Mum

At their best, these bands are the comfort food of music, so no surprises then that Mum are welcomed here on a cold November evening to perform in The Button Factory.

That is why they are so fantastic and such a relief from the diluted dance-floor-friendly electronica that is pumped daily into the bloodstream of society.

More than a hundred years later and following its major refurbishment earlier this century, the renamed Howard Assembly Room re-opened as a second performance space within the building.

MUm have gone through a lot of changes since their formation in 1997. They started out as a four piece with twins Gya and Kristin, reformed into a seven piece band when Gya left to study and Kristin left to work with Mice Parade, ex-husband Avey Tare (Dave Portner of Animal Collective) and complete her solo

Bergen Kjott, Bergen, Norway

Her freeform ambient cello-based music reflected both her classical musical training (an experimental consciousness that seems to be common within Icelandic music circles).

Lille Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark on November 18, 2009