Cargo
83 Rivington St
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What's on at Cargo
Rokia Traoré
African music
- Critics' choice
Effortlessly striking Malian singer and guitarist Traoré recruited PJ Harvey producer John Parish and drummer Seb Rochford for her typically extraordinary fifth album 'Beautiful Africa', on which Western guitar and African n’goni work together as fluidly...
- Thu May 23
- Cargo 83 Rivington St, EC2A 3AY
- Sold Out
Vessels
Categories, Pop and rock
- Critics' choice
Leeds-based headliners peddle dark experimental soundscapes with a sweeping, majestic post-rock base and techno inflections.
- Mon Jun 3
- Cargo 83 Rivington St, EC2A 3AY
Splashh
Indie rock, Britpop
- Critics' choice
Giddy, reverb-loving indie boys Splashh – who channel the same sunny, surfy '90s vibes as fellow young 'uns Peace and Swim Deep – treat an audience to their psychedelic rock. Their debut album 'Comfort' is due on June 3, so they'll no doubt be launching...
- Tue Jun 4
- Cargo 83 Rivington St, EC2A 3AY
- £7.50 adv
Chapel Club
Categories, Pop and rock
Much hyped in 2010, London's Chapel Club are back for a second bite at the apple. Last time around they mixed chugging fuzz-bass with Pixies-style mutant surf guitar to fine effect – but while they've been away they seem to have mutated into a psychedelic...
Charli XCX
Categories, Pop and rock
We keep trying not to like Charli XCX. It's not that she hasn’t got enough things wrong with her – the shameless ’90s revivalism, the super-heavy make-up, her drawling half-rap… And yet she keeps cracking out effortlessly great R&B tracks that make it...
Dinosaur Pile-Up
Alternative rock, Grunge
Leeds' anthemic but discordant grungers rock the joint. Think Foo Fighters or Biffy Clyro, but younger, and fresher (and balder) of face.















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