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It remains unshakable, confident, sprawling, determined. There is a spirit and a soul here not found in other places, a remarkable spirit that makes London so special and civilized, even when things go terribly wrong like yesterday. Bertis Downs, occasionally known as the fourth member …

Singers eh! We love ‘em. They spend so much of their day jobs opening their mouths that they just have to keep going. This week we’ve enjoyed uncontrolled utterances from Liam who thinks Pete’s a dick (an inflatable plastic dick at that, and one that …

Another week dancing with the devil in the cutting world of what we call rock AND roll. And have we learnt anything from it? Well yes we have. We’ve learnt that Chris Martin is NOT the new Noel Gallagher, that Noel Gallagher might be the …

As London returns to life after the horrific bombings of last Thursday so does Londonist to bring you our ‘insightful and necessary’ views on this week’s bag of new releases. With the major labels obviously unwilling to put any big indie albums up against the …

The first Monday of the month and you all have a few bucks in the pocket post payday. So obviously the first question on your minds is what album I should go out and buy this lunch time. Well fear not dear readers for the …

It’s a tough life being a Hollywood star in the big smoke. You slog your guts out, honing your craft on the stage every night for these limey plebs who insist on keeping their ‘cell phones’ turned on the whole time. And all you want …

Well, everybody else is doing it, so why can’t we? Here we present Londonist’s favourite music of 2004, along with pointers to other sites’ lists. It might be worth bearing in mind if you’re brave enough to visit the shops during the January Sales melee. …