Gigs of the week ft. Youth Lagoon, YAK, Desert Sound Colony + more

YAK | Wed 3 Feb | Gullivers  | £7
London-based three-piece with a raw, frenetic sound.
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Sun Club | Wed 3 Feb | The Castle Hotel | £5
Post-punk/hardcore band hailing from Baltimore.
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Desert Sound Colony | Wed 3 Feb | Soup Kitchen | £5
Melodic, melancholic and evocative tracks that also draws from 60’s psychedelia.
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Youth Lagoon | Thu 4 Feb | Band on the Wall | £14
Idaho solo artist with delicate dream pop sounds, whose themes often explore the metaphysical.
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Sweet Baboo | Fri 5 Feb | Soup Kitchen | £10
Hailing from north Wales, Stephen Black is known for his lyrical dexterity, from the darkly funny to the tender, right to self-deprecating.
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Bloc Party | Sat 6 Feb | Manchester Academy | £25.60
The band perform as part of the NME Awards Tour with Drenge, Ratboy and Bugzy Malone. See our preview here.
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