I’m forever trying to keep track of upcoming gigs of bands and artists I like.

So I thought I’d put together – not a comprehensive guide – but instead around 10 of my top picks of gigs and events coming up each month. Keeping it simple: check out the videos and links, get a feel for the music, maybe you fancy going too.

Pentagram – heavy rock godfathers

Dun Ringill – Swedish doom-folk

Florigin – dreamy, psychy riffs

Silky Psyche – Tehran/Berlin art-rock

Heavenphetamine – Japanese psych-punk

Waterboarding School – Swedish pop-rock

Sacred Buzz – a ‘madman's blend of krautrock, garage rock and psych’

Dead Meadow – heavy psych, stoner, retro-rock

Menk – neo-psychedelia, indie rock, and experimental soundscapes

Vice Versa

Tea Eater – weirdo Brooklyn art-rock

Ain't Ur Enn – multi-instrumentalist Ennio De Caro

Primal Scream – Scottish legends

RUHR – minimal aesthetic, high contrasts and screamed political lyrics

Dunkelwald – Madrid-based darkwave, post-punk

Jon Spencer & Band – blues rock survivor

The Thing – raucous New York psych-rock upstarts

Headjet

Iggy Pop – back in his Berlin hunting ground

Theatre of Hate – British post-punk pioneers

Poison Machines

Kim Deal – art-rock trailblazer

Black Flag

Lucifer – heavy devil rock