Village Underground

Public Service Broadcasting

Noise, drone and ambient, Indie rock

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Sample-heavy soundscapes are this London duo's stock-in-trade. Using live guitar and drums, and sometimes piano and banjo, they create eerie, white-knuckle instrumentals with vocal tracks from old radio broadcasts, public information films and archive...

Morning Glory

Dance, House, techno and electro, Clubs, Things to do

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We all know what it's like. You roll out of bed groggy and knackered, force down some cornflakes, stumble into work and fall asleep on your desk all day. What's the answer? The (somewhat frighteningly named) Morning Glory claims to be it. Starting at...

Swim Deep

Categories, Pop and rock

Shimmering, baggy shoegaze from these hotly–tipped Birmingham youngsters, who could well be very, very big this year. Keep your ears peeled for their lovely single 'The Sea'.

Praxis Makes Perfect

Off-West End, Experimental theatre, Drama

Others have already tried to do for live music what Secret Cinema have done for movie-going, using actors and immersive mise en scene to blur the boundaries between theatre and other art-forms. But this live gig by Neon Neon, developed with National Theatre...

Mykki Blanco

Categories, Pop and rock

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Aggressive and artsy, this rave-infused MC is one of America's most interesting recent musical exports. As a poet, drag queen, actor and 'acid punk rapper', Blanco makes vogue-worthy, drug-addled hip hop jams.

Flight Facilities

Categories, Pop and rock

Rolling Mylo-esque beats, ELO-styled vocals and super-cheesy lyrics ('You know that I am married and you are too, so I can't be seen with you') into one, Flight Facilities are an Australian duo who started out as indie DJs then went live. Unfortunately...

Chelsea Light Moving

Categories, Music

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Sonic Youth's mainman Thurston Moore and his new crew launch their eponymous debut album of angst-ridden post-rock.

Monteverdi Ballets

Hip hop, Early music (500 - 1400)

Intriguing collaboration between urban/contemporary dancers Avant Garde Dance and the Early Opera Company performing Monteverdi's 'Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda' from 1624. Choreographer Tony Adigun reinterprets Monteverdi's music, nearly four...

Monteverdi Ballets

Hip hop, Early music (500 - 1400)

Intriguing collaboration between urban/contemporary dancers Avant Garde Dance and the Early Opera Company performing Monteverdi's 'Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda' from 1624. Choreographer Tony Adigun reinterprets Monteverdi's music, nearly four...

Mixmag Live Presents Fatboy Slim

Clubs, House music, Electro, Breaks

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Dance music publication Mixmag has been running for 30 long years, but rather than calming down or resting on their laurels, they're throwing a huge party instead, headlined by one of dance music's best-known names, Fatboy Slim. Having conquered the world...

Half Moon Run

Categories, Music

A trio of Canadians playing darkly shimmering, '60s vibed alt folk, Half Moon Run have a thing for close harmonies and – by the sound of it – Neil Young.

Shuggie Otis

Urban music, R&B, Soul

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This famed guitarist and songwriter wrote the majestic 1971 hit 'Strawberry Letter 23' for The Brothers Johnson, and it's now one of the most sampled songs ever. His genre-bending compositions and record production make him an important musical figure,...

Josh Ritter

Categories, Pop and rock

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Fine, curly-haired, folk-leaning songwriter from Idaho blends the traditional Americana of Woody Guthrie and Townes Van Zandt with the rather more interesting, melancholic fare of Nick Drake and Leonard Cohen. Here playing from his latest (sixth) album...

Theme Park

Indie rock, Synthpop

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These London synth-poppers, led by twin brothers Miles and Marcus Houghton, arrived in 2013 having already released four storming EPs and two singles, and amassed over 50,000 Facebook fans. They've since made a splash with their debut album, released...

Blank Canvass

Electronica, Contemporary music (1975 – present)

Blank Canvas presents new compositions and innovative collaborations by some of the acclaimed names in contemporary UK music. The headline performance is a unique and twisted collaboration between interactive music pioneer and Warp artist Tim Exile and...

Chrysta Bell

Categories, Pop and rock

A Texan songwriter, model and David Lynch collaborator (on 'This Train' in 2011), Bell comes across like the last survivor of the murders in 'Twin Peaks': damaged, tender and defiant. This is heartland music that uses the same sounds explored in Lynch's...