LISTINGS

• Monday, February 06 Rough Trade Shop Pop Quiz 8pm-10pm £1 per team member, up to 6 in a team

  Picture rounds, name that tune rounds, anagrams, bad puns (good puns?) and brain teasing musical questions from guest host Bob Shrag. Prizes include wine, Rough Trade Shop Record Tokens and Cheezy Wotsits for best team name!

• Monday, February 06 Livenation presents Howler, Man Made - 14+ show! 7pm adv £9

  The Rough Trade signed Minneapolis, NYC band bring over the LA Sun in a splash of summer pop-punk fun.
  14+ show!
  8.30pm - Man Made
  9.30pm - Howler

  http://www.ticketweb.co.uk
  
• Tuesday, February 07 Livenation presents Friends 8pm adv £8, returns only

  Sensual, provocatively percussive pop comes naturally to Friends. This quintet of essential and un-missable characters, led by the captivating 23-year-old Samantha Urbani, are unified by their single-minded musical independence and defiant trend resistance. These Friends play in traffic at a busy intersection of leftfield but party-hardy musical styles �" ESG, Tom Tom Club, Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Warpaint �" which they orchestrate effortlessly and winningly into a singular aesthetic.
  
  “ESG-style polyrhythmic post-disco on a tropical-pop trip” - Stereogum (Band to Watch)
  
  “If there is to be one more band (from Brooklyn) then it should definitely be Friends” �" Dazed and Confused
  8.30pm Jonquil
  9.30pm Friends

  http://www.livenation.co.uk/artist/friends-tickets
  
• Wednesday, February 08 NME Awards Show - Charli XCX, Icona Pop, Mz Bratt 7.30pm £10.60

  Goth-pop starlet plays 80s style synth-sprinkled anthems.
  8pm Mz Bratt
  8.45pm Icona Pop
  9.45pm Charli XCX > Live Music Curfew - 11.00pm

  http://tickets.ents24.com/Event/NME-AWARDS-SHOW/The-Lexington/602203?src=-129a545bd3a742e4
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• Thursday, February 09 DJ Ren 12noon-2am, DJ from 9pm-2am free entry

  plays retro greats, rock'n'roll, 60s pop, garage-rock and more downstairs at The Lexington.

• Friday, February 10 White Light / Werewolf Promotions presents Robots In Disguise, The Voyeurist, Cut Ribbons & Jen Long DJ Set 8pm adv £10

  Robots In Disguise Final Show
  
  Riot grrl princesses, monsters of DIY musical mayhem, the maverick electro-indie-rock-dance duo are putting on one last scandalous show on Friday February 10th at The Lexington and then that’s it, we’ll be in a Robots In Disguiseless world.

  http://www.seetickets.com/Event/ROBOTS-IN-DISGUISE/The-Lexington/611679
  
• Saturday, February 11 Paris Is Burning -Jukeboxes, Collectable Few, Liff 8pm-4am £7, FB 'attending' £5, £3 after 11pm, adv £4

  For its second edition of the year, Paris is Burning presents in February the new project of the former members of Arther, the JUKE BOXES from Bruxelles, the refreshing pop band from London, THE COLLECTABLE FEW and the power pop band from Nancy, LIFF which took part in the very first edition of PIB!

  http://www.wegottickets.com/event/154357
  http://www.facebook.com/parisburning
• Sunday, February 12 Hangover Lounge 2pm-7pm free

  A soft comedown club for hard drinkers, The Hangover Lounge is the place to eat Sunday lunch, drink hair of the dog, meet like-minded souls, read the papers and make idle chit chat all to some soothing sounds. That might mean country rock or deep soul or psychedelia or soft pop or lovers rock, or anything else which sounds great and will make your head feel so much the better.
  
  downstairs later DJ Luchador presents Eclectivision! the finest in tunes and visuals - expect the unexpected.

  http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=20526462858
• Sunday, February 12 Pull Up The Roots presents Alasdair Roberts 7pm adv £12.50

  A solo show from the Scottish Folk singer who has toured with Joanna Newsom and collaborated with Will Oldham, James Yorkston and Karine Polwart. His most recent album, 'Too Long In This Condition' was his third collection of traditional material.

  http://www.wegottickets.com/pulluptheroots
  
• Monday, February 13 Rough Trade Shops Pop Quiz 8pm-10pm £1 per team member

  Expect the usual entertaining pop quiz with picture rounds, cartoon rounds and 'name that tune'. A two part quiz with multiple rounds with alchoholic and record-token style prizes for the winners plus a best name crispy bonus!

  Entrance fee only £1 per team member - up to six per team member

  Arrive early to guarantee a place! We've been getting busier and busier!

  Guaranteed the best way to kick off the week.. and with added beer!

  http://www.myspace.com/paulguidedmissile
• Monday, February 13 The Rosie Taylor Project, Woman's Hour, Owl + Mouse 7.30pm adv £5

  The Rosie Taylor Project album launch with two Special Guests:
  
  Twin Beds is the new album from The Rosie Taylor Project, which is due out on Odd Box Records in February. Harnessing the intensity of The National with the pop sensibility of Jens Lekman and the intelligent wordplay of Deathcab For Cutie, The Rosie Taylor Project have made a sophisticated record, full of heartfelt honesty and romance. Produced by Richard Formby (Wild Beasts, Herman Dune) and with a guest vocal appearance from Wild Beasts’ singer Tom Fleming, the band have honed their chamber pop sound to become the next in line of succession for widespread admiration.

  http://www.wegottickets.com/event/152310
  http://therosietaylorproject.blogspot.com/
• Tuesday, February 14 The Local presents Holly Throsby, Jordan Ireland, Tiny Ruins 7.30pm £10

  A Spunk Records Triple Bill headlined by the Australian singer-songwriter Holly Throsby.

  http://thelocal.tv/listings/eventdetails/14-feb-12-holly-throsby-jordan-ireland-tiny-ruins-the-lexington/
  
• Wednesday, February 15 Ren Harvieu 8pm adv £6

  Lancashire-born singer with emotive and dreamy voice...
  
  “A voice to die for “ Grazia

  http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/event/35004782CF4E71D6
  
• Thursday, February 16 Fortuna Pop presents Let's Wrestle, Milky Wimpshake, Omi Palone 8pm £8, adv £6.50

  Let’s Wrestle traffic in the kind of rambunctious, infectious, gloriously untethered indie rock which calls to mind slacker forefathers such as Pavement, Dinosaur Jr and Built to Spill, sending an instant shot of addictive melody straight into your serotonin.
  Newcastle's Milky Wimpshake present a potent mixture of fizzing pop tunes, punk attitudes and protest folk.
  Omi Palone play loveable lo-fi indie garage-rock with well-used fuzz pedals.

  http://www.wegottickets.com/event/150130
  
• Friday, February 17 Mean Fiddler presents Brontide 7.30pm adv £7

  BRONTIDE play fun songs, in a fun way, with fun riffs and fun melodies. Get the picture... THEY'RE WHAT YOU MIGHT CALL FUN! A debut album "Sans Souci" out now on the HOLY ROAR record label, here is what a few other people have said about them.... "Brontide rumble like their name suggests and provide a droning, melodic, vocal-free counterpoint entirely suited to the occasion" - KERRANG.

  http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=472288
  
• Saturday, February 18 Gypsy Hotel - The Vivid Angel, Chi Chi Revolver, Miraculous Mule, Frank Sanazi, Juke & The All-Drunk Orchestra, Tom Mones 8pm-4am £12, adv £9.99

  “Bourbon Soaked Snake Charmin’ Rock’N’Roll Cabaret”
  STARRING:
  
  SLIM’S CYDER CO �" Rock’n’Roll Accordion Madness!
  
  THE VIVID ANGEL - Freak Show Diva!
  
  CHI CHI REVOLVER �" Hoola Hoop Hotness!
  
  MIRACULOUS MULE - Psychedelic Gospel Blues!
  
  FRANK SANAZI- The Ubermeister Of Lounge!
  
  JUKE & THE ALL DRUNK ORCHESTRA - Primitive Horn Rock'n'Roll!
  
  TOM MONES - The Lost In Colostomy!
  
  dj SCRATCHY - Resident Wax-Spinner!

  http://www.wegottickets.com/event/153921
  
• Sunday, February 19 downstairs - Hangover Lounge 1pm-7pm free

  The sunday afternoon club for saturday night drinkers, playing a relaxed blend of reggae, soul, indie, folk, and psychedelia at a volume you can talk over
  
  downstairs later Parkbench DJ (Spitz Records) spins world music, voodoo blues, roaring 20s swing & gipsy jazz, plus all things surftastic as well as classic TV themes and unsigned gems from the Spitz Records archive!!!

• Sunday, February 19 Together We Can presents The Hall Of Mirrors, The Hypnotic Eye, Les BonBons, Colourmasks 5pm-10pm adv £3

  One Sunday every month The Hall of Mirrors and Together We Can bring blissful sounds and other fun to the lovely and laidback Lexington.
  
  Anytime before 6pm those with advance tickets, or anyone who buys a ticket before 6pm on the day, will be able to get a delicious discounted Roast Dinner. See our websites for details. The Lexington starts serving food from noon.
  
  Wasting Sundays away just waiting for Monday is boring, dull and done so come join us for an afternoon and evening of fun!
  
  Live Music From:
  
  The Hall of Mirrors
  
  The Hypnotic Eye
  
  Les Bonbons
  
  Colourmasks
  
  Music/ Short Films/ Live Painting
  
  

  http://www.wegottickets.com
  http://togetherwecanpresents.tumblr.com
• Monday, February 20 Rough Trade Pop Quiz 8pm-10pm £1 per team member, up to 6 in a team

  Picture rounds, name that tune rounds, anagrams, bad puns (good puns?) and brain teasing musical questions from Paul Guided Missile. Prizes include wine, Rough Trade Shop Record Tokens and Crisp Of The Week for best team name!

• Monday, February 20 Pete Williams Band 7.30pm adv £10

  Founding member of Dexys Midnight Runners plays tracks from his new album 'See'.
  
  “Pete Williams has for many years been making music of real depth and weight. It deserves to be recognised. He sings from deep down in his soul and produces something that is unmistakably the truth. This is the real thing”. KEVIN ROWLAND

  http://www.wegottickets.com/event/152662
  http://www.petewilliamsmusic.com
• Tuesday, February 21 DHP presents Deep Dark Woods 7.30pm adv £5

  Canadian folk favourites play gorgeously morose songs, murder ballads, lovesick hymnals, Appalachian ghost stories and prairie gothic pyre-side tales.

  http://alt-tickets.co.uk/alttickets/event_ate_14250a.html
  
• Wednesday, February 22 Metropolis presents Oberhofer 7pm adv £7

  Emotion is what drives the psychedelic catchy pop rock tunes crafted by the oft-effervescent Washington-born Brad Oberhofer. Drawing on influences ranging from Brian Wilson to Descartes, the 21 year old is fixated on the idea of making philosophically minded, energetic melodies that just make people smile.
  
  "'A kaleidoscopic piece of chamber-pop, featuring pianos, harp, strings, and whirring keyboards, with Brad’s heartfelt vocal floating over the circus below." Spin
  
  

  http://www.seetickets.com
  
• Thursday, February 23 OYA Festival night / Rock Feedback presents Citizens!, Young Dreams, Razika 7.30pm £6

  Citizens! met at a house party where they couldn't find girlfriends so formed a band instead. Young Dreams fuse Tropicalia, psychedelic rock, symphonic arrangements and traditional pop. All-girl Norwegian band Razika play a mix of ska, riot grrrl, 60s girl-group sounds, post-punk and C86 style pop.

  http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=489423
  
• Friday, February 24 White Light / Kilmanjaro presents Tiger Please / The People The Poet, Rob Lynch 7.30pm adv £6

  The South Wales based band play Kerrang/Rock Sound /Classic Rock approved melodic anthems to showcase their new album 'The Narrator'.

  http://www.kililive.com/gigs/tiger-please-the-lexington-london-wed-22-feb/
  
• Saturday, February 25 Club 27/11 9.30pm-4am £5

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• Sunday, February 26 Hangover Lounge 2pm-8pm free

  The sunday afternoon club for saturday night drinkers, playing a relaxed blend of reggae, soul, indie, folk, and psychedelia at a volume you can talk over

• Sunday, February 26 Popfest - The Just Joans, The Rosie Taylor Project, Haiku Salut, Electrophonvintage + Pop Quiz! 1pm-7pm adv £6.50

  The Scottish sextet headline an afternoon smorgasboard of indie joy.

  http://www.wegottickets.com/f/p/1/3090#rtn_150831
  
• Monday, February 27 Rough Trade Shop Pop Quiz 8pm-10pm £1 per team member, up to 6 in a team

  Picture rounds, name that tune rounds, anagrams, bad puns (good puns?) and brain teasing musical questions from Paul Guided Missile. Prizes include wine, Rough Trade Shop Record Tokens and Crisp Of The Week for best team name!

• Monday, February 27 A Word In Your Ear presents Eliza Carthy, 8pm adv £24

  The Word Magazine kicks off 2012 with a folk-themed evening of the very finest musical entertainment at London's Lexington.
  
  As ever, editor Mark Ellen will provide admirable compering skills and editorial director 'Disco' David Hepworth shall man the Wheels of Steel like a true pro.

  http://www.wegottickets.com/sct/mEGgdHbmJn
  http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/content/a-word-in-your-ear-with-eliza-carthy#comments
• Tuesday, February 28 Kristina Train . .

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• Wednesday, February 29 Metropolis presents James Levy And The Blood Red Rose 7pm adv £8.50

  James Levy and The Blood Red Rose features James Levy and Allison Pierce. James was formerly the lead singer of the band LEVY (“Rotten Love” “Glorious”). Allison and her sister Catherine are The Pierces, whose gold-certified 2011 album You & I (Polydor) reached No. 4 on the UK charts.

  http://www.gigantic.com/gigantic/search.aspx?d=&l.title=james_levy_and_the_blood_red_rose&l.town=london
  http://www.facebook.com/pages/James-Levy-and-the-Blood-Red-Rose/7718097107
• Tuesday, March 06 SJM Cast Of Cheers, Theme Park 7.30pm adv £7.50

  The Cast of Cheers self-recorded album “Chariot” notched up over 150,000 downloads on BandCamp and netted them a nomination at the Choice Music Awards in their native Ireland. Their imminent debut single “Family” has already been causing a ruckus on national radio, with support from the likes of Zane Lowe, Fearne Cotton, Huw Stephens, John Kennedy, Radcliffe and Maconie ahead of its release on February 20.
  
  Theme Park who were voted second in the "Blog Sound of 2012" Poll have released two singles to date (also receiving strong radio support from the likes of Huw Stephens, Nick Grimshaw, Zane Lowe, John Kennedy, Lauren Laverne, etc) and toured the UK with the likes of Bombay Bicycle Club, Summer Camp and Antlers. The band are also set to support Florence and The Machine at Alexandra Palace in March.

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• Wednesday, March 07 Livenation presents Team Me, Uno Moller 7pm adv £8

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  http://www.ticketweb.co.uk
  
• Friday, March 09 White Light - Damnably presents Versus, Smallgang, Plaided 7.30pm-4am £10, free after 11pm (for club)

  Damnably is proud to present 90's legends Versus playing a very rare UK show.
  
  Versus are a cult American indie rock band formed in 1990 in New York City playing their first UK show since the legendary Shellac curated ATP in 2002.
  
  The band released their sixth album 'on the ones and threes' on Merge records in 2011 to critical acclaim and are in the UK at the behest of JEFF MANGUM (NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL) for ATP.
  
  Richard and Fontaine were to remain the two core members throughout the band's history. The band was noted for their marriage of indie pop songwriting and vocal harmonies to the "loud-soft" dynamics of grunge and alternative rock. They were also noted for their proficient and disciplined musicianship and for their credo of "meat, sports and rock", neither of which had much currency in the early 1990s American indie scene. They named themselves after the Mission of Burma album Vs.
  Versus has counted at least one, usually two and sometimes three of the Filipino-American Baluyut brothers as members throughout its existence, and was perhaps the most prominent example of a wave of American indie bands emerging in the early 1990s which featured Asian American members. Merge Records was Versus' most recent record label, although they have maintained a long involvement with TeenBeat Records, and released two CDs through Caroline Records in the mid 1990s.
  The band makes an appearance in the 1994 cult roadmovie Half-cocked.
  
  "In some ways, Versus were the quintessential indie rock band. Versus' growth throughout the decade, from mawkish noise-popists beholden to their underground-approved influences (on 1993's The Stars Are Insane) to mature, reliable, genre-bounding songwriters (on 2000's Hurrah) mirrors the growth, for better or worse, of the genre as a whole. The group's two Caroline Records releases-- 1996's Secret Swingers, and 1998's Two Cents Plus Tax-- sound as close as most any other records to a definitive indie rock sound"
  Pitchfork 6.3-'one the ones and threes'
  
  smallgang http://www.damnably.com/smallgang/ smallgang are a half-japanese London based quartet fronted by two lead guitar toting baritone voiced brothers that have been making a name for themselves with volcanic live shows exploding tight poppy post-punk with effortless complexity and crazed solo's.
  
  Gideon Co BBC 6musice: “rather good”
  
  Artrocker: “deceptively deadpan songs often mutate into noisy but controlled thrashing. (Cockpit) is a particularly fine tune.”
  God Is In The TV: “certain clockwork precision, howls of guitar noise over angular melodies, with two vocalists lending either an arch-Neil Hannon vibe on songs like Cockpit or a touch of Ian Curtis on others. “
  
  plaided
  Incredible neo Riot Grrrl female Duo that swap guitar/drum/vocal duties and have rocked with the likes of Marnie Stern, Shonen Knife and Times New Viking.
  
  "This charismatic female due from Austria plays proper indie music. Think K Records circa the early 1990’s or the current crop of Kill Rock Stars rosta with a European twist and you’d be on the right track." -paul waller, waller not weller
  http://fettkakao.bandcamp.com/album/people-lying-around-in-dirt-every-day
  http://www.myspace.com/plaidedmusic
  
  Damnably DJ's playing Post Punk, Slowcore, Lofi, JRock, Surf, Country, Ragtime and Metal until 11.30pm

  http://www.gigantic.com/gigantic/event_gce_32565a.html
  
• Saturday, March 10 Paris Is Burning - The Sunmakers, OhGunQuit! 8pm-4am .

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• Monday, March 12 Metropolis presents Lost In The Trees 7pm adv £10

  "It’s mountaintop chamber music, a happy marriage of old folk traditions and even older orchestral ones." - Paste
  
  Lost in the Trees live features seven players: Ari Picker (Guitar, Vocals); Emma Nadeau (Accordion, Glockenspiel, French Horn, Autoharp); the string trio of Jenvieve Varga (violin), Leah Gibson (cello) and Drew Anagnost (cello); Mark Daumen (tuba, bass) and drums.

  https://www.facebook.com/lostinthetrees
• Friday, March 16 White Light - The Chap, Barringtone 8pm-11pm adv £7, free after 11pm for club

  The European collective play an odyssey of kraut-rock, pop-improv, disco-rock and oddbeat melodies.

  http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=484281
  
• Saturday, March 17 Gypsy Hotel - Florence Joelle's Kiss Of Fire, Michelle Brennan, The Rocketeers 8pm-4am £9.99

  “Bourbon Soaked Snake Charmin’ Rock’N’Roll Cabaret”
  
  STARRING:
  Florence Joelle's Kiss Of Fire - Blues Chanteuse!
  
  Michelle Brennan - Smokey'n'Sultry!
  
  dj Scratchy - Resident Wax-Spinner!
  
  The Rocketeers - Rockin' Revue!
  …..and much more to be confirmed!

  http://www.wegottickets.com/event/153923
  
• Sunday, March 18 Wilson - Painted On Silence EP Launch 7.30pm adv £8

  The London-based singer-songwriter launches his debut EP with some soul-fused gospel.

  http://www.wegottickets.com/event/152079
  
• Wednesday, March 21 Mean Fiddler & Golden Voice present The Wild Mercury Sound 7pm adv £6

  Described) as “Bombay Bicycle Club on steroids”, The Wild Mercury Sound have spent the early part of 2011 playing shows in both the UK & Europe. The band’s name is taken from a famous Bob Dylan quote describing the sound on his Blonde on Blonde album. Taking influence from the likes of Brand New, Arcade Fire and Suede they have been developing their sound and working alongside producers such as James Kenosha (Pulled Apart By Horses, Dinosaur Pileup, Chapel Club) Dave Pye (Wild Beasts, Dido, Faithless) and Charlie Andrew (Eugene McGuiness, Luna Belle, Madness). They have already received support from the likes of BBC’s Steve Lamacq and Tom Robinson, and their debut single Miss Frost is due out in September on Hearts & Minds Records

  http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=490376
  
• Thursday, March 22 Charity gig in Aid of The National Brain Appeal - Georgia Strand, Rhythm & Blues Brothers, Stone Foundation 7.30pm £10

  Stone Foundation are a group of seven like minded individuals that team together to make an exciting blend of Rock n’ Soul music. They are based in the unlikely setting of rural Warwickshire, holed up in their own studio creating a sensational and dynamic soulful sound that is capturing the hearts and minds of live audiences and influential movers and shakers alike. The have just completed supporting The Specials on there UK tour
  
  
  
  Georgia Strand LOSE yourself in the mesmerising vocals of teenage singer and songwriter , as she prepares for an incredible charity performance in London. Recognised for her beautiful voice and thought-provoking lyrics, Georgia is hands-down one of the best up-and-coming folk singers in the South East.
  
  
  
  The Rhythm and Blues Brothers are an eight-piece strong Blues Brothers Tribute Band with a ‘Blues Brothers’ theme. Delivering a fast-paced, high octane performance of songs you know and love, The Rhythm and Blues Brothers are capable of producing a sound that will kick-start any party into life.
  
  Paolo Hewitt is a former NME journalist and author of over 20 books, will be on the Decks for the evening.

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• Saturday, March 24 Quietus presents White Hills 8pm adv £9

  With just the right blend of psychedelia and hypnotic grooves, WHITE HILLS weaves in and out of anthemic chants, deep space bleeps and other worldly madness for a mix that proves to be intoxicating. Since the release of the band’s debut CD, listeners have been praising their originality and unique brand of heavy space rock.

  http://www.wegottickets.com/event/150737
  
• Tuesday, March 27 Pull Up The Roots presents Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell 7.30pm adv £9.50 (early bird £7.50)

  The rapidly-rising young English alt-folk duo have toured their haunting and spellbinding self-penned and traditional songs across the UK at the Bellowhead, The Unthanks and Lanterns On The Lake, and play here from their incredible debut album Kite.

  http://www.wegottickets.com/event/146906
  http://www.jonnyandlucy.com
• Wednesday, March 28 Kilimanjaro Live presents Those Darlin's 8pm adv £10

  Following the release of the acclaimed second album 'Screws Get Loose' earlier this year through Oh Wow Dang records, Tennesse four-piece Those Darlins will play an intimate show.

  http://www.kililive.com/gigs/those-darlins-the-lexington-london-wed-28-march/
  
• Tuesday, April 03 Man Alive presents Sharks 7.30pm adv £7

  After 8 months touring America on Warped Tour, The AP Tour and touring with the likes of Social Distortion, Title Fight, Hot Water Music and Gallows, Sharks are finally returning to the UK for their first headline tour. The tour will be in support of their highly anticipated debut album (Title TBC) recorded and produced by Brian McTernan (Cave In, Thrice, Hot Water Music).
  http://www.facebook.com/sharksuk

  http://www.wegottickets.com/event/147152
  
• Friday, April 06 White Light / RocketGirl presents Drugstore, Vadoinmessico 8pm adv £12.50

  Brazilian singer-songwriter Isabel Monteiro fronts the melancholic, minimalist guitar and string arrangements of Drugstore with smoky vocals and pitch-dark lyrical content from new album 'Anatomy'.

  http://www.wegottickets.com/event/150675
  http://www.myspace.com/drugstoretheband
• Monday, April 09 Glasswerk presents Teen Daze, Brothertiger, Anothers Blood 7.30pm adv £8

  Teen Daze
  
  In February of 2008, Jamison, aka Teen Daze, spent seven weeks studying philosophy in a somewhat remote village in the Swiss Alps. His life became engulfed in books, as he spent his days sipping black tea, filling his mind with the teachings of great thinkers who had passed long before he was born, and staring off into the abyss of the mountains before him. During this time, he also discovered the important of fiction; his evenings were either spent drinking wine with his friends or reading stories. One of the most profound stories that he read was a novel called “Out Of The Silent Planet” by legendary theologian and storyteller, C.S. Lewis. The story centers around Dr. Ransom, and the mystical, celestial journey that he takes to a new land. The part that resonated the most with him was the telling of Ransom’s first encounters on this new planet, and his re-contextualizing to this new place, and this new environment. A new world was being created in Jamison’s imagination, as he visualized what it must have looked like for Ransom.
  
  Fast forward three years, and Jamison found himself re-located to his parents’ big, mostly empty house, which rests neatly at the base of one of the most recognizable mountains in the Fraser Valley, Mt. Cheam. He began work on a group of songs dedicated to the beauty and monolithic qualities of this powerful natural landmark, when he found that his mind was taken back to Switzerland. “Out Of The Silent Planet” became a bit of a myth to him by this time, and he strangely began to hear it in the songs he was creating. The discovery, the awe, the feeling of helplessness in the face of such beauty and wonder reminded him of Ransom. He picked up “Out Of The Silent Planet” again and began to treat it as his musical guidebook; he began a soundtrack to his imagination’s adaptation.
  
  The six songs that appear on the EP are the result of many musical experiments, auditory accompaniments, and an attempt at a re-creation of Jamison’s experiences with this novel. In order to do his visions justice, he couldn’t simply write an electronic album, or a lo-fi pop album, or anything that he’d become known for. Teen Daze needed new sounds, and a new feel. Even though these songs may not resonate with those people who have come to admire his past works, he hopes that the listener will be able to see what he saw when writing and recording this album; that they’ll be able to feel what it would be like to explore a vast a new place.
  
  "Teen Daze seems in total control; his synths bleed into more brilliant colors, his languid pace more purposeful, his memory bank FDIC-insured, his vagueness earned by the quality of his output." - Pitchfork
  
  "We won't do a track-by-track this time because it'll just be an embarrassing gush of superlatives and synonyms for opalescent gorgeousness." - The Guardian
  
  Brothertiger
  John Jagos began recording under the name Brothertiger in Toledo, OH during the summer of 2009. He began recording electronic music in 2006 as Monoteque, an experimental project characterized by tribal beats and pulsing synthesizers. Influenced heavily by the electronic sound of Brian Eno and M83, along with the experimental characteristics of Animal Collective, Caribou, and Yeasayer, Jagos recorded many tracks throughout the final half of 2009. After he released the Apache Feathers EP on the Modicum of Silence net-label, he soon began work on Vision Tunnels, a full-length album that aims to combine his influences together and proclaim his idea of a “summer soundtrack.” Drawing heavily upon cassette-esque drum tracks and dream-like synths, Brothertiger combines the ethereal style of 80s new wave with the modern electro-dance sound. Like new acts like Washed Out and Toro Y Moi, Brothertiger aims to capture the “carefree and woozy feelings of summer ease.”
  
  "Athens, Ohio, resident John Jagos makes fuzzy yet warm synth-based pop under the moniker of Brothertiger." - Pitchfork
  
  For fans of Mew, Miike Snow, and other makers of hazy European pop rock, Vision Tunnels is pure ear candy�"soft, catchy, bittersweet, and overall beautiful. For those seeking a more solid sound, a heavy bass beat takes the front seat in “Feel,” but the smoky, half-awake vocals remain. Clocking in at a little over 20 minutes, the Vision Tunnels EP is a perfectly executed aperitif to what will hopefully be an even more tantalizing full release. - In Your Speakers
  8pm - Anothers Blood
  8.45pm - Brother Tiger
  9.45pm - Teen Daze

  http://www.wegottickets.com/event/148150
  
• Tuesday, April 10 Mean Fiddler presents Laura Gibson 7.30pm adv £8.50

  LAURA’S new record 'La Grande' will be released in January 2012!
  
  Born in the small logging town of Coquille, Oregon, Gibson started as an outsider to Portland's vibrant Indie Rock Scene performing solo acoustic shows in AIDS hospices and kindergartens. Her previous record Beasts of Seasons, released on City Slang imprint Souterrain Transmissions in 2009, was indeed a "beast" of a record, split into two parts: Communion Songs and Funeral Songs. Since the release of this endeavor, Gibson was able to claim a very special place in the world of modern Folk Music, among critics, but more importantly, among the hearts of sincere music lovers

  http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=489280
  
• Friday, April 13 Mean Fiddler presents Hey Rosetta! 7.30pm adv £10

  Canadian indie-rockers (rock, not pop) draw from a range of influences but doesn't seem tied to any of them. Tender strings wrap themselves around intricate rhythms as lead vocalist Tim Baker croons delicate but spirited stories.
  Check them out here... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX_Nvm-ZEvY

  http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=483323
  
• Sunday, April 15 Hanson Brothers, Invasives ? ?

  Hanson Brothers
  
  First London gig in Four years and one of only two gigs in England. One of Nomeansno's offshoot bands, The Hanson Brothers - Johnny Hanson RN John Wright - vocals (Infamous Scientists / Nomeansno / Show Business Giants / Itch), Tommy Hanson RN Tom Hollister - guitar (Show Business Giants), Robbie Hanson RN Rob Wright bass (Nomeansno / Mr Wrong / Show Business Giants) and Kenny Hanson RN Ken Lester - drums (Red Tide / D.O.A.) - named themselves after three psychotic nerds from the ice hockey movie Slap Shot and pay homage to the Ramones and Canada's national sport. Of all the bands who've based their sound on New York's finest, these are the most spot-on, with funny lyrics (much more sophisticated than Dee Dee's) about drinking, playing ice hockey and scrapping, and outrageously catchy songs that often swipe riffs wholesale from their more illustrious forebears. Here's the catch, though: they don't actually sound very much like the Ramones and have their own unique style. It's a neat trick to be so clearly influenced by something yet transcend that influence entirely.
  
  Invasives: Invasives are a trio from Vancouver BC formed in 2001 and consisting of 2 brothers Byron and Adam Slack (Vocals/Guitar/Bass) and 1 Hans Anus (Drums). The sound these fine "young" lads create is a stripped down Punk Rock devoid of cliches and Rock and Roll frippery, rebuilt and refurbished in a way that ONLY Invasives can deliver.

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• Monday, April 16 Communion presents Ellen & The Escapades 7.30pm adv £8

  Communion are delighted to be promoting the Ellen and the Escapades album launch show for their debut album ‘All the Crooked Scenes’ at London’s Lexington on Monday 16th April.
  
  The 5 piece who have spent the last few years touring extensively and playing countless festivals including a main stage slot at Glastonbury Festival have captivated many audiences with their unique blend of folk pop, fronted by Ellen Smith’s smoky yet wholesome voice. The Leeds-based band will release their long awaited debut album in April.

  http://www.communionmusic.co.uk/live/
  
• Tuesday, April 17 Glasswerk presents The Miserable Rich 7.30pm adv £10

  Opulent sunshine-washed sounds from Brighton's Will Calderbank and James de Malplaquet turning the traditions of indie, folk and electronica on their collective head with a modern chamber quintet, providing a home for Mike Siddell (Lightspeed Champion, Kate Walsh, Hope Of The States), Rhys Lovell and Jim Briffett (Clearlake), they bring woozy downer-folk together with the spiralling beauty of simple strings and de Malplaquet's astonishingly versatile voice.

  http://www.wegottickets.com/event/151246
  
• Thursday, April 19 2 For The Road Productions presents Rachel Sermanni 7.30pm adv £10

  Rachel Sermanni’s is one of Scotland’s most exciting new talents. Combining smoky vocals with an effortless stage presence, the singer-songwriter’s beautiful songs range from spiky art-pop to dreamy pastoral folk. A string of international festival appearances have seen her perform alongside Anna Calvi, KT Tunstall and Mumford & Sons (the track My Friend Fire was recorded and produced by the band’s vocalist/keyboard player Ben Lovett). She’s joined by her band to perform tracks from the self-produced, sold out limited edition Bothy Sessions (2011) and eagerly awaited debut EP, Black Currents (released Jan 2012).

  http://www.seetickets.com/Event/RACHEL-SERMANNI/The-Lexington/614203
  http://www.rachelsermanni.net/
• Friday, April 20 White Light / The Playing Fields, Magoo, One Unique Signal 8pm £6

  The Playing Fields - “What might happen if Lou Reed and H. P. Lovecraft met in a pub one dark and gloomy night and decided to form a band.” (Music4M)
  
  
  Magoo - “The nearest thing Britain has to the labyrinthine. mutant DIY thinking behind The Flaming Lips and Guided By Voices”. (The Guardian)
  
  One Unique Signal -“This 33-minute LP don’t outstay its welcome none, buzzing your synapses and collapsing your ego simultaneously, then sodding off with its dignity still so in tact that you the Listener have no other recourse than to give the thing yet another spin.” - Julian Cope
  8.30pm One Unique Signal
  9.15pm Magoo
  10.10pm The Playing Fields

  http://www.wegottickets.com/event/152741
  
• Saturday, April 21 Gypsy Hotel - Delaney Davidson, Rhino & The Ranters, Future Shape Of Sound 8pm-4am £12, adv £9.99

  Delaney Davidson - Bad Luck Hobo!
  Rhino and the Ranters - Cow Punk Gospel Blues!
  Future Shape Of Sound - Space Age Gangster Soul!
  Tricity Vogue - And Her Ukulele!
  dj Scratchy - Resident Wax-Spinner!

  http://www.wegottickets.com/event/153924
  
• Wednesday, April 25 Nedry 8pm adv £6

  Nedry is Matt Parker, Chris Amblin and Ayu Okakita. Nedry create music to bounce to, rock-out to and get lost in. Their beautiful sound and arresting beats are from and for the post- generation. Their sound is dark and ambient but broken-up and lifted by moments of glitch and fuzzy, melodic guitars.

  http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=485277
  
• Friday, May 04 Boxes 7.30pm adv £8

  Indie-electro-pop hailing from South East London. Boxes collides contagious melodies with messed-up synths, guitars & punching beats …. and makes melancholy feel like a warm summers day.
  
  A delicate balance of The Postal Service, Bright Eyes and The Killers.
  
  Boxes debut single 'Throw Your Stones' is released on 11th July 2011 on Bow Records

  http://www.wegottickets.com/event/145016
  
• Thursday, May 10 The Line Of Best Fit presents Houses 8pm adv £6

  Debut London show from Chicago based duo Houses playing airy electronic melodies and hypnotic beats with softly cooed vocal harmonies.

  http://www.eventim.co.uk/houses-tickets.html?affiliate=EUK&doc=artistPages/tickets&fun=artist&action=tickets&kuid=465998
  http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2012/01/new-show-the-line-of-best-fit-presents-houses/
• Thursday, May 17 Blackbird Blackbird 8pm adv £8

  Lo-fi dreamy electro-pop shoegazing syth-pop from San Francisco.

  http://www.wegottickets.com/event/150131
  https://www.facebook.com/events/297344150315895/?ref=ts


Please note! The Lexington is an 18+ venue.