
Why listen to a CD or broadcast when you can see it on stage? A different show every night. Two in the same night if you're mad for it.
This is a select list of up-and-coming shows (in date order) featuring bands that have impressed me. Please note this is not a listings page, and OT cannot take responsibility for cancellations or changes to the bill. Please check with the venue before travelling.
Past gigs go in to the archive (in italics) at the bottom.
Details of most of the venues referred to can be found at Venues.

Lords + Bilge Pump + Dethscalator + Jack Mountain Fri 20 February 2009 Silver Rocket Club, Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington tube £5, £4 concs/ after bands Doors 8.30 pm to 3pm Post-rock supergroup, grindcore and the fascinating collision of post-hardcore scramble and blues from guitar-vocal-drum duo Jack Mountain
Real Feal + One Unique Signal + Cove + Perceval Gage Sat 21 February 2009 traumattack special at Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands from 8.30pm First traumattack of 2009 with jerky hardore, heavy psychedelia, post-rock and post-metal - preview Perceval Gage at I_to_Q, preview Cove at Quickstep
Master & Servant + Barbara Kellys + Actionforce + Lonely Weekend Wed 25 February 2009 Goonite Club @ Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington station £5, £4 concs Doors 8.30pm Superb indie/ dance sounds with humour from electro-bass-drum duo Master and Servant
Giant Paw w/- Liger + Codes in the Clouds + Tronix Nexus Wed 11 March 2009 Goonite Club @ Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington station £5, £4 concs Doors 8.30pm Giant Paw play an arty an quirky mix-up of electro, psychedelia and blues in the 10pm slot

ECONOLINE, PROJECTIONS, MUCHOS PERROS Tue 18 April 2006 Vibe_Bar, 91-95 Brick Lane, opp 93 Feet East - 10 mins from Liverpool Street or Old Street Free Doors 7.30pm to 11.30pm End of a mini-tour, celebrate with the best guitar-passion Previews: Econoline A to H and DemoCrazy, Projections I to Q Promoter: www.a-badge-of-friendship.co.uk
Lords, Quack Quack, Lower Forty-Eight, The Mockingbird Nightmare Fri 21 April 2006 Silver Rocket/Noisestar at Buffalo Bar, next to Highbury tube £6, £4 Members 8pm - 2am, live music 8.30pm For Membership see: Silver_Rocket Preview Lords at: I to Q
Hey Colossus, Lower Forty-Eight, Blown Paperbags Sun 23 April 2006 Monotreme presents @ Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £5, £4 concs Doors 8pm, Hey Colossus onstage at 10pm Preview Hey Colossus at: A to H
WRECK Five with The Strange Death of Liberal England October All Over Akira and Matthew Rozeik Fri 28 April 2006 Water Rats, 328 Gray's Inn Road, King's Cross (5 mins south of station, just beyond Travelodge) Doors 7.30pm, first act 8pm, this is pretty rigid £6, or £5 with flyer (or if you show up wearing a yellow top - it says here) Preview Akira at: A to H
Trench with Swetbox, Monsters in the Attic, eighthnerve Sat 29 April 2006 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £6, £5 concs Doors 8pm, Trench onstage 9.15pm sharp "Hullcore", you have not seen a band this heavy before Preview Trench at: R to Z
Somebodys Mind, Just to Annoy Ray, The Velcros Wed 3 May 2006 Peafish Promotions @ Purple Turtle - Mornington Crescent tube - it's opposite the side door of Koko, Camden £6, £5 concs Doors 8pm, Velcros onstage 8.15pm Listen at: Peafish
Joeyfat, Projections, The Watchers, Free Diamonds Silver Rocket line-up of the year Fri 5 May 2006 Silver Rocket Club, Upstairs at the Garage, Highbury Corner £6, £4 concs/ after bands Doors 8.30pm to 3.00am Preview Joeyfat and Projections at: I to Q
Spring Antifolk 2006 14 acts including Milk Kan, David Cronenberg's Wife, Bobby McGees, JJ Crash and Sergeant Buzfuz Sat 6 May 2006 12 Bar Club, Denmark Street, off Charing Cross Road, just south of Centrepoint - TCR tube £6 Doors and music from 7pm Lots of these acts previewed here, see some Antifolk nights at: Past Events Full running order at: UK_Antifolk
Rock of Travolta, Orwell Music, One More Kiss Thu 11 May 2006 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £5, £4 concs Doors 8pm Rock of Travolta are legendary... pulp post-rock?
Kiosk, Leisur Hive, Everything on Black, Mono für Alle! with Trombosis DJs Thu 18 May 2006 OppositionT presents Kafka Dances Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £6, £5 concs Doors 7.30pm, music from 8pm, Mono für Alle! on first Preview Everything on Black at: A to H ... Kiosk and Leisur Hive at: I to Q Listen at: Kiosk and OppositionT
Diary 10th anniversary show with Probing Cranks + Black Cat Hat Sun 21 May 2006 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £5 Doors 8pm, onstage 8.15pm poetry, jazz, blues, improvisation from Bull&Gate and OppositionT favourites Preview Diary: A to H and Probing Cranks at: I to Q
The Velcros, Adam de Gruchy, Vulnerable Things and Venus Bogardus Tue 23 May 2006 Peafish Promotions @ Lark In the Park, Copenhagen Street N1 £6, £5 concs Doors 8pm Listen at: Peafish
Suitable Case for Treatment, twentysixfeet, silent front, general khaki Thu 25 May 2006 WreckSix @ Plan B Brixton (please note this venue change) - across the road and right from Brixton Underground - it's where you turn into Stockwell Road for the Academy Doors 8pm this gig is now free!! Preview twentysixfeet at: R to Z Details at: Plum
The Rum Circus with Device, Absent Kid, Post War Years and The Casuals Sat 27 May 2006 PlayMusic @ Clockwork, 96-98 Pentonville Road (cnr Penton Street) - midway along main road from Angel to King's Cross £5 Doors 7.30pm, Rum Circus onstage about 9pm Preview Rum Circus at: R to Z
July July with Jynxt, Everyone Else Tue 30 May 2006 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £5, £4 concs Doors 8pm, July July 9.15pm Preview July July at: I to Q
English Electric, The Bleeding Hearts, and Masterplan for Failure Tue 30 May 2006 Peafish Promotions @ Lark In the Park, Copenhagen Street N1 £6, £5 concs Doors 7pm Details at: Peafish Preview the Bleeding Hearts at: DemoCrazy
Like a Stuntman, Up C Down C, Swimsuit Issue, St Deluxe Fri 2 June 2006 Silver Rocket Club, Upstairs at the Garage, Highbury Corner £6, £4 concs/ after bands Doors 8.30pm to 3.00am I'm quite sure I've reviewed 3 of these and they're buried in old notebooks, we'll have to see if I can dig 'em out in time...
Blood Red Shoes, Projections, Lust, The Sailplanes Tue 6 June 2006 Howl @ Catch 22, 22 Kingsland Road, London E2 8DA East from Old Street turn left after Shoreditch Town Hall under railway bridge - venue is on right, music upstairs £5 Doors 8pm Preview Projections at I to Q and Sailplanes at: R to Z
The Quarter, The Cells, Syrus Tue 6 June 2006 Peafish Promotions @ Lark In the Park, Copenhagen Street N1 £6, £5 concs Doors 7pm Details at: Peafish Preview Cells at: A to H
Gertrudes Storm, Dead Spies, Helzuki Wed 7 June 2006 Peafish Promotions @ Purple Turtle - Mornington Crescent tube - it's opposite the side door of Koko, Camden £6, £5 concs Doors 8pm, Helzuki onstage 8.15pm Details at: Peafish Preview Gertrudes Storm at: A to H
Gin Panic, They Died Too Young, Capuchin or Kitano Thu 8 June 2006 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £4, £4.50 concs Doors 8pm, music from 8.45pm Preview Gin Panic at: A to H
BATHROOM SALLY, THE ZEBRA ROOM, THE MUVS, THE TRUTH Sat 10 June 2006 Peafish Promotions @ Lark In the Park, Copenhagen Street N1 £6, £5 concs Doors 8pm, music 8.30pm Details at: Peafish
Antifolk (early) Summer Solstice Special 10 acts including Tom (David Cronenberg's Wife), Kid Sister Phoebe, Filthy Pedro, Paul Hawkins, Horsebox Sun 11 June 2006 Buffalo Bar, adjt Highbury & Islington station £6 Doors 6.30pm, music 7pm Details at: UK_Antifolk Preview Antifolk events at: Past Events, individual acts at: AtoZ of Reviews
MOJAG, THE LOW SKY, THE BOUNDARY, NATALIE ROSS AND THE RENEGADES Tue 13 June 2006 Peafish Promotions @ Lark In the Park, Copenhagen Street N1 £6, £5 concs Doors 7pm Details at: Peafish Preview Mojag at: I to Q, preview Natalie Ross at: Quickstep
The Sailplanes, The Cavaliers, Ejector Seat Thu 15 June 2006 The Windmill, Blenheim Gardens, Brixton Hill (left from Brixton underground, 15 minutes walk towards Streatham, Blenheim Gardens is on the right £4 Doors 8pm Preview Sailplanes at: R to Z
Striplight, Geniac, Glass Fri 16 June 2006 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £6, £5 concs Doors 8pm, music from 8.45pm Preview Striplight at: R to Z
Big Joan, The Fontanelles, The Optimist Club, OFM Fri 16 June 2006 Silver Rocket at The Buffalo Bar, immediately to the right from exit of Highbury & Islington station £6, £4 concs/ after bands Doors 8.30pm to 3.00am Preview Optimist Club at: I to Q
My Pet Junkie, Mumrah!, Revolution, The Very Special Guests Fri 16 June 2006 Come Out 2 Nite @ Purple Turtle - Mornington Crescent tube - it's opposite the side door of Koko, Camden £5, £4 before 8.30pm Doors 8pm Preview My Pet Junkie at: I to Q
Diary w/ Chow Chow, Ego-Armalade, The Buzz Thu 22 June 2006 Dublin Castle, Parkway, Camden £6, £5 concs Music from 8.30pm, Diary on third Preview Diary at: A to H
Montana Pete w/ Les Natrels, Tom Hatred, Mary Epworth Band Sun 25 June 2006 Red Room, Inn on the Green, 3 Thorpe Close, Ladbroke Grove FREE Doors 6pm, Montana Pete on at 9pm Preview Montana Pete at: I to Q Football, what football?
Luxembourg, Villette, Dexy Mon 26 June 2006 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £5 Doors 8pm, music from 8.45pm Preview Luxembourg at: I to Q
STARCHAMBER, THE BRIAN JACKET LETDOWN, JAG, JUNE Tue 27 June 2006 Peafish Promotions @ Lark In the Park, Copenhagen Street N1 £6, £5 concs Doors 7pm Details at: Peafish
Bikini Atoll, RandomNumber, Akira, Alex Kid Fri 30 June 2006 WreckSeven @ Water Rats, 328 Gray's Inn Road, King's Cross (5 mins south of station, just beyond Travelodge) Doors 7.30pm, first act 8pm, this is pretty rigid £6, or £5 with flyer/ green tops Preview Akira at: A to H
Satellite Inspectors, No Mind, Airborne, Operation Monday Fri 30 June 2006 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £6, £5 concs Doors 8pm, music from 8.30pm Preview No Mind and Satellite Inspectors at: R to Z
Sailplanes, The Alones, Screaming Tea Party Sat 1 July 2006 Metro Club, 19-23 Oxford Street (about 15 seconds from Oxford Street exit of Tottenham Court Road tube) £5 adv, probably more on door Doors 7.30pm Preview Sailplanes and Screaming Tea Party at: R to Z
Chesca from The Rum Circus, plus 3 other solo performers Mon 3 July 2006 4x4 at Boogaloo Bar, 312 Archway Road - Highgate tube, head a few metres towards Archway Free Doors 7pm Preview The Rum Circus at: R to Z
Blondelle, Rosemary, The Kicks Thu 6 July 2006 Barfly B*sides @ The Enterprise, 2 Haverstock Hill (opp Chalk Farm tube) £5 Doors 8pm Preview Rosemary at: R to Z
Blood Red Shoes, Charlottefield, Paper Cut Out, Mystery Meat Fri 7 July 2006 Silver Rocket Club, Upstairs at the Garage, Highbury Corner £6, £4 concs/ after bands Doors 8.30pm to 3.00am Preview Charlottefield at: A to H
Flame-On, The Cells, Slimmy, Kennedy Sunday Sat 8 July 2006 Peafish @ Lark in the Park, Copenhagen Street (using King's Cross, head up Caledonian Road from The Scala - Thameslink, Copenhagen Street is 800 metres up on the right, The Lark is on the streetside edge of the park on the left hand side) £6, £5 with flyer Doors 7.30pm Preview The Cells at: A to H
Montauk Project, When Gravity Fails, Six Fifty Whisky, Subterranea Sat 8 July 2006 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road (cross road from tube, venue 150 yards to right) £6, £5 with flyer Doors 8pm, music from 8.30pm Preview Six 50 Whiskey and When Gravity Fails at: R to Z
Silvery, Horsebox, Munch Munch Mon 10 July 2006 Flook @ Nambucca Bar, 596 Holloway Road (halfway between Holloway Road and Archway tubes, other side of road) £5, £4 with flyer Doors around 8pm Preview Horsebox at: A to H, preview Silvery at: R to Z
Bifteck, The Low Sky, Trad Arr, Zoe Konez Tue 11 July 2006 Peafish @ Lark in the Park, Copenhagen Street (using King's Cross, head up Caledonian Road from The Scala and Thameslink, Copenhagen Street is 800 metres up on the right, The Lark is on the streetside edge of the park on the left hand side) £6, £5 with flyer Doors 7.30pm Bifteck scrabble back after loss of their frontman, read old Bifteck reviews at: A to H
Foals, Sailplanes, Pfaff, Favours for Sailors, From the Sky Fri 14 July ConcentrationFace @ Pleasure Unit, 359 Bethnal Green Road (from Bethnal Green Station, along Bethnal Green Road 10 minutes, on right before Pollard Row) £5 Doors 7.30pm to 2am Preview Sailplanes at: R to Z
The Rum Circus, Diner, Wolventrix Sat 15 July 2006 The Water Rats, 328 Gray's Inn Road (5 minutes from King's Cross, head towards Holborn, left hand side) £6, £5 with flyer Doors 7.30pm Preview The Rum Circus at: R to Z
Tin Pan Alley Festival - proceeds to Shelter Sun 16 July 2006 Denmark Street, off Charing Cross Road - 50 metres south of Tottenham Court Road station/ Centrepoint British Sea Power, Bromhead Jackets, Vince Vincent & the Villains, Keith, F-O Machete, Louie, The Violets, Kalev, The Holloways, The Ape Drape Escape, Untitled Musical Project Free entry 11am to 9pm Fuck Off Machete on at 5pm, preview at: A to H
Econoline, Last of the Real Hardmen Tue 18 July 2006 Vibe_Bar, 91-95 Brick Lane, opp 93 Feet East - 10 mins from Liverpool Street or Old Street Free Doors 7.30pm to 11.30pm Previews: Econoline A to H and DemoCrazy, Last of the Real Hardmen I to Q Promoter: www.a-badge-of-friendship.co.uk
Toy Drum, Guitar Club, It Hugs Back, Jack Peachey Tue 18 July 2006 Peafish @ Lark in the Park, Copenhagen Street, right off Caledonian Road, 10 mins from King's Cross Doors 7.30pm Listen at: Peafish
Antifolk Special to launch Lach UK tour also feat. Milk Kan, David Cronenbourg's Wife, Filthy Pedro, Sgt. Buzfuz, JJ Crash, The Bobby Magees, Larry Pickleman Wed 19 July 2006 Barfly, Chalk Farm Road, Camden (opp Morrison's and The Roundhouse) Music from 7pm See previews at: Past Events and AtoZ of Reviews
Collapse, Underground Railroad, Kyote Fri 21 July 2006 Silver Rocket Club birthday, Buffalo Bar, adjt Highbury & Islington tube £6, £4 concs/ after bands, mailing list FREE Doors 8.30 pm to 3pm Preview Kyote at: Quickstep and I to Q
Kingsize, The Truebadours (it say's here), Daddy Long Legs, Sophie Serafino, The Revelation Fri 21 July 2006 Fully Loaded @ Lark in the Park, Copenhagen Street (ten minutes from King's Cross or Angel) £5 Doors 7.30pm, music 8pm to late Preview Daddy Long Legs at: A to H
Majik, Left of the Dealer, Timshel Sat 22 July 2006 Peafish Promotions @ Lark In the Park, Copenhagen Street N1 £6, £5 concs Doors 8pm, music 8.30pm Details at: Peafish Preview Majik as Magic Heroes at: I to Q
Go Cadenza, Alison Dear Tue 25 July 2006 Peafish Acoustic Showcase @ Lark in the Park, Copenhagen Street N1 £6, £5 concs Doors 7.30pm including Alison Dear's one-woman show of indie-folk guitar anger
twentysixfeet, Immune, The Naciente Quartet, Our Own Devices Thu 27 July 2006 WreckEight @ Water Rats, 328 Gray's Inn Road, King's Cross (5 mins south of station, just beyond Travelodge) Doors 7.30pm, first act 8pm, this is pretty rigid £6, or £5 with flyer Preview twentysixfeet at: R to Z
Timshel, Sell the Lexus Burn the Olive Tree, Moorwater, Immoral Wed 2 August 2006 Peafish @ Purple Turtle, Camden (opp side door of Koko, Mornington Crescent tube) £6, £5 concs Doors 8pm, music from 8.15pm Preview Sell the Lexus at: R to Z
Spiralsoul, the Satellite Inspectors, the Rubikons Wed 2 August 2006 Goonite Club at The Buffalo Bar, immediately to the right from exit of Highbury & Islington station £5, £4 concs Doors 8.30pm to 3.00am Preview Satellite Inspectors at: R to Z
TOY DRUM / GPD / LORD LUKEN / HANSOM PILOT Fri 4 August 2006 Peafish @ Lark in the Park, 60 Copenhagen Street N1 0JW (using King's Cross, head up Caledonian Road from The Scala and Thameslink, Copenhagen Street is 800 metres up on the right, The Lark is on the streetside edge of the park on the left hand side) £6, £5 concs Doors 7.30pm, DJs until 2pm Drumming bunnies, global positioning, absent peers and flying jackets - must be the Queen Mum's birthday GPD features former Wonderful Allstars drummer with Dave Grohl tendencies
Screaming Tea Party w/- White Trash Party, Stereo Dance Party, Jackie Breaks Fri 4 August 2006 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road (cross road from Kentish Town tube, venue 150 metres to right) £6, £5 concs Doors 8pm, STP onstage at 10pm Preview Screaming Tea Party at: R to Z
Filtered w/- The Direction, In Focus, Serf Tue 8 August 2006 Peafish @ Lark in the Park, 60 Copenhagen Street N1 0JW (using King's Cross, head up Caledonian Road from The Scala and Thameslink, Copenhagen Street is 800 metres up on the right, The Lark is on the streetside edge of the park on the left hand side) £6, £5 concs Doors 7.30pm, Filtered onstage at 8pm - one of their final shows Preview Filtered at: A to H
I Shouted Gun, Heapy, Abraxus, Boog Tue 8 August 2006 State of Decay @ Hope and Anchor, Upper Street (5 mins to right from Highbury & Islington tube) £5, £4.50 concs Doors 8pm, music 8.15pm Preview Abraxus at: A to H and I Shouted Gun at: I to Q
Kevin Hewick, Sergeant Buzfuz, Roxy Rawson, Happy Casio, Thee Intolerable Kidd Wed 9 August 2006 Blang! at 12 Bar Club, Denmark Street (Tottenham Court Road tube, 5 mins walk down Charing Cross Road from Centrepoint, Denmark Street on left, club on left) £5 Doors 7.30pm to 1am Preview under Buzfuz and Sergeant at: A to H and R to Z I was a fan of Hewick in the eighties, his poetic lyrics and plaintive voice are addictive, and it's a joy to find that he's still in action and still full of curiosity about the weird wide world
TV Smith (solo + full band set) + iDou + Garden Gang Thu 10 August 2006 8pm Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road (cross road from tube, venue 150 metres to right) £6, £5 with this flyer Preview iDou at: I to Q and TV Smith at: R to Z
The Arm, with MDMA, Reckless Abandon, Star27 Mon 14 August 2006 Hope and Anchor, 207 Upper Street (turn right from Highbury & Islington tube, walk for 5 mins) £5, £4.50 concs Doors 8.15pm, The Arm onstage 9pm Preview The Arm at: A to H
Bootywine, Idea Motion, Riptide Tue 15 August 2006 Peafish @ Lark in the Park, 60 Copenhagen Street N1 0JW (using King's Cross, head up Caledonian Road from The Scala and Thameslink, Copenhagen Street is 800 metres up on the right, The Lark is on the streetside edge of the park on the left hand side) £6, £5 concs Doors 7.30pm Eclectic indie-rock evening books 3 acts I've never come across
Cayto, Hunters Loaf, Mandlebrot Set, Nosferatu d2 Fri 18 August 2006 Silver Rocket Club, Buffalo Bar, adjt Highbury & Islington tube £6, £4 concs/ after bands Doors 8.30 pm to 3pm Preview Hunters Loaf at: A to H, preview Mandlebrot Set and Nosferatu d2 at: I to Q
UK Antifolk Summer Festival 14 acts! including Tom Cronenberg, Filthy Pedro, Chris Chinchilla, The Rebel, Milk Kan Sat 19 August 2006 12 Bar Club, Denmark Street (Tottenham Court Road tube, 5 mins walk down Charing Cross Road from Centrepoint, Denmark Street on left, club on left) £6 Doors 6.30pm to very late Preview other festivals under Past Events Details at Antifolk And they're doing it again the next day on the river starting from Kingston
Stuffy and the Fuses, England and the April, Ceiling, Vile Bodies Tue 22 August 2006 OppositionT for Peafish @ Lark in the Park, Copenhagen Street (from King's Cross, take Caledonian Road (opp The Scala), Copenhagen Street is 800 metres on the right, Lark is on the edge of the park on the left) just £3 entry allcomers Doors 7.30 pm Listen at: Stuffy_and_the_Fuses and at: England_and_the_April and at: Ceiling and at: Vile_Bodies
The Rum Circus, Madamawitch, Delayed Experience Wed 23 August 2006 Plum @ Plan B Brixton across the road and right from Brixton Underground - it's where you turn into Stockwell Road for the Academy £5, £4 Doors 8pm Preview Rum Circus at: R to Z
Rock of Travolta, Lili, Akira, Chik Bido Fri 25 August 2006 (note restored date + line-up, with venue change) WRECKNINE - check website for full line-up Wreck I am thrilled that the wreckcrew will now be at my favourite venue Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road (cross road from tube, venue 150 metres to right) Doors 7.30pm, first act 8pm £5, or £4 with flyer/ red top Preview Akira at: A to H Rock of Travolta are Godfathers of Post Rock
Jacksons Warehouse, Czeduce, Havana Guns, The Magz Sat 26 August 2006 Dublin Castle, Parkway, Camden £6, £5 concs Music from 8.30pm, Jacksons Warehouse headline Preview Jacksons Warehouse at I to Q and DemoCrazy
Peafish Festival of music, comedy and art Sat 26, Sun 27 and Mon 28 August 2006 Over 30 live music performances Lark in the Park, 60 Copenhagen Street, London N1 0JW (from King's Cross, take Caledonian Road (opp The Scala), Copenhagen Street is 800 metres on the right, Lark is on the edge of the park on the left) £15 weekend, £7 for one day Doors 12 noon each day, bands and DJs until 2am. Listings from 12 noon as follows:
Saturday: GPD (acoustic), Vulnerable Thing (GP solo), The Velours, Deceit, Cthru27, Neon Diamond, The Velcros, Smack Boys, Trad Arr, Vulnerable Things, The Counterfeits
Sunday: The Low Sky, Black Cat Hat, Bifteck, Jonno (the MuVs), Go Cadenza, The Cells, Spencer Jude Pearce, Flame On, Mark Cottrell, Adam de Gruchy, Their Hearts were full of Spring (formerly The Bleeding Hearts), Helzuki
Monday: Guitar Club, Mad Max, Gertrudes Storm, Asazi, Left of the Dealer, GPD, States, Big Truck, Scarf, Timshel
October All Over support Future of the Left, The Quiet Life Friday 1 September 2006 Barfly, Chalk Farm Road, Camden (opp Morrisons) £6 Doors 7.30pm to 10pm - yup, the hungry Barfly has another show afterwards Preview October All Over at: I to Q
Tim Poland, Echovelle, Slippery Fish Fri 8 September 2006 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm Preview Echovelle at: A to H and Tim Poland at: I to Q Echovelle play Japanese colourwash rock with an archetypal 4AD styling - sunlight sparkles on a frozen lake as it slowly melts.
Doctor Feelgood, Vulnerable Things, Trad Arr Fri 8 September 2006 - punk'n'blues and all things Canvey Island Orange launch party @ The Orange (aka West One Four), 3 North End Crescent, West Ken or Earl's Court tubes, cross Cromwell Road, 3 minutes up North End Road £10, available in advance at: ticketweb Doors 7pm, music 8pm Preview Doctor Feelgood at: A to H and and Vulnerable Things at: R to Z
Striplight (EP launch), Error Plains plus DJs Wednesday 13 September 2006 St Moritz Club, 159 Wardour Street, W1F 8WL - west side, Oxford Street end, near TCR tube - please note this venue change Free Doors 7.30pm Preview Striplight at: R to Z
Hey Colossus w/ Snowblood, Narwhal, Tim Holehouse Wed 13 September 2006 The Macbeth, 70 Hoxton Street, left off Old Street just before Kingsland/ Hackney Road junction £4 Doors 8pm Preview HC at: A to H Get flyer here (not quite sure why you'd need to)
Cove, 3hos2mexicansandatinofspanners, Thousand Natural Shocks Fri 15 September 2006 Silver Rocket Club, Buffalo Bar, adjt Highbury & Islington tube £6, £4 concs/ after bands Doors 8.30 pm to 3pm Preview Cove at: A to H, preview three hos at: R to Z
Fiction Plane, Rum Circus, Lilygun, Data Puddle Fri 15 September 2006 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm Preview Fiction Plane at: A to H and Rum Circus at: R to Z
The Sailplanes, Everything on Black w/ The Mighty Roars, The Daze Fri 15 September 2006 Come Out 2nite @ The Purple Turtle, 65 Crowndale Road, Mornington Crescent/ Camden Town - opp side door of Koko £5, £4 before 8.30pm Doors 8pm Everything on Black and Sailplanes up first, preview at A to H and R to Z
After the Fox, Rory McVicar, Luxembourg, The Sailplanes, The Diasporians Thu 21 September 2006 Union Theatre fundraiser for "Shortcuts 2006" @ Barden's Boudoir, 38-44 Stoke Newington Road, Dalston/ Newington Green £5 Doors 8pm to 2pm Preview: Luxembourg I to Q, Sailplanes R to Z You need to see any band monikered The Diasporians... you just do
Satellite Inspectors support Sketchbeat and Thieves by Numbers Fri 22 September 2006 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm Preview Satellite Inspectors at: R to Z
The Sailplanes with Wretched Replica, Only the Lonely, Ken Machine, British Broken Class Fri 22 September 2006 Do We Need a Reason @ The Pleasure Unit, 359 Bethnal Green Road, London E2 6LG £5 Doors 8pm, music until 2am Preview Sailplanes at: R to Z
Action Plan, Chow Chow, We Are the Physics Fri 22 September 2006 Pure Groove Records' <if you don't mind> at Archway Tavern, Archway Close (middle of Archway roundabout) £5, £4 flyers 8pm Preview Action Plan at: A to H - this is a mighty zeitgeist line-up!
Sell the Lexus, Burn the Olive Tree with Their Hearts Were Full of Spring + Last Night's Recital + Sweet Talk + Little Fish Fri 22 September 2006 Fully Loaded at Lark in the Park, Copenhagen Street (from King's Cross, take Caledonian Road (opp The Scala), Copenhagen Street is 800 metres on the right, Lark is on the edge of the park on the left) flyer price £5 7.30pm to 2pm Preview Sell the Lexus at: R to Z
The Low Sparks (main support) w/ Shabby Rogue (headline), Shoes, Nick Marks Wednesday 27 September 2006 Five Families @ Hoxton Bar and Kitchen, Hoxton Sq, Old Street tube £TBC Doors 8pm, first act 8.15pm Low Sparks play showily silly rock'n'roll'n'pop, preview at: I to Q
The Starlets, Nately, Alexander Ericson Wednesday 27 September 2006 Betsey Trotwood, 56 Farringdon Road (out of Farringdon station, turn right twice, 5 mins walk) £5, £4 concs 8pm Starlets are cute indie popsters
Go Cadenza, Dead Spies, Kennedy Sunday, Tonight is Goodbye Friday 29 September 2006 Atomic - Peafish @ The Orange 3 North End Crescent, West Kensington W14 8TG tubes Earl's Court or West Kensington, go up to Cromwell Road/ Three King's junction, Orange is 50 yards north along North End Road £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, music until 2am Preview Dead Spies at: A to H
The Lost Levels, The Sailplanes, Michaelmas, Mon Fio Friday 29 September 2006 Conceited @ The Pleasure Unit, 359 Bethnal Green Road, London E2 6LG £5, £4 concs Doors 8pm, music until 2am Preview Sailplanes at: R to Z
Screaming Tea Party support Under the Igloo + Grass Rabbits Sat 30 September 2006 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm Preview Screaming Tea Party at: R to Z
William D Drake and friends + Stuntdog + La Mômo Sunday 1 October 2006 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £6, £5 concs/ flyers - see Home for flyer Doors 8pm A must for Cardiacs fans Preview Drake at: A to H, preview La Mômo at: Quickstep
Creep Cult Murderers support New Project + Son Dura Tue 3 October 2006 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £5, £4 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, CCM open Preview Creep Cult Murderers at: A to H
Xmas Lights + As of Today + Trench + Mordachi Sat 7 October 2006 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm Preview the Xmas Lights and Trench at: R to Z
Mayors of Miyazaki + Montana Pete + Todger + Polka Dot Pipe (+ jesus the kidnapped DJ set) Sun 8 October 2006 Tooting Bizarre at The Grosvenor, 17 Sidney Rd, Stockwell SW9 0TP - turn right off Stockwell Road about 10mins after the Academy £4 Doors 7.30pm Montana Pete are the original and best art-punks, preview at: I to Q
Sell the Lexus, Burn the Olive Tree + Nex + Kubotan + Worn + Reasonable Doubt + Schist Sun 8 October 2006 rock and metal bloodbath Peafish @ The Orange (above the Fox tavern) 3 North End Crescent, West Kensington W14 8TG tubes Earl's Court or West Kensington, go up to Cromwell Road/ Three King's junction, Orange is 50 yards north along North End Road £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 5pm, Lexus on around 9.15pm Preview Sell the Lexus at: R to Z
Fuck Off Machete support Ladyfuzz w/ Low Miffs Tuesday 10 October 2006 93 Feet East, Brick Lane (Liverpool Street, exit Bishopsgate, right at Brushfield, left across Commercial Road and right along Hanbury Street to the old brewery - left along Brick Lane, venue on right) £7.50 advance, you'll need tickets www.ticketweb.co.uk certain other agents will charge you over £10 Doors 7.30pm Altered Images as an uncompromisingly brash and noisy garage band... preview F-O M at: A to H
Kyote, The Satellite Inspectors, National Heroes Wednesday 11 October 2006 Goonite Club @ Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington station £5, £4 concs Doors 8.30pm Kyote are truly my favourite band, SI are mates in the navel examination industry Preview Kyote at: I to Q and Satellite Inspectors at: R to Z
The Silent Parade + Redjetson (+ Boxer Rebellion DJ set) Wednesday 11 October Jamm, 261 Brixton Road SW9 6LH (midway from Oval to Brixton tube) £6 Doors 8.30pm Redjetson create an entire post-rock landscape, Slartibartfast eat your heart out. Yes, it comes with fjords.
Foul Geese + The Khe Sanh Approach + Ming the Mong Thu 12 October 2006 mONTAGUE aRMS, 289 Queen's Road, twixt New Cross and Peckham out of New Cross or NCG, turn right, left at Camberwell fork, 15 minutes' walk £4, £3 concs Doors 8pm Preview Ming under Monged at: I to Q
twentysixfeet + suddenly vince + Computer club + vigilante Thu 12 October 2006 Glasswerks at Purple Turtle, Crowndale Road, opp side door of Koko, Camden (Mornington Crescent tube) £6, £5 concs Doors 7.30pm Preview twentysixfeet at: R to Z
Six50Whisky + Timshel + Firebrand + Lloyd Fri 13 October 2006 rock Peafish @ The Orange (above the Fox tavern) 3 North End Crescent, West Kensington W14 8TG tubes Earl's Court or West Kensington, go up to Cromwell Road/ Three King's junction, Orange is 50 yards north along North End Road £6, £5 concs/ flyers, £3 after bands Doors 8pm to 2pm (if it's busy) Preview Six50Whisky at: R to Z
Fractured + Kill the Arcade + Gemini + Girls that Scratch + Doll Stake + Artisan Clock Fri 13 October 2006 Fully Loaded at Lark in the Park, Copenhagen Street (from King's Cross, take Caledonian Road (opp The Scala), Copenhagen Street is 800 metres on the right, Lark is on the edge of the park on the left) Music from 7.45pm, open until 2am, Fractured on 11pm Preview Fractured at: A to H
Zamorano w/- Sangeeta + Sohz + Ubermanoeuvre Fri 13 October 2006 Dead or Alive at Metro Club, 19-23 Oxford Street (about 15 seconds from Oxford Street exit of Tottenham Court Road tube) £6, £5 concs, probably more on door Doors 7.30pm to 10.30pm Zamorano feature Gareth of Armchair Multitude, preview the Armchair sound at: A to H
Future of the Left and The Vichy Government w/- The Hells + Headless Sat 14 October 2006 Guided Missile @ Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington station £5, less after bands Doors 8.30pm, music until 3am Preview FoL at: A to H and VG at: QuickstepHadouken are not now playing
Pearly + The Parade + The Dodo Fightback + Gone Wrong Robot Sat 14 October 2006 Oxjam at Dublin Castle, Parkway, Camden £6, £5 concs First band: 8pm
Revere + Monotaxi + The Vibrants + No Mind Sun 15 October 2006 Oxjam at Spitz, Spitalfields Market, 100 Commercial Street (from Liverpool Street, take Bishopsgate north and Brushfield Street on the right) £5, advance tickets only at: wegottickets First band: 7pm Preview No Mind at: I to Q and Revere at: R to Z
One Flew Over + When Gravity Fails + Dr Faust Wed 18 October 2006 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £5, £4 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm Preview When Gravity Fails at: R to Z I like them even more than Ginger Nut Biscuits, and that's a lot... mmm, crunchy metal
Chow Chow + Kaputt (+ Subways DJ set) Wed 18 October 2006 Goonite Club @ Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington station £5, £4 concs Doors 8.30pm Chow Chow successfully connect 80s extreme electro and post-punk with the contemporary guitar-chopping zeitgeist - I know, I've seen them do it!
The Rum Circus at Signed-Unsigned Wed 18 October 2006 The Marie Lloyd Bar, underneath the Hackney Empire, 291 Mare St E8 Free 8pm to midnight Preview Rum Circus at: R to Z this is theatre! They're not saying who else will be be playing... See the Time Out review of the bar at: Time_Out_Bars
Citzens at Home and Abroad, October All Over, Spraydog, Swimsuit Issue Fri 20 October 2006 Silver Rocket Club, Buffalo Bar, adjt Highbury & Islington tube £6, £4 concs/ after bands Proceeds after venue hire/ travel costs to Oxjam Doors 8.30 pm to 3pm Preview October All Over at: I to Q I loved Swimsuit Issue when Goonite had 'em down here, I recommend being there early to make sure you don't miss out - fuzzy guitar drifts and calm female vocal feature at: R to Z
Twentysixfeet, Akira, Immune and Bethia Beadman Tue 24 October 2006 WRECK TEN @ Catch 22, 22 Kingsland Road, London E2 8DA East from Old Street turn left after Shoreditch Town Hall under railway bridge - venue is on right, music upstairs £2 (bargain!) Doors 8pm usually Preview Akira at: A to H and twentysixfeet at: R to Z Wreck Nine at Bull and Gate was stonking, these guys do the business
Dead Spies with LR Rockets, The Rubickons, DDD Wed 25 October 2006 Goonite Club @ Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington station £5, £4 concs Doors 8.30pm Preview Dead Spies at: A to H I am dead excited about this bunch, get along and buy their choirboy chop-pop album. And they call him Mr Blunt.
Old Street Musical Union play with The Children, Starling, Si Wed 25 October 2006 Five Families @ Hoxton Bar & Grill, 2 Hoxton Square, 10 mins east of Old Street tube (the venue is buried deep inside the bar) £5, £4 concs Doors probably 8.30pm Preview OSMU at: I to Q
Ambulance + Don's Mobile Barbers + The Sailplanes + Brother Francisco Fri 27 October 2006 Fortuna Pop's Beat Hotel at Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock, next to Highbury & Islington Station £5, £4 advance Doors almost certainly 8.30pm (it's never open early!) Preview Sailplanes at: R to Z It says here that Liverpool’s Ambulance are a mixed bag of noise, pop, theremins, French horns, folk, heavy rock and more. That sounds good to me.
Don the Star + The Amy Trade + Sangeeta + Ardent Kicks Fri 27 October 2006 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm
DMonic + Soul Destroyer + Reculver + Filthy Angel Sat 28 October 2006 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm Preview DMonic at: A to H This is just the kind of metal gorefest you need before Halloween
William D. Drake supporting North Sea Radio Orchestra Sat 28 October 2006 Spitz, Spitalfields Market, 100 Commercial Street (from Liverpool Street, take Bishopsgate north and Brushfield Street on the right) £10, advance tickets available at: wegottickets Preview Drake at: A to H Former Cardiacs keyboardist, Bill Drake, plays pieces from a brand new piano album, 'Yew's Paw'.
The Rum Circus w/- The City Bowl Mizers, The Distractions, Sweet Pea Wed 1 November 2006 Day of the Dead show - dress code Hallowe'en, Mexican The Comedy Pub, 7 Oxenden Street SW1Y 4EE (between Leicester Sq and Piccadilly) £5, £4 flyers 8pm Preview the costume drama of Rum Circus at: R to Z onstage 9pm
GPD w/- Twisted Wilson, Blu Sun, Mark Cottrell of Trad Arr Fri 3 November 2006 Atomic - Peafish @ The Orange 3 North End Crescent, West Kensington W14 8TG tubes Earl's Court or West Kensington, go up to Cromwell Road/ Three King's junction, Orange is 50 yards north along North End Road £6, £5 concs Doors 8pm, GPD onstage 9.45pm, DJs after bands Preview GPD at the start of 'G' under: A to H Preview Cottrell's Trad Arr at: R to Z
Sigue Sigue Sputnik + Venus Fly Trap + Imbeciles and the Poision Umbrella + East Rd. Sat 4 November 2006 Blitzkrieg Bop @ Bar Monsta (ex G Lounge, WKD), 18 Kentish Town Road £5 w/ flyer (advance £8 via www.flagpromotions.com, or email vft@spiralarchive.com) 8pm to 3.30am Preview Venus Fly Trap at: R to Z If you don't remember Sigue Sigue Sputnik, you don't remember the 80s
The Family + Masters of Disguise + Denis Jones + Elephant Sky Sat 4 November 2006 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm
Pocus Whiteface + Brenda + Bear Cub Sun 5 November 2006 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £5, £4 concs/ flyers Doors 8.15pm
Izit-U + Bug + Headspace Mon 6 November 2006 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £5, £4 concs/ flyers Doors 8.15pm
No Mind w/- Gambling Hearts, The Storm of Eighty Three, No Mind, The Green Olive Mon 6 November 2006 Dublin Castle, Parkway, Camden Town £5, £4.50 concs Doors 8pm, No Mind on second at 9.15pm Preview No Mind at: I to Q
Slowline, Kicktin', Elmore, Meek Spektors Wed 8 November 2006 Dublin Castle, Parkway, Camden Town £5, £4.50 concs Doors 8pm, music 8.30pm, Slowline 10.30pm Preview Slowline at: R to Z
Gimps + Zip Boy + The Knockouts + Ferox Thu 9 November 2006 Sump Puppy @ mONTAGUE aRMS, 289 Queen's Road, twixt New Cross and Peckham out of New Cross or NCG, turn right, left at Camberwell fork, 15 minutes' walk £4, £3 concs Doors 8pm Preview Gimps at: A to H
Empty Vessels and Heat from a Dead Star with The Boundary and The Lost Levels Thu 9 November 2006 Are You Local? at The Good Ship, Kilburn High Road (Brent side, 10 mins walk south from Kilburn tube) £4 Doors 8pm Preview EV and Heat at: A to H
Montana Pete play with Keith + Coin-Op + The Knockouts Sat 11 November 2006 Guided Missile at Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington station £5, £3 after bands Doors 8.30pm to 3am Montana Pete are the original and best art-punks, preview at: I to Q
Stuffy/ The Fuses play with 101A, Breakneck Static, Nazca Lines Sat 11 November 2006 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8.00pm
FO Machete support Boys Night Out + Ghost of a Thousand Wed 15 November 2006 Barfly, Chalk Farm Road (opp Morrison's), Camden - Chalk Farm £7 adv Doors 7.30pm FO Machete demonstrate their slashing Glasgow humour, see: A to H
The Matadors, The Motorpool, Foul House Wed 15 November 2006 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £5, £4 concs/ flyers Doors 8.15pm
Heat From a Dead Star support Black Hellcock and Lexlucian Thu 16 November 2006 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £5, £4 concs/ flyers Doors 8.15pm Preview Heat From a Dead Star in full at: A to H onstage 8.30pm
Econoline + Swound + In Flight Programme Launch for Cable tribute CD Fri 17 November 2006 Silver Rocket Club, Buffalo Bar, adjt Highbury & Islington tube £6, £4 concs/ after bands Doors 8.30 pm to 3pm Preview Econoline at: A to H and: DemoCrazy
Glue, The (International Christian) Playboys, Guido Sol, Tale of Two Halves Fri 17 November 2006 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm
Opaque, Foxes!, The Gresham Flyers, The Khe Sanh Approach Sat 18 November 2006 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm
Low Sparks w/- De Rosa + Scanners + Clearfield Tue 21 November 2006 Club Fandango @ Dublin Castle, 94 Parkway, Camden Town NW1 7AN £5, £4.50 concs Doors 8pm, Low Sparks 9pm An impressive looking line-up all round, check: Fandango_21_Nov Preview Low Sparks at: I to Q
Rothko + Solo Andata + Seven Sang Wed 22 November 2006 Luminaire, Kilburn High Road (400 yards down from Kilburn underground (Jubilee line), head right from station, venue is on the same side) £6, £5 advance Doors 7.30pm Preview Rothko at: R to Z
Kyote + Autokue Wed 22 November 2006 Amateur Athletics at The Social, 5 Little Portland Street, London W1W 7JD (Oxford Street tube) Free it seems Open 12-12, bands in the evening (d'oh!) Preview Kyote at: I to Q
Sailplanes w/ The Biceps + Dreamlover Wed 22 November 2006 headphonesoff @ Catch 22 Kingsland Road (Old St tube, 2 mins north of Shoreditch Town Hall) £4 Doors 8pm, Sailplanes on second, preview them at: R to Z and wears_the_trousers
Akira + Soul Weighs Three Quarters + Pilotlight + DJ Lonely Robot Fri 24 November 2006 conversatiomusic.com at Pleasure Unit, 359 Bethnal Green Road E2 6LG - back towards the City from the underground station £5 Doors 6pm to 2am (presumably bands from 8.30pm) Preview Akira at: A to H
Fractured + Data Puddle + The Involved + Lightweight Fri 24 November 2006 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8.00pm
The Goose + Toupe + Sketchbeat + Grand Union Revival Sat 25 November 2006 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8.00pm
Kid and Conundrum + Midland Railway + Clemenza Kimble Sun 26 November 2006 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £5, £4 concs/ flyers Doors 8.15pm
Charlottefield + My Disco + Kyote Sun 26 November 2006 Noisestar at The Grosvenor, 17 Sidney Road, Stockwell SW9 0TP - from Brixton tube, turn right off Stockwell Road about 10mins after the Academy £5, £3 flyers at Noisestar Doors 7.30pm Preview Charlottefield at: A to H and Kyote at: I to Q
Black Black + The Bullitts + Herzoga + Silver Rocket DJs Thu 30 November 2006 Do Not Hold in Hand After Lighting @ Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £5, £4 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm
Grass Rabbits + Sucker + Euthanisie Fri 1 December 2006 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm
The Priscillas + The Giljoteens + The Higher State + Birdman Ray Fri 1 December 2006 Dirty Water Club @ Boston Arms, Tufnell Park (opposite the tube station) £6 Doors 8.30pm ish, bands from 9.30pm to midnight The Priscillas' legendary Christmas bash, preview them at I to Q Garage punk from Giljoteens, psych-punk from Higher State and country punk'n'roll from Birdman Ray.
The Lovely Brothers + No Mind + The Outside Royalty + The Satellite Inspectors Sat 2 December 2006 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8.00pm
Hey Colossus w/ Monno + Todd Sun 3 December 2006 Noisestar at The Grosvenor, 17 Sidney Road, Stockwell SW9 0TP - from Brixton tube, turn right off Stockwell Road about 10mins after the Academy £5, £3 flyers at Noisestar Doors 7.30pm, Hey Colossus on first, preview at: A to H
The Rum Circus + Horses + Everything on Black Tue 5 December 2006 Hoxton Bar and Grill, 2 Hoxton Sq, London N1 6NU (10 mins towards Bethnal Green along Old Street from Old St tube) £5, £4 concs Doors 8pm Previews: The Rum Circus under R at R to Z, Everything on Black at A to H
Les Ruprettes + Figment + Freerun Wed 6 December 2006 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £5, £4 concs/ flyers Doors 8.15pm
Unspeakable Easels + Hunter's Loaf + Kyote + Green as a Primary Thu 7 December 2006 Kids Will Be Skeletons at Imperial College Union, Beit Quad, Prince Consort Road, South Kensington SW7 2BB Doors 8pm £3.50, concs £2.50 Preview Hunter's Loaf at: A to H Preview Kyote at: I to Q Kyote say this is their last ever show, so I can't imagine not being there
Zag and the Coloured Beads, Lilygun, The Seed Thu 7 December 2006 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £5, £4 concs/ flyers Doors 8.15pm Full preview of Lilygun at: I to Q
Akira, They Died Too Young, Silent Front, The Quiet Kill Fri 8 December 2006 Mischievous Night at the Fighting Cocks, 56 London Road, Kingston KT2 6QA [4 mins from Kingston mainline, head across the lights along Clarence Street (away from Richmond), London Road is to the left at Wilkinsons/ the tumbling phone boxes (I guess they're still there)] £TBC, usually £5 or £6 Doors 8pm Preview Akira at: A to H, Silent Front are heavily recommended too.
Papa Shango + Black Carrion + Gimps + Tongue Kung Fu Sat 9 December 2006 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8.00pm
Trencher + twentysixfeet + Optimist Club + Akira + Kill Kenada + Matthew Roziek + Vessels + DJ Scotch Egg Sun 10 December 2006 WRECKfest all-dayer at Pop, 14 Soho Street, London W1D 3DN - Tottenham Court Road tube, 2nd left from Oxford Street if you turn left from the Oxford Street exit £8, £7 concs Doors 3pm Preview Akira - A to H, Kill Kenada and Optimist Club - I to Q, Trencher (kind of) and twentysixfeet - R to Z
Fen + Creep Cult Murderers + Winters + Perceval Gage Mon 11 December 2006 a night of sophisticated metal, curated by Creep Cult Murderers Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £5, £4 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm
Sister + Drookit Dogs + Deep Cut Wed 13 December 2006 Goonite Club @ Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington station £5, £4 concs Doors 8.30pm Preview Sister at: R to Z for mellow femme fatale scorn vs wild blues-punk from Drookit Dogs
Probing Cranks + Venus Bogardus + Empty Vessels Thu 14 December 2006 Sump Puppy @ mONTAGUE aRMS, 289 Queen's Road, twixt New Cross and Peckham out of New Cross or NCG, turn right, left at Camberwell fork, 15 minutes' walk £4, £3 concs Doors 8pm Preview Empty Vessels at: A to H, Probing Cranks at: I to Q and Venus Bogardus at: R to Z
Kling Klang + Twinkie + Stranger Son of WB Fri 15 December 2006 Silver Rocket Club, Buffalo Bar, adjt Highbury & Islington tube £6, £4 concs/ after bands Doors 8.30 pm to 3pm I'm sure you must trust in the judgement of Rachel and Andy Silver Rocket by now...
Christmas Covers party (two mystery covers each) from Hush the Many + The Grave Architects + The Chemistry Experiment + Gold Sounds + After the Fox + The Git (with finale dance from The Actionettes) Sat 16 December 2006 Fortuna Pop @ Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington station £5, £4 advance at: We_Got_Tickets Doors 7.30pm (yeah, right), music until 3am I don't know the bands, although I saw and enjoyed Gold Sounds once, I just like the idea
Wry + The Lea Shores + Chow Chow + Kaputt Wed 20 December 2006 Goonite Club @ Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington station £5, £4 concs Doors 8.30pm Preview Wry at: R to Z and Chow Chow at: A to H
The Catalina Blues Band + Vulnerable Things + The Velours Wed 20 December 2006 Gramaphone, 60-62 Commercial Street, Spitalfields E1 south of The Spitz, tubes Liverpool Street or Aldgate East £4, £3 concs Doors 8pm Preview Vulnerable Things at: R to Z
Frank Sidebottom + The Actionettes + The Duloks + Adrian R Teenbeat Thu 21 December 2006 Guided Missile returns to Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £7.81 (really) from We_Got_Tickets Doors 7.30pm, live music from 8pm Preview under Sidebottom at: R to Z or Past Events
Abraxus support Del Nil w/ One Flew Over + Rocketeers Fri 22 December 2006 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm Abraxus on around 9pm, preview at: A to H
Michael J Sheehy + datapuddle + Earnest Cox Sat 30 December 2006 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm Dramatic cabaret and electro weirdness from B+G regulars. Preview datapuddle at: A to H. Sadly, no Ming the Mong due to illness or dodgy mince pies.
Silver Rocket NYE Party with Charlottefield, [pockets] and DJs Sun 31 December 2006 The Bull and Gate welcomes Silver Rocket to Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £7 from We_Got_Tickets, or in the pub Doors 8pm to 2am Preview Charlottefield at: A to H
Circulus + Sister + Sean Redmond Wed 10 January 2007 Club Fandango @ Water Rats, 328 Grays Inn Road WC1X 8BZ (straight down the road oppositie the mainline station, on the left) £7, £6 w/ flyer Doors 7.30pm Sister are a real treat, preview at: R to Z
Dead Spies + Shadow Side + Marina and the Diamonds Wed 10 January 2007 Betsey Trotwood, 56 Farringdon Rd EC1R 3BL (turn right twice from Farringdon tube, on the right) £5, £4 concs Doors 7.30pm, music 8.15pm Dead Spies demonstrate the fine art of jangle and harmony, see: A to H
Reynolds + Cove + The Get-Outs Fri 12 January 2007 (note - a week earlier than usual) Silver Rocket Club, Buffalo Bar, adjt Highbury & Islington tube £6, £4 concs/ after bands Doors 8.30 pm to 3pm Preview Cove at: A to H
What the Moon is Like + Nosferatu d2 + The Sailplanes + Amy Blue + Pocus Whiteface Sat 13 January 2007 Redheaded Stepchild Records launch @ The George Tavern, 373 Commercial Road E1 0LA, midway between Aldgate East and Limehouse £4 entry Doors 8pm Preview Nosferatu d2 and Pocus Whiteface at: I to Q - but on your second gig, Nosferatu d2 move from interesting to essential. Preview Sailplanes at: R to Z
Slowline with Tortoise Shout! (headline) + (Former) Dictators + Just Fri 19 January 2007 Metro Club, 19-23 Oxford Street (about 15 seconds from Oxford Street exit of Tottenham Court Road tube) £6, £5 concs Doors 7.30pm Slowline on early, preview at R to Z
Grass Rabbits + Carlotti + Party in Hiroshima + Bang Bang Fri 19 January 2007 The Good Ship, 289 Kilburn High Road, London NW6 7JR - 8 mins south of Kilburn station £5, £4 flyers Doors 8pm Everyone is gushing about this venue, and the Grass Rabbits play skewy jangle-pop that could hold its own against Pavement. Well worth a trip then.
Slowgun w/ Popular Workshop + Collapse + Future Corpses Sat 20 January 2006 Silver Rocket + RoTa @ Notting Hill Arts Centre, 21 Notting Hill Gate W11 3QJ (south side, east of tube, under the shops/ offices) Doors 4pm, music around 5pm to 8pm FREE Preview Slowgun at: R to Z, preview Collapse at: Quickstep
The Institute of Grace and Folly presents: Tim Poland + Echovelle + Slippery Fish Sat 20 January 2007 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - cross the road and right 3mins from Kentish Town tube, on the left £6, £5 flyers Doors 8pm Like having John Otway, Pulp and the Cocteau Twins on the same bill Preview Tim Poland at: I to Q (under P, daft really cos it's not a bloke), and Echovelle at: A to H
The Rum Circus w/ sideshows, fire dances, puppet freaks and Mr Boy George launch of debut single Four Points on the Compass Tue 23 January 2007 The Old Blue Last, 39 Great Eastern Street EC2A 3ES (the road from Old Street to Commercial Street, Old Street tube is nearest) guest list entry, email ethan@therumcircus.com Doors 8pm Preview the Rum Circus at: R to Z
Wry + Sky Larkin + Bureau + The Great Statesmen Tue 23 January 2007 Club Fandango @ Dublin Castle, 94 Parkway, London NW1 7AN (towards Regents Park from Camden Town tube) £6, £5 flyers Doors 8pm Preview Wry at: R to Z Get flyers at: fandango
Rosemary w/- The Violets + The Hedrons Wed 24 January 2007 Metro Club, 19-23 Oxford Street (about 15 seconds from Oxford Street exit of Tottenham Court Road tube) £5 adv Doors 7.30pm Rosemary on second, preview at R to Z
Silvery + The Natives + The Vivians Thu 25 January 2007 an exhibition of curiosities @ Metro Club, 19-23 Oxford Street (about 15 seconds from Oxford Street exit of Tottenham Court Road tube) free entry it says on the flyer! Doors 7.30pm Preview the exceedingly chivalrous Silvery at: R to Z
Future of the Left + Kong + Lonelady Tue 30 January 2007 London Live Nation @ 100 Club, 100 Oxford Street, north side, near Tottenham Court Road tube £6.50 advance at plus fee www.ticketweb.co.uk Doors 7.30pm Preview Future of the Left at: A to H
The Bert Shaft Orchestra + Snatch + Mitten (solo highlights) + Heat From a Dead Star Thu 8 February 2007 Sump Puppy @ mONTAGUE aRMS, 289 Queen's Road, twixt New Cross and Peckham out of New Cross or NCG, turn right, left at Camberwell fork, 15 minutes' walk £4, £3 concs Doors 8pm Preview Heat From a Dead Star at: A to H Bert Shaft is the legendary architect of Doctor Who freaks Brain of Morbius
William D Drake + Stars In Battledress Fri 9 February 2007 launch for twin album releases of Briny Hooves and Yew's Paw Spitz, 109 Commercial Street, London E1 6BG (Liverpool Street/ Bishopsgate exit or Old Street tubes) £7, £5 concs Doors 7pm Always a splendour to see, preview at: A to H and R to Z
Attila the Stockbroker + David Rovics Tue 13 February 2007 London Skank at Gramaphone, 60-62 Commercial Street, Spitalfields E1 south of The Spitz, tubes Liverpool Street or Aldgate East £5 advance at we_got_tickets Doors 7.30pm the bard of Harlow and Brighton & Hove Albion
Finlay + Mittens + The Madelaines + Sonicflyer Fri 16 February 2007 Silver Rocket Club, Buffalo Bar, adjt Highbury & Islington tube £6, £4 concs/ after bands Doors 8.30 pm to 3pm Finlay are wonderfully odd dreamy janglepoppers, this show is a must
Bobby McGees + Filthy Pedro + David Cronenberg's Wife (all Friday only), Crash & the Disasters (JJ Crash) + Jesus Licks + Thee Intolerable Kidd (all Saturday only) Fri 16 + Sat 17 February 2007 Winter Antifolk Festival @ 12 Bar Club, Denmark Street (off Charing X Road just south of Centrepoint) £6 a day, £10 for 2 days Music 7pm to 2.30am each day Preview other Antifolks at: Past Events
Box Monster + D.monic + Lexlucian + Darkroom Project Sat 17 February 2007 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands 8.30pm to 11.15pm All metal, first part poppy, second part brimming with grunge angst. D.monic want Marylin Manson to join the band, check: A to H
Sedulus + Creep Cult Murderers + Deguello Mon 19 February 2007 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £5, £4 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands 8.30pm to 11.15pm Sophisticated metal but very very heavy, preview Sedulus at: R to Z and CCM at: A to H
Black Black + Sister + Lilygun + Venus Bogardus Thu 22 February 2007 Trauamattack launch at Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands 8.30pm to 11.15pm A Psychedelic Black tribute to the dawn of Sonic Youth and the music that spawned them You can preview every one of them here - Black Black via A to H, Lilygun via I to Q, Sister and Venus Bogardus via R to Z
The Seretones + Sangeeta + Tim Poland + The Goodbyes Sat 24 February 2007 The Good Ship, 289 Kilburn High Road, London NW6 7JR - 8 mins south of Kilburn station £5, £4 flyers Doors 8pm Preview the very wonderful Mssrs Poland, Poland, Poland and Poland at: I to Q (erm, it should really have been at 'T', but it's not) Visit them at: Tim_Poland
The Khe Sanh Approach + Rip off Big Head + Baby Trio + Goy Thu 8 March 2007 Sump Puppy @ mONTAGUE aRMS, 289 Queen's Road, twixt New Cross and Peckham out of New Cross or NCG, turn right, left at Camberwell fork, 15 minutes' walk £4, £3 concs Doors 8pm Preview Khe Sanh Approach at: I to Q
Striplight + Screaming Tea Party + more Sat 10 March 2007 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands 8.30pm to 11.15pm Preview Striplight and Screaming Tea Party at: R to Z
October all Over + Underground Railroad + The Sailplanes + Epideme Fri 16 March 2007 Silver Rocket Club, Buffalo Bar, adjt Highbury & Islington tube £6, £4 concs/ after bands Doors 8.30 pm to 3pm Preview OOA at: I to Q and Sailplanes at: R to Z Underground Railroad are mighty, but we can't trace the review!
Blurt + Notorious HiFi Killers + Zip Boy Fri 23 March 2007 Sump Puppy @ mONTAGUE aRMS, 289 Queen's Road, twixt New Cross and Peckham out of New Cross or NCG, turn right, left at Camberwell fork, 15 minutes' walk £5, £4 concs Doors 8pm Quick preview of Notorious HiFi Killers at: Quickstep Blurt frontman Ted Milton is hailed as the Godfather of Jazz Punk
Sludgefeast + Soundbite + The Moon + Mamajamas Sat 24 March 2007 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands 8.30pm to 11.15pm Preview Sludgefeast at: R to Z White trash rocks!
Figment + King Rat + Sunflies Wed 28 March 2007 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £5, £4 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands 8.45pm to 11pm Preview of Figment coming soon... catchy and blustery three-chord punks from Bristol, with Carter USM grade lyrics - "The body of Christ gave me indigestion"
Deadbeat Descendant, Horsebox, The Exhibitionists, Lo Slung Thu 29 March 2007 Traumattack at Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands 8.30pm to 11.15pm Preview Deadbeat Descendant and Horsebox at: A to H A BRIEF HISTORY OF POPULAR MUSIC - grimy rock'n'roll, kid next door storytelling, glammy kitchen-sink noir, stomping beats
Abraxus + Sandstorm + Thirty 6 Sun 1 April 2007 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £5, £4 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands 8.45pm to 10.45pm, Abraxus on second Preview Abraxus at: A to H
The Rum Circus w/- Story One + peter and the wolf Tue 3 April 2007 Oxfam benefit @ Spitz, 109 Commercial Street E1 6BG (Bishopsgate exit from Liverpool Street, 5 minutes north, then right along Brushfield Street) £7, £6 adv Doors 7pm, Rum Circus on 2nd Preview Rum Circus at: R to Z
The Starlets w/- Telley + The Brute Chorus + Guildean Gang Wed 4 April 2007 World Domination League @ Catch, 22 Kingsland Road E2 8DA (12 minutes east from Old Street tube) £5, £4 concs Doors 8pm to 2am, The Starlets on 2nd Preview Starlets @ R to Z A rare and beautiful treat!
When Gravity Fails + The Circus of Magnesium Therapy + The Amazing Flying Machine + Nina Sat 7 April 2007 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands 8.30pm to 11.15pm Angry super-grunge from the headliners, and even madder stuff from the supports. Guaranteed to contain nuts. Look at: R to Z
Peafish Hope and Anchor Festival w/ John Otway, Wilko Johnson, TV Smith + around 7 more acts each day in aid of Nordoff Robbins music therapy Sat 7 April to Mon 9 April 2007 Hope and Anchor, 207 Upper Street N1 1RL (exit Highbury & Islington tube or rail, walk to the right for 5 minutes) £20 p/day, £50 weekend Doors 2pm, bands 3pm to very late All weekend - H&A House Band w/ Rowland Rivron Sat - Otway + Foxy's Ruts (Paul Fox was founder guitarist of The Ruts) + Jacksons Warehouse (contemporary western blues-punk) + more Sun - Wilko Johnson + Chris Spedding + The Blockheads historic line-up + Vulnerable Things (contemporary blues) + more Mon - TV Smith (Adverts) + Max Splodge + Neville Staple (Specials) + Ranking Roger + Projekt Mayhem (contemporary metal) + more
Heat from a DeadStar w/- Neatpeople + Creeps Tue 10 April 2007 Industry, 1 Curtain Road EC1 3JX - 10 mins east of Old Street tube £5, £4 concs Doors 7.30pm, Heat from a Deadstar on 9pm prompt Feel the Heat at: A to H
Probing Cranks + Venom Seeds + The Phobics Thu 12 April 2007 Sump Puppy @ mONTAGUE aRMS, 289 Queen's Road, twixt New Cross and Peckham out of New Cross or NCG, turn right, left at Camberwell fork, 15 minutes' walk £4, £3 concs Doors 8pm Preview Probing Cranks at: I to Q
teeth of the sea + [pockets] + The Sailplanes + Casa Bonita + Superman Revenge Squad + Repton Oaks djs Sat 14 April 2007 Redheaded Stepchild records @ The George Tavern, 373 Commercial Road E1 0LA Three stops east on the Eastenders bus (number 15) from Aldgate East - get yourself onto the A13, or you could end up on a bus to Mile End It's all a bit oriental (I've never written 'east' 3 times in a sentence before) £4 8pm to 1am Look up the Sailplanes at: R to Z; [pockets] played Bull and Gate for NYE, believe me they were an excellent bundle of scribble and fury
Frank Sidebottom Mon 16 April 2007 Guided Missile @ Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £tbc Doors 8pm There isn't a cure for the Timperley Blues, but if you can't borrow the car, come down to Kentish Town to see a Lego-man with a shiny plastic head, lots of football jokes, and the odd Smiths cover - see Sidebottom under: R to Z
Liam Finn + Holiday Romance + Sonic Flyer Wed 18 April 2007 Goonite Club @ Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington station £5, £4 concs Doors 8.30pm Dependable night of musicianship and shoegazing
Popular Workshop + Busty Duck + Lone Lady + more Fri 20 April 2007 Silver Rocket Club, Buffalo Bar, adjt Highbury & Islington tube £6, £4 concs/ after bands Doors 8.30 pm to 3pm Popular Workshop are the sophisticates answer to punk, featuring former Querelle personnel, see Querelle at: I to Q
Spit Like This + Fuzz Pilots + 9 Blind + GPD Sat 21 April 2007 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands 8.30pm to 11.15pm Trashed and trashy glam from Spit Like This, grungified 60s gems from GPD: for GPD see A to H
Horsebox + Steve Bland + Them Amazing Babies Wed 25 April 2007 Goonite Club @ Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington station £5, £4 concs Doors 8.30pm Horsebox are the ultimate indie band, song-packed music that's anthemic, cute, and brimming with tales of young love. Steve plays a solo set of witty and self-effacing anecdotes in an antifolk vein. Preview Horsebox at: A to H
Paul the Girl + The Left Outsides + The Bicycle Thieves + England and the April (not necessarily in that order) Thu 26 April 2007 Traumattack at Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands 8.30pm to 11.15pm WHAT'S TRADITION MEAN? - the roots of this music are in folk, but they've branched into sixties mellowness, psychedelia and guitar grinding Preview England and the April at: A to H, The Left Outsides and Paul the Girl at I to Q
trencher + akira + twentysixfeet + chik budo + matthew rozeik Sun 29 April 2007 Wreck 11 at Punk, 14 Soho Street (south side of Oxford Street near Tottenham Court Road), London W1V 5DA £5 Early show 4pm to 8pm Preview akira and twentysixfeet at A to H and R to Z
datapuddle + Stuffy/ The Fuses + Eduardo Valdez He Say Hey! + Hunters Loaf Fri 4 May 2007 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands 8.30pm to 11.15pm I love these guys, from the synth and strum semi-acoustic dance of datapuddle to the weirdpop of Stuffy/ the Fuses to the dreamy guitar soundscapes of Hunters Loaf Preview datapuddle and Hunters Loaf at: A to H
Luxembourg w/ Blackholes + Bubblegum Screw + Tabloid + The Anomalies Wed 9 May 2007 Don't Forget Yer Bass Amp! @ Pleasure Unit, 359 Bethnal Green Road (from Bethnal Green Station, along Bethnal Green Road 10 minutes, on right before Pollard Row) £5 Doors 7.30pm Luxembourg opening, preview at: A to H
Scrotum Clamp + Fractured + Movement Improbable Thu 10 May 2007 Sump Puppy @ Montague Arms, 289 Queen's Road, twixt New Cross and Peckham SE15 2PA out of New Cross or NCG, turn right, left at Camberwell fork, 15 minutes' walk £4, £3 concs Doors 8pm Preview Fractured at: A to H
Fiction Plane + Heapy + [Pockets] Fri 11 May 2007 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £5 advance Doors 8pm, bands 8.30pm to 11.15pm Sting's son prepares for the support slot on The Police reunion tour, [pockets] bring you scuzzy stripped down angst with a broad humorous streak Preview Fiction Plane at: A to H
Heat from a Dead Star w/- Carl White + Dredlundare Sun 13 May 2007 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £5, £4 concs/ flyers Doors 8.15pm, bands 8.45pm to 10.45pm Heat From A Dead Star open with confounding Hendrexperimental jazz-rock, be amazed, be there early, and preview at: A to H
Help She Can't Swim Mon 14 May 2007 Live Nation @ Spitz, 109 Commercial Street, London E1 6BG (Liverpool Street/ Bishopsgate exit or Old Street tubes) £8 advance Doors 7pm
William + Popular Workshop + Bretton Tue 15 May 2007 93 Feet East, Brick Lane (Liverpool Street, exit Bishopsgate, right at Brushfield, left across Commercial Road and right along Hanbury Street to the old brewery - left along Brick Lane, venue on right) £6 advance Doors 7.30pm Preview William at: R to Z
3hostwomexicansandatinofspanners + Eiger + The Silent Front + The Get-Outs Fri 18 May 2007 Silver Rocket Club, Buffalo Bar, adjt Highbury & Islington tube £6, £4 concs/ after bands Doors 8.30 pm to 3pm Preview 3hos under Threehosetc at: R to Z
Spring Antifolk Festival feat David Cronenbourg's Wife + Milk Kan + Paul Hawkins + Simon Breed + many many more Fri 18 + Sat 19 May 2007 12 Bar Club, Denmark Street WC2 (off Charing X Road just south of Centrepoint) £6 a day, £10 for 2 days Doors 6.45pm, music 7pm until very late (they really mean very late) Preview DCW at: A to H, preview Milk Kan at: I to Q, preview other Antifolk events at: Past Events
Trench w/- Box Monster + Meantime + Steel Jaw Sat 19 May 2007 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £5 advance Doors 8pm, bands 8.30pm to 11.15pm Ultra-heavy metal night, up second the resounding Hull noise of Trench (9pm), blast away the afternoons booze and jeers: preview R to Z
Rothko + twentysixfeet + Misterlee + Denis Jones Thu 31 May 2007 Traumattack at Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands 8.30pm to 11.15pm I'm very proud of this little lot, EXPERIMENTS WITH MACHINES, STRINGS, NOISE AND AMBIENCE Preview Rothko and twentysixfeet at R to Z, preview Misterlee and Jones, Denis at A to H
Blacklines + Idioverse + Brenda Sat 2 June 2007 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £5 advance Doors 8pm, bands 8.30pm A night of prog- and post-rock, preview Blackines and Brenda at: A to H
Deadbeat Descendant w/ Joyside + Thee Northcoats Fri 8 June 2007 Dirty Water Club @ Boston Arms, Tufnell Park (opposite the tube station) £6 Doors 8.30pm ish, bands from 9.30pm to midnight Garage rock'n'roll night, Deadbeat Descendant up second, their live show commands your attention, see: A to H
I, Ludicrous + Cesspit Rebels + Pence Eleven Thu 14 June 2007 Sump Puppy @ mONTAGUE aRMS, 289 Queen's Road, between New Cross Gate and Peckham Queen's Road stations out of New Cross or NCG, turn right, left at Camberwell fork, 15 minutes' walk - or 10 minutes towards New Cross from Peckham Queen's Road £4, £3 concs Doors 8.30pm Satirical stories about Bob Geldof and Noel Edmonds from the makers of Preposterous Tales
The Fontanelles + [pockets] Fri 15 May 2007 Silver Rocket Club, Buffalo Bar, adjt Highbury & Islington tube £6, £4 concs/ after bands Doors 8.30 pm to 3pm final show for [pockets]: the light that burns twice as bright burns half as long - and you have burned so very, very brightly
Sell the Lexus, Burn the Olive Tree + Syfer + The Savants Wed 20 June 2007 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £5, £4 concs Doors 8pm, bands from 8.45pm Preview Sell the Lexus at: R to Z - contorted rock in System of a Down style
Gertrude + Striplight + The Gimps Fri 22 June 2007 Sump Puppy @ mONTAGUE aRMS, 289 Queen's Road, between New Cross Gate and Peckham Queen's Road stations out of New Cross or NCG, turn right, left at Camberwell fork, 15 minutes' walk - or 10 minutes towards New Cross from Peckham Queen's Road £4, £3 concs Doors 8.30pm That's yer original Gertrude, not the young punks For Striplight's mechanoid goth, see preview: R to Z
D.monic + Wayward + 9Blind + Conipcious Sat 23 June 2007 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £6, £5 concs Doors 8pm, bands from 8.30pm Preview D.monic's zombie metal at: A to H
Kill Kenada + Popular Workshop + Akira + Bela Emerson + Nancy Ginindza Sun 24 June 2007 - afternoon show Wreck 12 at Punk, 14 Soho Street (south side of Oxford Street near Tottenham Court Road), London W1V 5DA £5 Early show, doors 5pm Preview akira at A to H and Kill Kenada at: I to Q - grunge, grind, shoegaze and experimental noise from the Wreck crew, guaranteed to be interesting
Bob Cuba + Grass Rabbits + Party in Hiroshima + Ceiling Thu 28 June 2007 Traumattack at Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers (flyer on site Home Page) Doors 8pm, bands 8.30pm to 11.15pm monthly genre hopping night brings you an off-the-wall indie pick-and-mix, just the thing if you left school in the 1990s Preview Bob Cuba (it's a band not a bloke) at: A to H and Speakeasy Also preview Ceiling and Grass Rabbits (now aka Ruben Remus) at: A to H
The Readymades + Diary + Tongue Kung Fu + Ming the Mong Fri 29 June 2007 Sump Puppy @ mONTAGUE aRMS, 289 Queen's Road, between New Cross Gate and Peckham Queen's Road stations out of New Cross or NCG, turn right, left at Camberwell fork, 15 minutes' walk - or 10 minutes towards New Cross from Peckham Queen's Road £4, £3 concs Doors 8.30pm This is billed as the last Diary show ever, so it's a must for many... Sump Puppy takes over the world, or the Monty anyway - preview Diary at A to H and Ming the Mong at I to Q
Luxembourg, Eighth Rule, The Rips, After the Fox, Black Light Theatre, The Rain Sat 7 July 2007 Water Rats, 328 Gray's Inn Road, King's Cross (5 mins south of station, just beyond Travelodge) £6 adv Doors 7pm Louche glam pop noir from oppositionT favourites headlining, preview at: I to Q
Frank Sidebottom, I Ludicrous, Adrian R Teenbeat Sat 7 July 2007 Guided Missile at Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £7.77 from we_got_tickets Doors 7.30pm Preview Frank and I Ludicrous at: Past Events
Future of the Left + Shrug + The Wireless + ddd Sat 14 July 2007 Guided Missile at Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington station £5, £3 after bands Doors 8.30pm to 3am Preview Future of the Left at A to H. Montana Pete are not playing, sadly.
The Rock of Travolta + The Winchell Riots + Sleepercurve Mon 16 July 2007 The Windmill, Blenheim Crescent, Brixton Hill (from Brixton Tube head left and walk or take the bus towards Streatham) £4 advance from we_got_tickets Doors 8pm Rock of Travolta are firm favourites, probably the first post-rock outfit I ever saw - and supported that day by The Darkness, as I recall
Gin Palace + Up C Down C + Die Munch Machine + The International Fri 20 July 2007 Silver Rocket Club, Buffalo Bar, adjt Highbury & Islington tube £6, £4 concs/ after bands Doors 8.30 pm to 3pm
Sedulus + Resister + Creep Cult Murderers + Deguello Wed 25 July 2007 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3 mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £5, £4 concs Doors 8pm Chris Fullard and Creep Cult Murderers curates a night of cerebral metal and grunge Preview Creep Cult Murderers at A to H, preview Sedulus at R to Z
Striplight + Lilygun + Stay Puff + Pocus Whiteface Thu 26 July 2007 Traumattack at Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3 mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands 8.30pm to 11.15pm monthly genre hopping night brings you art-school punk, psychedelic grunge, slacker-punk and hardcore oddpop Preview Striplight and Stay Puff at R to Z, preview Lilygun and Pocus Whiteface at I to Q
Sludgefeast + The Bert Shaft Orchestra + The Immortal Johnny Dance + Zip Boy Fri 27 July 2007 Sump Puppy @ Montague Arms, 289 Queen's Road, between New Cross Gate and Peckham Queen's Road stations out of New Cross or NCG, turn right, left at Camberwell fork, 15 minutes' walk - or 10 minutes towards New Cross from Peckham Queen's Road £4, £3 concs Doors 8.30pm Preview Sludgefeast at R to Z, Bert brings you the madness of Morbius, Zip Boy mixes big beat with some wonderfully unlikely punk on the decks
Akira support Various Production + Reptiles + Kalev Sun 5 August 2007 - afternoon show Wreck 14 at Punk, 14 Soho Street (south side of Oxford Street near Tottenham Court Road), London W1V 5DA £5 Early show, doors 5pm Preview akira at A to H Shoegaze, explosive post-rock and experimental noise from the Wreck crew, guaranteed to be interesting
Part Chimp + Die Die Deneuve + Notorious HiFi Killers Thu 9 August 2007 Sump Puppy @ Montague Arms, 289 Queen's Road, between New Cross Gate and Peckham Queen's Road stations out of New Cross or NCG, turn right, left at Camberwell fork, 15 minutes' walk - or 10 minutes towards New Cross from Peckham Queen's Road £4, £3 concs Doors 8.30pm Preview NHFK at: I to Q - and their recent Windmill appearance was their best yet
datapuddle + Ardent John + Arthur Brick + Attaboy Clarence Fri 10 August 2007 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands 8.30pm to 11.15pm Preview datapuddle at: A to H
Joeyfat + Soeza + Breaking Colts Fri 17 August 2007 Silver Rocket Club, Buffalo Bar, adjt Highbury & Islington tube £6, £4 concs/ after bands Doors 8.30 pm to 3pm Preview oppositionT favourites Joeyfat at: I to Q
JJ Crash + David Cronenbourg's Wife (Fri), Adrian Teenbeat + Misterlee + Wet Dog + James Severy + lots more (around 12 acts a day) Fri 17 and Sat 18 August 2007 UK Antifolk Summer Festival @ 12 Bar Club, Denmark Street WC2 (off Charing X Road just south of Centrepoint) £6 a day, £10 for 2 days Doors 6.45pm, music 7pm until very late (they really mean very late) Preview DCW and JJ Crash at: A to H, preview Misterlee at I to Q, preview other UK Antifolk events at: Past Events
Winters + The Dresdens Thu 23 August 2007 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £5, £4 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm Chris Creep Cult Fullard curates a night of churning metal and grinding punk
Aereogramme + supports Wed 29 August 2007 Luminaire, Kilburn High Road (400 yards down from Kilburn underground (Jubilee line), head right from station, venue is on the same side) £10 advance tickets apparently sold out Doors 7.30pm billed as the final ever London show for Aereogramme...
William D Drake and friends (double-set) + Stuntdog + Boog Thu 30 August 2007 Traumattack at Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands 8.30pm to 11.15pm monthly genre hopping night brings you 4 min prog rock, with folk songs, psychedelia and lots of Cardiacs related twists Preview Mr Drake and Boog at: A to H The £1 off flyer is on the frontpage here
Tyrone Thomas & Olympic Clamp Down + Rum Circus + Lefthand Fri 31 August 2007 Sump Puppy @ Montague Arms, 289 Queen's Road, between New Cross Gate and Peckham Queen's Road stations out of New Cross or NCG, turn right, left at Camberwell fork, 15 minutes' walk - or 10 minutes towards New Cross from Peckham Queen's Road £4, £3 concs Doors 8.30pm Last Sump Puppy for a while, get it now for a bizarre mix of performance art, shocking noise, and (most importantly) glamorous musical excellence - in the oddest setting of them all Preview Rum Circus at: R to Z
Striplight + Kuaizi + Matt Adey Fri 7 September 2007 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, Striplight on at 9pm Striplight are electrifying, the best moments of Elastica and Curve packed together - preview at R to Z
Future of the Left + The Victorian English Gentlemen's Club + Untitled Musical Project Tue 11 September 2007 White Heat at Madame JoJo's, 10 Brewer Street, W1F 0SE - on the passage through to Berwick Street from Shaftesbury Avenue £7 adv (plus fee no doubt) Doors 8pm We are crazy about FoL and VEGC, check previews at A to H and R to Z
SPC ECO + The Pocket Gods + Bullet for Ghosts Tue 11 September 2007 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £5, £4 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm SPC ECO is the new electro-guitar grind spectacular from Dean Garcia of Curve
Reigns + Superman Revenge Squad + Pocus Whiteface Fri 14 September 2007 Silver Rocket #3, The Enterprise, 2 Haverstock Hill NW3 2BL (opposite Chalk Farm tube) £5, £4 conc, £3 members Doors 8pm We like the weird Pocus Whiteface jolly-noir take on hard-core, preview at: I to Q Or preview hypnotic soundscapes from Reigns at: R to Z
Souvaris + Future Corpses + more Fri 21 September 2007 Silver Rocket Club, Buffalo Bar, adjt Highbury & Islington tube £6, £4 concs/ after bands Doors 8.30 pm to 3pm Silver Rocket is the reliably excellent home of post-rock and post-hardcore and all things that go clunk in the night
Hey Colossus w/ Cats and Cats and Cats + This Town Needs Guns Sat 22 September 2007 DiScover Club/ RoTa @ Notting Hill Arts Centre, 21 Notting Hill Gate W11 3QJ (south side, east of tube, under the shops/ offices) Doors 4pm, music around 5pm to 8pm, Hey Colossus on first FREE Preview Hey Colossus at: A to H and DemoCrazy - we love these post metal grind merchants RoTa are sure they are playing, the band seem rather less sure...
Cove + Fanta Plastic + Dead Days Beyond Help + Dredlundare Sat 22 September 2007 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands 8.30pm to 11.15pm Cove are one of the seminal post-rock groove-cutters, preview at: A to H
Luxembourg + Their Hearts Were Full of Spring + Dead Spies + The Red Stars Thu 27 September 2007 Traumattack at Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands 8.30pm to 11.15pm Luxembourg put the amour into glamour, but with plenty of seediness too, Dead Spies combine jagging guitars and vocal harmonies in lush pop songs - previews at: I to Q and A to H
Sell The Lexus Burn The Olive Tree with Xihon + Smilex + Lying Season Sat 29 September 2007 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, it's on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands 8.30pm to 11.15pm Sell the Lexus (9.45) are one of my favourite contemporary metal outfits, lots of classic stlyings from 30 years of hard rock contorted into System of a Down protests - FAREWELL GIG - preview at: R to Z Smilex (9.00) are end-of-the-70s styled punks, sweaty, shouty, in your face and in anywhere else you let them
Midway Still + Black Black + Epideme + more Sat 6 October 2007 Silver Rocket/ RoTa @ Notting Hill Arts Centre, 21 Notting Hill Gate W11 3QJ (south side, east of tube, under the shops/ offices) Doors 4pm, music around 5pm to 8pm, Hey Colossus on first FREE Preview Black Black's psychedlic pop noir at A to H Midway Still remind us of 1992, Ned's, Carter USM, Reuben and, well youth - because they were there
John Foxx performs 'Metamatic' Mon 8 October 2007 Cargo, 83 Rivington Street, Shoreditch EC2A 3AY (keep walking east from Old Street station, Rivington is just to the right of the Foundary, Cargo is in a railway arch) £12.50 advance from We Got Tickets Doors 7pm, bar until 1pm The Don't Look Back that isn't part of Don't Look Back, Foxx (initially in Ultravox) invented the stripped-down glam-noir version of UK electronica in the years between Roxy Music and Visage. Metamatic is a 27 year old album, I remember buying it (very vaguely).
Drookit Dogs + 14 Carat Grapefruit Tue 9 October 2007 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, it's on the left £5, £4 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands 8.45pm to 11pm Urban folk, skiffle, mod, you name it, Drookits throw it all in - engaging tales from the local shop
William + Popular Workshop + Fight Like Apes Tue 9 October 2007 Artrocker @ Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington station £5, free to members via membership@artrocker.com Doors 8.30pm Preview William at: R to Z, Popular Workshop is a wilder attack from the citadels of Querelle
Silver Rocket 100 all-day spectacular including 3hostwomexicansandatinofspanners + Cove + Econoline + Joeyfat + Silent Front + Underground Railroad + more, in no particular order Sat 13 October 2007 Silver Rocket @ Imperial College Union, Beit Quad, Prince Consort Road, South Kensington SW7 2BB (it's near the Science Museum) £8 adv wegottickets_£8/ £7 adv concs wegottickets £7 Doors 1pm The ones listed are my favourites from the long list, preview most at: AtoZ of Reviews
Horsebox + Birdman Ray + Turnpike Glow Wed 17 October 2007 Goonite Club @ Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington station £5, £4 concs Doors 8.30pm Horsebox are the ultimate indie band, song-packed music that's anthemic, cute, and brimming with tales of young love. Preview Horsebox at: A to H
Wry + Uncle Pedro + YouMeTheSwitch Fri 19 October 2007 Silver Rocket Club, Buffalo Bar, adjt Highbury & Islington tube £6, £4 concs/ after bands Doors 8.30 pm to 3pm Shoegaze with big hooks and swirling passion from Wry (see R to Z)
Heroes of Switzerland w/ Great Uncle Booth + Grand Union Hi-Jack Fri 19 October 2007 Swamp Club @ The Living Bar, 443 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton SW9 8LN (left from tube station, 2 left-turns, it's on the right - only 5 mins from tube) Free Doors 8pm More shimmery shoegaze from Heroes of Switzerland - preview at A to H
Swimsuit Issue + Spraydog + Deep Cut + Silent Alliance Thu 25 October 2007 Traumattack at Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands 8.30pm to 11.15pm Scuffed shoegaze guitar pop with an education in Sonic Youth, Joy Division and Belle and Sebastian - preview Swimsuit Issue at: R to Z
D.Monic + Lilygun support CRUD Sat 27 October 2007 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands 8.30pm to 11.15pm Scuffed shoegaze guitar pop with an education in Sonic Youth, Joy Division and Belle and Sebastian - preview Swimsuit Issue at: R to Z Detroit industrial rockers with help from D.Monic's goth-grunge (see A to H) and Lilygun's shimmery shoegaze meets metal (see I to Q)
101A + Paradise Non Gratis + Breakneck Static Wed 14 November 2007 Bungalow 8 @ Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, it's on the left £5, £4 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm 101A are Japan's answer to the Cocteau Twins, while Breakneck Static give you jazzy crunch-punk performance art: cliche or not, this line-up is unmissable
Sludgefeast w/ Done Lying Down + 4 or 5 Magicians + Herzoga Fri 16 November 2007 Silver Rocket Club, Buffalo Bar, adjt Highbury & Islington tube £6, £4 concs/ after bands - sold out - limited tickets on the door Doors 8.30 pm to 3pm Sludgefeast produce the maddest speed scuzz blues you could ever wish for, merging Motorhead with ZZ Top, the highest MF count of any rock set anywhere - preview at: R to Z
Larry Pickleman + Spinmaster Plantpot + Srappy Hood + more (Fri), Schwervon + David Cronenberg's Wife + Major Matt Mason + more (Sat) Fri 16/ Sat 17 November 2007 Autumn Antifolk Festival @ 12 Bar Club, Denmark Street (off Charing X Road just south of Centrepoint) £6 a day, £10 for 2 days Music 7pm to 2am each day, 25 acts altogether Preview earlier antifolk bashes at Past Events - Pickleman belongs to the Picklemen and Scrappy belongs to Milk Kan, DCW are their rude country selves, and Major Matt/ Schwervon are the NY Antifolk originals - but if you don't know MC Spinmaster Plantpot, where you been?
Sludgefeast + Winners + Junkyard Choir + Soundbite + Supernik Sat 17 November 2007 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands to 11.15pm Another chance to catch the MF heroes with their hyperspeed mix of Motorhead and ZZ Top blues
Bricolage + The Wave Pictures + Wake The President + Falling and Laughing Fri 23 November 2007 Beat Hotel - Buffalo Bar, adjt Highbury & Islington tube £6, £5 adv We_got_tickets Doors 8.30 pm to 3pm Bricolage are a wistful but uptempo jangle-pop act in the established Fortuna! vein - their 'Footsteps' is regularly played at Traumattack events
EMERGENZA UNSIGNED SHOWCASE 7/8 acts per night continuing to Wed 28 November 2007 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £5, £4 concs/ flyers each night (best info at 16-11-07) Doors 8pm, bands until after 11pm With that many acts, how can you lose? And I only know the opening act... Click on the Emergenza link, then select shows and London for more info
Cato Street Conspiracy + Starseed + Sister Ketamine Tue 27 November 2007 State of Decay @ Hope and Anchor, Upper Street (5 mins to right from Highbury & Islington tube) £5, £4.50 concs Doors 8pm, music 8.15pm Cato Street Conspiracy play anthemic protest-punk at 10.30.
Vile Bodies, Old Street Musical Union, Gresham Flyers, Steve Bland Assembly Thu 29 November 2007 Traumattack at Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands 8.30pm to 11.15pm 'Telling stories' with pop, jazz, rock, folk and blues - preview Steve Bland (under Bland) and Gresham Flyers at A to H, Old Street Musical Union at I to Q, Vile Bodies at R to Z.
SPC ECO + Sam Amant + Black Holes Mon 3 December 2007 Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) £5, £4 concs Doors 8pm, music from 8.45pm Two projects featuring Dean Garcia from Curve - SPC ECO will be joined by Debbie Smith (Curve and Echobelly) and Steven Monti (Curve and Wilko Johnson band). Black Holes are Dean Garcia and Joanna Neale. Alex Mitchell (Curve and Striplight) DJs.
London Life + The 4 Get Me Nots Tue 4 December 2007 State of Decay @ Hope and Anchor, Upper Street (5 mins to right from Highbury & Islington tube) £5, £4.50 concs Doors 8pm, music 8.15pm F451 headline with fiery punk, The 4 Get Me Nots play fun moshalong anthems
Heat From A Dead Star + The Raid + Rig Up Explosive + The Mars Patrol Wed 12 December 2007 Dublin Castle, Parkway, Camden £4, £4.50 concs Music from 8.30pm, Heat From a Dead Star finally headline at 10.30ish Preview the mad jazzy post-rock of HFADS at: A to H
Silvery + Dead Singer + Some Velvet Morning Thu 13 December 2007 Blow Up @ Metro Club, 19-23 Oxford Street (about 15 seconds from Oxford Street exit of Tottenham Court Road tube) - free entry - Doors 7.30pm Preview the exceedingly chivalrous Silvery at: R to Z, now signed to Blow Up records
Frank Sidebottom's Xmas Panto (feat ex Scritti Politti backing musicians) Thu 14 December 2007 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left Advance £7.83 at We_Got_Tickets, check with B+G or Guided Missile for door price Doors 7.30pm usually on these nights, show starts 8pm You know, the comedian with the paper mache head? Preview under S at: R to Z
When Gravity Fails w/ One Flew Over + Zen Motel Tue 18 December 2007 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £5, £4 concs Doors 8pm, Gravity Fails at 9.15ish 'Sophisticated' and 'heavy rock' can share a sentence - see a grunge act I've rated for over 3 years - preview When Gravity Fails at: R to Z
Wry + Holiday Romance + The Wutars + Tall Poppies Wed 19 December 2007 Goonite Club 3rd Birthday @ Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington station £5, £4 concs Doors 8.30pm Wry are a whirl of shoegaze pop anthemics, preview at: R to Z
The Chap + Zombie Zombie + Morviscous Thu 20 December 2007 Knom @ 93 Feet East, 150 Brick Lane (Liverpool Street, exit Bishopsgate, right at Brushfield, left across Commercial Road and right along Hanbury Street to the old brewery - left along Brick Lane, venue on right) £8 advance We_Got_Tickets Doors 7.30pm Preview The Chap's wierd and sometimes twee antics at A to H
Ack Ack Ack + Sloath + Pipecleaner + Bromancer Fri 21 December 2007 Silver Rocket Club, Buffalo Bar, adjt Highbury & Islington tube £6, £4 concs/ after bands Doors 8.30 pm to 3pm Billed as a Noisefest, expect no less.
Electric Sex Circus + Milk Roar + Striplight + Rum Circus + datapuddle + Eduardo Valdez (he say hey!) Sat 22 December 2007 Bull and Gate Gigantic Crimbo, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £5 on the door, advance £3 at We_Got_Tickets Doors 8pm The Bullo's Xmas Party, preview Striplight and Rum Circus at R to Z, preview Electric Sex Circus at Past Events Oct 2004. Milk Roar are the new project for Nick and Tony from Diary featuring Andy Ming the Mong - check Diary and datapuddle at A to H, check Ming the Mong at I to Q.
Artha Gunn and the Coloramas + JD Smith + Liam Cottrell + Nately + Glen Strachan Thu 27 December 2007 'H5N1 jab' at Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £5, £4 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands 8.30pm to 11.15pm For the day after Boxing Day, the antidote to 'too-much-turkey' flu. Five bands for a fiver bringing you garage/ antifolk, punkabilly/ rock'n'roll, acoustic indie and grunge, plus psych-punk/ folk. Preview Liam under Cottrell at A to H, and while you're on you can get an idea about Glen from the review of his band England and the April.
Silver Rocket NYE Party with Midway Still + Pocus Whiteface + Cuter Forces + DJs Tue 31 December 2007 The Bull and Gate welcomes Silver Rocket for a 2nd NYE (for the venue, cross the road from the station, 200 metres to the right) Doors 8pm to 2pm Likely to be the cheapest NY club in London For adavance tickets, go to We_got_tickets for full £8, We_got_tickets_2 for £7 concessions Midway Still belong to the generation of Ned's, Carter and MegaCity4, Pocus are manic post-hardcore with a mile-wide streak of humour, Cuter Forces are a one-off side project for Future Corpses
Horsebox + Super Tennis + Raven Beats Crow + Giant Paw Wed 9 January 2008 Goonite Club @ Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington station £5, £4 concs Doors 8.30pm Horsebox are the ultimate indie band, song-packed music that's anthemic, cute, and brimming with tales of young love. Preview Horsebox at: A to H
Monkey Swallows the Universe Fri 11 January 2008 Bush Hall, 310 Uxbridge Road, London W12 7LJ - nearest tube Shepherd's Bush (Hammersmith and City), turn right out the station and it's 10 mins away on the right £5 advance from We_Got_Tickets Doors 7.30pm Monkey Swallows play gentle neo-folk, their gig at the Luminaire in 2007 (with Viarosa) was simply the best small gig of the year
Zombina and the Skeletones + Ricky Spontane + The Teenbeat + Spinmaster Plantpot Sat 12 January 2008 Guided Missile @ Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington station £6, £5 concs Doors 8.30pm From the North West, the finest swamp-zombie rock'n'roll, fey jangle pop, and folk-country lunacy, plus London's pint size ranting poet
Cove + UpCDownCLeftCRightCABCandStart + Instruments Sat 19 January 2008 Silver Rocket Club (one-off Saturday show), Buffalo Bar, adjt Highbury & Islington tube £5, £3 concs (£4 after bands) Doors 8.30 pm to 3pm Cove are the ultimate post-rock act bar only UpCDownC, see Cove previews: A to H
Run Don't Walk + Fires of Elizabeth + Kismetik Thu 31 January 2008 traumattack at Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands 8.45pm to 11pm maverick!rock with Manics guitar pop from Run Don't Walk, angsty grunge from FoE, and moshpit anthems from Kismetik
Ruben Remus + The Episodes + Sky Shakers + The Loop Fri 1 February 2008 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands 8.30pm to 11.15pm Ruben Remus are a traumattack fave from out show of June 2007, scrape yourself off the Pavement and see a preview of their previous incarnation as Grass Rabbits at: A to H
The Priscillas w/ Stupidity + Two Cow Garage Fri 1 February 2008 Dirty Water Club @ Boston Arms, Tufnell Park (opposite the tube station) £6, £5 concs Doors 8.30pm ish, bands from 9.30pm to midnight Garage rock'n'roll night with the Priscillas cross of Motown girlband and early years Damned garage punk - read a very old review at I to Q
The Starts supporting Seven Swans Wed 6 February 2008 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, it's on the left £5, £4 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm The Starts play choppy guitar pop with sixties mod quirkiness and English obervational humour - Kinks vs Madness vs Blur and Phil Daniels - preview at: R to Z
The Outside Royalty + Bent Moustache + Brontosaurus Chorus Sat 9 February 2008 Guided Missile @ Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington station £6, £5 concs Doors 8.30pm A cornucopia of dramatic cabaret rock with glam and psychedelic elements from The Outside Royalty
Heat from a Dead Star w/ The Veta Corps + The October Game + School Girls Fri 15 February 2008 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, it's on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, Heat on around 9pm Ace post-rock'n'jazz from Heat from a Dead Star - music spinning with blackhole darkness and raging intensity, preview at: A to H
Papier Tigre + Charlottefield + Epideme Fri 15 February 2008 Silver Rocket Club, Buffalo Bar, adjt Highbury & Islington tube £5, £3 concs (£4 after bands) Doors 8.30 pm to 3pm Charlottefield are a must for post-rock afficionados. Ancient preview at: A to H
Kismetik w/ Atomic Suplex + 6is9 + The Yes Men Tue 19 February 2006 State of Decay @ Hope and Anchor, Upper Street (5 mins to right from Highbury & Islington tube) £5, £4.50 concs Doors 8pm, Kismetik on at 8.15pm Hilarious mosh pit anthems with scary guitar solos - ace
Other ThiNgs + Kid and Conundrum + David Hosking + Nately Thu 28 February 2008 traumattack at Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands 8.45pm to 11pm David is a folk-rock guiter hero, over from Melbourne to play his first London gig, Nately are acoustic-indie favourites with a regular Bestival slot, oTHeR tHiNGs are bring the mellow and edgy confusion of trip-hop, and Kid and Conundrum are wonderful sophisto-pop songsmiths - preview at: I to Q
Probing Cranks + Fractured + I, Ludicrous Fri 14 March 2008 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, it's on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, music after 8.30pm Stooges grade sludgepunk from Probing Cranks (see R to Z), the sly humour of Half Man Half Biscuit from Fractured (A to H), and duo I, Ludicrous (of Presposterous Tales fame) do a minimalist clash of Mark E Smith and Lonnie Donegan
Future Corpses + Epideme + Uncle Pedro + Fuck Dress Sat 15 March 2008 Silver Rocket + RoTa @ Notting Hill Arts Centre, 21 Notting Hill Gate W11 3QJ (south side, east of tube, under the shops/ offices) Doors 4pm, music around 5pm to 8pm FREE Reliably great postrock and awkward artpunk from a FREE Silver Rocket event, with the wonderful Uncle Pedro
Koolaid Electric Company + Time.Space.Repeat + Eat Lights; Become Lights + Artha and Martha Wed 19th March 2008 Goonite Club @ Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington station £5, £4 concs Doors 8.30pm Koolaid Elecrtic Company were one of the finest Goonite acts of 2006, a madcap factory of multilayered pyschedelia was how we rated them - review at: I to Q
Bilge Pump + Lords + Notorious HiFi Killers + Who Owns Death TV + Silent Front + Herzoga + Not in This Town Fri 21 March 2008 Silver Rocket Club 'Very Good Frday', Buffalo Bar, adjt Highbury & Islington tube £5, £3 concs (£4 after bands) Doors 6pm to 3pm (the long Good Friday then) Half day session with a bluesy crowd of postrockers and stoners, see Lords at A to H, and Notorious HiFi at Quickstep
Chik Budo + New Black Light Machine + Only + The Housewives Wed 26 March 2008 Goonite Club @ Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington station £5, £4 concs Doors 8.30pm Chik Budo's brassy jazz-rock hardly needs an introduction these days, it's the heady rush of 1920's New York clashing with 21st century guitar and electronics - just as well that it needs no introduction, as I haven't posted the review
Wry + Ceiling + Heroes of Switzerland + Venus Bogardus Thu 27 March 2008 traumattack at Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands from 8.30pm A night of shoegaze and artrock, one for the guitar heroes - with Brazilians Wry returning to the B+G for the first time since 2002 (see R to Z), Heroes of Switzerland bringing their muscular shimmerings down from Nottingham (see A to H, and two acts we get as often as possible - Bath's Venus Bogardus and South London's Ceiling (also reviewed at R to Z and A to H)
Dead Spies w/ Roundstone + King's Men + The Weapons Fri 28 March 2008 Hope and Anchor, Upper Street (5 mins to right from Highbury & Islington tube) £6, £5 concs Doors 8pm, music 8.30pm Dead Spies play indie guitar pop par excellence, with lyrics that Morrissey would die for - preview at A to H, onstage at 9pm
Steve Bland Assembly + Jukebox Vandals + Bear Hug + The Magic Wed 2 April 2008 Goonite Club @ Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington station £5, £4 concs Doors 8.30pm Steve Bland's outfit plays cheeky and endearing popsongs with jazzy arrangements using piano, accordion, sax, brass, and just about anything else he can find - preview under B at A to H
Denis Jones + John Fairhurst + more Thu 3 April 2008 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, it's on the left £5, £4 concs/ flyers Denis weaves haunting songs woven from lovingly crafted loops and delays of guitar work, a genius to match Liam Finn, see under J at I to Q
Striplight + Heilige Lance + more Thu 10 April 2008 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, it's on the left £5, £4 concs/ flyers Striplight take decades of punchy art rock and pack it into 3-minute nuggets of now - rasping and whirling guitar, pounding rhythms, staccato vocal - see R to Z Heilige Lance play nihilistic post-rock with emo-angst and even operatic vocals, chilling but strangely chilled, listen at MySpace dieheiligelanze
The Outside Royalty w/ Official Secrets Act + The Ape Drape Escape + Mortgage Sat 12 April 2008 Guided Missile @ Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington station £6, £5 concs Doors 8.30pm Guided Missile gets better and better, March's was a real treat - this one features a cornucopia of dramatic cabaret rock with glam and psychedelic elements from The Outside Royalty, who head the supports for Official Secrets Act
Party in Hiroshima + Akira + Black Black + Nitkowski Thu 24 April 2008 traumattack at Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands from 8.30pm A night of off-kilter 'nearly' pop with post-rock, psychedelia and laptops. Preview Akira and Black Black at A to H and DemoCrazy
Liam Finn w/ Neon Choir + The Boston Tea Party + Hamfatter Mon 28 April 2008 Water Rats, 328 Gray's Inn Road, King's Cross (5 mins south of station, just beyond Travelodge) £6 adv Doors 7pm It's the son of Tim Crowded House, with his own peculiar brand of guitar delay, loops and live drumming, not to mention Beatles nostalgia
Viarosa with Hey Negrita + The Epstein Fri 2 May 2008 The Borderline, Orange Yard/ Manette Street, off Charing Cross Road between The Astoria and Foyles Bookshop £8 adv from Mean_Fiddler or the Astoria box office Doors 7pm Viarosa are on at 9pm with their dark but decorous take on Bad Seeds playing alt-country, with mellower country-folksters The Epstein up first
Striplight play with Deeds of the Nameless + The Transmitters + The Screening + King Furnace + Interloper + Left Hand Red Sat 3 May 2008 Water Rats, 328 Gray's Inn Road, King's Cross (5 mins south of station, just beyond Travelodge) £6 adv Doors 7pm Steplight are a shocking collage of jags and jerks, an art-punk experience - the 21st century Bromley contingent - preview at R to Z. Water Rats are billing this as 2 shows, with The Screening headlining #1 and Deeds headlining #2 - Striplight on around 10.30pm.
The Velcros w/ Moral Soul + The Special Ks Thu 8 May 2008 Clapham Grand, 21-25 St John's Hill, Clapham Junction SW11 1TT - exit Clapham Junction on the main road, it's across and to the right £8 on door Doors 7pm Haunting and harrowing PJ Harvey stylings from The Velcros
Zag and the Coloured Beads + The Wizards of Twiddly Sat 10 May 2008 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands from 8.30pm A cornucopia of psychedelia, prog-rock and jazz, the return of the 1970s
Ricky Spontane support Violet Violet + Friends of the Bride + Le Tetsuo Sat 10 May 2008 Guided Missile @ Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington station £6, £5 concs Doors 8.30pm Premier indie janglers at open at Paul's special people club - checkout at Guided_Missile
I Shouted Gun + supports Sun 11 May 2008 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £5, £4 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands from 8.45pm Inyerface jazz-punk and post-rock screamathon - preview at I to Q
Sister + Nitkowski + The Ruling Class Wed 21 May 2008 Goonite Club @ Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington station £5, £4 concs Doors 8.30pm Shimmery pop drawing on Velvet Underground/ Nico and Mazzy Star from Sister, guitar frenzy post-rock from Nitkowski - perview Sister at R to Z
Dead Spies + The Red Stars + Perry Lane Sect + Lo Slung Thu 29 May 2008 traumattack at Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands from 8.30pm Indie pop with slices of rock'n'roll, psychedic prog and noir. Preview Dead Spies at A to H
pArt Brut + The Priscillas + Betty and the Werewolves Fri 30 May 2008 Guided Missile @ Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington station £6, £5 concs Doors 8.30pm New Art Brut project plus big-fun all-girl glam-punk from the Priscillas - all at Paul's special people club - checkout Guided_Missile, preview the Priscillas at I to Q
Molloy + Wendycode Wed 4 June 2008 Goonite Club @ Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington station £5, £4 concs Doors 8.30pm
Zombina and the Skeletones + The Ape Drape Escape + Arndales + Toy! Joy! Sat 14 June 2008 Guided Missile @ Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington station £6, £5 concs Doors 8.30pm until daybreak Zombina brings doo-wap rock'n'roll for vampires, a hybrid of Jonathan Richman, B52s and Vincent Price, preview at: R to Z
Thumpermonkey support JSA and White Rhino Mon 16 June 2008 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £5, £4 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands from 8.45 pm 'Warped genius or just warped' preview Thumpermonkey at: DemoCrazy
Piccadillys support Cut Throat Convention Tue 17 June 2008 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £5, £4 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands from 8.45pm The instant mod-punk charisma of the Piccadillys is a joy, it's a feeling, it's an artful dodge, see a preview of former incarnation Retrobiff at: R to Z
David Devant and his Spirit Wife Thu 19 June 2008 Inn on the Green, 3-5 Thorpe Close off Cambridge Gardens, Ladbroke Grove W10 5XL (from tube go under the railway and Westway then turn right into Cambridge Gardens) £10 adv from We_Got_Tickets Doors 8pm Glam pop with mighty wordplay and performance art Preview at: A to H
Deep Cut with Air Formation + Stephen Lawrie (Telescopes) acoustic The 19 June 2008 Industry, 1 Curtain Road EC1 3JX - 10 mins east of Old Street tube £6 advance from We_Got_Tickets Doors 8pm, Deep Cut on first Guitar frenzy of shimmers, rasps and whistles with cool female vocals to celebrate the eve of the MBV gig
Pete and the Pirates + The Sugars Fri 20 June 2008 Barfly, Chalk Farm Road, Camden (opp Morrison's and The Roundhouse) £10, or advance from www.ticketweb.co.uk for £8 + £3.15 for the shareholders' bubbly Doors 7.30pm Jolly and supremely catchy post-punk
TV Smith (album launch) + I, Ludicrous + Duncan Redmonds (Snuff, Guns 'n' Wankers, Billy No Mates) + Max Splodge (Splodgenessabounds) Thu 26 June 2008 traumattack at Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands from 8.30pm Acoustic punk night to launch TV Smith's album 'In the Arms of My Enemy' Preview TV Smith at R to Z
Popular Workshop + William w/ Maths Class + Heels Catch Fire Tues 15 July 2008 Artrocker @ Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington station £5, free to members via Artrocker Doors 8pm An angsty-indie-postrock-shoegaze amalgam from Popular Workshop, punchy 3-man post-punk from William - William onstage around 9pm
Heloise & the Savior Faire + Jocasta Sleeps + Heypenny + Tinashe Tues 15 July 2008 Club Fandango @ Dublin Castle, 95 Parkway, Camden Town £6, £5 with flyers Doors 7.45pm NY's Heloise & Co with electro rock and disco somewhere in a space between Gossip and Scissor Sisters
Frank Sidebottom's UnRoyal Variety Performance with Iain Lee + SKIPtheatre + Royal Jugs + Spinmaster Plantpot + The Oh Blimey Big Band (featuring 3 members of Scritti Politti) Sat 19 July 2008 Guided Missile @ Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £10.01 advance at we_got_tickets Doors 8pm It's the man with the papier mache head, the bonempi keyboard and the comic patter - with his own 'house' band - oh yes it really is
Let's Wrestle + Morton Valence + The Sequins Sat 19 July 2008 Stolen Recordings @ The Windmill, Blenheim Gardens, Brixton Hill (left from Brixton underground, 15 minutes walk towards Streatham, Blenheim Gardens is on the right) £4 door (if any remain) or advance at we_got_tickets Doors 8pm Let's Wrestle are possibly less fashionable than a year ago, but I still love this mix of Wedding Present, nerd-rock and cynical lyrics
Liam Finn Tues 22 July 2008 Live Nation at Cargo, 83 Rivington Street, London EC2A 3AY - from Old Street tube walk east to The Foundry: Rivington Street is just to the right of The Foundry, Cargo is underneath the arches on the left - 15 mins' walk altogether Advance tickets from ticketmaster at £8.50 plus £4 for the shareholders' bubbly Doors 7.30pm The son of Tim Crowded House, with his own peculiar brand of guitar delay, loops and ferocious live drumming, not to mention Beatles nostalgia
Ceiling + The Real Sound of Infrasound + Work + The Brights Fri 25 July 2008 Goonite Club @ Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington station £5, £4 concs Doors 8.30pm Ceiling deliver their uniquely punchy and bubbly shoegaze - preview of A to H
Deadbeat Descendant + The Housewives + The Dawn Chorus + Steve Bland solo Thu 31 July 2008 traumattack at Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands from 8.30pm A night of partying with punk'n'rock'n'roll (Deadbeat Descendant), a latin-indie carnival (The Housewives), a folksy-indie cabaret (The Dawn Chorus) and a jazz-pop jolly (Steve Bland) Preview Deadbeat Descendant and Steve Bland at A to H
Six 50 Whisky with Drawbridge Man Sat 2 August 2008 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, music from 8.30pm Hard, dark and mean rock from Six 50 Whisky
World Before Wireless Sun 3 August 2008 Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £5, £4 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, music from 8.45pm Accessible post-rock grooves with bits of everything from Bloc Party to Hawkwind
Future of the Left + Fighting with Wire + Truckers of Husk Wed 20 August 2008 Water Rats Theatre, 328 Grays Inn Road London WC1X 8BZ - take the main road opposite King's Cross that leads directly away, keep on the left, and you're there when you've passed the mini-hospital £7 advance from we_got_tickets plus a modest fee of 70 pence, sure to cost more anywhere else Doors 7pm, expect music by 8pm Future of the Left are an urgent collision of hardcore, garage, post-punk, post-rock, groove, who knows what else? certainly a collision of mclusky and Jar Crew, and certainly my favourite act of 2007
Zombina and the Skeletones + Silvery + Billy Rebel + Ginger Tom Sat 13 September 2008 Guided Missile @ Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington station £6, £5 concs Doors 8.30pm until after midnight Zombina brings doo-wap rock'n'roll for vampires, Silvery bring their compact and hooky take on Cardiacs, preview at: R to Z
Milk Roar + The Gazebos + 14 Carat Grapefruit Wed 24 September 2008 Otto Phthrugg presents @ The Miller, 96 Snowsfield Rd SE1 3SS London Bridge tune and station, head south through Guy's Hospital via Great Maze Pond (it's a street, not a pond) FREE first band 6.45pm, go straight from work/ Job Club Milk Roar (8.30pm) - ranting Mark E Smith vocals and krautrock grooves, this is Ming the Mong versus half-a-Diary
Xmas Lights + World Before Wireless + Astrohenge + Orwell Music Thu 25 September 2008 traumattack at Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands from 8.30pm Math-rock/ hardcore + post-rock/ grunge-pop + heavy psychedelia + twisted alt-rock:: from screamo to dreamo Preview Xmas Lights at R to Z
Glam Chops w/ Ted Chippington + Shrag + Panther Girls Sat 11 October 2008 Guided Missile @ Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington station £6, £5 concs Doors 8.30pm until after midnight Paul GM's glamtastic all-star band, also featuring David Devant and Eddie Argos of Art Brut
Heilige Lance + Venus Bogardus + Local Girls + headlining guests The Kush Thu 30 October 2008 traumattack at Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands from 8.30pm Underground indie from the sleazepit to the fallout shelter, with HL's 4AD industrial gothic, VB's Sonic Youth art-punk and Local Girls' trashy post-punk - plus a blues-psych-funk stew from our guests
Kid at the Back + Stevie K Band + The Cedars + Vile Bodies Thu 27 November 2008 traumattack at Bull and Gate, 389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 3mins from Kentish Town tube - across the road and turn right, its on the left £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 8pm, bands from 8.30pm Shades of blues, from Stevie K's seventies ram-jam to The Cedars' love triangle of blues, country and bluegrass Preview Vile Bodies at R to Z
Ceiling with 8 Year Old Mum + We Are Power + The Good The Bad Fri 12 December 2008 The London Particular @ Hope and Anchor, Upper Street (5 mins to right from Highbury & Islington tube) £6, £5 concs Doors 8pm, Ceiling on at 10.30pm Last Celing gig with current line-up, oddly bubbly and energetic shoegaze, or as the promoter would have it 'psych hippies from the Planet E' - preview at A_to_H
1990s + We Are the Physics + Peter Parker + Betty and the Werewolves + Spinmaster Plantpot Sat 13 December 2008 Guided Missile Xmas Party@ Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington station £7, £6 concs Doors 8 or 8.30pm Yummy Fur survivors headline, plus the amazing Ex Models meets Talking Heads post-punk of We Are the Physics (you really can fit their album on one side of a C60 casette tape), along with the foul mouthed and hilarious deck-free MC Spimaster Plantpot - all at Paul's special people club - checkout Guided_Missile, preview We Are the Physics at R_to_Z
Semaphore + Master & Servant + Eat Lights; Become Lights + The Noughts and Crosses Band Wed 17 December 2008 Goonite Club @ Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington station £5, £4 concs Doors 8.30pm Miserably jolly alt-country from Semaphore and glitchy indie dance vibes from Master & Servant
Done Lying Down + Joeyfat + Lords (tbc) + Popular Workshop Fri 19 December 2008 Silver Rocket Club, Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington tube £5, £4 concs/ after bands Doors 8.30 pm to 3pm Will we get post-rock supergroovegroup Lords? I don't know, but I know we get the jerky complexity of confrontation poetry and art from Joeyfat, and Popular Workshop will be there with some harrowing, beautiful and compelling guitar angst - that's good enough for me
Future of the Left + lots of DJ sets from your fave D-list celebs (apparently) Wed 31 December 2008 Water Rats, 328 Gray's Inn Road, King's Cross (5 mins south of station, just beyond Travelodge) £10 adv from wegottickets, also other vendors and on the door if you're early Doors 7pm Preview as Red Deadhead at: R to Z Best band (studio or live) of 2007-08 in my estimation
Cove + Shield Your Eyes + Nitkowski Fri 2 January 2009 Silver Rocket Club, Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington tube £5, £4 concs/ after bands Doors 8.30 pm to 3pm Start 2009 with the seminal post-rock outfit Cove and the high speed raging post-metal/ math-rock of Nitkowski
Damon & Naomi (Ex Galaxie 500) + The Left Outsides + more Thu 15 January 2009 Track and Field's Winter Sprinter at the Luminaire, Kilburn High Road (400 yards down from Kilburn underground (Jubilee line), head right from station, venue is on the same side) £7 advance from wegottickets Doors 7.30pm Preview The Left Outsides under L at: I to Q Folk doesn't often combine the wistful and the psychedelic this perfectly
Stuffy/ The Fuses + Jennifer Gentle + Master and Servant + Paul Morricone Fri 23 January 2009 The Windmill, Blenheim Gardens, Brixton Hill (left from Brixton underground, 15 minutes walk towards Streatham, Blenheim Gardens is on the right) Doors 8pm £4 advance at we_got_tickets Last ever gig from peppy 'post-hardcore' Stuffy/The Fuses, supports include electro-bass-drum indie/dance duo Master and Servant
Chik Budo + Notorious HiFi Killers + The Gilded Palace of Sin + Karl A Brummer Sat 24 January 2009 Noisestar host RoTa @ Notting Hill Arts Centre, 21 Notting Hill Gate W11 3QJ (south side, east of tube, under the shops/ offices) Doors 4pm, music around 5pm to 8pm FREE Chik Budo's brassy jazz-rock is the heady rush of 1920's New York clashing with 21st century guitar and electronics, NHFK's support is stoner blues rock
Deep Cut + The Real Sound of the Infrasound + The Hysterical Injury + Grand Central Fri 30 January 2009 Goonite @ The Wilmington Arms, 69 Rosebery Avenue, Clerkenwell - tubes Angel (plus buses 19, 38, 341), Kings Cross (plus bus 63), Farringdon £6, £5 concs/ flyers Doors 7.30pm Shimmer and grind amalgam of shoegaze and Sonic Youth grunge from Deep Cut, skewed Breeders/ Throwing Muses stylings from Bath's Hysterical Injury
Popular Workshop + William + Sarandon + Swound! Sat 31 January 2009 Guided Missile @ Buffalo Bar, underneath the Famous Cock at Highbury & Islington station £7, £6 concs Doors 8.30pm PW's harrowing, beautiful and compelling guitar angst plus William's scribbly post-punk and short sharp punkish popsongs from Sarandon
Laibach 'Die Kunst der Fuge' Mon 9 February 2009 Bush Hall, 310 Uxbridge Road, London W12 7LJ - north side, about 15 mins West of Shepherd's Bush Market £19.50 advance at we_got_tickets Doors 7.30pm A performance based on Bach's 'The Art of Fugue'
OT February 2009
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