THIS WEEK - Autobah/Cymbals, Wolfgang Flur/Scissorgun/Nik Dagger & The Grip, Wait What/ The Numberz / Ivy & Friends, The Pastels/ Lois / Kicking Giant / Kites At Night (feat Rose Melberg & Jon Manning), The Softies / Steve Jackson (Belle & Sebastian)/ The Would-Be-Goods, The Catenary Wires, Dos Floris/ Orlando Seale, Malka / Alessandro Ciminata, Joanna Wang / Feral Five / You The Living and much more!
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WOLFGANG FLUR / SCISSORGUN / NIK DAGGER & THE GRIP 10th November / Tickets £13 Adv Former Kraftwerk drummer presents his Musik Soldat show. |
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JOANNA WANG / FERAL FIVE / YOU THE LIVING 15th November / Tickets £10 Adv Taiwan's Joanna Wang with a mix of pop, fairy tales, Americana and soundtrack influences |
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Autobahn, CymbalsWhite Heat presentsWhen: 09/11/2017 08:00 pm Forming in Leeds in early 2013, Autobahn blew audiences across the North away with one of the most intense and visceral live shows in recent years. Encapsulating the landscape of their Yorkshire home, their sound soars from the harsh post-industrial concrete of the city right through to the endless Pennine expanses on its periphery. Following the release of two self-titled EPs, AUTOBAHN released their debut album, Dissemble, on August 2015 via Tough Love (recorded with Matt Peel). The band built their own studio in Leeds to record their second album ‘The Moral Crossing’ which will be released on November 3rd. 2017. 8.30pm Cymbals 9.30pm Autobahn
Stop Making Sense with Katie Wilkinson When: 09/11/2017 09:00 pm Come and hang out at Stop Making Sense, our new Thursday latenight party Glam, post punk, pop, indie and other strange dance-floor sounds in the main bar until 3am and it’s free all night!
Wolfgang Flur, Scissorgun, Nik Dagger & The GripMute Elephant presentsWhen: 10/11/2017 07:30 pm 1947 in Frankfurt born Wolfgang Flür is best known as the electro drummer of German electronic band Kraftwerk between 1973 and 1986 • Flür developed with his musical partner Florian Schneider the world first electric drum-pads-board for the Electric 8pm Nik Dagger & The Grip 8.45pm Scissorgun 8:45pm 9.45pm Wolfgang Flür 9:45pm
White Heat ClubIndie Clubnight!When: 10/11/2017 11:00 pm Friday night indie clubnight: Indie Disco, leftfield pop and new wave edits turning the club dance floor into an unapologetically sweaty mess. ***FREE entry 11-midnight if you get a ticket from DICE.FM*** Expect to hear Indie, Disco and party bangers from:Tame Impala // Maccabees // Arctic Monkeys // Talking Heads // Joy Division // LCD Soundsystem // Hot Chip // The Strokes // MØ // Warpaint // Modest Mouse // Black Honey // Fleetwood Mac // The XX // Blossoms // New Order // Nirvana // Iggy Pop // The Cure // Swim Deep // Daft Punk // Liars // Justice // The Postal Service // Soft Cell // The Clash // Peace // Goat // The Rapture // Django Django // Eurythmics // Bowie // DEVO // Mystery Jets // Blur // Pumarosa // Prince // White Stripes and anything else leftfield and fun! Past guests include:
Wait What, The Numberz, Ivy & Friendschickfactor & the hangover lounge present CF25: a series of fortunate events - and all ages matinee withWhen: 11/11/2017 12:30 pm chickfactor & the hangover lounge present Saturday, Nov 11 12:30pm
The Pastels, Lois, Kicking Giant, Kites At Night (feat Rose Melberg & Jon Manning) with MC Gaylord Fields (WFMU) & chickfactor / Hangover Lounge DJs downstairschickfactor & the hangover lounge present CF25: a series of fortunate eventsWhen: 11/11/2017 07:30 pm THE PASTELS LOIS KICKING GIANT KITES AT NIGHT
Disorder Indie Disco When: 11/11/2017 11:00 pm Indie Disco! Upstairs at The Lexington in Angel every 2nd Saturday of the month! 11PM-4AM EXPECT: ARCADE FIRE // PRINCE // THE SMITHS // VAMPIRE WEEKEND // THE 1975 // M83 // FLEETWOOD MAC // DISCLOSURE // FOALS // NEW ORDER // THE STROKES // THE NATIONAL // LCD SOUNDSYSTEM // GRIMES // THE MACCABEES // BOWIE // THE CRIBS // AVALANCHES // EL VY // DIIV // EVERYTHING EVERYTHING // THE CLASH // ARCTIC MONKEYS // LIONEL RICHIE // !!! // TOTO // TWIN SHADOW // PIXIES // RYAN ADAMS // PIXIES // CLOUD NOTHINGS // BLUR // CATFISH & THE BOTTLEMEN // BLOOD ORANGE // CHVRCHES // DEERHUNTER // DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE // RUN DMC // SHURA // DJANGO DJANGO // WILD NOTHING // PEACE // RIDE // TAME IMPALA // IDLEWILD // WHAM! // PAVEMENT // THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS // BLOC PARTY // WHITNEY HOUSTON // JUNGLE // KANYE WEST // THE KILLERS // DURAN DURAN // THE VACCINES // THE TEMPTATIONS // JAY Z // LEN // AT THE DRIVE IN // THE CLASH // JOY DIVISION // BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN // HAIM // THE CURE // WOLF ALICE
Sugarpush - Learn To Swing Dance (beginners & intermediate)Holly & Romanyne presentWhen: 12/11/2017 02:00 pm Learn to swing with out the Lexington’s School Night Swing DJ Holly France and Romayne! Beginner and intermediates classes available! No need to bring a partner.
The Softies, Steve Jackson (Belle & Sebastian), The Would-Be-Goods, The Catenary Wires - with MC Gaylord Fields (WFMU)chickfactor & the hangover lounge present CF25: a series of fortunate eventsWhen: 12/11/2017 07:30 pm THE SOFTIES STEVIE JACKSON THE WOULD-BE-GOODS THE CATENARY WIRES MC GAYLORD FIELDS CHICKFACTOR
Loser's Lounge With Charlie HangdogReggae, soul and blues - free entryWhen: 12/11/2017 09:00 pm Reggae/soul @45 rpm Not prime time; It’s the good stuff saved for the wee hours of the darkest part of the week. The last refuge of the scoundrel.
Dos Floris, Orlando SealeThe Underground Scene presentsWhen: 13/11/2017 07:30 pm To celebrate the release of her debut solo album, The Widowed Earth, The Underground Scene presents Dos Floris live in a series of dates across the UK in November (2017) and April (2018) 7.45pm Orlando Seale 8.45pm Dos Floris
The Lexington Pop Quiz with quizmaster Paul Guided Missilewith top of the pops quizmaster Paul Guided MissileWhen: 13/11/2017 08:00 pm The all-new but very familiar quiz! Now called The Lexington Pop Quiz. Still hosted by Paul Guided Missile. Now £2 entry person. Now with top prize of £60, second prize round of drinks, multi-pack of crisps for best team name. Name that tune, identify the popstar, answer the headfuck question, spot the intro – multiple rounds of pop-related trivia questions presented by exceedingly entertaining quizmaster Paul Guided Missile. Book tables at 7pm (or earlier) for up to six players per team. Email info@thelexington.co.uk to book (no charge apart from the £2 per person quiz charge…) “The best pop quiz in town” – Pub Quizzers “It’s far from serious stuff as the potty-mouthed quizmaster guides you through some pretty silly rounds, including one based on Bob Holness’s ‘Blockbusters’. A multipack of crisps goes to the team with the best name, as judged by a ‘clapometer’.! – Time Out ‘London’s Ten Best Pub Quizzes’. “Die-hard musos will love The Lexington’s effort, in conjunction with Rough Trade Records, with rounds such as Badly Drawing Boy, in which teams guess the LP sleeve from a kiddy’s scrawl.” – British Airways” High Life magazine. “I was really expecting it to be damn tough, but it was definitely accessible to all levels of music knowledge (the first question was to name just onemember of JLS – no, we didn’t get it)………. “Paul is a London legend” – Billy Reeves, BBC London 94.9 “This one is big. Really big… ” – Qype “Quizmaster Paul is halfway through a bravura performance of Bat Out Of Hell on his Bontempi keyboard. I look around and a good 60 per cent of the assembled audience is literally weeping with laughter. This is without doubt the best pub quiz of all time” – Jude Georges, ‘Twee’ fanzine “Some Northern bloke hosts it and for one round plays pop hits on a Bontempi organ.. everyone laughs their heads of when they realise the plinky plonk bossanova tune he’s playing is actually Anarchy In the UK or something, then he looks up completely straight faced and says ‘OK, so 2 points if you can guess that one.’ Haha…” – “That was a thoroughly exciting Rough Trade pub quiz. Our team won a round of shots and @paulgmissile called an unfunny heckler a c*nt” – Chris Monk, Twitter SIX EXCITING ROUNDS, always finishing off with the slightly rubbish live music round! PRIZES to be won each week include £60 cash, drinks and multi-pack of crips for the best team name! Guaranteed the best way to kick off the week.. and with added beer!
Malka, Alessandro CiminataTantrum Records presentWhen: 14/11/2017 07:30 pm “Uproariously inventive music” Clash Magazine. 8.15pm Alessandro Ciminata
Joanna Wang, Feral Five, You The LivingThe colour blind and the birds presentsWhen: 15/11/2017 08:00 pm Hailing from Taiwan, Joanna weaves bits of old fairy tales and Americana with pop and video game soundtrack influences into whimsical and irreverent tunes. Support comes from Feral Five. and You The Living. North London’s premier musical power couple, Aidan James and Natasha Hrubovcak provide the icy slabs of anthemic noise, powered by the inimitable tribal grooves of legendary drummer, Dave Barbarossa (Adam and the Ants, Bow Wow Wow, Republica). Word on the street is spreading of You The Living’s rapturously intense performances. Don’t miss them. On the decks Born in Guyana, Dennis Da Silva is a Filmmaker, Curator, DJ & Remixer. Residencies at EGG, Heaven and the legendary club Shindy near Venice. Promoted his own club night Underpass during the days of Electroclash. alongside producing music for fashion shows and art events. Remixed Cult With No Name, Matthew Glammore’s Scism, Tiga and Michael Jackson.
School Night Swingwith HollyWhen: 15/11/2017 09:00 pm DJ Holly France plays swing, rock’n’roll, upbeat blues, ’20s jazz and more for dancers and loungers til 2am
Stop Making Sense with Jordan Telegram When: 16/11/2017 09:00 pm Come and hang out at Stop Making Sense, our new Thursday latenight party Glam, post punk, pop, indie and other strange dance-floor sounds in the main bar until 3am and it’s free all night!
Horsey, Sistertalk When: 17/11/2017 07:00 pm
White Heat ClubIndie Clubnight!When: 17/11/2017 11:00 pm Friday night indie clubnight: Indie Disco, leftfield pop and new wave edits turning the club dance floor into an unapologetically sweaty mess. ***FREE entry 11-midnight if you get a ticket from DICE.FM*** Expect to hear Indie, Disco and party bangers from:Tame Impala // Maccabees // Arctic Monkeys // Talking Heads // Joy Division // LCD Soundsystem // Hot Chip // The Strokes // MØ // Warpaint // Modest Mouse // Black Honey // Fleetwood Mac // The XX // Blossoms // New Order // Nirvana // Iggy Pop // The Cure // Swim Deep // Daft Punk // Liars // Justice // The Postal Service // Soft Cell // The Clash // Peace // Goat // The Rapture // Django Django // Eurythmics // Bowie // DEVO // Mystery Jets // Blur // Pumarosa // Prince // White Stripes and anything else leftfield and fun! Past guests include:
An Introduction to 1960's Go-Go Dancing: 4 Week Course & Sharingfour week course and showingWhen: 18/11/2017 01:00 pm Do you want to be transported back to the swinging 60’s and workout whilst having so much fun? Learn how to do 1960s Go-Go dancing in just four weeks! Join us for a four weekly Saturday class in the heart of London and Sunday sharing 10th December, to show your friends and families your new Go-Go skills! Please Note: End of term sharing – We are so delighted to offer a Sunday sharing – Sunday 10th December 7 – 10pm, with your new Go-Go moves and routines ready. We will be taking over the stage at The Lexington and you can invite family and friends to come and see you perform with your sisterhood, in a glamourous, relaxed and fun setting.
Robert Forster, Comet Gain, Pete Astor, Martin CarrTapete presentsWhen: 18/11/2017 07:00 pm Two day event showcasing the acts of the Hamburg based, record label ‘Tapete’. 7.30pm Martin Carr 8.20pm Pete Astor 9.10pm Comet Gain 10pm Robert Forster
Age Of Consent When: 18/11/2017 11:00 pm A night dedicated to the dizzying heights of 80s consumer pop and the flamboyance of the new romantics, the glam of Billy Idol, the weirdness of synthpop and new wave, the drug fuelled excess of 80s hair metal and a nod to the early pioneers of hip hop. We’re gonna be bringing you everything the 80s was famous for in a monthly hedonistic expression of excess. Try our special Miami Vice Cocktail! Expect to hear:
Sugarpush - Learn To Swing Dance (beginners & intermediate)Holly & Romanyne presentWhen: 19/11/2017 02:00 pm Learn to swing with out the Lexington’s School Night Swing DJ Holly France and Romayne! Beginner and intermediates classes available! No need to bring a partner.
The Monochrome Set, The Night Mail & Louis Philippe, Bill Pritchard, Friedrich SunlightTapete presentsWhen: 19/11/2017 07:00 pm Two day event showcasing the acts of the Hamburg based, record label ‘Tapete’. 7.30pm Friedrich Sunlight 8.20pm Bill Pritchard 9.10pm Louis Phillippe 10pm The Monochrome Set
Loser's Lounge With Charlie HangdogReggae, soul and blues - free entryWhen: 19/11/2017 09:00 pm Reggae/soul @45 rpm Not prime time; It’s the good stuff saved for the wee hours of the darkest part of the week. The last refuge of the scoundrel.
John Joseph Brill, BrydeCommunion presentsWhen: 20/11/2017 07:30 pm
The Lexington Pop Quiz with quizmaster Paul Guided Missilewith top of the pops quizmaster Paul Guided MissileWhen: 20/11/2017 08:00 pm The all-new but very familiar quiz! Now called The Lexington Pop Quiz. Still hosted by Paul Guided Missile. Now £2 entry person. Now with top prize of £60, second prize round of drinks, multi-pack of crisps for best team name. Name that tune, identify the popstar, answer the headfuck question, spot the intro – multiple rounds of pop-related trivia questions presented by exceedingly entertaining quizmaster Paul Guided Missile. Book tables at 7pm (or earlier) for up to six players per team. Email info@thelexington.co.uk to book (no charge apart from the £2 per person quiz charge…) “The best pop quiz in town” – Pub Quizzers “It’s far from serious stuff as the potty-mouthed quizmaster guides you through some pretty silly rounds, including one based on Bob Holness’s ‘Blockbusters’. A multipack of crisps goes to the team with the best name, as judged by a ‘clapometer’.! – Time Out ‘London’s Ten Best Pub Quizzes’. “Die-hard musos will love The Lexington’s effort, in conjunction with Rough Trade Records, with rounds such as Badly Drawing Boy, in which teams guess the LP sleeve from a kiddy’s scrawl.” – British Airways” High Life magazine. “I was really expecting it to be damn tough, but it was definitely accessible to all levels of music knowledge (the first question was to name just onemember of JLS – no, we didn’t get it)………. “Paul is a London legend” – Billy Reeves, BBC London 94.9 “This one is big. Really big… ” – Qype “Quizmaster Paul is halfway through a bravura performance of Bat Out Of Hell on his Bontempi keyboard. I look around and a good 60 per cent of the assembled audience is literally weeping with laughter. This is without doubt the best pub quiz of all time” – Jude Georges, ‘Twee’ fanzine “Some Northern bloke hosts it and for one round plays pop hits on a Bontempi organ.. everyone laughs their heads of when they realise the plinky plonk bossanova tune he’s playing is actually Anarchy In the UK or something, then he looks up completely straight faced and says ‘OK, so 2 points if you can guess that one.’ Haha…” – “That was a thoroughly exciting Rough Trade pub quiz. Our team won a round of shots and @paulgmissile called an unfunny heckler a c*nt” – Chris Monk, Twitter SIX EXCITING ROUNDS, always finishing off with the slightly rubbish live music round! PRIZES to be won each week include £60 cash, drinks and multi-pack of crips for the best team name! Guaranteed the best way to kick off the week.. and with added beer!
KlangstofMetropolis Music presentsWhen: 21/11/2017 07:30 pm Koen Van De Wardt records ethereal, oft-hushed but forever gripping synth-anchored music under the moniker Klangstof that’s a collage of supremely genteel yet haunting vocals, sleek melodies and experimental beats and rhythms. “‘Hostage’ by Klangstof sounds like the more shimmering moments of pre-bloopy Radiohead, if they had aligned themselves with the production tendencies of Abel Tesfaye and the soaring beauty of all those Sigor Ros moments that make nature programmes so atmospheric.” NME MATT WILKINSON
Hawk, The Anatomy Of FrankThe End Festival presentsWhen: 22/11/2017 07:30 pm HAWK combine an abrasive edge with celestial vocals, to create a driving, expansive sound, with activism at its core. HAWK have been compared to Warpaint and The Cranberries with hints of Slow Dive and Radiohead. Their music covers subjects like inequality, exclusion, gender-preconceptions and generalisations faced by different social groups every day. Their acute social awareness is a trait that the band hold dear conveying their message with beauty and grace, with triggering, dreamlike soundscapes to mirror the inequalities they witness in everyday life. HAWK formed in London in 2014, where they formed their label, Veta Records. The band relocated to Berlin in 2016 where they are still friends after a winter living under one roof. Amongst the band’s supporters are Noisey, Stereogum, Clash, The Line of Best Fit and Amazing Radio, who have all commented on HAWK’s dynamic sound and compelling subject matters. New single ‘Below’ is out now on Spotify🔺 https://open.spotify.com/album/3bhiFjtz1Z4G7kRcETZZv2 “…powerful…” – Dork “…stunning…” -Noisey “…a dreamlike sound that conjures up ethereal imagery.” – Wonderland “…ear-pleasing webs of noise with powerful political ideas.” – The Line of Best Fit “…biting musicality…” – Clash “…could be the best opening track to any rock release.” – Noizze
School Night Swingwith HollyWhen: 22/11/2017 09:00 pm DJ Holly France plays swing, rock’n’roll, upbeat blues, ’20s jazz and more for dancers and loungers til 2am
St Leonard's Horses, Weird Milk, Triggrd When: 23/11/2017 06:00 pm Signing his record deal with XMR on William Blake’s grave, it’s fair to say Saint Leonard’s Horses is an enigma. Having played with the likes of Billy Bragg, Beck, Bob Dylan, Father John Misty and Ryan Adams, he’s also recorded his debut album Good Luck Everybody within Stanley Kubrick’s estate, having written songs inspired by retreats into the Mojave Desert, a cabin in Nashville and a gothic church on the Yorkshire moors. Leonard himself has plenty of experiences to relay to everybody, as he invites them into his world whether at cinematic live shows or through the aural jigsaw of his album.
Stop Making Sense with Judith When: 23/11/2017 09:00 pm Come and hang out at Stop Making Sense, our new Thursday latenight party Glam, post punk, pop, indie and other strange dance-floor sounds in the main bar until 3am and it’s free all night!
King Salami & The Cumberland Three, Los Coyote MenDirty Water Records & Punk Rock Blues presentsWhen: 24/11/2017 08:00 pm This is London’s greatest and most sensational Rhythm’n’Blues-Punk band. And this is a band that truly represents London, being a mongrel mix of Caribbean, France, Japan and Spain. With a repertoire influenced by many of the great songs of the ’50s and ’60s made to sound fresh and new to modern ears, you won’t be able to help but move your feet when the Cumberland Three are blasting out of your speakers. The Cumberland Three (former members of punk rock bands, including The Parkinsons) rock up a storm with their own branded mix of vintage rockabilly, desperate rock’n’roll and stomping soul, with fire, energy, gusto and, above all, fun! Equal parts rock’n ‘roll and soul, with a healthy dose of blues and rockabilly and a good bit of punk rock attitude, whether you’re at a club show or in your living room you won’t be able to help yourself from shakin’ and shimmyin’. You can bet your bacon that they’re gonna be cookin’ up a party at your house too!
White Heat ClubIndie Clubnight!When: 24/11/2017 11:00 pm Friday night indie clubnight: Indie Disco, leftfield pop and new wave edits turning the club dance floor into an unapologetically sweaty mess. ***FREE entry 11-midnight if you get a ticket from DICE.FM*** Expect to hear Indie, Disco and party bangers from:Tame Impala // Maccabees // Arctic Monkeys // Talking Heads // Joy Division // LCD Soundsystem // Hot Chip // The Strokes // MØ // Warpaint // Modest Mouse // Black Honey // Fleetwood Mac // The XX // Blossoms // New Order // Nirvana // Iggy Pop // The Cure // Swim Deep // Daft Punk // Liars // Justice // The Postal Service // Soft Cell // The Clash // Peace // Goat // The Rapture // Django Django // Eurythmics // Bowie // DEVO // Mystery Jets // Blur // Pumarosa // Prince // White Stripes and anything else leftfield and fun! Past guests include:
BronchoLivenation presentsWhen: 25/11/2017 07:00 pm
Club 27/ When: 25/11/2017 10:00 pm
Pixies | Foals | The Jam | LCD Soundsystem | Dr. Dre | Suede | Fleetwood Mac | Friendly Fires | The Coral | Interpol | The Beatles | Pulp | The Kinks | The Smiths | Primal Scream | Ian Brown | Arcade Fire | The Vines | Supergrass | Glasvegas | The Sunshine Underground | The Black Keys | Hot Hot Heat | Darwin Deez | The Vaccines | Cast | Outkast | Oasis | The Ramones | The White Stripes | Small Faces | The Ronettes | The Cure | Happy Mondays | Bombay Bicycle Club | Babyshambles | Mystery Jets | Dizzee Rascal | Foo Fighters | The Specials | Palma Violets | Soft Cell | The Music | The Rakes | The Verve | Vampire Weekend | Depeche Mode | The Charlatans | Blur | The Maccabees | Florence & the Machine | Two Door Cinema Club | The Virgins | Peace | Splashh | BRMC | Good Shoes | Catatonia | The Troggs | The View | Ash | YYYs | Tears For Fears | R.E.M. | Klaxons | Tokyo Police Club | The Animals | Kings Of Leon | Miles Kane | Joy Division | The Who | The Zutons | The Clash | The Walkmen | Drenge | The Libertines | The Drums | Jake Bugg | Doves | The Concretes | Foster the People | Art Brut | Blondie | The Von Bondies | The Stone Roses | Tame Impala | Nirvana | The Horrors | The XX | Kasabian | The La’s | MGMT | The Streets | Arctic Monkeys | Jamie T | Madness | The Courteeners | The Rolling Stones | The Cribs | The National | The Strokes | New York Dolls… WE LOVE REQUESTS!
Sugarpush - Learn To Swing Dance (beginners & intermediate)Holly & Romanyne presentWhen: 26/11/2017 02:00 pm Learn to swing with out the Lexington’s School Night Swing DJ Holly France and Romayne! Beginner and intermediates classes available! No need to bring a partner.
Mammoth Penguins, Mega Emotion, DeerfulFika Recordings presentWhen: 26/11/2017 07:30 pm Mammoth Penguins & Friends Mammoth Penguins bring their new album “John Doe” to London, which tells the story of the people who were close to a man who has faked his own death, only to return years later. Mammoth Penguins formed in Cambridge in 2013. They released their debut album Hide & Seek in 2015 on the late great Fortuna Pop! label, putting them in the excellent company of bands such as Martha, Comet Gain and Chorusgirl. After playing shows across the U.K. and Germany, and a live session for Marc Riley’s BBC 6 Music radio show, the band hatched a plan to work with other musicians on a side project. This side project became the John Doe album Mega Emotion Norwich trio Mega Emotion is made up of Iain on guitar, Lisa and Jan on keyboards, all of them sing and play drums/percussion over electronic beats. Iain describes their sound as “an alternative soundtrack to the film Tron.” Since forming, Mega Emotion have won Steve Lamacq’s Roundtable new music selection on BBC 6 Music, seen their demo material play-listed as a 6 Music Recommends track of the week, and been championed on Radio X / XFM and by BBC Introducing. Deerful Deerful is Emma Winston, a keyboard player, singer and producer based in London. She writes lush, sad, romantic electropop about feelings on synthesisers small enough to use on the bus. Her self-engineered and produced debut album, Peach, is a bold and ambitious 11 track debut long player, released less than two years after writing her first song. Peach is an album about affirming the ordinary and vital, about the everyday things that provide comfort to you in difficult times, and about finding your own way to push back against the expectations that constrain you. It traces a narrative of moments of contact between people, especially between women, and above all celebrates the small moments that make up a life.
Loser's Lounge With Charlie HangdogReggae, soul and blues - free entryWhen: 26/11/2017 09:00 pm Reggae/soul @45 rpm Not prime time; It’s the good stuff saved for the wee hours of the darkest part of the week. The last refuge of the scoundrel.
Sleep Party PeopleWhite Heat presentsWhen: 27/11/2017 07:30 pm Sleep Party People join us at the Lexington! For the last 2 and a half years Sleep Party People has been touring all over Europe and Asia in support of their last album. The countless live shows has inspired Sleep Party People to focus on a more organic sound than before including the live band in the recordings. In the summer 2017 Sleep Party People will return with new music. The new album ‘Lingering’ will be out through Joyful Noise Recordings. Releasing albums in 2010, 2012 and 2014 Sleep Party People has gained attention of fans worldwide with 80.000 followers on Facebook. Two different versions of the song “I’m Not Human at All” has reached more than 6 million views combined. Having previously mainly toured in Europe and Asia 2017 marks the year where Sleep Party People will give increased focus to the many fans in USA, Mexico and South America. Sleep Party People is the brainchild of Brian Batz, a Danish multi-instrumentalist with a boundless imagination. “As a sonic architect, Batz proves to be something close to a Genius … Wonderful” – The Sunday Times. Taking as inspiration the work of Boards Of Canada, David Lynch and Erik Satie, Batz found the sound of the old battered piano in his apartment, coupled with a freaky electronic alteration of his recorded voice, created an eerie, hypnotic sound often labeled as Dream Pop.
The Lexington Pop Quiz with quizmaster Paul Guided Missilewith top of the pops quizmaster Paul Guided MissileWhen: 27/11/2017 08:00 pm The all-new but very familiar quiz! Now called The Lexington Pop Quiz. Still hosted by Paul Guided Missile. Now £2 entry person. Now with top prize of £60, second prize round of drinks, multi-pack of crisps for best team name. Name that tune, identify the popstar, answer the headfuck question, spot the intro – multiple rounds of pop-related trivia questions presented by exceedingly entertaining quizmaster Paul Guided Missile. Book tables at 7pm (or earlier) for up to six players per team. Email info@thelexington.co.uk to book (no charge apart from the £2 per person quiz charge…) “The best pop quiz in town” – Pub Quizzers “It’s far from serious stuff as the potty-mouthed quizmaster guides you through some pretty silly rounds, including one based on Bob Holness’s ‘Blockbusters’. A multipack of crisps goes to the team with the best name, as judged by a ‘clapometer’.! – Time Out ‘London’s Ten Best Pub Quizzes’. “Die-hard musos will love The Lexington’s effort, in conjunction with Rough Trade Records, with rounds such as Badly Drawing Boy, in which teams guess the LP sleeve from a kiddy’s scrawl.” – British Airways” High Life magazine. “I was really expecting it to be damn tough, but it was definitely accessible to all levels of music knowledge (the first question was to name just onemember of JLS – no, we didn’t get it)………. “Paul is a London legend” – Billy Reeves, BBC London 94.9 “This one is big. Really big… ” – Qype “Quizmaster Paul is halfway through a bravura performance of Bat Out Of Hell on his Bontempi keyboard. I look around and a good 60 per cent of the assembled audience is literally weeping with laughter. This is without doubt the best pub quiz of all time” – Jude Georges, ‘Twee’ fanzine “Some Northern bloke hosts it and for one round plays pop hits on a Bontempi organ.. everyone laughs their heads of when they realise the plinky plonk bossanova tune he’s playing is actually Anarchy In the UK or something, then he looks up completely straight faced and says ‘OK, so 2 points if you can guess that one.’ Haha…” – “That was a thoroughly exciting Rough Trade pub quiz. Our team won a round of shots and @paulgmissile called an unfunny heckler a c*nt” – Chris Monk, Twitter SIX EXCITING ROUNDS, always finishing off with the slightly rubbish live music round! PRIZES to be won each week include £60 cash, drinks and multi-pack of crips for the best team name! Guaranteed the best way to kick off the week.. and with added beer!
ChildcareLivenation presentsWhen: 28/11/2017 07:00 pm As far as formation myths go, Childcare’s probably takes the biscuit. Ringleader Ed Cares works as a nanny for his day job, and airings of potential material – by way of humming a few melodies – caught the attention of some of the kids he cares for, and they encouraged him to start a band. To quote one early reviewer (Josh, aged eight) “you’re probably my second favourite artist after Katy Perry.” With a new EP, ‘Made Simple’ out now, ‘Dust’ is an angular first taste; a bleakly witty take on seizing the day. Do whatever you like, is the basic gist, cos “soon we’ll all be dust”. There you go, then. (El Hunt) – DIY MAG
Mariam The Believer, Nadine KhouriCrosstown Concerts presentsWhen: 29/11/2017 07:30 pm Best known as one half of the critically acclaimed Scandinavian pop duo Wildbirds And Peacedrums, Mariam Wallentin has been re-born as Mariam The Believer, an introspective and melancholic creation of forceful pop that characterises Mariam’s vision of hope, of light at the end of a tunnel.
School Night Swingwith HollyWhen: 29/11/2017 09:00 pm DJ Holly France plays swing, rock’n’roll, upbeat blues, ’20s jazz and more for dancers and loungers til 2am
Nelson Can, Albert Af Ekenstam, HajkJa Ja Ja & Rockfeedback Proudly PresentWhen: 30/11/2017 07:30 pm NELSON CAN | DENMARK ALBERT AF EKENSTAM | SWEDEN HAJK | NORWAY
Stop Making Sense with Simon Marsham When: 30/11/2017 09:00 pm Come and hang out at Stop Making Sense, our new Thursday latenight party Glam, post punk, pop, indie and other strange dance-floor sounds in the main bar until 3am and it’s free all night!
The Fallen WomenLex Induction Hour withWhen: 01/12/2017 07:30 pm Ever thought you could do a better job of fronting The Fall than Mark E Smith? Well now’s your chance! The Fallen Women (all-female live Fall karaoke band) and The Quietus (the quietus.com) invite you to come and have a go at being MES on Friday 1st December at London’s premier live music venue, The Lexington. All are welcome, from seasoned performers to those who’ve never been on stage before or even sung a note (some would argue that the latter might actually be an advantage…). We provide lyric sheets if you want them, and compere Matt will be on hand to help you with any tricky cues. Pick from a repertoire of 30 songs including Totally Wired, Touch Sensitive, Rowche Rumble, Blindness, Theme From Sparta FC #2 and Big New Prinz (full list can be found on Twitter: @thefallenwomen). If you’d like to request to reserve a song from the group’s repertoire please write to thefallenwomen@gmail.com with your first, second and third choices. Fifteen songs will also be held back so that they are up for grabs on the night on a first come, first served basis. Ticket price includes FREE ENTRY to club night White Heat (same venue) afterwards!
White Heat ClubIndie Clubnight!When: 01/12/2017 11:00 pm Friday night indie clubnight: Indie Disco, leftfield pop and new wave edits turning the club dance floor into an unapologetically sweaty mess. ***FREE entry 11-midnight if you get a ticket from DICE.FM*** Expect to hear Indie, Disco and party bangers from:Tame Impala // Maccabees // Arctic Monkeys // Talking Heads // Joy Division // LCD Soundsystem // Hot Chip // The Strokes // MØ // Warpaint // Modest Mouse // Black Honey // Fleetwood Mac // The XX // Blossoms // New Order // Nirvana // Iggy Pop // The Cure // Swim Deep // Daft Punk // Liars // Justice // The Postal Service // Soft Cell // The Clash // Peace // Goat // The Rapture // Django Django // Eurythmics // Bowie // DEVO // Mystery Jets // Blur // Pumarosa // Prince // White Stripes and anything else leftfield and fun! Past guests include:
Black Peaches, Vels Trio, JouisBasement Tapes 5th Birthday PresentsWhen: 02/12/2017 07:00 pm Basement Tapes presents: We are SO HAPPY to announce that we will be celebrating our 5th birthday this year with a one day festival at The Lexington! Over the 5 years of Basement Tapes we have had so many wonderful bands and DJs pass through our nights and we have gathered some of our very favourites together for this special show. Early bird tickets are on sale now and line up announcements will be made VERY soon. So keep your eyes peeled… We’ll be running live music upstairs from 7-11pm featuring 4 of our favourite bands, and will have DJs running downstairs from 11-4am playing the finest in funk, soul, afrobeat and rare groove. Early Bird: £7
Chris T-T Farewell Concert - sold out When: 03/12/2017 07:30 pm After 20 years, 2,300 shows and 10 solo albums, Chris T-T bows out with a final farewell party. Yes, this will be the last Chris T-T gig.
Lo MoonSJM presentsWhen: 04/12/2017 07:30 pm Lo Moon are a three-piece band based in LA who’s debut song, a 7-minute sprawling anthem called“Loveless,”is already receiving early love from the likes ofThe Sunday Times, NPR Music, Sirius XM’s Alt Nation and KCRW.The song was recently featured onNPR’s “Heavy Rotation” list for 2016, with notable music programmer Bruce Warren calling it “shimmering, immersive, and otherworldly… Loveless is a stop-you-in-your-tracks kind of song.”
Jordan MackampaITB presentsWhen: 05/12/2017 07:30 pm Singer/Songwriter Jordan Mackampa is often described as a troubadour, an artist with timeless soul and lyrics drenched in heart felt empathy. As a man who was born in Kinshasa, grew up in London and became an artist in Coventry, Jordan’s music is swimming in the sounds and stories of the cities he’s inhabited over the years.
Sweet BabooEat Your Own Ears presentsWhen: 06/12/2017 08:00 pm Sweet Baboo is Stephen Black, a native of the north Wales countryside and a single-minded, idiosyncratic singer. Black possesses an ear for a sparkling melody, a restless soul, and a gift for a deft lyrical turn – from darkly funny to piercingly tender, twinklingly boastful to deliciously self-deprecating. Sweet Baboo’s third album, I’m a Dancer/Songs About Sleeping, was nominated for the inaugural Welsh Music Prize in 2011, a year which also saw the release of his EP, Girl Under A Tree. Influenced by fond musical favourites, The Beach Boys, Daniel Johnston and Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, Girl Under A Tree tells tales of girls, loss, adventure and drinking. Over the last few years, Sweet Baboo has played at Latitude, Green Man Festival, SXSW and The Camden Crawl, as well as touring Germany with Johnny Flynn and the UK with Islet and Slow Club. He has also been invited to record sessions for BBC 6 Music’s Marc Riley, Huw Stephens and Stuart Maconie. Notably, Black’s song How I’d Live My Life (AKA The Bumblebee Song) is the soundtrack to a series of TV spots for the Visit Wales tourist board campaign. Black’s productivity is all the more remarkable given his extra-curricular activities which have seen him working with an ever-growing array of musicians. Black has played on albums by Cate Le Bon, Slow Club and H. Hawkline, and has been a regular part of the touring line-up for all three bands. He has also performed with and produced Euros Childs, The Pictish Trail, The Voluntary Butler Scheme, Islet and Spencer McGarry Season and collaborated onstage and in the studio with Gruff Rhys. 2012 saw Sweet Baboo set off on a world tour as part of Slow Club’s live band as well as a North American and UK tour in Cate Le Bon’s touring band. In between world tours, Black found time to record his fourth full-length album, a concept album about the sea which is tentatively titled Ships, with long time collaborator The Voluntary Butler Scheme. The latest instalment in the Sweet Baboo saga sees Black indulge in his love of super brass-heavy pop and is due for release in 2013.
White Heat ClubIndie Clubnight!When: 08/12/2017 11:00 pm Friday night indie clubnight: Indie Disco, leftfield pop and new wave edits turning the club dance floor into an unapologetically sweaty mess. ***FREE entry 11-midnight if you get a ticket from DICE.FM*** Expect to hear Indie, Disco and party bangers from:Tame Impala // Maccabees // Arctic Monkeys // Talking Heads // Joy Division // LCD Soundsystem // Hot Chip // The Strokes // MØ // Warpaint // Modest Mouse // Black Honey // Fleetwood Mac // The XX // Blossoms // New Order // Nirvana // Iggy Pop // The Cure // Swim Deep // Daft Punk // Liars // Justice // The Postal Service // Soft Cell // The Clash // Peace // Goat // The Rapture // Django Django // Eurythmics // Bowie // DEVO // Mystery Jets // Blur // Pumarosa // Prince // White Stripes and anything else leftfield and fun! Past guests include:
The Christmas PartyTBHQ presentsWhen: 09/12/2017 07:30 pm ‘TBHQ present THE CHRISTMAS PARTY 2017 – the latest edition of our irregular and much loved charity live music events – savoured by discerning retro-leaning partygoers since 1886! Much fun and merriment on stage and off for everyone (and their mum) to live it up while there’s still time… Extraordinary live music , intoxicating libations, a few minor celebs and an extremely late bar…… 18+ show
Artificial PleasureAEG Live presentsWhen: 12/12/2017 07:30 pm Artificial Pleasure are a London-based quartet formed in early 2016. The band consists of Phil McDonnell (vocals, guitars), Dom Brennan (synths), Lee Jordan (drums) and Rich Zbaraski (bass) joining the line-up. Following their first release at the end of 2016, the band kick off 2017 as one of NME’s Top 10 Artists to watch, calling their music “irresistible funk-punk with thrusting sleazy grooves.” The Guardian called them “supercharged pop” while Stereogum said they were “a versatile outfit that tie many different influences and genres into tight, hypnotic knots.” Working previously as Night Engine, the band assumed the new name following line-up changes and a renewed focus in their sound. The music has subtly shifted, crystallising into something altogether bolder and tougher. The tracks find their roots in childhoods spent listening to Atlantic Soul, with an adolescence firmly shaped by the energy of Talking Heads, Iggy Pop, Joy Division, The Velvet Undergroun
Jodie AbacusStandon Calling presentsWhen: 13/12/2017 07:30 pm Standon Calling are excited to announce their Christmas Party at The Lexington on December 13th! Featuring a headline performance from Jodie Abacus, plus some very special guests who will be announced soon. Then dance late into the night to indie floor-fillers spun by Feeling Gloomy. £1 from every ticket sold will go to War Child UK. There’s a prize for the best Christmas jumper so make sure to wear your finest festive knitwear!
Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell, Ulysses, Thee Dagger DebsA Christmas Cracker with...When: 15/12/2017 07:00 pm A Christmas Cracker of a Party! The Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell Thee Dagger Debs
White Heat ClubIndie Clubnight!When: 15/12/2017 11:00 pm Friday night indie clubnight: Indie Disco, leftfield pop and new wave edits turning the club dance floor into an unapologetically sweaty mess. ***FREE entry 11-midnight if you get a ticket from DICE.FM*** Expect to hear Indie, Disco and party bangers from:Tame Impala // Maccabees // Arctic Monkeys // Talking Heads // Joy Division // LCD Soundsystem // Hot Chip // The Strokes // MØ // Warpaint // Modest Mouse // Black Honey // Fleetwood Mac // The XX // Blossoms // New Order // Nirvana // Iggy Pop // The Cure // Swim Deep // Daft Punk // Liars // Justice // The Postal Service // Soft Cell // The Clash // Peace // Goat // The Rapture // Django Django // Eurythmics // Bowie // DEVO // Mystery Jets // Blur // Pumarosa // Prince // White Stripes and anything else leftfield and fun! Past guests include:
Wooden ArmsDisorder presentsWhen: 16/12/2017 07:45 pm Wooden Arms are a contemporary quintet from the UK who draw from Trip-hop, Classical, and Alternative music. “Wooden Arms have emerged with a brooding and delicate classical-folk song that is smothered in subtlety, tension and lush reverb.” – The 405 In the Autumn of 2014 they released their debut album “Tide” on Butterfly Collectors and subsequently toured Germany, France, Belgium, Switzerland, and the UK. They were featured repeatedly on BBC radio 1, 2, 3, and 6 including a live performance on Lauren Laverne’s show. Wooden Arms as of yet untitled sophomore record marks a change in sonic texture from their first album “Tide.” An expansion in sound without an expansion in members. The sound is markedly more contemporary and moves away from the classical chamber music of the first album. Enthused with the rhythmic sensibilities of Portishead, blended with the ethereal melodies of Sigur Ros. Wooden Arms instrumentation has grown to include more electronic and modern elements and shakes off the shackles of Folk music imbued on the first record.
Age Of Consent When: 16/12/2017 11:00 pm A night dedicated to the dizzying heights of 80s consumer pop and the flamboyance of the new romantics, the glam of Billy Idol, the weirdness of synthpop and new wave, the drug fuelled excess of 80s hair metal and a nod to the early pioneers of hip hop. We’re gonna be bringing you everything the 80s was famous for in a monthly hedonistic expression of excess. Try our special Miami Vice Cocktail! Expect to hear:
Quick Wittington - Dream Themes Panto & ConcertGuided Missile presentsWhen: 17/12/2017 07:00 pm Dream Themes present their 2017 PANTO featuring all 4 members of the group, plus the cast of their online (Youtube) soap opera, Thamesmeerd! THIS IS THE ADULT, EVENING SHOW, IS ALL STANDING AND WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A FULL MUSIC CONCERT BY THE GROUP DREAM THEMES!
The Wave Pictures Christmas Extravaganza - Part One When: 19/12/2017 07:30 pm Christmas is the season to be jolly! Catch The Wave Pictures playing some old classics, some current rockers, and some future hits from our forthcoming albums (to be released in 2018). We’ll be playing on December 19th and 20th, with a special price ticket available that gains entry to both nights. If you come to both shows, don’t worry – we’ll be playing different sets each night so you’ll hear something different each night.
The Wave Pictures Christmas Extravaganza - Part Two, Tigercats When: 20/12/2017 07:30 pm Christmas is the season to be jolly! Catch The Wave Pictures playing some old classics, some current rockers, and some future hits from our forthcoming albums (to be released in 2018). We’ll be playing on December 19th and 20th, with a special price ticket available that gains entry to both nights. If you come to both shows, don’t worry – we’ll be playing different sets each night so you’ll hear something different each night.
Joanne Joannehttps://www.wegottickets.com/event/416415When: 21/12/2017 07:00 pm Giddy up jingle horse! It’s the most wonderful time of the year – come all ye faithful (and faithless) and celebrate LOUD WOMEN stylee, with a very special performance by … JOANNE JOANNE They ‘don’t do Rio’. Awesome supports TBA. Expect games, very special guests, mistletoe, late nite Xmas disco and presents. Ho ho ho! Tickets on sale 9am Friday 15 Sept from
White Heat ClubIndie Clubnight!When: 22/12/2017 11:00 pm Friday night indie clubnight: Indie Disco, leftfield pop and new wave edits turning the club dance floor into an unapologetically sweaty mess. ***FREE entry 11-midnight if you get a ticket from DICE.FM*** Expect to hear Indie, Disco and party bangers from:Tame Impala // Maccabees // Arctic Monkeys // Talking Heads // Joy Division // LCD Soundsystem // Hot Chip // The Strokes // MØ // Warpaint // Modest Mouse // Black Honey // Fleetwood Mac // The XX // Blossoms // New Order // Nirvana // Iggy Pop // The Cure // Swim Deep // Daft Punk // Liars // Justice // The Postal Service // Soft Cell // The Clash // Peace // Goat // The Rapture // Django Django // Eurythmics // Bowie // DEVO // Mystery Jets // Blur // Pumarosa // Prince // White Stripes and anything else leftfield and fun! Past guests include:
White Heat New Year's Eve Party When: 31/12/2017 09:00 pm Taking over both floors of the Lexington we’ll be playing the best indie, new wave, post-punk, leftfield-pop and some NYE worthy party starters to usher in 2018! Tickets available for only £15! Expect to hear party tunes alongside the usual Tame Impala // Maccabees // Arctic Monkeys // Talking Heads // Joy Division // LCD Soundsystem // Hot Chip // The Strokes // MØ // Warpaint // Modest Mouse // Black Honey // Fleetwood Mac // The XX // Blossoms // New Order // Nirvana // Iggy Pop // The Cure // Swim Deep // Daft Punk // Liars // Justice // The Postal Service // Soft Cell // The Clash // Peace // Goat // The Rapture // Django Django // Eurythmics // Bowie // DEVO // Mystery Jets // Blur // Pumarosa // Prince // White Stripes and anything else leftfield and fun! Dice (No Booking Fee): Billetto: WeGotTickets:
Fanny Andersen, Joy Crookes, Sabella - Day OneThe Line Of Best Fit - Five Day Forecast presentsWhen: 08/01/2018 07:30 pm
The Rhythm Method, Suzi Wu, Art School Girlfriend - Day TwoThe Line Of Best Fit - Five Day Forecast presentsWhen: 09/01/2018 07:30 pm
Liv Dawson, Grace Carter, Girlhood - Day ThreeThe Line Of Best Fit - Five Day Forecast presentsWhen: 10/01/2018 07:30 pm
Very Special Headliners TBA, JW Ridley, Swimming Girls - Day FourThe Line Of Best Fit - Five Day Forecast presentsWhen: 11/01/2018 07:30 pm
Soccer Mommy, Snail Mail, Honey Harper - Day FiveThe Line Of Best Fit - Five Day Forecast presentsWhen: 12/01/2018 07:30 pm
KnifeworldGuided Missile presentsWhen: 20/01/2018 07:30 pm “Knifeworld have mined the hairline crack between genius and madness and found sonic gold” “Explosions of intricate melodies, twisting sometimes angular time changes and blatant sense of adventure. It’s challenging but wholly worthwhile” “Buried Alone is equal parts jumbo choruses, gossamer harmonies, tungsten riffs and psychotic timings…these songs rub unabashedly pretty, richly layered pop up against impossibly intricate structural madness” “An album that fires off an awe-inspiring barrage of musical styles” “Heavy, huge, fucking guitars bludgeon you one second, before vocal harmonies take you by the hand and lead you towards somewhere else entirely…a steely conviction in its own strangeness and a scabrous pop sensibility that winds throughout. This album is coming from a place way, way through the looking glass.” “This album is so utterly grand that each time you listen to it another realm of serenity emerges” “Buried Alone: Tales of Crushing Defeat should establish Torabi as one of the most ingenious songwriters around today…
DudsDictionary Pudding presentsWhen: 25/01/2018 07:30 pm “When I was first told about Duds, it came with the considered opinion that the guys were far from what you’d call ‘careerists’. – Marc Riley JUNE 2017 ‘You kind of know where you are (in a good way) with a band name like Duds, self-effacing in the the way only the British can be. Lacking even the qualification of the definite article! Musically they don’t disappoint either. Lead-off track ‘No Remark’ from their latest EP Wet Reduction has an element to it that doesn’t quite qualify as music (in all the right ways) a bit atonal, in some rhythm that’s not 4/4 but is somehow some kind of pop from another dimension.’ – Colin Newman (Wire)
Trudy And The RomanceRock Feedback presentsWhen: 26/01/2018 07:30 pm Somewhere among the daydreamers and heartbreakers, beauty queens and jock teens, Trudy and the Romance are looking to lure you into their suitably skewed, cinematic world. On new single ‘Is There A Place I Can Go’, the trio’s dubbed ‘Mutant 50s Pop’ takes a more contemplative turn. The single is part of their Junkyard Jazz EP, which will be released through B3SCI on November the 17th. From character creation to alter-ego exploration, Trudy’s overtly-romanticised, technicolour realm runs deep. Like David Lynch dicing and splicing Walt Disney film reels, Junkyard Jazz EP is a larger-than-life introduction to their saccharine sound, right through to the Grease-style illustrations by LA-based artist Hello Thunderpuss.
The Lost BrothersLivenation presentsWhen: 30/01/2018 07:00 pm “The Lost Brothers are the real deal. So Long John Fante is my favourite record of the year.” ”There are welcome echoes in THE PASSING OF THE NIGHT but it is strongly – and beautifully – unique. I love it.” ”The brothers spin yarns in such a spellbinding way you can almost see scary shadows flickering in the firelight.” “The Brothers have an ear for effortless poetry and stark powerful melodies underpinning to die for, harmony singing. A powerful musical punch”. The Irish Examiner. **** ”Smooth as oak-aged whiskey.. Beguiling, genuine and the perfect soundtrack to a lone train ride across golden fields, The Lost Brothers’ boots are timeless and worn.”
The Just JoansFika Recordings presentWhen: 03/02/2018 08:00 pm Formed in Glasgow in 2005, The Just Joans have evolved from a shambling two-piece to an accomplished sextet that embraces rivalry and relationship in the vocals of siblings, David and Katie Pope. Once described as ‘the missing link between The Magnetic Fields and The Proclaimers’, the band have used self-awareness and self-deprecation to continuously explore themes of angst, heartbreak and detachment in their songs. The band are excited to release You Might Be Smiling Now…, a self-recorded and produced collection of new songs. The release offers more of the same cynicism, but from an older if not necessarily wiser perspective as evidenced on lead single No Longer Young Enough and You Make Me Physically Sick (Let’s Start Having Children) is a jaundiced slice of toybox pop that crosses The Human League and Harold Steptoe. Complementing this shift in tone comes a more polished electronic sound on tracks A Matter of Time and Someone Else That You Like More Than Me while O’ Caledonia sails along at a blistering pace like no Just Joans lament before it.
Josh Kelley, Frankie DaviesLivenation presentsWhen: 04/02/2018 07:30 pm After spending the majority of the past decade as a successful pop and adult contemporary artist, Josh Kelley returns to the Southern sound he’s loved since childhood with his upcoming MCA Nashville country release. While it may be his official debut into the country genre, Josh’s previous hits, have always contained discernible country flair. “This record is a time capsule. It’s by far the best thing I’ve written and I’ve never been more proud,” revealed Josh, who wrote or co-wrote each of the album’s eleven songs. It’s evident that this latest project is very much autobiographical, having gotten married, moved and adopted a baby girl all in the past two years. These events created the album and the stories he tells in it. “My life has completely changed. My wife is a very strong independent woman, she allows me my own independence and from the first time my baby girl brushed her hand against my face, my life was changed. This album reflects those changes.” Josh’s MCA Nashville project not only showcases his talents as a singer and songwriter, but reveals him to be the latest definition of a true renaissance man; a man who’s confident enough within his own skin to reveal a new take on sentimental themes by employing thoughtful lyrics. “Georgia Clay”, the project’s lead single, recalls the carefree summers of Josh’s youth, when he and his brothers would hitch up jet skis to their Dad’s ’77 Chevy Silverado and head down to the lake. The memories made those summers are engrained their lives, as well as the tires of that old truck. “The whole idea behind “Georgia Clay” is that we could go back to the garage and look at that truck, which hadn’t been driven in years, and still find layers of mud stuck to the tires. That is the mud from our childhood, those memories are still there.” With a modern country feel Josh recalls his life experiences with songs like “Great Idea”, “Ain’t Letting Go”, “Two Cups of Coffee” and “Gone Like That”. Each of these songs embrace the familiarity of times gone by, not by idealizing the past, but by presenting unique lessons learned from it. “Gone Like That” isn’t the typical she’s gone and I don’t care take on a one night stand, it explores an unapologetically sensitive man who keeps running into what could be the woman of his dreams. “This was the song that actually started my journey into country music. I had written and presented it to my music publisher to pitch to other artists, but they liked my demo so much they encouraged me to cut it. It was the first song I wrote that gave me the confidence to pursue a career as a country singer.” The sentimental and emotionally charged “Naleigh Moon”, a song written for and about his beloved baby girl, dives deep into the intense connection between a father and his daughter. “We’d only had Naleigh for a couple of weeks when I wrote this and I think it’s the best song I’ve ever written. The way the chords and the melody intertwine, it really tugs on your heartstrings. When I sang that song in the studio, I really meant it.” Not leaving the drinkin’ & carousin’ songs entirely to his contemporaries, Josh offers up “Raining Whiskey”, a get the party started tune that’s destine to be added to every jukebox and honky tonk across the country. Referencing the song’s lyrics, It’s hard staying dry when it’s raining whiskey, Josh laughed, “That’s my favorite forecast.” As a kid growing up in Augusta, Georgia, Josh experienced both city life and country living; thanks to his family owning a bit of farmland near their home. “We grew up half our lives on a farm up in the North Georgia Mountains,” said Josh. “Summers were spent bush hoggin’ acres of land and life in Augusta was all about golf and music. We had the best of both worlds. There was the fun of city life, plus we got to experience the beauty of the country,” Josh continued. The first record Josh remembers buying was U2’s Joshua Tree, but early on he was exposed to a wide range of musical styles. “It depended on whose car I was in,” said Josh. “If it was my Mom’s car, it was Doobie Brothers, Luther Vandross, Michael McDonald. If I was with my older brother John, it was Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Supertramp. With Dad it was all country all the time.” During his early teens Josh and younger brother Charles (of Lady Antebellum fame) decided to form the band Inside Blue, with Charles on drums and lead vocals and Josh on electric guitar. Inside Blue released a maxi cd with five tracks which were played on local radio and eventually caught the attention of The Godfather of Soul, James Brown, and his manager, who wanted to sign them. “He loved our songs, but they wanted to change everything, so my Dad and brother said ‘no deal’. I’m glad they did that because it afforded both me and Charles the opportunity to grow up and see the world and really have things to write about.” Never fully putting his love of music on the back burner, Josh left Georgia to attend the University of Mississippi under a golf scholarship where he studied graphic design. During his junior year, after boosting buzz for himself by way of a self-promoting internet scheme, he eventually landed his first major label deal with Hollywood Records. 2003 saw the release of For The Ride Home and the success of its Top 5 hit single, “Amazing” and in 2005, Josh released his second major label effort Almost Honest and its lead single, “Only You”. Not long after that, Josh opted out of his Hollywood Records deal and started his own record label, DNK Records. With his career firmly in his own hands, Josh released four independent albums between 2006 and 2008. “I wanted the sound to be more rootsy and more organic,” he said. “That’s what I had the power to do releasing my music on my own label.” Since then he has remained in the public eye thanks to numerous television performances, including: Ellen, Good Morning America, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Regis & Kelly, Last Call with Carson Daly and E!. In addition to television support, People Magazine, Us Weekly, Billboard, Entertainment Weekly, Radar and Paste Magazine are among the popular music and entertainment publications that have spotlighted Josh and his music. Josh’s music has also been incorporated into episodes of several popular TV shows, among them: The CW’s Smallville, NBC’s Scrubs, ABC’s Brothers and Sisters, What About Brian and MTV’s The Hills. After a successful career in pop music and as an indie artist, Josh is back, this time with a country album steeped in tradition and heartfelt truths. From the memories of “Georgia Clay”, the raw emotion of “Naleigh Moon”, the humor of “Raining Whiskey” or the lyrical seduction of “Learning You”, and every song in between, Josh Kelley simultaneously renews cherished country music traditions while bringing a refreshing energy to his latest release. He is, where he feels he’s always belonged, right here in Music City. “It’s funny how if you keep working hard and keep trying, an opportunity comes around, and thank God it did. We’re gonna get to move back here to Nashville and this is where I’ll be the rest of my life.”
Jerry WilliamsLive Nation presentsWhen: 05/02/2018 07:00 pm
The Monochrome Set - Strange BoutiqueThe Monochrome Set 40th Anniversary WeekendWhen: 10/02/2018 07:30 pm To celebrate 40 years since The Monochrome Set formed, the band will be playing their first two albums, Strange Boutique and Love Zombies, in their entirety, preceded by a set of favourites, over two nights. Both the Strange Boutique and Love Zombies sets will see original guitarist Lester Square return to performing as a special guest. Saturday 10th February 2018 – Strange Boutique Support – The Would-be-goods Two Doors 7.30pm both night Tickets – £18.00 each night/£30.00 for both
The Monochrome Set - Love ZombiesThe Monochrome Set 40th Anniversary WeekendWhen: 11/02/2018 07:30 pm To celebrate 40 years since The Monochrome Set formed, the band will be playing their first two albums, Strange Boutique and Love Zombies, in their entirety, preceded by a set of favourites, over two nights. Both the Strange Boutique and Love Zombies sets will see original guitarist Lester Square return to performing as a special guest. Saturday 10th February 2018 – Strange Boutique Support – The Would-be-goods Two Doors 7.30pm both night Tickets – £18.00 each night/£30.00 for both
Circuit Des YeuxBird On The Wire presentsWhen: 14/02/2018 07:30 pm Vocalist, composer, and producer Haley Fohr has been Circuit des Yeux since she was eighteen years old and released records regularly over the past decades; four full-length albums, along with several mini-albums and singles. Meanwhile, she has played shows everywhere, touring all the time. Circuit des Yeux’s mesmerising fifth album, Reaching for Indigo, was released 20th October this year.
Meat WaveRock FeedbackWhen: 16/02/2018 07:30 pm Chicago punk trio, totally ripping up the rule book – fast and furious lo-fi sounds
El Goodo, The Roves, Trecco BeisBy Order Of The Moose presentsWhen: 17/02/2018 07:30 pm Psych/garage tunesmiths El Goodo return with their long-awaited third studio album ‘By Order of the Moose’. Influenced by fellow Welsh groups Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci and Super Furry Animals, as well as bands from the Elephant 6 collective, El Goodo promise hit after hit of pop tunes intertwined with twangy spaghetti western guitars. Don’t miss the chance to see this cult band in a rare London appearance.
Orphan ColoursGlasswork presentsWhen: 18/02/2018 07:00 pm
Husky LoopsDHP presentsWhen: 20/02/2018 08:00 pm Rickety new cut, Girl Who Wants To Travel The World, serves as the perfect filler as the band prep for their straight up titled second EP, EP2. Never ones to beat about the bush the boys jump straight in mashing it up, starting with melancholy drum drags which soon propel into a tempo flood, they know how to keep it interesting.
The BlindersSJM presentsWhen: 21/02/2018 07:30 pm “Hear the sound / of dystopian cries” ‘Brave New World’ With a naturally passionate and intense presence, this trio mean very much to a growing Punky and psychedelic, they are partly inspired by poetry and literature. Their live show Amidst a myriad of widely varying comparisons, their energy pulses with a unique punkadelic sound. In turn, the music is building a movement.
Hockey DadLive Nation presentsWhen: 16/05/2018 07:00 pm
Lene Lovich Band When: 20/05/2018 07:30 pm
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