hecklerspray Gig Guide: 7 - 13/11/03

"You don’t need any brains to listen to music." - So said Luciano Pavarotti. Yeah, and you don’t need to stuff your face with a million cakes to enjoy music either. But that never stopped you did it, Luciano?

Here’s this week’s hecklerspray gig guide - the creme de la creme de la concerts de la musique over the next seven days. And none of the merde, either.

This week’s edition features Acoustic Ladyland, Architecture In Helsinki, Richard Hawley, The Like, New Order, Sigur Ros and Jimmy Webb…

Acoustic Ladyland - Remember Polar Bear,
who were up for this year’s Mercury Music Prize? Most of them are also
in Acoustic Ladyland. Their music is similar to Polar Bear’s, but more
deranged and skronky - buy tickets
Fri 11 Nov 19:00 - University Of London Union

Architecture
In Helsinki - Architecture In Helsinki are one of the best bands
around: music as big as The Polyphonic Spree, as brightly coloured as
The Go! Team and as fantastic as anyone you care to imagine - buy tickets
Sun 13 Nov 19:00 - Scala, London

Richard Hawley - A northern man sings sad songs about being lonely using the voice of Roy Orbison - buy tickets
Sun 13 Nov 20:30 King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow

The Like - Girls with guitars. You’ll like them as much as we do in six months - buy tickets
Wed 9 Nov 19:00, Wolverhampton Civic Hall

New Order - An interesting-looking new band from Manchester. John Barnes may or may not join them onstage for a quick rap - buy tickets
Thurs 10 Nov 19:00, Carling Academy Brixton

Sigur Ros - Icelanders who sing slow twinkly songs in a made-up language. Nonetheless, we think they’re OK - buy tickets
Wed 9 Nov 19:00, Carling Academy Brixton

Jimmy
Webb - Jimmy Webb! Jimmy Webb! Jimmy ‘Witchita Lineman’ Webb! Jimmy ‘By
The Time I Get To Phoenix’ Webb! Jimmy ‘Up, Up And Away’ Webb! Jimmy
Webb! - buy tickets
Tues 8 Nov 20:00, Grand Opera House, York