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J.D. In The House

Since cult heroes Le Tigre went on a break a few years ago, all has been quiet in the world of riot grrl. But tonight the band’s J.D. Samson returns to London with her brand new band Men. Complete with a performance art element we’re …

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The Death of Nag Nag Nag

Tonight marks the end of Wednesday’s most famous club night – Nag Nag Nag. Borne out of the electroclash wave in the early naughties, Jonny Slut, Fil OK and JoJo De Freq have been packing the underground lair of Ghetto with many a fashionable wreck …

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Divided London?

The statisticians are at it again. Trying to connect A-B but, just for fun, popping into every shop along the way. Sketching trends with a pencil as there is insufficient data to ink them in. Reading significance into very little. Missing the point. A new …

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Londonist Live: Prince at O2, Friday 3 August

This review was always going to say he was brilliant, of course. The diminutive one had to be great. Just how fab a live performer he can be, though, is indicated by the fact that, even though we were late (having meticulously planned a schedule …

Catch The Dragon

We briefly introduced Dragonette last year when we went to see them at Ghetto, and since then they’ve gone from strength to strength. Dragonette are Dan, Martina, Joel and Will. From Toronto, the band have been based in London for the last year or so …

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Londonist Live: Mr Hudson & The Library

A couple of weeks ago on Friday, the perfect antidote to a certain, unmentionable reality TV showdown was a gig at Swiss Cottage Library, of all places. For one night only, the aptly named Mr Hudson and the Library, graced the award-winning building as part …

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Monday Miscellanea

This Day In London’s History 1890: Public opening of the world’s first ‘deep-level’ electric tube line, running between Stockwell and King William Street. Although the Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways had opened several underground tube lines since 1863, these were relatively shallow ‘cut-and-cover’-type lines. Following …

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Graffiti Heroes And Villains

Graffiti hit the news a couple of times today. Two very different stories show what a complicated and divisive subject this is. At one end of the scale, Banksy once again wins mainstream approval for a new piece of commissioned work in ‘Santa’s Ghetto’ (Oxford …

Nothing beats Monday night clubbing

If you’ve seen the cute and colourful video to Annie Mac favourite and Crazy Itch Radio highlight Take Me Back To Your House, then not only will you be rejoicing at the first Basement Jaxx video in a while to not include eye-avertingly massive breasts, …

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Peckham Academy Reopens

Peckham Academy school and nearby Harris Girls’ Academy in East Dulwich are to reopen this morning after threats of ‘gang violence’ last Friday meant they had to be evacuated. Escalating trouble between rival gangs in the area (the Ghetto Boys from Lewisham and the Peckham …

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Amp Fiddler returns

Returning this week with his second album Afro Strut, Amp Fiddler made his mark on the music scene back in 2004 with his critcially acclaimed first album Waltz of a Ghetto Fly. But we’ve got to be honest, when we heard Afro Strut we didn’t …