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HDIF's Gig Of The Week
Sat 22 Nov - Help Stamp Out Loneliness + Moustache Of Insanity + The Understudies + Monster Bobby at Wilmington Arms
Superb bill put together by our friends at Goo Nite. Help Stamp Out Loneliness wowed HDIF Presents recently with their Nico-tinged kraut pop. Moustache Of Insanity play unhinged indie pop. The Understudies offer elegant indie rock in the vein of Glasvegas and Geneva. And Pipettes guitarist Monster Bobby favours glitchy indie pop, rather like Ballboy constructed by robots.

Sun 16 Nov - BlackDogHat at The Cross Kings
Sun 16 Nov - The High Class Family Butchers + IV Webb at Windmill
Sun 16 Nov - David McAlmont at Jazz Cafe
Sun 16 Nov - An Experiment On A Bird In An Air Pump + Benjamin James Jinx at 93 Ft East
Sun 16 Nov - Darren Hayman at North Star
Mon 17 Nov - The High Chaparrals + Freddie Keen + Bobby Long at Windmill
Mon 17 Nov - Yo Majesty at Fly
Mon 17 Nov - Chairlift at The Victoria
Mon 17 Nov - Chuck Berry at Jazz Cafe
Mon 17 Nov - Mt Eerie + Parenthetical Girls + High Places at Dome
Mon 17 Nov - Vessels + Spokes at Big Chill House
Mon 17 Nov - Yo Majesty at Barfly
Tues 18 Nov - Julian Cope at RFH
Tues 18 Nov - The Wombats at the Forum
Tues 18 Nov - White Denim at Dingwalls
Tues 18 Nov - Chuck Berry at Jazz Cafe
Tues 18 Nov - Roddy Frame + Emily Maguire at Cadogan Hall
Tues 18 Nov - Rose Elinor Dougal + The Sigma + Yngve at Old Queen's Head
Tues 18 Nov - The North Sea Radio Orchestra + Cortical Songs + The Eylsian Quartet at St Martin In The Fields
Tues 18 Nov - The Travelling Band + The Crane Brothers + David James Herbert at Social
Weds 19 Nov - Low at Koko
Weds 19 Nov - Death Cab For Cutie at Alexandra Palace
Weds 19 Nov - TV On The Radio at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Weds 19 Nov - Peter And The Wolf at 93 Ft East
Weds 19 Nov - Jay Jay Pistolet at Enterprise
Weds 19 Nov - The Damned at Islington Academy
Weds 19 Nov - The Moon Music Orchestra + The Barettas + Sailorette at Old Nun's Head
Weds 19 Nov - Tony Christie at Cadogan Hall
Weds 19 Nov – Neon Choir at Bar Rumba
Weds 19 Nov - The Fallen Leaves + The Hateful + Troubled Mynde at Undersolo
Weds 19 Nov - The Patio Set + The Le Brocks + Stagecoach + Arthur at 229
Thurs 20 Nov - Giant Sand at Koko
Thurs 20 Nov - Sigur Ros at Alexandra Palace
Thurs 20 Nov - Mathew Sawyer + Boycott Coca Cola Experience at Royal College of Art
Thurs 20 Nov - The Chap + Speaker Bite Me + Heidi Mortenson at Hoxton Square Bar
Thurs 20 Nov - The Kills at Astoria
Thurs 20 Nov - The Faint at Scala
Thurs 20 Nov - Little Richard at Forum
Thurs 20 Nov - Ryan Adams at Brixton Academy
Thurs 20 Nov - Man-Flu + Just Like Pictures + Rachel Mayfield at Betsy Trotwood
Thurs 20 Nov - Maths Class + Methodist Centre at Old Blue Last
Fri 21 Nov - Sigur Ros at Alexandra Palace
Fri 21 Nov - The Rifles at Brixton Academy
Fri 21 Nov - Wanda Jackson at Hootananny
Fri 21 Nov - The Jim Jones Revue + Les Gars + Rook and the Ravens at Windmill
Fri 21 Nov - Connan Mockasin + Matthew Sawyer And The Ghosts + Help Stamp Out Loneliness + Little My at Lexington
Fri 21 Nov - Gloria Cycles + Another Guy Called Gerald + Homework + Detention Jimmy Mixtape at Bar Academy
Fri 21 Nov - Ladytron at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Fri 21 Nov - Sneezy Tees + Mr Huw + Corporal Machine And The Bombers + Extradition Order + Jinx Lennon + Milk Kan + Ish Marquez + Mr Duke + Candythief + Fauntleroy at 12 Bar Club
Fri 21 Nov - Soko + Jay Jay Pistolet + Planet Earth at Borderline
Fri 21 Nov - The Notwist at ULU
Sat 22 Nov - Carter USM at Brixton Academy
Sat 22 Nov - Citizens at The Cavendish Arms
Sat 22 Nov - Alasdair Roberts + Mathew Sawyer at Cafe OTO
Sat 22 Nov - Ebony Bones + Ano at Proud
Sat 22 Nov - Foghorn Leghorn at Green Note
Sat 22 Nov - Future Of The Left + Little Death at Astoria 2
Sat 22 Nov - Help Stamp Out Loneliness + Moustache Of Insanity + The Understudies + Monster Bobby at Wilmington Arms
Sat 22 Nov - Motorhead at Hammersmith Apollo
Sat 22 Nov - Piano Magic + July Skies + yellow6 at Luminaire
Sat 22 Nov - Planetzim + Queen Of Uncool + Lovely Eggs + Little Things + Spinmaster Plantpot + The Bobby McGees + You And Me + Elena Dana + Tom Mayne + Jenny Lindfors at 12 Bar Club
Sat 22 Nov - Screaming Tea Party + Banjo Or Freakout at Macbeth
Sat 22 Nov - The Boonaraaas + The Giant Robots + King Salami And His Cumberland 3 at Ryan's Bar
Sat 22 Nov - The Frank And Walters + Doolittle + Bridport Dagger + Red Dirt + The Indelicates at Jamm
Sat 22 Nov - The Sugars + Kasms + Redtrack + Birds Of Paradise + The Panther Girls at Barden's Boudoir
Sat 22 Nov - Earl Green and The Right Time + Cuba Mia at Waterloo Action Centre
Sun 23 Nov - Todd Rundgren at Forum
Sun 23 Nov - The Network + Take A Worm For A Walk Week + Tortuga + No Dice + Hang The Bastard at Windmill
Sun 23 Nov - Eight Hour Drone People at Cafe Oto
Sun 23 Nov - Gold Teeth + Joe Driscoll + Smokey Angle Shades + Beans On Toast at Old Queen's Head
Mon 24 Nov - Jeffrey Lewis + Extradition Order + Superman Revenge Squad at Windmill
Mon 24 Nov - Paul Weller at Brixton Academy
Mon 24 Nov - The Shortwave Set + The Mentalists + Strawhouses at 93 Ft East
Tues 25 Nov - I'm From Barcelona at Scala
Tues 25 Nov - Smoke Or Fire + Fake Problems + You Me & The Atom Bomb + The Arteries at Windmill
Tues 25 Nov - Chairlift + Swimming + Ark People at White Heat
Tues 25 Nov - Fields + Underground Railroad + Dead Pixels at Water Rats
Tues 25 Nov - George Pringle + Young Fathers at Social
Tues 25 Nov - Paper Planes + Isosceles + Ming Ming And The Ching Chings + Fangs at Buffalo Bar
Tues 25 Nov - Radar Bros at Metro
Weds 26 Nov - Jarvis Cocker at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Weds 26 Nov - Guillemots at Barbicans
Weds 26 Nov - Paul Weller at Brixton Academy
Weds 26 Nov - Chairlift + It Hugs Back + Rose Elinor Dougall at 229
Weds 26 Nov - Helene + Kingfishers Catch Fire + The Good Gods at Buffalo Bar
Weds 26 Nov - PW Long at Windmill
Thurs 27 Nov - MGMT at Forum
Thurs 27 Nov - HDIF Presents The Madrigals + Electrophonvintage + The Puncture Repair Kit + Lost Left
Fri 28 Nov - Primal Scream at Hammersmith Apollo
Fri 28 Nov - Lykke Li at Koko
Fri 28 Nov - Pagan Wanderer Lu + Sad Shields + CharlieXCX + Metro Boulot Disco at the Good Ship
Sat 29 Nov - Estelle at Indigo2
Sat 29 Nov - The Futureheads at Astoria
Sat 29 Nov - Simple Minds at Wembley Arena
Sun 30 Nov - Ben Folds at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Mon 1 Dec - Glasvegas at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Mon 1 Dec - Slow Club at Union Chapel
Mon 1 Dec - Wolf Parade at Electric Ballroom
Mon 1 Dec - Cars Can Be Blue at Windmill
Mon 1 Dec - Stanley Brinks + Ish Marquez + Congregation + Clemence Freschard at Nambucca
Tues 2 Dec - Deerhoof at ULU
Tues 2 Dec - Vivian Girls + Betty & The Werewolves + The Bridport Dagger at Windmill
Weds 3 Dec - Alabama 3 at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Wed 3 Dec - The Slits at Astoria 2
Thurs 4 Dec - Isis at Scala
Thurs 4 Dec - Nouvelle Vague at Forum
Fri 5 Dec - Twelves Trio + Colorama + Voluntary Butler Scheme at Windmill
Fri 5 Dec - How Does It Feel To Be Loved? in Brixton
Sat 6 Dec - Neds Atomic Dustbin at Astoria
Sat 6 Dec - Piney Gir + Island Line at Windmill
Sun 7 Dec - Bon Iver at Apollo Victoria
Sun 7 Dec - The Residents at Forum
Mon 8 Dec - Billy Brag at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Mon 8 Dec - Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan at Union Chapel
Tues 9 Dec - Joan As Policewoman at Shepherd's Bush Empire
Wed 10 Dec - This Town Needs Guns + Shapes + Shoes And Socks Off at Windmill
Fri 12 Dec - Abdoujaparov + Jim Bob + Screaming Tea Party + The Helmholtz Resonators + The Bridport Dagger at Windmill
Sat 13 Dec - The Damned at Forum
Sun 14 Dec - Danny & The Champions of the World at Windmill
Tues 16 Dec - Comet Gain + Pains Of Being Pure At Heart at Macbeth
Tues 16 Dec - Frightened Rabbit + Babel + Stagecoach at Windmill
Tues 16 Dec - The Lucky Pennies at 93 Feet East
Weds 17 Dec - Pains Of Being Pure At Heart at Lexington
Weds 17 Dec - Biffy Clyro at Brixton
Wed 17 Dec - David Cronenberg's Wife + Candythief + Cedars + Congregation + MJ Hibbett at Windmill
Thurs 18 Dec - The Wedding Present + Pains Of Being Pure At Heart at Forum
Thurs 18 Dec - Hold Steady at Roundhouse
Thurs 18 Dec - Dashboard Confessional at Astoria
Thurs 18 Dec - Milk Kan + The Winter Olympics + Corporal Machine & The Bombers at Windmill
Fri 19 Dec - Stereolab at Koko
Fri 19 Dec - The Magnificent Shimmering Beasts + The Sabre Tooth Tiger Band at Windmill
Sat 20 Dec - How Does It Feel To Be Loved? in central London
Sat 20 Dec - Metronomy + Dan le sac Vs Scroobious Pip + Golden Silvers + Cheeky Cheeky & The Nosebleeds + Tommy Sparks at Scala
Wed 11 Feb - Al Duvall + Sycamore Smith + Nigel Burch + Mr B. The Gentleman Rhymer at Windmill
Thurs 12 Feb - Magazine at Forum
Fri 13 Feb - Magazine at Forum
Sat 28 Feb - Charlie Parr + Creaky Boards + Shilpa Ray + Maggie + Superman Revenge Squad at Windmill
Tues 14 April - AC/DC at O2

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