APRIL
Friday 1st - BLACK GUARD, Haymakers, £6 adv
Saturday 2nd - THE UNTHANKS + TREMBLING BELLS, Junction 2, *SOLD OUT*
Cambridge favourites The Unthanks return to the city for what feels like the gazillionth time, this time performing tunes from Last, their new LP. Think a modern take on traditional Northern folk.
Tuesday 5th - CONQUERING ANIMAL SOUND, CB2 Cafe, £4 adv
Twisted folktronica from Glasgow's Conquering Animal Sound will simultaneously spook and please the small crowd at CB2.
Thursday 7th - THEA GILMORE, Junction 2, £16.50 adv
Friday 8th - ALABAMA 3 (ACOUSTIC & UNPLUGGED), Junction 1, £16 adv
Friday 8th - SUMUDU + ALEX HIGHTON, Haymakers, £4 adv
Friday 8th - WHITE SUNDAY + THE FLEETING MINDS + BLUE LIGHT CLUB, Portland Arms, £5 adv
Saturday 8th - SINGING ADAMS, Haymakers, £6 adv
Singing Adams is the new moniker of Steven from The Broken Family Band. This solo outing will prove a must see.
Sunday 10th - TOM MCRAE (& STRING QUARTET), Junction 2, £16.50 adv
Monday 11th - BIG COUNTRY, Junction 1, £20.43 adv
Thursday 14th - DIZRAELI AND THE SMALL GODS, Portland Arms, £8 adv
Friday 15th - SIMON FELICE, Haymakers, £12 adv
Saturday 16th - AS WE CLIMB + RUN FROM ROBOTS, Portland Arms, £tbc
Monday 25th - HAMMER NO MORE THE FINGERS, Portland Arms, £tbc
Tuesday 26th - TIM BOOTH, Junction 1, £18 adv
Friday 28th - LIANE CARROLL TRIO, The Hidden Rooms, £17 adv
Saturday 30th - BAD TOUCH, Haymakers, £tbc
MAY
Friday 6th - EKOPLEKZ + NOCHEXXX, Portland Arms, £tbc
Sunday 8th - PETER DOHERTY, Junction 1, £18 adv
Tuesday 10th - SPIERS & BODEN, Junction 2, £13 adv
Tuesday 10th - BLACK SPIDERS, Haymakers, £8.50 adv
Wednesday 11th - WARPAINT, Junction 1, £12 adv
LA-based Warpaint kickstart their UK tour with a date at the junction. Their beguiling fusion of 80s reverb, funk bass and general melodiousness will bewitch any onlooker.
Thursday 12th - GRUPO LOKITO, Junction 2, £10 adv
Thursday 12th - JONNY KEARNEY & LUCY FARRELL, Haymakers, £10 adv
Thursday 12th - ANTA + CITY SEVENTEEN, Portland Arms, £tbc
Friday 13th - SHOW OF HANDS (w/ MIRANDA SYKES), Junction 2, £16 adv
Friday 13th - THE BLACKHEART PROCESSION, St Paul's Centre, £14 adv
Legendary alt-rockers The Blackheart Procession play dark, sober folk rock jams. Want a good old swoon? Come here.
Saturday 14th - GEVA ALON + ANA SILVERA + GIL KARPAS, Junction 2, £10 adv
Saturday 14th - YOUNG REBEL SET, Haymakers, £5 adv
Saturday 14th - NME Radar Tour feat. ANNA CALVI + GROUPLOVE, Junction 1, £9 adv
Anna Calvi headlines the NME Radar Tour, which stops off in Cambridge for the first time (this kind of makes up for the fact the Awards tour did not do so). It's now a well known fact that Calvi handles her axe awe-inspiringly and has an overwhelmingly huge voice to match (read my review of her album here). Support comes from US slackers Grouplove (read an EP review here)
Monday 16th - THE ALARM, Junction 1, £15 adv
Monday 16th - CULTS, Haymakers, £7 adv
Cults are a boy-girl duo who purvey an oh-so-ootsie-cutsie brand of lo-fi pop. They are signed to Lily Allen's new label.
Wednesday 18th - NOAH & THE WHALE, Junction 1, £13 adv
Wednesday 18th - ORKESTRA DEL SOL'S TOP TRUMPS, Junction 2, £12 adv
Wednesday 18th - FLAGS, Portland Arms, £tbc
Thursday 19th - ALESSI'S ARK, Haymakers, £7 adv
Alessi's Ark return to Cambridge after their phenomenal support slot with Laura Marling last year. Upbeat wonk-folk fully equipped with sweet harmonies and strings.
Friday 20th - ENOS + DODEFIGHT + FUNERAL HAG, Portland Arms, £3 adv
Saturday 21st - THE DUKE SPIRIT, St Paul's Centre, £7 adv
Blues-influenced behemoths The Duke Spirit are, in my opinion, one of the most overlooked bands of the last decade. Above is the rambunctious highlight from their last album, Neptune, entitled 'Lassoo'. They are bound to provide a corker of a show and blow the roof off St Paul's Church.
Saturday 21st - GROOVING IN GREEN + LAST JULY, Portland Arms, £5 adv
Monday 23rd - THE WAVE PICTURES, Haymakers, £8 adv
Loughborough's The Wave Pictures return to Cambridge to perform songs from their latest full-length, Beer In The Breakers. Intelligent, witty lyricism and great musicality will provide the basis for a wonderful show.
Wednesday 25th - ELIZA CARTHY BAND, Junction 1, £17.50 adv
Thursday 26th - SYSTEM 7 + EAT STATIC, Junction 1, £15 adv
Thursday 26th - FRANK TURNER, St Paul's Centre, £16 adv
Thursday 26th - BRAIDS, Haymakers, £7 adv
Thursday 26th - SOUND OF GUNS, Cornerhouse, £6 adv
Friday 27th - IAIN BELLAMY, The Hidden Rooms, £17 adv
Friday 27th - SWIMMING, Haymakers, £5 adv
Amid swathes of distortion and waves of synthesisers onstage will lurk Nottingham's Swimming, some hotly-tipped upstarts who will never again play a relatively intimate venue such as this.
Saturday 28th - DEVON SPROULE, Junction 2, £12.40 adv
Saturday 28th - NICK CAMPBELL & MICK FLOWER, Portland Arms, £tbc
