After five hours of sleep (thank you Mr. Postman for waking us up) and an Eggs Benedict at the Camden Kitchen, we had mostly recovered from the first day of Camden Crawl 2008 and were once again hungry for more gigs. With several artists playing both days of the festival, there were a few acts we missed on Friday that we wanted to catch on Saturday, as well as many Saturday-only artists that we......

With the Camden Crawl spanning two days and as loaded as ever with amazing acts, it's impossible to do it any justice in only one post. Whilst we easily could write at length about everything we saw, you just want the highlights: who rocked us, who we're dying to see again and how we came to love doing the Rolex Sweep. Without further ado, let's try to remember how we spent Friday 18 April......

This week saw Londonist get incredibly excited about a few live music events. First up, was French pop sensation Yelle, who played an intimate show at the Old Blue Last. Then, we had the Camden Crawl line up which, as ever, is pretty amazing for those of us who value music over sleep. Finally, Sally got (understandably) excited about The King Blues @ the 100 Club. Once we've come down from our excitement of last......

As winter's days grow increasingly numbered, it's the time of year when our thoughts must turn toward formulating a survival plan for the most gig-loaded two days we know: the Camden Crawl. Back for its 7th year from 18 - 19 April, Camden Crawl 2008 will see 130 artists playing across the festival's 25 venues along with, for the first time, the addition of an outdoor stage. A variety of daytime activities are planned......

Following last year's inaugural success, the BBC Electric Proms return for a 2nd year from 24 - 28 October. Tickets go on sale today at 12pm and, given the calibre of the lineup, are expected to be snapped up in no time. The posher version of the Camden Crawl, the musical Leccy lineup is spread across Koko, Roundhouse, Barfly, Dingwalls, the Jazz Cafe and the Electric Ballroom, with relevant musical films taking place in......

Sick and tired of wading through the bleepings and scratchings of super trendy MySpace-famous outfits we thought we'd offer you a break from them, too, with a good old-fashioned dose of angular noise from the truly fabulous Popular Workshop. They've played more gigs than you've had hot dinners, their frontman looks dapper in a hat and if John Peel was still around they'd have set up home at Maida Vale studios by now, so......

Every year the Londonist team hits Camden for one mad night of dashing from venue to venue necking pints for Camden Crawl. This year, in all their money-spinning wisdom, the crawl has been expanded to two nights. We're not quite sure how much this is going to work (and with tickets at £26 a day, makes it a much more expensive proposition) but we'll no doubt give it ago. Today the first line-up has......

Since The Camden Crawl returned in 2005 we've always looked forward to the seemingly annual event. It's always a good place to catch people who are going to be massive in the year ahead and last year we ran round Camden watching The Automatic, The Guillemots, The Pipettes and Paolo Nuitini amongst others, and we assume 2007 will be no different. Tickets always go very quickly for the Crawl, often before the line-up is......

At about 4pm on Thursday a Hercules must have flown over Camden and deposited its cargo of 70s and 80s thrift store, retro chic on to the assembled throng below. It was followed by the resounding rumble of the legacies of the Clash; the Specials and Joy Division, at first drifting and then powering from the entrance to G-Lounge. Ladies and gentlemen, the 2006 Camden Crawl is upon us, reeling from last year's success:......

It's usually safe to say, that most of the new bands we talk to have rarely played to more than a few hundred people at a time, let alone the odd tens of thousands, but that's what happened to Reading's Morning Runner after they were asked to open for Coldplay on their outdoor arena tour last year. The story goes, that so impressed was Mr Martin with what he had heard of their debut......

And so the names start to fall into place, although the placing of names to places won't fully be in place until the day. Between now and then you'll just have to hope fortune smiles on you and the walks are short, the drinks shorter. If you have no idea what we're talking about, it's this: XFM's Camden Crawl takes place on April 20th, where you can wander around various venues scattered between the......

Not a moment's hesitation in recommending The Eighteenth Day Of May's Bush Hall show on the 28th April as our buy of the week. If you need to ask why then there's gonna be tears and spilt milk at tea time. We give the Americans James Blunt, insipid ex-army bloke who makes Heat readers go week at the knees because he registers with the part of the brain that induces coma. They give us......

It's mid month and funds are no doubt in short supply but if you do have a few pennies to spare Londonist recommends, for your listening pleasure, the following recently announced gigs: A group who never forget to send flowers on Mothering Sunday, Motorhead bring their wall of sound to the Brixton Academy on the 19th November. Nelly hits the Wembley Pavillion on the 14th June, so you can check out whether he's still......

Far from fresh from the Camden Crawl Londonist decided to forgo any further sleep to catch up on a couple more gigs happening around town over the weekend: Lemon Jelly at the Brixton Academy on Friday and Mercury Rev With The Duke Spirit at the Hammersmith Apollo on Saturday. Lemon Jelly's quirky dance samples are the soundtrack to a Sunday afternoon tea party in an English country garden: all buttered scones with cream and......

Londonist (well, at least three of us) were privileged enough to pop along to the resurgent Camden Crawl, which capitalised on Camden's indie scene rising like a phoenix from the ashes of its post-Britpop implosion. Overall we were well impressed with the variety of talent on offer, with several acts (Art Brut, the Others and surprise headliner the Buzzcocks) standing out, and we were glad of the chance to reaffirm our own indie cred......

While some would say that Camden never lost the indie rock vibe, it would be hard to deny that the goth kids and the nu-metal tweenies (yes, you there with the Staind shirt) have run rampant there for the last couple of years, and that the chances of spotting your favourite band member lurching past in the Good Mixer had been hitting rock bottom for ages. We at Londonist are therefore chuffed by the......

XFM have announced the line up for this year's Camden Crawl. If you're unfamilar with the concept, the general idea is coordinate a one day 'festival' whereby 40 bands play across nine different venues (In Camden obviously). The first band appear on stage at around 7pm and all the gigs finish around the 3am mark. So far XFM have announced the following bands: 10 Thousand Things Amusement Parks On Fire, Art Brut, The Black......