The best gigs and club nights in London this weekend, from Femi Kuti to Kehlani

HERE astatine Outernet, January 23 and 24, ra.co

There aren’t galore gigs wherever you tin expect to spot an enchanting harp solo followed by thumping techno, but that’s what you’ll beryllium getting if you be Floating Points this week astatine HERE astatine Outernet, Tottenham Court Road’s new-kid-on-the-block euphony venue. The classically trained instrumentalist and physics shaper is returning to the venue for 2 much nights of physics stylings, taking his assemblage connected a travel from gentle atmospheric musings to dense techno beats and Aphex Twin-adjacent discordant sounds, each the mode backmost to atmospheric again. Try and bull immoderate past infinitesimal tickets if you privation to spell on for the ride.

Femi Kuti is the Nigerian instrumentalist calved from greatness, with his begetter being the Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, and his grandma being governmental campaigner and women's rights activistic Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti. But Kuti is besides large successful his ain right. The multi-Grammy award-winning instrumentalist is simply a fable successful the afrobeat, jazz and funk satellite and erstwhile broke the grounds for the longest azygous saxophone note, which helium held for 51 minutes and 35 seconds. Madness. Kuti volition beryllium doing his happening (and hopefully holding immoderate bully agelong sax notes) astatine Koko this Friday.

Night Tales, January 24, ra.co

English physics creation radical Crazy P were rocked past twelvemonth by the decease of their beloved frontwoman, Danielle ‘Dani’ Moore, successful August 2024. In November, the radical announced a caller album, Any Signs of Love, a tribute to Moore, with the precocious singer’s vocals taking centre stage. “It’s been 5 years since we released an album. In that time, we did constitute 1 we are precise arrogant of,” they announced astatine the time. For a accidental to spot Crazy P astatine their astir emotive, drawback the eternally reliable DJ radical astatine Night Tales successful Hackney Central this Saturday.

Little is known astir the mysterious people duo Milkweed, who utilise voice, guitar and banjo to marque their distinctive marque of self-described “slacker-trad” folk. But the increasing chatter astir them is gathering to rather a buzz, and their 3rd release, Folklore 1979, was a deed with critics contempt it being a alternatively humble postulation of 9 songs, clocking successful astatine conscionable implicit 10 minutes. To recognize their strange, bewitching sound, cheque retired the project’s opening track, My Father’s Sheep Is Dead. You’ll either get it oregon you won't.

Also astatine KOKO (you go, KOKO!) are this Atlanta-based hiphop duo, who are yet becoming much wide known crossed the UK aft galore years successful the game. Signed to J Cole-founded statement Dreamville Records, Earthgang person earned comparisons to the likes of Outkast, Dungeon Family and The Pharcyde. They rap astir everything from the menace of AI to the demise of relationships successful quarantine, successful lawsuit you were sick of changeless bars astir currency wealth and accelerated cars. For their latest LP, Perfect Fantasy, the duo worked with Pharrell, Damon Albarn and Snoop Dogg, to trade thing genuinely new. They’ll beryllium astatine KOKO this Tuesday for you to person a listen.

Oakland-born vocalist songwriter Kehlani precocious scored a triple information astatine this year’s Grammys for their medium Crash, which Autostraddle called “an detonation of queer sensuality”. The outspoken performer has made headlines precocious with her avid enactment for Palestine, a taxable which has informed galore of the euphony videos and promotion astir her album. Having built up a loyal basal of superfans, Kehlani volition beryllium warmly welcomed to the O2 adjacent Wednesday, wherever she’ll beryllium caressing the assemblage with an evening of melodic R&B and pop.