#live gigs
Some Weird Sin @ The Lexington
Some Weird Sin presented three amazing bands on one bill at The Lexington on 21 January 2016: Mystified, Saint Agnes and Cold in Berlin. Fantastic music, challenging lighting.
Lola Colt played a free gig at Shacklewell Arms on 8 October 2015, supported by Danish noise merchants Deadpan Interference.
Singer Melissa James launched her new album Stripped Back with an intimate gig at Library, Covent Garden on 19 October 2015
Saint Agnes headlined a show at Sebright Arms on 23 October 2015, supported by The Hungry Ghosts and Satsangi.
Echo Boom Generation @ Old Blue Last
Echo Boom Generation launched their new single The Voice at The Old Blue Last in Shoreditch on 30 September 2015, with support from Gelato and Dutch motorik/kraut rockers Rats on Rafts.
XFM X-Posure at The Barfly, Camden on 26 August 2015, featuring The Rhythm Method, Hippo Campus and Spector.
ClitRock All-day fundraiser to end FGM at Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen on 16 August 2015 with Ghost Car, Echo Boom Generation, Blindness, Krista Papista and Dream Wife.
Bones and Echo Boom Generation at Silver Bullet, Finsbury Park on 22 July 2015
Hands Off Gretel @ The Unicorn
Punk/grunge/riot grrrl band Hands Off Gretel at The Unicorn, Camden on 18 July 2015
Murder Mystery Tour with Pink Lizards, Saint Agnes and Bad For Lazarus at Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen on 16 July 2015
Jim Jones & The Righteous Mind played their first UK gig at Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen on 30 June 2015, supported by Madam.
XFM X-Posure Live @ The Barfly
XFM X-Posure Live at The Barfly, Camden on 15 June 2015 with Prom, Black Honey and Loom.
Australian rock legends The Angels played at The Garage, London on 3 June 2015, supported by New Device.
Bones played a sold-out homecoming headliner show at The Old Blue Last on 12 May 2016, following their tour of UK and Europe supporting PVRIS. Echo Boom Generation opened the show.
Shakey Graves @ Islington Assembly Hall
Austin, Texas guitarist and singer Shakey Graves played his debut London concert at Islington Assembly Hall on 27 April 2016, supported by Tamu Massif.
Manchester band False Advertising launched their new EP Brainless at Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen on 22 April 2016, supported by their friends Bad Grammar.
Indian Queens @ New River Studios
The London band formerly known as Bleech have a new name and a new sound. They played their debut gig as Indian Queens at New River Studios, north London on 15 April 2016.
Molotov Jukebox @ The Finsbury
Molotov Jukebox launched their new album Tropical Gypsy at The Finsbury pub, north London on 15 April 2016, with support from beatboxer Hobbit.
Robyn Sherwell played the last show of her recent UK tour on 23 March 2016 with a launch party for her new album at Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen, supported by Orfan.
Clever Thing played The Finsbury, north London on 25 March 2016, supported by Holloway and Nova Twins.
October Drift @ The Old Blue Last
High-energy four piece October Drift played a free gig at The Old Blue Last, Shoreditch on 22 March 2016, as part of their seemingly endless tour schedule. Support came from the excellent Shadow Culture and Tsars.
Fjokra brought their not-so-easily-defined music to Sebright Arms on 18 March 2016, supported by Gloo and Hinges.
The Franklys brought their version of garage grunge to The Finsbury on 17 March 2016, with support from Clever Thing (ex Pink Lizards/Bad for Lazarus) and The Sly Persuaders.
Cosmosis Festival was held at Victoria Warehouse in Manchester on 12 March 2016, celebrating the ever expanding umbrella of psychedelic rock, with more than 40 bands from the UK, Europe and the US playing across five stages in an intense 12 hour period.
Scuzz Throwdown @ The Borderline
The Scuzz Throwdown Tour, with Press to MECO, Allusondrugs and Max Raptor alternating the headline slot each night, came to a wild close at The Borderline in London on 9 March 2016.
Icelandic band Fufanu headlined a night of Nordic music at Sebright Arms in Hackney on 1 March 2016, supported by Norwegian pop-rockers Slutface.
Roadkill Records All-dayer @ Lock Tavern
Roadkill Records Launch Party All-dayer, on 5 March 2016, featuring some of the best live psych/surf/garage bands in London at the moment: Sunlight Service Group, Muertos, Mystified, Broken Soundtracks, The Sly Persuader, Saint Agnes and Dead Coast.
The Hanging Stars @ The Finsbury
The Hanging Stars launched their debut album at The Finsbury, London on 4 March 2016, supported by Desert Ships and Dead Coast.
London punk/grunge band Healthy Junkies launched their new album Box of Chaos at The Unicorn in Camden on 20 February 2016, with support from PollyPikPocketz, On a Bed Made of Money, IDestroy and Bubblegum Screw.
The Black Delta Movement @ Sebright Arms
The Black Delta Movement headlined a show for Goodsouls Promotions at Sebright Arms, London on 13 February 2016, supported by The Hungry Ghosts and Frankie Teardrop Dead.
Norwegian band Highasakite showcased their Nordic pop chops at a sold-out show at London’s Hoxton Hall on 9/2/16, supported by their compatriots, and London gig regulars, Apothek.
French band Last Train headlined the Paris is Burning night at Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen on 4 February 2016, supported by Keep Up and Jagged Joy.
Jedward have performed at Castlebar’s Royal Theatre 11 times now, and are gearing up for their 12th, on 27 October. The Dublin Duo are hitting the Mayo town for the third of three Irish dates to promote their forthcoming album, the second single of which, Ferocious, is due to be released on October 24. Ferocious, like Free Spirit before it, has been written and produced by the Twins, who will have a concert at Dublin’s Historic Olympia Theatre on the same date.
In between the Dublin and Castlebar concerts, the pair will be performing at Drogheda’s TLT, on 26 October.
Limited tickets are still available to see Jedward in Castlebar.
Ferocious comes out on October 24 and is currently available to preorder on iTunes,Amazon,HMV Digital, and 7 Digital.
Do you have your tickets yet for John and Edward’s Irish tour next month? If not, then you’d best hurry! The Irish popstar twins have just about sold out their DublinandDrogheda concerts, with limited tickets remaining for their date in Castlebar, County Mayo. €1 from each ticket sold will go to “Join Our Boys”, a charity set up to provide for the long-term support of the Naughton brothers, who all have Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), a debilitating and fatal disease.
The tour is to showcase their new album, due out later this month. We’ve already told you about Free Spirit, written by the twins, and inspired by US ice skater, Gracie Gold. We’re looking forward to the rest of the album too - with song titles like “Silent Raindrops”, “Ferocious”, “Ageless” and “Karma”, we’re both excited and intrigued at what they have in store for us!
