London gigs diary: 20 August – 26 August
August 20th, 2012 • Gigs diary
Eye Emma Jedi headline Barfly on Wednesday in celebration of their debut UK single “Sin”.
With Reading and Leeds happening this weekend, there’s not an abundance of shows in London right now – but what we do have is a handful festival ‘warm up’ shows, where big bands play small venues in preparation for their sets to thousands of people in a field later on in the week: The Joy Formidable (The Lexington, Tuesday) and Australia’s DZ Deathrays (The Hippodrome, Kingston, Thursday) are amongst these. London via Norway (and Liverpool) five piece Eye Emma Jedi headline Barfly on Wednesday to launch their single “Sin”, out recently on Killing Moon Records, and that same night the much hyped female duo from LA, Deap Vally, play a sold out show for Communion at Tamesis Dock in Vauxhall. You may have heard The Other Tribes’ excellent, summer capturing debut single “Skirts” recently – and there are two chances to catch them in a live setting on Friday and Saturday.
Monday 20 August
Aiden Grimshaw @ Cargo
Fidlar (US) + Virals @ The Lexington
Junior Boys (CA) @ Birthdays
Kasabian + Band Of Skulls @ O2 Academy Brixton
Tuesday 21 August
Cloud Nothings (US) + Eagulls @ Corsica Studios
The Joy Formidable @ The Lexington
Youth Imperial + Piers @ Ronnie Scott’s (TV Nights)
Stealing Sheep @ Madame JoJo’s (White Heat)
Oli Wennink @ Notting Hill Arts Club (No Quarter)
Wednesday 22 August
Eye Emma Jedi + The Divers + Volunteers @ Barfly
Deap Vally (US) @ Tamesis Dock (Communion)
Alice Jemima + Low Moon Low @ The Gallery Cafe
Goldheart Assembly @ The Sebright Arms
Hudson Taylor (IE) @ The Borderline
Younghearts @ Notting Hill Arts Club (Death2Disco) FREE before 23:00
Thursday 23 August
DZ Deathrays (AU) @ The Hippodrome, Kingston (New Slang)
Mr Fogg + My Tiger My Timing @ Hoxton Bar & Kitchen
Eugene McGuinness @ Birthdays
Green Day (US) @ O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Friday 24 August
The Other Tribe @ Koko (Club NME)
Andy Burrows + Alex Vargas @ The Wilmington Arms (Communion)
Saturday 25 August
The Other Tribe @ Trinity Bar, Harrow
Sunday 26 August
Turbogeist @ Barfly
