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Gigs and concerts in London this May

Field Day

  • Critics choice

Animal Collective, Bat For Lashes, Solange, Tim Burgess, Everything Everything, Four Tet, Fucked Up, Savages, Palma Violets, TNGHT, Daphni, Django Django, John Cooper Clarke,

  1. Victoria Park Victoria Park Rd, E3 5SN
  2. Sat May 25
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Andreya Triana

Acoustic soul and hip hop flavoured folk-jazz from this sensual singer.

  1. Union Chapel Compton Terrace, N1 2UN
  2. Fri May 31
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The Besnard Lakes + Sweet Jane

Support for the Lakes tonight comes from the rather cool, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club-like rock 'n' roll rush of Irish group Sweet Jane.

  1. The Garage 20-22 Highbury Corner, N5 1RD
  2. Tue May 28
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Charlie Boyer And The Voyeurs

Hotly-tipped London five-piece Boyer and his Voyeurs bash out joyously primitive rock ’n’ roll that nods to the glam, psych and proto-punk of the early ’70s.

  1. Shacklewell Arms 71 Shacklewell Lane, E8 2EB
  2. Thu May 30 - Thu Jun 6
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Night Engine

One of those rare bands with an entirely appropriate name, Night Engine make huge, funk-based indie rock tracks that keep on pumping all night long.

  1. XOYO 32-37 Cowper St, EC2A 4AP
  2. Thu May 30
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Ondatrópica

A new all-star Colombian band from Frente Cumbiero's Mario Galeano and Will 'Quantic' Holland, Ondatrópica unites the old and new Colombian generations on a tropical album.

  1. Koko 1a Camden High St, NW1 7JE
  2. Fri May 31
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Tribes

Cocksure Camden indie-rockers Tribes, who sound like Razorlight on a road trip, headline to celebrate the release of their new album ‘Wish to Scream’. Like Fleetwood Mac’s

  1. Roundhouse Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8EH
  2. Wed May 29
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Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin

An Indian classical influence lends a hypnotic edge to the sparse bluesy arrangements of this excellent slide guitar, lap steel and harmonica vs fiddle and banjo duo, who

  1. Green Note 106 Parkway, NW1 7AN
  2. Thu May 30
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The 1975

These Mancunian lads play shimmering, catchy indie rock which leans towards sub-bass and synths, like a funkier take on The Big Pink with U2's The Edge on guitar. They've

  1. O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
  2. Wed May 29 - Sat Jan 11
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Fiction

The excellent leftfield keyboard pop of headliners Fiction nods heavily to afrobeat and punk-funk. They'll be playing tracks from their new album 'The Big Other' (Mar 4),

  1. Sebright Arms 34 Coate St, E2 9AG
  2. Thu May 30
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Sofar Festival

  • Critics choice

Sofar Sounds put on bands in people's living rooms and stream the results on the internet, in a grassroots attempt to return the spontaneous joy of live music to an industry

  1. Testbed 1 33 Parkgate Rd, Battersea, SW11 4NP
  2. Sun May 26 - Mon May 27
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Alasdair Roberts

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Quietly enigmatic and strikingly angular Scottish folk visionary Roberts (formerly of Appendix Out) was first noticed as a solo proposition with an album of agonisingly slow

  1. The Crown and Greyhound 73 Dulwich Village, SE21 7BJ
  2. Fri May 31
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Alicia Keys

  • Critics choice

Even though she's recently been appointed 'global creative director' by BlackBerry, the soulful Ms Keys still apparently has enough holiday allowance to conduct a world tour

  1. The O2 Peninsula Square, SE10 0DX
  2. Thu May 30 - Fri May 31
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Angela Carrington Awards

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Vocal-led jazz awards fundraiser hosted by Brian Shaw – all proceeds go to a chosen charity.

  1. Vortex 11 Gillett Square, N16 8AZ
  2. Sun May 26
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The Animals

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British R&B purveyors and 'House of the Rising Sun' legends, TA, join assorted veteran musicians, including The Blockheads' John Steel and Mickey Gallagher.

  1. Leicester Square Theatre 6 Leicester Place, WC2H 7BX
  2. Wed May 29
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