London / Brighton Live (Oct. 17 - Oct. 23)

This week, the king of choral RnB, Active Child, plays a one-off show at St. Pancras Old Church, Philadelphia’s Sun Airway showcase at Hoxton Square and Male Bonding headline a night at The Garage with Gross Magic and The History of Apple Pie. Also in the city for the coming week are Spectrals, Babeshadow, Julian Cope, Real Estate, Spotlight Kid, Bear Driver, Bon Iver and Architecture In Helsinki. Full list below.

• Active Child - Playing House (ft. How To Dress Well) (MP3)
• Sun Airway - Infinity (MP3)
• Real Estate - It’s Real (MP3)

NO LADDER by COVES

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Monday

• Male Bonding, Gross Magic, The History Of Apple Pie @ The Garage, London (Tickets)***
• Spectrals @ Monto Water Rats, London (Tickets)

Tuesday

• Julian Cope @ Concorde 2, Brighton (Tickets)
• Sam Amidon @ Cecil Sharp House, London (Tickets)
• Babeshadow @ The Shacklewell Arms, London (Tickets)
• Real Estate @ Rough Trade East, London (In-store)***
• James Vincent McMorrow @ Rough Trade West, London (In-store)

Wednesday

• Active Child @ St. Pancras Old Church, London (Tickets)***

Thursday

• Spotlight Kid @ The Hope, Brighton (Tickets)***
• Veronica Falls + Echo Lake @ The Lexington, London (Tickets)
• Apparat + When Saints Go Machine @ KOKO, London (Tickets)

Friday

• How Yin + Spotlight Kid @ Hoxton Underbelly, London (Tickets)
• Morcheeba + Elizaveta @ KOKO, London (Tickets)
• Bear Driver @ The Victoria, Dalston, London (Tickets)

Saturday

• Jacques Greene + More @ Corsica Studios, London (Tickets)
• Flying Lotus + Antivj @ Roundhouse, London (Tickets)

Sunday

• Bon Iver + Kathleen Edwards @ Hammersmith Apollo, London (SOLD OUT)
• Architecture In Helsinki @ Heaven, London (Tickets)
• Real Estate + Spectrals @ Proud Brighton Ballrooms, Brighton (Tickets)
• Sun Airway + COVES @ Hoxton Sq. Bar & Kitchen, London (Tickets)

What have I missed? @thismusicwins

New: Gross Magic - Teen Jamz EP

Brighton’s latest musical phenomenon, Gross Magic, just dropped his debut ‘Teen Jamz EP’ via The Sounds Of Sweet Nothing, a five track effort beset with “unashamedly glam” (thanks Basement Fever), lo-fi recorded and pop-psychedelia tinged Bowie-esque melody, being launched at the Shacklewell Arms this Wenesday evening. There’s some rallying overtones of 90s grunge, Ariel Pink juxtapositions and a T-Rex influence which comes across with a terrifyingly powerful resonance; it seems the solo project of Sam McGarrigle (depicted above) will strike a chord with the international noise-pop scene as much as it might be readily championed by its veterans.

‘Teen Jamz’ finds the space to incorporate three new ‘jamz’ and does so with the inclusion of eponymous ‘Teen Jamz’, ‘Can’t Ignore My Heart’ and the delicacies of Gross Magic ballad (by these standards) ‘Dream Gurl’. Download the whole thing for £4 over at Band Camp with three bonus songs (making it an 8 track) or pre-order your purple vinyl from The Sounds Of Sweet Nothing by clicking here.

Gross Magic - Dream Gurl by TheSoundsOfSweetNothing

Gross Magic - Teen Jamz by TheSoundsOfSweetNothing

Gross Magic - Can’t Ignore My Heart by TheSoundsOfSweetNothing