The Real Cool + Help Musicians UK | Sun 15 Oct | Hare & Hounds | £5.50
Come see an array of local talent, in support of Help Musicians UK – a charity in the process of setting up a 24/7 helpline for mental health issues in the music industry. A recent survey found 70% of musicians are affected – so it’s a highly worthwhile cause for anyone who values live music and its practitioners. Local dream-pop band The Real Cool headline, with support from Qualms and Mondo Royale. skiddle.com
Flyte | Tue 10 Oct | O2 Academy | £7.70
London four-piece Flyte’s debut album ‘The Loved Ones’ is a tightly-honed exercise in baroque-pop songs, surging and twisting in unexpected ways. Like Grizzly Bear’s understated anglophile cousin, there’s a summery, 60s heart to Flyte, coated with a modernist pop sheen. For a debut album, it marks out Flyte as a band to watch. seetickets.com
Superfood | Wed 11 Oct | Mama Roux’s | £11
Reinvented from exuberant garage-rock pop-noise subterfuge , Birmingham heroes Superfood have slimmed down to a two-piece on long-awaited new album ‘Bambino’. The album suggests they’ve picked up Blur’s knack for reinvention, swamping their songs with psychedelia, trippy rhythms and the angular cut of Beck’s laid-back cool: playful and envigorating. seetickets.com
Pilgrimage: Juice Aleem + more | Fri 13 Oct | Hare & Hounds | £8.80
Birmingham stalwart and hip-hop prophet Juice Aleem, performing with a one-off live band, leads another outstanding line-up for Pilgrimage: the eclectic, unpredictable music shenanigans curated by new-brass-band oddities Young Pilgrims. Also featuring glitchy jazz act Delta Autumn, DJ sets by UUOO, and Young Pilgrims themselves. skiddle.com
Satori | Fri 13 Oct | Symphony Hall | FREE
Wild and sophisticated jazz improvisation from brand new trio Satori featuring award winning saxophonist Josephine Davies, drummer Paul Clarvis and bassist Dave Whitford. Smooth, crisp and energising sounds from a big talent: and it’s absolutely free to boot. www.thsh.co.uk
HMLTD + Dream Wife | Sat Oct 14 | Hare & Hounds | £7
The buzz abounds for Londoners HMTLD (pictured), a young band fusing glam, punk and industrial noise with attention-grabbing, immersive live shows. Support comes from the super-charged and wildly zeitgeisty art school indie trio Dream Wife. See our full preview here.
Words: Chris Donald - Gigs Editor
Published on: Fri 6 Oct 2017