London Sound Index - 1st-15th May
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1st May (Thu)
Dali de Saint Paul Three-Day Residency (1/3): Mariam Rezaei & Dali De Saint Paul (Duo) + Copper Sounds Meet Sonoscopia + Kathy Hinde + Nice Strangers (Dj)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£12/£7/£14. Residency Pass £30 / £20
LVRA & Soda Plains
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
2nd release £12.50; final £15
Live A/V show
Quade, Tommy Barlow, exlruth
Stoke Newington Old Church ♿️
N16 9ES£15
"Release launch event for The Foel Tower, the new album by Quade".
REPELLENT: LISDEXAMPHETAMINE: Baptist (UK), Naramnesia B2B Synapsefirer, DJ Jansport, Kætanna, bbyb0ng B2B HRNSM
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
1st release £6.50; 2nd release £8.10; final release £10.40
The kind of intensity I wish I was up for on a Thursday night.
Stef Kett
Theatreship ⏳
E14 9SH
£5.74 - £11.01
ex-Shield Your Eyes man / loudest solo electric guitar, like Bill Orcutt by way of 70s British blues by way of jet aeroplanes, broken pots, ants' nests
SGATV + Rampressure + Vale Vale Vale Vale Vale
the George Tavern ☑️
E1 0LA
£6
"Conjuring a nasty chemical reaction of synth-soaked garage scuzz and lysergic black metal since 2020", idk maybe it's not that bad?
Spitting: PUSSY LIQUOR,
DEADNAME, CATASTROPHE, RUBY QUICK, SZKARLAT, MS SHARON LE GRAND, CO KENDRAH
Dalston Superstore 📶
E8 2PB
SOLD OUT; Club only (from 10PM) £7
The one and only and best queer punk night in town - aaah!
The Dave Craught Five (Adam Bohman, Romauld Wadych, Jonathan Bohman) + Douglas Benford / Tom Mills (duo) + Eggblood
Royal Albert ⏳
SE14 6TJ
£???
thank you to an email letting us know of Adam's once monthly residency at the Royal Albert in Deptford. Details difficult to find from the famously technophobic titan of the LDN improviser scene - perhaps take the chance?
Venna
ICA ♿️
SW1Y 5AH
£29.87
2nd May (Fri)
Dali de Saint Paul Three-Day Residency (2/3): Nzumbe + Adrian De Alfonso + Dali De Saint Paul (Solo) + Infinite Spirit Music (Dj)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£12/£7/£14.
Residency Pass £30 / £20
HAUS OF: GUIA, Perrinha, Tag0r
Spanners ♿️
SW9 7EX
Early bird £9
''Dress code: NEUROMANTICS''
Slapback: Dura Mater, Bella Artois and more
Windmill Brixton ☑️
SW2 5BZ
£7
The Slugs, Sassyhiya, Turtle Boulevard
Walthamstow Trades Hall ☑️
E17 4RQ
£11; Members £7.70
TIDES (Fundraiser for Piehouse Co-op): trashedbaby, Kuntessa, Sister Punch, Tam Lin, ecolagbohrsac2021, many many more
Piehouse Co-Op ♿️
SE8 5HD
Low income £6; General admission £10; Supporter £15
More than 14 acts and you get to keep the Piehouse going!
Tom Challenger / Benedict Taylor (duo) + Neil Metcalfe / Barry Edwards / Colin Somervell (trio)
Hundred Years Gallery 📶🅰️
E2 8JD
£10 Cash OTD
Warm Exit (BE) / Magnolia / Pig City Committee / Ex Giant
the George Tavern ☑️
E1 0LA
£6
3rd May (Sat)
30 YEARS OF PLANET MU: BAE BAE, Shitmat, Ital Tek, Luke Vibert, Meemo Comma, µ-Ziq, Nik Colk Void, Rian Treanor & Cara Tolmie and more
Corsica Studios ♿️
SE17 1LB
Entry Before Midnight £10.7; 1st release £16.1; 2nd release £21.4; final release £24.7
Condor + Tramadol + Hitmen + The Dogs
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
£11.33
French Oi!, Yorkshire's dis-rockers, Hitmen and Welsh punks, enough said?
Dali de Saint Paul Three-Day Residency (3/3): Harrga + Al-Mutreb Abul-Loul Farewell Show + Clíona Ní Laoi + Bokeh Versions B2b Schwet (Dj)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£12/£7/£14. Residency Pass £30 / £20
PARFUMERIE SYSTEM x MILITANT MUSIC: French Connectionz: Shirley Temper (Dnb Set), Krash Dubs b2b Betty, Deselecta b2b Webbo, skywalka b2b Reo, SANI (PARFUMERIE)
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
£7.50
Marseille X London collab for a night of "the heaviest breakage and dark side drum and bass in London"
SAD MACHINE ALL-DAYER: Kiran Leonard, Lobby, Lanny, Lazy Day, Sculpture Park, Kissing Gate, Rowan & Friends, Olive Wreath
The Ivy House ☑️
SE15 3BE
£8.16
1500-2300; South London weird rock/guitar music/post-art rock convention! Not to be missed.
4th May (Sun)
Don't Try, Perp Walk, Chaos Reigns, Spitballin, Bullet
New Cross Inn ♿️
SE14 6AS
£13.20
”Hard stompin’ hardcore”
KKAARREENNIINNAA - Day One:Charlemagne Palestine, Oren Ambarchi, and Daniel O’Sullivan Reimagine ‘KKAARREENNIINNAA’ + Richard Youngs
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£26/£20/£30
Maya Dunietz & friends perform Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou
Southbank Centre (Queen Elizabeth Hall) ✅7+
SE1 8XX
from £27
PONDLIFE: D. Andersen, Excelsior Ruth, Georgio Oniani, Jay Duncan, Joe Roberts, Paul McGann, Van Dyck Brown, Vindicatrix (live)
Avalon Cafe ♿️
SE14 5RZ
£6.50
1600-0400 ; "Bank holiday sunday get together, raising funds for the frogs and newts of Galleywall Nature Reserve"
Snakeskin + The Leaf Library
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
FREE
Sunday Sequence: RAMZi (live) + ddwy
Spanners ♿️
SW9 7EX
£11.50
The (S)KET GALA: Trashed Baby, Francis Wolfe, Gabba Oolong, WKD40, Rebuilt Boys, Lira Bowels, Rizzla La Fizz, Cherry Candy, Jewlz St Jewlz
the George Tavern ☑️
E1 0LA
£10
"An injection of drag, bands, performance art & DJ’s til 3am! Designed for trannies, dykes, f*gs & their fans xox […] Formulated to make you laugh, cry, convulse, cum & fly xox" - sounds fun to me!
5th May (Mon)
Ibrahim McGinty, George Ullyott (Deadletter), Tom Onzime (Spanish Horses)
the George Tavern ☑️
E1 0LA
FREE
Jack Name + Aoife Nessa Frances & Elaine Malone
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
£14
KKAARREENNIINNAA - Day Two:Charlemagne Palestine, Oren Ambarchi, and Daniel O’Sullivan Reimagine ‘KKAARREENNIINNAA’ + crys cole
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£26/£20/£30
6th May (Tue)
ANATOMY: Sally Potter and Friends
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£25/£20/£28
Monde UFO + Pink Shabab
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
Free
7th May (Wed)
aya + Meat Strap & Jennifer Walton (DJ)
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
£17
unbelievable triple hitter. the ultimate make you laugh make you cry make you dance hyperdub-affiliated fast musik abstractor (and world's greatest sound designer?) aya headlining with punkish improv duo Meat Strap and unreal disc jockey Jennifer Walton
Das Koolies
ICA ♿️
SW1Y 5AH
£27.04
Ex-Super Furry Animals
Fred Frith (Solo)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL£18/£12/£20
all hail the London return of true weirdo guitar innovator and Henry Cow founder
Nap Eyes
The Lexington 📶
N1 9JB
£14.83
Oh god did I love those first three Nap Eyes' albums! I haven't really been following them more recently but this is good songwriting and one of those voices you carry in your backpack ??
8th May (Thu)
Charmaine Lee + Ute Wassermann / Joke Lanz (duo) + Jackson Burton
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£14/£8/£16
Rival Consoles + Forest Swords (DJ)
HERE at Outernet ♿️
WC2H 8LH
£28
Scenic Route: Anysia Kym, Brbko, Niall Ashley, Mike Midnight
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
General admission £18.50; 1st release £22
SOUND BUREAU: moreskinsound (David Toop + Ania Psenitsnikova) + Tara Cunningham / Caius Williams (duo) + Sylvia Hallett / Tansy Spinks (duo)
the Hamlet 📶
SW16 1DB
£10 cash OTD / £8 adv
improv!
Widget, headboy, Nastazia Bazil
Windmill Brixton ☑️
SW2 5BZ
£5
9th May (Fri)
ACCIDENTAL MEETINGS: Lord Tusk & James Massiah + MA.MOYO & Nova Varnrable + Cold Light + Lou Venturini
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£13/£11/£15
Alabaster DePlume
Hackney Church ☑️
E5 0PD
£26.85
CELTEK: shroomraider, $idthesciencebxtch, s0lais, O.KAYE, chipmunk.spunk AKA Folkcore, insitu
Avalon Cafe ♿️
SE14 5RZ
£7.50
"classic Celtic folksongs with a hardcore tekky bass twist", promising "a night of extravagant Gaelic fun". Sure why not
David Binney, James Maddren, Freddie Jensen
Vortex ✅🅰️
N16 8AZ
Standard £20; Members £18; Students & UC Beneficiaries £16
FLOORJAM 005: Sylveré, Ysanne, LORA S, Damsel & Ten Thousand Nights
The Carpet Shop ⏳
SE15 4ST
Before midnight £11.50; General admission £12.80
light.box (Alex Bonney / P.A.Tremblay / Tom Challenger) + Cath Roberts / Kate Carr (duo)
Hundred Years Gallery 📶🅰️
E2 8JD
£10 Cash OTD
Mustafa
Barbican Music Hall ✅🅰️
EC2Y 8DS
SOLD OUT
Tough Love 20: Ulrika Spacek, William Doyle, Ryan Davis & The Roundhouse Band
ICA ♿️
SW1Y 5AH
£24.21
Tugboat Captain (night 1/2)
The Ivy House ☑️
SE15 3BE
£14.30
10th May (Sat)
KLITFEST: THE KLITTENSS, LAUNDROMAT CHICKS, THE HOBKNOBS, TOPSY TURVY, BALLSY
Windmill Brixton ☑️
SW2 5BZ
£9
Amsterdam DIY scene, with members of Lewsberg.
Maria Somerville
ICA ♿️
SW1Y 5AH
£20.24
New record on 4AD is amazing (sort-of dream pop but totally singular / devoid of that genre’s trappings)
Thats food!: tony bontana (album launch) + rory j s + alexandra python + jb glazer
Spanners ♿️
SW9 7EX
Early £7; Late bird £9
The Necks Residency (1/4): Day One Matinee
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
SOLD OUT
Australian trio improvisation powerhouse, pure hivemind tonal hypnosis. No discussion, just go. Despite the attempt from OTO to improve capacity with four shows over two days it's predictibly sold out long in advance. Maybe stare in through the window?
The Necks Residency (2/4): Day One Evening
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
SOLD OUT
see above
Tony Kofi Tentet Plays Monk (7:30pm show)
Vortex ✅🅰️
N16 8AZ
Standard £17.50; Members £15; Students & UC beneficiaries £12.5
playing Monk Orchestra at Town Hall (1959)
Tony Kofi Tentet Plays Monk (9:30pm show)
Vortex ✅🅰️N16 8AZ
Standard £17.50; Members £15; Students & UC beneficiaries £12.6
see above
Tugboat Captain
The Ivy House ☑️
SE15 3BE
£14.30
see 9/5
William William Rodgers + Watch Paint Dry
waterintobeer ☑️
SE4 2EW
Suggested donation £5
Weird folk, they say.
11th May (Sun)
A WOMAN BECOMES A WOLF: Sophia Hansen-Knarhoi, Emily Izen Row, Harmony Rose-Bremner, Sienna Bordello
the George Tavern ☑️
E1 0LA
£11
from 1930 ; Live music + poetry
Chimers, Nothingheads, Grinding Eyes
New River Studios ♿️
N4 1DN
£10 OTD
I don't actually know them, but I'd say that since 2013 or so you can't really go that wrong with punk from Australia. That said, the fact that their album isn't mastered by Mikey Young makes me suspicious.
Khabat Abas / Teresa Hackel / Stuart Wilding / Douglas Benford (quartet)
Hundred Years Gallery 📶🅰️
E2 8JD
£10 Cash OTD
Rose City Band + Monde UFO
The Garage ♿️
N5 1RD
£16 + bf
"sun-kissed country rock"
The Necks Residency (3/4): Day Two Matinee
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
SOLD OUT
see 10/5
The Necks Residency (4/4): Day Two Evening
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
SOLD OUT
see 10/5
Weaving in Purgatory (Daytime Session)
the George Tavern ☑️
E1 0LA
£7
1300-1700
12th May (Mon)
Gaelynn Lea + Miss Jacqui
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£16/£10/£18
Khabat Abas + Thorjn / Genie Tempest (duo) + Phil Julian / John Macedo / Bill Thompson (trio)
Canvas & Cream ⏳
SE23 3HF
£10/£5 students, tix OTD
improv!
13th May (Tue)
Abel Selaocoe, SANSARA, Bernhard Schimpelsberger perform Abel Selaocoe, Bach, Marais and more
Wigmore Hall ✅🅰️
W1U 2BP
From £18
From traditional South African music to Bach
Bria Salmena + Meagre Martin
The Lexington 📶
N1 9JB
£13 + bf
Peel Dream Magazine
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
£15.87
Preoccupations + the Itch
The Garage ♿️
N5 1RD
£18.50 + bf
The Null Club, Sin Clair
Corsica Studios ♿️
SE17 1LB
£17.05
"Alan Duggan Borges, guitarist of Gilla Band. Blending noise, techno, experimental hip-hop, and post-punk"
14th May (Wed)
Acid Mothers Temple + Codex Serafini
The 100 Club 📶
W1D 1LL
£20
cult psych outfit return to the big smoke
Circuit des Yeux + Bibi Club
ICA ♿️
SW1Y 5AH
£24.21
I'm not so into her last album, but I think I can promise you'll have your heart poked and pulsating when you see her live. Or something like that, if you know what I mean.
Rubie, Vaiapraia, Nastazia Bazil
Piehouse Co-Op ♿️
SE8 5HD
Unwaged £5; General admission £9.90; Supporter £20
Sachiko Kanenobu
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£25/£20/£30
The Sixteen perform Palestrina: In praise of women
Wigmore Hall ✅🅰️
W1U 2BP
From £15
16th Century polyphonic church bangers!
15th May (Thu)
Acid Mothers Temple + Thee Alcoholics
The 100 Club 📶
W1D 1LL
£20
see 14/05
Chahat Mahmood Ali Qawwal
Kings Place (Hall One) ✅
N1 9AG
£21 + bf
emerging qawwali great as part of Songlines Encounters festival
Chris Imler, Soborgnost, P2/E, DJ Gary The Tall
New River Studios ♿️
N4 1DN
£10
MID WEEK SESSION XXI: Eudoxie, Amor Ante, Lorkick, Engineer (Live), DANI DE LARA b2b Dronkus
The Carpet Shop ⏳
SE15 4ST
Early bird £7.50; final release £10; Group ticket (4 people) £20
1900-0000 ; I don't know any of them but I love the idea of an early mid week sweaty dance.
QUAL + Spike
The Lexington 📶
N1 9JB
£16.50
Solo project of William Maybelline of Lebanon Hanover.
Snapped Ankles + Saint Abdullah
fabric ♿️
EC1M 6HJ
£25.01
Terry Riley 90th Birthday Tribute with Bang on a Can All-Stars and special guests
Barbican Music Hall ✅🅰️
EC2Y 8DS
£20 - £50
UNDER MY FEET. x IKLECTIK: Drew McDowall, Aho Ssan, Ireen Amnes, Faux Naif
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
General admission £23