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Chvrches

SPECIAL GUESTS
The Forum
Friday 14 March 2014
Sold Out
9 - 17 Highgate Road London NW5 1JY

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CHVRCHES today announce a major UK tour for March 2014, culminating in their biggest UK headline show to date at The Forum, London.

In little more than twelve months CHVRCHES have come out of nowhere to be everywhere. There’s a lot to catch up on since they posted their first song, LIES, online last spring – a place in the top five of the BBC Sound of 2013, sell out headline tours in the UK and US, a triumphant, award-winning appearance at SXSW and a string of stadium dates with Depeche Mode, to name but a few.

Praise for The Bones of What You Believe:
“Every track is a potential single” – 9/10, Clash
“Twelve equally matched moments of varied tone but consistent brilliance” – 9/10, DIY
“Proudly individualistic, heart-warmingly intelligent and beautifully intonated” – 4*, Q magazine
“Not a weak song among them” – 8/10, NME
“A rare and beautiful thing: astute, seductive and sly” – 4*, MOJO
“There’s so much to love” – 8/10, Drowned in Sound

TICKETS SOLD OUT


Chvrches

Clean Bandit

SPECIAL GUESTS
The Laundry
Thursday 13 March 2014
Sold Out
2-18 Warburton Road London E8 3FN

£10
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/CLEANBANDIT

After selling out their Shepherd’s Bush Empire show in minutes, Clean Bandit have added a very special and intimate show at The Laundry in Hackney on Thursday March 13th.

Tickets are available by ballot: just register via link below before midday on 27th Feb to be in the draw! Winners will be contacted via email and given a limited time to purchase tickets. For full details, just follow the link:

http://cleanbanditballot.seetickets.com/


Clean Bandit

Neneh Cherry with Rocketnumber9

SPECIAL GUESTS
Concrete
Wednesday 26 February 2014
Sold Out
56 Shoreditch High Street London E1 6JJ

£11.50 ADVANCE

Neneh Cherry has announced that she will release her first solo album in 16 years on 25th February.

The album is a collaboration with Rocketnumber9, and was produced by Four Tet, with a special guest appearance from Robyn.

Listen to one of the new tracks HERE.

THIS SHOW IS NOW SOLD OUT


Jamie Isaac

Farao

JACOB BERRY
The Waiting Room
Tuesday 25 February 2014
175 Stoke Newington High St London N16 0LH

£6.50 ADVANCE
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Combining wistful melodies, keyboards that quietly fizz in the backdrop of her finger-picked guitar murmurs and lo-fi bumps and whistles, all infused with a wondrous Nordic iciness, the Norwegian songstress Farao might beguile like Radiohead and haunt like PJ Harvey, but make no mistake about it – she is a bright new talent in her own right. Her debut EP was recorded in Iceland with Mike Lindsay from Brit experimenters Tunng /Cheek Mountain Thief, and Jahnsen found making the record amid the wintry scapes of Reykjavik an inspiring process. Jahnsen played almost all of the instruments across the four tracks here, carefully fashioning a gossamer bed of folk-pop sounds to lay her vocal ruminations on love, life and mortality on. It’s a listen that recalls the stripped emotionacrunch of Bon Iver, sumptuous textures of Poliça and bravery of Laura Marling.

In 2013 Jahnsen brought her unique sound to The Great Escape, Secret Garden Party and Reeperbahn festivals, as well as venues across Europe as tour support to the likes of Karl Hyde of Underworld fame, Moddi and Icelandic superstar-in-the-making Ásgeir

“Farao’s subtly supernatural folk is the next big thing to come out of the fjords” Time Out Magazine

Plus support from Jacob Berry

Tickets available here


Farao

Blood Orange

SPECIAL GUESTS
Village Underground
Wednesday 19 February 2014
Sold Out
54 Holywell Lane London EC2A 3PQ

£15
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Blood Orange plays London at long last!

After splitting with his band the Test Icicles and then recording as Lightspeed Champion, singer/songwriter Devonté Hynes switched up styles again, and began making music under the pseudonym Blood Orange. For Hynes, a cult favorite who had also worked on the side as a songwriter for some popular artists (including Florence + the Machine, Theophilus London, and Solange Knowles) and as a fashion consultant for Jay-Z’s Rocawear, Blood Orange seemed like his most streamlined project, with R&B grooves and atmospheric chillwave keyboards. The debut album Coastal Grooves was released in the summer of 2011 on Domino Records. Along with spending more time working with Solange in 2012 — the results being the EP True that was released in late 2012 — Hynes also found time to collaborate with Nedelle Torrisi, Sky Ferreira, Foals, and even Britney Spears. Hynes’ next move as Blood Orange was to release the decidedly ’80s and ’90s-influenced follow-up album Cupid Deluxe in late 2013. Although his pal Solange didn’t guest on the album, many friends did, including Caroline Polachek of Chairlift, Friends’ Samantha Urbani, Dirty Projectors’ David Longstreth, and Clams Casino.


Planningtorock

PAWWS

DIVE IN
The Lexington
Wednesday 12 February 2014
Postponed
96-98 Pentonville Road London N1 9JB

£6.50

Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances we have had to postpone the Pawws Lexington show on Wednesday 12th February, but we are excited to say Pawws will be back to play the Lexington on Monday 12th May.

February tickets will be valid for the new date, or please contact point of purchase for a refund if you can’t make May 12th. We are sorry for any inconvenience and look forward to seeing you in May.


PAWWS

CHARLIE JONES

JACK CHESHIRE
The Vortex Jazz Club
Tuesday 11 February 2014
11 Gillett Square London N16 8AZ

£12.50
CHARLIEJONES.NET

The drama. The narrative arc. The pay-off. Listening to Love Form, it’s all there. From the opening tantalising tendrils of ‘The Messenger’ to the blaze of distortion, intimately conversational piano and persistent snare keeping things tight that follow, the debut
album by the West Country’s Charlie Jones immediately puts you in the mood.

“A piece like that is a kind of selfish gospel music,” says Charlie. “It represents the emotion of undertaking something which is deeply enjoyable, yet you know to be very bad indeed to be indulging in. That very fact feels so good.”

Charlie Jones is what we call a musician’s musician. His bass playing has been called upon by the likes of Robert Plant, Page & Plant, Siouxsie Sioux and, latterly, Goldfrapp. His talents as a composer saw him win a Grammy for co-writing on the Robert Plant
and Alison Krauss album Raising Sand.

On Love Form, Charlie finds his own métier, stretching out to two sides of instrumental languor and tension that only a well-seasoned writer and player could conjure. Stylish, intellectual and sensuous noir of this ilk is at best hinted at or sampled these days but here we are blessed with the talents of a composer able to fully immersive himself in the depths of such kaleidoscopic
dimensions.

Support from Jack Cheshire.

TICKETS HERE


CHARLIE JONES

Anna Calvi

WOMAN'S HOUR
All Saints Church Brighton
Tuesday 11 February 2014

£14 ADVANCE
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We are pleased to announce Anna Calvi’s the beautiful All Saints Church in Brighton as part of her February tour.

Her new album One Breath, is a bold and confident record that begins an exciting new chapter in this uniquely talented artist’s career. One Breath is a more personal record than its Mercury and Brit nominated predecessor. Reflective and vulnerable, it strikes a balance between optimism and despair, beauty and ugliness. The fiery elements of Anna’s debut remain, but One Breath is more instinctive and urgent, revealing a wider spectrum of textures and emotion.

“One Breath is the moment before you’ve got to open yourself up, and it’s about how terrifying that is. It’s scary and it’s thrilling. It’s also full of hope, because whatever has to happen hasn’t happened yet.” – Anna Calvi

One Breath is out on October 7th via Domino. Watch the album trailer here

Tickets available here


Simian Ghost

Anna Calvi

WOMAN'S HOUR + ANNA MEREDITH
Troxy
Saturday 8 February 2014
490 Commercial Road London E1 0HX

£20

We are pleased to announce Anna Calvi’s February show at The Troxy

Her new album One Breath, is a bold and confident record that begins an exciting new chapter in this uniquely talented artist’s career. One Breath is a more personal record than its Mercury and Brit nominated predecessor. Reflective and vulnerable, it strikes a balance between optimism and despair, beauty and ugliness. The fiery elements of Anna’s debut remain, but One Breath is more instinctive and urgent, revealing a wider spectrum of textures and emotion.

“One Breath is the moment before you’ve got to open yourself up, and it’s about how terrifying that is. It’s scary and it’s thrilling. It’s also full of hope, because whatever has to happen hasn’t happened yet.” – Anna Calvi

One Breath is out on October 7th via Domino. Watch the album trailer here

Tickets available here


Anna Calvi

BILL CALLAHAN

ALASDAIR ROBERTS
Royal Festival Hall
Saturday 8 February 2014
Friday 7 February 2014
Sold Out
Southbank Centre Belvedere Road London SE1 8XX

£17.50 - £22.50

Do to exceptional demand Bill Callahan will be playing a second date at the Royal Festival Hall on Saturday the 8th of February.

Bill Callahan celebrates the release of his new record Dream River, his first new material since 2011′s Apocalypse with a new show at The Royal Festival Hall at the Southbank Centre.

Callahan has built a devoted fanbase since his first release under the name Smog in 1990. His enthralling story-telling, rich baritone voice, and lo-fi recordings strike a chord with his many followers.

‘This performance may actually have been a strong argument for Callahan’s radicalism and importance as a songwriter.’ (Music OMH on Callahan’s 2011 Barbican show)

‘Callahan is one of our best lyricists’ (The New York Times)

Tickets available here