Mark K’s April Gig Guide!

Mark Kelly knows his current alternative music (if you don’t believe us check all the reviews he’s written for us!) but we thought you might want a look ahead as well as a recommend for next time. So he’s put together his ultimate guide to the gigs he wants to see in April – as if money and the inherent problems of bilocation, trilocation et al were no object!
All great stuff but look out for his personal Top Ten picks which feature also on our LONDON EVENTS page. Links go on to booking info, more images to come…

 

Date	Artist	Comments	Venue	*
01/04/2015	Rival Sons	American heavy rock for the 21st Century	Chalk Farm Roundhouse
	Therapy?	Ulster’s finest alternative metallers [*** cheeky bonus pick by Tim! ***]	Kings Cross Scala
02/04/2015	The Subways	Ten years on from debut Young For Eternity, the Welwyn rockers promote their self-titled newie.	Shepherds Bush Empire
	Hero Fisher	Unsigned folky dreampop *** MK’s TOP 10! ***	Bethnal Green Sebright Arms
	Wolf People	Dark, progressive, psychedelic folk.	London 229 Club
03/04/2015	Wolf Alice	Grungey alternative rock.	Shepherds Bush Empire
04/04/2015	The Men They Couldn’t Hang	Agitprop folk rock *** MK’s TOP 10! ***	Shepherds Bush Empire
	The Darling Buds	1980s Welsh indie	Kings Cross Lexington
	Enablers	San Francisco based avant supergroup	London Electrowerkz
05/04/2015	The Darling Buds	1980s Welsh indie	Kings Cross Lexington
08/04/2015	The View	Scottish indie rock	Camden Koko
	The Vaccines	The saviours of indie rock???	Brixton Electric
	The Bohicas	Ambitious, arresting rock ‘n’ roll *** MK’s TOP 10! ***	London Social
09/04/2015	Superfood + Yak + Black Honey	Superfood: Bouncy indie from Birmingham	London Heaven
10/04/2015	System Of A Down	Intelligent American metal	Wembley Arena
	The Smyths	Much rated Smiths tribute band	London 229 Club
	Nik Turner & the New Space Ritual	Hawkwind by any other name	London Borderline
11/04/2015	Robin Trower	Hendrix inspired purveyor of Trower Power!!!	Shepherds Bush Empire
13/04/2015	Sinead O’Connor	Controversial star promotes her I’m Not Bossy, I’m The Boss album *** MK’s TOP 10! ***	London Barbican
14/04/2015	Daniel Lanois, support from Rocco DeLuca	Producer of U2 and Bob Dylan on the road with his own material	Islington Assembly Hall
	Seasick Steve	Grizzled bluesman	Hammersmith Apollo
	Wire plus Tomago	Re-formed pioneers of post punk	The Lexington, Kings Cross
	The Airborne Toxic Event	American indie rock	Camden Koko
15/04/2015	Wire	Re-formed pioneers of post punk	Kings Cross Lexington
	The Bohicas	Ambitious, arresting rock ‘n’ roll	London Social
	George Clinton & Parliament / Funkadelic	The legendary master of funk!!! *** MK’s TOP 10! ***	Camden Koko
16/04/2015	Wire	Re-formed pioneers of post punk	Kings Cross Lexington
17/04/2015	Heaven 17	Early 1980s offshoot from The Human League who became successful in their own right.	Camden Jazz Café
	The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band	Reunion of multi-genre art-rock band from the late 1960s *** MK’s TOP 10! ***	Camden Koko
	Wire	Re-formed pioneers of post punk	Kings Cross Lexington
18/04/2015	Heaven 17	Early 1980s offshoot from The Human League who became successful in their own right.	Camden Jazz Café
	Wire	Re-formed pioneers of post punk *** MK’s TOP 10! ***	Kings Cross Lexington
19/04/2015	Toyah and the Humans	1980s pop poppet whose band The Humans appears to include her husband, the great Robert Fripp	London 100 Club
20/04/2015	Laura Marling	Exquisitely talented singer-songwriter *** MK’s TOP 10! ***	London Queen Elizabeth Hall
21/04/2015	Laura Marling	Exquisitely talented singer songwriter	London Queen Elizabeth Hall
	Matthew E White	American singer songwriter	Shoreditch Village Underground
22/04/2015	Of Montreal	Often experimental American rock band	Islington Assembly Hall
	Blues Pills	Swedish blues rock	Islington Academy
	The Bohicas	Ambitious, arresting rock ‘n’ roll	London Social
23/04/2015	Lynyrd Skynyrd	The kings and originators of Southern Rock!	Hammersmith Apollo
	Joanna Gruesome	Welsh noise pop *** MK’s TOP 10! ***	Kings Cross Scala
24/04/2015	Stornoway	Scottish indie folk	Islington Assembly Hall
	The Fall	The curmudgeonly and erratic art of Mark E Smith	Brixton Electric
	Junius + City Of Ships	American metalgaze band	Camden Barfly
26/04/2015	Wilko Johnson	Rockin’ r’n’b survivor!!! *** MK’s TOP 10! ***	Shepherds Bush Empire
29/04/2015	Sharon Van Etten	American singer songwriter	Shepherds Bush Empire
	Robben Ford	Super-talented American blues, rock and jazz guitarist	Islington Academy
	Laura Marling	Exquisitely talented singer songwriter	London Queen Elizabeth Hall
	The Bohicas	Ambitious, arresting rock ‘n’ roll	London Social
	Femme	Electro-pop from singer songwriter Laura Bettinson	Kings Cross Lexington
30/04/2015	Theory Of A Deadman	Canadian hard rock band	Kings Cross Scala
	Moon Duo	Krautrock influenced side project of Wooden Shjips guitarist and singer Ripley Johnson	Shoreditch Village Underground
	Laura Marling	Exquisitely talented singer songwriter	London Queen Elizabeth Hall