Electric Ballroom

The Answer

Categories, Pop and rock

Kick-ass, riff-heavy, classic rawk tuneage from Northern Ireland's The Answer.

Baroness

Metal, Clubs

Last time this sludgy doom-metal band from the Deep South toured the UK, things went very badly: in August 2012 their tour bus fell off a viaduct in Somerset, and three members of Baroness suffered severe injuries. Unfortunately drummer Allen Blickle...

The Black Angels

Alternative rock, Psych and garage rock

• Critics' choice

Austin, TX crew deliver grubby, dick-swinging grooves with heavy psych, drone-rock and brooding, art-blues overtones, as on current (third) album 'Phosphene Dream', which actually shows a more varied palette than their two previous adventures and clears...

Built To Spill

Alternative rock, Grunge

Doug Martsch's cult guitar trio play London to show off their grungy, lurching post-hardcore. Although they probably peaked with 1999's 'Keep It Like A Secret', their recent material's been well worth a listen, and Martsch still has a beguiling way with...

The Darkness

Hard rock

• Critics' choice

Do you believe in a thing called love? Justin Hawkins still does, even though his band's debut 'Permission to Land' is a decade old this year, and to prove it he's taking his merry band of retro rockers on a celebratory tour where they'll play the album...

Fuck Buttons

Noise, drone and ambient, Electronica

• Critics' choice

Mixing up terrifically, thrillingly abrasive electronic distortion with sublime melodies and psychotropic post-house, Fuck Buttons formed to make one soundtrack in 2004 and have since made three extraordinary albums. The latest is called 'Slow Focus',...

Funeral For A Friend

Metal, Punk and hardcore

Despite a good few line-up changes over the last five years, this popular Welsh post-hardcore quintet – who are not, sadly, named after the Elton John piece – are still plugging away. Back in town to promote their new album 'Conduit', they'll be brewing...

Goat

Psych and garage rock

NB. This show has been moved from Scala; original tickets remain valid.

Kids In Glass Houses

Pop, Punk and hardcore

Alongside Funeral For A Friend and Bullet For My Valentine, Kids In Glass Houses are one of several young bands who have been tending the eternal flame of Welsh rock in recent years. They're from Cardiff, and will be nipping down the M4 tonight to perform...

Ms Mr

Categories, Pop and rock

• Critics' choice

NYC-based Chess Club signing, girl-guy duo MM come off like a depressed Florence Welch making out with Poliça and The xx on a bed of crushed velvet. Definitely not one to miss. Although we preferred them when we didn't know what they looked like: sleeveless...

Pissed Jeans

Categories, Music

• Critics' choice

Visiting the UK for the first time in five years, Pennsylvanian noise-rockers Pissed Jeans are signed to Sub Pop, and – along with likeminded Canadians Metz – are current guardians of that label's long-term commitment to scuzzy, badass alt rock. They've...

Shake

Dance, Indie rock, Pop, Clubs

Groove to electro disco, '80s/'90s pop-rock and good time house party vibes at this packed-out weekly that, come September, will have had resident DJ Rikky Rock at the helm for 10 years! Bust a move as he spins a mix of '70s-noughties tunes from his video-mapped...

Shake

Dance, Indie rock, Pop, Clubs

Groove to electro disco, '80s/'90s pop-rock and good time house party vibes at this packed-out weekly that, come September, will have had resident DJ Rikky Rock at the helm for 10 years! Bust a move as he spins a mix of '70s-noughties tunes from his video-mapped...

Shake

Dance, Indie rock, Pop, Clubs

Groove to electro disco, '80s/'90s pop-rock and good time house party vibes at this packed-out weekly that, come September, will have had resident DJ Rikky Rock at the helm for 10 years! Bust a move as he spins a mix of '70s-noughties tunes from his video-mapped...

Shake

Dance, Indie rock, Pop, Clubs

Groove to electro disco, '80s/'90s pop-rock and good time house party vibes at this packed-out weekly that, come September, will have had resident DJ Rikky Rock at the helm for 10 years! Bust a move as he spins a mix of '70s-noughties tunes from his video-mapped...

Shake

Dance, Indie rock, Pop, Clubs

Groove to electro disco, '80s/'90s pop-rock and good time house party vibes at this packed-out weekly that, come September, will have had resident DJ Rikky Rock at the helm for 10 years! Bust a move as he spins a mix of '70s-noughties tunes from his video-mapped...

Shake

Dance, Indie rock, Pop, Clubs

Groove to electro disco, '80s/'90s pop-rock and good time house party vibes at this packed-out weekly that, come September, will have had resident DJ Rikky Rock at the helm for 10 years! Bust a move as he spins a mix of '70s-noughties tunes from his video-mapped...

Shake

Dance, Indie rock, Pop, Clubs

Groove to electro disco, '80s/'90s pop-rock and good time house party vibes at this packed-out weekly that, come September, will have had resident DJ Rikky Rock at the helm for 10 years! Bust a move as he spins a mix of '70s-noughties tunes from his video-mapped...

Shake

Dance, Indie rock, Pop, Clubs

Groove to electro disco, '80s/'90s pop-rock and good time house party vibes at this packed-out weekly that, come September, will have had resident DJ Rikky Rock at the helm for 10 years! Bust a move as he spins a mix of '70s-noughties tunes from his video-mapped...

Shake

Dance, Indie rock, Pop, Clubs

Groove to electro disco, '80s/'90s pop-rock and good time house party vibes at this packed-out weekly that, come September, will have had resident DJ Rikky Rock at the helm for 10 years! Bust a move as he spins a mix of '70s-noughties tunes from his video-mapped...

Shake

Dance, Indie rock, Pop, Clubs

Groove to electro disco, '80s/'90s pop-rock and good time house party vibes at this packed-out weekly that, come September, will have had resident DJ Rikky Rock at the helm for 10 years! Bust a move as he spins a mix of '70s-noughties tunes from his video-mapped...

Shake

Dance, Indie rock, Pop, Clubs

Groove to electro disco, '80s/'90s pop-rock and good time house party vibes at this packed-out weekly that, come September, will have had resident DJ Rikky Rock at the helm for 10 years! Bust a move as he spins a mix of '70s-noughties tunes from his video-mapped...

Shake

Dance, Indie rock, Pop, Clubs

Groove to electro disco, '80s/'90s pop-rock and good time house party vibes at this packed-out weekly that, come September, will have had resident DJ Rikky Rock at the helm for 10 years! Bust a move as he spins a mix of '70s-noughties tunes from his video-mapped...

Shake

Dance, Indie rock, Pop, Clubs

Groove to electro disco, '80s/'90s pop-rock and good time house party vibes at this packed-out weekly that, come September, will have had resident DJ Rikky Rock at the helm for 10 years! Bust a move as he spins a mix of '70s-noughties tunes from his video-mapped...

Shake

Dance, Indie rock, Pop, Clubs

Groove to electro disco, '80s/'90s pop-rock and good time house party vibes at this packed-out weekly that, come September, will have had resident DJ Rikky Rock at the helm for 10 years! Bust a move as he spins a mix of '70s-noughties tunes from his video-mapped...