South London’s latest spoken-word prodigy Loyle Carner is currently ripping up the airwaves all over, but will soon be bringing his laidback, jazzy, King Krule-infused stylings to the live stage (9-12 Nov, tour starts The Green Door Store, Brighton). Barely 20 and still living with his mum (whom he loves dearly, as evidenced in his recent Guardian interview), Carner spins touching lines about loss, life and family …
On the grimier end of the rap scale, Dizzee’s mate Fekky, who was one of the chosen few to storm the Brits stage with Kanye West this year, rocks up for a one-off gig at XOYO (EC2, 27 Oct) …
Fans of Courtney Barnett or Patti Smith look this way, because Misty Miller, the indignant post-punker with the ample warble and jet-black hair to match her jet-black eyeliner is leaving her base in Brixton to tour the country (24 Sep-9 Nov, tour starts The Windmill, SW2) …
Another young Londoner Samm Henshaw also takes to the road supporting James Bay, his effortlessly smooth brand of soul proving that Brits can do it just as well as the Americans (22 Sep-15 Oct, tour starts O2 Apollo Manchester).
