/COMING SOON GOING UNDER THE RADAR
Nathan Fake Although he’s been active for over a decade and has released multiple albums and EPs via Border Community, his latest full-length Providence on Ninja Tune has propelled the Norfolk musician to a wider audience. Providence is the product at the end of a two year struggle with writer’s block where the producer managed to write nothing at all. Now with a whole new record to play live, this should be a show worth seeing.
Soup Kitchen / 1 April / £11 Frances The singer/songwriter from Berkshire has been bubbling under the surface of the mainstream for the past 18 months or so but her debut album Things I’ve Never Said is set to catapult her far and wide. Last year, Sophie Francis Cooke sold out The Deaf Institute, this time round she’ll play Gorilla. Next time she comes round, it’s likely the venue will be bigger again.
Gorilla / 3 April / £12 The Wytches DIY punk from Brighton at its most lethal. Their latest album All Your Happy Life was released via Dine Alone Music in September 2016. The scrappy quartet deliver noise to level that will likely send a venue as small as Sound Control into complete frenzy. If you want to get to this there are only a handful of tickets left on sale.
Sound Control / 7 April / £10 Palace Palace are the sort of band who look like they were named after the London street wear brand. Hailing from London themselves, the four piece created a huge storm a few years back after just one live gig. One EP later they were supporting Jamie T. Now they have a full-length LP under their belt it’s perhaps a surprise they are playing a venue as modest as The Ruby Lounge. So Long Forever is an album that delivered on their promise and one that should be seen played live.
The Ruby Lounge / 10 April / £12 Jamie Isaac Woozy bedroom beats wrapped in floating melodies. Born and raised in Croydon, Isaac has adopted the London sound that Jamie Woon, Tropics and Royce Wood JR have always produced so well. His debut album Couch Baby is out now.
Soup Kitchen / 16 April / £8 Pumarosa The London five-piece are on an upward curve heading into 2017. Set to release their debut album The Witch in May, the band led by Isabel Munoz-Newsome will have a whole heap of fresh brutal, hardhitting material to bring to Soup Kitchen’s equally hard and brutal live room.
Soup Kitchen / 19 April / £7 PINS Manchester’s very own PINS supported Honeyblood late last year and are cut from a similar cloth, but with the ferocity of a band like Savages. Their latest EP which is due for release on March 24 features Iggy Pop and personifies everything the outfit do so well.
The White Hotel / 22 April / £10 Low Leaf L.A. multi-instrumentalist Low Leaf emerged from the city’s underground beat scene in the late 2000s . In 2010 shes collaborated with Flying Lotus on his album Cosmogramma, which also featured Radiohead’s Thom Yorke. As skilled with the harp as she is with finding crushing drum tracks, Low Leaf has managed to create her own lane.
Soup Kitchen/21 March/£12.50 Rationale A man with an unforgettable voice. The Zimbabwe-born British singer’s music is flooded with soul. In 2015 and 2016, the 32-year-old featured on any and every ‘ones to watch list’. His long-awaited debut album is rumoured to be released some time later this year but his latest EP Vessels is available to listen to now.
Gorilla / 26 April / £11 Dave Clarke It might be a Sunday night but that won’t stop the Brighton man from manning the decks for a whopping five hours straight at Gorilla. Besides the next day is a bank holiday so hopefully you’ll have no work to get up for. Renowned for his ruthlessly effective, fat-free club sets, he pushes the worldwide boundaries of what techno and electro can be.
Gorilla / 30 April / £15 MATTHEW COOPER