Feb 23 - Mar 1
Tuesday 3rd
Windmill Brixton: Anastasia Coope / Birdfeeder / Bara & Isa
From the village of Cold Spring in upstate New York, Anastasia Coope is a ghostly experimental folk /electronic musician, who runs a label called Bonzo Records. At the Windmill, she’s hosting a ‘Bonzo night’ of avant-folk & electronica – joined by Birdfeeder, and Bara & Isa.
Theatreship: ‘Man With A Movie Camera’ ft. live original score
Another edition in Thetareship’s ‘Silent Film with New Sound’ season, co-promoted by Broadside Hacks. This night will feature the 1920s Soviet experimental documentary film ‘Man With A Movie Camera’, with a live score provided by the ambient-folk musicians Joe Harvey-Whyte and Owen Spafford.
Leonard Massen is a German artist ‘exploring subtle entanglements of perception, space, and techno-ecological systems.’ He’s performing a free set in the hifi bar at Space Talk, presenting ‘a programme of spacious synthesis and poetic fragments, composed for deep listening and slow immersion’. Spaaaaaaceeey
Wednesday 4th
Spanners: Radio Killed The Video Star
Another Resonance radio fundraiser show, this time in the form of an eclectic lineup ‘bringing together music, comedy, performance art, video and DJs’. I listened a bit to DEEPYCUB, who features on this bill, and really enjoyed their stuff, which they describe as ‘100% homemade London’ music. (check out ‘Lucifer SPEED d.e.m.o, it’s operatic jungle music v sick)
Dream Bags Jaguar Shoes: COMPOST COMPOST COMPOST / snake_case / Lagtime Seedling
Fresh off last month’s Long Distance Runner residency, 2b2c are taking over Jaguar Shoes again with a month of a weekly shows from the boundary exploding electro-acoustic trio COMPOST COMPOST COMPOST.
Venue MOT: The Last Whole Earth Catalogue / Ewan Samms / Ted Mair
Awesome night of folk music from 3 great singer/songwriters in industrial Bermondsey - sweet tunes on hard metal.
Thursday 5th
Ormside Projects: Bby Eco presents Sky (i)
The ecological audio-visual artist Bby Eco performs their new album ‘Sky (i)’, described as ‘a documentation of the transformative power of love: ”It confronts the harrowing crisis of personal loss I was faced with, with an all pervasive and forgiving strength received from the world”.
Corsica Studios: Jeanie & The White Boys / John Grant / Jasmine 4.t (solo)
Big punk send off for Corsica Studios from Club Mofo - featuring a mixed lineup of bands and DJs deep into the night. Great lineup, great place, gone soooon :(
Sebright Arms: Porchlight / Glasshouse Red Spider Mite / Auntie
3 awesome bands, more than enough reason to descend into the frightening depths of the Sebright Arms basement. Particularly love Glasshouse Red Spider Mite, who still seem to get better every time I see them – they’re currently trying out new material ahead of a tour with deathcrash in April.
George Tavern: Roscoe Roscoe / Lifepath99 / Sazza Mazza (solo)
The vast & dreamy Roscoe Roscoe are joined by Lifepath99 (who recently opened for TAGABOW at the ICA) and electro/folk balladry from the mysterious Sazza Mazza, before she disappears into the Texas sun for SXSW.
What a busy Thursday. This is another excellent show – a first headline in London for The Cindys: a surrealist slacker rock band, helmed by artist/producer Jack Ogborne (formerly of Bingo Fury).
Friday 6th
George Tavern: The 2nd Annual Ween Night
Last year’s Ween night was one of the most joyful events I’ve been at. You don’t really need to be a Ween fan to enjoy, just up for the spectacle of a bunch of talented musicians performing songs which are alternately incredible & deeply silly.
The Marquee Moon: checkmate in the basement
Informal chess tournament adjacent to the dancefloor at the Marquee Moon in Stoke Newington. Make some moves, then make a move – very cool. Also like that the event title follows the mary in the junkyard secret set naming convention of ‘blank in the blank’.
Legendary DJ and ‘one of the UK’s original graffiti taggers’ - Richard Sen takes over the little ampitheatre of Vespers with ‘deep, groovy, soul nourishing sounds to permeate your membrane’.
Saturday 7th
Chats Palace: Europa / 300SkullsAndCounting / Yvette / Floods in Atlanta/…
The legendary punk venue hosts a lineup of experimental electronic artists, among them screamo genius 300skullsandcounting, performing with the ‘lofi junglegaze’ artist Shoplifting.
Dream Bags Jaguar Shoes: 12 Apostles / goo / Lots Of
Fresh alt-rock in the Hoxton Basement – guitars/synth lullabies from 12 Apostles and loud/quiet indie from goo.
MOTH Club: Matthew C. Whitaker (HENGE) / Shunya
Matthew C. Whittaker, lead singer of the cosmic prog-rave band HENGE - performs music from his delicate new album, Songs for the Weary, along with ‘special reworkings of select songs from the HENGE back catalogue’.
The Greyhound: SSaliva / Organ Tape / Phoning / Cliché Toupee
Audiovisual, looping, hypnotic vibes in the Greyhound basement. SSaliva is a Belgian alternative hip-hop producer who has ‘accumulated thousands of strange, escapist mental landscapes. Sometimes ghostly, sometimes sacred’.
Sunday 8th
Shacklewell Arms: Weaving In Purgatory / Glass Eel / Beth Jones
Dark, rich, earthy folk music from Weaving in Purgatory; and something a bit more airy from Glass Eel. Great folky lineup! I quote: ‘We Are All a Puppet of a Happening. Weaving Life’s Moments Into Ritual. Sounds for Divination.’
Very special show in Peckham, with the new Palais soundsystem taken over by the legendary dub producer & DJ Aba Shanti-I - ‘A cornerstone of UK soundsystem culture, Aba Shanti-I has spent decades shaping the language of roots, dub and spiritual music, building a legacy rooted in community. His sessions are unhurried and purposeful, guided by selection, sound and message rather than spectacle.