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In the headline slot at the next exclusive Time Out gig, white hot laptop troubadour Dan Black headlines with soulful support from The Invisible....
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Sun Dec 7, Apollo Victoria
An intimate one-off for Wisconsin's Justin Vernon (aka Bon Iver), who has been catapulted from his father's remote log cabin to instant cult status this year
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Sat Dec 6, Queen Elizabeth Hall
Scottish fiddler McCusker has assembled a stellar line-up of musicians in this touring performance of folk band music, augmented by instrumental arrangements, rock balladry and new Gaelic lament....
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Until Thu Dec 4, Ronnie Scott's
Legendary South African pianist and composer who has become something of a spiritual figure in recent years. Here in a very rare solo setting, his delicate...
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You can’t fake cool. Sure, you can gesture at imagined cool, but you will eventually be found out and then find it impossible to claw your way back up the...
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Thu Dec 4, 229
Essex wordsmith Scroobius Pip and laptop producer/ soundscaper Dan Le Sac deliver their electro-pop cum satirical hip hop cum urban performance poetry, which...
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Thu Dec 4, ULU
Alt.rock legends from Phoenix, AZ – originally signed to hardcore label SST and who paved the way for Dinosaur Jr, NIrvana and the rest – warm up for...
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Fri Dec 5, Queen Elizabeth Hall
BBC Radio 2's annual search for young folk talent under 20 comes to the QEH with performances from all six 2009 finalists, as well as outgoing crowned Queens...
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Sun Dec 7, Apollo Victoria
An intimate one-off for Wisconsin's Justin Vernon (aka Bon Iver), who has been catapulted from his father's remote log cabin to instant cult status this year...

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Never slow in forming and voicing an opinion, Noel Gallagher talks candidly about, well, pretty...
Time Out picks the best live music of the next three months, including Hot Chip, the London...
As the summer festival season draws to a close, Time Out Music editor Eddy Lawrence casts his...
Given that we can buy CDs in Tesco or just download tunes from the net, it would be no surprise...
Whether you’re after a reconditioned Steinway or a brand new sitar, there’s a shop in...
From Wagner to Elvis, Cliff to Cobain, and Walker to Ryder, a multitude of musicians have...
London has inspired some of pop’s most enduring masterpieces – songs that have reflected...
Everybody loves their iPods, which makes it doubly infuriating when they break down. But before...
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