Five gigs to book this week (Aug 4-10)

David Smyth rounds up the best gigs to see book now while you still can
Biggest hometown show yet: Sinead Harnett
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David Smyth4 August 2017

Mystery Jets

Sept 25-30, The Garage, N5 (0844 847 1678, thegaragehighbury.com)

The long-running indie band have set themselves quite a challenge with this residency. They’re playing one of their five albums in full on each night – that’s 58 songs to remember.

Sinead Harnett

Oct 25, Heaven, WC2 (0844 847 2351, heaven-live.co.uk)

Best known for her vocals on songs by Rudimental, Disclosure and Wiley, Harnett has stepped out alone this year with a new mixtape. This will be her biggest hometown show yet.

AJ Tracey

Nov 5, O2 Forum Kentish Town, NW5 (0844 847 2405, o2forumkentishtown.co.uk)

The west London grime MC hasn’t made an album yet but can play this big London show on the back of a string of solid singles.

Enter Shikari

Nov 25, Alexandra Palace, N22 (0870 444 5556, alexandrapalace.com)

A decade since their debut album, the energetic electronic rock band are bigger than ever, with a fifth album just announced for next month that should help them to creep further into the mainstream.

Dinosaur Jr

Dec 13, Roundhouse, NW1 (0870 389 1846, roundhouse.org.uk)

Slacker guitar wizz J Mascis and his rock trio are enjoying some late period success. Their latest album, Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not, gave them their highest UK chart position since 1993.

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