Pick of the week: London: Rock & pop

London: Badly Drawn Boy | Bon Iver | Isobel Campbell And Mark Lanegan | Eli "Paperboy" Reed & The True Loves | Squarepusher, LFO

Badly Drawn Boy
Half Moon, Putney, SW15, Sunday December 7th
Woolly-hatted About A Boy composer Damon Gough brings more slight but endearing songs at this low-key show, interspersed with his mumbled tales.

Bon Iver
Apollo Victoria Theatre, SW1, Sunday December 7th
Fresh from a midwestern log cabin, pleasantly ethereal adult-oriented indie. Nice stuff from For Emma, Forever Ago album, ahead of new January EP.

Isobel Campbell And Mark Lanegan
Union Chapel, N1, Monday December 8th
This unlikely pairing repeat their "beauty and the beast" format. Campbell writes, Lanegan brings growling intonations.

Eli "Paperboy" Reed & The True Loves
Hoxton Square Bar And Kitchen, N1, Monday December 8th
Missing your Amy Winehouse fix? Try the male of the species. Faithful retro soul stylings from Massachusetts musician.

Squarepusher, LFO
Astoria, WC2, Tuesday December 9th
Tom Jenkinson is the man with the abrasive mixture of virtusos bass guitar and virulent drum'n'bass. Techno originators LFO offer cool, Björk-influencing, support.

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