London Sound Index - 16th-30th April
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16th April (Wed)
CHIAROSCURO: Vivian Forever, IMVN, the Narrator, Livewire (DJ)
Horse Hospital ☑️🅰️
WC1N 1JD
£8 + bf
"immersive space and listening experience that celebrates the intersection of electronic, experimental, and alternative sonics"
Geordie Greep + Knats
Koko ✅
NW1 7RE
£25 + bf; SOLD OUT, waitlist only
Loraine James Three-Day Residency (Day Two): Loraine James + Astrid Sonne (DJ)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£20; £18 adv; £12 members
Porches + MAY
HEAVEN ⏳ 14+ 🅰️(14&15)
WC2N 6NG
£20 + bf
Sassyhiya, Gay Skeleton Club, Tomboy Grandpa
Piehouse Co-Op ♿️
SE8 5HD
£10 adv, £12 OTD, NOTAFLOF
"night of queer indie pop / twee punk"
Sculpture Park + KITTY
New River Studios ♿️
N4 1DN
£10
17th April (Thu)
DON'T TOUCH MY FRO!: fAt-lÏP + sweetestcape b2b Baba T + Gloria Rose
The Carpet Shop ⏳
SE15 4ST
£16.10
Dura Mater, MPTL Microplastics, Doku! Doku!
Windmill Brixton ☑️
SW2 5BZ
£5 + bf
"attack-minded"
Goblin Band, Duncan McTaggart
Piehouse Co-Op ♿️
SE8 5HD
from £7.21
INSOMNIA: Aidan Ray, DJ Paramedic, Hoko, Light Gal, Ned Spencer, more
Corsica Studios ♿️
SE17 1LB
2nd release £5.50; 3rd release £9.20
2300-0400; drum and bass every Thursday
James Howard, Alex Irene, Laura Loriga
Servant Jazz Quarters 📶
N16 8JN
£15
John Butcher / John Edwards (duo) + The Remote Viewers (Dave Petts, Adrian Northover, John Edwards, Cath Roberts) + Sue Lynch / Hutch Demouilpied (duo)
Living Space ♿️
SE1 7BE
£10 adv; £8/£10 suggested donation OTD
IMPROV
Loraine James Three-Day Residency (Day Three): Loraine James + KMRU (collaborative show) + Vivian Forever
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
SOLD OUT
James also playing 15/4 and 16/4 (tix available for both at time of writing)
Michael Gira & Kristof Hahn
EartH Theatre ☑️
N16 8BH
SOLD OUT; wait list only
Penelope Trappes + Tennota + Rosa Anschütz
Stoke Newington Old Church ♿️
N16 9ES
£17
Rifle, The Dogs, Benny Lager and the Tops
The Lexington 📶
N1 9JB
£13.20
"London punks"
tibslc + Deuén + Pentu + Able Archer
Spanners ♿️
SW9 7EX
£17.30
18th April (Fri)
Aba Shanti-I
EartH Hall ✅
N16 8BH
£18.54
2200-0300 soundsystem great delivers Good Friday session
BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: Merca Bae, Miss Jay, bk beats + ninafterdark + Architect + soltura
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
1st release (before 11:30pm) £12.70; 1st release general £14.40
COLOURS: Lena Willikens b2b Vladimir Ivkovic, Harri Pepper, Cruise
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
£19.50
Cowboy Hunters, Zeropolis, Corpus Milner
New River Studios ♿️
N4 1DN
£8
GATHER ALL THE ELECTRONICS: Jena Jang, Gus Cantor, Jack Dove, Mi yá, Cold Light, many more
the Distillery ⏳
N17 PQU
£12; NOTAFLOF
HOUSE AGAINST HATE: Moxie, L-Vis 1990, GIDEÖN, Hannah Holland, Heléna Star, Shay Malt
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
final release £19.60
2300-0600 all proceeds go to Medical Aid for Palestinians
Jabu, Rocheman, Pike, Odd Ned
Servant Jazz Quarters 📶
N16 8JN
£16.70
bedroom pop dub , like Carissa's Wierd recorded in Studio One
KYSO x PERCY MINGLE: Jawnino, CHAMBER45, Joker, Just Jane, FURIOUS STYLES, Horsepower Productions, Marleigh, CITIZEN, Richie
Corsica Studios ♿️
SE17 1LB
£14; £10 entry before midnight
2300-0600 bass / grime
MAGDA, lobby, mary, Bad Sip
Piehouse Co-Op ♿️
SE8 5HD
£6
Mong Tong + the Cowards
The Dome 📶 14+ 🅰️(14-17)
NW5 1HL
£18.05
Taiwan murky psych with ultra-slapback
NEBO ARTS: Strahinja Arbutina (Low Income $quad), SZCH, Madjestic Kasual, Maya Vika
Spanners ♿️
SW9 7EX
1st release £9.30; 2nd release £13.80
New collective spotlighting artists and DJs from the scene in south-eastern Europe in London venues.
ROBYN'S ROCKET: Robyn Rocket & Elaine Mitchener + Brainwaves (David Ross, Clive Bell and more tba) + Iko Cherie + Rucksack Cinema & Samir
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£14; £12 adv; £7 members
Legendary experimental music evening for and by artists with (and without) learning disabilities and autism
Roscoe Roscoe + Long Distance Runner
the George Tavern ☑️
E1 0LA
£8.50
19th April (Sat)
ALPHABET: Jolie P, G-Class, Raxley, Form Affinity, Cold Hippie b2b degies, Prosecco Boys, DJ EVIL DJ, Madjestic Kasual, alfii
Avalon Cafe ♿️
SE14 5RZ
£10.50
2000-0200
BAD VIBES ALL-DAYER: Glasshouse Red Spider Mite, Drive Your Plow, Lobby (duo), Oscar Twins, MPTL Microplastics
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
FREE
1700-onwards new UK DIY
Belgrado, Sancutary of Praise, Traidora, Lash
New River Studios ♿️
N4 1DN
£16 + bf
Warm-up show for Sunday School's punk/DIY all-dayer (see 20/4)
Black Fondu + Naomie Klaus + Sarra Wild & Mica Levi (DJ)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£15; £13 adv
Blind Yeo + Birds Flying Backwards
MOTH Club ☑️
E9 6NU
£11.40
Cornish psych
MAGICK: ShhShh, BMT, Margo Broom, Miriamke, Church of Zurch, Egle Saka (visuals)
Spanners ♿️
SW9 7EX
£12 + bf; NOTAFLOF
Restless Taxis, SexLoveFuckYou, 639Distortion (live); Body Riot, Passer, JV, M.A.N.U (DJs)
Piehouse Co-Op ♿️
SE8 5HD
£15 suggested donation, NOTAFLOF
punk / jungle / dnb / dub night / benefit for Antifascist International Front fighting fascist regime in Myanmar
SYPHEN: Exploited Body, Van Boom, Oliver Torr, Blood of Aza, Nanzhen Yang, MVCOKO
Corsica Studios ♿️
SE17 1LB
£14; £12.70 entry before midnight
2300-0500 experimental hardcore / ambient night "focusing on the duality of sound and the relation between the two genres"
20th April (Sun)
Alasdair Roberts + Juice / Santi Lowe / Siqi Chen
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
from £17
Benefit for Resonance FM
Death Disco + Kinn + Karim Mass (DJ)
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
£6.20
EGLO RECORDS BANK HOLIDAY SPECIAL: Last Nubian, Alex Nut & Cosmo Sofi
The Carpet Shop ⏳
SE15 4ST
2nd release £11.50; 3rd release £17.30
MOPOMOSO: John Butcher / Dominic Lash / Emil Karlsen (trio) + Martin Hackett / Keisuke Matsui (duo) + Matt Clark / Mark Wastell (duo)
Vortex ✅🅰️
N16 8AZ
£12; £8 members and concessions
OBLIGATED: Oblig b2b MJK all night
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
Early bird £5.50; Final release £11.50
"160 all the flavours"
Steve Noble / Daniel Thompson (duo) + Steve Noble / Alex Ward (duo) (4PM MATINÉE)
Hundred Years Gallery 📶🅰️
E2 8JD
£10 cash OTD
SUNDAY SCHOOL ALL-DAYER: Operant, Beau Wanzer, the Shits, Urin, Brood x Cycles (Alexander Tucker & Nik Colk Void), Gillroy, Skintern, Spine Portal
New River Studios ♿️
N4 1DN
£24 + bf
1400-2300 can’t think of a better way to celebrate the resurrection of our lord JC.
SUNDAY SCHOOL ALL-DAYER (AFTERPARTY): Container, Ireen Amnes, Slayphex Twins, Nic Krog, Severin Black
Low Profile Studios Loft ⏳
N4 1PZ
£16 + bf
2200-0330
Ultha + Ante Inferno
Oslo ♿️ (16+)
E8 1LL
£18
21st April (Mon)
Thurston Moore + special guest
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
SOLD OUT
22nd April (Tue)
Charles Hayward, the Wolfgang Press, Xiu Xiu, Klein
the Steel Yard ☑️
EC4R 3UL
£24.91
Am I hallucinating this bill?
Decentred Qurrtet (Angharad Davies, Benedict Drew, John Edwards, Tom Chant)
Horse Hospital ☑️🅰️
WC1N 1JD
£10-14 sliding scale
IMPROV
Eliades Ochoa
Barbican Music Hall ✅🅰️
EC2Y 8DS
from £25
trad Cuban legend / singer of Chan Chan
House Arrest + Bathing Suits + The Kitchen Sink Band
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
FREE
Jeremy Bradley Earl + Jack Cooper
The Lexington 📶
N1 9JB
£15 + bf
or, the guy from Woods (solo) b/w the guy from Ultimate Painting / Modern Nature (solo)
William Basinski + Hinako Omori
Union Chapel ♿️
N1 2UN
£27; SOLD OUT, waitlist only
23rd April (Wed)
Anti-Everything, GLU, Affray
New Cross Inn ♿️
SE14 6AS
£10
"only punk band from Trinidad and Tobago"
CLARA MANN
Stoke Newington Old Church ♿️
N16 9ES
£14.06
GRAIN: Brandon Lopez + Crosspiece + Tara Cunningham & Tom Challenger (duo)
Avalon Cafe ♿️
SE14 5RZ
£12/£8 concessions OTD only
Excellent improvised music series inaugurates flurry of London gigs from NY-based double bassist / John Zorn collaborator / ex-gravedigger who plays very heavy (Lopez also playing on 25/4, 26/4, 27/4; see below)
Paul Dunmall Double Quartet
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£17; £15 adv; £10 members
Serious free sax god in absurdly stacked eight-piece w John Edwards, Mark Sanders among them
Scrounge + Liv Wynter
The Lexington 📶
N1 9JB
£13
Wicked heavy London gtr-drum rock duo
test plan
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
£11.40
The Day After (Pat Thomas, Olie Brice, Gary Wilcox)
Vortex ✅🅰️
N16 8AZ
£18; members £16; students & UC beneficiaries £14
24th April (Thu)
Cleaners From Venus (Martin Newell + live band) + The Gardeners
Bush Hall ♿️
W12 7LJ
SOLD OUT, waitlist only
Igor Levit performs Erik Satie's "Vexations"
Southbank Centre (Queen Elizabeth Hall) ✅12+🅰️(<14)
SE1 8XX
from £32
1000-??; a full performance of the 1893 study for piano which bears the famous tagline "In order to play the motif 840 times in succession, it would be advisable to prepare oneself beforehand, and in the deepest silence, by serious immobilities". The pianist will take Satie up on this suggestion; est. duration 18 hours. With intro by Marina Abramovic
INSOMNIA: Delta b2b Pent.1, Employee of the Month, Ting Run Run (Voices Radio), Rose, Bo
Corsica Studios ♿️
SE17 1LB
1st release £3.50; 2nd release £5.50; 3rd release £9.20
2300-0400; drum and bass every Thursday
Kumio Kurachi + O Yama O ft Angharad Davies + Hedgehog
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL£15; £13 adv; £8 members
Woooonderful outsider Japanese song + double improv
Om Ensemble: MI YÁ, Kaya, M Lissoni
Spanners ♿️
SW9 7EX
1st release £7; 2nd release £10
Sam Akpro + Tracey
MOTH Club ☑️
E9 6NU
£12 + bf
25th April (Fri)
Agathe Max, Kosmosuna, Loups de Virginie, Harpie, DJ Velouria, DJ Cornacchia
New River Studios ♿️
N4 1DN
£12
Excellent violist / Charles Hayward, Laetitia Sadier collaborator album launch
Big Lad + Human Leather & the Eurosuite
Moor Beer Vaults ♿️
SE16 3RA
£16
Brandon Lopez, Mark Sanders, Tom Chant
Horse Hospital ☑️🅰️
WC1N 1JD
£10-14 sliding scale
Lopez pt 2 (see 23/4)
CORTEX: Globex Corp, DJ B, Mousai, Zeldin, Obedeya
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
£5.50
2300-0500 "Darker sounds of jungle"
DRESDEN EXXXTENDED STAY OF EXXXECUTION: Ivan Smagghe, Manfredas, Lola Haro, Love International
Corsica Studios ♿️
SE17 1LB
£18; entry before midnight £15
Laura Cannell + Lucy Gooch
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£18; £16 adv; £10 members
Mould, The Oidz, Rubber
Windmill Brixton ☑️
SW2 5BZ
£5 + bf
EP release party + "egg punk quartet from Leeds" , "super energetic hardcore"
NYEGE NYEGE LONDON: Authentically Plastic, Nasasi, Pö, Top Klas, Sisso & Maiko
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
final release £18.50
Orientate + Moopie + Mr. Ho
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
final release £18.40
piglet, Persiajoon (DJ), Bro science (DJ)
Piehouse Co-Op ♿️
SE8 5HD
£5-15 suggested donation
Solidarity Tapes fundraiser for Calais Food Collective
26th April (Sat)
Fred Moten / Brandon Lopez (duo) + Zara Joan Miller / Ute Kanngiesser (duo) + X-Ray Hex Tet
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£20; £18 adv; £12 members
Night 1 of two-day residency for NY outsider label
Garageland London: Mapache, The Clubheads, Hearing Tests
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
FREE
KNOT: Saori Miraku / Zhuyang Liu (duo) + Chris Hill / Keisuke Matsui (duo) + Zhuyang Liu / Zheng Hao (duo)
Hundred Years Gallery 📶🅰️
E2 8JD
£10-12 cash/card OTD
ORIGINS: Alarico (all night long), Melati, Mona Sage, more
Corsica Studios ♿️
SE17 1LB
£19.60; entry before midnight £16.90
2300-0600 "Expect 7 hours of raw and fast paced rhythms"
Squid + Valentina Magaletti
Roundhouse ✅🅰️(<16)
NW1 8EH
£26 + bf
27th April (Sun)
Fred Moten / Brandon Lopez (duo) + Imani Mason Jordan + Cop Tears
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£20; £18 adv; £12 members
Night 2 of two-day residency for NY outsider label, and your fourth and final chance for full-body Lopez this week in big smoke (see 23/4)
Jack Cooper, Jackson Burton, Rory Salter, Tara Cunningham, Serafina Steer, Rozi Plain (3:30PM MATINÉE)
Hundred Years Gallery 📶🅰️
E2 8JD
£10
Intriguing bill of the experimental
SNOOZE: 7XINS, Regis, Livid (UK), Nino
Corsica Studios ♿️
SE17 1LB
£13; final release £17.30
0700-1500 atmospheric techno if you want to keep going or start very early
28th April (Mon)
Anika
Omeara ♿️
SE1 1TE
£22.70
Apartment House perform Glass, Satie
Wigmore Hall ✅🅰️
W1U 2BP
from £18; £5 for under-35s
Best-of-the-best contemporary music ensemble celebrate 30th bday
Bulgarelli, Spank Hair, Cheap Bleach
New Cross Inn ♿️
SE14 6AS
£10
FFO Capn Jazz, Boys Life
Dan English
Stoke Newington Old Church ♿️
N16 9ES
£11.30
Drive Your Plow, FLOCO, Ike, .roaming
Windmill Brixton ☑️
SW2 5BZ
£5 + bf
Eva-Maria Houben / Artur Vidal (duo)
St James Garlickhythe ♿️
EC4V 2AF
£10 OTD only, suggested donation (venue costs)
Vanessa Rossetto + Matthew Revert + Tom Betteridge
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£16; £14 adv; £8 members
Worldleading narrative-based sound artist FFO Graham Lambkin & Jason Lescalleet, Glenn Gould’s ‘the Idea of North’, the darker tape textures on early Grouper records(?)
29th April (Tue)
Bambara
The Garage ♿️
N5 1RD
£18.60
Bloody Death + Grazia + Red Ivory
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
FREE
Coined (Astrid Sonne + Fine), Anysia Kim + jadasea (duo)
ICA ♿️
SW1Y 5AH
£20
Gnod Drop Out with White Hills + Findom
Dingwalls ♿️
NW1 8AB
£20
Rian Brazil + Tony Bontana
Below Stone Nest 📶
W1D 5EZ
FREE (RSVP; first come first serve entry)
New UK hip-hop double bill as part of new music series curated by indie promoter Bird on the Wire
Richard Dawson + Quinie
the Clapham Grand ✅
SW11 1TT
SOLD OUT
also playing 30/4 (not sold out)
Shovel Dance Collective, Milkweed, Spitzer Space Telescope, Resonant Bodies
EartH Theatre ☑️
N16 8BH
£25
Very stacked line up of new weird English folk
Susu Laroche, Nick Klein / Flora Yin Wong (duo), Jiyoung Wi
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£16; £14 adv; £8 members
30th April (Wed)
Dawuna + LA Timpa
ICA ♿️
SW1Y 5AH
from £18.50
Dean Johnson
St Pancras Old Church ✅
NW1 1UL
£21.45
Country/folk on Saddle Creek FFO John Prine, Lucinda Williams
Dear Laika, foot foot, Canter
Piehouse Co-Op ♿️
SE8 5HD
from £4
A life-changing bill — master of counterpoint / warped electronic pop and NNA Tapes alumnus makes first London appearance in over a year (nearly two years?) b/w self-described “art frog snail prog” b/w knotted self-described “bossa nova Canterbury” quintet - i.e. some of the most expansive contemporary songwriting around & then some
FLIM-FLAM: Ivor Kallin / Khabat Abas (duo) + Dominic Lash / Josh Ison (duo) + Simian Carbuncle (duo)
Ryan's Bar 📶
N16 0UL
£10/£8 cash OTD
Three duos at excellent improv monthly in Stoke Newington
Nancy Holt, Strahinja Mitrovic perform Messiaen, Elliott Carter, Monteverdi, more
Wigmore Hall ✅🅰️
W1U 2BP
£18; £16 concessions
Eclectic bill ft mezzo-soprano and double bassist
Richard Dawson + Good Sad Happy Bad
the Clapham Grand ✅
SW11 1TT
£35.02
the Sprigs, Sullow, Resonant Bodies, Gil Shani
Horse Hospital ☑️🅰️
WC1N 1JD
£6-10 sliding scale
"Slap-dash free-folk from south of the river Thames"; "improvising trio" / Shovel Dance offshoot; "spectacular sonorities" dulcimer/nyckelharpa duo
Ute Kanngiesser (solo) + Ute Kanngiesser / Nik Colk Void / Theodora Laird / Kenichi Iwasa / Steve Noble (quintet)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£10; £8 adv; £5 members