London Sound Index - 1st-15th August
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1st-15th August Listings
1st August (Thu)
Dan Nicholls
Spanners ♿️
SW9 7EX
£5 OTD
David Thomas Broughton + Emma Gatrill
The Bedford ⏳
SW12 9HD
£17.04
SOLD OUT; waiting list only
Dignan Porch, Stuart Pearce, Captain Scarlet
Windmill Brixton ☑️
SW2 5BZ
£5 + £1 s/c
Skewed jangle // plebeian art-rock [...] replete with Stakhanovite work-ethic // power-pop sheen
Jack Dove + Action + Gribs
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£7/£12/£14
The Last Whole Earth Catalog, Big World, Crazy Paving
The Ivy House ☑️
SE15 3BE
£7.76 / NOTAFLOF
2nd August (Fri)
All Star Booking Presents: Los Pepes, Nasty Rumours, Trash Culture, The No-Ones
New River Studios ♿️
N4 1DN
£10 OTD
Divinity / Lovers Leap / Joseph Kurtz
Hundred Years Gallery 📶
E2 8JD
£10 OTD
DJ Bone, k means, DJ Gonz
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
£13.80
Detroit techno; quote 'ROYALTY IN THE GAFF'
Seppuku Pistols + Fiesta en el Vacío
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£8/£14/£16
SUNSHINE SOUL: Kyle Hall & Steven Julien (Funkinevil), Shy One, Isaac Carter, Aqwea, Lora S, Mylo Harvey, Chenzo
Corsica Studios ♿️
SE17 1LB
£17.50 + bf
Bill headed by quote 'musical Detroit house royalty' (Detroit techno royal correspondents clearly spoiled for choice south-east on 2/8)
3rd August (Sat)
Dr Dubplate (all night long)
Corsica Studios ♿️
SE17 1LB
£5 entry before midnight; £10 anytime entry (+ bfs)
KOSHARI: Sofie K, Yas, Rudes, Sha3by Chic, Radagast, Kabz, Ghadimi, Gagumesh, DJ Trigger Happy Ticket Finger
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
£11.50 + bf
2300-0600 -- Tagged 'bass' / 'italo disco' on RA; "purveyor of sleazy synthpop"; specialists in "dance music from South Asia/SWANA regions and beyond"
Restarts, Dread Messiah, Commoner, Rabies Babies
New River Studios ♿️
N4 1DN
£10 Cash
"celebrating & remembering Maite Vilaseca with three of the things she loved most… Friends * Punk Rock * Beer"
SOUND FIELD FOLDING: Yiding Zhang + Shangyang Yu / Shiyu Zhou + Tong Niu / Iris Zhang / Neo (Jiapu) Gao + Ewan Peng / Kleptofirm / Shangyang Yu
Hundred Years Gallery 📶
E2 8JD
£10 OTD
part of "a series of sound events flowing in different spaces and fields, aiming to let various sounds oscillate, spread, collide, and fold"
TaliaBle / BUKKY / RIP Magic
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
Free
4th August (Sun)
Steve Noble with Alex Ward & Jamie Coleman (MATINÉE - 3PM start)
Hundred Years Gallery 📶
E2 8JD
£10 OTD
Peng Femme Jam ft RYBES
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
Free
Wunderkammer (Jan Bang, Michael Francis Duch, Erik Honoré, David Toop, Mark Wastell)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£10/£12/£14
5th August (Mon)
LAIR
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
Free
Psych/funk sextet from Java
Pat Thomas Four-Day Residency (Day One): Pat Thomas plays Blind Tom Wiggins
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£8/£14/£16. Full residency passes £28/£45
Deep excitement at LSI headquarters about this one. Perhaps one of the greatest improvising piano players of all time bending and contorting (yet paying humble homage) to some of the greatest to ever to tickle the ivories. Ellington, Monk and Wiggins in new and sublime ways. Literally unmissable.
6th August (Tue)
C Turtle + Hank + Green Star
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
£9.79
Pat Thomas Four-Day Residency (Day Two): Pat Thomas plays Duke Ellington
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£8/£14/£16. Full residency passes £28/£45
See 05/09
7th August (Wed)
Avalanche Kaito
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
Free
George Clanton
Village Underground ✅
EC2A 3PQ
£22.45 incl fees
Vaporwavy baggy wall-of-sound pop FFO Yves Tumor, early Björk, MBV
Lord Tusk Residency (Day 1/4)
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
£ not sure; RSVP only at time of writing
All-genre multidisciplinary producer -- "Lover of G notes and the 1" -- whose work sits somewhere between dub, house, psych, uncategorisable weirdness. This mystery four-day residency runs until 10/8. 2300-0600
Pat Thomas Four-Day Residency (Day Three): Pat Thomas plays Thelonious Monk
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£8/£14/£16. Full residency passes £28/£45
See 05/09
Rat Henry, Midnight Mines
Walthamstow Trades Hall 📶
E17 4RQ
£6, £5 for Trades Hall members
"lo-fi downer pop from NYC" / "one-chord punk rockers attempt to play the music of the spheres"
Speedial, Mumble Tide, Mên An Tol
The Social 📶
W1W 7JD
£5.20
new rock bands
8th August (Thu)
Ghostwoman
The Dome 📶
NW5 1HL
£16 + bfs
Heavy spacy electric guitar drum duo
Lord Tusk Residency (Day 2/4)
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
£ not sure; RSVP only at time of writing
see 7/8
Pat Thomas Four-Day Residency (Day Four): Pat Thomas (solo)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£8/£14/£16. Full residency passes £28/£45
See 05/09
Porridge Radio (solo)
St. Mary Le Strand 📶
WC2R 1ES
£19.50
sold out; waiting list only
9th August (Fri)
Baobei, DRIIA, Akira b2b Modula, Stresshead, + special guests
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
£13.80
"night of wubs and dubs"; "sonic palette spanning garage, bass, jungle, liquid DnB and breaks"
Laila Sakini + Komare (DJ)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£8/£13/£15
Lord Tusk Residency (Day 3/4)
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
£ not sure; RSVP only at time of writing
see 7/8
10th August (Sat)
BODY HAMMER: Scott Fraser, Joe Hart
Spanners ♿️
SW9 7EX
£16.90
"House energy, deep drama"
Friends Serene All-Dayer: Brown Horse, Bug Teeth, Pushpin & More
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
£9.50
Kiran Leonard/Josh Barfoot (duo), Meat Strap, Mosquito Farm, Jennifer Walton & Daniel S. Evans (DJs), Grace Black (DJ), Roadkill Ikebana (DJ), Yocknthwaite (DJ)
Horse Hospital ☑️🅰️
WC1N 1JD
Birthday improv and possibly donk later on
Laura Cannell + Arianne Churchman + Jennifer Lucy Allan (DJ)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£8/£14/£16
Experimental folk/recorder star Laura Cannell reimagines the music of medieval mystic/composer Hildegard von Bingen. Author & Late Junction/Wire/Quietus contributer Jennifer Lucy Allan spinning the petroleum discs.
Lord Tusk Residency (Day 4/4)
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
£ not sure; RSVP only at time of writing
see 7/8
SNAFU: Cameo Blush, KT, Dan Ivy, Prideaux, CTTRLL B2B GEM
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
£11.50
STRICTLY DANCEHALL: Jon K, DJ Jun, Hipsters Don't Dance, TAKKER
Loki ♿️
SW9 7JJ
1st release £10; 2nd release £13.80
11th August (Sun)
Darius Jones / John Edwards / Steve Noble (Trio)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£10/£16/£18
Fiesta en el Vacío, Matthew Muli, Mr aka Amazing, Lusia D Rozo, Ashley Plomer, Yocknthwaite
Horse Hospital ☑️🅰️
WC1N 1JD
£10, £15 solidarity
Music from 1800 -- Mini-fest of solo musicians -- All proceeds go to Workers for a Free Palestine
IN HOUSE: Regan Bowering (scores) + Ash Reid
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
Free for members/£5/£6
PRIVATE LIFE: Fake Mink, Junior XL, RIP Magic, Glucose
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
£8
Sheer Mag
Lafayette ☑️
N1C 4DP
£17
Rock and roll music
12th August (Mon)
*THAT* trio (Pat Thomas / Gwilly Edmondez / Otto Willberg)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
Free for members/£10/£12
Beau / The Wheel 2! / Ain't / Strange Devotion
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
Free
13th August (Tue)
Garazi Navas & Alberto Lizarralde
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£6/£10/£14
Jacken Elswyth + Fen
Cecil Sharp House ✅🅰️
NW1 7AY
£15; £10 under 30s
Expert banjo player / luthier / free weird folk
14th August (Wed)
Lily Seabird, Sunken, Catmilk
the Waiting Room 📶
N16 0PE
£9.35
Screensaver, Me Lost Me, Marcel Wave
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£11
synth-punk from Melbourne // folk's "future echoes" // "eulogies for concrete obscenity"
15th August (Thu)
Anthony Braxton, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform Duke Ellington and Mary Lou Williams
Royal Albert Hall ✅
SW7 2AP
from £12.20
An evening celebrating last 100 years of American jazz; Braxton in the building!!!!
Elvin Brandhi Three-Day Residency (Day One): Elvin Brandhi + Lukas König + Emiddio Vasquez + Khabat Abas + fake_trailers
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£7/£12/£14. Residency pass £18/£30
Yeah You vocalist / co-electronics purveyor / front seat passenger