2015 is here and already we have a few tours that are unmissable coming up over the next few months. We reckon some of these are maybe a little off the beaten path but we're confident this is some of the best live music to check out over the coming weeks.
Fire up the playlist, read through the list and get planning!
Run The Jewels
El-P and Killer Mike returned last year with their second collaboration album and even more critical acclaim. RTJ2 was one of the most politcally charged, entertaining and powerful hip-hop albums in years. Their upcoming UK shows are going to go off.
Deerhoof
Japanese/San Francisco artrockers Deerhoof shapeshift their sound with every new album and newest album La Isla Bonita is no different. The same band but different. Impossible not to dance when seeing these guys live.
Alvvays
Dreamy indie guitar pop at it's finest. Most dates for the Candian band are sold out and we're sure they'll be back playing even bigger venues later in the year. Get in there first!
Flying Lotus
The producer placed high on the best of 2014 lists with his newest album 'You're Dead', taking his electronic, hip hop, jazz influenced sound to the extreme with hugely successful results. His newest live show looks wild with Fly Lo perfoming within a huge cube whilst cutting edge visuals are projected across the whole stage. Check it out here.
J Mascis
Frontman of Dinosaur Jr. tours the UK in support of his latest solo acoustic album. A distinctly less loud side for the guitar wizard but no less personal and transcendent as the peaks of his Dinosaur Jr. days.
Gruff Rhys
Taking his 'American Interior' show out now with a full live band backing up his tale of the Welsh explorer John Evans journeying across America to find Welsh Native American tribe in the 1700s.
Mariachi El Bronx
The best punk turned mariachi band there is! The Bronx's side project returns this February following blinding support slots for Gogol Bordello at the end of last year.
Tim Barry
Throw down the sawdust, line up the whiskey. Acoustic country punk comes our way with Cory Branan and Sam Russo in support.
Renegades of Rhythm
DJs Cut Chemist and DJ Shadow bring Afrika Bambataa's vinyl collection to the UK. This will be a night of some of the best hip hop DJing you'll ever hear. Listen to this Cut Chemist mix made especially for the tour.
