Sulka and Frankie Morrow at the Old Library 3 Oct

 

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Glasgow’s Sulka is the DIY alt-pop project of Lukas Clasen, whose new album Bute arrives following acclaim from Steve Lamacq and Vic Galloway, BBC Radio play, and sold-out UK tours. Inspired by a winter trip to the Isle of Bute, the record blends intimate vocals, lo-fi aesthetics, and grunge/shoegaze dynamics, drawing comparisons to Alex G and Sparklehorse. Merging homemade charm with radio-ready fidelity, Bute explores time and nature using field recordings and fractured radio broadcasts, driven by singles like 'Halloween', 'All Bets Off', and 'Meteorite'.

Joining the bill is singer, songwriter, and guitarist Frankie Morrow, raised on North American rock legends and Scottish folk poetry. Following an early EP supported by BBC Radio 1 and a slot at Glastonbury, Morrow released her debut album Way Out West via Tres Brujas Records. Hailed by Far Out Magazine as "less like a debut album than the discovery of a long lost classic" and praised as "explosive" by Guy Garvey on BBC Radio 6 Music, Morrow’s grief-forged songwriting delivers an unforgettable live experience.

Wild Winter 10 year anniversary gigs

I'm not usually a fan of the looming irritant that is the festive period, however when it involves gigs (like the Slow Club Xmas gigs I was lucky enough to be a part of way back) it lightens the load and this year there are gigs! Smoke Fairies Xmas gigs. 

Firestations have been added to the Jill Lorean gig at the Old Library which is cool, Jill's new album is incredible, you should listen to it right now, and come along to the gigs.

And here's a playlist of some hot new tunes

Jill Lorean at the Old Library

Sonic Tonic proudly presents Jill Lorean at the Old Library, New Cross - 7th Dec

Tickets £8 plus booking from WeGotTickets & Dice

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Doors: 19.30

On debut album This Rock Jill Lorean captured her musical sketches in a three-day burst of

inspiration – mics hung from the ceiling, cracks showing, a document of that exact time and place. It’s follow-up, the sprawling Peace Cult, finds the same trio of Jill Lorean, Andy Monaghan (Frightened Rabbit) and Pete Kelly working with far more space and control, Jill’s fragmented ideas brought together over time, with very deliberate care and attention, with a generous focus on the finer details. 

Formed of eleven new songs, Peace Cult is once again released via Monohands Records, and it makes for a bold new step in Jill Lorean’s career,one that has seen her develop from early success with her band Sparrow & The Workshop, through various projects including Three Queens In Mourning (with Alex Neilson and Alasdair Roberts), Scottish collective Hen Hoose, as well as a rich body of theatre and soundtrack work.

Tape Runs Out at the Old Library

Cambridge's Tape Runs Out have made one of my favourite albums of the year so far and the Old Library is fast becoming one of my favourite venues in London, so it's going to be a special one!

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Tape Runs Out: a 6-piece band based in Cambridge. Their sound inventively weaves electronic and acoustic, with the unusual addition of violin and hammered dulcimer alongside the more familiar guitars, keys and drums. Their distinctive style has variously been described as psych, shoegaze, post-rock and alt-folk.

...support from Hypsoline and Barbican Estate.