Alexandra Palace

Organ Recital at Ally Pally

Organ recitals

Colin Walsh (Organist Laureate of Lincoln Cathedral) entertains. (Note: Palm Court entrance.)

Madness

Ska

• Critics' choice

The original Camden nutty boys – ska-punk veterans and diamond geezers – give their pop-ska another whirl. Amazingly, they've been a going concern for almost 40 years now, but they're still dynamic (and eccentrically dressed). They've no shortage of classic...

ATP: I'll Be Your Mirror

Alternative rock, Electronica, Indie rock, Festivals, Music festivals, Electro-rock

Alternative festival royalty ATP return to invade Ally Pally. Leading the charge this year are co-curators Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Grizzly Bear, who bring a largely US contingent streaming in their wake. Sounds on offer range from the raging bluesisms of...

The National

Alternative rock

• Critics' choice

Since emigrating from Ohio to Brooklyn in the late 1990s, this five-piece – including two sets of brothers – have been making dark, seductively brooding alt.rock. It's a gothic breed of Americana that suggests a country and western Interpol, or Joy Division...