Mar 312015
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 |