london gig guide, the best live shows and gigs in london england, live music concerts in live music venues in the UK, presented by how does it feel to be loved? - london club night playing indie pop, northern soul, tamla motown, girl groups, sixties heartbreak

HDIF's Gig Of The Week
Sat June 22 - The Primitives + The Popguns + The Brilliant Corners + The June Brides + BMX Bandits + Blue Orchids + Mighty Mighty + 14 Iced Bears + The Wolfhounds at 229
Stunning who's who indiepop all-dayer at the 229 this weekend, with over 10 bands playing across two rooms. If you have even a passing interest in all things C86-related then you'll know all of the names on the bill. Some of the bands have been playing shows for a few years now - The Primitives, The June Brides, The Wolfhounds, 14 Iced Bears, etc - while others have just recently reformed (The Popguns, for example, who played their comeback London show at a HDIF gig last year). We're looking forward to seeing The Brilliant Corners back in action, alongside the excellent Mighty Mighty, last seen tearing it up at Indietracks back in 2009.

Sun June 16 - The Who at O2
Sun June 16 - Muncie Girls + Rivalries + The Heebie Jeebies + Break-Ups + Young Attenborough + Broken Window Effect at Windmill
Sun June 16 - Jimmy Eat World at Koko
Sun June 16 - Her Parents at Old Blue Last
Mon June 17 - Neil Young at O2
Mon June 17 - Lucinda Williams at Barbican
Mon June 17 - Sweet Billy Pilgrim at Lexington
Mon June 17 - Surfer Blood at Sebright Arms
Tues June 18 - Pet Shop Boys at O2
Tues June 18 - Grant Hart at Water Rats
Tues June 18 - Patti Smith at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Tues June 18 - Surfer Blood at Sebright Arms
Tues June 18 - Scout Niblett at Corsica Studios
Tues June 18 - Fair Ohs at Lexington
Tues June 18 - Imperial Teen at Borderline
Weds June 19 - Lanterns On The Lake at Scala
Weds June 19 - Patti Smith at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Weds June 19 - Blue Aeroplanes at Water Rats
Weds June 19 - Surfer Blood at Sebright Arms
Weds June 19 - The Breeders at Forum
Weds June 19 - Landshapes at Corsica Studios
Weds June 19 - Peaches at Southbank
Weds June 19 - These New Puritans at Heaven
Weds June 19 - Comanechi at Birthday
Weds June 19 - The Gloaming at Union Chapel
Weds June 19 - Jagwar Ma at XOYO
Weds June 19 - Thurston Moore at Purcell Room
Weds June 19 - The Telescopes at Rhythm Factory
Weds June 19 - Blue Aeroplanes at Water Rats
Weds June 19 - Bloody Knees at Old Blue Last
Thurs June 20 - Iggy And The Stooges + Savages at RFH
Thurs June 20 - Allo Darlin' at Half Moon Herne Hill
Thurs June 20 - Steve Winwood at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Thurs June 20 - Beady Eye at Camden Centre
Thurs June 20 - Glasvegas at XOYO
Thurs June 20 - Bo Ningen at Southbank
Thurs June 20 - Chuck Johnson + Daniel Bachman at Cafe Oto
Thurs June 20 - Temples at The Dome
Thurs June 20 - KT Tunstall at Islington Assembley Hall
Thurs June 20 - The Babies at Lexington
Thurs June 20 - Hayseed Dixie at Half Moon Putney
Thurs June 20 - Clockwork Orchestra, Quimper + The Prisoner Of Mars at The George Tavern
Thurs June 20 - Ulrich Schnauss at Birthdays
Thurs June 20 - No Age at Corsica Studios
Fri June 21 - Deerhoof at QEH
Fri June 21 - Buzzcocks at Electric Brixton
Fri June 21 - The Bishops + The Crash Report +Doe at DAB London
Fri June 21 - Slasher Flicks at Lexington
Fri June 21 - Leonard Cohen at O2
Fri June 21 - Patti Smith at Purcell Room
Fri June 21 - Black Manila at Old Blue Last
Fri June 21 - The Proper Ornaments at Shacklewell Arms
Fri June 21 - Martin Rossiter at Bush Hall
Fri June 21 - Mountain Of Love at Bush Hall
Fri June 21 - The Priscillas at Bar Solo
Sat June 22 - The Primitives + The Popguns + The Brilliant Corners + The June Brides + BMX Bandits + Blue Orchids + Mighty Mighty + 14 Iced Bears + The Wolfhounds at 229
Sat June 22 - Jaguar Skills at Koko
Sat June 22 - Zulu Winter at Sebright Arms
Sat June 22 - The Killers at Wembley Stadium
Sat June 22 - Die Antwoord at Brixton Academy
Sat June 22 - The Moody Blues at O2
Sat June 22 - Marianne Faithfull at QEH
Sat June 22 - The Wildhearts at Forum
Sat June 22 - OneGirlOneBoy + Shake Tiger Shake at The Social
Sun June 23 - Duke Special at Islington Assembley Hall
Sun June 23 - Boy George at QEH
Sun June 23 - Tim Burgess at Barbican
Mon June 24 - Black Dice at Corsica Studios
Mon June 24 - Tom Tom Club at 100 Club
Mon June 24 - Wavves at Underworld
Mon June 24 - ZZ Top at Hammersmith Apollo
Mon June 24 - Sparrow & The Workshop at Lexington
Tues June 25 - Jimmy Cliff at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Tues June 25 - Cat Power at Roundhouse
Tues June 25 - Tame Impala at Hammersmith Apollo
Tues June 25 - Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons at Albert Hall
Tues June 25 - Men's Adventures at Birthdays
Tues June 25 - Loved Ones at Sebright Arms
Weds June 26 - Burt Bacharach at RFH
Weds June 26 - Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons at Albert Hall
Weds June 26 - The National at Roundhouse
Weds June 26 - Honeyslide at Waiting Room
Weds June 26 - Group Therapy at Windmill
Thurs June 27 - Allo Darlin' + Haiku Salut at St Pancras Old Church
Thurs June 27 - Goat at Electric Ballroom
Thurs June 27 - Temple Songs at Shacklewell Arms
Thurs June 27 - Exhibit L + Danny Toeman + The Meds Collective at AAA
Sat June 29 - Undersmile + Steak + WarCrab + Sedulus + Diesel King + Gurt + Sonance + Mother Corona + Moghul + Vodun at Windmill
Sat June 29 - Thee Spivs + The Fallen Leaves + The Past Tense at Half Moon Putney
Sat June 29 - Candi Staton at Jazz Cafe
Sat June 29 - Red Snapper + Radioactive Man at Forum
Sat June 29 - Echo Lake at Shacklewell Arms
Sun June 30 - Candi Staton at Jazz Cafe
Sun June 30 - Mission Of Burma at Garage
Sun June 30 - Ssion at Birthdays
Sun June 30 - The Wave Pictures at Lexington
Mon July 1 - Odd Future at Forum
Mon July 1 - Suuns at Sebright Arms
Mon July 1 - Editors at Village Underground
Mon July 1 - Vanna at Black Heart
Tues July 2 - Dead Can Dance at Roundhouse
Tues July 2 - The Flamin' Groovies at Scala
Weds July 3 - Allo Darlin' at Vortex
Weds July 3 - Mayer Hawthorne at XOYO
Weds July 3 - The Silver Seas at Lexington
Weds July 3 - Michaela Wright + Nikitta Angus + Fat Kicks at The Luxe
Weds July 3 - Misty's Big Adventure at Catch
Thurs July 4 - Scritti Politti + Butcher Boy at 229
Thurs July 4 - Beck at Barbican
Thurs July 4 - Anti-Flag at Electric Ballroom
Fri July 5 - Pissed Jeans at Dingwalls
Fri July 5 - The Music Tapes at Lexington
Fri July 5 - Apparat at Islington Assembly Rooms
Fri July 5 - Gallon Drunk + Fat White Family at Bethnal Green Working Men's Club
Fri July 5 - Bill of Allo Darlin' DJs at How Does It Feel To Be Loved? at Canterbury Arms
Sat July 6 - Plaid + Anchorsong at Dalston Roof Park
Sat July 6 - Dawn Landes at Water Rats
Sat July 6 - Lime Headed Dog at Windmill
Sat July 6 - The Thanes at Shacklewell Arms
Sun July 7 - Blondie at Roundhouse
Sun July 7 - Suicidal Tendencies at Electric Ballroom
Sun July 7 - Beck at Union Chapel
Mon July 8 - Comet Gain + Monnone Alone + Alphabet Backwards at Slaughtered Lamb
Mon July 8 - Tunng at Lexington
Tues July 9 - Frank Ocean at Brixton Academy
Tues July 9 - Tunng at Lexington
Weds July 10 - Le Volume Courbe at St Pancras Old Church
Weds July 10 - The New Mendicants at Lexington
Weds July 10 - Shuggie Otis at Village Underground
Fri July 12 - Advance Base + Halo Halo at Lexington
Fri July 12 - Band Of Horses at Somerset House
Fri July 12 - The Caretaker Race + Design at Water Rats
Sat July 13 - The Orb at Koko
Sun July 14 - David Thomas Broughton at Lexington
Sun July 14 - Richard Hawley at Somerset House
Mon July 15 - First Aid Kit at Somerset House
Tues July 16 - Of Monsters And Men at Somerset House
Tues July 16 - Wintersun at Garage
Weds July 17 - Japandroid at Dingwalls
Weds July 17 - Moon Duo at Dome
Weds July 17 - Tigercats + Just Handshakes + The Spook School at Power Lunches
Thurs July 18 - Akron/Family at Hoxton Bar & Kitchen
Thurs July 18 - AK/DK+ Chik Budo at The Dalston Victoria
Thurs July 18 - Devendra Banhart at Barbican
Fri July 19 - These New Puritans at Heaven
Fri July 19 - Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeroes at Somerset House
Sat July 20 - CocoRosie at Barbican
Sat July 20 - Goldfrapp at Somerset House
Sat July 20 - Naive New Beaters at the Lexington
Sat July 20 - Tigercats DJ at How Does It Feel To Be Loved? at The Phoenix
Sun July 21 - Basement Jaxx at Somerset House
Sun July 21 - Tyrannosauraus Dead at Buffalo Bar
Tues July 23 - The Thermals at Garage
Weds July 24 - Atoms For Peace at Roundhouse
Thurs July 25 - Atoms For Peace at Roundhouse
Thurs July 25 - Bis at Lexington
Thurs July 25 - The Secret History + Comet Gain at The Miller
Thurs July 25 - We Are Scientists at XOYO
Fri July 26 - Atoms For Peace at Roundhouse
Fri July 26 - Wu Tang Clan at Brixton Academy
Sun July 28 - Toots And The Maytals at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Tues July 30 - Luke Haines at Borderline
Sat Aug 3 - Eat Lights Become Lights + Baltic Fleet + Twelve + ökö at Windmill
Thurs Sept 5 - Drugstore at Madame Jo Jos

For live reviews and interviews with new bands, go to the HDIF New Bands page here

If you have a show that you'd like to submit for inclusion, email howdoesitfeel@btinternet.com - please title your email "Gig Entry" and ensure your submission is in the style of the list, so we can cut and paste it directly.

Need any more information about the gigs listed above? Try asking on the HDIF messageboard