London Sound Index - 16th-30th June
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Just Announced / Crowdfunders / Other News
JUST ANNOUNCED: Mon 5-Thu 8 August, Pat Thomas four-day residency, Café Oto ♿️🅰️(<18), E8 3DL. First three nights each dedicated to the oeuvres of another grandmaster pianist (Blind Tom Wiggins, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk). Redefines boundaries of what is possible on the piano. Not joking! Individual shows £16, £14 advance, £8 members; series pass £45 adv, £28 members.
JUST ANNOUNCED: Tue 5 Nov, Eiko Ishibashi, the Clapham Grand ✅, SW11 1TT. Japanese composer / flautist presents soundtrack to new silent short “GIFT” by regular collaborator Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car, Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, other modern classics which Ishibashi soundtracked). Film also screened! £26.54
JUST ANNOUNCED: Fri 6 Dec, Julia Holter, Islington Assembly Hall ✅, N1 2UD. £27.50 + fees
16th-30th June Listings
16th June (Sun)
Eric Frye + SPARQL
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£14, £12 advance, £7 members
"exploration of the disassociative and psychoactive functions of sound and image"
MOPOMOSO: Jamie Coleman + Ross Lambert; Bark! (Rex Casswell, Paul Obermayer, Philip Marks); mccdavid & Jörg Hufschmidt (2PM MATINÉE)
Vortex ✅🅰️
N16 8AZ
£12; concessions £8
UK's longest running free improv concert series
Pause ❘❘ : PLO Man, DJ Python & Kit Seymour, djfix & Jek
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
£13.80
from 3pm
Piotr Damasiewicz L.A.S (Piotr Damasiewicz / Grzegorz Lesiak / Chris Kaprzyk) (MATINÉE)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£14, £12 advance, £7 members
Raph Clarkson / Matthew Grigg / Tim Hill / Charlotte Keeffe / Dominic Lash
Hundred Years Gallery ♿️🅰️
E2 8JD
£10 cash
Music starts at 4pm
SNOOZE: INVEXIS, R.M.K, OSSOU ERRATIC, SLUMBER
Corsica Studios ♿️
SE17 1LB
£13 general admission, £8 before 8am
0700—1500
standard issue performing Kaija Saariaho
Stoke Newington Old Church ♿️
N16 9ES
£10 / £5 concession
Concert of solo and small ensemble works to mark one year since the passing of the seminal Finnish 20th century composer
17th June (Mon)
Katia and Marielle Labèque perform Philip Glass
Barbican Music Hall ✅🅰️
EC2Y 8DS
from £15
Double piano arrangements of Glass' 'Cocteau' opera trilogy by "legendary sibling pianists"
Pan Amsterdam + Leif Maine & Jackson Mathod
The Social 📶
W1W 7JD
£13
Smooth-but-weird, very funny absurdist hip hop from New York
Tryp Tych Tyro feat. Sarathy Korwar + Pete Onthecorner (On the Corner Records), Adrian Magrys & Matt Surma (Lanquidity Records) DJs
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£14, £12 advance, £7 members
18th June (Tue)
BILLA ENSEMBLE (Michiu, the Concept Horse, Turmeric Acid, Marie Vermont) + SW1n-HUNTER + Lucia H Chung
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£10, £8 advance, £6 members
International quartet united by a shared "dedication to working with and manipulating magnetic tape in various forms"
Flytrap, Test Plan, Ritual Error
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
FREE
Fundraiser for Palestine Action legal defence fund
Lewsberg
The Lexington 📶
N1 9JB
£15.75
Nonchalant post-Velvets heavy groove feedback songs from Holland
Valeria Radchenko and Friends
Avalon Cafe ♿️
SE14 5RZ
£ donation
angelic chimes and harp glissando' ; gig proceeds towards supporting a family evacuate from Gaza
Yuke, Bastien, Kombu Nori
The Ivy House ☑️
SE15 3BE
£5 adv; £7 OTD
”rock and roll goodness”
19th June (Wed)
Exchange Collective
Avalon Cafe ♿️
SE14 5RZ
£8
Femi, Bee Anchor & Ray Aggs
Cecil Sharp House ✅🅰️
NW1 7AY
£15; £10 under 30s
Memory Of Speke, RIP Magic, Sunglasz Vendor
the George Tavern ☑️
E1 0LA
£7.70
Misrule (Philip Marks, Alan Wilkinson, Marcio Mattos, Jamie Coleman, Ed Lucas, Dave Tucker)
Vortex ✅🅰️
N16 8AZ
£10
Improv-adjacent quintet led by percussionist / Derek Bailey and Evan Parker collaborator
Natural Wonder Beauty Concept (Axa Roxanne + DJ Python)
ICA ♿️
SW1Y 5AH
£22.51
Nkisi + guests
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
£9 1st release, £12 2nd release
STATIC SHOCK: Rat Cage, Invertebrates, Catastrophe
New River Studios ♿️ 14+
N4 1DN
£10
FAST HARDCORE!
Strangeness of Jazz with Edward George and Mariam Rezaei
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£12, £10 advance, £5 members
20th June (Thu)
CHERCHE ENCORE: Theodora Laird & Caius Williams + Egg Meat + Daniel S. Evans & Jasper Llewellyn (MEANDERS)
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
early bird £8; general admission £10 (+ bfs)
C̶l̶u̶b̶ Pew Pew: SECRET GUEST [EG] [Subtext / UIQ] ; Logos ; xname
Spanners ♿️
SW9 7EX
£10
ambient / noise / experimental
Cremaller, Hellish Torment, Deadname, Gilt
New River Studios ♿️
N4 1DN
£10
Maggie Nicols / Mark Wastell + Shirley Smart / Benedict Taylor / Tansy Spinks / Julia Brüssel + George Garford / Regan Bowering / John Bisset
the Hamlet ⏳
SW16 1DB
£10/£8 OTD
new night for improvised music in Streatham Hill
Mannequin Pussy + TTSSFU
Scala 📶
N1 9NL
£18 (SOLD OUT, waiting list only)
also playing 22/6 (that's not sold out)
PAPERMAKING MUSIC: Gino Robair (conductor), Steve Beresford, Poulomi Desai, BeibeiWang, Charlotte Keeffe, Khabat Abbas, Gina Southgate, Blanca Regina
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£14, £12 advance, £7 members
Sam Morton (Samantha Morton + Richard Russell)
ICA ♿️
SW1Y 5AH
£21.94
21st June (Fri)
Good Block with Mr Ho (Klasse Wrecks)
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
£13.80
Marina Allen
the Slaughtered Lamb 📶
EC1V 0DX
£15 + bf
Mark Leckey Two-Day Residency (Day One): Mark Leckey + Competition + Suutoo
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£15, £13 advance, £8 members; series pass £22 (£14 members)
RUPTURE (FERRY TO THE UNDERWORLD): MANTRA & DOUBLE O (ALL NIGHT), BLACKEYE MC & CHICKABOO
Corsica Studios ♿️
SE17 1LB
£11.50 early bird, £13.80 1st release, £17.30 2nd release, £23 final release
SELN RECORDINGS: Cliché Toupee (LIVE), Conrad Pack (LIVE), Truthspeaker (DJ)
Spanners ♿️
SW9 7EX
£10 adv
post-punk DIY electronics / paranoid synth / voyage into industrial-end
The Tubs + SUEP + Fluid Tower
New River Studios ♿️
N4 1DN
£11.55
South London DIY stalwart punk / jangle / electronic pop triple bill
22nd June (Sat)
Big Joanie
Southbank Centre (Purcell Room) ✅7+
SE1 8XX
£15
BRÅK: Cath Roberts / George Crowley + Colin Webster / Paul Margee + Tom Ward / Daniel Thompson
waterintobeer ☑️
SE4 2EW
"one Bank of England note on the door"
Free improv and nice beer
DARC CITY x SECOND NATURE: Commodo, Ila Brugal, Dreamrdreamr, Nina + Residents
Loki ♿️
SW9 7JJ
£12.50 + bf
2200-0400 dubstep
forecast: Mellowdramatics, Nahi Mitti, Excelsior Ruth, BJ Holy, Angel Steele
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
£17.30
Kleistwahr, Alice kemp, Jim Haynes, Mlehst, Distraxi, Pale World, Shearman, Jon Ruddick
New River Studios ♿️
N4 1DN
£16
Insane eight-act harsh noise all-dayer headed by solo project of Gary Mundy from Ramleh. "pain electronics", "post-industrial research", "Noise Being of Leytonstone" also featured. Starts at 4PM. Bring earplugs!
Mannequin Pussy + The None
the Garage ♿️
N5 1RD
£18
also playing 20/6 (but that one's waiting list only)
Mark Leckey Two-Day Residency (Day Two): Mark Leckey + Mohammad Adam + Uh + Grubby Mitts
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£15, £13 advance, £8 members; series pass £22 (£14 members)
ODD LOGICS: Neil Luck, Angela Wai Nok Hui, Primož Sukič
Horse Hospital ☑️🅰️
WC1N 1JD
£7.70; £5.50 unwaged
ORIGINS: DAR DISKU & FRIENDS: DAR DISKU, CHEB MIMO, SOFIE K, TEM, WALLACE
Corsica Studios ♿️
SE17 1LB
£15.00 + £1.90 anytime entry, £12.50 + £1.60 entry before midnight, £5.00 + £1.00 entry before 11:15pm
SIBYL MADRIGAL TRIBUTE: Stanley Bad, Steve Beresford, Kay Grant, Sue Lynch, Tom Jackson, Darren Morris, Adrian Northover, Benedict Taylor, Daniel Thompson, Veryan Weston, more TBA
Theatreship ⏳
E14 9SH
£15/£10 concessions
All-star cast of free improvisers gather to remember the late musician, author, regular Boat-Ting participator; a copy of Sibyl's final book "Deeper than Darkness" is included as part of ticket price.
Taleggio Nights
Spanners ♿️
SW9 7EX
£ donation, tickets from £5.50
9PM - 3AM, all proceeds go to Workers for a Free Palestine
23rd June (Sun)
Howie Reeve + Cod O'Donnell (6PM start)
waterintobeer ☑️
SE4 2EW
£8 waged / £5 low/unwaged
Rafael Toral (MATINÉE)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£18, £16 advance, £10 members
Portuguese composer / Jim O'Rourke associate / just put out one of 2024s best (one 47 min piece; guitar and feedback collage of baffling precision)
Sniffany & the Nits, Gamma, Lash
New River Studios ♿️
N4 1DN
FREE
Toshimaru Nakamura / Kjell Bjørgeengen (Duo) + Rory Salter (Solo)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£16, £14 advance, £8 members
no degree, no award, no-input mixing board
web: zoe pea, flytipper, floor length skirts
Spanners ♿️
SW9 7EX
£6 otd
24th June (Mon)
Bat for Lashes + special guests
Barbican Music Hall ✅🅰️
EC2Y 8DS
from £30
John Butcher / Sharon Gal / John Edwards
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£14, £12 advance, £7 members
Royal Academy / Frost School of Music alumni and students perform the lost scores of Kenny Wheeler
Vortex ✅🅰️
N16 8AZ
£23; members £20; students/UC beneficiaries £18
25th June (Tue)
CoH + John Macedo / Phil Julian (duo) + Blanc Sceol
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£18, £16 advance, £12 members
Kim Gordon
Koko ✅
NW1 7RE
£35.50
Music for Broken Violins + Mosquito Farm + Distant Animals
Hundred Years Gallery ♿️🅰️
E2 8JD
£10
Phantasm (viol quintet) perform William Byrd, Henry Purcell, others
Wigmore Hall ✅🅰️
W1U 2BP
from £18; £5 for under-35s
Count them up! Not one, not two -- but FIVE viols, in an evening of masterworks from the English Renaissance. You heard us right -- five!
26th June (Wed)
ALGORAVE: 2XAA (Visuals), EYE MEASURE, LIIMXA, HELLOCATFOOD, MAH[ALIAS], M-ONZ (Visuals), SYNTƏL8, YAXU
Corsica Studios ♿️
SE17 1LB
£7 early bird, £11 1st release, £13 final release
Turn up at 7pm prompt with your laptop for a chance to play your first algorave. Open to all. No experience necessary. Limited availability.
Alvvays
Troxy ✅14+
E1 0HX
SOLD OUT (waiting list)
ATOMISER: Kassie Krut, Most Things, Rip Magic, Wildwood Daddy, Milo TM
Spanners ♿️
SW9 7EX
£7
Black Top: Pat Thomas & Orphy Robinson with special guest Elaine Mitchener
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£16, £14 advance, £8 members
FLIM-FLAM: Phil Marks / Dave Tucker / Phil Wachsmann + Julia Bruessels / Isidora Edwards + Alan Wilkinson / Tim Hill
Ryan's Bar 📶
N16 0UL
£10/£8 OTD
Kiran Leonard, Lobby, Alvidrez
MOTH Club ☑️
E9 6NU
£14
Limited Noise presents: Skylla Duo and Parkestra
New River Studios ♿️
N4 1DN
£10 adult, £5 child/concessions
pArkestra is a creative youth ensemble of talented 14-16 year old musicians from Park View, Haringey, London. pArkestra’s plays original cutting edge music alongside the likes of Sun Ra, Fela Kuti, John Lurie amongst others.
27th June (Thu)
Boeckner
Oslo ♿️
E8 1LL
£16.50 + bf
Wolf Parade / Handsome Furs man solo outing
Ceremony, the Tubs, Rifle, Grazia
Underworld 📶
NW1 9DL
£17 + bf
DIVINE SCHISM: Max Blansjaar, Lost Lyra, Blue Bayou
The Ivy House ☑️
SE15 3BE
£8 + bf
Legendary Oxford promoter comes to SE with DIY power(?)pop songwriter in tow
JUNGLICIOUS: Pbully, Simms, Selectacee, Saadiq, Peppasounds, Citizen, Kdubz, more
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
1st release £9.20
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL: nwakke, jaso, isaiah hull, bianca scout & the narrator, abi asisa & aloisius, special guests
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£12, £10 advance, £6 members
Nightfeeder + Traidora + Catastrophe + Asbo + Scab
New River Studios ♿️
N4 1DN
£10
Stepbrother, Ex-Giant, Sculpture Park
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
£6.18
28th June (Fri)
Arthur Verocai with Nu Civilisation Orchestra
Barbican Music Hall ✅🅰️
EC2Y 8DS
from £25
Nossssssa! Brazilian icon (collaborator with Jorge Ben, Gal Costa, Elis Regina, millions of other MPB luminaries) plays his 1972 s/t classic in full.
Cantenac Dagar, Princ€ss, Dull Guldur (DJ)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£16, £14 advance
"brut industrial-folk French duo" make London debut
dark night of the soul: JOSEF KURTZ, susu laroche, Mobbs, Oxhy & RAMILDA
Spanners ♿️
SW9 7EX
£10 + bf
Eric Chenaux + jude mccreath
St Pancras Old Church ✅
NW1 1UL
£12
one of the absolute best in contemporary song! some weird combination of Chet Baker torchlight singing with Pete Cosey / Marc Ribot mind-warping guitar derives and cracked electronics
EXPERT DEATH: Regis, Mumdance, Sarra Wild, Kessie, Sarjan
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
£12.70
11pm-late
GBSR duo perform Oliver Leith (premiere; 10PM performance)
Wigmore Hall ✅🅰️
W1U 2BP
from £18; £5 for under-35s
Lara Agar, Christian Drew, The Fargions, Sam Loveless, Maddie Ashman
St Mary-At-Hill✅🅰️
EC3R 8EE
£20 + bf (£10 + bf adv for students)
Concert of new and lesser known contemporary music, performed by the composers "for themselves and each other"
Martin Simpson
The Ivy House ☑️
SE15 3BE
£20 + bf
Legendary folk guitarist
Sean Shibe (guitar), GBSR Duo, 12 Ensemble perform Ligeti, Harold Budd and Brian Eno, Oliver Leith, others (7PM performance)
Wigmore Hall ✅🅰️
W1U 2BP
from £18; £5 for under-35s
SOUL FEEDER: CARO (LIVE), DJ GHEPARD, DOGHEADSURIGERI, ESCHA, GMAAIL, INSTAR, SPINEE, SWAN MEAT, T0NI, TUNA DISPLAY (LIVE), UMRU, XNBTNI
Corsica Studios ♿️
SE17 1LB
£15 early bird, £20 general admission
THE HORSE IMPROVISED MUSIC CLUB: Viv Corringham / Hutch Demouilpied / Sue Lynch + Olga Ksendzovska + John Butcher / Mark Wastell / Phil Durrant
Christchurch Blackfriars Bridge ✅🅰️
SE1 8NY
£8 adv / £10 OTD
Ty Segall + Earth Tongue
Roundhouse ✅🅰️(<16)
NW1 8EH
£25 + fees
29th June (Sat)
Bee Reiki Trio: Paul Khimasia Morgan, Steve Beresford & Faradena Afifi
Hundred Years Gallery ♿️🅰️
E2 8JD
£ not listed
Chuquimamami-Condori + Sunik Kim
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£20, £18 advance, £12 members
Jaw-dropping bill of peculiar and emotive Pakajaqueño trad-electro b/w staggering free associative MIDI noise sheets. Honestly baffled this didn't sell out in 10 seconds. Cop if you still can
COTCH: Celementaum, Bclip, Kemarr, Joe COTCH
the Haggerston ⏳
E8 4AA£7
New weird-and-heavy dance music from São José dos Pinhais and Bogotá
F*Choir perform Meredith Monk, Lauryn Hill, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, more (TWO SHOWS: 4PM and 7:30PM)
The Albany ✅🅰️ (16+ after 7:30pm)
SE8 4AG
£14, £10 concessions
60piece all genders community choir
FLOWERS: Anahita Shamsaei, Angel Maze, Elodie, Himboy, Nina Pixina, Stavarzowa
Avalon Cafe ♿️
SE14 5RZ
1st release £6.50 + bf
Hundebiss Night: Primitive Art (live), CIRO VITIELLO (live), TALPAH (live), Katatonic Silentio (dj set), STILL b2b AGOSTINO (dj set)
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
£11.50 1st release, £15.50 2nd release
MYSTERY DANCE: Gatto Fritto, Fantasy in Orbit
Spanners ♿️
SW9 7EX
£10 + bf
Ora Cogan + Lando Manning
The Lexington 📶
N1 9JB
£15
Sorority, Goodbye Andy, Emily Izen Row
the George Tavern ☑️
E1 0LA
£7
"post-industrial nightmare pop" / "mid-western melodic slowcore" / "once a looping sensation"
30th June (Sun)
Cooper/Edwards/Roche + de.type.inconnu (Pohu/Tremblay) (4PM MATINEE)
Hundred Years Gallery ♿️🅰️
E2 8JD
£10 cash
FICTIONS: Bakläxa, Nono Gigsta, sinny, xin + more TBA
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
£10 1st release, £13 finale release
Plus-Minus Ensemble + Apsara perform Thomas Stiegler, Matthew Shlomowitz, Jasper Vanpaemel, Galina Ustvolskaya
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£14, £12 advance, £7 members
Two ensembles performing new works; one distinguished by an "interest in performative, electroacoustic and conceptual pieces", the other by its exploration of "the highly varied instruments of the recorder family"