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LONDON GIG GUIDE

The pick of London's gigs. This list of London gigs is updated every Sunday.
If you have a show that you'd like to submit for inclusion, email howdoesitfeel@btinternet.com - make sure you title your email "Gig Entry" and ensure your submission is in the exact style of the list, so we can cut and paste it directly. If the submission is incorrectly titled or in the wrong format, it won't be added to the list. Do not attach any flyers, jpgs or mp3s to your submission.



HDIF's Gig Of The Week
Weds Feb 1 - Wild Flag at Electric Ballroom
Ever since Wild Flag kicked off their UK tour last week at the Thekla in Bristol, we've been reading breathless reports of their live shows - Bristol rocked, Nottingham was amazing, the band exactly what you'd expect (or hope for), from former members of Sleater-Kinney. On record, Wild Flag sound like an energised take on S-K and the bands they influenced (most notably the Yeah Yeah Yeahs) - and we can't think of a more suitable London venue in which to soak that all up than the gloriously scuzzy Electric Ballroom.


Sun Jan 29 - The Old Tire Swingers + The Garden City Projects Band at Apple Tree
Sun Jan 29 - The Hightown Crows at Birkbeck Tavern
Sun Jan 29 - Zoe Muth And The Lost High Rollers at Underbelly
Mon Jan 30 - Laura Veirs at QEH
Mon Jan 30 - Her Name Is Calla at Social
Mon Jan 30 - Secret Sisters + Lucette at Union Chapel
Tues Jan 31 - Feeder at Koko
Tues Jan 31 - Lianne La Havas at Social
Tues Jan 31 - Race Horses + Cast Of Cheers at Madame Jo Jos
Tues Jan 31 - To Kill A King + Youth Imperial + Hella Better Dancer + Ryan Keen + Roo Panes at Notting Hill Arts Club
Tues Jan 31 - Race Horses + Cast Of Cheers at Madame Jo Jos
Tues Jan 31 - Emit Bloch at Slaughtered Lamb
Weds Feb 1 - Wild Flag at Electric Ballroom
Weds Feb 1 - Fallen Leaves + Hot Hooves at 12 Bar Club
Weds Feb 1 - La Femme at Upstairs At The Garage
Weds Feb 1 - Toy at Shacklewell Arms
Weds Feb 1 - Misfits at Islington Academy
Weds Feb 1 - Familiar Creatures at Old Queens Head
Thurs Feb 2 - We Are Augustines + Admiral Fallow at Borderline
Thurs Feb 2 - Panic At The Disco at Brixton Academy
Thurs Feb 2 - Beth Jeans Houghton And The Hooves Of Destiny + Kyle La Grange at Upstairs At The Garage
Thurs Feb 2 - The Chuck Pinkett Quintet + Laurie McNamee + Steve Thompson + Conor Owen at The Hideaway
Thurs Feb 2 - King Creosote and Jon Hopkins at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Thurs Feb 2 - Kate Jackson + Citizens + Haight Ashbury at Lexington
Thurs Feb 2 - Jesca Hoop at Slaughtered Lamb
Thurs Feb 2 - Blindness + Oh! Gunquit at Windmill
Thurs Feb 2 - Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster + Flies Are Spies From Hell + Orders Of The British Empire at 93 Ft East
Fri Feb 3 - Hadouken! + Lodestar + Proxies at Garage
Fri Feb 3 - Eugene McGuinness + Francois And The Atlas Mountains + Trailer Trash Traceys at Barfly
Fri Feb 3 - Simon & Garfunkel special at How Does It Feel To Be Loved? at Canterbury Arms
Fri Feb 3 - Not Cool + Dignan Porch + Colours at Old Blue Last
Fri Feb 3 - Withered Hand + Seamus Fogarty at Shacklewell Arms
Fri Feb 3 - William D Drake And His So Called Friends + Barringtone + Ham Legion + Bug Prentice + Claire Lemmon + The Trudy at Windmill
Sat Feb 4 - Five Working Days + Effort + One Man Destruction Show + M.W.M. at The Windmill
Sat Feb 4 - Roots Manuva at Roundhouse
Sat Feb 4 - The Sounds at Koko
Sat Feb 4 - Thea Gilmore at Cecil Sharp House
Sat Feb 4 - Nick Heyward + Cowbois Rhos Bottwnnog + Samantha Whates at Union Chapel
Sun Feb 5 - The Dreaming Spires + The Cedars + Mat Gibson at Windmill
Sun Feb 5 - Gemma Ray + Lucky Strikes + Brian Olive at Upstairs At The Garage
Sun Feb 5 - Klak-Tik + Jenny Lindfors + The Polly Tones at Gladstone
Mon Feb 6 - Sweet Billy Pilgrim + Charlene Soraia at Borderline
Mon Feb 6 - Charleston at Old Blue Last
Mon Feb 6 - Harrisburg + Quiet Loner + Dan Raza at Windmill
Tues Feb 7 - Little Comets + General Fiasco at Borderline
Tues Feb 7 - Toy + O Children + Red Kite at Barfly
Tues Feb 7 - Grimes + Eugene McGuinness + Bosco Delrey at Madame Jo Jos
Weds Feb 8 - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Weds Feb 8 - Still Corners at Cargo
Weds Feb 8 - Robyn Hitchcock + Howe Gelb at Barbican
Weds Feb 8 - Sweet Sweet Lies album launch at Sebright Arms
Weds Feb 8 - Nada Surf at Koko
Weds Feb 8 - Lianne La Haves + The Staves + Rae Morris at Borderline
Weds Feb 8 - Tom Williams And The Boat + Fiction + Two Wounded Birds + Psychologist at Jazz Cafe
Thurs Feb 9 - Black Keys at Alexandra Palace
Thurs Feb 9 - Slow Club at Heaven
Thurs Feb 9 - Barry Adamson at Queen Elizabeth Hall
Fri Feb 10 - Le Volume Courbe at Cafe Oto
Fri Feb 10 - Sons of Guns + Moustache of Insanity + Youth at The Silver Bullet
Fri Feb 10 - Justice at Brixton Academy
Fri Feb 10 - Ahab + Phantom Limb + Jackie Oates at Upstairs At The Garage
Fri Feb 10 - Black Keys at Alexandra Palace
Fri Feb 10 - Toy at Shacklewell Arms
Fri Feb 10 - Great Big Kiss soul club at Buffalo Bar
Sat Feb 11 - Mastodon at Brixton Academy
Sat Feb 11 - The History Of Apple Pie at Barfly
Sat Feb 11 - Runaround Kids + Protectors + The Spills at Ryan's Bar
Sun Feb 12 - Alasdair Roberts at Lexington
Sun Feb 12 - Ali Warren + Jack Durtnall + John McIvor + Little Sister Blue at The Defectors Weld
Mon Feb 13 - Tennis at Hoxton Bar & Kitchen
Weds Feb 15 - Tune-Yards at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Weds Feb 15 - The Fix at The 229
Thurs Feb 16 - Nat Johnson and the Figureheads + Emma Kupa + Forests at Bush Hall
Thurs Feb 16 - Let's Wrestle + Milky Wimpshake + Omi Palone at Lexington
Mon Feb 20 - Loney Dear at Bush Hall
Tues Feb 21 - Kurt Vile at Koko
Weds Feb 22 - Tindersticks at Soho Theatre
Thurs Feb 23 - First Aid Kit at Kings
Thurs Feb 23 - Cats On Fire + The School + One Happy Island + MJ Hibbett at Bull & Gate
Fri Feb 24 - Field Music at Kings
Fri Feb 24 - Spectrals at Bull & Gate
Fri Feb 24 - The Trashmen at Borderline
Fri Feb 24 - Shrag + Tunabunny + The Sock Puppets + The Give It Ups at The Grosvenor
Sat Feb 25 - Allo Darlin' + Comet Gain + This Many Boyfriends + Dignan Porch + Ace Bushy Striptease + Tigercats + The Hobbes Fanclub at 100 Club
Sun Feb 26 - The Just Joans + The Rosie Taylor Project + Haiku Salut + Electrophonvintage at Lexington
Mon Feb 27 - St Vincent at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Mon Feb 27 - The Drums at Roundhouse
Mon Feb 27 - Familiar Creatures at 229
Weds Feb 29 - Jonathan Richman at Bush Hall
Thurs Mar 1 - Beth Jeans Houghton at Hoxton Bar & Grill
Thurs Mar 1 - Fanfarlo at Scala
Thurs Mar 1 - Lambchop at Barbican
Thurs Mar 1 - Jonathan Richman at Tabernacle
Fri Mar 2 - Jonathan Richman at Union Chapel
Mon Mar 5 - Fleet Foxes at Brixton Academy
Mon Mar 5 - Momus at Cafe Oto
Thurs Mar 8 - Jon Spencer Blues Explosion at Scala
Thurs Mar 8 - Killing Joke at Roundhouse
Fri Mar 9 - Sharon Jones And The Dap Kings at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Tues Mar 13 - Mark Lanegan at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Weds Mar 14 - Veronica Falls at Scala
Weds Mar 21 - Summer Camp at Scala
Thurs Mar 22 - Los Campesinos at Electric Ballroom
Sun Mar 25 - Feist + M Ward at Albert Hall
Weds Mar 28 - Four Tops + Temptations at O2
Fri Mar 30 - Stiff Little Fingers at Forum
Mon Apr 2 - Mountain Goats at Barbican
Tues Apr 3 - Low at Royal Festival Hall
Weds Apr 4 - Other lives at Village Underground
Mon Apr 9 - Sufjan Stevens at Barbican
Tues Apr 10 - Orbital at Albert Hall
Weds Apr 25 - The Magnetic Fields at RFH
Weds May 2 - The Rapture at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Sat May 26 - Buzzcocks at Brixton Academy
 

 


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