Art Brut
The Electric Ballroom, NW1, Thursday
Eddie Argos fronts the conceptual indie band. Tales of forming a band, and, more recently, of finding out that being in a band sometimes isn't all that.
Doves
O2 Academy Brixton, SW9, Saturday
Jimi Goodwin leads the bleak northern trio. Doomy but epic stuff, with some nice folky moments, from their terrific new album Kingdom Of Rust.
The USA Is A Monster
113 Dalston Lane, E8, Saturday; Barden's Boudoir, N16, Sunday
From the label that brought you Lightning Bolt, more extreme American noise. Hairy but thrilling stuff from this Brooklyn duo.
Ghostface Killah
The Scala, N1, Wednesday
The most gifted of the Wu-Tang Clan's MCs returns to off er up material from his recent pair of great albums: Fishscale and The Big Doe Rehab.