1. The Highgate Vampire Note: This article has been amended after complaints from the ‘Friends of Bishop Seán Manchester’. We apologise for any misrepresentation. Dusty vaults, ivy-strewn pathways, desecrated coffins and shadowy goings-on. Sounds like something from a Hammer film doesn’t it? However, the hi-jinx …
The whole country is still mid-way through the respectable mourning period after our annual Eurovision trouncing. Scooch’s camp ditty about aviation unfortunately crashed and burned (boo!), and with no survivors (phew!). Perhaps the ultimate in cheesy music requires more planning time? Five years out, BBC …
Last night was the first of three nights at the Islington Academy that sees 3 unsigned bands fight it out for the chance to open V Festival in August as part of the ‘Road to V’ competition. First up last night was Amy Bullman who …
Last night’s semi-final was all kinds of excitement with lots of surprises, and tomorrow’s Eurovision final is shaping up to be an amazing, exciting show. If you’re planning on watching tomorrow, then why not download our handy PDF scoresheet to keep tabs on your favourites? …
Und, finalement…here are the remaining songs from Eurovision. France, having upped their effort considerably this year, send a jaunty guitar pop song called L’Amour a la Francaise. The song, sung partly in French and English, plays with cliches and ideas about love, the French way. …
What’s that? More Eurovision, you say? OK, we’re hyped up on sugary euro-ethno-pop so here we go! Rusza Magadi sings the Hungary entry, Unsubstantial Blues. It’s what it says: a blues number about being dumped. With her repeated shrieks of “why did you leave me”, …
Lucky Soul, a band we love so much we’re afraid we’ll be served with an injunction if we gush about them any more, play their biggest gig to date when they headline at Bush Hall on 16th May. Tickets are a bargainous £7 (available online …
You may remember the Vortex Jazz Club in Dalston for its inspired football World Cup sessions last summer where the on-screen action from Germany was accompanied by two competing free jazz ensembles. This time the club has turned to blues in the shape of South-East …
Listening to the radio on St. George’s Day (last Monday in case you missed it) we heard various proposals for a national anthem for England, something that could be sung at Twickenham to counter the emotion of “Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau” or played at the …
Seven songs down, here are this year’s next seven Eurovision semi-final songs! Switzerland send the improbably named DJ Bobo performing the reminiscent-of-Aqua dance-pop songVampires Are Alive. The stage show for this should be ace, so watch out for the Bobo. Moldova’s entry, Fight, soars and …
With all that went down this week, we thought we thought we’d cheer everyone up by giving everyone a double dose of dogs. It was a rollercoaster ride of emotions this week at DCist. Like the rest of country, we were floored by the news …
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