OLD BLUE LAST

NAKED (ON DRUGS)

£5ADV / 7.30PM / SEBRIGHT ARMS

DAMIEN JURADO

£16.00ADV / 7.30PM / VILLAGE

UNDERGROUND

THE PREATURES

£10ADV / 8.00PM / 100 CLUB

MONSTERS BUILD MEAN ROBOTS + LUCY

CLAIRE + ZOSIA + TOM ADAMS


BLOOD RED SHOES

£5ADV / 8.00PM / THE BLACK HEART

GEORGE EZRA

SOLD OUT / 7.30PM / DINGWALLS

BIRDY + BILLY LOCKETT

£20ADV / 8.00PM / THE FORUM

CROWBAR + HANG THE BASTARD +

DRIPBACK


JAKE ISAAC

FREE / 7.30PM / THE ISLINGTON

BIRDPEN

£7.50ADV / 7.30PM / THE LEXINGTON

PY + MO KOLOURS

£6ADV / 8.30PM / MADAME JOJO'S

5 SECONDS OF SUMMER

SOLD OUT / 7.00PM / O2 SHEPHERD'S BUSH

EMPIRE

ALBERT ALBERT + LOOKS


DAMIEN JURADO

FREE / 7.00PM / ROUGH TRADE EAST

FOXES + MAUSI

£10ADV / 7.30PM / SCALA

SEAMUS FOGARTY + MOATS & THRONES


MONDAY 3RD MARCH

TUESDAY 4TH MARCH

LOLO

£5ADV / 8.00PM / THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS

MUTUAL BENEFIT

SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / ST JOHN ON BETHNAL

GREEN

JUNGLE

SOLD OUT / 7.30PM / VILLAGE

UNDERGROUND

RADKEY + TURBOGEIST + LYGER

£10ADV / 8.00PM / 100 CLUB

COCOS LOVERS + JODIE GOFFE

£6ADV / 8.00PM / BRIXTON WINDMILL

EAGULLS

£8ADV / 8.00PM / ELECTROWERKZ

MATTHEW CAWS + MONUMENT VALLEY

£10ADV / 8.00PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR &

KITCHEN

KELLEY STOLTZ

£10ADV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON

THE JEZABELS + CHAMPS


EMPIRE

YEARS & YEARS

£6ADV / 8.00PM / OSLO

ECHOPARK + THE RUNNER + PYRAMIDS +

MORNING SMOKE

£5ADV / 7.30PM / QUEEN OF HOXTON

WE ARE SCIENTISTS


NINA PERSSON


SPRING KING + FSA + BAD BREEDING


THE MACHINE


BRETON


UNDERGROUND

BASTILLE + ANGEL HAZE

SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / ALEXANDRA PALACE

EKKAH + YAK + MYSTERY JETS DJ


HUNTER & THE BEAR + SYKES + DAGNY +

TWO CARTOONS

SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / THE BORDERLINE

CHARLIE BARNES + BATTLESHIP GREY + RAT

THE MAGNIFICENT


WEDNESDAY 5TH MARCH

THURSDAY 6TH MARCH

MØ

£12ADV / 7.00PM / HEAVEN

SHLOMO + ANTWON

£10ADV / 8.00PM / THE LAUNDRY

TRANS


COSMO JARVIS

£12.50ADV / 8.00PM / THE MACBETH

FAMY

£5DV / 7.30PM / NEW EMPOWERING

CHURCH

HAIM

SOLD OUT / 7.30PM / O2 BRIXTON ACADEMY

SUDDEN DEATH OF STAR + BED RUGS


SHLOHMO


KOLLEKTIV TURMSTRASSE

£10ADV / 8.00PM / OVAL SPACE

TRUDIE DAWN SMITH + DE'BORAH

£5 / TBC / POWER LUNCHES

THE HEAD AND THE HEART + PAUL THOMAS

SAUNDERS

SOLD OUT / 7.30PM / SCALA

RAFFERTIE

'£6.50 / 7.30PM / SERVANT JAZZ QUARTERS

TINARIWEN


UNDERGROUND

HOCKYSMITH

£4ADV / 8.00PM / THE WAITING ROOM

YEAR BOOK + BRAWLERS


THE MARTIN HARLEY BAND + ALBERT JONES

£16ADV / 8.00PM / BUSH HALL

N.E.W. (STEVE NOBLE + JOHN EDWARDS +

ALEX WARD)

£6ADV / 8.00PM / CAFE OTO

PEST + CURXES

£6ADV / 8.00PM / CARGO

REDSHAPE + DAUWD + IRON GALAXY

£6ADV / 10.00PM / CORSICA STUDIOS

DAVID RODIGAN MBE + SHY FX B2B ZINC +

KASRA + ENEI + CALIBRE

£13-£18ADV / 10.00PM / FABRIC

WILLIAM FITZSIMMONS


MONTMATRE + DAMN BEATS + VLADIMIR +

MY AUTUMN EMPIRE + JAYET AL


FRIDAY 7TH MARCH

LET THE MACHINES DO THE WORK + WE

LOVE MACHINES


KITCHEN

GOLDHEART ASSEMBLY + THE HOSTS


FRIENDLY FIRES DJ + THE C90'S + DEEDEE

LOVES ME + REUBEN HOLLABOM

£7ADV / 9.00PM / THE NEST

AN CAFE


JOHN COOPER CLARKE

£20-26.50ADV / 7.00PM / O2 SHEPHERD'S

BUSH EMPIRE

HUSKIES + GLASS CAVES + BABY PINK


JOINT D≠ + NO + STREET BEEF + SNOB

'£6 / 8.00PM / POWER LUNCHES

CLEAR SOUL FORCES + JOE DRISCOLL & THE

GRANVILLE SESSIONS

£10ADV / 7.00PM / THE PRINCE OF WALES

DESPACIO

SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / ROUNDHOUSE

MARK GARDENER (RIDE) + DESERT SHIPS +

GLACIALS


HOLY ESQUE + ESCAPISTS + CASSELS

FREE / 8.00PM / THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS

TINARIWEN


UNDERGROUND

BENJI B + ZOMBY + CULT MUSIC

SOUNDSYSTEM


THE WOODENTOPS

£17ADV / 8.00PM / 229

VODUN + YE NUNS + MADAME SO


DAVID CRONENBERG'S WIFE + PAUL HAWKIN

& THE AWKWARD SILENCES

£5ADV / 8.00PM / BUFFALO BAR

CRAIG RICHARDS + RICARDO VILLALOBOS +

MATTHEW BURTON & KATE RATHOD LIVE


DZIEN KOBIET (WOMEN’S DAY) FEAT.

NOSOWSKA + MARIA PESZEK + BRODKA

£33.25ADV / 6.00PM / THE FORUM

DE STAAT

£7.50ADV / 6.30PM / THE GARAGE

WITCHING SEASON + VELDTS + JOLANGA +

CHANGING STATE + ANGUS & ANNALIISA


SATURDAY 8TH MARCH

ROVO & SYSTEM 7 PERFORM 'PHOENIX

RISING'


TEMPLES


EMPIRE

SPACE DIMENSION CONTROLLER


TENSE MEN + THE BOMBER JACKETS +

PERSONNEL + YEAST EXTRACT


THE TEA STREET BAND + JAKE EVANS


DESPACIO

£30ADV / 8.00PM / ROUNDHOUSE

MARINERS CHILDREN + DANNI NICHOLLS

FREE / 12.00PM / UNION CHAPEL

JUAN ATKINS + LONE + RIVAL CONSOLES +

RAJ CHAUDHARI

£10ADV / 9.00PM / VILLAGE UNDERGROUND

EATS EVERYTHING + JUSTIN MARTIN

£14ADV / 8.00PM / XOYO

I'M BEING GOOD + SWEET WILLIAM + MXLX+

GIANT BURGER

TBC / 7.30PM / DALSTON VICTORIA

KID CANAVERAL + RANDOLPH'S LEAP +

SYNAESTHETE


SHILED PATTERNS + SEED BONES + VOLTAGE

BLACK


METRONOMY


JOHN GRANT


ADAM BOMB (USA) + SUPPORTS


THE SEA & I


GAMMY BIRD


BABYSHAMBLES


COUSIN MARNIE


WE WERE EVERGREEN + STATS

SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / BARFLY

THE LONE BELLOW

£10ADV / 7.00PM / THE BORDERLINE

SUNDAY 9TH MARCH

MONDAY 10TH MARCH

TUESDAY 11TH MARCH

MONDAY 10TH MARCH

TUESDAY 11TH MARCH

THE WARLOCKS


JIPSY MAGIC + THE DIRTY MOJO'S + BLOW

FUNKLE


ANGEL HAZE

£13.50ADV / 7.00PM / HEAVEN

DUMB + KID WAVE + CURB


GORDON ASHWORTH + WESLEY GOATLEY +

PANOS ALEXIADIS + KOSTIS KILYMIS


DAN CROLL


NICK MULVEY


I AM IN LOVE + DEATH RATTLE + EMILE

BERNARD

£5ADV / 8.00PM / THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS

THE VEILS


UNDERGROUND

GRAILS + LILACS & CHAMPAGNE

£13ADV / 8.00PM / BIRTHDAYS

HOLLIE MCNISH


I/M/M/I/G/R/A/N/T/S


THE ENGLISH BEAT FT. DAVE WAKELING


THE CRIMSON PROJEKCT


EMPIRE

MENACE BEACH

£5 / 7.30PM / THE OLD BLUE LAST

GALLON DRUNK


BABILONDON + VIBRATIONS OF SOUND

FREE / 8:00PM / STRONGROOM

ELLA EYRE


SCHNAUSER + THE GREAT ELECTRIC +

FLIGHTS OF HELIOS


TELESCREEN FT. FRANKIE COCOZZA


JOAN AS POLICEWOMAN

SOLD OUT / 7.30PM / THE LEXINGTON

WEDNESDAY 12TH MARCH

THURSDAY 13TH MARCH


THURSDAY 13TH MARCH

HAWK

FREE / 7.00PM / THE LOCK TAVERN

OVERKILL + SOILWORK + XENTRIX


ISLINGTON

BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB

SOLD OUT / 7.30PM / O2 BRIXTON ACADEMY

HYPONITIZED + FLAMINGODS


VERY TALL STORIES + DETOUR CITY


NEW STREET ADVENTURE + ANDY MUSCAT


ROTIFER + VELOJET + RALEGH LOND RAPID

RESULTS COLLEGE


THURSTON MOORE + PHIL MINTON


DISTANT COUSINS + ITALOJOHNSON +

HESSELTIME


DUSKY + LOEFAH + YOUANDEWAN

£14-£19ADV / 10.00PM / FABRIC

CHVRCHES

SOLD OUT / 7.30PM / THE FORUM

THE SQUARE HEARTS + BLACK FOX +

NEIGHBOURHOOD


VELOJET + THE NEW UNION + SECRET

COMPANY


KITCHEN

BLAENAVON

£5ADV / 10.00PM / KOKO

THE TRAPS


MIKE SKINNER + NEW YORK TRANSIT

AUTHORITY + KHALIL [LIVIN' PROOF]


COLD CROWS DEAD + DEATH CATS + LAST

HEIR


FEATURE + WITCHING WAVES + PRIMETIME

£4 DONATION / 7.30PM / POWER LUNCHES

FRANZ FERDINAND


GIACOMO SMITH QUARTET


GENTLE FRIENDLY + GAPS + MOON GANGS

FREE W/RSVP / 8.00PM / THE SHACKLEWELL

ARMS

FRIDAY 14TH MARCHFRIDAY 14TH MARCH

WEN

FREE / 9.00PM / THE WAITING ROOM

LINDSTROM + TIM SWEENEY + KIWI

£12.50ADV / 9.00PM / XOYO

PAUL PRUDENCE

FREE / 3.00PM / ACE HOTEL

A WILHELM SCREAM + GNARWOLVES


THE CONNECTORS + ELEPHANT 12 + YINKA

OYEWOLE


THE ORB

TBC / 8.00PM / ELECTRIC BRIXTON

CHVRCHES


CORNERS OF THE EARTH


ANIMAL KINGDOM + HABITATS


MIYAVI


EMPIRE

THE FIREWORKS + YOUNG ROMANCE +

SKELETAL SHAKES + CAST AND CREW


F.O.X. + KIITES

'£5 / 8.00PM / QUEEN OF HOXTON

FRANZ FERDINAND


WHITE FANG + THEO VERNEY + AUTOBAHN +

KEEL HER + POPSTRANGERS +

SHACKLEWELL ARTS FAIR + ALE FESTIVAL +

ZINE SWA

£8 / 2.00PM / THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS

LTJ BUKEM + RONI SIZE

£19ADV / 10.30PM / VILLAGE

UNDERGROUND

MARTINEZ + PETER PIXZEL + JACOB HUSLEY


REBECCA FERGUSON


EMPIRE

JAZZHANDS


THE NO FRILLS BAND + COUNTRONICA

FREE / 7.30PM / BRIXTON WINDMILL

ELLEN & THE ESCAPADES


SATURDAY 15TH MARCH

SUNDAY 16TH MARCH

MONDAY 17TH MARCH

SATURDAY 15TH MARCH

SUNDAY 16TH MARCH

MONDAY 17TH MARCH

IMELDA MAY

£29.50ADV / 8.00PM / ROUNDHOUSE

SAM BROOKES + HOT FEET + THE MAGIC

LANTERN

£8ADV / 7.30PM / ST PANCRAS OLD CHURCH

HEATHER NOVA + GALLERY 47

£20ADV / 7.30PM / UNION CHAPEL

CULTS


MATT NATHANSON + STEPHEN KELLOGG


CHRIS PUREKA + STEVEN JAMES ADAMS +

ZOE KINEZ


THOMAS DYBDAHL


DANCE A LA PLAGE + SHAKERS & SHADES +

VENICE TRIP +A199


MARIKA HACKMAN

£7.50ADV / 8.00PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR &

KITCHEN

LISSIE


EMPIRE

THE WILD FEATHERS


LYLA FOY


EDITORS


GENTLEMEN

£5.50ADV / 8.00PM / SEBRIGHT ARMS

STEPHANIE LLO + BARNACLES + TENEIL


THE NOTWIST


YOUR FAVOURITE ENEMIES + THE SEA + LOVE

ZOMBIES

£7ADV / 7.00PM / BARFLY

STU LARSEN


THE SAVAGE NOMADS + KILL MOON + LIFE +

THE ROSCOES


ADAM FRENCH + JOSEPH PEACOCK + ROISIN

O’HAGAN + OLAF STANDO + NICK WILSON +

REUBEN HESTER + MERCURY SKIES

£4.50ADV / 6.45PM / THE GOOD SHIP

TUESDAY 18TH MARCH


TUESDAY 18TH MARCH


GREGORY PORTER


EMPIRE

JOHN COFFEY + YARDS + BLASTED


THE LOVE TRIANGLE + THE RICKY C QUARTET

+ THE HIPSHAKES + THE SMEAR


ALLOTA BOUNCE + APPLE TART + CHARLIE

BUCKITT + DOTT COTTON

£7, £5CONC. / 8.00PM / QUEEN OF HOXTON

EDITORS


TEMPLE SONGS + HALF LOON


MIRYAM SOLOMON


FAMILIAR CREATURES + THEATRE ROYAL +

ECHO TRAILS

£5 / 8.00PM / THE WAITING ROOM

MAXIMO PARK

£19.50ADV / 7.00PM / THE FORUM

LOMO

£5ADV / 7.30PM / THE GOOD SHIP

ARMS AND SLEEPERS + POLYMATH + APRIL

WAS A PASSENGER


KITCHEN

WYE OAK + SYLVAN ESSO

SOLD OUT / 7.00PM / THE LEXINGTON

WE ARE SCIENTISTS


EMPIRE

RALEIGH RITCHIE

FREE / 8.00PM / OSLO

WASHINGTON IRVING


AELIUS


RHYS CHATHAM + CHARLEMAGNE PALESTINE

& WILLIAM BASINSKI

£16ADV / 8.00PM / ST JOHN AT HACKNEY

CHURCH

LEDDRA CHAPMAN

SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / ST PANCRAS OLD

CHURCH

RED FANG+ THE SHRINE + LORD DYING

£13.50ADV / 6.00PM / ELECTRIC BALLROOM

THURSDAY 20TH MARCH

FRIDAY 21ST MARCH

THURSDAY 20TH MARCH

FRIDAY 21ST MARCH

ROSKA + BREAKAGE + HANNAH WANTS +

PREDITAH + JME + SCRATCH PERVERTS

£13-£18ADV / 10.00PM / FABRIC

THE BRANDY THIEVES + BLANK BIBLES +

TONY BLACK AND THE COLLECTORS + THE

DOWNING STREET YEARS + ALEX LOSARDO


STEPHEN KELLOGG

£9ADV / 7.00PM / THE ISLINGTON

LEE ‘SCRATCH’ PERRY

£22.50ADV / 7.00P / JAZZ CAFE

THE HEARTBREAKS


THIS IS THE KIT


CLOCKWORK


CRAZY P + LA FLEUR + DIEF & BAKER


RED FANG + THE SHRINE + LORD DYING


ISLINGTON

KODALINE + JAMES BAY

£17.50ADV / 7.30PM / O2 BRIXTON ACADEMY

HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT


EMPIRE

HOME ADVANTAGE


SHOPPING + RAVIOLI ME AWAY + NO + DIE +

ARMS RACE


CLUB.THE.MAMMOTH VS BEACH CREEP:

UNITED FRUIT + HORSEFIGHT + ICE SEA DEAD

PEOPLE

FREE / 8.00PM / THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS

KARMA KID + BLONDE + WAYWARD


VESSEL + RASHAD BECKER

£8ADV / 8.00PM / BRITTANIA HOUSE

SWISS LIPS + JUNGLE DOCTORS +

PASSPORT TO STOCKHOLM


ONE WHITE CROW + THE DREAMS OF

RIDICULOUS MEN + SACCADES + VELSHUR +

DECLAN MCKENNA


LEE ‘SCRATCH’ PERRY

£22.50ADV / 7.00PM / JAZZ CAFE

CONGO NATTY + MALA + CHANNEL ONE + OM

UNIT


SATURDAY 22ND MARCHSATURDAY 22ND MARCH

FOUR TET

SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / O2 ACADEMY BRIXTON

THE JCQ


CHE GE ZEBRA + KHAOS ALBERTO +

MONTAGUE BLACK

'£4 / 8.00PM / POWER LUNCHES

THE BLOW + TYPE TWO ERROR + THE TWICE


EATS EVERYTHING B2B HEIDI + TOTALLY

ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS + GERD


SPACE AND REPUBLICA


ISLINGTON

DAVID O'DOHERTY WILL TRY AND FIX

EVERYTHING


EMPIRE

THATCHER + SOCCER 96 + JIBOIA


BASKERY


THE PRETTY RECKLESS

SOLD OUT / 7.00PM / ELECTRIC BALLROOM

DRAKE + THE WEEKND

£53ADV / 7.00PM / THE O2

BROKEN BELLS


EMPIRE

DEADFADER


MOLLY BEANLAND


IVAN & ALYOSHA

£8ADV / 7.00PM / THE SLAUGHTERED LAMB

GARDENS & VILLA


STORY BOOKS


AUSTIN LUKAS + PJ BOND


AISHA ORAZBAYEVA


CLOUD BOAT

£8ADV / 8.00PM / CHATS PALACE

ANGEL OLSEN

£12.50ADV / 8.00PM / DINGWALLS

SUNDAY 23RD MARCH

MONDAY 24TH MARCH

TUESDAY 25TH MARCH

SUNDAY 23RD MARCH

MONDAY 24TH MARCH

TUESDAY 25TH MARCH

DEATHSTARS

SOLD OUT / 7.00PM / THE GARAGE

THE RAILS


BEAR HANDS

£6ADV / 8.30PM / MADAME JOJO'S

NINA NESBITT


EMPIRE

AMBER RUN


NADINE SHAH


YUNG LEAN & THE SAD BOYS


SAINT RAYMOND + BEAR HANDS


HAUSCHKA

SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / CAFE OTO

FRANCOIS & THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS


KITCHEN

SUMMER CAMP

£8ADV / 8.00PM / ISLINGTON ASSEMBLY

HALL

FUDGE AND THE FREQUENCY + EL BORN +

CITY OF LIGHTS

£10ADV / 7.00PM / JAZZ CAFE

KATY B

SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / KOKO

DAUGHTRY


EMPIRE

GET INVOLVED! + ZOAX + LOVE ZOMBIES


TYCHO

£15ADV / 7.30PM / OVAL SPACE

DAN CROLL


GIBSON BULL

FREE / 8:00PM / STRONGROOM

THE IRREPRESSIBLES + OLIVIA CHANEY +

OPAL ONYX


BILLY LOCKETT + EMILY BURNS

£8.50ADV / 7.00PM / THE BORDERLINE

NIMMO AND THE GAUNTLETTS

TBC / 8.00PM / CONCRETE

YOUNG KATO



THURSDAY 27TH MARCH


THURSDAY 27TH MARCH

RONIN + WATERBLACK + ADAM CLEAVER +

AYDIO SYSTEM


GOSSLING


KITCHEN

65DAYSOFSTATIC+ NATHAN FAKE

SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / KOKO

EARL SWEATSHIRT


ISLINGTON

BAND OF SKULLS + COVES


EMPIRE

YOUNG KNIVES + BROWN BROGUES

£12.50ADV / 7.30PM / SCALA

THE MEN


WHITE NOISE SOUND + 14 ICED BEARS +

93MILLIONMILESFROMTHESUN + PUSHER +

EDWEENA (SWEDEN)


THE LADYKILLERS + THE CONNECTORS + THE

POISON HEARTS

TBC / 8.00PM / BUFFALO BAR

DJ HYPE + PASCAL + MATRIX &

FUTUREBOUND + HAZARD + SUB ZERO

£13-£18ADV / 10.00PM / FABRIC

FOX + CORSICA + MIRACLE BLOW + IRIS +

KIRA KENLEY


THE CHAP + DREAM THEMES


METRONOMY

SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / O2 ACADEMY BRIXTON

CLANNAD - MARY BLACK


EMPIRE

DEATH AND THE PENGUINE


GIACOMO SMITH QUARTET


BIG DEAL

£12.50ADV / 8.00PM / ST PANCRAS OLD

CHURCH

ANDREW WEATHERALL + GHOST CULTURE +

JUSTIN ROBERTSON + LEMMY ASHTON

£12.50ADV / 9.00PM / XOYO

DEAL WITH IT (REUNION) + CHAIN OF

FLOWERS + OUTRAGE CC + FADE


FRIDAY 28TH MARCH

SATURDAY 29TH MARCH

FRIDAY 28TH MARCH

SATURDAY 29TH MARCH

MELANIE PAIN

£12.50ADV / 7.00PM / THE BORDERLINE

YOUNGTEAM (SWEDEN) + THE GREENCOATS

(SWEDEN) + CULKIN (SWEDEN) + THE

ELECTRIC MAINLINE + SOUNDWIRE +

SATSANGI + LE CASE DEL FUTURO (ITALY)


ESBEN & THE WITCH + BROKEN DC

£7ADV / 8.00PM / BUFFALO BAR

DARKSIDE

SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / THE CORONET

BLACK STAR FEAT. YASIIN BEY (FORMERLY

KNOWN AS MOS DEF) + TALIB KWELI


TOYAH WILLCOX

£22.50ADV / 7.00PM / JAZZ CAFE

AZEALIA BANKS

£20ADV / 7.30PM / O2 BRIXTON ACADEMY

PLANT PLANTS + EMPIRE DIVIDE +

BASTARDGEIST

£7, £5CONC. / 8.00PM / QUEEN OF HOXTON

THE WOLFHOUNDS + DANIEL LAND + ONE

UNIQUE SIGNAL + DEAD RABBITS + THE

CAROUSELS


MUTECALL + RAYMUNDO RODRIGUEZ + CHRIS

STANFORD

£15ADV / 7.00AM / CORSICA STUDIOS

HE UNDERSTUDIES + A LITTLE ORCHESTRA

£4 / 6.00PM / THE LEXINGTON

THE SAVAGE NOMADS + LEMMY ASHTON +

THE DIRTY TRUTH


ELLIOT MINOR


JOHNNY FOREIGNER + RADSTEWART +

MIDFIELD WORKHORSE


BLACK STAR FEAT. YASIIN BEY (FORMERLY

KNOWN AS MOS DEF)

£29.50ADV / 7.00PM / THE CORONET

CHAMPS


EMBLEM3


DIONNE REID + JOEL BAKER


AS ELEPHANTS ARE


SUNDAY 30TH MARCH

MONDAY 31ST MARCH

SUNDAY 30TH MARCH

MONDAY 31ST MARCH

COASTS

£7.50ADV / 7.00PM / BARFLY

QUILT


THE MINISTRY OF WOLVES


WILD BEASTS + EAST INDIA YOUTH

£18ADV / 8.00PM / O2 ACADEMY BRIXTON

JIMI GOODWIN


BRUNO MAJOR

£7.50ADV / 8.00PM / ST GILES IN THE FIELDS

BIPOLAR SUNSHINE + INDIANA + KIMBERLEY

ANNE


AI ASO + NORBERT MÖSLANG


POST WAR GLAMOUR GIRLS + THEN

THICKENS


FIONA BEVAN


POLAR BEAR + SHIVER

£14.50ADV / 8.00PM / XOYO

THE AMAZING SNAKEHEADS

£7ADV / 8.00PM / BETHNAL GREEN

WORKING MEN'S CLUB

LA LUZ + PARLOUR + ABJECTS


ERLEND ØYE

SOLD OUT / 7.00PM / ISLINGTON ASSEMBLY

HALL

OLIVER WILDE


WALK OFF THE EARTH


EMPIRE

HOWLER


MARC O'REILY

£8 / 7.30PM / SERVANT JAZZ QUARTERS

RIVERSIDE


JAZZANOVA + ZARA MCFARLANE


UNDERGROUND

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Next up Atlanter burst on to the stage to declare “We’re here to make love to your soul” though their mix of motorik rhythms and glammed-up blues is miss as much as hit. It’s Icelandic trio Vök who are the pick of the crop. It’s easy to make comparisons to The xx, with their claustrophobic beats, but this is something more, and when they play the seductively atmospheric Tension you can see why the buzz is growing around them.

Danny Wright

The definitive Nordic night returns with a serving of three diverse acts to warm us up on a freezing February night. It begins with Schultz & Forever (the alias of 19-year-old Dane Jonathan Schultz) who asks for “some weed, painkillers and a place to stay” before launching into a set of jangly, upbeat indie.

JAJAJA: VÖK // ATLANTER //SCHULTZ & FOREVERThe Lexington // February 13th

Let’s start with the premise that front woman Channy Leaneagh is seemingly flawless; this woman is probably the cause of as many female girl-crushes as male ones. Poliça are joined by fellow Minneapolis outfit Marijuana Deathsquads with their atonal electro-beat and beating drums. Whether you are a fan of auto-tune or not, this timeit works.Channy’s silhouette prominently stands out against the deco walls, her stage presence is charming, and the sharp vocals are startling enough to cut through her bandmate’s metronomic brew.

The rhythmic loops and sophisticated electronic pop is the official soundtrack of the dance floor in these early 2010s. One moment Dark Star’s chant of “ain’t no man in this world who can pull me down from my dark star” reverberates around the room in a religious silence, and then the next moment Say My Name turns what was a catchy groove into stomp-worthy live dance track.Poliça prove, once again, to beone of the most exciting actsto come out of Minneapolissince Prince. Fabiana Giovanetti

POLIÇATroxy // February 12th

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BY DANNY WRIGHTI can never tell whether it’s ludicrous or brilliant (though it’s probably both) that something as essentially ephemeral and flimsy as pop music has such a hold on the most important moments in our lives. Every relationship, every city lived in, every single event is locked in with a certain song and you really have no choicein the matter.I was living in Tokyo when The National’s Alligator came out. Walking around the city, headphones in, the album revealed itself to me as the city did. Everything seemed heightened, like a normal city overdosed on hallucinogens. The straight edges of the skyscrapers bursting up into the sky, the Shinto shrines and the brilliant otherness of it. And I was grounded by The National’s welcoming hug.But it was something else as well: the paranoia and the doubt, the love and the visceral catharsis of that record were all the feelings I had inside of me.Even today Matt Berninger’s voice always transports me back there. I still have no idea if it’s my favourite album because of Tokyo or if Tokyo is my favourite city because of Alligator.The opposite is, of course, also inevitably and unfortunately true. There are songs I can no longer bear to hear. That you have to go through some Eternal Sunshine memory cleansing to get rid of them is also part of the process.It’s this lack of control that makes it such a rare thing. Miserable songs become joyous and life affirming. One-dimensional pop songs take on a depth no one else could perceive. And we just can’t let go. I mean it even happened to me with a Lumineers song last year.So next time a song comes on think about what you’re listening to because it could be with you for the rest of your life. And if it feels like it’s going to be traumatic, maybe put your fingers in your ears.

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O2 SHEPHERDS BUSH EMPIRE • 20 MARCHWITH SPECIAL GUESTS

THE FORUM • 16 APRIL

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XOYO • 01 APRILWITH SLAVES AND DZ DEATHRAYS

ELECTRIC BALLROOM • 30 APRIL

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SCALA • 01 APRILWITH SPECIAL GUESTS

KOKO • 10 JUNE

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