London in Stereo // June 2013

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May was a ridiculous month, huh? With the likes of The Great Escape, Field Day and Land of Kings we feel stretched out, a bit sleepy and, maybe, a little hungover too.

Still, it was all good fun; so many incredible bands, old friends and reasons to dance. It was great to catch some acts we've been waiting to see for so long too, Guards in particular lifted our spirits and kept us going.

JESS KENZIE MAY HIDE & SEEK DAVE WOLF ALICE BROS

Anyway, onwards to June and we're so excited to have the awesome talent of James Holden on the cover. It's been seven long years, but his new album was definitely worth the wait. That said the Jon Hopkins album has stolen our hearts too.

Both acts have really special live shows coming up to celebrate their releases. The tickets for these are gonna be golden so hold onto them tightly.

LOKI KATE BOY THE WAY WE ARE

There's lots of new and exciting things coming up for London in Stereo in the near future, keep an eye out, and don't forget to head to the website and sign up for the mailing list to get the best of the week’s gigs, and new music, direct to your inbox.

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Thanks as always,

WILL DAFT PUNK LOSE YOURSELF TO DANCE

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03. EDITOR’S LETTER

London In Stereo is brought to you by:

06. ON THE STEREO

Editor Jess Partridge: jess@londoninstereo.co.uk

10. MELT YOURSELF DOWN 13. TALES FROM THE CITY 14. JAMES HOLDEN 20. ALBUM REVIEWS 23. GIGS OF THE MONTH 29. LIVE LISTINGS 46. LIVE REVIEWS 49. PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS

Deputy Editor Dave Rowlinson: dave@londoninstereo.co.uk Sub-Editor / Sales Loki Lillistone: loki@londoninstereo.co.uk New Music Editor Rhian Daly Photography Cover story: Sonny Malhotra Live: IBYM: Josh Holliday Still Corners: Tom Bowles Contributors Will Grant, Danny Wright, Jack McKenna, Lauren Down, Jen Long, Tom Edwards, Dan Carson, Tom Hinton, Kendra West.

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SPLASHH

TODAY (FADE AWAY) For most bands, b-sides are inferior; tracks that aren’t bad but aren’t quite good enough either. For Splashh, they’re just as good, if not better, than the a-sides. The flipside to the yearning summer daze of ‘All I Wanna Do’, ‘Today (Fade Away)’ is a surging, disheartened churn of gloomy lo-fi sonics that stands tall as one of the band’s most brilliant and stunning songs to date.

THE ORWELLS OTHER VOICES

More generous than most, The Orwells are giving you a choice on their new EP hear a rough and ready self-produced version of ‘Other Voices’ or a slicker, more polished one from the hands of Dave Sitek.

Whichever you choose, the basic elements of both remain the same - thrashed out garage punk and lyrics that race through the rollercoaster ride of nights spent on a mission to get trashed.

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JAN

WORK FOR THE CITY Formerly of LA art-rock duo Eagle and Talon, Kim Talon returns with a new base Brooklyn - and a new moniker - JAN. ‘Work For The City’, taken from her self-titled debut album, sees her adopting PJ Harvey’s subtly intelligent form to make something offbeat and essential.

BLOODY KNEES

EARS, EYES, OHS AND YOUS “I tried to know you the best that I could/But that’s no good,” rasps Bradley Griffiths on the lead track from Cambridge punks Bloody Knees’ self-titled debut EP. Chaotic, unpretentious and bags of fun, it’s a blinding first taste of a band set for infinitely bigger things.

FIST CITY

BORING KIDS On their second LP ‘It’s 1983, Grow Up’, Canadian quartet Fist City are demanding your attention.

‘Boring Kids’ is scuzzy, DIY punk at its finest, two and a bit minutes of relentless pounding topped by Kier Griffiths’ urgent, compelling hollering. The perfect antidote to soulless, insipid bands with nothing to say.

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Melt Yourself Down are not your average band. For one thing they’re something of a supergroup, featuring member of acts as revered as Acoustic Ladyland, Zun Zun Egui and Sons of Kemet. For another, they create a frantic jazz hybrid that you don’t hear very often, a mash up of sounds that sits just as easily on 6Music as in a small jazz club in South America.

When Danny Wright caught up with Pete Wareham, whose prodigious talent as a saxophonist has been showcased in Acoustic Ladyland and Polar Bear, he’s understandably excited. It was he who had the brainchild for the group – and it seems it was a rather easy sell to the band: ‘I decided to try and make some Nubian-inspired party punk music, so I called everyone and they said 'yes'.’

Of course, it makes sense. I mean who could turn down the opportunity to make Nubianinspired party punk music? Even the name sounds fun.

Writing the whole record first allowed the band to hone their sound and create this brightly coloured cocktail of Afrocentric tribal pop mixed in with funk and krautrock.

‘This is the first project I've done where all the music has been written, rehearsed and recorded before any gigs so it was all a big secret and all the more exciting for it.’

And there was an almost instant feeling that this was something special.

‘There was an immediate chemistry.

The first tunes we played were 'Release!' and 'Fix My Life' which I brought to the first rehearsal and we nailed them right away.

It felt amazing.’

With all these incredible musicians, such as Shabaka Hutchings and Kushal Gaya, the band were able to build these bright, euphoric soundscapes. I ask if that was one of the most exciting things about the band – that it’s a melting pot of ideas?

‘Absolutely! And the instrumentation no chords - allows me to write with space and dynamics, while keeping a rhythmic propulsion. The musicians in the band have lots of experience of playing all kinds of music from all over the world so obviously those rhythmic, harmonic, melodic and dynamic elements find their way into the music.’

It’s all these ideas that make Melt Yourself Down such a thrilling proposition and even on record they manage to maintain the energy of a live band. How did they achieve this?

‘The studio - Lightship95 - was a hot and sweaty boat at Trinity Buoy Wharf which had bags of vibe so we got really into it.

And we're all essentially 'live' players who hadn't gigged this yet so the anticipation and compressed energy were strong.’

Finally, I ask about their plans for the summer? After all, theirs is a sound which seems perfect for festivals. His answer is simple and unequivocal: ‘We want to play anywhere that will have us!’.

“THE ANTICIPATION AND COMPRESSED ENERGY WERE STRONG.”

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MELT YOURSELF DOWN

‘Melt Yourself Down’ is released by The Leaf Label on June 17th.

They also play Electrowerkz on June 18th.

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London might not always be a sunny utopia where people wave politely at each other and wish strangers a good day in the street, but it takes more than a couple of bad experiences to tarnish affection for the place. Here, Austra’s Katie Stelmanis tells alarming tales of robberies, pickpockets and broken shoes but, also, an unbroken love for the city.

London is one of my favourite cities of all time. I spend as much time there as I can between touring and real life. Even if I don't have any friends, just being in the city makes me happy. It’s surprising to most people that I feel this way because of the number of times I've been robbed in London, but I do. Once at Borough Market I had my wallet stolen with a load of cash in it, at the same time my shoe broke so I had to make my way back home penniless and barefoot. That was a sad day.

The worst robbery we had in London was at a show we played where we checked with the staff at the venue and asked if we could leave our gear in the green room over night. They insisted it was safe, and so we left behind all our instruments, suitcases, and wealth from the tour we were just finishing. The bar closed, we left the building, DJ'd till 4am, and returned the next day to pick up all our belongings.

Everything looked untouched; a sigh of relief. Until, of course, I opened my suitcase, pulled out my clothing, checked the secret inner pocket that held our touring profits and realised it had been taken. Ten thousand euros tactfully removed whilst the venue was "protecting" our belongings. None of the security tapes, police officers, booking agents, or law school students could get our money back from the thieving venue. All we can do now is tell everyone we know to NEVER enter that establishment and give them even a dollar. Despite these minor setbacks and confrontations with the dark side, my love for London remains intact.

Olympia // June 17th // Domino

AUSTRA TA L E S F R O M T H E C I T Y. . .

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Immersing oneself in the decades of electronic music and its accompanying theories and ideas is a daunting task beyond the pale of most aficionados. James Holden, however, has always thrived in its annuls. In new album ‘The Inheritors’, his first for seven years since the genre-bending ‘The Idiots Are Winning’, Holden has created a peerless sonic palette breathing life into its heritage as much as forging a breathtaking new ideal for a spectrum he holds so dear.

Will Grant catches up with him to discuss the album’s origins and his reactions to his new organic environment.

How has your mentality towards production changed in the seven years since The Idiots Are Winning?

I've learnt a hell of a lot. At one point I worried I'd wasted my time it took maybe a year learning MAX/MSP’s software before I was where I wanted to be with it. But I couldn't have done it without that learning, and now have a slight feeling of having superpowers - can't wait to get back in the studio with them to be honest!

the notes I wanted. I wanted something denser and more importantly I wanted to be able to 'play' these clouds of notes in real time so that the expression is in the notes. Unlike classical music (or most electronic music) that expression was captured from a moment it really happened, it wasn't built, sculpted or planned.

You've mentioned how the process of some of the production with the

“Some of the squares were really offended by ‘Gone Feral’. . Good, I didn't want them at my gigs anyway.”

Was the intention behind building these new 'tools' and programmes for The Inheritors an effort to liberate yourself from a more constrictive library of synthetic, digital sounds?

Not so much the sounds, as the structure; the notes themselves, the way the whole thing hangs together.

Rather than write the notes I designed machines that would play

modular synths as "a fight as you control to steer them". Was that a frustrating or thrilling process?

Thrilling! Any musical performance is like that - playing the piano is a fight to get my fingers in the right place at the right time, playing the violin is an eight-rounds-bout I always lose, trying to avoid squeals and scrapes.

JON HOPKINS IMMUNITY Domino // June 3rd

‘Immunity’ starts with the jangling of keys in a door, the music begins as it shuts. Fitting, as Jon’s intention was to write something immersive and hypnotic. Not in the sense of a misused adjective but in the hope of actually creating something mentally transportative.

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GOLD PANDA HALF OF WHERE YOU LIVE

NOTOWN // June 10th

It's strange to think that it’s been four years since 'Quitter's Raga' entered our consciousness, but here we are with Derwin's second LP and follow-up to the addictive 'Lucky Shiner'.

His final test, to see if it was finished, was to lie on the floor of his studio, press play and see where it led his mind to roam. That might well be the best way to experience the record. The driving techno of tracks like ‘Open Eye Signal’ is offset by the intricately mesmerising softness found in between, each leaves you encompassed in the record, immune to the world outside.

It's a less direct sound than his previous effort, and shares similarities with the 'Trust' EP released earlier this year. On ‘Lucky Shiner’ there was a definite theme throughout, but on 'Half Of Where You Live' he confidently experiments and explores new methods and approaches, much to our delight.

With this, the record never lets itself feel tired nor repetitive and remains truly arresting throughout.

Tom Hinton

Jack McKenna

MOUNT KIMBIE COLD SPRING FAULT LESS YOUTH Warp // Out Now

Before it even had time to breath “dubstep” became a dirty word, its commercial artificiality inherently at odds with the warmth of the more organic, less neurotic end of the genre's spectrum. Thankfully, its the latter, left-electronic-field Mount Kimbie occupy and, as with their 2010 debut, 'Cold Spring Fault Less Youth' finds them doing so with an unshakeable sense of serenity. Even within the dizzier, stranger and wonderfully unconventional confines of their new album, it permeates everything - King Krule's crooning guest vocals, the endlessly rattling percussion and sighing organ keys - leaving a bleak, hollow yet utterly enticing record in its wake. Lauren Down

SPECTRALS SOB STORY

Wichita // June 3rd

Spectrals (Louis Jones to his friends) fluttered into shot a couple of years ago boasting an array of cannily selected archival influences and a devotion to antiquity not seen since The Libertines' prime. Likeable debut 'Bad Penny' channelled those doo-wop/garage pop/Rat Pack nods with some heart, but this follow-up is but a pale facsimile of his own past efforts. Jones' confoundingly affected Edwyn Collins croon is thrust so high in the mix that it overpowers even the occasional good eggs ('Karaoke', 'Limousine'), while the torturous drabcore nadir of 'Friend Zone' is unfortunately representative of an album fundamentally devoid of inspiration. Tom Edwards

ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER PERSONAL RECORD Merge // June 4th

‘Last Summer’, the 2011 solo debut born amidst the hiatus/combustion of Fiery Furnaces, remained puzzlingly undiscovered by the record-downloading public. This follow-up, though, will hopefully gather the attention and cherishing it so richly deserves. Like that debut, a glossy FM sheen saturates throughout; colouring the tracks in fuzzy, warm hues - all sunlight glint through nostalgic eye squint. Again, though, it’s the lyric dexterity and gift for narrative which propels Friedberger skywards and away from her peers. Knowing, but never too-knowing, smart as hell but never smug; the record delights in detail, clearly personal but always inclusive, you feel like you’re right there with her and, more so, not wanting to be anywhere else. Dave Rowlinson 21

SCANNERS LOVE IS SYMMETRY

Tigertrap Records // June 10th

Scanners are a band of many talents, the varying pace and styles on this, their third album, are a perfect demonstration of this. Although almost every track contains a severe electronic backbone, they pile new and different ideas into them too. However it’s when Scanners run away with their inclined electronic tone that they really shine; the opening two tracks grip you and hold on tight, executing brilliantly a style that so many try but fail to grasp.

Softer tracks such as ‘Made of Wonder’ show a sweet vulnerability, but we can’t help but want more of the theatre and attitude of the earlier tracks in the album. Jess Partridge

CLOUD BOAT BOOK OF HOURS

Apollo Records // Out Now

Tom Clarke and Sam Ricketts (not the Bolton Wanderers defender) aka Cloud Boat bring us an intoxicating debut album. Bedroom electronica, dabbed with intricate guitar work and soaring vocals, mix together to create a truly engaging listen.

From the dreamy soft-edged beats of 'Lions On The Beach' through the wavering bass of 'Bastion' to the harrowing acoustic closer 'Kowloon Bridge', it's a record that never quite sits still long enough for you to appreciate it in its entirety. Once you've got your head round the varying sounds, it works its unrelenting charm on your ears.

Jack McKenna

CSS PLANTA

SQE Music // June 10th

Consistency has always been a problem for CSS and in perfect keeping with tradition; they skip gleefully from the sublimely ridiculous to the absurdly ugly on ‘Planta’. For every sensual, subterranean blipfest (‘Frankie Goes To Hollywood’) or swampy guitar sprawl (‘Into The Sun’) there’s an awful nu-rave skit like ‘Teenage Tiger Cat’ lurking around. ‘Hangover’ stands head and sun-blistered shoulders above the rest. Its markedly daft lyrics counterbalanced by warbling synths, pitter-patter drumming and yawning guitars, serving up a reminder that on their day the Brazilians can be an absolute bawl. And despite the peppering of duds amidst the sun-baked bliss, their latest effort could hardly be accused of lacking that one vital ingredient: fun. Dan Carson 22

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PUSSYFOOT WITH THE OLD HAT JAZZ

JAMES ZABIELA + JUAN ATKINS & MODEL

QUARTET

500 (LIVE)

FREE / 9.00PM / SERVANT JAZZ QUARTERS

£40ADV / TBC / BRIXTON ACADEMY

TIME AND SPACE MACHINE

JOHNNY DEAN & THE NUISANCE BAND PLAY

£8ADV / 8.00PM / THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS

THE SONGS OF DAVID BOWIE

GABRIELLE DUCLOMBE

£5ADV / 8.00PM / BUFFALO BAR

FREE / 1.00PM / SOUTHBANK CENTRE

LUKE FOWLER & RICHARD YOUNGS £7 / 8.00PM / CAFE OTO SONIC TRUTH PRESENTS HAPPY HUNTING, YURS, BEACH VOLLEYBALL + GUESTS £3 / 7.00PM / THE DALSTON VICTORIA BENGA & YOUNGMAN + MISTAJAM + SCRATCH PERVERTS & AD + ROYAL T + DJ BARELY LEGAL £17ADV / 9.00PM / FABRIC NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION £7ADV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON HENNESSEY + SIMON CROSS FREE / 8.00PM / THE LOCK TAVERN FEMME

SATURDAY 8TH JUNE SQUAREPUSHER + GARY NUMAN + VITALIC + THE ORB + PANTHA DU PRINCE + DERRICK MAY + KEVIN SAUNDERSON £40ADV / TBC / BRIXTON ACADEMY TERMINAL GODS + CLOCKWORK ERA + PARTLY FAITHFUL + SPECTRES + SPIRITWO + HUMAN WAVE EFFECT + BOMBERS £5ADV/£7DOOR / 5.00PM / BRIXTON WINDMILL VODUN + GUESTS £4 / 8.00PM / THE DALSTON VICTORIA MUDHONEY + THE MEAT PUPPETS £19ADV / 8.00PM / THE FORUM

£7 / 9.00PM / THE NEST

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LONDON TICKETS www.WeGotTickets.com/LondonInStereo SOUL FOOLISH + LARRY SUN

THE FRESH AND ONLYS

FREE / 8.00PM / THE LOCK TAVERN

£8.50ADV / 8.00PM / CARGO

ODDBOX ALL DAYER: ACE BUSHY

CHILDHOOD

STRIPTEASE + YUCKY SLIME + GOOD GRIEF +

£6ADV / 8.00PM / CORSICA STUDIOS

MORE £6 / 8:00PM / POWER LUNCHES JONO MCCLEERY + MILLIE BLUE £9.50ADV / 8.00PM / THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS

SALLIE FORD & THE SOUND OUTSIDE £10ADV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON MMX £6.50ADV / 8.00PM / THE OLD BLUE LAST YND TRIO

SUNDAY 9TH JUNE

£3 / 8:00PM / POWER LUNCHES

LIZ LAWRENCE + CAT BEAR TREE + KEEBO

TRACER + CAGE THE GODS

£4ADV/£5DOOR / 5.30PM / BRIXTON

£14ADV / 7.30PM / SCALA

WINDMILL NEIL'S CHILDREN EDEN HOUSE

£4 / 8.00PM / THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS

£10ADV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON MYKKI BLANCO CLOCKWORK ALL DAYER

£10ADV / 8.00PM / VILLAGE UNDERGROUND

FREE / 3.00PM / THE LOCK TAVERN THE CONTACT HIGH + THE FAG MACHINE +

TUESDAY 11TH JUNE

THE VINYLISTA'S

EMIKA

£3 / 7:00PM / POWER LUNCHES

£8.50ADV / 8.00PM / BIRTHDAYS

MONDAY 10TH JUNE

AKIO SUZUKI + AKI ONDA TBC / 8.00PM / CAFE OTO

WATCH THE DUCK £8.50ADV / 8.00PM / BIRTHDAYS

CHAPEL CLUB + BROLIN + BOXED IN £10ADV / 8.00PM / CARGO

LOS EXPLOSIVOS + FAT WHITE FAMILY + RUDE INTRUDER

SCOTT IAN

£5 / 8.00PM / BRIXTON WINDMILL

£16ADV / 8.00PM / THE GARAGE

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LONDON TICKETS www.WeGotTickets.com/LondonInStereo BAD FOR LAZARUS + WILD SMILES + THE

WEDNESDAY 12TH JUNE

DIAMOND LIGHTS + THE HYPNOTIC EYE £6.25ADV / 8.00PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR &

SCANNERS + THE MACHINE ROOM

KITCHEN

£6ADV / 8.00PM / BIRTHDAYS

THE KVB + VELCRO HOOKS + POST LOUIS

DEEP SEA ARCADE + GENTLEMEN + THE

£5ADV / 8.00PM / MADAME JOJO'S

NIGHTJARS + DEEPMEN TBC / 8.00PM / BUFFALO BAR

TIGER WALKING DOWNHILL + AMPERSAND + RYAN JORDAN

EXOTIC PYLON PRESENTS: HOOFUS + TIME

£5 / 8:00PM / POWER LUNCHES

ATTENDANT £5 / 8:00PM / CATCH

DANNY BROWN £16ADV / 7.30PM / SCALA

EAT YOUR OWN EARS PRESENT SPECIAL GUESTS

THE WEEKS

TBA / 7.00PM / THE DALSTON VICTORIA

£7.50ADV / 8.00PM / SEBRIGHT ARMS JAMES SKELLY & THE INTENDERS PIPPO'S PROGRESS + CHIK BUDO

£12.50ADV / 8.00PM / DINGWALLS

£5 / 7.30PM / SERVANT JAZZ QUARTERS GOLD PANDA + LUKE ABBOTT + DAM MANTLE LOS EXPLOSIVOS £6ADV / 8.00PM / THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS JACCO GARDNER + MING CITY ROCKERS + DJ

£12ADV / 8.00PM / ELECTRIC BRIXTON ALLO DARLIN £8ADV / 8.00PM / GINGLIK

FESLON FREE / 7.00PM / THE SOCIAL

WET NUNS + THE CLAW + GOD DAMN + CUT YOURSELF IN HALF

TEGAN & SARA

£6.25ADV / 8.00PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR &

£26ADV / 8.00PM / TROXY

KITCHEN

NAAM

CHROMATICS & GLASS CANDY

£6 / 8.00PM / WATER RATS

£16ADV / 8.00PM / KOKO

SWISS LIPS

COLORAMA

£8ADV / 8.00PM / XOYO

£8ADV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON

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LONDON TICKETS www.WeGotTickets.com/LondonInStereo TRIGGER EFFECT + THE SMOKING HEARTS +

EMPEROR YES + MENACE BEACH + THE

BLASTED

SAVAGE NOMADS + FLIGHT OF HELIOS

FREE / 8.00PM / THE OLD BLUE LAST

£6.25ADV / 8.00PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR & KITCHEN

ZAZ £15ADV / 7.30PM / SCALA DAN KELLY + JOE MCKEE £5 / 7.30PM / SERVANT JAZZ QUARTERS BABESHADOW £4 / 8.00PM / THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS WINTERHOURS PRESENTS FREE / 8.00PM / STRONGROOM

THE INTELLIGENCE £8ADV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON MARK OWEN £27.50ADV / 7.00PM / O2 SHEPHERD'S BUSH EMPIRE CYMBALS + ROMAN £6ADV / 8.00PM / SEBRIGHT ARMS SAMARIS

JON HOPKINS SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / VILLAGE UNDERGROUND FIMBER BRAVO £7.50ADV / 8.00PM / THE WAITING ROOM

£5 / 7.30PM / SERVANT JAZZ QUARTERS WAXAHATCHEE SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS FLIGHT FACILITIES

THURSDAY 13TH JUNE

£11.50ADV / 8.00PM / VILLAGE

PAINTED PEOPLE + SLEEP/DELETED

UNDERGROUND

FREE / 8.00PM / BEDROOM BAR

M O NEY

HOOLIGAN CHOIR + GUESTS

£11.50ADV / 8.00PM / THE WAITING ROOM

£4 / 7.00PM / THE DALSTON VICTORIA JJ DOOM + KUTMAH + BAMBOOMAN + SONIC ROUTER £15ADV / 9.00PM / FABRIC FRANKIE & THE HEARTSTRINGS + SPECTRALS £8ADV / 8.00PM / THE GARAGE

SHOUT OUT LOUDS £12.50ADV / 8.00PM / XOYO FRIDAY 14TH JUNE LIME HEADED DOG + JIMMY JAKES + DR GUS £4 / 8.00PM / BRIXTON WINDMILL

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LONDON TICKETS www.WeGotTickets.com/LondonInStereo WAXAHATCHEE (+ SCREENING OF

SATURDAY 15TH JUNE

BADLANDS) £8ADV / 8.00PM / DALSTON ROOF PARK

HEY SHOLAY + HALL OF MIRRORS + FRANCOBOLLO + TYRANNOSAURUS DEAD +

SOCCER '96 + GUM TAKES TOOTH + CLEAN

THE OTHERNESS + THE HUNDREDTH

FREAKS

ANNIVERSARY + THE SWITCH + RULES

£4 / 7.00PM / THE DALSTON VICTORIA

£7ADV / 2.00PM / BRIXTON WINDMILL

TELEMAN

JAMES HOLDEN

£8ADV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON

£12ADV / 9.00PM / CORSICA STUDIOS

RICHARD II LIVE TOUR FT BASHY + AKALA

THE MARBLES JACKSON + GUESTS

£10ADV / 6.00PM / O2 ACADEMY ISLINGTON

£4 / 7.00PM / THE DALSTON VICTORIA

SHEEN + COASTAL CITIES + KEEBO + LOW

FOUND FESTIVAL

MOON LOW

£50ADV / 1.00PM / HAGGERSTON PARK

FREE / 8.00PM / THE OLD BLUE LAST GREGORY WILKINS YOKO ONO PLASTIC ONO BAND

FREE / 8.00PM / THE LOCK TAVERN

£30-£40ADV / 8.00PM / ROYAL FESTIVAL TODD RUNDGREN'S OFFICIAL STATE VISIT

HALL

£24.50ADV - £29.50ADV / 7.00PM / O2 SJQ PRESENTS: PUSSYFOOT

SHEPHERD'S BUSH EMPIRE

FREE / 9.00PM / SERVANT JAZZ QUARTERS NO PRESENTS: OCTOPUSES MAXIXE + MACHINES + HEJIRA + DELS +

£5 / 8:00PM / POWER LUNCHES

RAISA K £4ADV / 8.00PM / THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS

CIBO MATTO

CHELSEA LIGHT MOVING

ELIZABETH HALL

12.50-17.50ADV / 8.00PM / QUEEN £17.50ADV / 8.00PM / VILLAGE UNDERGROUND

POLLY SCATTERGOOD + YOUTH CLUB + EDEN ROYALS

ALEX METRIC + ALAN BRAXE + DU TONC

£7 / 8.00PM / QUEEN OF HOXTON

£12.50ADV / 9.00PM / XOYO SIOUXSIE + VIV ALBERTINE SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL

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LUCINDA WILLIAMS £10-£35ADV / 8.00PM / BARBICAN

AMONG BROTHERS + YO’TRUE + FAMILIEN + SCRIBER

AUSTRA

FREE / 8.00PM / BIRTHDAYS

SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR & KITCHEN

AMONG BROTHERS + YO’TRUE + FAMILIEN + SCRIBER

SWEET BILLY PILGRIM

FREE / 8.00PM / BIRTHDAYS

£10ADV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON

MUNCIE GIRLS + RIVALRIES + HEEBIE JEEBIES

JOE SATRIANI

+ BREAK-UPS + YOUNG ATTENBOROUGH +

£40.00ADV / 7.00PM / O2 SHEPHERD'S BUSH

BROKEN WINDOW EFFECT

EMPIRE

£5 / 4.00PM / BRIXTON WINDMILL

SIOUXSIE + VIV ALBERTINE

JIMMY EAT WORLD

£30-£40ADV / 8.00PM / ROYAL FESTIVAL

SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / KOKO

HALL

JIMMY EAT WORLD

THE JUMP OFF

SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / KOKO

£8ADV / 8.00PM / SCALA

HER PARENTS + LAYERS + A PLASTIC ROSE +

TUESDAY 18TH JUNE

TCTNCS FREE / 8.00PM / THE OLD BLUE LAST HER PARENTS + LAYERS + A PLASTIC ROSE + TCTNCS FREE / 8.00PM / THE OLD BLUE LAST UHUHBOO PROJECT + PERE UBU £15ADV / 7.30PM / SCALA

THE MICRODANCE + CUT + CUSSES. £3 / 8:00PM / CATCH SCOUT NIBLETT £11.50ADV / 8.00PM / CORSICA STUDIOS MELT YOURSELF DOWN £8.50ADV / 8.00PM / ELECTROWERKZ FAIR OHS

MONDAY 17TH JUNE

£6ADV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON

LUCINDA WILLIAMS £10-£35ADV / 8.00PM / BARBICAN

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KATE BOY + SID BATHAM

£17.50ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY

£6ADV / 12.00AM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR &

ISLINGTON

KITCHEN

PET SHOP BOYS

PAPA

£35ADV / 7.30PM / O2 ARENA

£7.50ADV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON

PATTI SMITH AND HER BAND

CHARLI XCX

£27.50ADV / 7.00PM / O2 SHEPHERD'S BUSH

£10ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY ISLINGTON

EMPIRE

PETER MURPHY PERFORMING SOLELY

SURFER BLOOD

BAUHAUS MATERIAL

FREE / 7.00PM / ROUGH TRADE EAST

£20ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY ISLINGTON

WAMPIRE

PATTI SMITH AND HER BAND

£6ADV / 8.00PM / THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS

£27.50ADV / 7.00PM / O2 SHEPHERD'S BUSH EMPIRE

WEDNESDAY 19TH JUNE BLOODY KNEES + TROPICS + CLAW MARK CALORIES + ACE BUSHY STRIPTEASE + MATT

FREE / 8.00PM / THE OLD BLUE LAST

EMERY £6 / 8:00PM / CATCH

THURSTON MOORE SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / PURCELL ROOM

LANDSHAPES £9ADV / 8.00PM / CORSICA STUDIOS LANDSHAPES + EYES & NO EYES £8.50ADV / 8.00PM / CORSICA STUDIOS

THE ELECTRIC SOFT PARADE FREE / 7.00PM / ROUGH TRADE EAST LANTERNS ON THE LAKE £12.50ADV / 7.30PM / SCALA

GLASS ANIMALS £6ADV / 8.00PM / ELECTROWERKZ

JOEL SARAKULA + LA SALAMI £5 / 7.30PM / SERVANT JAZZ QUARTERS

THE BREEDERS SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / THE FORUM

ELECTRIC MOON TBC / 8.00PM / THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS

THESE NEW PURITANS £15ADV / 7.00PM / HEAVEN

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LONDON TICKETS www.WeGotTickets.com/LondonInStereo HELLO SAILOR + THE MAGIC LANTERN +

FUTURE BABY MAMA

AVERT FRANCIS

£5 / 7.30PM / SERVANT JAZZ QUARTERS

FREE / 8.00PM / STRONGROOM JAGWAR MA

TREASURE SEASON + GAPS FREE / 8.00PM / THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS

£9ADV / 9.00PM / XOYO

BO NINGEN

THURSDAY 20TH JUNE

FREE / 10.00PM / SOUTHBANK CENTRE

ULRICH SCHNAUSS

FATBOY SLIM

£12ADV / 8.00PM / BIRTHDAYS

SOLD OUT / 7.30PM / VILLAGE UNDERGROUND

TEMPLES + CHARLIE BOYER & THE VOYEURS TBC / 8.00PM / BOSTON ARMS

FRIDAY 21ST JUNE

AZYMUTH + GILLES PETERSON

MOUNTAIN OF LOVE

£15ADV / 9.00PM / FABRIC

£5 / 8.00PM / BRIXTON WINDMILL

BIPOLAR SUNSHINE

PETER HOOK & THE LIGHT “ NEW ORDER

£7ADV / 8.00PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR &

ELECTRONIC SET” + 808 STATE + SUPER

KITCHEN

WHITE ASSASSIN

THE BABIES + FAWN SPOTS + BLOOMER £8ADV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON STEVE WINWOOD

£20ADV / 8.00PM / THE CORONET UNFAIR FUNFAIR £5 / 8.00PM / THE DALSTON VICTORIA

£32.50ADV / 7.00PM / O2 SHEPHERD'S BUSH

PINCH + SHACKLETON + ADDISON GROOVE +

EMPIRE

PEVERELIS

THE VIRGINS + GENTLEMEN £6ADV / 8.00PM / THE OLD BLUE LAST IGGY & THE STOOGES + SAVAGES SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL YI SUNG YOL + KIHA AND THE FACES £15ADV / 7.30PM / SCALA

£17ADV / 9.00PM / FABRIC AVEY TARE'S SLASHER FLICKS £11.50ADV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON AHAB + SEAN TAYLOR £12.50ADV / 6.00PM / O2 ACADEMY ISLINGTON

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LONDON TICKETS www.WeGotTickets.com/LondonInStereo THE STRYPES (14-17 YEARS OLD ONLY)

VAPERS + VERY SPECIAL GUESTS

£7.50ADV / 4.30PM / O2 ACADEMY ISLINGTON

TBA / 8.00PM / THE DALSTON VICTORIA

GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS +

CRAIG RICHARDS + MATHEW JONSON + TALE

THE KATMEN

OF US + MAXXI SOUNDSYSTEM

£34.00ADV - £35.50ADV / 7.00PM / O2

£19ADV / 9.00PM / FABRIC

SHEPHERD'S BUSH EMPIRE PAPER BOATS + BLACK MANILA + GO TELL THE ESKIMO FREE / 8.00PM / THE OLD BLUE LAST DEERHOOF FROM £17.50ADV / 8.00PM / QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL DEERHOOF £17.50ADV / 8.00PM / ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL THE DAN WOOD TRIO FREE / 9.00PM / SERVANT JAZZ QUARTERS PROPER ORNAMENTS FREE / 8.00PM / THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS SATURDAY 22ND JUNE

CAEZERS + SEVERED LIMB £5ADV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON JOEL CULPEPPER + ATLAS £9 / 9.00PM / THE NEST MARIANNE FAITHFULL + BILL FRISELL SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL FUEL FANDANGO £24ADV / 9.00PM / SCALA THE 5678S £10ADV / 8.00PM / THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS LINDSTROM + CLASSIXX + GILDAS + JERRY BOUTHIER £16.50ADV / 9.30PM / VILLAGE UNDERGROUND

THE PRIMITIVES + THE MIGHTY MIGHTY £20ADV / 8.00PM / 229

SUNDAY 23RD JUNE

A VIEW FROM NIHIL + BWT + CLIVE HENRY +

TIM BURGESS + LAMBCHOP

CEMENTIMENTAL + COLE PETERS + SMALL

£15-£25ADV / 8.00PM / BARBICAN

HOURS + MARLO EGGPLANT + UNEARTHED + GENETIC NOOSE + VIOLENT GAY STRIPPER £5ADV/£7DOOR / 5.00PM / BRIXTON

BOBBY CONN £10ADV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON

WINDMILL

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CAT POWER

£48ADV / 8.00PM / OSTERLEY PARK

£22ADV / 8.00PM / ROUNDHOUSE

MONDAY 24TH JUNE

LOVED ONES £5ADV / 8.00PM / SEBRIGHT ARMS

IKUE MORI + STEVE NOBLE £10ADV / 8.00PM / CAFE OTO

DAMO SUZUKI + LISTING SHIPS + ANDREW WEATHERALL (DJ) + LUKE INSECT (DJ)

BLACK DICE + DIE MUNCH MACHINE +

£10ADV / 7.00PM / THE SOCIAL

DOMINIC BUTLER (FACTORY FLOOR) £12ADV / 8.00PM / CORSICA STUDIOS

HALF MOON RUN

SPARROW & THE WORKSHOPS

UNDERGROUND

£6.50ADV / 8.00PM / VILLAGE £8ADV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON CHARLES HAYWARD + TELEGRAM FREE / 8.00PM / THE OLD BLUE LAST AN ESCAPE PLAN FREE / 8.00PM / THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS

WEDNESDAY 26TH JUNE CAST THE DICE £4 / 7.00PM / THE DALSTON VICTORIA THE BLACK ANGELS £20ADV / 8.00PM / ELECTROWERKZ

TUESDAY 25TH JUNE VV BROWN TAME IMPALA + MELODY'S ECHO CHAMBER

£6ADV / 8.00PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR &

£20ADV / 8.00PM / HAMMERSMITH APOLLO

KITCHEN

JIMMY CLIFF

GEORGE THOROGOOD AND THE DESTROYERS

£27.50ADV - £32.50ADV / 7.00PM / O2

£34.00ADV - £35.50ADV / 7.00PM / O2

SHEPHERD'S BUSH EMPIRE

SHEPHERD'S BUSH EMPIRE

BOY GEORGE

LITTLE DEATH MACHINE + FIRST

SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / QUEEN ELIZABETH

£3 / 8:00PM / POWER LUNCHES

HALL ALEX HIGHTON + GUESTS FAT FREDDY'S DROP

FREE / 8.00PM / STRONGROOM

FREE / 7.00PM / ROUGH TRADE EAST

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SATURDAY 29TH JUNE

£5ADV / 8.00PM / THE WAITING ROOM UNDERSMILE + STEAK + WARCRAB + THURSDAY 27TH JUNE THE INDELICATES + ABDOUJAPAROV + KEITH TOTP + KIT £5ADV / 8.00PM / BUFFALO BAR GOAT + TEETH OF THE SEA SOLD OUT / 8.00PM / ELECTRIC BALLROOM TELEGRAM + PATENT SAINTS + NIQAB £3 / 8:00PM / POWER LUNCHES THE BLACK ANGELS FREE / 7.00PM / ROUGH TRADE EAST TEMPLE SONGS

SEDULUS + DIESELKING + GURT + SONANCE + MOTHER CORONA + MOGHUL + VODUN £6ADV/£8DOOR / 3.00PM / BRIXTON WINDMILL TIEFSCHWARZ + MAHER DANIEL + SIERRA SAM £19ADV / 9.00PM / FABRIC YOU’LL LIVE + NAI HARVEST + BRIGHTER ARROWS + BONEHOUSE FREE / 8.00PM / THE OLD BLUE LAST OSCAR WILDSTYLE + BIGGIE SMALLS £5ADV / 8.00PM / THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS

FREE / 8.00PM / THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS SUNDAY 30TH JUNE FRIDAY 28TH JUNE PURSON + THE DEDWARDIANS £6ADV / 8.00PM / BUFFALO BAR NANCY ELIZABETH + DAN HOWARD £7 / 7.00PM / THE DALSTON VICTORIA

SSION £6ADV / 8.00PM / BIRTHDAYS MISSION OF BURMA £14ADV / 8.00PM / THE GARAGE THE WAVE PICTURES £10ADV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON

GINO SILANO FREE / 8.00PM / THE LOCK TAVERN PUSSYFOOT WITH DOUCE VITESSE FREE / 9.00PM / SERVANT JAZZ QUARTERS

HOWL FREE / 8.00PM / THE LOCK TAVERN BOYSETSFIRE + BANE + APOLOGIES, I HAVE NONE £15ADV / 7.00PM / O2 ACADEMY ISLINGTON

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THURSDAY 4TH JULY

LENKA

ABOUT GROUP

£9ADV / 8.00PM / THE BORDERLINE

£5 / 8.00PM / THE DALSTON VICTORIA

TIMOTHY C HOLEHOUSE + GILMORE TRAIL

FLUME

£4 / 8.00PM / BRIXTON WINDMILL

£10ADV / 8.00PM / HEAVEN

ZAC BROWN BAND

FRYARS

£25ADV / 7.00PM / O2 SHEPHERD'S BUSH

£9.50ADV / 8.00PM / ISLINGTON ASSEMBLY

EMPIRE

HALL

THE JUMP OFF

SIC ALPS

£8ADV / 8.00PM / SCALA

£17ADV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON

WEDNESDAY 3RD JULY

FRIDAY 5TH JULY

DINGUS KHAN

PISSED JEANS + HOOKWORMS + SAUNA

£8ADV / 8.00PM / CARGO

YOUTH £13ADV / 8.00PM / ELECTRIC BALLROOM

FLUME £10ADV / 8.00PM / HEAVEN

SATURDAY 6TH JULY

BADBADNOTGOOD

PLAID + ANCHORSONG + RIVAL CONSOLES

£10.50ADV / 8.00PM / HOXTON SQUARE BAR

TBC / 8.00PM / DALSTON ROOF PARK

& KITCHEN SCOTT AND CHARLENE'S WEDDING + GUESTS SILVER SEAS

£6 / 7.00PM / THE DALSTON VICTORIA

£15ADV / 8.00PM / THE LEXINGTON NFD + SKELETAL FAMILY (ORIGINAL LINE-UP) THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT

+ THE FACES OF SARAH + RED SUN REVIVAL +

£10ADV / 7.30PM / SCALA

GENERATION GRAVEYARD

MOSHI MOSHI PRESENTS

£13ADV / 6.00PM / O2 ACADEMY ISLINGTON

£5 / 7.30PM / SERVANT JAZZ QUARTERS

ANDREW WEATHERALL B2B DANIEL AVERY £10ADV / 9.00PM / XOYO

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photo: Josh Holliday

LIVE

I’LL BE YOUR MIRROR

Alexandra Palace // May 4th

46

The tribal dance party of Prince Rama kicks things off; the sisters smashing floor drums and yelling for all their lungs are worth. Next the absolutely monster King Khan and the Shrines delight the crowd with a blend of psych and soul that takes no prisoners and gets the whole room dancing.

By the time Dirty Beaches take the stage, with heavy synth vibrations that physically move us, we need a breather.

"Do you know what the worst part of rock and roll is? NOTHING" yell the infamously badly-behaved Black Lips as they whizz through their surf punk bangers. The Locust absolutely couldn’t be missed; in uniform grey jumpsuits and insect helmets, they play their first UK show in 5 years to a noise hungry crowd, a set of brutal songs that last 90 seconds each - not for the faint hearted.

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs bounce on stage to thunderous applause and we’re treated to an utterly brilliant performance from a band at their peak and taking the world by storm.

Anti-fashion goddess Karen O, emaciated guitar hero Nick Zinner and beat master Brian Chase are joined by lo-fi legend Dave Pajo and open with ‘Sacrilege’, the first single from their new album ‘Mosquito’.

Even without the gospel choir it sounds wholly holy wonderful and the only thing to top their ballad to slay all ballads ‘Maps’ is their party anthem to slay all party anthems ‘Head Will Roll’.

It’s the third year that All Tomorrow’s Parties has graced this North London hill, and once again we’ve been presented with a blend of everyone’s favourites and cult classics in a way that no other festival around manages.

Kendra West

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STILL CORNERS

It’s Friday night and party vibes are flowing through The Garage. That’s because Nic Offer makes gigs fun.

Wearing the most ludicrous pair of shorts you’re likely to see, tonight !!!’s frontman gyrates through the band’s 45 minute set, teaches the crowd how to dance (it’s all in the hips, you see) and even jumps into the pit to give one-to-one tutorials.

Coming on stage to a hushed and anticipatory audience, Still Corners immediately capture our attention and imagination. However it’s not until the third track that they really hit their stride, and we’re treated to their intricate brilliance and heartfelt warmth.

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They play a set heavy with the funkiest hits from their most recent album Thri!!!er. ‘One Girl/One Boy’ and ‘Slyd’ are the choicest cuts and the smaller venue suits them and makes the party seem more intimate. The sound may be a little murky but it can’t stop the good times shining through.

Live, they’re fleshed out as a 4-piece and able to truly animate the tracks, making for an even more vibrant experience than on record. Tessa’s vocals wash over you, lulling you into a mesmerised state, but we’re snapped out of it by single ‘Berlin Lovers’ more forcibly grabbing attention and showcasing perfectly how Jason’s songwriting has evolved on their latest offering.

Danny Wright

Jess Partridge photo: Tom Bowles

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JUST ANOTHER GIRL... byJEN LONG I’m really bored of boys in bands. I’m bored of going to shows and not seeing a single girl on stage all night. I’m sick of standing next to crowds of ‘lads’ who heckle through the set. It makes me sad when I look at a festival line up and count a total of three girls playing across the whole weekend.

I don’t know why it’s really started to annoy me so much lately. Perhaps it’s from seeing acts like Haim or Savages play and realising that music feels more personal the more you can relate to it. It’s like that Los Campesinos! line, “Four sweaty boys with guitars tell me nothing about my life.” I have no desire to slag off acts like Peace or Parma Violets, but I just don’t find much in their music that speaks to me.

It’s not that I hate men in bands. I love Pulled Apart By Horses, DZ Deathrays, Deftones, Brand New, The National… I could go on, but that’s the thing. I could go on for a lot longer than I could list my favourite girl groups. I just want things to be a little more equal. I hate hearing acts described as a ‘female duo’ by my fellow colleagues. You’d never call Foals an all male five piece. And let’s not even get started on the, “She’s a girl, but she can actually play drums” line. If you say that to me, I will spit in your pint when you’re not looking.

But the thing that annoys me most is, I don’t know who’s to blame. Whose fault is it that there aren’t more girls forming bands? Maybe it’s mine. Perhaps I should be practicing what I preach. Anyone want to start a band? Shout at me on twitter.

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