About Talia

East London’s been quite the hot spot for emerging urban creative talent in the last couple of years and set to join the likes of Tinchy Stryder and Chipmunk within that scene comes Talay Riley.

Arcade Fire announce a new London date at Hyde Park this June.

The excellent Lost Musicals seasons returns to Sadler’s Wells this summer with The Band Wagon, Coco and Mexican Hayride.

Brixton Academy will be the home for the special shows which begin on May 19 with the band’s self-titled debut, 1994′s Dog Man Star follows on May 20, before 1996′s Coming Up finishes the trio of shows on May 21.

A new way of listening to music is taking over the Hanbury Arms in Islington once a month.

We love stats. We love music. So it’s probably not that hard to guess that London based piece of music geekery Last.fm remains one of our favourite web applications. In the past the Last.fm team have dabbled with clubnights and gigs, but have now gone …

If you’re looking for a decent club night for New Year, we’ve put together a selection of London’s best.

There is something particularly English – in fact, quintessentially London – about Saint Etienne. Performing what was, pretty much, a greatest hits packed set for their Christmas gig at the Kentish Town Forum on Saturday night, the band certainly looked and sounded like they were home.

If hearing Shakin’ Stevens, Band Aid and Mariah Carey bleating happily about Christmas every five minutes is driving you mad, then we may have a bit of a solution for you.

A quick ticket update for you today. Tottenham superstar Adele returns with her 2nd album early next year and has just announced a small gig in January at Notting Hill’s Tabernacle. Whilst we loved her cover of ‘Make You Feel My Love’ (rumoured to be …