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LONDON GIG GUIDE

The pick of London's gigs. This list is updated every Sunday.
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HDIF's Gig Of The Week
Thur 15 May - Caribou + Born Ruffians + Wildbirds & Peacedrums at Scala
Caribou's 2007 album, "Andorra", was one of the surprise hits of the year for us here at HDIF. Not only was his pychedelic electronica enthralling in its own right, a delirious rush of breakbeats and tye-died sounds, but the album also transported us back to the heady days of very early Shamen. Now you're just going to have to trust us on this one, as we know it's probably hard to imagine, but back when they were an indie four piece, The Shamen were a brilliant pysch rock band (seek out their debut album, "Drop" - it's pure Caribou). Intriguing Swedes and former HDIF Gig Of The Week-ers Wildbirds And Peacedrums in support.

Sun 11 May - Shuffle + My Name Is Red + Bamboojuice + The Moo Woo's + The Fabulous Fezheads + Misguided + The Problem Being @ Purple Turtle
Sun 11 May - De Shamonix + The Guests + Wired For Mono + I.Falter at Dublin Castle
Sun 11 May - The Actionettes + Bearsuit + Betty And The Werewolves + The Priscillas at Underworld
Sun 11 May - Indigo Brown + Kaana Ellie And The Remedy Band + Madam Pepper + Steven Keith at Rhythm Factory
Sun 11 May - The Brunettes + Handshake + Sunlight Service Group + Holly Rose at Water Rats
Mon 12 May - A Place To Bury Strangers + The Tamborines at Social
Mon 12 May - Mogwai at QEH
Mon 12 May - Yeasayer at ULU
Mon 12 May - Kode9 And The Spaceape + The Caretaker + Philip Jeck at Museum Of Garden History
Mon 12 May - Lucero at 93 Ft East
Mon 12 May - Meat Puppets + Howlin' Rain + Wooden Shjips at Scala
Mon 12 May - Rachel Unthank And The Winterset at Shaw Theatre
Mon 12 May - Julianna Meyer + Mr Smith + Azaidou + Elephant Head + Shotgun Eddie + China Dogs + Doll Set Tones @ Purple Turtle
Mon 12 May - Santogold at Old Blue Last
Mon 12 May - Octopus Project + Kaputt + Electricity In Our Homes at White Heat
Mon 1 May - The Lurid Yellow Mist feat Dave Graney/Clare Moore + Batrider + Murray M at Windmill
Mon 12 May - Goyte + The Social + The Last Republic + The Wireless + Dirty Sweet at Water Rats
Tues 13 May - Vampire Weekend at Electric Ballroom
Tues 13 May - Chalou Saint Jude + The Fluids + The Unready + My Friend Eject + Ice Station Zebra + Thirteen Wolves + Aristocrats @ Purple Turtle
Tues 13 May - Vincent Vincent & The Villains at 100 Club
Tues 13 May - Crystal Castles at Astoria 2
Tues 13 May - A Place To Bury Strangers + Jay Reatard + Semifinalists at White Heat
Tues 13 May - Black Acid + The Creepy Morons at Luminaire
Tues 13 May - Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip at Barfly
Tues 13 May - David Thomas Broughton + Mumford And Sons + Davie Fiddle And The Lucky Egg at Wilmington Arms
Tues 13 May - Laurel Collective + Micachu + Naked And The Boys at Borderline
Tues 13 May - Let's Wrestle + Sir Yes Sir + Buster Shuffle at Enterprise
Tues 13 May - Accidents Never Happen + New Black Light Machine + King Of Conspiracy at Buffalo Bar
Tue 13 May - Buttonhead + The Monroe Transfer + Bela Emerson at Macbeth
Tue 13 May - Lee Gordon, Sarah Dickson, Jonny Alford, Nathan Octavia, Boom Sad Dasies at The Goldhawk
Tues 13 May - The Mae-Shi at Kings
Tues 13 May - The Chap + They Came From The Stars, I Saw Them at Hoxton Bar and Kitchen
Tues 13 May - Willie Nelson at Hammersmith Apollo
Weds 14 May - Bill Callahan at St James Church
Weds 14 May - The Raconteurs at Hammersmith Apollo
Weds 14 May - Tinariwen at Jazz Cafe
Weds 14 May - Battles + Liars + Fuck Buttons at Astoria
Weds 14 May - Crystal Castles + Friendly Fires + Team Waterpolo + White Lies at Astoria 2
Weds 14 May - Official Secrets Act + Das Wanderlust + The Chapman Family at Old Blue Last
Weds 14 May - The Young Republic + Speck Mountain + Woodpigeon at Borderline
Weds 14 May - Times New Viking + Jay Reatard + Soiled Mattress And The Springs at Bardens
Weds 14 May - Magic Wands + Wildbirds And Peacedrums at Star Of Bethnal Green
Thur 15 May - Tinariwen at Jazz Cafe
Thur 15 May - Caribou + Born Ruffians + Wildbirds & Peacedrums at Scala
Thur 15 May - Ladytron at Astoria
Thur 15 May - The Charlatans at Forum
Thur 15 May - Dinosaur Jr at Koko
Thu 15 May - Black Lips at Kings
Thu 15 May - Even + The Hillfields + Nazca Lines at Windmill
Thu 15 May - Heroes Of Switzerland + Tronic Nexus + Joski at Fiddlers Elbow
Thu 15 May - Sexton Ming + The Tropics of Cancer + The Rude Mechanicals at Shunt Lounge
Thu 15 May - Shit And Shine + Monotonix + Notorious Hi-fi Killers at Corsica Studios
Thu 15 May - The Boy Who Trapped The Sun + Family Machine + The Vince Rogers Project at Betsy Trotwood
Thu 15 May - Duke Spirit at Proud
Fri 16 May - Iron & Wine at Forum
Fri 16 May - Helene + Wry + Le Volume Courbe at Buffalo Bar
Fri 16 May - Artefacts for Space Travel + Cobra Dukes + Captain Strange + Scottee + Roxy Velvet at Proud
Fri 16 May - Eats Tapes + Sweet Baboo + Red Blooded Women at Bardens
Fri 16 May - Moon Music Orchestra + Tom Mansi And The Heartbreakers + Jason McNiff at 93 Ft East
Fri 16 May - School Of Language + The Week That Was at Luminaire
Fri 16 May - Skallywags + Naked And The Boys + Arms At Last + Arms At Last at Windmill
Fri 16 May - Sparks at Islington Academy
Fri 16 May - The Golden Silvers + The Invisible at Macbeth
Fri 16 May - James Taylor Quartet + Devlin Love at Ronnie Scott's
Fri 16 May - The Raveonettes + Satin Peaches at Koko
Fri 16 May - Valgeir Sigurdsson + Sam Amidon at The Chapel of the House of St Barnabas
Sat 17 May - Neutral Milk Hotel special at How Does It Feel To Be Loved? in central London
Sat 17 May - The Subway Sect + Angel Racing Food + Unity and Devision at the Plough Walthamstow
Sat 17 May - Hayman, Watkins, Trout And Lee + Tom Colborn + Jenn Grant at Sheep Walk
Sat 17 May - The Clientele + Lawrence Arabia + Bobby Cook + Dylan Mondegreen at Bush Hall
Sat 17 May - Sneezy Tees + Tom Mayne + Dexter Bentley + Congregation + Hans Blix And The Inspectors + MadreNotte at 12 Bar Club
Sat 17 May - Mats Gustafsson/Evan Parker + Roger Turner/Pat Thomas + Carl Michael Von Hausswolf + Tape at ICA
Sat 17 May - The Bluetones at Indigo2
Sat 17 May - The Doctors Of Love + Monolux + Damien Renouf at White Hart
Sat 17 May - The Original Sinners + The Shanners + RED + The Tenets at Windmill
Sun 18 May - Willard Grant Conspiracy at Bloomsbury Theatre
Sun 18 May - Fallen Paradise + TBC + Mordecai + Novel Jukes + South Side Heroes + Citizen 64 + Smashed in Sorrento @ Purple Turtle
Sun 18 May - Black Mountain + Awesome Color + Phosphorescent at Scala
Sun 18 May - Grand Pocket Orchestra + Forms Forms Forms + Backslap Club + Nurk at Scala
Sun 18 May - Ojos De Brujo at Cargo
Sun 18 May - Robyn Hitchcock + Kiss Akabusi + Mankind + Aleks Kolkowski + DJ Jonny Trunk at Arts Theatre Club
Sun 18 May - Wildbirds And Peacedrums + Hans Appelqvist + Johan Berthling + Joe Williamson + Henrik Rylander at Cafe Oto
Mon 19 May - Xiu Xiu at ULU
Mon 19 May - Black Keys at Astoria
Mon 19 May - Sound Sanctuary + Killjoys + Seero + The Side Effects + Short Skirtz + Keltrix @ Purple Turtle
Mon 19 May - Martha Wainwright at RFH
Mon 19 May - Blitzen Trapper + Dag For Dag + The Pack AD + Cary Brothers at Water Rats
Mon 19 May - Bon Iver at Social
Tues 20 May - Gabby Young + Alejandro Toledo + Magic Lantern + Moss and Jo at
Cargo
Tues 20 May - Jens Lekman at Scala
Tues 20 May - Richard Hawley at Albert Hall
Tues 20 May - Spiritualized at Koko
Tues 20 May - Two Finger Salute + The Veta Corps + Hanger Lane + Silver Sided + Mantango + MEDIUMdave + Live Politics @ Purple Turtle
Tue 20 May - Lee Gordon, My First Tooth, Matt Hegarty, Deliahs Gold, AJ Moore at The Goldhawk
Wed 21 May - Feist at Albert Hall
Wed 21 May - MGMT at Astoria
Thu 22 May - Animal Collective at Koko
Thu 22 May - Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong at Scala
Thu 22 May - The Ting Tings at Astoria
Fri 23 May - Public Enemy perform It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back at Brixton Academy
Fri 23 May - Broken Social Scene at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Fri 23 May - Rothko + The Slowlife + Will Plowman at The Whitechapel Gallery
Fri 23 May - Broken Social Scene at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Sat 24 May - The Sugarhill Gang + Ulrich Schnaus at Koko
Sun 25 May - Temba + Station Parade + The 45 Revs + Stonebroke + The Scoundrels + Angelus + Rounds @ Purple Turtle
Mon 26 May - Feud + Endlessummer + Red Burns Black + USED2Bsyris + Secret Weapon + Class War @ Purple Turtle
Mon 26 May - Baby Dee at Bush Hall
Tues 27 May - Red Skys + Enamel + Satelitte State + Stealing Green + Lilygun + Fallen + The Waits @ Purple Turtle
Tues 27 May - Bob Mould at Koko
Tue 27 May - Lee Gordon, Becky Syson, Andrew Howell, Who Is Jonny Wright, Alani at the Goldhawk
Wed 28 May - Maximo Park + Mystery Jets at Forum
Wed 28 May - The Blow Monkeys at Jazz Cafe
Thu 29 May - The Blow Monkeys at Jazz Cafe
Thu 29 May - Does It Offend You Yeah? + Rumblestrips + Kid Harpoon at Scala
Thu 29 May - The Futureheads at Electric Ballroom
Thu 29 May - The Silver Jews at Indigo2
Fri 30 May - Pete Murray at Brixton Academy
Sat 31 May - Baby Dee at Purcell Room
Sun 1 June - Leafcutter John + Duke Garwood + Dollboy + Mary Hampton + rocketnumbernine + Tenebrous Liar + Hamilton Yarns + The Great Park + Woodcraft Folk at The Macbeth
Mon 2 June - Sons And Daughters at Koko
Tues 3 June - Beth Rowley at Dingwalls
Wed 4 June - Duffy at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Thu 5 June - Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Fri 6 June - Duffy at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Fri 6 June - The Notwist at ICA
Fri 6 June - How Does It Feel To Be Loved? in Brixton
Sat 7 Jun - Rebelation + Newtown Kings + Robb Blake (ex Whitmore) + Dirty Revolution + Drewvis at Rhythm Factory
Sun 8 June - The Bobby McGee's+ The Kabeedies + Pete Green at The Buffalo Bar
Sun 8 June - Cat Power at Hammersmith Apollo
Sun 8 June - Lloyd Cole at Jazz Cafe
Mon 9 June - Lloyd Cole at Jazz Cafe
Tues 10 June - Lloyd Cole at Jazz Cafe
Tue 10 June - Lanegan and Campbell at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Wed 11 June - Judy Collins at QEH
Thurs 12 June - Estelle at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Thurs 12 June - Joan As Policewoman at Scala
Thurs 12 June - Malcolm Middleton at Luminaire
Fri 13 June - Darren Hayman and Jack Hayter play an evening of Hefner music at The Luminaire
Sat 14 June - Darren Hayman and Jack Hayter/Saturday Looks Good To Me at 100 Club
Sat 14 June - N*E*R*D at Brixton Academy
Tues 17 June - The Handsome Family at 100 Club
Tues 17 June - Melt Banana at Garage
Wed 18 June - Black Kids at ULU
Fri 20 June - My Bloody Valentine at the Roundhouse
Sat 21 June - My Bloody Valentine at the Roundhouse
Sun 22 June - My Bloody Valentine at the Roundhouse
Mon 23 June - My Bloody Valentine at the Roundhouse
Wed 25 June - Goldfrapp at Albert Hall
Mon 30 June - Lou Reed at Albert Hall
Tues 1 July - Brian WIlson at Albert Hall
Tues 1 July - MIA at Roundhouse
Thurs 3 July - Solomon Burke at Barbican
Fri 4 July - Morrissey/Beck/Siouxsie/New York Dolls at Hyde Park
Fri 4 July - Darren Hayman DJs at How Does It Feel To Be Loved? at the 100 Club
Fri 4 July - The High Llamas + Ladywoodsman + Rothko DJs at The Whitechapel Gallery
Sat 5 July - Candi Staton + Damon Albarn + Tony Allen + Simone Whit at Barbican
Sat 5 July - Fatboy Slim + Underworld + Bootsy Collins at Hyde Park
Sat 5 July - Dolly Parton at O2 Arena
Sat 5 July - Rufus Wainwright at Kenwood House
Tues 8 July - Band Of Horses at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Wed 9 July - Magnetic Fields at Cadogan Hall
Thurs 10 July - Magnetic Fields at Cadogan Hall
Tues 15 July - My Morning Jacket at Forum
Thurs 17 July - The Mars Volta at Roundhouse
Thurs 17 July - Death Cab For Cutie at Brixton Academy
Thurs 17 July - Leonard Cohen at O2 Arena
Thu 24 July - The Creation at 100 Club
Thurs 24 July - B52s at Roundhouse
Thurs 31 July - Mudhoney at Forum
Tue 8 July - Band Of Horses at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Thu 28 Aug - Big Star at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Sat 6 Sept - X Ray Spex at Roundhouse
Fri 17 Oct - British Sea Power at Roundhouse
Sat 22 Nov - Carter USM at Brixton Academy

 

 


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