London Sound Index - 1st-15th April
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1st April (Tue)
Bridget Hayden and the Apparitions + Nick Granata
Theatreship ⏳
E14 9SH
£13.75
Kassie Krut + BLACK FONDU + The JBL (DJ)
Peckham Audio ♿️
SE15 4BQ
£10
Ft. 2/4 of the great Palm (RIP)
LOW RELIEF AND FOIL: Ekstasis + Nicholas Hann / Tom Hardwick-Allan / Josh Barfoot (trio) + Siobhan Cawson Mooney (solo) + Alex McKenzie / Grace Black (duo)
South Parade 📶
EC1R 5BU
FREE
"Multi level continuous descent into reverse alchemy" (i.e. performance across four floors of art gallery) ft members of Shovel Dance Collective, Gentle Stranger, Mosquito Farm -- doors at 7, starts 8 sharp, performance "continuous"
Mark William Lewis + great area
ICA ♿️
SW1Y 5AH
£19.68
Park Jiha + Joseba Irazoki
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£20 / £18 adv / £12 members
2nd April (Wed)
Amina Claudine Myers
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£30 / £28 adv / £22 members
Life Force, Moral Law, Escalate, xApothecaryx
New Cross Inn ♿️
SE14 6AS
£12 + bf
Straight edge hardcore from Texas / Oklahoma
Sarah Meth & xxcamerapicturexx + Fredwave (DJ) + Shivum Sharma (DJ)
the George Tavern ☑️
E1 0LA
£10.49
YHWH Nailgun, The New Eves
ICA ♿️
SW1Y 5AH
£19.11
singular experimental rock trio w new album out on AD93 FFO This Heat, Death Grips (sort of), DNA with 90s Ikue Mori instead of 70s Ikue Mori
3rd April (Thu)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment perform Bach's 'St Matthew Passion'
Southbank Centre (Royal Festival Hall) ✅7+
SE1 8XX
from £15
a rare LSI nod to a massive classical gig (this piece is almost 3 hours long, feldman eat your heart out). we love js bach there is no denying it, and this one's just in time for Easter!
Elaine Mitchener and the Rolling Calf perform 'Moving Eastman' (night 1/2)
Barbican the Pit ✅🅰️
EC2Y 8DS
£20
"dance and sonic performance" inspired by the work of Julius Eastman, led by amazing cutting-edge vocalist and dancer
Maher Shalal Hash Baz + Xu Shaoyang
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£18 / £16 adv / £10 members
Unmissable -- Deerhoof / the Pastels affiliates, the gods of first-thought-best-thought DIY song miniatures celebrate 40 years as a group with 2 nights at OTO, making first appearance in UK in 15 years. A band that simply changes your ears
The Late Joe Bowman, Slow Cooked, Void
the George Tavern ☑️
E1 0LA
£8.50
VENT: Loidis (Huerco S; live), Samson A.K, DJ ojo
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
£16.70
4th April (Fri)
BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Alban Berg, Debussy
Barbican Music Hall ✅🅰️
EC2Y 8DS
from £12.50
Blue Lake
St Matthias Church ☑️
N16 8DD
£19.25
BURNA RECORDS TAKEOVER: Louise Plus One, Highlander, Guido YZ, Reo, DJ Lessons, Fruitpot Selecta
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
1st release £8.60; general admission £10
hardcore / jungle ; 2300-0600
Current 93
Union Chapel ♿️
N1 2UN
£47.81 incl fees
Elaine Mitchener and the Rolling Calf perform 'Moving Eastman' (night 2/2)
Barbican the Pit ✅🅰️
EC2Y 8DS
£20
see 3/4
HAAR, Cerpintxt, Saint Vyvyan
Stoke Newington Old Church ♿️
N16 9ES
£13.80
drone, field recording, "exhaustive process of erosion into protoconversation", "harsh uncompromising noise with sweeping emotionality"
Maher Shalal Hash Baz + Bill Wells / Danielle Price (duo) + Linus Vandewolken
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£18 / £16 adv / £10 members
see 3/4
MOON CORAL: Kino, Daura, Moon Coral, DJ Spud
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
£11.50
"sublime, atmospheric plates" from Uruguay; "heady and wonky heat"
Ntshuks Bonga, Marcio Mattos, Alex Bonney, Robin Fincker
Hundred Years Gallery 📶🅰️
E2 8JD
£10 cash otd
improv, i assume?!
RHYTHM SECTION: Bradley Zero, Neue Grafik
The Carpet Shop ⏳
SE15 4ST
£18.50; students / NHS workers £15
2300-0500
Sister Wives, Vaiapraia
MOTH Club ☑️
E9 6NU
FREE
The Grubby Mitts + Mark Leckey (DJ) & Kinn
New River Studios ♿️
N4 1DN
£15
"wilfully eclectic nine-piece art-rock ensemble from Bedford"
5th April (Sat)
Agata Genissel, Benjamin Whateley, Zheng Hao, WK Werkowicz
Hundred Years Gallery 📶🅰️
E2 8JD
£8 otd
Nite of computer/electroacoustic/??? music!
ALROWWAD ARTS CENTRE FUNDRAISER: I. JORDAN b2b Ikonika, Surusinghe b2b Allecto, Raji Rags b2b Toumba, OK Williams b2b Angelita, Jeneen b2b Waja33
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
RSVP; £10 donation OTD
lobby, Zilcho, Hamblin, yurn
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
FREE
Wicked Goat Girl / Leatherhead offshoot, restrained-but-loose slow hits FFO Low, Young Marble Giants (except very much its own thing -- a band that gets better every time LSI has seen them!)
Longplayer, Caleb Femi (7:20am-midnight)
Roundhouse ✅🅰️(<16)
NW1 8EH
£25
1000-minute excerpt from Jem Finer's 1000-year composition, which since the millennium has been broadcasting algorhythmic variations of an initial recording to assure no repetitions until 2999. This is a live performance on 234 singing bowls -- audience can come and go as they please
Orbital
Brixton Academy ✅ 14+
SW9 9SL
from £46
PUMPING VELVET: Michael Cignarale, Jay Duncan, Joe Delon
The Carpet Shop ⏳
SE15 4ST
£20
2300-0500 "House, House and more House"
RENT IS DUE: Mouse b2b Jungle George, Jungyals n' Gays (Shirley Temper + Chlow333), Motive Hunter (Os:man b2b Insectcrusha), Intaception (Fez the Kid + Duality)
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
from £8
2200-0500; dnb / jungle
STEVE BERESFORD'S BELATED BIRTHDAY GIG: Maggie Nicols, Paul Khimasia Morgan, Teresa Hackel, Sam Eastmond, Steve Beresford, Faradena Afifi
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£14 / £12 adv / £7 members
The Roebucks, The Stanford Family Band, King of May
the George Tavern ☑️
E1 0LA
£8
Roebucks are amazing!! Group harmony country earworms FFO the Mekons, the Bats; the acoustic set witnessed by LSI a few months ago ended with a Hank Williams deep cut that ranks among 2024s best LDN live song moments
Youth Code
MOTH Club ☑️
E9 6NU
£22 + bf
LA hardcore-indebted electronics
6th April (Sun)
Chico Bernardes + Lau Ro
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
£17
New Brazilian song
DANCE:MUSIC: xin (music), Sophie Ormiston (movement) (3:30PM MATINÉE)
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
£16 supporter, £12 reuglar, £8 low-waged, NOTAFLOF
"experimental movement thing for those who want to move to music on a system but have not been getting what they desire out of parties lately" [...] "please bring water, wear comfy clothes and trainers"
London Improviser's Orchestra
Stoke Newington Old Church ♿️
N16 9ES
£10 / £5 concession (cash only)
LUG HOLE: Hasti, Aga Ujma, NO, Daisy Jones, Poppy Litchfield
the George Tavern ☑️
E1 0LA
£8.50
MC Yallah & Debmaster + Emily Dust (DJ)
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
£18
Amazin ultra-fast Kenya-via-Kampala hip hop veteran returns to big smoke !!!!!
7th April (Mon)
BOAT-TING: Dave Fowler / Tim Hill / Dominic Lash / Alex Ward (quartet) + Chris Cundy (solo) + T.J. Borden / Tom Jackson (duo)
Theatreship ⏳
E14 9SH
£10 / £7
Free improv ..... on a boat!!!!!
Ensemble 1, Wildernesses, Falter Ego
New Cross Inn ♿️
SE14 6AS
£7 + bf
Konk Pack (Tim Hodgkinson / Thomas Lehn / Roger Turner)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£16 / £14 adv / £8 members
8th April (Tue)
Dead Space Chamber Music + Futures We Lost + Seaming To
New River Studios ♿️
N4 1DN
£10 + bf
"Gothic / Experimental / Doom"
Garden Centre (solo), Camberwell Group, DuDu
Sebright Arms 📶
E2 9AG
FREE (but reserve tix in advance)
UK DIYs best songs
PARTY PERFECT!: Technical Reserve + Bryan Eubanks + Yan Jun
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£14 / £12 adv / £7 members; series pass £25 adv / £14 members
Two-day residency for Chicago / Queens computer music label; expect "imaginary drums and rhythms", "precision-oriented bombast", "[going] to audience's home for playing a plastic bag"
Ronker, Predeceased, Luxury Apartments
New Cross Inn ♿️
SE14 6AS
£5 + bf
Yoshika Colwell + Elanor Moss + Joseph Futak
MOTH Club ☑️
E9 6NU
£12 + bf
9th April (Wed)
ALGORAVE: hellocatfood, joana.art, m-onz, mah[alias], portal_.aura, Shankar Saanthakumar, SYNTƏL8, trampbunny, ulysses.codes, Xinde Ren, Yaxu, #pastagang
Corsica Studios ♿️
SE17 1LB
from £7
Niepold Cutting
Cecil Sharp House ✅🅰️
NW1 7AY
£18, £10 under 30
Leveret member and master melodeonist joins forces with Anne Niepold for a night of tunes and dancing
Is Tropical, Michele Ducci, Lou Jenkins
New River Studios ♿️
N4 1DN
£13.20
PARTY PERFECT!: yPLO + Michelle Lou + Technical Reserve
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£14 / £12 adv / £7 members; series pass £25 adv / £14 members
see 8/4
RALLY at ICA: Laura Misch, Wu-Lu x Poison Anna, GB & James Massiah
ICA ♿️
SW1Y 5AH
£18 + bf
Rosie Lowe, Uma
Islington Assembly Hall ✅
N1 2UD
£34.80
close-mic jazz-inflected r&b sort of thing
Wendy Eisenberg & Ryan Sawyer + Kiran Leonard
The Lexington 📶
N1 9JB
£13.77
in the canon of 'out' (Bailey inspired) guitarists who do songs, think Eric Chenaux. Amazing album ‘Viewfinder’ released last year - sure to be a treat
10th April (Thu)
Anastasia Freygang presents "ad lib > 69vocalistsbodies"
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£12 / £10 adv / £8 members
Bewildering -- "stripped back dramaturgical decisions for absent artists, computers and texts"; contributors include Mel Baggs, Elizabeth Glass, Charles Verni and Mlondiwethu Dubazane, but not sure if they will actually be at the event (one of the contributors listed is definitely dead)
Jordan Playfair + Loup + Astrid Sonne / Conrad Pack DJ b2b (debut)
Spanners ♿️
SW9 7EX
£16
lilo, Tiernan, Kitty Fitz
the George Tavern ☑️
E1 0LA
£12.10
Man / Woman / Chainsaw + Dog Race + Expiry
Scala 📶
N1 9NL
£14 + bf
SOUND BUREAU: John Butcher, Phil Durrant, Mark Wastell (trio) + Sylvia Hallett + Tansy Spinks, Teresa Hackel, Tony Hardie-Bick (trio)
The Hamlet ⏳
SW16 1DB
£8/£10 Cash OTD
The Orchestra (For Now)
ICA ♿️
SW1Y 5AH
£17.98
Joyous proggy pop stuff, FFO BC,NR
Wolf Eyes + Sly & The Family Drone + Soborgnost
The Underworld ⏳
NW1 9DL
£18.24
lineup!!! bring earplugs, and your bodily form. guaranteed goodness
11th April (Fri)
3WD DANCE: KD22LR, Fig, Fergus Clark
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
£9.20
8TIMES8: SVRN, NLI, Acid Steve, Raymundo Rodriguez, DAVE the Drummer, TECHSIA
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
£20 final release; £20 for two still available; £30 for three
2300-0600 underground acid & hard techno; "Be prepared to come within an inch of your LIFE!" (?)
Buffet Lunch, Lerryn, Sassyhiya
the George Tavern ☑️
E1 0LA
£9.52
Fennesz + Scanner
St James's Piccadilly ♿️
W1J 9LL
£25
GENERAL ECHO: Mark Professor
Walthamstow Trades Hall ☑️
E17 4RQ
£3 members; £5 guests and non-members OTD
Monthly reggae disco w esteemed London MC and soundman
Jamz Supernova, Tatyana Jane
The Carpet Shop ⏳
SE15 4ST
£8 entry before midnight; £10 general
2300-0400
Michel Banabila (live) + Lucy Duncombe & Feronia Wennborg (live) + 12th Isle & Mark Knekelhuis
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£17 / £15 adv / £10 members
No Disc + Lucia H Chung + Zheng Hao + Gutter Carrion
Spanners ♿️
SW9 7EX
£10 adv
"all thrills noise tandem power duo" b/w "no-input electronics", "some of the most 'actually-interesting' largely modular-based noise you can find", "viscera from Hellstone”
12th April (Sat)
Body Horror, Kuntessa & the Skanks, Sister Punch, Fat Concubine
the George Tavern ☑️
E1 0LA
£6
Very heavy electroclash
BRÅK: Cath Roberts & Iris Colomb (duo) + Tom Ward & Zheng Hao (duo) + Colin Webster & Emil Karlsen (duo)
waterintobeer ☑️
SE4 2EW
£10 Cash OTD
DON'T (THE REAL TECHNO): Michael Forshaw, Ben Pest, Jerome Hill, Alba Heidari, Lusinda, Syber Symon
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
£13.80
2300-0700
Kulku + Germ Lattice + Mosquito Farm
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)E8 3DL
£15 / £13 adv / £8 members
Yesss!!!! STACKED lineup of Europe's weirdest
SLIPPED DISC: Addison Groove, Lu.Re
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
£13.80 entry before midnight; £16.10 anytime
2300-0600 "multi-sensory masterclass of UKG, house, techno and everything in between"
13th April (Sun)
°• AERIAL •°: Maxwell Owin, Temz, dirtywavez
The Carpet Shop ⏳
SE15 4ST
£9.50
1700-2300; "outer edges of bass music"
Ex-Vöid
The Victoria ☑️
E8 3AS
£11.85
Exhaust (Camila Nebbia / Kit Downes / Andrew Lisle)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£17 / £15 adv / £10 members
John Butcher, Tansy Spinks, Caius Williams & Douglas Benford
Hundred Years Gallery 📶🅰️
E2 8JD
£10 cash otd
Joseph Keckler + the Witching Tale
MOTH Club ☑️
E9 6NU
£17
Sleap-e + The Wheel 2
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
FREE
14th April (Mon)
BRIDEWELL IMPROVOX: Charlotte Keeffe / Pete Robson / Stuart Wilding (Trio), Charlie Folorunsho / Laura Fudge / Sally Stamp / Phil Hollins (Qaurtet), Akira / Felix X Tigersonic / Jo Morrison (Trio)
Bridewell Theatre Bar ♿️
EC4 8EQ
Cash donations OTD
Kačkala
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£16 / £14 adv / FREE for members
"unorthodox, all-women vocal band from Czechia and the U.S."
SL4P, Erin Snape, Currently Untitled
Windmill Brixton ☑️
SW2 5BZ
£5
Side Project Night -- these bands ft members of the Orchestra for Now, Blue Bendy, KEG
15th April (Tue)
Geordie Greep
Koko ✅
NW1 7RE
£25 + bf (SOLD OUT; waiting list only)
Also playing 16/4, also waitlist only
Russell Walker, Kiran Arora, Duncan Harrison, The Living Rainbow
Horse Hospital ☑️🅰️
WC1N 1JD
£10
Stacked nite of weirdo noise / spoken word courtesy of Infant Tree
Jessica Winter
the Divine 📶
N16 8BJ
£12 / £8 disability concession + bf
Experimental pop
Loraine James Residency (Day 1/3): Whatever the Weather + Fereday
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£20 / £18 adv / £12 members; series pass £50 adv / £32 members
Morn + Doom Club + Moist Crevice
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
FREE
Thou, Pageninetynine, Moloch
Scala 📶
N1 9NL
SOLD OUT; wait list only