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Listen Up: Cicada

We first came across dance group Cicada on their epic remix of Editors ‘Munich’ but somehow our minds didn’t quite realise they were the same electropop group (with the addition of Icelandic singer Heidrun Bjornsdottir) who crossed our paths and we ignored two years later. …

Preview: Wet Sounds

Although this season hasn’t been much of a scorcher, we still need to visit the local lido at least once a year or it just doesn’t feel like summer. With the number of gigs we attend, we’re often faced with a choice between the dimly-lit …

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Review: Oren Ambarchi at The Luminaire

Of any day of the week, ambient minimalism perhaps works best on a Monday. The noisy whirlwind of the start of the working week brought to a halt by its simple calm. Whilst Oren Ambarchi’s Monday performance at The Luminaire began as relaxed as we …

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Preview: Oren Ambarchi at The Luminaire

Having recently appeared live with Gravetemple and still on loan to us from Australia, experimental guitarist Oren Ambarchi will play a solo set on Monday 14 July at The Luminaire. Whilst Gravetemple specialises in doom metal, Oren’s solo material explores the more subtle tones of …

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Londonist Live: The Dubstep Chronicles at Meltdown 2008

Never underestimate the power of bass. This is a lesson that the Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall learned as pieces of aluminium cracked and began to break free from the ceiling on Tuesday night as The Dubstep Chronicles rumbled its way through Meltdown 2008. No …