April 2025

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Tuesday 1st April 

CHESNEY HAWKES @ Pryzm, 154 Clarence St, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 1QP, 7pm, £12+adv 
KASSIE KRUT @ Loki, 302-304 Barrington Rd, Brixton, SW9 7JJ, 7pm, £10adv 
Kassie Krut, “Meet the New York band channelling Sophie and Kim Gordon to make future-pitched industrial pop” (i-D)
MARK WILLIAM LEWIS @ ICA, The Mall, SW1Y 5AH, 7pm £16adv 
REAL FARMER / UNLUCKY / THE THREATS @ Moth Club, Valette St, Hackney, 7.30pm, FREE 

Wednesday 2nd April 
KASSIE KRUT @ Loki, 302-304 Barrington Rd, Brixton, SW9 7JJ, 7.30pm, £10adv 
MARK WLILIAM LEWIS / GREAT AREA @ ICA, The Mall, SW1Y 5AH, 7.30pm £16adv
MONOBLOC / ALPHABET @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7.30pm £13.20adv
'Soaring out of the underground of New York City’s booming DIY scene, Monobloc, helmed by vocalist Timothy Waldron and Michael Silverglade on bass, is an exciting new project formed by two friends with a shared ear for merging pop sensibilities, with a distinctly metropolispost- punk attitude'
OCTOBER DRIFT @ The Dome, 178 Junction Rd, Tufnell Park, NW5 1HL, 7pm, £15adv

Thursday 3rd April
BETTER JOY plus guests @ The Old Blue Last, 38 Great Eastern St, EC2A 3ES, 7.30pm, FREE
DITZ @ The Garage, 20-22 Highbury Corner, Islington, 7pm, £20adv
ENJOYABLE LISTENS @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7.30pm £14.30adv

KIRSTEN ADAMSON & THE TANAGERS / MICHAEL J SHEEHY @ The Harrison, 28 Harrison St, WC1H 8JF, 7.30pm, £13.20adv 

​'Award-winning singer/songwriter Kirsten Adamson (daughter of rock legend Stuart Adamson (Big Country, Skids) summons the same heart-stopping purity as Sandy Denny, by way of Emmylou Harris and Kate Bush. Since spending summers soaking up the atmosphere in Nashville with her dad, and singing on Big Country’s Driving To Damascus album, Kirsten has been steadily developing her own voice and songwriting, with indie folkers Aberfeldy, country rockers The Gillyflowers and Americana duo The Marriage.' Plus support from Michael J Sheehy 'former front man of Dream City Film Club and currently co-fronting Miraculous Mule and United Sounds' performing solo tonight...

MUMFORD & SONS @ Pryzm, 154 Clarence St, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 1QP, 6.30pm & 8.30pm, £25+adv 
PAUL BRADY @ Bush Hall, Shepherds Bush, 7pm £35adv

PETE PHILLY & PERQUISITE / JEANGU MACROOY @ Hootananny, 95 Effra Rd, Brixton, SW2 1DF, 7pm, £16.53adv 

Acclaimed Amsterdam-based hip hop duo Pete Philly & Perquisite return to London.. 

THE POLECATS / KING KURT @ 100 Club, 100 Oxford St, 7.30pm £25adv 

SPANGLED @ The Social, 5 Little Portland St, W1W 7JD, 7.30pm, £12.38adv  
THE UNDERGROUND YOUTH @ Rich Mix, Bethnal Green Rd, 7.30pm, £19.38adv 
URCHIN / AUTOFICTION @ Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, 7pm, FREE 

Friday 4th April 

BERNE (Album launch) @ Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, 7pm, FREE 

Earth-pop duo and EU Climate Pact Ambassador for Malta, Berne will be celebrating the release of their new album 789
BROWN HORSE @ Rich Mix, 35 Bethnal Green Rd, E1 6LA, 7.30pm £16.95adv 

THE GRUBBY MITTS / MARK LECKEY & KINN @ New River Studios, 199 Eade Rd, Harringay, N4 1DN, 7.30pm, £15adv 

JJULIUS + DFA DJs @ Moth Club, Valette St, Hackney, 10pm, £17adv 

MINOR CONFLICT / FLIP TOP HEAD / THE COWARDS @ Old Blue Last, Grt Eastern Street, Shoreditch, 7pm, £3.50+adv   
PAUL BRADY @ Bush Hall, Shepherds Bush, 7pm £35adv
PETE WYLIE & THE IGHTY WAH! @ The Garage, 20-22 Highbury Corner, Islington, 7pm, £31.25adv​

SISTER WIVES / VAIAPRAIA @ Moth Club, Valette St, Hackney, 7.30pm, FREE 

'Unearthing forgotten feminist histories through myth and landscape, Sister Wives weave wild tales braiding the Welsh and English language. Haunting 4-part harmonies drift atop heavy psychedelia, avant space rock and ferocious fuzz-laden folk'...

TUMMYACHE / SULK / UZUMAKI @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7.30pm, £10+adv 

East London four-piece SULK 'punk and riot grrrl to blues to shoegaze', "What I imagine Hole would sound like if they were from East London." (Phoebe Lunny, Lambrini Girls)

Saturday 5th April 
DUKE GARWOOD @ The Grace (upstairs at The Garage), 20-22 Highbury Corner, Islington, 7pm, £18.50adv
EVIL SWORD / SNAKE CHAIN / SPLIT APEX @ New River Studios, 199 Eade Rd, Harringay, N4 1DN, 7.30pm, £8adv 
'Evil Sword are Kate Ferencz and Ben Furgal from Philadelphia, USA. Their chaotic live shows combine elements of noise, performance art, and gallows humor and feature macabre props, flashing lights, stage sets and costumes. There are hardly any instruments...'
GBH / CRIMINAL DAMAGE / DOGSFLESH / THE BACKSTREET ABORTIONS plus more @ New Cross Inn, 323 New Cross Rd, 6pm, £20adv 

LEMON POWER / BELLA ARTOIS / RED PERIL / PINK EYE CLUB @ The Post Bar, 316 High Rd, Tottenham, N15 4BP, 7pm £6adv  

LOBBY / ZILCHO HAMBLIN / YURN @ The Shacklewell Arms, Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, 7.30pm, FREE  
PARANOID VISIONS / RED ANGER / PEST @ Hope & Anchor, 207 Upper St, Islington, 7.30pm, £13.20adv 
'82 Dublin punk rock band Paranoid Visions, with support from Nu-Punk Two-Piece Pest 

PROUD MARY @ 100 Club, 100 Oxford St, 7.30pm, £20adv 

SONNY E / BITE ME / TRANSIENT SPIRITS plus guests & DJs - Club FFRUK @ Rooz, 35 Corsham St, N1 6DR, 7pm, FREE before 9pm £10adv or more on door (Donations to UK Housing Crisis Solutions)

Sonny E (formerly Adamski) 'Acid house legend and creator of Killer, reinventing electronic music once again.' Plus high-impact punk rock from Bite Me and 'preamy post-punk fused with psychedelic vibes' from Transient Spirits - more info here
TWAT UNION @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7.30pm £8+adv
All-girl punk pop, 'Theatrical-feminist-punk-pop 6 piece' Twat Union

Sunday 6th April 

**ORGAN RECOMMENDS** - MC YALLAH & DEBMASTER / SHEIVA @ Venue MOT, Unit 18 Orion Business Centre, Surrey Canal Rd, SE14 5RT, 7.30pm, £18adv 

“Born Yallah Gaudencia Mbidde in Kenya and raised in Uganda, MC Yallah has been involved in East Africa’s rap scene since 1999. Alternating rhymes in Luganda, Luo, Kiswahili and English, her conscious, poetic and experimental style was slow to creep into Uganda’s mainstream. Following a brief but necessary hiatus, she returned to the stage in 2018 with a new lease of life accepting her role as a central component of the Nyege Nyege/Hakuna Kulala family".

here's some Organ coverage 

CHICO BERNARDES @ The Shacklewell Arms, Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, 7pm £17adv 

Chico Bernardes is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from São Paulo, Brazil

TRAITRS @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7.30pm £20.25adv

Monday 7th April 

HEX GIRLFRIEND / FUNERALCARE / THE SHOWSTRING FACTORY @ Old Blue Last, Grt Eastern Street, Shoreditch, 7pm, FREE    
MYRIAM GENDRON / THE MEMORY BAND @ Grand Junction, Rowington Cl, W2 5TF,  7.30pm, £18adv 
Montreal-based songwriter, guitarist and singer, Myrian Gendron with third LP Mayday, 'most of the songs are original, in both English and French, and blend traditional and avant elements with abandon'

Tuesday 8th April 
HOLLY MACVE @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7.30pm £17.85adv

MOON IDLE / SWAMP / SAM CROWE @ The Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, 7.30pm, FREE   
SIOBHAN WINIFRED @ The Garage, 20-22 Highbury Corner, Islington, 7pm, £16adv
YOSHIKA COLWELL @ Moth Club, Valette St, Hackney, 7.30pm £12adv
English Folk musician Yoshika Colwell

Wednesday 9th April 

**ORGAN RECOMMENDS** - WENDY EISENBERG & RYAN SAWYER / KEIRAN LEONARD @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7.30pm £13.77adv  

'Their work traverses genres from jazz to noise, all sorts of avant substrata and delicate songs, each placing a special emphasis on vast dynamics, textures, and moods.' 

BUCKET plus guests @ Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, 7pm, FREE 

Dublin based DIY garage & punk rock 3-piece Bucket
CHINA BEARS / BOTTLEMOTH @ The Grace (upstairs at The Garage), 20-22 Highbury Corner, Islington, 7pm, £15adv  

LAURA MISCH / WU-LU / POISON ANNA / JAMES MASSIAH - Rally Festival @ ICA, The Mall, SW1Y 5AH, 7pm £22.41adv 

LONGHEADS plus special guests @ Old Blue Last, Grt Eastern Street, Shoreditch, 7pm, FREE  LUSA MORENA / DRAINFLY / SWAMP @ Sebright Arms, 31-35 Coate St, Hoxton, E2 9AG, 7.30pm, FREE  

Thursday 10th April 

**ORGAN RECOMMENDS** - MAN/WOMAN/CHAINSAW / DOG RACE @ Scala, Kings Cross, 7.30pm, £14adv

Man/Woman/Chainsaw, “the most exciting live band in London right now” (The Line of Best Fit)
ΣTELLA @ Jazz Cafe, 5 Parkway, Camden, NW1 7PG, 7pm £23adv 

CARDBOARD / LOLA @ The Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, 7pm, £8adv 

FEVER ROUGE / MORE MONEY / PEJ @ Sebright Arms, 31-35 Coate St, Hoxton, E2 9AG, 7.30pm, FREE    

FIRST HATE / STATIC PALM / BUBZ / SHELLY EXPOSE @ Old Blue Last, Grt Eastern Street, Shoreditch, 7pm, £17.60adv      
HALLEN / FUNHOUSE @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7pm, £13.72adv​ 
INTERLAKER @ The Dome, 178 Junction Rd, Tufnell Park, NW5 1HL, 7pm, £17adv
JACK AND THE WEATHERMAN / GAUDION @ The Grace (upstairs at The Garage), 20-22 Highbury Corner, Islington, 7pm, £20.50adv
WOLF EYES / SLY & THE FAMILY DRONE / SOBORGNOST @ The Underworld, 174 Camden High St, NW1 9DL, 7pm, £15adv 
Michigan based experimental noise from Wolf Eyes, with support from Sly & the Family Drone "Using only drums and processed cassettes, and incorporating many elements of avant-garde music and sound art in their realisation, Sly & The Family Drone are a primal orchestra of drum rhythms, radiophonic oscillator noise and electronically-abstracted vocals." plus Soborgnost a "sci-fi dance punk at the intersection of vaporwave, minimal wave, disco dub, industrial, EBM, proto-house, drone and noise." (Cafe Oto)

Friday 11th April 
BRYONY DUNN & THE FOREST / LACUNA / ORMELLA @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7.30pm, £10adv

Bryony Dunn & The Forest 'blend of earthy 70s pop harmony and wild rock'

BUFFET LUNCH (‘Perfect Hit!’ album launch) / LERRYN / SASSYHIYA @ The George Tavern, 373 Commercial Rd, Stepney Green, E1 0LA, 7.30pm, £9.52adv 

CULTURA TRES @ Helgi's, 177 Mare St, Hackney, E8 3RH, 7.30pm, £16.95adv  

'Cultura Tres is a band with a history of defiance and perseverance that started more than a decade ago in the small town of Maracay, Venezuela. Until then, the band had been a DIY powerhouse, steadily gaining respect in the South American sludge doom scene' 
FENNESZ / SCANNER @ The Round Chapel, 1D Glenarm Rd, Lower Clapton, E5 0LY, 8pm £25adv 

FUZZ LIGHTYEAR / CRIMEWAVE / CORDELIA GARTSIDE @ Old Blue Last, Grt Eastern Street, Shoreditch, 7pm, FREE   

THE HEAVY NORTH / SEAFOAM GREEN / VINCENT DAVIES @ 100 Club, 100 Oxford St, 7.30pm, £14adv  

WAXHEAD / HOUSE ARREST / ORAL HABIT @ Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, 7pm, FREE   

British drummer fronted psych-punk quartet with their 'raw, high-octane performances' 

Saturday 12th April 

**ORGAN RECOMMENDS** -  TOBY DRIVER (Kayo Dot)/ALORA CRUCIBLE plus guests @ New River Studios, 199 Eade Rd, Harringay, N4 1DN, 6.30pm £30adv - more info here

"experience the rather brooding rather radiant solo side of Toby Driver, his recent album Raven, I Know That You Can Give Me Anything has all those Driver trademarks we require, those Kayo Dot moods, not as foreboding as his band are but it is there in a slightly different form, a rather beautifully moody inward looking form…" (Organ)

ARABELLA / BORDER WIDOW / THE TWISTEES / VERNON JANE @ Hope & Anchor, Upper St, Islington, 7.30pm, £9adv 

Loud Women presents 'Armenian rockstar princess' Arabella plus 'Gothic Slade' Border Widow, 'dirty bass-driven sister duo' The Twistettes and Dublin jazzpunks Vernon Jane

BRIDEAR @ Underworld, Camden, 7pm, £27adv
Japan's hard rock/heavy metal all female 4-piece 'combines elements of power and melodic speed metal with strong hooks to create a sound unlike any other Japanese artist.'
DELAIRE THE LIAR - final show @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7.30pm £8adv

DRAB MAJESTY / SPINE PORTAL / STRANGE FUTURES - A Show for Palestine @ Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, 7pm, £12adv - all profits to All Our Relations Charity - Giving Hope to Families in Crisis and Palestine Action 

'Marked by its androgynous visual identity, eerie themes, and melancholic synth pop, Drab Majesty is a project led by Los Angeles-based singer/ songwriters Andrew Clinco and Alex Nicolaou.' 

THE FALLEN STATE @ The Dome, 178 Junction Rd, Tufnell Park, NW5 1HL, 7pm, £19adv
JIM BOB @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 7.30pm, £36adv
"Jim Bob Morrison, he of Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine still sounding unstoppable...."

Sunday 13th April 
BLACK CURSE / CONCRETE WINDS plus guests @ The Black Heart, 2-3 Greenland Place, Camden, NW1 0AP, 6.30pm, £21.36adv
BOUNDARIES @ The Dome, 178 Junction Rd, Tufnell Park, NW5 1HL, 7pm, £25adv
JOSEPH KECKLER / THE WITCHING TALE @ Moth Club, Valette St, Hackney, 7.30pm, £17adv

PUDDING (single launch) / FRED BROWN / FEATHERS MCGRAW @ Old Blue Last, Grt Eastern Street, Shoreditch, 7pm, FREE   
SENDELICA / Z MACHINE / THE C SIDES PROJECT @ Camden Club, 72 Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8AN, from 1pm, £16adv
an afternoon of prog and psych from Wales - more info here
SLEAP-E / THE WHEEL 2 @ Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell lane, Dalston, 7.30pm, FREE

'lo-fi aesthetics, embracing the egg punk attitude while playfully incorporating elements of bossa nova and anti-folk'
WITHERED HAND @ The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, 7.30pm £22adv

Tuesday 15th April 

BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD @ Village Underground, Grt Eastern St, Shoreditch, 7pm, £26.50adv 
GEORDIE GREEP @ Koko, 1A Camden High St, NW1 7RE, 8pm, sold out 

JESSICA WINTER @ The Divine, 33 Stoke Newington Road, N16 8BJ, 7.30pm, £12adv 
MORNE / DOOM CLUB / MOIST CREVICE @ Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, 7pm, FREE​   

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