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I dunno if you've noticed, but new music is a big part of what we do. Not only do we spend day-in-day-out listening to it and posting the best stuff we hear on our social networks but, of course, we love to head to London's best venues to check them out in the flesh too. One of the new bands we saw recently, that completely blew us away, was Dublin's own Girl Band. Their rhythmic rock sound that just makes you want to dance has been in our head for months, and that is why they're gracing the cover of our new music issue. There are big things in store for these guys, of that we're sure. This month you'll notice we've got the full stage times listed for London's second ever Visions, a highlight of last year's festival calendar and with an even better line-up this year, we can't wait to all be there, relaxing on rooftops, running round venues and making sure you all know where and when to be. At £25 it's a steal.
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This appeared out of nowhere about a month ago from the Londonbased songwriter. I’ve listened to it every day since and it still floors me. The vocal is just perfect in getting across the emotions that come with the disintegration of a relationship. Lyrically it’s raw and intense. Musically, it’s dark, spacious and the production is absolutely perfect. Fans of London Grammar and Banks will adore it. We certainly do.
The work of multi-instrumentalist Lauren Grubb and the first glimpse of the new album - this is just beautiful, simple songwriting. Part Chris Isaak, part Warpaint, it builds and builds over five minutes of downbeat melancholy. I love the way the guitar parts weave in and out of one another. There must have been the temptation to throw so much more at this, sonically, but the understated nature of it somehow makes it even grander.
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I’m a total sucker for three-chord, horizon-spanning Americana and Florida’s Rivers have served up an ace. It’s got one of the best and most effective intros I’ve heard all year and is, in general, just huge amounts of fun. A must for any future road trips.
This is woozy, summery psych-pop from one of our favourite discoveries of the year so far. She’s sixteen, writes and co-produces everything and is just scarily talented. Her brand new EP is great and Plants is the perfect starting point.
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Tenterhook is nineteen-year-old Londoner Archie Faulks and his two songs to date showcase something really special. We interviewed him for our Unsigned Band of the Month feature recently and, trust us, he’s got big plans. Chemicals is arena-ready, emotive pop-rock. We’ll hear much more from him.
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NEW SOUNDS ---------DEERS BY GEMMA SAMWAYS
Juggling day jobs and debt; suffering homesickness and self-doubt; racking up more time in travel taverns than Alan Partridge and Lenny Henry combined: let’s just say that being in a band doesn’t come without its drawbacks. But – and it’s a big but – if you’re of a free-spirited disposition, there are few occupations more fun. Judging by the promo accompanying Bamboo – depicting Ana Garcia Perrotte and Carlotta Cosials cavorting around the sun-drenched streets of Madrid – there’s no band more suited to the profession than Deers. Hell, their enthusiasm is so infectious, it makes you want to jack-in the nine-to-five and join in. Released in June via Lucky Number Music, their double A-sided debut, Demo, was reportedly the product of one Sangria-fuelled recording session. As its title implies, both songs are what you might term “rough and ready”, but it’s precisely
that lo-fi finish that accounts for a large part of their charm. Take Bamboo, for example: with its sloppy guitars, loose-limbed grooves and lethargic vocals, it’s the messier, more mischievous cousin of The Strange Boys’ bratty Be Brave. On the flip side is the equally ramshackle – albeit slightly more psychedelic – Trippy Gum, which sounds something like The Velvets jamming with The Shangri Las. It’ll be interesting to see what the addition of a permanent rhythm section does for Deers’ sound and, subsequently, their success. Whatever the four-piece’s future, you know they’ll be relishing every second of the ride. LISTEN TO: BAMBOO ONLINE: @deersband // facebook.com/deers LIVE: Corsica Studios, September 2nd 11
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TA L E S F R O M T H E C I T Y. . . London is an exciting place for us to visit and perform. It has the energy and diversity that we are used to in New York, but with a much deeper history. The architecture and traditions are grand and romantic - but the city is also so modern and fashion forward. We love contrast and London certainly delivers. Our first time in London was so special for many reasons. We had released our record in the states and were anxiously awaiting the UK arrival. The album artwork was centred around a bold piece by Belgian pop artist Evelyn Axell and, just as magic happens, her Ice-Cream piece was showing at the Barbican. We did our normal press and radio duties and then rushed over, in full getups, to see the piece in person. It was a powerful moment seeing her piece right amidst the Warhol paintings. If Axell was alive today, we know she would have been proud. Thus far that same energy from our first trip to the UK has carried over into our audiences and we are very excited to see how that translates into the festival circuit this summer!
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A handful of words stand out when talking to Harry Burgess, the protagonist and frontman of rising Leeds quartet Adult Jazz. His use of words like ‘care’, ‘thought’ and ‘inclusiveness’ contradict - at least on the face of it - a debut album that is crafted in a way that challenges as much as it yearns to be adored. Of course, any premise of being challenging isn’t in Burgess’ world view. Put to him that Adult Jazz’s music thrives on its own intelligence and a reply comes that belies his young years. “It’s a funny term that [intelligent music]. It suggests there’s an extra thing involved, whereas I think it should be entailed in writing music that there’s a level of thought and care. We don’t want our music to smack of academia. I enjoy the conceptual side of it but it shouldn’t require that to illuminate it. I’m happy to be taken without that as well. Some music I really admire is a little bit nerdy and in that world, but I think one of the worst things someone can do is point the pretentiousness card at a band. The whole thing is a pretence, to make music. It’s an act of pretending. And so often when people use that they just mean it’s taking itself seriously, but all good stuff should.” Certainly there’s no fear in the seriousness of what Burgess talks about. Adult Jazz, in all of its elements, is a form Burgess and his bandmates Tom Howe, Steven Wells and Tim Slater - have been developing for longer than you may think for such a seemingly new band. Based and grown in Leeds, their work has been formed over a four-year period that saw the scrapping and fruition of a massive amount of ideas. “I’ve always been like “I can’t wait for people to hear it” but we were quite strict on when it was ready. Lots of people said two years ago “Why don’t you just release it? All the songs are written”. But it’s important that us, as individuals in the band, all align when we’re enjoying it. It takes longer than you think for four people to all match up and decide “Hey, we’re all really into this now.” We wanted to make sure we could finish it with that stamp of enjoyment.” That stamp of enjoyment is plain to see in Gist Is. Singles such as the sprawling, haunting Spook
and kinetic Idiot Mantra display a band indulging in a thrilling adventurousness not heard in a British act since the underground heyday of the underappreciated Youthmovies or The Edmund Fitzgerald. Of course, such is the excitement around the band and the album’s release that successes from grander names have already been mentioned - and rightfully so. But Adult Jazz’s is music that demands a credibility of itself. “I think credibility is more important than commercial success,” he says emphatically. “We’ve been discussing radio edits and things like that recently and
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grappling with those ideas. But the most powerful credibility is when people have been able to synthesise a friendliness, an inclusiveness and a real craftsmanship. That’s the best kind of credibility. You can be a noise or drone artist but it isn’t the most inclusive music, so I think there’s a limit to how many people can call you credible. When people are celebrated like Björk is, it’s because she’s written such carefully crafted music that is unsettling and lovely and soft and delightful all at the same time.”
There’s an ambitiousness to Burgess that is as charming as it is intimidating. Delving into his work further, asking him about his own personality and struggles within the record’s meaning, it’s clear that Gist Is is a culmination of thoughts and processes he himself is reflecting on as challenging. Yet it deals with concepts with an affable vaguery. “There are a lot of times in the songs where I’ll sing something inarticulate and we’ll try to find words that fit it, but it would never work. There’s a lot of singing
“W e d on’t want our mu s ic to sm ack of acad em ia”
phonetics - there’s a bit in Am Gone where I sing a very childish, playground phonetic blah blah blah style so a lot of it is this idea of how losing that form and transcription can enhance meaning. The conceptual reflection of that is religious and ideological truths and morality - how maybe we should look at cultivating that twinge, that internal twinge, the gist of whether something’s good or whether something’s helpful or healthy, instead of looking at every single possible permutation of what’s right. You can’t write down every possibility on earth so we need to cultivate an intuitive understanding of those things. The titles relate to the themes of what’s going on through all of it, so if that’s a “concept
album”, then I guess it is that. But they’re more like personal, individual stories that share a common theme about trying to determine transcribed meaning versus intuition. That’s the idea of the gist. It’s based in a pretty emotional sense.” He speaks emotionally, for sure. But Burgess’ confidence shines through decisively. For Adult Jazz, in all of its conceptual, musical and existential permutations, is a journey that is far from complete. It’s one that will be a thrilling, moving and thoughtful one to follow.
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her avant-garde R&B, the Cheltenham-born talent nurtured a growing number of fans by adopting a provocative approach to lyrics and imagery: brash, sexuality appears amid both subtle and blatant intensity. Almost exactly a year on, LP1 is set for its (wonderfully suitable) Young Turks release, and the trend-setting label have delivered on the hype-promise. Although the record does not push the boundaries with quite the same panache as what has come before, the ten tracks still encompass everything that makes FKA twigs so exciting. Sparse, dark, broken-up FKA TWIGS production allows space for twigs’ seductive and somehow scarily innocent, FX-laden soprano: LP1 eerie opener Preface and the beautiful Closer Young Turks // August 11th feel almost choral in their vocal delivery; stand-out album closer Kicks is a typically sultry FKA twigs - real name Tahliah Barnett - is an enigma, but an outing complete with particularly out-there manipulation, while the scatty techno-esque enigma with a difference; Numbers adds another dimension to where so many buzzy, proceedings. Elsewhere, the aforementioned hyped-up new-comers shroud brazen sexual themes pour through: “Smoke on themselves in utter mystery think Jungle, SBTRKT, Jai Paul your skin to get those pretty eyes rolling / My thighs are apart for when you're ready to breathe - and continue to hide behind in” twigs coos on Two Weeks; a single which, their (brilliant) work, twigs alongside album highlight Give Up, has all the embraces visuals, taking potential to open the record up to the advantage of her striking and wonderfully unique appearance mainstream. Captivating to the point of obsession, LP1 breaks the enigma surrounding to catalyse interest. FKA twigs in the most intriguing and beguilingly Dripping out a handful of beautiful way possible. George O’Brien YouTube videos to accompany
SPOON // THEY WANT MY SOUL
ANTI // August 4th The title track for Spoon’s first album in four years was inspired by a bully who used to beat up Britt Daniel in school. That guy needs to be thanked. Wait, that sounds wrong. But if he inspired They Want My Soul at least positives came from it. For this is Spoon at the peak of their powers. It’s the first time the band has worked with outside producers and it seems to have brought a freshness to the tracks. You get the irresistible garage rock stomps and breezy summer numbers but there’s also added electro, like on the gleaming closer New York Kiss. And Britt and the bully? Well, he later became a big Spoon fan. Of course he did. Danny Wright
CYMBALS EAT GUITARS LOSE
Tough Love // August 25th ‘Slow-burning’ is as recurrently used with a tone of dismissal as it is a synonym of praise. It's also the most commonly-uttered description of Cymbals Eat Guitars' music, for better and worse. At once visceral and immediate, yet shrouded in layers of clouding distortion, a chief criticism of the New York band's first two albums, however great, was a slight sense of indistinguishability and repetition. Now, LOSE offers a perfect opportunity for both growth and experimentation, which the band step up to with marked urgency. Opening track Jackson sees the group at their most triumphant and emphatic, while XR and Child Bride show sides not previously witnessed. This isn't just ‘Album of the Year’ material, but a rare sort of epic-sized record that comes along and seems to echo your entire being. Luke Morgan Britton
ROYAL BLOOD ROYAL BLOOD
Warner Bros // August 24th Two years ago Royal Blood didn’t exist. Now, there’s little you can do to stop them, as the hyped-up duo from Brighton continue to woo festival-goers with their riff-heavy rock pulsations. The pummelling bass line to Out of the Black launches into radio played familiar territory, before jolting into feisty forerunner Come On Over. Yet the dynamic twosome have some surprises for us yet, with You Can Be So Cruel twisting splendidly into a Queens Of The Stone Age-style burst of bone tingling power. And there’s plenty more where that came from, with Loose Change and Ten Tonne Skeleton snaking into even dirtier and denser rhythmic sections. Royal Blood’s self-titled debut is a slick and explosive creation, plus a sure-fire contender for album of the year. Amy Gravelle
SUMMER CAMP // BEYOND CLUELESS Moshi Moshi // August 4th
With their sophomore LP only released at the tail end of last year, it's a pleasant surprise to have Elizabeth and Jeremy back so quickly. Their treat for us is the soundtrack to the teen-movie documentary Beyond Clueless, which premiered at SXSW earlier this year. The album is, unsurprisingly, a mainly instrumental piece, with the occasional snippet of dialogue inserted, and for the most part is incredibly un-Summer Camp. There's still their familiar brand of pop present in the form of House Party, Losing It and Beyond Clueless, but the duo also adapt to their soundtrack duty with enviable ease. Long live Summer Camp. Jack McKenna
ELECTRIC WÜRMS MUSIK, DIE SCHWER ZU TWERK
JJ V
Secretly Canadian // August 18th In a year of comparatively jolly releases from Scandinavian contemporaries like CEO and Highasakite, cult-fave Swedish duo jj have returned with the dour flipside. While the plaintive, expletive-laden Hold Me has a beautiful bleakness to it, more representative of their third album is centrepiece Full, which just sounds like one big sigh of resignation (“Oh god, I’m so alone”, Elin Kastlander even exhales). On the whole it’s an immersive but pretty damn trying listen, one that seems less interested in offering solutions for the downtrodden than it is in dragging them down with it. With V, jj have made an album for the broken-hearted, but not the faint of heart. Thomas Hannan
Bella Union // August 18th Providing a welcome escape from all the palaver surrounding The Flaming Lips, we find Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd (plus four members of Linear Downfall) disguised as Electric Würms and further indulging their pursuit of the acid-casualty free-jazz/prog experimentalism seen on the disappointingly flaccid The Terrors. Whilst that record prompted more yawns than screams, Musik, Die Schwer Zu Twerk is a heap more immersive and rewarding; and whilst it might not replace The Soft Bulletin in your heart, it’s thrilling to hear the freaks sounding more fearless again. It’s blindingly obvious that Drozd is having an absolute ball here, and the disarmingly (almost) lovely Heart Of The Sunrise sees Coyne at his hypnotic, entrancing best. Hopefully proving as cathartic for the pair as it sounds, this frisky outlet for their inner-prog demons might even just allow The Flaming Lips to get back to those giant sad pop explosions that made us love them so much. Dave Rowlinson
TY SEGALL MANIPULATOR
Drag City // August 25th For somebody who spits out records with relentless, consummate ease, Ty Segall could be forgiven for aimlessly churning out a dud every so often, yet Manipulator continues his frenzied upward trajectory with a little more focus. His thirst for unruly guitar solos remains intact: recent single Feel, and Susie Thumb writhe with angst. However, his recent endeavours alongside Fuzz, coupled with acoustic dabbling, have him doffing his cap in the direction of familiar touchstones like Black Sabbath and The Who, as well as owing gentler moments to The Kinks. While another album has inevitably been recorded in the time that you have taken to read this, this is Segall’s most exhilarating offering in some time. Lee Wakefield
TRANS AM VOLUME X
Thrill Jockey // August 11th Ouch. There are so many good grooves and ideas crammed into the Washington DC band’s return to form that it’s almost painful. Their dizzying mix of raw krautrock, technical metal and pulsing electronica has never sounded better, with every facet of their impressive soundworld represented. But with so much going on, it forces the songs into some one-dimensional corners. Why, when Phil Manley is absolutely shredding his guitar a la Metallica’s Kirk Hammett did they cut short the blazing Backlash? Or why, just as Failure gets its throbbing bassline nestled into the back of your skull, does it fade out? The problem here is that at a criminally-short 38 minutes the songs need more time to explore their potential. Geoff Cowart
J MASCIS TIED TO A STAR
Subpop // August 25th When Dinosaur Jr. returned in 2007 with Beyond, their first record in ten years and the first with the original line-up since the 1988 classic Bug, it was the beginning of a renaissance for the band and its frontman J Mascis. With another two Dinosaur Jr. LPs and his 2011 debut solo album Several Shades of Why released since the reunion, Mascis is undoubtedly in the finest form since his early twenties. Tied to a Star is a direct successor to Several Shades of Why; (mostly) acoustic rock focused around Mascis’ unmistakeable vocals and delicate guitar lines. Another gem of an album, further proving why J Mascis is one of his generation’s greatest. Johan Alm
MERCHANDISE AFTER THE END
4AD // August 25th As the latest long-toiling band to be taken under 4AD’s wing, Carson Cox and co must be secretly hoping for some of that Future Islands magic to rub off on them. Even if not, After The End certainly feels ambitious, finding the Floridians taking on two more members, hiring Depeche Mode’s mixing engineer, and recasting themselves as “a pop band” pedalling “a twisted reality”. Gone is the ferocity of roughshod recordings like Roser Park, and in its place is hook-heavy alt-rock, that ranges from the gambolling, guitar-led Little Killer to the stately, piano-driven title track. They’ve got the tunes, they’ve got the louche croon, now all they need is a spot on Letterman... Gemma Samways
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“We’ve had so many odd comparisons thrown at us – we’ve had post-goth, then guitar techno and even pop-punk,” says Alan Duggan, guitarist in the defiantly incomparable Girl Band, the most exciting group these ears have heard in a long time...
He’s not wrong. The Dublin four piece (no, there are no girls in the band, before you ask) have received a bewildering and eclectic number of comparisons in their relatively short existence: Pavement, The Jesus Lizard, Nirvana, McClusky and LCD Soundsystem to name just a few. “Sometimes we get comparisons and we’re like ‘We’re definitely not like that’. It’s easier to know what you don’t sound like I think,” bassist Dan Fox notes. If the comparisons are a source of frustration for the band, this journalistic grasping can be explained by the fact that Girl Band genuinely create a sound that is near impossible to describe. I will bravely try though: it’s a brutal and brilliant cocktail of loops and grinding guitars over krautrock rhythms that shift through textures and tempos. It’s visceral stuff. And it’s the shapeshifting synthesis of styles that makes them so mesmerising. They are neither rock nor electronic but a wonderful melding of the two. “There’s a lot of things that go into it; it’s never just this influence or that influence,” says Alan. “And a lot of the new songs are more groove oriented. We’ve tried to expand the sound.” Just take the single Lawman, released at the start of this year, a distorted, kinetic behemoth that seethes and builds with a twitching energy before exploding into life. It also marked the start of what’s been a great year for the band. They’ve since released the 25-second single The Cha Cha Cha, played exhilarating shows around the world and, in September, release new single De Bom Bom. “It’s going great. We’ve had a really good run at it this year. We’ve played in a lot of new places and it’s been a lot of fun. Before we were working away and things were progressing but it’s definitely picked up this year,” admits Alan. They released the France 98 EP last year and an album is now in the works but the band are in no rush: “We’re working away on it. It will come eventually,” says Dan. “We’re happy with the pace we’re doing things at. We want to do the best that we can: there’s no harm in taking your time over it,” agrees Alan. One of the highlights of the year so far was playing to a large crowd at Primavera in Barcelona. Though it nearly never happened. “We had to do what was supposed to be a three day drive in one day. We drove sixteen hours straight and we thought there wouldn’t be anybody there to watch us. We thought we’d be playing to about fourteen people so it was a nice surprise,” says Alan. Has playing these bigger live shows and seeing what works for those crowds informed the newer stuff they’ve written? “Not really,” says Alan. “When we first started writing and recording we always tried to write in a way that we could always replicate live. Although playing more live shows has definitely made us more aware of what you can actually physically do on stage.” That certainly makes sense. Live they are a force of nature. When we caught the
“It’s easier to know what you don’t sound like, I think” band at their Shacklewell Arms show a few months ago, Alan spent most of the gig crouched over his pedal board, fashioning an array of bracing noises from the amps.
the songs themselves. “We’ve all got our ideas on how we want it to sound and everyone has their opinion so we all get to have a say.”
How do they fuse all these sounds and influences together - from 25-second hardcore tracks to seven minute long seething soundscapes? “It all just kind of happens on the spot most of the time. It can just come from a noise sometimes and then we all come together and make it into something,” explains Dan. “We’re all into lots of the same thing but our influences come from all over the place.”
They seem a band very much in control of their destiny, with a clear idea of what to do next. And they’re not afraid to throw in the odd curveball. I ask if releasing a 25-second single - each housed in a wooden box built by drummer Adam Faulkner and each hand stamped and numbered - was a way to mess with people’s expectations. “It wasn’t a statement or anything – we did it for Record Store Day and we all just really like the song,” explains Alan.
And knowing how they want to sound means they also produce and engineer all
The Cha Cha Cha is, according to lead singer Dara Kiely, inspired by Sam Cooke's suave R&B classic Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha. It’s not the only lyrics of Dara’s which jump out at you. At the Shacklewell Arms show, as he constantly pulls at his striped t-shirt, you catch lyrics over the brutal blare. But you’re not sure if you’ve heard them correctly – “I look crap with my top off” comes at one point; he seems to scream “NUTELLA”. Dara laughs: “Myself and Dan were having a chat after a night out and we were eating Nutella and we saw there was a Nutella hotline and he was like ‘Nutella saved my life’ so I started singing ‘Nuuuteellla.’” There’s another line where he sings ‘I’m so surprised it feels just like my favourite player has gone and joined United’. “I’m a Liverpool fan and when Michael Owen signed for United I lost faith in my life for a while. I was 14 as well; it’s a bit late to have that much attachment to a player!”
It was a similar way that the band got their name. A story they’ve already had to tell a thousand times. After meeting "an annoying girl" in a bar one night who liked the Wombats, Dara and Alan suggested Girl Band as a name which she said was a ‘disgusting’ idea. Obviously they decided to keep it. As the interview finishes, I ask if they’d still call themselves Girl Band if they started again. The band laugh: they’ve admitted before they’re terrible at naming things. “I don’t know actually,” says Dan. “It’s a very good question.” There’s a pause. “I actually don’t know. I think things could have been a lot easier,” ponders Dara. He shouldn’t worry. Girl Band don’t need to change a thing: 2014 is shaping up to be their year. Girl Band play Raw Power Festival August 31st and Shapes October 16th. New single, De Bom Bom, is released via Any Other City, September 1st
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@o2sbe 17/08/14 £25adv SHEPHERDS BUSH
SHACKLEWELL ARMS DZ DEATHRAYS
DZ DEATHRAYS
POWER LUNCHES CLAW MARKS // WHITE FINGER // VERTICAL SLUMP
@powerlunches 07/08/14 £4OTD DALSTON KINGSLAND/JUNCTION
BRIXTON WINDMILL PROTOMARTYR // ULTIMATE PAINTING // MICKEY GLOSS // PHOBOPHOBES
18/08/14 £7adv
@WindmillBrixton 17/08/14 5.30pm £7adv
DALSTON KINGSLAND/JUNCTION
BRIXTON
@ShacklewellArms
PROTOMARTYR
34
THE GOOD SHIP
THE WYTCHES
EF // CODES IN THE CLOUDS // FLIES ARE SPIESFROM HELL @thegoodshipNW6 27/08/14 £5 KILBURN
BORDERLINE DROWNERS
@theborderline 20/08/14 £8adv
TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD
BIRTHDAYS ALVVAYS // GENGHAR
@_Birthdays 05/08/14 £5adv
DALSTON KINGSLAND/JUNCTION
SERVANT JAZZ QUARTERS ERLAND & THE CARNIVAL // @ServantJazz INCA 07/08/14 £8adv DALSTON KINGSLAND/JUNCTION
O2 ISLINGTON ACADEMY LESSER KEY
@O2Islington 22/08/14 £8adv ANGEL
ALVVAYS
ROUGH TRADE EAST THE WYTCHES
CORSICA STUDIOS
GRUMBLING FUR // TIM BURGESS
@RoughTrade 2708/14 7pm FREE
@Corsica_Studios 12/08/14 £10adv
LIVERPOOL STREET
ELEPHANT AND CASTLE 35
100 CLUB
FABRIC
GUITAR WOLF @100clubLondon 01/08/14 £10adv TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD
DANIEL AVERY // FACTORY FLOOR // MACHINEDRUM // DOPPLEREFFEKT // HELENA HAUFF // VOLTE-FACE @fabriclondon 15/08/14 £13adv FARRINGDON
STRONGROOM
SCOWLIN OWL // NICK EDWARD HARRIS @StrongroomBar 20/08/14 FREE LIVERPOOL STREET
DANIEL AVERY
OSLO
THE WAITING ROOM
CHILDHOOD
HOLY ESQUE @WaitingRoomN16 27/08/14 £6adv
@OsloHackney 13/08/14 + 09/08/14 £7.50adv HACKNEY CENTRAL
DALSTON KINGSLAND/JUNCTION
THE LOCK TAVERN
ROSENBLUME // ALX // CHARLOTTE CARPENTER @thelocktavern 07/08/14 FREE CHALK FARM // CAMDEN TOWN
HOLY ESQUE 36
SATURDAY 2ND AUGUST www.visionsfestival.com PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY
+
PRE-PARTY XXYYXX / DAM-FUNK YOUNG MAGIC / VISIONS DJs THE LAUNDRY FRIDAY 1ST AUGUST 9PM–2AM
LINE UP // STAGE TIMES BREWHOUSE
NEW EMPOWERING CHURCH 2:15PM –2:45PM MOON GANGS
3:00PM–3:30PM RAINER
3:15PM –3:45PM ALICE BOMAN
4:00PM–4:30PM IYES 4:30PM –5:30PM SONGHOY BLUES
THE LAUNDRY
2:30PM –3:00PM CHEATAHS
3:30PM –4:15PM LOWER
4:45PM –5:15PM PERFECT PUSSY
OVAL SPACE 2:15PM –3:00PM JAAKKO EINO KALVI
3:30PM –4:00PM EYEDRESS
4:30PM –5:15PM ALVVAYS
5:15PM–5:45PM YUMI ZOUMA
6:15PM–6:45PM JOSEF SALVAT
7:30PM–8:15PM THE RANGE
9:00PM–9:45PM SOPHIE
10:30PM–11:30PM NATHAN FAKE
6:15PM–6:45PM KIRAN LEONARD
7:15PM–8:00PM ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER
8:45PM–9:30PM JACCO GARDNER
10:15PM–11:15PM PERFUME GENIUS
5:45PM –6:30PM EAGULLS
7:00PM –7:45PM THE FAT WHITE FAMILY
6:00PM –6:45PM DIRTY BEACHES
7:30PM–8:15PM YOUNG FATHERS
8:30PM –9:15PM ANDREW WK 9:00PM–9:45PM VERONICA FALLS
10:00PM –11:00PM UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS 10:30PM–11:45PM POLIÇA
AFTERPARTY AT THE BREWHOUSE 12AM–4AM AFTERPARTY AT NEC 11.30PM–2AM FEAT. FLAMINGODS x BONEYARDS
FRIDAY 1ST FRIDAY 1ST AUGUST AUGUST GUITAR WOLF
FUR COAT + NO ARTIFICIAL COLOURS £7ADV / 9.00PM / THE NEST
£10ADV / 7.30PM / 100 CLUB
BROWN BROGUES + THOSE FOREIGN KIDS
KINGSLAND ROAD
FREE / 8.00PM / THE OLD BLUE LAST
£8ADV / 7.00PM / THE BORDERLINE THE SLEAZE + PANGAEA STEELBAND + RIDDLES £3ADV / 8.00PM / BRIXTON WINDMILL NOW, ROSHI FEATURING PARS RADIO & GAGARIN TBC / TBC / THE DALSTON VICTORIA S.P.Y. FT DIANE CHARLEMAGNE + LONDON ELEKTRICITY + LENZMAN B2B TOTAL SCIENCE + LOXY B2B STORM + DOM & ROLAND B2B KLUTE + HATCHA B2B WALSHY + SCRATCH PERVERTS + LOGAN SAMA B2B SPYRO £13ADV / 11.00PM / FABRIC THE WANG DANG DOODLES + ARCTIC
+ HUNCK
MY GREY HORSE + MAPLE BEE + ROCHEII + COOK AND THE CASE £6ADV / 8.00PM / SEBRIGHT ARMS JAMES BROWNE TRIO FREE / 7.30PM / SERVANT JAZZ QUARTERS LIBBYLOU + ATLAS + TRUE COLLECTIVES £5ADV / 8.00PM / THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS BLUME + FINN JONES £3ADV / 10.00PM / THE WAITING ROOM BENJI B + MARTYN + NGUZUNGUZU + ANDRÉS + JIM-E STACK £12.50ADV / 9.00PM / XOYO SATURDAY 2ND AUGUST SATURDAY 2ND AUGUST
LAKE + HARRIET LANGLEY
BIG SANDY AND HIS FLY-RITE BOYS
£5 / 7.30PM / THE GOOD SHIP
£15ADV / 7.30PM / 100 CLUB
LAST LYNX + TROPICAL ZOMBIE
BAD NAMES + JOHNNY QUITS + RUINERS
£5ADV / 7.30PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR &
£5 / 7.00PM / BARFLY
KITCHEN
THE HA’PENNIES + KOLO + RORSCHACHS
XXYYXX + DÂM FUNK + YOUNG MAGIC
+ OMAROSE + DEAR LIFE
£15ADV / 9.00PM / THE LAUNDRY
£6ADV / 7.30PM / THE BORDERLINE
DIGNAN PORCH + SEEDS OF DOUBT + KING
VISIONS FESTIVAL: POLIÇA + ANDREW WK
TV + THE PROPER ORNAMENTS +
+ UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS +
WITCHING WAVES + GRIMM GRIMM +
PERFUME GENIUS + THE FAT WHITE
SLUSHY GUTS + SOFT DRINKS + H
FAMILY + PERFECT PUSSY + ELEANOR
GRIMACE
FRIEDBERGER + THE RANGE + NATHAN
£5ADV / 2.00PM / BRIXTON WINDMILL
FAKE + YOUNG FATHERS + EAGULLS +
FUTURE DUB ORCHESTRA + KEENYA + HOWSON'S GROOVE £12.50ADV / 8.00PM / DALSTON ROOF PARK
JACCO GARDNER + LOWER + EYEDRESS + SEAN NICHOLAS SAVAGE + JOSEF SALVAT + KIRAN LEONARD + RAINER + ARABROT + SOPHIE + DIRTY BEACHES + JAAKKO EINO
RICHIE HAWTIN + WHYT NOYZ + MARC
KALEVI + ALVVAYS + ALICE BOMAN +
FAENGER + TERRY FRANCIS
MOON GANGS + IYES + FLAMINGODS X
£23ADV / 11.00PM / FABRIC
BONEYARDS
BISOLA + LUNAR PUPIL + THE FAIRLADY ZZZZZ + ABDI BEHRAVANFAR £5 / 7.30PM / THE GOOD SHIP MØ + LAST LYNX FREE / 6.00PM / KOPPARBERG URBAN FOREST TELEGRAM + NOVELLA + ESKIMO CHAIN £7ADV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON AUSTEYA £10ADV / 6.00PM / O2 ACADEMY ISLINGTON
£25ADV / 1.00PM / OVAL SPACE, THE LAUNDRY, LONDON FIELDS BREWHOUSE PERSPEX FRESH + MOB RULES + THE LOWEST FORM £6OTD / 8.00PM / POWER LUNCHES GRAHAM COXON £20ADV / 7.00PM / ROUNDHOUSE JOANNA GRUESOME + THE SPOOK SCHOOL + MARTHA + FLOWERS + THE PROPER ORNAMENTS + NO DITCHING + THEE AHS + THE WHARVES
FELT TIP + HUSH! + THE STARKINS
£13.50ADV / 2.00PM / THE SHACKLEWELL
FREE / 8.00PM / THE OLD BLUE LAST
ARMS
LINDI ORTEGA
JACKMASTER + AXEL BOMAN
£13ADV / 7.30PM / OSLO
£13.50ADV / 9.00PM / XOYO
SUNDAY 3RD 3RD AUGUST AUGUST SUNDAY
TUESDAY 5TH AUGUST
WILSON + MAX MARSHALL + KERSHA
ALVVAYS + GENGHAR
BAILEY
£5ADV / 7.00PM / BIRTHDAYS
£10ADV / 7.00PM / BIRTHDAYS BERNHOFT + MIKE WYATT FREE / 6.00PM / KOPPARBERG URBAN FOREST LISBON KID FREE / 7.00PM / THE LOCK TAVERN ANDREW ASHONG + MANUEL TUR £15ADV / 2.00PM / OVAL SPACE TRIPWIRES + DEAD COAST + WITCHING WAVES + ELEPHANTANTRUM FREE / 8.00PM / THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS
SUPERFOOD TBC / 7.00PM / THE BLACK HEART LIFESIGNS + JUMP (ACOUSTIC) £13.50ADV / 7.00PM / THE BORDERLINE SONIC MASS + DACTYLS + FRAUDS £3OTD / 8.00PM / BRIXTON WINDMILL LIFE + LYVES + ROBYN SHERWELL £5ADV / 8.00PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR & KITCHEN SUMER + WILL MILES + VODUM + JACKNIFE SIEZURE
MONDAY 4TH AUGUST
£6ADV / 7.00PM / THE LEXINGTON
KOJEY RADICAL + HANNAH FAITH
CHARLES HOWL + TANGERINES +
£5ADV / 7.00PM / BIRTHDAYS DEAD ANGELS + SWAMPMOTHER + WENNICK + JD SMITH
ABJECTS + MAX MAGUIRE FREE / 8.00PM / THE OLD BLUE LAST SUPERHEAVEN + NAI HARVEST
FREE / 8.00PM / BRIXTON WINDMILL
£8ADV / 8.00PM / THE OLD BLUE LAST
XYLOURIS WHITE
CHARLOTTE OC
£12ADV / 7.00PM / CAFE OTO
£7.50ADV / 7.30PM / SEBRIGHT ARMS
UNITED GHOSTS + JOLTA
STRANGEFRUIT
FREE / 8.00PM / THE OLD BLUE LAST
£6ADV / 7.30PM / SEBRIGHT ARMS
FLYING VAGINAS + DRONNINGEN
YUMI ZOUMA
£3OTD / 8.00PM / POWER LUNCHES
FREE / 8.00PM / THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS
RONIKA + DELOOZE + THE FAMILY
BLINK 182
MONROE
SOLD OUT / 7.00PM / O2 BRIXTON ACADEMY
FREE / 7.00PM / THE SOCIAL
OWL JOHN
WEDNESDAY 6TH AUGUST
£14ADV / 8.00PM / OSLO
LEON HENDRIX
ALVVAYS
£10ADV / 7.30PM / 100 CLUB
FREE / 7.00PM / ROUGH TRADE EAST
THE BRAINS
THERE WILL BE BLOOD SCORED BY THE
TBC / 7.00PM / THE BLACK HEART RUPA & THE APRIL FISHES
LONDON CONTEMPORARY ORCHESTRA £25ADV / 7.00PM / ROUNDHOUSE
£8ADV / 7.00PM / THE BORDERLINE
CONVERGE + MARTYRDOD +
RUPA & THE APRIL FISHES + SUNDAY
£14ADV / 7.30PM / SCALA
DRIVER £8ADV / 7.00PM / THE BORDERLINE DINOSAUR JR. + LE VOLUME COURBE £22ADV / 7.00PM / BROOKLYN BOWL
OKKULTORATI
LONGFELLOW + THE NEW UNION £4ADV / 8.00PM / SEBRIGHT ARMS DEMOB HAPPY + PUBLIC ACCESS TV
LONDON
FREE / 7.00PM / THE SOCIAL
THURSTON MOORE + JOHN EDWARDS +
VIBRATIONS OF SOUND + CHANTY TOWN
ADAM GOLEBIEWSKI £12ADV / 7.00PM / CAFE OTO ZORITA + KLEZMERCO £5 / 7.30PM / THE GOOD SHIP THE HONEY TREES + HANNAH SCOTT £8ADV / 8.00PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR & KITCHEN ASTRONAUTALIS SOLD OUT / 7.00PM / THE ISLINGTON
FREE / 8.00PM / STRONGROOM YOUNG WAR FREE / 8.00PM / THE WAITING ROOM THURSDAY 7TH AUGUST THE TOASTERS + THE KUBRICKS £12.50ADV / 7.00PM / THE BORDERLINE THURSTON MOORE + CASPAR BRÖTZMANN £12ADV / 7.00PM / CAFE OTO
JAMIE T SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / THE DOME MICHAEL A GRAMMAR + THE DEATH OF POP + FEBUEDER £6ADV / 7.00PM / THE GARAGE LAISH + THE WILD RYE + ORDINARY NOISE + ROSS PALMER £5 / 7.30PM / THE GOOD SHIP ASTRONAUTALIS SOLD OUT / 7.00PM / THE ISLINGTON SHIT & SHINE £7ADV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON ROSENBLUME + ALX + CHARLOTTE CARPENTER
FRIDAY 8TH AUGUST MIKE Q + GROVESTREET + FOOLS & RUSHMORE £7ADV / 10.00PM / BIRTHDAYS DAVID CRONENBERG’S WIFE + PHOBOPHOBES + PIT PONIES + NO CARS £3ADV / 8.00PM / BRIXTON WINDMILL MAX COOPER + SHUR-I-KAN £5ADV / 7.00PM / BUSSEY BUILDING EJECA + APES & SEB WILDBLOOD £4-8ADV / 10.00PM / CORSICA STUDIOS ANBERLIN + NATIVES + FORT HOPE £14ADV / 7.30PM / ELECTRIC BALLROOM
FREE / 7.00PM / THE LOCK TAVERN
WILEY + ELIJAH & SKILLIAM + SWINDLE +
STORMS + ELECTRIC PALMS +
£14ADV / 11.00PM / FABRIC
SHIRLEYSAID + SWAMPMOTHER
ROYAL T + FLAVA D
FREE / 8.00PM / OLD QUEENS HEAD
CLUBBS + BLEAK HOUSE + MANNEQUINS
CLAW MARKS + WHITE FINGER + VERTICAL
£5 / 7.30PM / THE GOOD SHIP
SLUMP
ON 7TH STREET + ANDY ROBERTS
£4OTD / 8.00PM / POWER LUNCHES
MDNGHT
THERE WILL BE BLOOD SCORED BY THE
KITCHEN
LONDON CONTEMPORARY ORCHESTRA £25ADV / 7.00PM / ROUNDHOUSE ERLAND & THE CARNIVAL + INCA £8ADV / 7.30PM / SERVANT JAZZ QUARTERS
£6ADV / 7.30PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR &
DEAF SCHOOL £15ADV / 7.00PM / THE ISLINGTON FLAMINGODS + AK/DK + DON'T ARGUE £5ADV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON
DOUBLE DENIM
MORKOBOT + PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS
FREE / 7.00PM / THE LOCK TAVERN
PIGS PIGS + ART OF BURNING WATER +
BLINK 182 SOLD OUT / 7.00PM / O2 BRIXTON ACADEMY BATU + IPMAN + TENGUI + LUPO + VIOLENCIA £5ADV / 8.00PM / POWER LUNCHES BLACK PEACHES FREE / 7.30PM / SERVANT JAZZ QUARTERS THE SOFT WALLS FREE / 8.00PM / THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS
POLYMATH + VODUN + CATTLE + BLACK VEINS + MISTER LIZARD + WILLIAM ENGLISH + SPASTIC BURN VICTIM £7.50ADV / 4.00PM / BRIXTON WINDMILL TYRANNOSAURUS DEAD + THE 3.1419 WONDERS TBC / TBC / BUFFALO BAR THE HOSTS + DAVID WOODCOCK £5ADV / 10.00PM / BUSSEY BUILDING CRAIG RICHARDS + RICARDO VILLALOBOS
IAMNOBODI + LAKIM + JOE KAY + ANDRE
+ PEARSON SOUND + VAKULA + TERRY
POWER + HANNAH FAITH + THE
FRANCIS + TOM TRAGO + NEVILLE WATSON
WHOOLIGAN
£23ADV / 11.00PM / FABRIC
£12ADV / 9.00PM / XOYO
THE BARLEY MOB + SAM TAPLIN
SATURDAY 9TH AUGUST
£5 / 7.30PM / THE GOOD SHIP
YES SUNSHINE
DEAF SCHOOL
£10ADV / 7.30PM / 100 CLUB
SOLD OUT / 7.00PM / THE ISLINGTON
CARCER CITY + BEAR + THE ONE
ACTION BEAT FT. GW SOK + SILENT FRONT
HUNDRED
+ TRASH KIT + POINO WEM + GRIMM GRIMM
£6ADV / 7.00PM / BARFLY
£7ADV / 4.00PM / THE LEXINGTON
NIGHT BIRDS
ASBO
TBC / 7.00PM / THE BLACK HEART
FREE / 7.00PM / THE LOCK TAVERN
THE BURNING CROWS + THE GYPSY
THE MAENSION + THE AMBIVILENT
PISTOLEROS + THE BLACK BULLETS £7.50ADV / 7.00PM / THE BORDERLINE
£6ADV / 8.00PM / O2 ACADEMY ISLINGTON
SNACK FAMILY + HOT HEAD SHOW
COSMIC THOUGHTS + GREAT COP + DOE +
TBC / TBC / POWER LUNCHES
SPOILERS
MENSWEAR + JAIME HARDING TBC / 8.00PM / QUEEN OF HOXTON JACKMASTER + MOODYMANN + JASPER JAMES £13.50ADV / 9.00PM / XOYO SUNDAY 10TH AUGUST THE ATOMIC BITCHWAX £10ADV / 7.00PM / THE BORDERLINE COOL FOR CATS FREE / 7.00PM / THE LOCK TAVERN VIKING15 £15ADV / 6.00PM / O2 ACADEMY ISLINGTON PENGUIN CAFE + SAM SEMPLE £25ADV / 7.00PM / ROUNDHOUSE MONDAY 11TH 11TH AUGUST AUGUST MONDAY YOUNG BUFFALO FREE / 8.00PM / BIRTHDAYS THE NEW MENDICANTS + I WAS A KING £14AV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON QUIET AS A MOUSE + MOLLY WAGGER + WHITE HEATH FREE / 8.00PM / THE OLD BLUE LAST
£4OTD / 8.00PM / POWER LUNCHES CHILDHOOD FREE / 7.00PM / ROUGH TRADE EAST TUESDAY 12TH 12TH AUGUST AUGUST
IWRESTLEDABEARONCE + TEXAS IN JULY + VITJA £12ADV / 7.00PM / THE BORDERLINE GRUMBLING FUR + TIM BURGESS £10ADV / 8.00PM / CORSICA STUDIOS CURRENT SWELL TBC / 7.00PM / THE ISLINGTON PARAKEET + YOUNG BUFFALO + PROM £5ADV / 8.00PM / MADAME JOJO'S LOOKS + THE ART CLUB £5ADV / 8.00PM / THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS WEDNESDAY 13TH WEDNESDAY 13TH AUGUST AUGUST DEEZ NUTS + TRC + LOUIE KNUXX + COUNTING DAYS £12ADV / 7.00PM / THE BORDERLINE LITTLE MAMMOTHS TBC / 8.00PM / BRIXTON WINDMILL KUTOSIS + MIND OF A LION + CHEWING GUM FREE / 8.00PM / THE OLD BLUE LAST
LADY ELECT + MONTAGUE BLACK +
HEMAN SHEMAN + YOU THE LIVING
MOLASSES
TBC / TBC / BRIXTON WINDMILL
£3ADV / 7.30PM / OLD QUEENS HEAD CHILDHOOD £7.50ADV / 7.00PM / OSLO
ALBERT ALBERT + CLIMBING BOYS + LIFE £6ADV / 7.00PM / THE GARAGE CIRCUITHOUSE + SWOONS + BREAKING
SCRASE + MIXMASTER MORRIS
THE CODE + E-COG ZERO
£4ADV / 7.00PM / POWER LUNCHES
£5 / 7.30PM / THE GOOD SHIP
STORNOWAY + WE WERE EVERGREEN +
MOONES + HERO FISHER + NETIL
WILD SWIM
£5ADV / 8.00PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR &
£17ADV / 7.00PM / ROUNDHOUSE
KITCHEN
STEVE REICH
RIP RECORDS
£13ADV / 8.00PM / ROYAL ALBERT HALL
FREE / 7.00PM / THE LOCK TAVERN
KHYMERIKAL
INC.
£5 / 8.00PM / SERVANT JAZZ QUARTERS
£12ADV / 7.30PM / OSLO
PARLOUR + BLONDE BUNNY
MUTUAL BENEFIT
FREE / 7.00PM / THE SOCIAL
FREE / 6.00PM / ROUGH TRADE WEST
DEXTRIC + JOVEL + ALBERT CERNY
FRIDAY FRIDAY 15TH AUGUST AUGUST
FREE / 8.00PM / STRONGROOM
OLD FIRM CASUALS
THURSDAY 14TH AUGUST THURSDAY 14TH AUGUST
£15ADV / 7.30PM / 100 CLUB
TRAIN
JABBERWOCKY: JAMES BLAKE +
£35ADV / 7.00PM / 100 CLUB
DARKSIDE + PANDA BEAR + BEN FROST +
THE GARDEN £5ADV / 7.30PM / 33 CHATSWORTH ROAD
THEE OH SEES + MUTUAL BENEFIT + KODE9 + DEAFHEAVEN + PERFECT PUSSY + AMEN DUNES + OUGHT + PATTEN +
DEADSET
CHELSEA WOLFE + BIG UPS + CLIPPING.
£8ADV / 7.00PM / THE BORDERLINE
£35-£60ADV / 3.00PM / EXCEL CENTRE
DANIEL AVERY + FACTORY FLOOR +
NEKO CASE + JEFFREY LEWIS & THE
MACHINEDRUM + DOPPLEREFFEKT +
JRAMS
HELENA HAUFF + VOLTE-FACE
SOLD OUT / 7.00PM / UNION CHAPEL
£13ADV / 11.00PM / FABRIC
TODD TERJE + ISAAC TICHAUER +
PINCH + PREDITAH + JOKER + AMY
MARQUIS HAWKES + KIWI
BECKER + CHIMPO
SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / XOYO
£5ADV / 8.00PM / FIRE LILY MCKENZIE + JESSICA WILDE FREE / 7.30PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR & KITCHEN JON AUER (THE POSIES, BIG STAR)
SATURDAY 16TH AUGUST
JUSTIN ROBERTSON + D/R/U/G/S + JAMIE BLANCO + BLACK GOLD BUFFALO £4ADV / 9.00PM / BIRTHDAYS
£12ADV / 7.00PM / THE ISLINGTON
WILLIAM CONTROL + LOST ALONE + ASHES
FATHERSON
£9ADV / 7.00PM / THE BORDERLINE
£5 / 10.00PM / KOKO THE REAL PEOPLE + THE LAST OF THE TROUBADOURS £10ADV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON BLONDE + KRY WOLF + GOTSOME
TO ANGELS + BAD POLLYANNA
BAD FOR LAZARUS + THE DYING SHAMES + SAINT AGNES + DEDWARDIANS + HOTGOTHIC + ROLE MODELS + THE WIDOWS + DOLLS £7ADV / 4.00PM / BRIXTON WINDMILL
£7ADV / 9.00PM / THE NEST
JABBERWOCKY: NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL +
HIDDEN CHARMS
JESU + CARIBOU + KURT VILE & THE
TBC / 7.00PM / PAPER DRESS
VIOLATORS + LIARS + ELECTRIC WIZARD +
OLAFUR ARNALDS
SUN KIL MOON + THE BUG + CLOUD
£22.50ADV / 7.00PM / ROUNDHOUSE SARAH TANDY TRIO FREE / 7.30PM / SERVANT JAZZ QUARTERS THRONE + BAD GUYS TBC / 8.00PM / THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS
CONNAN MOCKASIN + FOREST SWORDS + NOTHINGS + PISSED JEANS + METZ + HOOKWORMS + JOANNA GRUESOME £35-£60ADV / 3.00PM / EXCEL CENTRE
CRAIG RICHARDS + SCUBA + DEADBEAT &
SLIM JIM PHANTOM (FEATURING GLEN
TIKIMAN + SOUTH LONDON ORDNANCE
MATLOCK)
£20ADV / 11.00PM / FABRIC
£15ADV / 7.00PM / THE ISLINGTON
CASSELS + PLAYLOUNGE + FAWN SPOTS +
ST LUCIA
JOYA
£9ADV / 7.00PM / THE LEXINGTON
FREE / 7.00PM / THE GARAGE THE GROWLERS £13.50ADV / 7.30PM / OSLO NEST COLLECTIVE + REACH FOR THE BUNTING + CEILIDH £12ADV / 7.00PM / ROUNDHOUSE JACKMASTER + JOY ORBISON £13.50ADV / 9.00PM / XOYO SUNDAY SUNDAY 17TH 17TH AUGUST AUGUST
PROTOMARTYR + ULTIMATE PAINTING + MICKEY GLOSS + PHOBOPHOBES £7ADV / 5.30PM / BRIXTON WINDMILL DEAD KENNEDYS £20ADV / 8.00PM / KOKO NEPHEW £25ADV / 7.00PM / O2 SHEPHERD'S BUSH EMPIRE MONDAY 18TH AUGUST AUGUST
BANG BANG ROMEO + YOUNG ASTRONAUT + SECRET SON + WHITE ROOM £5ADV / 8.00PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR & KITCHEN
DIOS MIO + HAWK + BABY GOLD FREE / 8.00PM / THE OLD BLUE LAST THE MAGIC NUMBERS FREE / 7.00PM / ROUGH TRADE EAST DZ DEATHRAYS £7ADV / 8.00PM / THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS TUESDAY 19TH 19TH AUGUST AUGUST
ST. LUCIA £9ADV / 8.00PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR & KITCHEN PROTOMARTYR + SAUNA YOUTH + FEATURE £6ADV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON CHILDISH GAMBINO + ELLI INGRAM £19.50ADV / 7.00PM / O2 BRIXTON ACADEMY MODO STARE + OUR MOTHER + BERNHOLZ FREE / 8.00PM / THE OLD BLUE LAST KYRA TBC / 7.30PM / OLD QUEENS HEAD OTHER LIVES £15ADV / 7.30PM / XOYO
WEDNESDAY 20TH AUGUST AUGUST WEDNESDAY 20TH
DILLON COOPER
THE JAZZ BUTCHER CONSPIRACY £5ADV / 8.00PM / BRIXTON WINDMILL
£8ADV / 8.00PM / BIRTHDAYS
DOLOMITE MINOR + MOTHER + TAIL
DROWNERS
£6ADV / 7.00PM / THE GARAGE
£8ADV / 7.00PM / THE BORDERLINE ARKELLS TBC / 7.00PM / THE ISLINGTON LUCIUS £12.50ADV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON JANE'S ADDICTION PERFORMING 'NOTHING'S SHOCKING' £39.50ADV / 7.00PM / O2 BRIXTON ACADEMY DUKE DUMONT SOLD OUT / 7.30PM / OSLO BLACK MARKET KARMA FREE / 7.00PM / THE SOCIAL SCOWLIN OWL + NICK EDWARD HARRIS FREE / 8.00PM / STRONGROOM TWIN SHADOW £14ADV / 8.00PM / VILLAGE UNDERGROUND THURSDAY 21ST 21ST AUGUST AUGUST
THE HUMAN PROJECT TBC / 7.00PM / THE BLACK HEART SWEETHEAD £9ADV / 7.00PM / THE BORDERLINE
FEATHER
JOE TAYLOR + ANDREAS S JENSEN £5 / 7.30PM / THE GOOD SHIP HIGH TYDE + JUNGLE DOCTORS £6ADV / 8.00PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR & KITCHEN LAWRENCE ARABIA £9ADV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON INVOCATION + NO SIN EVADES HIS GAZE + FAR FROM HISTORY £8ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY ISLINGTON THE HIVES + WE ARE SCIENTISTS + PUP £23.50ADV / 7.00PM / O2 BRIXTON ACADEMY GOLDFRAPP FROM £29.50ADV / 5.00PM / OLD ROYAL NAVY COLLEGE OLIVER COATES + AISHA ORAZBAYEVA FREE / 7.00PM / ROUGH TRADE EAST LA DISPUTE £12ADV / 7.30PM / SCALA FULL COLOUR + WITH SUN £6 / 7.30PM / SERVANT JAZZ QUARTERS
FRIDAY 22ND AUGUST FRIDAY 22ND AUGUST
ONEMAN + CASHMERE CAT + RYAN
JERAMIAH FERRARI + FEELGOOD
£20ADV / 9.00PM / XOYO
CULTURE
HEMSWORTH + KUTMAH
£6ADV / 7.00PM / THE BORDERLINE
SATURDAY 23RD AUGUST
THE MINX + THE CREATURE COMFORT +
THE DIN
ROC
£6ADV / 7.00PM / THE BORDERLINE
£5ADV / 8.00PM / BRIXTON WINDMILL
CRAIG RICHARDS + THE MARTINEZ +
FUNKINEVEN + AMIR ALEXANDER + AL
TERRY FRANCIS + RYAN ELLIOTT + AGORIA
DOBSON JR.
+ PORTABLE
£5ADV / 10.00PM / CORSICA STUDIOS
£20ADV / 11.00PM / FABRIC
DJ HYPE + HAZARD + PASCAL + MEFJUS
PECCADILLO + DUTCH CRIMINAL RECORD
B2B ICICLE + ORIGINAL SIN B2B SUB ZERO
+ NYOKEE
+ ANNIX + TYKE + IC3
£5 / 7.30PM / THE GOOD SHIP
£20ADV / 11.00PM / FABRIC BEACH VIOLENCE + GOOD GIRL AND THE BAD TIMES + RENNY JACKSON £5 / 7.30PM / THE GOOD SHIP MOONBOOTS + DU TONC + LANCELOT £7ADV / 9.00PM / THE NEST LESSER KEY £8ADV / 6.00PM / O2 ACADEMY ISLINGTON COURTLY LOVE + IN VIOLET + RELICS
LONDON CONTEMPORARY ORCHESTRA £22.50ADV / 7.00PM / ROUNDHOUSE MATTHEW DEAR + COM TRUISE + MARK E £10ADV / 11.00PM / STUDIO SPACES JACKMASTER + STEFFI + SPENCER PARKER £13.50ADV / 9.00PM / XOYO SUNDAY 24TH AUGUST
£6ADV / 8.00PM / SEBRIGHT ARMS
ITALOJOHNSON + CORMAC + PETER
ART BRUT
£15ADV / 11.00PM / FABRIC
£14ADV / 7.00PM / TOOTING TRAM & SOCIAL
PIXZEL + JACOB HUSLEY + LUKE HESS
SWAMP 81 CARNIVAL SPECIAL £10ADV / 10.00PM / HEAVEN
JUSTIN MARTIN + MAK & PASTEMAN +
KATE BUSH
TESSELLATE
SOLD OUT / 7.00PM / EVENTIM APOLLO
£12.50ADV / 3.00PM / THE NEST
PANAMA
IMOGEN HEAP
£7.50ADV / 8.00PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR &
£30ADV / 7.00PM / ROUNDHOUSE
KITCHEN
SISTER COOKIE + THE UNTOUCHABLES
MILKY CHANCE
FREE / 4.00PM / STRONGROOM
£10.50ADV / 7.30PM / KOKO
MONDAY 25TH AUGUST AUGUST
ROYAL BLOOD
SLINT + GIRLBAND
FREE / 7.00PM / ROUGH TRADE EAST
£25ADV / 8.00PM / ELECTRIC BALLROOM
CHUCK INGLISH W/ SIR MICHAEL ROCKS
THE BIG BADS + EKKOES
£15ADV / 7.30PM / SCALA
£6ADV / 8.00PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR & KITCHEN MORDRED + FURYON £13.50ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY
AKA THE COOL KIDS
DANIEL ROSSEN (GRIZZLY BEAR) SOLD OUT / 7.00PM / UNION CHAPEL TINASHE
ISLINGTON
SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / XOYO
THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART
WEDNESDAY 27TH AUGUST AUGUST WEDNESDAY 27TH
FREE / 1.00PM / ROUGH TRADE EAST
KOKOMO
TUESDAY 26TH TUESDAY 26TH AUGUST AUGUST
£15ADV / 7.30PM / 100 CLUB
VANCOUVER SLEEP CLINIC
FLIGHT BRIGADE + YOSSARIAN
£10ADV / 8.00PM / ACE HOTEL
£6ADV / 7.00PM / BARFLY
KIRAN LEONARD + JOSEPH COWARD
KATE BUSH
£6.50ADV / 7.00PM / BARFLY
SOLD OUT / 7.00PM / EVENTIM APOLLO
ALAN DOYLE
EF + CODES IN THE CLOUDS + FLIES ARE
£12ADV / 7.00PM / THE BORDERLINE
SPIES FROM HELL £5 / 7.30PM / THE GOOD SHIP
LOVESTARRS + BAY. + HANNAH LUCIA
JULIE BYRNE
£6ADV / 8.00PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR &
£5ADV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON
KITCHEN LYNNE JACKAMAN £15ADV / 7.00PM / THE ISLINGTON THE DISTRICTS £10ADV / 7.30PM / THE LEXINGTON
DRY THE RIVER FREE / 7.00PM / ROUGH TRADE EAST MARK KOZELEK £20ADV / 8.00PM / ST JAMES CHURCH KIMBERLY ANNE
THE WYTCHES
£6.50ADV / 8.00PM / ST PANCRAS OLD
FREE / 7.00PM / ROUGH TRADE EAST
CHURCH
TAYLOR & MARIE
FRIDAY 29TH AUGUST
£5 / 7.30PM / SERVANT JAZZ QUARTERS ANNABEL DREAM READER + SUN MACHIN FREE / 7.00PM / THE SOCIAL HOLY ESQUE £6ADV / 8.00PM / THE WAITING ROOM THURSDAY 28TH AUGUST THURSDAY 28TH AUGUST
THE HOLIDAY PLAN + GRAYSCALE + PIPER SAINT + VALOURS £5ADV / 7.00PM / BARFLY LITTLE MOUNTAIN TBC / TBC / BRIXTON WINDMILL SKINNY GIRL DIET + THE FRANKLYS + KATE’S PARTY £6ADV / 7.00PM / THE GARAGE TAILOR BIRDS + IMPROVISI + NEIL DEMICOL £5 / 7.30PM / THE GOOD SHIP
STELLIFY + MOONLANDS + DEAD ON TV + WILD CITY + THE CHEEK OF HER £8ADV / 7.00PM / 100 CLUB TOM HINGLEY BAND + THE TWIRLING CANES + LOUIS BARABBAS £8ADV / 7.00PM / THE BORDERLINE GURT + LIMB + SIEGE MENTALITY + TEEF £7OTD / 6.00PM / BRIXTON WINDMILL RAW POWER WEEKENDER: CLINIC + THE OSCILLATION + THOUGHT FORMS £15/£50ADV / 7.00PM / THE DOME KATE BUSH SOLD OUT / 7.00PM / EVENTIM APOLLO KATE BUSH SOLD OUT / 7.00PM / EVENTIM APOLLO
DJ MARKY + NIGHTMARES ON WAX +
JONNY COLA & THE A-GRADES +
CALIBRE + STAMINA + LOWQUI
DOGBONES
£13ADV / 11.00PM / FABRIC
£4ADV / 8.00PM / BUFFALO BAR
FINAL FORM
RAW POWER WEEKENDER: ACID
£6ADV / 8.00PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR &
MOTHERS TEMPLE + TEETH OF THE SEA +
KITCHEN
RICHARD PINHAS + EVIL BLIZZARD + THAT
JOE GODDARD £7ADV / 9.00PM / THE NEST THE SWIINES £8ADV / 6.00PM / O2 ACADEMY ISLINGTON IDLES + ST PIERRE SNAKE INVASION FREE / 8.00PM / THE OLD BLUE LAST
FUCKING TANK + MOON GANGS + FLAMINGODS + HEY COLOSSUS + SHOPPING + OMMM + TOMAGA £23/£50ADV / 5.00PM / THE DOME KATE BUSH SOLD OUT / 7.00PM / EVENTIM APOLLO CRAIG RICHARDS + NINA KRAVIZ +
STRAIGHT ARROWS + PRIMITIVE PARTS +
MIDLAND + JOEY ANDERSON + BYETONE
PRIMETIME + ANGIE
£20ADV / 11.00PM / FABRIC
£5ADV / 7.30PM / POWER LUNCHES
ANNA REST EASY + GRACE DIESEL + DAN
THE ALEXANDERS + LINDSTROM + LANE 8
SHEARS & THE VELVETEEN ORKESTRA +
£12.50ADV / 9.00PM / XOYO
TOM MITCHELL
SATURDAY 30TH AUGUST
THE ELLIE GILL BAND £8ADV / 7.00PM / 100 CLUB SKINNY GIRL DIET + THE WHARVES + JOE FOX FREE / 8.00PM / ACE HOTEL IRON WITCH + DIESELKING + GRIFTER + PIST + THE ELEPHANT TREE + THE BENDAL INTERLUDE £7OTD / 5.00PM / BRIXTON WINDMILL
£5 / 7.30PM / THE GOOD SHIP JAGUAR SKILLS + P MONEY + DOMINIQUE YOUNG UNIQUE £15ADV / 7.30PM / KOKO EARL GREY FREE / 7.00PM / THE LOCK TAVERN FUTURE ROCK FEAT. BADGER’S GIFTS £8ADV / 6.30PM / O2 ACADEMY ISLINGTON MIRROR SIGNAL TBC / 8.00PM / QUEEN OF HOXTON
TERMINAL CHEESECAKE + BLACK MOTH + YOUNG HUSBAND + THE COMET IS COMING + MAINLINER ELA ORLEANS + GUM BEN KLOCK ++ETAPP KYLE + JEROEN TAKES TOOTH + HENRY BLACKER + GIRL SEARCH
BAND + /AKDK + AXES + GENTLE FRIENDLY £20ADV 10.00PM / VILLAGE + BAD GUYS UNDERGROUND £23/£50ADV / 5.00PM / THE DOME TWEAKAHOLIC NICK WATERHOUSE £13.50ADV / 9.00PM / XOYO
£14ADV / 7.30PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR &
CHRIS STANFORD £10ADV / 5.00AM / CORSICA STUDIOS RAW POWER WEEKENDER: BO NINGEN + TERMINAL CHEESECAKE + BLACK MOTH + YOUNG HUSBAND + THE COMET IS COMING + MAINLINER + ELA ORLEANS + GUM TAKES TOOTH + HENRY BLACKER + GIRL BAND + AKDK + AXES + GENTLE FRIENDLY + BAD GUYS
SUNDAY 31ST AUGUST KITCHEN
£23/£50ADV / 5.00PM / THE DOME
PAR GRINDVIK + RAYMUNDO RODRIGUEZ + PAWS + SKY LARKIN + WHALES IN
NICK WATERHOUSE
CHRIS STANFORD CUBICLES
£14ADV / 7.30PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR &
£10ADV/ 7.00PM / 5.00AM/ TOOTING / CORSICATRAM STUDIOS £6ADV & SOCIAL
KITCHEN
RAW POWER WEEKENDER: BO NINGEN + JUFFAGE
PAWS + SKY LARKIN + WHALES IN
TERMINAL CHEESECAKE + BLACK FREE / 8.00PM / THE WAITING ROOM MOTH +
CUBICLES
YOUNG HUSBAND + THE COMET IS COMING FREDDIE GIBBS + MAINLINER + ELA ORLEANS + GUM £15ADV / 8.00PM / XOYO TAKES TOOTH + HENRY BLACKER + GIRL
JUFFAGE
BAND + AKDK + AXES + GENTLE FRIENDLY + BAD GUYS £23/£50ADV / 5.00PM / THE DOME
£6ADV / 7.00PM / TOOTING TRAM & SOCIAL
FREE / 8.00PM / THE WAITING ROOM FREDDIE GIBBS £15ADV / 8.00PM / XOYO
NICK WATERHOUSE £14ADV / 7.30PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR &
Dillon
KITCHEN
PAWS + SKY LARKIN + WHALES IN CUBICLES
£6ADV / 7.00PM / TOOTING TRAM & SOCIAL JUFFAGE
TUESDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER 2014
FREE / 8.00PM / THE WAITING ROOM
XOYO
FREDDIE GIBBS
£15ADV / 8.00PM / XOYO
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Eventim Apollo // July 3rd My old man used to talk about Bowie. In ’73 or ’76 or whatever year it was. He’d talk about people crying and fainting; people with jaws on the floor. I’d listen, in great reverie; enraptured, but unable to understand completely. When Jack White comes whirling on to the stage, I have that moment: It’s a visceral, dizzying
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BY PERFECT PUSSY’S MEREDITH GRAVES To an outsider, our story must seem more like a fairy tale, or at least a working script for a hokey indie film: Band of nobodies from the middle of nowhere record four songs, play three shows in six months, somehow becomes popular overnight thanks to the internet, wild ride ensues. To that end, we’ve been accused of being everything from sell-outs to poseurs to an Illuminati construct created by, who else, the music industry. I’ve found now that those outside of it have little concept of how the music industry, like any other industry, is stratified and heavily reliant on division of labor. Our weird little life was brought into existence by WRITERS - people who have dedicated their lives to music, who make a living sharing their genuine opinions, who actually get better reception when they say awful, negative things. In this instance, we were just a bunch of sensitive nerds making crazy music that was appreciated by other sensitive nerds. The fact that people liked us enough to take a chance on us is simply good luck. When it all started, people loved to bring us down by calling us a ‘hype band’ - which isn’t something to be ashamed of anyway - but now it’s been nearly a year, we’ve played hundreds of shows, and are about to travel to other continents, all on roughly 28 total minutes of recorded music. People still hate us like it’s their job, and the longer it goes on, the less threatening it’s become to me. After a while, you realize that ‘you’re not punk’ is code for ‘something you do has threatened my self-concept,’ or worse, ‘I find it troubling that a strange and noisy band fronted by a woman has achieved mainstream success and recognition.’ If a loud, violent band made up of all dudes had the same story as us, they would just be a shitty band, but because of the inclusion of a marginalized person, we’re not only shitty, but a gimmick. I look forward to a future where women aren’t so dramatically underrepresented in loud genres that it results in this sort of constant mistrust and belittling. Hate the music industry all you want, but if they made room for a person like me, that means people like me can come in and make room for many others, which should be our end-goal and focus as we fight for better representation in all forms of media.
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