What with your favourite London-by-way-of-Essex Britpop band reforming and playing not one but two dates in Hyde Park, it’s perfect timing to discover some more quintessentially London love from a indie native outfit. Swanton Bombs could be just what you’re looking for. The two-piece band …
Looking at the highlights of Friday’s experimental offering at Concrete and Glass – Lykke Li, Wildbirds and Peacedrums, Telepathe, TV On the Radio – the latter stood out tenfold in terms of grandeur and sweaty adoration, which probably explained why the population of E1 trudged …
Love your pop music? We’ve got 2 pairs of tickets up for grabs for tonight’s Wonky Pop clubnight at Cargo in Shoreditch. Although Annie was due to headline, illness has forced her to pull out, but she’s replaced by the awesome London girl Ebony Bones. …
There aren’t many concept albums about the lives of rad 80s car designers. And there are even less that are the brainchild of a Welsh psychedelic bard and an American avant-garde hip-hop twiddler, and feature a podgy sex-obsessive on guest vocals. Which is one way …
If you’ve happily bounced around to Super Furry Animals hits over the last 15 years, you were probably a bit wowed by the sleek production of Neon Neon, a joint project between Gruff Rhys and eclectic bleepster Boom Bip. They’ll be popping up at Wireless …
And the livin’ is easy: the weather’s been divine, and summer is here at last. There is the compulsion to spend every possible moment outdoors (Pimms preferably in hand), as it’s London after all and you never know when the good meteorological fortune will end. …
This Sunday, rap fans will pay their respect to late hip-hop producer J-Dilla at Cargo in Shoreditch. DJs including Shortee Blitz, Marc Mac and DJ Spin Doctor will be bumping favourites from Dilla’s back catalogue in an event held to honour his life and legacy. …
“Y’all are making Brighton seem like where the party’s at”, yells DJ Big Whiz from behind the decks. The roar of protest from the crowd, packed tightly underneath Cargo’s Victorian arches so movement is reduced to peristalsis-like shuffles, is the desired response: Londoners don’t take …
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