Monday 26th January
Lucky Dragons, health store Luminaire, viagra London
Pretentious blurb going on about birthing fragile networks of digital signals or whatever but don’t be put off as it should be an interesting night of experimental folktronica.
Zombie Zombie, Ruby Lounge, Manchester
French electro with a cool Germanic edge.
Michael Baker, Ida Brown, John Barrow, Slaughtered Lamb, London
Folk rock from Michael Baker with more acoustic sounds in support at this lovely, folk-oriented venue.
Tuesday 27th January
Grace Jones, Roundhouse, London
Will be nothing less than extraordinary show from this wildly experimental but still accessibly pop singer. Her new album is spectacular as we have raved on previous occasions and she is completely fantastic live.
Let’s Wrestle, Screaming Tea Party, Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen, London
Fun party indie boys headline with cute bubblegum punk support from Screaming Tea Party.
Luke Haines, FreeDM studio at Roundhouse, London
He of the Auteurs and Black Box Recorder and self-proclaimed Britpop instigator plays his highly regarded solo material.
Wednesday 28th January
Crystal Antlers, Darker My Lover, Loverman, Ark People, Lexington, London
I will save my thesis on the fact that every single hip new band seems to be called Crystal something at the moment for another time. Instead catch the Antlers’ Long Beach raw punk on their first European tour. Sweaty, bruising fun.
Six Toes, The Mariner’s Children, Share, Slaughtered Lamb, London
Delicate and pretty, the exact antithesis of the Lexington gig. A Wednesday night of contrasts.
Thursday 29th January
George Pringle, Applicants, 4 or 5 Magicians, Buffalo Bar London
Spoken word to a stark electro backing track from George Pringle. Dead arty.
Glissando, City Screen, York
Gliding atmospheric sounds, perfectly suited to the cinema venue.
Friday 30th January
Afrikan Boy, The Real Heat, Barden’s Boudoir, London
Signed to M.I.A.’s label, probably best known for his hilarious masterpiece about shoplifting bargain supermarkets.
Luminous Frenzy, Shunt Vaults, London
Where better than an underground dungeon club to see this haunting cinematic live show? Nowhere better.
Saturday 31st January
Stereo Total, Bar Rumba, London
Like a Franco-German White Stripes (girl singer/drummer, boy guitarist) only about a million times more appealing and with a sense of humour. And nothing in common musically. Playing electro-punk reworkings of French chanson and ye-ye as well as their own charming and wittily insouciant numbers in French, German, English and any other languages they happen to have picked up.
Mike Bones, Oakford Social, Reading
Session guitarist supreme, turned solo singer-songwriter with interestingly lovelorn songs and none of the whingeing usually associated with that damning tag.
Micachu and the Shapes, Macbeth, London
On nearly everyone’s list of ones to watch 2009 (and of course, featured in Issue 10), catch Micachu’s angular and unpredictable show in a small venue while you still can.
Sky Larkin, Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
Homecoming gig for this local band whose sweet and clever indie rock is slightly off-kilter lending shades of Sonic Youth to their jangly guitars.
Sunday 1st February
Emmy the Great, Phoenix, Exeter
Promoting her debut album despite having been touring material for the past four years, with deceptively sweet-sounding tunes and scarily frank lyrics.
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