The Lexington

Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks

Alternative rock, Indie rock

• Critics' choice

An American indie rock supergroup has coalesced around Animal Collective's guitarist Avey Tare, with Angel Deradoorian of Dirty Projectors on keyboards and Dan Deacon's drummer Jeremy Hyman. To be honest, we don't actually know what they sound like or...

The Babies

Categories, Pop and rock

Woods bassist Kevin Morby teams up with chief Vivian Girls songwriter Cassie Ramone for this ramshackle indie-pop project touting their second LP, 'Our House On the Hill'.

The Caezars

Categories, Pop and rock

Elvis-styled garage surf-rock that Tarantino would be proud of from the headliners.

Fair Ohs

Electronica, Punk and hardcore, Synthpop, Psych and garage rock

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Hard-gigging tropico-garage punks Fair Ohs headline to celebrate the release of their second album ‘Jungle Cats’ (May 28) – and the arrival of the summer, which is the perfect season for their African-influenced guitars.

Generationals

Indie rock

'Heza', the new album by indie duo Generationals, is an odd mix of scratchy indie pop, ’90s slacker rock, electronica and the blues of their hometown New Orleans. It shouldn't work, but luckily Ted Joyner and Grant Widmer have the songwriting chops to...

Majical Cloudz

Electronica

• Critics' choice

Canadian electronic adventurers Majical Cloudz drift into London to perform their stark and stately pop songs. Their recent debut album made a strong case for Majical Cloudz main man Devon Welsh's being one of the finest singer-songwriters of the thriving...

Mark Mulcahy

Singer-songwriter

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American singer-songwriter Mulcahy's new album is called 'Dear Mark J Mulcahy, I Love You', and he's bringing his tongue-in-cheek self-celebration to London. He's a veteran of US alt rock, having fronted the college rock band Miracle Legion from 1983...

Mark Mulcahy

Categories, Pop and rock

Former Miracle Legion singer-songwriter Mulcahy – an acknowledged influence on Thom Yorke – delivers vulnerable (yet serene and good-humoured) vignettes, backing up his vocal gymnastics with consistently strong melodies.

The Melodic

Pop and rock, Folk

The nu-folk act formerly known as Melodica, Melody and Me continue their jangly, stripped-down pop-folk journey.

Nadine Shah

Alternative rock, Folk, Singer-songwriter

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A childhood spent on the stormy coast of north-east England seems to have bred a glowering intensity in Nadine Shah – or at least in the dramatic gothic ballads she writes and performs. Sometimes singing solo behind a piano and sometimes backed by minimal,...

Raiders of the Last Tube

Pop and rock, Clubs

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The Silver Seas

Categories, Pop and rock

Formerly known as The Bees, this pop-rock group from Nashville were forced to change their name because a band from the Isle of Wight were already using the name. The British Bees, meanwhile, were forced to perform as A Band Of Bees in the USA. Names...

Sparrow & The Workshop

Categories, Pop and rock

Glasgow-based trio make fine use of a stripped-down drumkit, violin, slide guitar and guy-gal harmonies.

Tunng

Indie rock, Folk

Blending electronica and acoustica, Tunng are experts at crafting skewed but solid folk-pop melodies. They're due to release their sixth album this year, so ask for your money back if there's no new material played tonight.

Tunng

Indie rock, Folk

Blending electronica and acoustica, Tunng are experts at crafting skewed but solid folk-pop melodies. They're due to release their sixth album this year, so ask for your money back if there's no new material played tonight.

The Wave Pictures

Indie rock

• Critics' choice

Easygoing indie rockers The Wave Pictures have been picking up a fair bit of attention recently, not least due to singer David Tattershall's engaging tales of urban misfortune, which are sure to charm audiences tonight.