London gigs diary: 28 May – 3 June

May 28th, 2012 • Gigs diary

Kyla La Grange plays her biggest headline show to date at Village Underground on Tuesday.

Monday 28 May

Japandroids @ Old Blue Last FREE
My Tiger My Timing @ The Lexington FREE
Girls @ HMV Forum
Nikki And The Dove + Duologue @ XOYO (rescheduled date)
Beach Fossils @ Water Rats
Admiral Fallow @ Cargo
Smoke Fairies @ The Tabernacle

Tuesday 29 May

Kyla La Grange @ Village Underground
The Hundred In The Hands + Young Man @ Madame JoJo’s (White Heat)
We Were Evergreen @ Bush Hall
Coves @ Power Lunches
The Crookes + China Rats @ The Borderline
Japandroids @ The Garage (Upstairs)

Wednesday 30 May

Broken Hands @ The Lexington
Willy Mason @ The Tabernacle
Reptile Youth + Paper Crows + Portasound + Black Hay @ Bull Gate (Club Killing Moon)
Islet + Trophy Wife @ Birthdays
Fractures @ Aces Eights Saloon Bar

Thursday 31 May

Alt-J (∆) @ Corsica Studios
Miike Snow + Alex Metric + Nikki And The Dove @ O2 Academy Brixton
Liam Bailey + Laura Welsh @ Notting Hill Arts Club (YoYo)
The Moulettes @ Bush Hall

Friday 1 June

Bob Mould + Cloud Nothings @ O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire

Saturday 2 June

Field Day Festival @ Victoria Park
Bushstock Festival @ Various Venues in Shepherd’s Bush
Brown Brogues + PINS @ Old Blue Last FREE
Cursive @ Cargo

Sunday 3 June

Wolf Alice + Shields + James Canty + Philipe Nash + Gabriel and the Hounds @ Notting Hill Arts Club (Communion)

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Introducing: Jade Hopcroft

May 26th, 2012 • Introducing

Despite the likes of Austin’s SXSW and Brighton’s The Great Escape being little more than industry piss ups, where buzz bands are more or less pre-determined, thus rendering the idea of walking into a venue and discovering an exciting new artist void at worst and unlikely at best, it’s refreshing to learn that this utopian notion remains possible.

Indeed, during The Great Escape a week or so back, we came across local folky singer-songwriter Jade Hopcroft, who captured our attention for a full thirty minutes during her set at Life by the seaside, where she opened the “Jeah” event (also featuring the likes of I Dream In Colour, Escapists, Draper, Dems and Worship) at around noon.

This was no mean feat, having stumbled out of bed half an hour previously after a long night of ‘networking’. The cobwebs were removed quickly: like all good singers, Jade’s vocal was the highlight here, all Stevie Nicks ripping through “Rhianon” meets Laura Marling taking on “New Romantic”, it possessed that great head-turning, move-away-from-the-bar ability. What’s more, her songs appeared to be well-written, concise and memorable, with “The Game” and “Saint” (below) being two particular stand out moments (the latter’s chorus ingrained itself into our consciousness and didn’t leave for quite some time).

To date, Jade has slowly been establishing herself on the Brighton and London scenes, and we expect her name to appear in many more places before the year is up if she continues in this vein. First up, we’ve booked to her to play at the London leg of Jake Mattison’s “Sorrow” single launch on 7 June, where she’ll open things up at around 8pm, if you needed any further incentive to attend.

Tags: BRIGHTON, Jade Hopcroft, Jeah, Life, Saint, The Game, The Great Escape

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Jake Mattison: Video interview + live perfomance of “Sorrow”

May 17th, 2012 • News

After Jake Mattison‘s gig at a rainy Jubilee Square during Brighton’s Great Escape Festival last Thursday afternoon (10 May), our friends over at Beatwolf Magazine cornered him at The Mash Tun pub across the road for a chat about his influences and inspirations, the Manchester scene and touring with Emeli Sande last year, amongst a few other things.

Jake also performed a powerful, scruff-of-the-neck-grabbing version of his forthcoming debut single “Sorrow”, out on LFC Records in a few weeks, which left those in the room speechless. Check the interview and performance out above, and be sure to grab a copy of the 7″ vinyl on pre-order, because they’re flying out as we speak.

Jake’s next live shows are the “Sorrow” single launch parties on the 6th and 7th June, in Manchester and London respectively. Head over to our events page for further information and ticket details.

Tags: Beatwolf, BRIGHTON, Jake Mattison, LAISSEZ FAIRE CLUB, Manchester, Sorrow, The Great Escape, The Mash Tun

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London gigs diary: 14 May – 20 May

May 13th, 2012 • Gigs diary

Haim play the last show of their current UK tour on Monday night at The Shacklewell Arms.

Monday 14 May

Haim @ The Shacklewell Arms FREE
The xx @ Electrowerkz
Andy Burrows @ Old Queens Head
The Front Bottoms @ Old Blue Last FREE
My Best Fiend @ The Lexington

Tuesday 15 May

The xx @ Chats Palace
Troumaca + The Night + Zena Kitt @ Hoxton Bar Kitchen (Gold Dust)
Icona Pop + Dante @ Electricity Showrooms (The Line Of Best Fit)
Israel Cannan @ Notting Hill Arts Club (No Quarter)
Lower Dens + Porcelain Raft @ Madame JoJo’s (White Heat)

Wednesday 16 May

Nikki The Dove + Elliphant @ XOYO
Willis Earl Beal + Gwilym Gold @ The Tabernacle
Oliver Tank @ The Lock Tavern FREE
Bleached + Mazes @ The Shacklewell Arms
Bear In Heaven @ Hoxton Bar Kitchen
Emma Louise @ Electricity Showrooms FREE

Thursday 17 May

St. Lucia + Foxes + Savoir Adore + Yadi @ CAMP (Popshop UK)
The Lovely Eggs + Yukon Blonde @ Old Queens Head FREE
Zulu Winter + Duologue @ Boston Arms
Spector @ Electric Ballroom
Emma Louise @ Notting Hill Arts Club (YoYo)

Friday 18 May

The xx @ Battersea Arts Centre
Mystery Jets + Slow Club + Theme Park + Peace @ O2 Academy Brixton
New Ivory + Swim Deep @ Old Blue Last FREE
Concrete Knives @ Koko (Club NME)
The Barker Band @ The Wheelbarrow FREE

Saturday 19 May

Lone @ Plastic People (Dollop)
I Dream In Colour @ The Borderline
Born Blonde @ 93 Feet East

Sunday 20 May

N/A

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Introducing: Mt. Wolf

May 7th, 2012 • Introducing

A short while ago, South London quartet Mt. Wolf introduced themselves to the world with two impressive and accomplished demos, “Underground” and “Life Sized Ghosts”. Reincarnated from a previous band, they arrived for round two with the same lineup – just with a new name, a new image and simply better songs. A tried and tested and often successful formula, this – see White Lies, The Vaccines and Swiss Lips before them (amongst a number of others who found the right alchemy at the second attempt).

Indeed, a few months in, things are starting to heat up. If our Twitter and Facebook feeds are to be believed, the outfit are very much the band of the moment. This bank holiday weekend just gone has seen them play two shows, one at Queen Of Hoxton, and one at XOYO, to much fanfare on the aforementioned social networks.

It’s not overly surprising – the tracks certainly live up to their venerable ‘dream folk’ / ‘folktronica’ billing – they’re beautiful, spacious compositions that call to mind people like Bjork, Ellie Goulding and James Yuill. “Underground” is a nailed-on dance floor hit, with a powerful chorus that we imagine would translate very well live, whilst “Life Sized Ghosts” is one of those all-encompassing / completely-lose-your-bearings for its duration kind of tracks.

It’s Kate Sproule’s lead vocal that really sets the songs apart from the crowd, though – quirky and hypnotic and the same time, they have a real ace up their sleeve here that could potentially prove decisive in a notoriously crowded market for new bands.

Tags: Akira Records, Life Sized Ghosts, Mt. Wolf, Underground, Wolf Club

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