The Bronx | Wed 17 Jan | Mama Roux’s | SOLD OUT
Los Angeles hardcore punk gang The Bronx are still going strong, still the rough-and-ready last punks in town, amps cranked, cymbals breaking, fingers bleeding. A Bronx show is a place to get sweaty, a place to throw all the world’s ills into a pit, set the thing on fire, and have a party on the ashes. See our full preview here.

Riscas | Fri 19 Jan | Sunflower Lounge | £6
They may look like a bunch of fresh-faced teens, but that hasn’t stopped the Birmingham four-piece Riscas from turning heads with their jangly guitar-pop, snatching an ‘Artist of the Week’ spot on Radio 1’s Introducing in the process. The band’s easy-going jams recall the early days of Bombay Bicycle Club and the shameless earnestness of the 1975: in other words, the buzz is real. seetickets.com

Asian Dub Foundation presents La Haine | Fri 19 Jan | Town Hall | £25.50
Mathieu Kassovitz’s raging piece of urban cinematic nihilism ‘La Haine’ and the punk hip-hop hardcore of Asian Dub Foundation makes for an incredible live experience: a seismic clash between two of the edgiest manifestations of populist anger to explode at the end of the last century. See our full preview here.

Alex Ohm | Sat 20 Jan | Sunflower Lounge | £6
If it’s the local, folky troubadour ticket you’re after this week, then look no further than best-kept-secret Alex Ohm, a seasoned indie veteran recently turned solo. Last year’s debut EP ‘At First a Drop, Then a Flood’ set the tone for Ohm’s new melancholic chamber-pop outfit, and the man’s not resting on his laurels: this show marks the release of new single ‘Retreat’. seetickets.com