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The pick of London's gigs. This list is updated every Sunday.
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HDIF's Gig Of The Week
Thurs 2 Sept - The Clientele + John Head & The Streams + Still Corners at Bloomsbury Theatre
Dreamy West Coast psychedelic indie pop from the esteemed Clientele, who play the Bloomsbury Theatre in support of their forthcoming mini album, Minotaur. Tickets for the show include a free download of the album. Support comes from former Shack guitarist John Head (younger brother of singer Mick) and HDIF favourites Still Corners.


Sun 29 Aug - Martha Wainwrigh at Regents Park Open Air Theatre
Mon 30 Aug - The Cavalcade at Wilmington Arms
Mon 30 Aug - Goodnight Lenin + Kidnap Alice + Sam Lee And The Gillie Boys + Serious Sam Barrett + The Belles Of London City at Old Queen's Head
Mon 30 Aug - Wet Dog + Maria And The Mirrors + Hyrst + Family + Suicide Party at Old Blue Last
Mon 30 Aug - Mobius Loop + Evans The Death + The Owls Are Not What They Seem + Lion O'Brien + Tiny Birds at Windmill
Tues 31 Aug - Dan Michaelson And The Coastguards at Slaughtered Lamb
Tues 31 Aug - Ana Silvera + Girls In Trouble + DeLeon at Old Blue Last
Weds 1 Sept - Eels at Brixton Academy
Weds 1 Sept - Stars at Heaven
Weds 1 Sept - Women + Idiot Glee at Cargo
Weds 1 Sept - Arborea + Vanishing Twins + Two Wings at Cafe Oto
Weds 1 Sept - Caitlin Rose at Slaughtered Lamb
Weds 1 Sept - Pete And The Pirates + Redtrack at Bull & Gate
Weds 1 Sept - Lizzie And The Yes Men + Cat O Nine Tails + One Fathom Down at Macbeth
Weds 1 Sept - Freelance Whales at Water Rats
Thurs 2 Sept - Minus The Bear at Scala
Thurs 2 Sept - The Clientele + John Head + Still Corners at Bloomsbury Theatre
Thurs 2 Sept - Robert Plant at Forum
Thurs 2 Sept - Lovvers at Bull & Gate
Thurs 2 Sept - Neon Indian at Cargo
Thurs 2 Sept - Bo Ningen + Veni Vidi at Macbeth
Thurs 2 Sept - Everything Everything at Barfly
Thurs 2 Sept - Pete Molinari at Jazz Cafe
Thurs 2 Sept - Mountain Man at St Giles
Thurs 2 Sept - Her Name Is Calla + The Monroe Transfer at Luminaire
Fri 3 Sept - Alabama 3 + Terracotta Army + Blow + Cheating The Reaper at Jamm
Fri 3 Sept - Reverend Beatman + The Nuns + Miraculous Mule at Lexington
Fri 3 Sept - Vile Imbeciles + In Like Flynn + Lottie Brazier at Good Ship
Fri 3 Sept - Invasion at Bull & Gate
Fri 3 Sept - Orange Juice Special at How Does It Feel To Be Loved? at Canterbury Arms
Sat 4 Sept - The Rockingbirds + Redlands Palomino Company + Morten Vestly Band + Cheyne Pride + Stuart Warburton at Luminaire
Sat 4 Sept - Part Chimp + Please + That Fucking Tank + One Unique Signal + Monnocle + Kogumaza + Marylin-Rambo + one man team dance at Victoria
Sat 4 Sept - The Ettes + Barringtone + Manifesto + Man Flu at Windmill
Sun 5 Sept - Lulu And The Lampshades + Sleeping States + Josephine + Left With Pictures + Stairs To Korea + The Good Gods at Old Queen's Head
Sun 5 Sept - Rachael Dadd + The Mariner's Children + This Is Kit at Luminaire
Sun 5 Sept - To Arms Etc + There's More Of Us Than There Are Of You + The London Fields at Silver Bullet
Mon 6 Sept - The Depreciation Guild at Social
Mon 6 Sept - White Light Marcus Foster + Pete Roe + Aye Duncane + Sam Beer at Lexington
Mon 6 Sept - Caitlin Rose + Heidi Spencer + Sam Beer at Windmill
Tues 7 Sept - Cathal Coughlan at Bush Hall
Tues 7 Sept - Cymbals Eat Guitars at Borderline
Tues 7 Sept - The Piney Gir Country Road Show + Mr David Viner + Paul Mosley at Lexington
Tues 7 Sept - Television Personalities + The Bon Vivents + The Black And Reds at Monarch
Tues 7 Sept - Eliza Newman + Shona Foster + Robinson Domino at Slaughtered Lamb
Weds 8 Sept - Fever Ray at Brixton Academy
Weds 8 Sept - Modest Mouse at Troxy
Weds 8 Sept - Janelle Monáe at Koko
Weds 8 Sept - Wintersleep at Cargo
Weds 8 Sept - Brandon Flowers at Garage
Weds 8 Sept - Eugene Chadbourne at Vortex
Weds 8 Sept - Phosphorescent + Timber Timbre at Scala
Weds 8 Sept - The Brute Chorus + John And Jehn + Mary Epworth And The Jubilee Band at Luminaire
Weds 8 Sept - Plaid + Ross Adams at Cafe Oto
Thurs 9 Sept - The Mountain Goats at Koko
Thurs 9 Sept - The Ruby Suns at Cargo
Thurs 9 Sept - Ultrasound at Lexington
Thurs 9 Sept - Plants & Animals at Bush Hall
Fri 10 Sept - Isobel Campbell + Mark Lanegan at Barbican
Fri 10 Sept - Muse + Lily Allen + The Big Pink + White Rabbits at Wembley Stadium
Fri 10 Sept - Les Savy Fav at Cargo
Fri 10 Sept – Philadelphia Grand Jury at The Lexington
Fri 10 Sept - Ladyhawk at Windmill
Fri 10 Sept - Mirrors + Kill Her Killer at Monarch
Fri 10 Sept - Blanche Hudson Weekend + The Sunday Reeds + Evans The Death at Wilmington Arms
Fri 10 Sept - The Hardy Boys + Phil Wilson at Buffalo Bar
Sat 11 Sept - Muse + Lily Allen + The Big Pink + White Rabbits at Wembley Stadium
Sat 11 Sept - The Pop Group at The Garage
Sat 11 Sept - Gong at Forum
Sat 11 Sept - Francois And The Atlas Mountains + Rozi Plain at Kings Place
Sat 11 Sept - Glam Chops + The Fades + If at Buffalo Bar
Sat 11 Sept - Pete Doherty at Jamm
Sun 12 Sept - The Pop Group at The Garage
Mon 13 Sept - Philip Selway at Bush Hall
Mon 13 Sept - Citay at Windmill
Tues 14 Sept - Iron & Wine at Union Chapel
Tues 14 Sept - Gorillaz at O2
Tues 14 Sept - Wilco at Royal Festival Hall
Tues 14 Sept - Nurses at Lexington
Thurs 14 Sept - Yuck + Slowgun at Madame Jo Jos
Weds 15 Sept - Gorillaz at O2
Weds 15 Sept - Wolf Parade at Forum
Weds 15 Sept - The Bees at Bush Hall
Thurs 16 Sept - Wild Beasts + Fanfarlo at Troxy
Thurs 16 Sept - Seefeel at ICA
Thurs 16 Sept - Bridport Dagger + Abdoujaparov at Windmill
Thurs 16 Sept - Ray Rumours + The Madrigals at Speedies
Fri 17 Sept - Let's Buy Happiness + Heart On Fire + Yukon Blonde + Pushing Hands at The Windmill
Fri 17 Sept - Alasdair Roberts at Kings Place
Fri 17 Sept - Dinosaur Pile-Up at King's College
Fri 17 Sept - Serena Maneesh + Exit Calm + Tripwires at ICA
Fri 17 Sept - Martin Stephenson And The Daintees + Helen And The Horns at Borderline
Fri 17 Sept - Let's Buy Happiness + Escapists + Yukon Blonde + Pushing Hands at The Windmill
Sat 18 Sept - The Primitives + Blanche Hudson Weekend + Slowgun at ICA
Sat 18 Sept - How Does It Feel To Be Loved? at The Phoenix
Sun 19 Sept - Robin Guthrie at ICA
Mon 20 Sept - Sky Larkin at Lexington
Tues 21 Sept - Mark Morriss at The Enterprise
Weds 22 Sept - The Vaselines at the Scala
Weds 22 Sept - The Darling Buds at the 100 Club
Weds 22 Sept - Two Door Cinema Club at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Weds 22 Sept - Shout Out Louds at Garage
Weds 22 Sept - Bright Light Bright Light at Lexington
Thurs 23 Sept - Edwyn Collins + Colorama at Queen Elizabeth Hall
Thurs 23 Sept - Lost Left + The Racket + Frozy + Panther Society at Jamm
Thurs 23 Sept - Grinderman at The Garage
Sun 26 Sept - Erland And The Carnival + Alessi's Ark at Cecil Sharp House
Weds 29 Sept - MGMT at Brixton Academy
Weds 29 Sept - I Am Kloot at Union Chapel
Thurs 30 Sept - MGMT at Brixton Academy
Fri 1 Oct - Grinderman at Hammersmith Apollo
Fri 1 Oct - MGMT at Brixton Academy
Sun 3 Oct - Hoodoo Gurus at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Weds 6 Oct - Jonathan Richman at Luminaire
Weds 6 Oct - Mudhoney at Electric Ballroom
Weds 6 Oct - Of Montreal at Koko
Thurs 7 Oct - Black Mountain + Black Angels at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Thurs 7 Oct - Band Of Skulls at Forum
Fri 8 Oct - Jonathan Richman at Amersham Arms
Sat 9 Oct - Jonathan Richman at Water Rats
Mon 11 Oct - Jonathan Richman at Tabernacle
Thurs 14 Oct - No Age + Male Bonding at XOYO
Thurs 14 Oct - The Joy Formidable + Chapel Club at Koko
Fri 15 Oct - Crystal Castles at Roundhouse
Mon 18 Oct - Kate Nash at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Thurs 21 Oct - Yeasayer at Roundhouse
Fri 22 Oct - The Charlatans + Shaun Ryder at Brixton Academy
Sat 23 Oct - These New Puritans with Britten Sinfonia at Barbican
Weds 27 Oct - Badly Drawn Boy at Bloomsbury Theatre
Thurs 28 Oct - The Psychedelic Furs at Forum
Thurs 28 Oct - Manic Street Preachers + British Sea Power at Brixton Academy
Fri 29 Oct - Manic Street Preachers + British Sea Power at Brixton Academy
Sat 30 Oct - Liquid Liquid + Polvo + The Field + Factory Floor at Forum
Tues 2 Nov - The Black Keys + The Walkmen at Brixton Academy
Tues 2 Nov - Midlake at Roundhouse
Tues 2 Nov - Black Keys at Brixton Academy
Weds 3 Nov - Black Keys at Brixton Academy
Wed 3 Nov - Yann Tiersen at Koko
Wed 3 Nov - Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings at Roundhouse
Fri 5 Nov - The Membranes + The Wolfhounds at Lexington
Mon 8 Nov - Wire at Lexington
Tues 9 Nov - Wire at Lexington
Thurs 11 Nov - Mystery Jets at Roundhouse
Thurs 11 Nov - Goldfrapp at Hammersmith Apollo
Fri 12 Nov - Foals at Brixton Academy
Mon 15 Nov - The Coral at Albert Hall
Mon 15 Nov - Broken Social Scene + Tortoise at Koko
Mon 15 Nov - Casiotone For The Painfully Alone + Munch Munch at Cargo
Tues 16 Nov - Broken Social Scene + Tortoise at Koko
Weds 17 Nov - Stornoway at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Fri 19 Nov - Four Tet + Caribou at Coronet
Mon 22 Nov - Les Savy Fav at Electric Ballroom
Tues 23 Nov - Beach House at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Weds 24 Nov - The Drums at Forum
Fri 26 Nov - Jonsi at Hammersmith Apollo
Fri 26 Nov - Primal Scream at Olympia
Sat 27 Nov - Primal Scream at Olympia
Sat 27 Nov - Motorhead at Brixton Academy
Sat 27 Nov - Wildbirds And Peacedrums at Union Chapel
Sun 28 Nov - Heaven 17 at Forum
Tues 30 Nov - The National at Brixton Academy
Weds 1 Dec - The National at Brixton Academy
Weds 1 Dec - Best Coast at Scala
Thurs 2 Dec - Vampire Weekend + Laura Marling + Ratatat at Alexandria Palace
Fri 3 Dec - Vampire Weekend + Janelle Monae + Ratatat at Alexandria Palace
Sat 4 Dec - Biffy Clyro + The Futureheads at Wembley Arena
Sun 5 Dec - Patrick Wolf at Bush Hall
Mon 6 Dec - Interpol at Brixton Academy
Tues 7 Dec - Interpol at Brixton Academy
Tues 7 Dec - Suede at O2
Thurs 9 Dec - The New Pornographers at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Fri 10 Dec - Paul Weller at Wembley Arena
Sat 11 Dec - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at Brixton Academy
Sun 12 Dec - Frank Turner at Brixton Academy
Mon 13 Dec - The Wedding Present at Forum
Mon 13 Dec - Godspeed You! Black Emperor at Troxy
Tues 14 Dec - Godspeed You! Black Emperor at Troxy
Thurs 9 Dec - Echo And The Bunnymen at Brixton Academy
Wed 15 Dec - Scissor Sisters at O2
Fri 17 Dec - Amiina at Shoreditch Church
Fri 17 Dec - Madness + Paul Heaton at Earl's Court
Weds 22 Dec - Slow Club at Union Chapel
Fri Feb 25 - Mogwai at Brixton Academy

 

 


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