Gig Listings

Fresh from Primavera, American indie rocker Mitzki makes her way here. Her 2016 release Puberty 2 on Dead Oceans turned out to be a breakthrough but  previous release Bury Me At Make-Out Creek is also well worth acquainting yourself with. Support from Cajsa Siik. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ0O2vDT0VE     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_hDHm9MD0I

Boo! Hiss! Down with this sort of thing. Or do they mean, get deep down and dirty? We haven’t quite figured it out but Down With Jazz promises ‘filthy foreign rhythms & divilish beats’. Watch out for the Robocobra Quartet (Sat - pictured) who have been compared to “Fugazi meets Mingus” by Drowned In Sound […]

First of a four night stint for the iconic singer/ songwriter who started his career in the late 1960s and was part of the infamous folk rock scene in both New York City and Los Angeles. A hugely successful recording artist in his own right, his song where also covered by musicians such as Nico, […]

One of the worlds most celebrated film composers Hans Zimmer has composed scores for films such as Gladiator, The Lion King and Inception. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxabLA7UQ9k

There's precision engineering at play when you are a band of the scale of Arcade Fire. Everything Now dropped on 01.06.17 and while the US pulling out of the Paris Climate Accord overshadowed their pitch for momentary social media supremacy, it still managed to be viewed 2.25m times on YouTube within six days. The jury […]

American hard rock/ blues rock outfit who are known for their energetic live performances. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Sj76eCy6ag

Kool Genius is back. Return of a Don marks his first album in six years. The rapper is a pioneer of mafioso rap/street/hardcore content influencing everyone from Jay Z to Pusha T. His new album features some dope guest appearance by Raekwon (Out for That Life), Willie The Kid and the late Sean Price. Time […]

Contemporary jazz trio based in both New York and Israel. As well as straight Jazz their music is also influenced by genres such as rock, classical, African and Middle Eastern. They are dynamic live performers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe9Vi0caS4k

You know there’s an edge of Europe island pang when an act you’re pining for doesn’t play our shores. That feeling was certainly felt last summer as The Avalanches didn’t drop by off the back of Wildflower, their first release in 16 years. With the sound of an endless summer flowering out of every crevice […]

Poetic and bathed in evocative imagery, the songs of the elder Peruvian songstress Susanna Baca are transporting. She’s been a Minister for Culture in her native country, a Latin Grammy award winner and recognised folklorist and ethnomusicologist. If your folk pine for the Buena Vista Social Club then this one is for them (or you). […]

Join Spanish composer and musician Su Garrido Pombo for a relaxing candlelit evening of music at Instituto Cervantes. Originally from Vigo in Galicia she will perform a fusion of jazz , latin and spanish guitar as well as bossa and folk. Entry price includes a glass of wine. Photo credit: Finn Richards  

We’re sure any of those fortunate to catch Robert Glasper’s sensational Whirligig show in the Workmans back in November 2011 assumed he’d be ascending to a larger venue here in 2012. Six years later and it hasn’t quite panned out like that here even though this Grammy Award winning artist is playing all the buzz […]

Femi, firstborn of Fela, has been adding further notes of distinction to his pioneering auld fella’s formidable legacy since the 1980s.

We all know what to expect from the reanimated Pixies

These doom metal titans from Seattle are no strangers from our shores with a long-standing relationship with local booker U:Mack.

Wrapping through allusions and metaphors, Williams packs a veritable punch with dazzling vigour.