The Louisiana

A one-off transmission from the singular Litronix, last seen supporting BEAK>’s farewell run, now helming Invada’s suitably experimental Xmas special. In character as a Big Pharma-hijacked 1940s android preacher, he’ll be beaming krautrocky avant synth-pop at a wide-eyed Louisiana congregation; imagine a Silver Apples, Suicide, SFA + Neu mash-up delivered by a sermonising cyborg (if you dare). Litronix (Only UK Show) + Lewis Floyd Henry with DJ sets from Billy Fuller and Charlie Romijn

Biiiig find for fans of the Windmill scene avant-garde as breakout Belfastian noise boys Stratford Rise take the wheel for the latest Cellar Door. Jostling in the backseat: warm-blooded power-emos Pushbike, grubby dance-punks Why Horses, fried dream-rockers New Build and Bristol’s own art pop oddities The Scuttlers, PLUS a multimedia showcase for good measure. Stacked! Stratford Rise + Pushbike + Why Horses? + Newbuild + Scuttlers

Intricate and intimate, Skydaddy (aka Rachid Fakhre of Spang Sisters) + live band take timeless Cohen/Reed/Dylan-style singer-songwriting to orchestral heights. A bullseye to the sweet spot between chamber pop and psych folk. FFO: Andy Shauf, Cate Le Bon, Aldous Harding, Cass McCombs. Skydaddy will joined by

Another year, another audiovisual Halloween spectacular from Cellar Door, with twisted rockabilly punks Honk helming the hoedown – a prime slab of swampy, country-fried Mancunian garage FFO: The Gun Club, Country Teasers, early Jay Reatard etc. Loaded with support from new synth-addled psych oddities Ya Hablo, Brighton glam punks Austen Showers and moody indie folkers Dogsbody. HAUNTED HONKY TONK

Brighton power-trio here to pulverise the Louie with propulsive melodrama: PROJECTOR hit the sweet spot between Spoon-esque melodiousness and the post-punk grit of Interpol, Pixies et al to make pure grunge-pop magic. No-contest new faves FFO: Sonic Youth, The Breeders, CLT DRP, Fraulein, DITZ. PROJECTOR live at The Louisiana, Bristol.