London Zine of Music, Arts and Miscellaneous Happenings. Monthly updates & seasonal physicals.
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1) adjective describing the silence produced when a performance leaves the audience speechless (ie: one could hear a pin drop)
2) verb to indicate the location of a particular happening
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___Compost Compost Compost @ Dream Bags Jaguars Shoes £7 Too Bright to See - Sweltering synths, acoustic instruments and intricate drumming, the trio Compost Compost Compost are hard to pin down sonically. This is the 1st of 4 residency nights at the East London basement venue. tickets
___Tooth @ Windmill Brixton £8 - London quartet Tooth have been building a dedicated following for some time, teasing tracks and selling out shows, but they've only now released their debut single. Firmly indie rock but reminiscent of a mix of 90s grunge and emo, their sets race at full throttle, with lyrics entailing stories of teenage angst and love. Pindrop also tip our hats to their noble conquest for zine-making. tickets
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___The Cindys @ Windmill Brixton £11 Breakfast Records - Jangling guitars and quips in a soft baritone register – with their eponymous 2025 debut Bristol’s Jack Ogborne reinvents some of the songs of his retired no-wave-Sinatra group Bingo Fury (a Pindrop favourite…we’re still in mourning). With satisfying crunch and harmonies aided by songwriter Naima Bock, The Cindys are catchy yet always tasteful. Perfectly curated supports from Exeter’s Pushbike and Leed’s Vehicle, two groups who have been at the forefront of this melody revolution. tickets
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___Osibisa: Celebrate Ghanian Independence @ Fox and Firkin £24.57 - Formed in 1969 in London from a group of Ghananian and Caribbean expatriates, Osibisa spearheaded ‘afro rock’, a style sweetly marrying American psychedelic rock, jazz, and West African afrobeat and highlife (in fact the name Osibisa comes from the Fante word for highlife). Always exciting, their tunes are heavy on the horns, woodwind, and percussion, and generous with organ and spitty guitar solos. tickets
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___Divine Noise All-Dayer @ New River Studios £10 Big Richard Records - Bring a family pack of cotton buds because your ears will be bleeding by the end of the night. Headlined by Sly & The Family Drone who have been laying down glitchy, spasming no-jazz in the capital since 2010. Sax squeals, rupturing bass and blistering drums galore. The entire lineup is stacked nonetheless, with Rampressure’s droning noise, jawharp’s dense, unrelenting emoviolence, Omertà’s brash garage punk, the free-jazz cabaret of Liverpool’s Domestic Partners, giddy mathrock from Van Quan and (last but not least) Komo’s lofi slacker rock. tickets
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___3D Jesus @ George Tavern £5 Buzzzcut - An unorthodox quartet of tenor saxophone, violin, guitar and drums, 3D Jesus don’t play often, but when they take the stage, they stir the cosmic pot with swelling, sonorous dynamics that twist you into spiritual ecstasies. We’re eagerly waiting a release. A must-see support comes from Kissing Gate, who blew our minds with their 2025 record Funny Dream – sweet chiming chamber-rock songs with cascading instrumental sections between their smart, touching lyrics. tickets
___Elias Rønnenfelt @ The Dome £23.85 FORM - The frontman of the Danish group Iceage has been having a strong stint on his own as of late, becoming one of the key figures of the blossoming Copenhagen scene. Having recently released a record with London musician/ producer Dean Blunt, there's both a touch of edge and endearment to Ronnenfelt’s work. tickets
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___plantoid @ MOTH Club £13.6 Bad Vibrations - Grimsby-born, Brighton-bred – the members of art-punk band plantoid have known each other since they were young. Ultra slick, they seamlessly string together delicate jazz chord instrumentals with technical odd time-signatures and pounding prog bravado. Everything is held together and directed by the powerful vocals of frontwoman Chloe Spence, who, with occasional digital harmony freakery, propels every song. tickets
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___Mitsubishi Suicide @ The Crypt, St Martin-in-the-Fields £30 Atomiser - Although there were fears that London’s dearest screamo band might be gone for good, with members focusing on side projects xmal, Most Things and 300SkullsAndCounting, the release of the 22-minute, 2-song EP For The Last Toll late in 2025 allowed fans to sleep easy. Clear from the runtime alone, Mitsubishi Suicide are moving in a darker direction, liberating their genius guitar work with expansive song structures. The second track, ‘Iris’ Darkened Garnet’ – Pindrop’s 4th favourite song of the year – is potentially their best yet. Of course, in classic Atomiser style, opening is the London Bulgarian Choir (because why not?), whose dissonant close harmonies will greatly complement Mitsubishi’s. tickets
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___Cities Aviv @ ICA £24.21 - Tennessee alternative rapper and producer Cities Aviv started out as a hardcore punk vocalist, but became a cult figure in the 2010’s cloud rap era, with his washed-out, noisy, and sample-heavy hip-hop. Seriously slow and lysergic, with bass always blown all the way out. tickets
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___Bludud @ The Ivy House £13.39 Bozoreductions - Bristol newcomers Bludud have only played a handful of gigs, yet they’ve already been picked to support Naima Bock and Copenhagen’s Fine. Although their pace is slow and methodical, leaving you listen to every dying sustain, there are moments of fast brilliance that climb into crisp, beautiful chords. Although ‘slowcore’ as a tag is definitely at most buzzwordy right now, Bludud's delicate but intentional take on the genre will see them outlive its inevitable fall from the musical trend cycle. tickets
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___The Fall by Beat Happening (US, 1985)
___Numerology by My New Band Believe (UK, 2026)
___Dress Rehearsal Rag by Leonard Cohen (Canada, 1971)
JK
___Dream Baby Dream by Suicide (US, 1979)
___Preto Velho by Bebeto (Brazil, 1981)
___Ride by Turnspit (UK, 2025)
JR
___MacArthur Park Suite by Donna Summer (US, 1979)
___Ballet Flat$ On The Ga$ Pedal by Cowgirl Clue (US, 2025)
___Arrows by Vampire Weekend (US, 2008)
MMB
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