The Louisiana

Take your most fucked up VU record (White Light of course…), leave it in the sun, return it to the stereo then TA-DA – you're one step closer to the jangling murk-pop genius of Index for Working Musik. Expansive drone-pop puttied from scraping strings and synth gurgles, set to radically rewire pre-disposed fans of: Flying Saucer Attack, Flying Nun Recs, The New Eves, Broadcast. Index for Working Musik at The Louisiana.

Cartoon Network composer turned indie rock oddity: if you’ve heard him on The Wonderfully Weird World Of Gumball you’ll already know that Xav Clarke’s cosmic mishmash of 70s folk whimsy and Flaming Lips-style psychedelia is a real heart-winner. He lullabies the Louis alongside lactose-loving blues-rock horrors Big Fright and singer-songwriter softie Milly Upton. Xav Clarke launches his new album 'Harrison Digital Ford Dust' with support from Big Fright & Milly Upton

With their Plague Pit pals, Cryptbreaker are brewing the most rotten, stinking, bubonic-blackened hardcore Bristol’s ever seen. Come feast on Dungeon Rot in this headline celebration of the new EP, with surplus sacrilege from Priest Crippler’s anti-clergy deathgrind and Exterminatus’ downtuned Warhammercore. Battle-jacket-worthy FFO: Venom, Driller Killer, Final Dose, Hellhammer. Celebrating the release of Cryptbreaker's new EP 'Dungeon Rot'

Sell out warning! Cyberspace sensation Good Flying Birds pull together 90s twee-pop melodies, ramshackle fuzz and Elephant 6-style whimsy – this is Midwest indie just like mama used to make! Warming up the Louis for ‘em: Soft Boys-evoking power-poppers Bramwell, lugubrious local janglers The Cindys, and Vehicle’s misty-eyed garage. Extremely dreamy FFO: Apples in Stereo, The Vaselines, Teenage Fanclub. Cellar Door presents Good Flying Birds + The Cindys + Vehicle + Bramwell

Rising local oddities The Scuttlers give the Windmill Scene a run for its money, slinging anxious art rock laden with twitchy rhythms and jazzy freeform detours aplenty. Cellar Door’s gonna spoil you as ever, so there’s a hefty helping of killer support from Uncle Junior’s raucous math-noise, Why Horses’ grubby dance-punk and Paper Hats’ post-hardcore tenderness. Stacked! The Scuttlers + Uncle Junior + Why Horses? + Paper Hats