Scala in King’s Cross has a string of awesome gigs this week. Canadian Domino-signings Austra are enjoying increasingly larger venues as they graduate from the likes of Corsica Studios and Cargo, having released one of this year’s most promising debut albums, Feel It Break. Catch their female-led electro-soul on Tuesday.
Then on Wednesday it’s Clap Your Hands Say Yeah who, with third album Hysterical ready for release, will be bringing their brand of indie rock to London. Thursday sees Kurt Vile And The Violators, supported by Woods. But perhaps most excitingly, Sunday offers up Japanese all-female punk-popsters Shonen Knife (pictured) who are incredibly celebrating their 30th anniversary. Rest assured, they will be nothing other than pure fun.
Scala wins. More details here.
Gigs Of The Week: 5 – 11 September 2011
The Drums – Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen/Lexington/XOYO, London – 5/6/7 September
London welcomes back the stage antics of theatrical skinny indie Brooklyn boys The Drums with a trio of intimate gigs in the city as their second album Portamento goes on sale this week. Choose your venue.
More details here.
Joan As Policewoman – Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London – 9 September
Joan Wasser completes her UK tour this week with a night in London. With third album, The Deep Field, cementing her position as one of the most intriguing female singers around, and recent singles The Magic and Chemmie providing two of the most captivating songs of the year, laced with sensuality and soul, she’s always a good live prospect.
More details here.
John Grant & Midlake - Royal Festival Hall, London - 7 September
The love affair carries on between John Grant and Midlake, his Bella Union labelmates and collaborators on last year's slow-burner masterpiece The Queen Of Denmark. Having supported them, Grant now gets to use Midlake as his live backing band at his own show at the Royal Festival Hall. It's been a long year for him in which he's come a long way and deserves every bit of this success.
More details here.
Also Recommended:
Grouplove – XOYO, London – 5 September
Snow Patrol – Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London – 5 September
Austra – Scala, London – 6 September
Blonde Redhead – Union Chapel, London – 6 September
Rainbow Arabia – Shacklewell Arms, London – 6 September
Teebs + Jeremiah Jae – Corsica Studios, London – 6 September
Mara Carlyle – Green Note, London – 7 September
Big Deal + Weird Dreams + Netherlands – Tamesis Dock, London – 7 September
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Scala, London – 7 September
Chairlift – Shacklewell Arms, London – 7 September
Laki Mera - various venues, London – 7-11 September
Public Enemy - Forum, London - 8 September
Kurt Vile + Woods – Scala, London – 8 September
Toots And The Maytals – Brixton Academy, London – 9 September
DJ Yoda – Roundhouse, London – 10 September
Shonen Knife - Scala, London - 11 September
Just Announced:
Neon Indian – Heaven, London – 16 November
Two years on from debut album Psychic Chasms, the electronic wonderland created by Neon Indian returns on follow-up Era Extraña later this year. This night at Heaven will be his biggest London show to date.
More details here.
Summer Camp – Efes, London – 17 November
After what seems like forever, Summer Camp are finally ready to release their first full album, Welcome To Condale. The pop nostalgic boy/girl duo will play this tiny gig as part of a nationwide tour that’ll also find them popping in to venues in Lancaster, Liverpool, Newcastle, Leeds, Southampton, Oxford, Canterbury and Brighton.
More details here.
