London Sound Index - 1st-15th April
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Just Announced / Crowdfunders / Other News
JUST ANNOUNCED: Wed 5 June, Shellac at Electric Ballroom ✅, NW1 8QP. £25 + bf . Two ticket links (one ; two) for some reason (but for the same show).
JUST ANNOUNCED: Sun-Mon 25-26 Aug, Liturgy two-day residency at Café Oto ♿️🅰️(<18), E8 3DL. Oto website notes that “there’ll be a raised stage hired in for these shows”(?!) £20 adv (£16 for members)
JUST ANNOUNCED: Fri 20 Sep, Ryley Walker at Café Oto ♿️🅰️(<18), E8 3DL. £22 adv (£16 for members)
JUST ANNOUNCED: Fri 27 Sep, Melt-Banana at Dingwalls♿️, NW1 8AB. £25.
JUST ANNOUNCED: Fri 20 Dec, Karate at the Garage ♿️, N5 1RD. Iconic late 90s/early 00s rock-music-trio reunite and return to UK for short run of dates off the back of their Numero Group catalogue reissuing. Hard to pin down their style – sort of Midwest emo-adjacent/DIY but also very jazz-inflected. Most importantly they have massive tunes for days.
1st - 15th April Listings
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1st April (Mon)
BOAT-TING: VWBB (John Bisset / George Garford / Julian Woods) ; Simian Carbuncle (Matt Clark / Ade Southby); Tim Hill / Dominic Lash
Theatreship ⏳
E14 9SH
£10 / £7 (cash only on the door)
Monthly night of free improvised music -- on a boat!
Sunn O))) + Jesse Sykes with Phil Wandscher and Bill Herzog
Barbican Music Hall ✅🅰️
EC2Y 8DS
SOLD OUT
The Gesualdo Six - A Madrigal Wonderland
Wigmore Hall ✅🅰️
W1U 2BP
£18 - £40
Renaissance specialists give a 450-year-spanning recital of madrigals, from Gesualdo, Byrd and Monteverdi, to Ligeti's "nonsense madrigals", through to explorations of the form by contemporary composers. For hardcore madrigal-heads ONLY.
The Necks - Four-Day Residency (Day One)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
SOLD OUT
2nd April (Tue)
The Necks - Four-Day Residency (Day Two)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
SOLD OUT
3rd April (Wed)
Findom, Sniffany & the Nits, Sorority
Windmill Brixton ☑️
SW2 5BZ
£7
H31R / Niecy Blues
Paper Dress Vintage 📶
E8 1JB
£13 + bf
New American underground double bill: experimental hip hop b/w reverb-heavy nusoul guitarwork. FFO MIKE, Solange, Klein, Cocteau Twins
Honest Work
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
Free
orchestra379 (Bianca Scout, Jaso, Isaiah Hull, Zukö, Siren, Hywel Pryer & Clearooo; conducted by Aloisius) + Samara Langham (movement) / Mariam Adrefis (harp) duo
Horse Hospital 🅰️☑️
WC1N 1JD
£7 advance, £10 on door
The Necks - Four-Day Residency (Day Three)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
SOLD OUT
William Doyle, Kiran Leonard, heka
Lafayette ☑️ 16+
N1C 4DP
£18
4th April (Thu)
5.RAVE X FORBIDDEN BATH X FRIENDS: Kam MacKalla, hotmess, Elsa, Phasma, Steve Sikora, Gamekeeper
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
early bird £8; 1st release £10; 2nd release £20
d n b / garage
Amor Muere (Mabe Fratti, Gibrana Cervantes, Concepción Huerta, Camille Mandoki)
St Matthias Church ☑️
N16 8DD
£14.30
Mexico City-based quartet working at intersections of art pop, contemporary classical, sound collage . FFO Fever Ray, Micachu
Cosmorat
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
£11.91
June McDoom + Alvidrez
Folklore ⏳
E2 7QL
£12.50 + bf
Florida-born folk songwriter just released very ornate record 'With Strings' on temporary residence. Also playing 5/4 in stoke newington (see below). FFO Judee Sill, Beach House
Loki Live: Holy Tongue, Elijah Minelli, Pike Ogilvy & Caius
Loki ♿️
SW9 7JJ
£11/£15
Sona Koloyan + Fen
The Ivy House ☑️
SE15 3BE
£6 adv; £7.50 otd
Tapir!
Kings Place (Hall One) ✅
N1 9AG
£15 + bf. SOLD OUT: waiting list only
The Jonny Halifax Invocation & Laura Loriga
Two Palms ✅
E8 1EJ
£12
Free blues
The Necks - Four-Day Residency (Day Four)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
SOLD OUT
5th Apr (Fri)
aerial [01]: Ushko, Optionlist, Jenny Sparks
SET Vault ♿️ 19+ (no ID no entry)
SE18 6BU
£11.50
Alison Cotton / Stereocilia
St Pancras Old Church✅
NW1 1UL
£13
Brown Excellence + Special Guests
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
entry before 23:30 £5.50; entry before 23:59 £8.10; anytime entry £11.50
"UK Techno, Electro, Jungle etc. alongside Syrian House cuts, iconic Bollywood melodies and much much more"
Goon Club Allstars x Loki: Fiyahdred & Special Guest (Hyperdub)
Loki ♿️
SW9 7JJ
£10
Guests
World of Echo ☑️
E2 7RG
free; entry secured if you pre-order their LP
New minimal electronic songs project by writers / visual artists / Good Press proprietors / ex-members of Vital Idles Jessica Higgins and Matthew Walkerdine.
Guttersnipe, Cuntroaches, Ekstasis, Rubber
Moor Beer Vaults ♿️
SE16 3RA
£12 + bf
Genius duo plays ceaseless, honestly indescribable alien thrash thru "pedals on maximum settings"; possibly as good as music gets -- noise, hardcore and "sheer disgust" throughout night.
June McDoom + Aga Ujma
Stoke Newington Old Church ♿️
N16 9ES
£12.50 + bf
mcdoom also playing at folklore the day before; see 4/4 listing
Oneohtrix Point Never
Southbank Centre (Royal Festival Hall) ✅14+ SE1 8XX
SOLD OUT
Paula Rae Gibson / Matthew Bourne
Vortex ✅🅰️
N16 8AZ
£15 standard, £12.5 members, £10 students/UC beneficiaries
Album launch for duo of highly expressive vocalist and pianist/cellist. FFO Patty Waters, late-era Kate Bush, David Sylvian
RANGE w/ Tony Price live, Ajukaja & Ats, Dima Disk, Susanna Raiend
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
£11/£13/£16
Rhythm Changes
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
Free
"Rhythm Changes presents a night of all vinyl DJs with all proceeds going to 18 Keys - a London based enterprise raising funds to build an 18-bed women's shelter for rough sleepers. It's free entry, but there will be merchandise to buy on the night along with optional donation pots."
Robyn's Rocket featuring Clive Bell, Betamax + Rai Wong, Clémentine March + DMS + Live visuals by Rucksack Cinema and Samir
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£10, £8 advance, £6 members
Scarlett Woolfe + Milk Maiden
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
£8.25
TRANCEPARTY: Ripsquad, Mssingno, Evian Christ, Louise Plus One, Retaliate, faery, Seretide
Corsica Studios ♿️
SE17 1LB
early bird £15; 1st release £17.50; etc
Twisted: Outer Body w/ Amor Satyr + Claude Knight + Nikki Tesla + Spa Day
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
£10/£18
6th April (Sat)
AWAKE ALL HOURS: Palermo, Airali, St. Amp
Avalon Cafe ♿️
SE14 5RZ
£11 + bf
joyous house / speed garage / half-time DnB
Das Booty: TRAGIC KINGDOM
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
£12/£14/£15
Enemic Interior, Rifle, Zeropolis
the Waiting Room 📶
N16 0PE
£10 + bf
EVAN PARKER AT 80: Evan Parker / Barry Guy / Paul Lytton (Trio) + Evan Parker / Spring Heel Jack (Trio)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£20, £18 advance, £14 members
God of free sax celebrates his ninth decade riding the one circular breath
Ewe & Friends / Blackaby / Adaer
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
£8.50
Floorless w/ AliA, INGI, Cam Joon b2b Charms
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
£10/£12.50/£15
PRÍNCIPE LONDON
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
SOLD OUT
The Chemical Expansion League (Adam Bohman / Sue Lynch / Ulf Mengersen / Adrian Northover) + Sophie Sleigh-Johnson
Hundred Years Gallery ♿️🅰️
E2 8JD
£7/£10 cash
BOHMAN ALERT. Free improvised hilarity across tapes, collage texts, electronics, bass and winds.
7th April (Sun)
EVAN PARKER AT 80 (SUNDAY MATINÉE): Evan Parker / John Edwards / Mark Sanders Percussion Group with Miles Levin, Jim Bashford & Tymek Jozwiak
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£20, £18 advance, £14 members
see 6/4
EVAN PARKER AT 80: Trance Map with Matt Wright, Pat Thomas, Hannah Marshall, Peter Van Bergen, Ned Rothenberg, Barry Guy and Paul Lytton + Alexander von Schlippenbach / Aki Takahase (Duo)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£20, £18 advance, £14 members
see 6/4
Peng Femme Jam
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
Free
Regan Bowering / Li Song / Conal Brake (trio) + Rory Salter / Ecka Mordecai (duo) + Hunter Brown (solo)
Hundred Years Gallery ♿️🅰️
E2 8JD
£10 (probably? price not listed on site)
8th April (Mon)
John Edwards / Mark Sanders / Trevor Watts / Veryan Weston
Vortex ✅🅰️
N16 8AZ
£12.50, £6.25 members, £5 students/UC beneficiaries
Quartet of world-class improvisers performing as part of the book launch for Chris Searle's 'Talking the Groove – jazz words from the Morning Star'
Sven-Åke Johansson - Two-Day Residency (Day One) - with Joel Grip / Pierre Borel / Seymour Wright (Quartet) + Sven-Åke Johansson / Joel Grip / Pierre Borel (Trio)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£18, £16 advance, £12 members; Series pass £30 / £22 members
The Last Whole Earth Catalog
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
£8, £4 low income/unwaged
9th April (Tue)
Chilli Jesson, Kitty Fitz, Kombu Nori
The Ivy House ☑️
SE15 3BE
£7
"high-energy playful fables"; FFO melodies
Julia Holter
EartH Theatre 📶
N16 8BH
£25 + bf + £1 venue levy; SOLD OUT, waiting list only
Sven-Åke Johansson - Two-Day Residency (Day Two) - with Joel Grip / Pierre Borel / Seymour Wright (Quartet) + Sven-Åke Johansson / Joel Grip / Seymour Wright - "STORK JAZZ"
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£18, £16 advance, £12 members; Series pass £30 / £22 members
Yoo Doo Right & KY
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
£15.95
10th April (Wed)
أحمد [Ahmed] - Four-Day Residency (Day One)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£17, £15 advance, £10 members; Series pass £50 / £35 members
Extremely excellent quartet in dialogue w the work of Ahmed Abdul-Malik, taking in a huge swathe of the history of jazz itself as it goes. Pat Thomas must be seen !!
Jenny Hval: 'I want to be a machine' (opening night / 4)
Barbican the Pit ✅🅰️
EC2Y 8DS
£27.50
Loz Speyer's Tumbatareco + Aurelie Freoua + Alex Ward
Vortex ✅🅰️
N16 8AZ
£12.50, £6.25 members, £5 students/UC beneficiaries
Free improv with live painting -- all great players but solo Alex Ward (guitar/clarinet, as seen in This is Not This Heat / Thurston Moore Group) in particular has to be seen to be believed
Shadow Show + Barbican Estate + Birds Flying Backwards
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
Free
11th April (Thu)
أحمد [Ahmed] - Four-Day Residency (Day Two)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£17, £15 advance, £10 members; Series pass £50 / £35 members
See 10/4
EIGHT PATHS GATHERING: VISIO, Kyyberwall, Lucy Park, Sanctuary of Praise Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
Please arrive with non-perishable food items and £10 donation All proceeds go to Lewisham Foodbank (see ticket link for urgently needed items)
Jenny Hval: 'I want to be a machine' (Day 2/4)
Barbican the Pit ✅🅰️
EC2Y 8DS
£27.50
Martin Newell (Cleaners from Venus)
St Matthias Church ☑️ N16 8DD
£15; SOLD OUT, waiting list only
Night of the Stick Men, Exchange Collective, Solutio Perfecta
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
first tier £8, second tier £10, £12 on the door
Matt Kwasniewski (ex-black midi; of expert precision guitar screech) + members of Bo Ningen
12th April (Fri)
أحمد [Ahmed] - Four-Day Residency (Day Three)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£17, £15 advance, £10 members; Series pass £50 / £35 members
See 10/4
Big Squeeze Soul
The Old Blue Last 📶
EC2A 3ES
£7
General Echo w/ Grace of Spades + Texas Ranger
Walthamstow Trades Hall ☑️
E17 4RQ
On the door only: £3 members, £5 non-members
Heather Roche / Benjy Sandler / Douglas Benford
Hundred Years Gallery ♿️🅰️
E2 8JD
£8/£10 donation
Jenny Hval: 'I want to be a machine' (Day 3/4)
Barbican the Pit ✅🅰️
EC2Y 8DS
£27.50
Joe Lovano Trio Tapestry (Joe Lovano / Marilyn Crispell / Carmen Castaldi)
Wigmore Hall ✅🅰️
W1U 2BP
£18 - £40
ECM jazz trio -- Marilyn Crispell the cosmos-level genius pianist from Anthony Braxton's 80s quartet (immortalised in required reading 'Forces in Motion')
MODUS: GЯEG, MISFYA, Job Type
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
1st release £11.50, 2nd release £13.80; 3rd release £16.10
paper hats + Lend Me The Twelve + Mungrel
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
Free
Teki Latex + friends
Corsica Studios ♿️
SE17 1LB
anytime entry £15 + bf; entry b4 midnight £12.50 + bf
Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan
St John on Bethnal Green ♿️ 14+
E2 9PA
£20.99
13th April (Sat)
أحمد [Ahmed] - Four-Day Residency (Day Four)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£17, £15 advance, £10 members; Series pass £50 / £35 members
See 10/4
Apartment House (three performances at 11:30am, 3pm, and 7:30pm -- latter performance with Elaine Mitchener)
Wigmore Hall ✅🅰️
W1U 2BP
£18 - £40
Jenny Hval: 'I want to be a machine' (final night)
Barbican the Pit ✅🅰️
EC2Y 8DS
£27.50
perspectives: vardae, nelly and faery
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
£20
Still House Plants
ICA ♿️
SW1Y 5AH
£18.54
The Shits, Machiavellian Art, Casing
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
£11.33
Sludgy punk FFO Brainbombs, Chat Pile, Death
14th April (Sun)
Aliceband, Warm London, Leisure FM
Avalon Cafe ♿️
SE14 5RZ
£5 on door (no tickets online)
Flashback Records Spring All Dayer
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
Free
Fran & Flora
Omeara ♿️
SE1 1TE £15
Maggie Nicols / Charlotte Hug / Caroline Kraabel (Trio)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£14, £12 advance, £7 members
Quest Master + Maiden Hair + Atlantean Sword + Orcus
The Black Heart 📶
NW1 0AP
£16 Dice; £14 direct from promoter
Cult dungeon synth artist from Australia - first London show!
Vadym Kholodenko performs Mozart's Requiem and Rzewski's "36 Variations on 'The people united will never be defeated!'"
Southbank Centre (Queen Elizabeth Hall) ✅7+
SE1 8XX
£15 - £52.50
A quote "unusual" double bill highlighted here for the jawdropping "People united...", one of the absolute top-tier works for solo piano of the latter 20th c. -- Mozart's Requiem arranged for piano sounds pretty weird / great as well
15th April (Mon)
DONNA HARINGWEY + YAWS + THE UNDERTAKER’S TAPES DJ
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
Free
"Inappropriately deranged music for a Monday night". Knobs, huge distorted beats and a bit of shouting on top of that.
Glorias Navales + Sholto Dobie + Xu Shaoyang
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£14, £12 advance, £7 members