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We list the alternative, underground & independent gigs in London - view the Gig listings at: https://www.londongigs.net/gig-listings
TONIGHT @organmagazine.bsky.social RECOMMENDS NI / HATS OFF GENTLEMEN IT'S ADEQUATE @ 229 Grt Portland St, W1W 5PN, 7pm, £17adv

French avant prog metal quartet Ni are in London for an intimate gig before their appearance at the major Arctangent festival in Bristol... bit.ly/4ovPFLx

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ORGAN PREVIEW: French experimental prog outfit Ni play a last minute re-arranged London show on August 12th ahead of their appearance at ArcTanGent festival in Bristol and a stop off in Manchester…
Another of those quick parish noticeboard type things, Ni are a band who’ve been covered and played around these parts rather a lot, of the last album (released back in December 2023 on the a…
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August 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
TONIGHT @organmagazine.bsky.social RECOMMENDS DEERHOOF @ Bush Hall, Shepherds Bush, 7.30pm

"Deerhoof seem to thrive on collapse, so it’s simply amazing that this US/Japanese quartet is now celebrating their 31st year..."

Organ review here: bit.ly/4faX276

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ORGAN THING: Deerhoof have a new album, Noble and Godlike in Ruin, they’ve been one of the best bands out there for years now and these just might well be their finest moments yet…
“Scientist with 31 years of experience will reanimate anyone/anything within reason…” Deerhoof – Noble and Godlike in Ruin (Joyful Noise) –  They are of course be…
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July 28, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Today @organmagazine.bsky.social RECOMMENDS CHOP CHOP + LELLO @ Paper Dress Vintage, Mare St, Hackney

Chop Chop are in London this week, the Brighton band are at Hackney’s rather colourful Paper Dress Vintage... Read more: bit.ly/3Ukcp3n

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ORGAN PREVIEW: Chop Chop and their Performance-art punk meets experimental groove, a band fronted by Galician poet Xelís de Toro, will be in London this Saturday sharing a bill with the rather excelle...
Chop Chop are in London this week, the Brighton band are at Hackney’s rather colourful Paper Dress Vintage. Who are Chop Chop? Well they’re a rather unique band really, someone said &#8…
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July 19, 2025 at 11:26 AM
TONIGHT @organmagazine.bsky.social RECOMMENDS @thesickmanofeurope.bsky.social @ The George Tavern, 373 Commercial Rd, E1 0LA

"...rather fine, rather enjoyable, 80s sounding, slightly post-punk flavoured crisp clean alternative sounding machine-driven electronic debut album.." (Organ) bit.ly/3Ifv51A
ORGAN THING: The Sick Man Of Europe’s 80s sounding, slightly post-punk flavoured crisp clean alternative sounding machine-driven electronic debut album is about to land…
The Sick Man Of Europe – The Sick Man Of Europe (The Leaf Label) – Now we have shared a couple of tracks from this album already on these rather fractured pages, we have been enjoying t…
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July 8, 2025 at 11:39 AM
TODAY @organmagazine.bsky.social RECOMMENDS - EXTRA LIFE @ New River Studios, N4 1DN

"One of the very best bands of this century, Extra Life are in town...following on from last year's rather unexpected album Charlie Looker and company bring their uniquely special beauty to town..." bit.ly/4kbXLFO
ORGAN THING: Not an inch of excess, every second, every note vital, this is economic music. Have Extra Life released the album of the year already?
Extra Life – The Sacred Vowel (Last Things) – The Sacred Vowel is the fifth album from New York avant rock band Extra Life, composer/guitarist Charlie Looker’s main vehicle, this …
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June 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
PLUS! @organmagazine.bsky.social RECOMMENDS - MAN/WOMAN/CHAINSAW / ATTICOMATIC @ Sebright Arms, 31-35 Coate St, Hoxton

Man/Woman/Chainsaw "the teenage London band who are threatening to be potentially thrilliant" Here's a rather excellent film of them from last year via Organ bit.ly/4kWOanx
ORGAN THING: Man/Woman/Chainsaw share live session from The George Tavern and visualiser for Sports Day ahead of their excellent new EP…
Organ Thing of The Day? Cut to the chase, here it is, Man/Woman/Chainsaw performing live at The George Tavern in London… “Following a sold out Halloween show at 100 Club and the news th…
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June 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
ALSO TONIGHT @organmagazine.bsky.social RECOMMENDS - GRYPHON @ The Bedford, Balham

"with their unique blend of very folky progressive rock that comes deliciously blended with both classical and early music. They are both Legendary and unpredictable…"(Organ)

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Official website for the newly reformed Gryphon medieval/prog rock band, with all the latest news of the band's current activity as well as its extensive history. Includes up to date gig listing.
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June 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
TONIGHT @organmagazine.bsky.social RECOMMENDS COUCH SLUT @ The Dome, Tufnell Park

Brooklyn noise rockers Couch Slut "...A little more than just noise...they've got a dark twist or two, a way with their words as well as the riffs they challenge you with..." (Organ)

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June 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
💥TONIGHT @organmagazine.bsky.social RECOMMENDS: KŌENJI HYAKKEI @ Cafe Oto, Dalston

"...bits that go off and things like squalor is all alive and bees be flying around heads, there are bits that sound like a manic classical orchestra who’s heads might be on fire... (Organ)" bit.ly/3ZJ8QGZ

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ORGAN THING: The architecture of the new Koenjihyakkei live album danced around, they do go off and things…
Koenjihyakkei 高円寺百景 – Live At Club Goodman (SkinGraft Records) – There are bits that go off and things like squalor is all alive and bees be flying around heads, there are bits that sou…
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May 31, 2025 at 12:17 PM
🎉TONIGHT @organmagazine.bsky.social RECOMMENDS
FRANKIE & THE WITCH FINGERS @ Shacklewell Arms, Dalston, 7.30pm, £9.80adv

"....bringing more of that dynamic new wave garage space rock flavoured punk whatever it is that the L.A band do so damn well..." (Organ) bit.ly/4dEpcqh

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ORGAN THING: L.A’s Frankie And The Witch Fingers hit Hackney and Mid Summer with some seriously proper locked-on psyched-up garage rock and roll…
. Frankie and The Witch Fingers, Oslo, Hackney, East London, June 2023 – Mid summer night in a Hackney sauna with gawd knows how many people jumping around as Dylan Sizemore and most of the a…
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May 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
TODAY @organmagazine.bsky.social RECOMMENDS: HECKLE CHAMBER / THE GLASS KEY / KUNAL SINGHAL @ The Victoria Dalston, 7pm, £10

"...grind-and-wallow riffery stand hand-in-hand with those of rug-pulling form-disruption, beaming down upon their feral mutant offspring"

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April 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
TODAY @organmagazine.bsky.social RECOMMENDS - TOBY DRIVER (Kayo Dot)/ALORA CRUCIBLE @ New River Studios, Harringay

"...rather radiant solo side of Toby Driver....not as foreboding as his band are but it is there in a slightly different form, a rather beautifully moody inward looking form…" (Organ)
April 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
TONIGHT @organmagazine.bsky.social RECOMMENDS: MAN/WOMAN/CHAINSAW / DOG RACE @ Scala, Kings Cross, 7.30pm, £14adv

Man/Woman/Chainsaw “the teenage London band who are threatening to be potentially thrilliant" - Organ coverage here bit.ly/4jp8uNb

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ORGAN THING: Man/Woman/Chainsaw share live session from The George Tavern and visualiser for Sports Day ahead of their excellent new EP…
Organ Thing of The Day? Cut to the chase, here it is, Man/Woman/Chainsaw performing live at The George Tavern in London… “Following a sold out Halloween show at 100 Club and the news th…
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April 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
TODAY @organmagazine.bsky.social RECOMMENDS @wendyeisenberg.bsky.social & RYAN SAWYER @ The Lexington, 7.30pm

'...traverses genres from jazz to noise, all sorts of avant substrata & delicate songs, each placing a special emphasis on vast dynamics, textures & moods'

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April 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
TONIGHT @organmagazine.bsky.social RECOMMENDS: MC YALLAH & DEBMASTER @ Venue MOT, Surrey Canal Rd, SE14 5RT, 7.30pm, £18adv

'MC Yallah has been involved in East Africa’s rap scene since 1999. Alternating rhymes in Luganda, Luo, Kiswahili and English her conscious...' read more at: bit.ly/4jqi7eJ
ORGAN THING: You can now watch the film of MC Yallah and Debmaster live at last year’s Supersonic. MC Yallah has been in the East African underground hip-hop scene for 25 years. Meanwhile the incredib...
Organ Thing of The Day: You can now watch the film of the incredible MC Yallah and Debmaster live at Supersonic 2024. For those who don’t know, MC Yallah has been in the East African undergro…
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April 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
TONIGHT @organmagazine.bsky.social RECOMMENDS: PUTCAN CLUB @ Dublin Castle, Camden, 7.30pm, £8.80adv

Putan Club say they are a test bench, the avant rock band are far more than just that...The Putan Club stands for feminism, electricity, electronics and savagery... read more at: wp.me/p2ScbB-uot
ORGAN THING: Putan Club? Who are they? Where are we? Iconoclastic nihilism? Le Putan Club est un banc d’essai. Putan Club say they are a test bench, the avant rock band are far more than just that, th...
We started off here intending to review the new live album, but then album reviews and comventions and the rest are not what Putan Club are really about, they are, thankfully, gloriously, not your …
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March 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
TONIGHT @organmagazine.bsky.social RECOMMENDS: JAZZ SABBATH @ Hoxton Hall, 130 Hoxton St 🌟🎉

"...through a vicious cycle of personal tragedy and plagiarism the songs intended to change the jazz world ended up giving birth to a much darker sound"

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ORGAN: Albums – The fluid space rock of Lord of Forms, Jazz Sabbath’s lost ’68 recordings that some other band might have heard, the experimental chemistry of Jeff Arnal and Dietrich Eichmann, RZWD cr...
More albums, there’s always more albums, there’s always more good albums, there’s always more cherry picking to do, only time and space for the things that stand out a little from…
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March 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🌟🎉TONIGHT @organmagazine.bsky.social RECOMMENDS: HELKA @ Cafe Oto Dalston, £17adv

'...a rare virtuosic player of the theremin...her playing covers an enormous range, from skittering birdsong of chirrups and chirps to tectonic sub-bass'

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March 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
TONIGHT Thu 30 Jan @organmagazine.bsky.social RECOMMENDS:

UT / THE ENGINE ROOM @ Cafe Oto, 18-22 Ashwin St, Dalston, 7.30pm, £15adv £17door

"Ut is a radical rock group founded by Nina Canal, Jacqui Ham and Sally Young in NYC in Dec 1978..."

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UT - Peel Session (1988)
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January 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
TONIGHT Thu 30 Jan @organmagazine.bsky.social RECOMMENDS:

TRISTWCH Y FENYWOD / EKSTASIS @ St Pancras Old Church, Pancras Rd, King's Cross, NW1 1UL, 7.30pm £12adv​

"rather witchy occult flavoured feminist goth emissions, Chris Corsano's feverish essay of transcendent drumming..."

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ORGAN: Albums, more albums – Tristwch Y Fenywod’s rather witchy occult flavoured feminist goth emissions, Chris Corsano’s feverish essay of transcendent drumming…
More more and still flicking back through the year, making a list, checking it more than twice, who really did stand out in 2024? And you realise there are some albums you just never got around to …
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January 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
TONIGHT Fri 17th January RECOMMENDED GIG!

@organmagazine.bsky.social RECOMMENDS - JESUS AND THE ZEALOTS / ORAL HABIT / CHAD @ Paper Dress Vintage, 352a Mare Street, Hackney, E8 1HR, 7.30pm, £8.50adv

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January 17, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Good to see the London Gigs website is back in action. We really need a simple basic oldschool bulshit-free gig guide, something better than all the karaoke tribute band quiz night clutter of Dice! #LondonGigs
January 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
TONIGHT ** Thurs 9th Jan ** @organmagazine.bsky.social ORGAN RECOMMENDS - KAMURA OBSCURA / SCOBBERLOTCHER / DEEP SEA INTERNET CABLES / LEKEMO @ AMP Studios, 897a Old Kent Rd, SE15 1NL, 7pm, £7 door but no one will be refused entry for lack of funds...

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January 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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ORGAN PREVIEW: Sound artist and experimental music performer Evicshen is in town this weekend, the town being London and the place being Cafe Oto... wp.me/p2ScbB-t89
ORGAN PREVIEW: Sound artist and experimental music performer Evicshen is in town this weekend, the town being London and the place being Cafe Oto…
Sound artist and experimental music performer Evicshen is in town this weekend, the town being London and the place being Cafe Oto where you can catch her on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th November …
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November 15, 2024 at 11:21 AM