The Avalanches

Pitchfork Music Festival London brings The Avalanches & Friends to Roundhouse, London, on 6 November 2026. The Australian trio — Robbie Chater, Tony Di Blasi and Andy Szekeres — has carved a distinctive path with a cut-and-paste pop sensibility that folds hip-hop breaks, disco loops and sun‑bleached psychedelia into songs that feel both familiar and new.

Since I Left You, their 2000 debut, set the tone: a dense, playful collage that turned crate-digging into widescreen storytelling. Wildflower pushed the palette into bright, wandering vignettes, while We Will Always Love You drew their sample craft into tighter songwriting and late-night electronics. Along the way they’ve amassed more than a million album sales and hundreds of millions of streams, keeping the curiosity that drives their work at the centre.

For this London date, expect a generous dive through their catalogue and the side doors it opens — reworks, deep cuts and the odd left turn — with a nod to recent moves like All You Children, their 2024 collaboration on Jamie xx’s In Waves. The Avalanches & Friends gathers their collage instincts into a communal, free-flowing set, stitched from a thousand tiny details.