@ The Louisiana
7:30pm | £7adv | Ages 16+ | Indie/Alternative.
"Absolutely Sublime" - Rolling Stone“If you have a stomach for the ravishingly strange, check out Chelsea Nikkel's magical yet menacing morality tales” - The GuardianHaving been cherry picked by ALT-J for their upcoming tour, we're delighted that Princess Chelsea will be headlining the Louisiana.Princess...
@ The Louisiana
7:30pm | £10adv | Ages 16+ | Folk/Acoustic.
Many people play roots music, but few modern musicians live those roots like Minnesota's Charlie Parr. Recording since the earliest days of the 21st century, Parr's heartfelt and plaintive original folk blues and traditional spirituals don't strive for authenticity: They are authentic. Most of his recording...
@ The Louisiana
7:30pm | £8adv | Ages 16+ | Indie/Alternative.
Utterly natural. There’s no more fitting description for both the music of The Dunwells as well as the story of their magical rise from the pubs of Leeds, England to an American record deal and a stunning debut album in just two short years. The group is two brothers, two cousins and totaling five best mate...
@ Colston Hall 2
7:30pm | £12.50adv | All Ages* | Folk/Acoustic, Pop/Mainstream.
“Elegant sixth album from underrated national treasure – 8/10” - Uncut The inimitable Ed Harcourt releases his new single ‘Hey Little Bruiser’ March 25th, on CCCLX, the new label set up by Sean Adams, founder of Drowned in Sound. A soaring, piano-led ode to his son (Franklyn), &ls...
@ The Louisiana
7:30pm | £5adv | Ages 16+ | Indie/Alternative.
Coasts is the result of a unique evolutionary process, a classic example of survival of the fittest, that has seen the band evolve from various musical projects, covering an expanse range of genres. Conceived almost a year ago, this Bristol-born five-piece has a wealth of musical knowledge, which becomes glaringly a...
@ The Exchange
7:00pm | £10adv | Ages 18+ | Punk/Hardcore.
NoMeansNo from Canada, were formed in 1979 by brothers Rob Wright (bass guitar and vocals) and John Wright (drum set, keyboards and vocals). The brothers Wright began recording as a two-piece in their parents’ basement in 1979. These recordings, heard on their first two self-released 7”s, consis...
@ The Louisiana
7:30pm | £8adv | Ages 16+ | Tribute.
Snowblind are by far the UK's best Black Sabbath tribute. Highly accomplished and experienced musicians sharing a great passion for early Black Sabbath in particular, resulting in an unforgettable experience for all having the privilege to see them perform. For those that missed Black Sabbath in their first incarnat...
@ The Louisiana
7:30pm | £6adv | Ages 16+ | Indie/Alternative.
Expect cinematic guitar soundscapes when Oxford band MMX come to The Louisiana. Formed out of the ashes of a former band, MMX spent most of last year locked away in the studio writing and went on to release their debut EP ‘Child’. They have since been busy playing live across the UK, determined...
@ The Louisiana
7:30pm | £10adv | Ages 16+ | Indie/Alternative.
Marnie Stern is a musician, songwriter, and guitarist from New York City, citing influences that contribute to her sound, including Hella, Lightning Bolt and Yoko Ono. In early 2007, Kill Rock Stars released her debut album, In Advance Of The Broken Arm. It was well received by critics, and most favorably by The ...
@ The Louisiana
7:30pm | £8adv | Ages 16+ | Indie/Alternative.
A Bad Wind Blows In My Heart is the debut album proper by Bill Ryder-Jones. Warmly melodic, majestically textured and bravely intimate, it is the most fully-realised and deeply personal collection of songs yet from a songwriter and musician who has been quietly but seriously staking claim as one of his generation&rs...
@ The Louisiana
7:30pm | £9adv | Ages 16+ | Indie/Alternative.
London thoroughbred brother and sister duo Joe Gideon and The Shark are a sight and sound to behold. Joe Gideon pounds bass and guitar whilst narrating his autobiographical tales of misadventure, and little sister Viva (The Shark) drives the whole thing along with glorious drums and piano and 8-track, often all at t...
@ The Louisiana
7:30pm | £6adv | Ages 16+ | Indie/Alternative.
"The sound of wind through the pines, bare feet brushing through leaves, snapping sticks like the spines of the weak. When we started we were small and strong at heart, five southern souls damned to speak the truth. But with this responsibility comes pain and loss. And as the years passed our numbers grew smaller, a...
@ The Louisiana
7:30pm | £8adv | Ages 16+ | Indie/Alternative.
Frankie & The Heartstrings are a 5-piece band from Sunderland, Northeast, United Kingdom.Having met in early 2009 over a mutual appreciation of cocktails (lead singer Frankie Francis worked in a pub frequented by drummer Dave Harper and guitarist Michael McKnight), Sunderland indie romantics Frankie & the He...
@ The Louisiana
7:30pm | £4adv | Ages 16+ | Indie/Alternative.
Cautioners are a lively Bristol 3-piece who's stated aim of 'not taking things too seriously' is belied by their ambitious arrangements and accomplished presentation. Since the soft release of their debut EP 'Mountains Over Time' in summer of 2012 they have been busy writing and recording the follow up, 'Conditional...
@ The Louisiana
7:30pm | £8adv | Ages 16+ | Punk/Hardcore.
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@ The Louisiana
7:30pm | £7adv | Ages 16+ | Indie/Alternative.
A lot has changed for Big Deal since the release of their critically acclaimed debut album Lights Out back in September 2011. Big Deal’s bedroom-composed songs struck a pure and resonant chord with music fans and critics all over the world. Built on the duo’s gilded melodies and just two guitars, it was ...
@ The Louisiana
7:30pm | £10adv | Ages 16+ | Indie/Alternative.
Poltergeist are an instrumental dynamic power trio featuring original Echo & the Bunymen members Will Sergeant on guitar, Les Pattinson on bass, and also featuring Nick Kilroe on drums. “We create a form of rock music with its toes paddling in the progressive ocean foam of the sixties and seventies and ...
@ The Louisiana
7:30pm | £8adv | Ages 16+ | Pop/Mainstream, Indie/Alternative.
Following a 6-year hiatus, The Electric Soft Parade return with Brother, You Must Walk Your Path Alone; the first single from their forthcoming album IDIOTS. It's been a long six years since the band's last record, 2007's No Need To Be Downhearted, but they've not missed a step. IDIOTS is their best album y...
@ The Exchange
7:00pm | £8adv | Ages 18+ | Punk/Hardcore.
In this day and age when it's hard to keep up with the changing tides in hardcore music, New Jersey straight edge torch bearers, The Mongoloids have found a way to continue writing unique songs and transcend the typical short life of most hardcore acts. After releasing their debut album, Time Trials in 2008, while m...
@ The Louisiana
7:30pm | £10adv | Ages 16+ | Ska/Reggae.
On Jan 10th, 2012 the Santa Barbara, CA based band Rebelution released "Peace of Mind" through their own label 87 Music in partnership with Controlled Substance Sound Labs. Peace of Mind was released as a multi-length triple album which includes Peace of Mind: Acoustic as well as Peace of Mind: Dub. Marking the high...
@ The Exchange
7:30pm | £8adv | Ages 16+ | Folk/Acoustic.
A few years back, singer-songwriter Tim Barry closed out an album by pondering his own death – and he didn't seem to mind leaving this earth too much. "Take what you want/I won't leave much," he sang. 2012 finds him in a very different place. Themes of resilience and hope flow through Barry's new record, "4...
@ Trinity Centre
7:30pm | £14adv | Ages 14+ | Pop/Mainstream.
Vintage Trouble formed in 2010 out of the ashes of a few other bands, and not by chance, Ty Taylor (vocal) and Nalle Colt (guitar) teamed up with drummer Richard Danielson and bassist Rick Barrio Dill. They entered The Bomb Shelter Studio, recorded an album's worth of material in three days, which was intended to be...
@ The Louisiana
7:30pm | £8adv | Ages 16+ | Tribute.
Cramps Tribute
@ The Louisiana
7:30pm | £8adv | Ages 16+
This project is the vision of Dub Colossus – Dubulah – aka Nick Page. Composer, guitarist, bass player and programmer Nick has worked with a long list of notable artists and eccentrics. From Glastonbury, to WOMAD, audiences have delighted in the big sounds created by this big band. The full 12 piece D...
@ The Louisiana
7:30pm | £8adv | Ages 16+ | Rock/Metal.
Australian extreme metal band, THY ART IS MURDER, have been making an unmistakeable impression in the underground metal scene since their initial conception in late 2005. They have headlined countless sold out live performances, sold over 10000 copies of their releases, received over 2 million 'fan video' plays on '...
@ The Exchange
7:30pm | £8adv | Ages 16+ | Punk/Hardcore.
Info to follow...
@ The Louisiana
7:30pm | £5adv | Ages 16+ | Folk/Acoustic.
Debut ‘Bones’ EP out now Following his recent sold-out show at The Lexington, London multiple radio plays and a thumbs-up from The Sunday Times Culture, folk-soul troubadour Josh Record’s star is definitely in the ascent. Joined by his three-piece band - guitarist Tom Prothero, keyboardist Al...
@ The Louisiana
7:30pm | £12.50adv | Ages 16+ | Folk/Acoustic.
Alela Diane is pleased to announce some select UK shows around the release of her 4th album, About Farewell, out June 24 in Europe and July 29 in the UK on Believe Recordings. The album serves as an eloquent goodbye to lovers from years past, coupled with some poignant last walks down memory lane. While the lyrics d...
@ Moles Club
7:30pm | £7adv | Ages 14+ | Rock/Metal.
The Temperance Movement are a blues-drenched, soulful, loud and explosive rock and roll band drawing on their combined influences and experience to turn heads in the music industries on both sides of the Atlantic. Formed between London and Glasgow in the summer of 2011, 5 like minded musicians decided to take a b...
@ The Louisiana
7:30pm | £8adv | Ages 16+ | Pop/Mainstream.
John Stephen Sudduth, aka Mikky Ekko, was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, son of a tar plant manager. Around age 7 his father became a preacher and relocated the family to Mississippi, moving frequently from small town to small town. Surrounded by southern gospel, poverty and the resilient past of the deep south, the...
@ The Louisiana
7:30pm | £7adv | Ages 16+ | Pop/Mainstream, Indie/Alternative.
"This London six-piece's life-affirming melodies will remind you why you fell in love with pop." The Guardian "Such is the inherent sweetness of Goldheart Assembly’s debut that the listener can’t fail to be touched by its charms." BBC "They take a joyous acoustic beardy bunch of ideas and mess arou...
@ The Louisiana
7:30pm | £5adv | Ages 16+ | Indie/Alternative.
'noisier northern hopes'NME Magazine'reverb drenched majesty'The Fly'beautiful traditional psychedelia'Lauren Laverne, BBC 6 Music'jangly psychedelia, listeners tip of the week'Steve Lamacq, BBC Radio 2The Lucid Dream were formed in Carlisle, Cumbria, in 2008.On the back of 'Erbistock Mill' EP, and 3 sold-out 7" sin...
@ The Louisiana
7:30pm | £7adv | Ages 16+ | Indie/Alternative.
Perfecting the blend of glitter and grime that earned Bare Wires a soft spot in the hearts of the bubblegum-popping, foot-stomping masses, Matthew Melton joins with bassist Chase Oren, guitarist Rob Good, and drummer Ian McBrayer as Warm Soda. With their debut LP, Someone For You, the outfit charts the familiar terr...
@ The Louisiana
7:30pm | £7adv | Ages 16+ | Indie/Alternative.
Formed by Matt Bigland in 2007, Dinosaur Pile-Up are an English alternative rock band, often compared with the Seattle grunge scene of the early 90s. The band released My Rock ‘n’ Roll EP in late 2008 and the Traynor 7” and The Most Powerful EP in the Universe in 2009. Also in 2009, they played ...
@ The Louisiana
7:30pm | £10adv | Ages 16+ | Indie/Alternative.
Nottingham’s six. by seven, released their first album, The Things We Make to rave reviews in 1998. Five Peel Sessions followed, an appearance on ‘Later With Jools Holland’ and much touring. The band gained a strong underground following, and released four more albums. Lead singer and creative f...
@ Colston Hall 2
7:30pm | £15adv | Under 14s must be accompanied by an adult | Pop/Mainstream, Indie/Alternative.
One of the UK’s best-loved bands, The Magic Numbers, are heading out on the road this autumn. On their first ever acoustic tour they will cover new ground by visiting a series of smaller towns. The band will play in the intimate surroundings of some of the most beautiful theatres, churches and live music ve...
@ The Louisiana
7:30pm | £5adv | Ages 16+ | Folk/Acoustic, Pop/Mainstream, Indie/Alternative.
Eliza and the Bear are an Indie/Rock/Folk band from Essex, England.
@ The Louisiana
7:30pm | £15adv | Ages 16+ | Folk/Acoustic.
Kathryn’s new album “Crown Electric" will be released by Caw Records/One Little Indian in the last quarter of 2013. It will be her 10th studio album. Her new single will be released in Summer 2013. 14 years ago, Kathryn famously made her debut album Dog Leap Stairs for £80 on her own label...
@ The Louisiana
7:30pm | £7adv | Ages 16+ | Indie/Alternative.
"Amazing. A beautiful piece of music with a heavy message" - Zane Lowe "A Mumford-like blend of folk, country and punk" - NME "Corking debut from rising UK rockers... Acoustic-led songs that bristle with an energy redolent of a punk rock record collection and love concerts in hot rooms. A blast" - 4/5 Kerrang!...
@ Anson Rooms
7:30pm | £15adv | Ages 14+ | Punk/Hardcore, Electronica/Dance, Rock/Metal.
Mindless Self Indulgence (or MSI) is an American industrial rock band that found its origin in New York City, NY in 1997. A large influence in the band’s music comes from early 1980s culture. Frequently the music contains samples of early 80’s hip-hop or rock, as well as Atari-style beeps and to...
