Billy Bragg and Mick Gordon Billy Bragg has been a welcome figure in the news lately, speaking out against bankers’ bonus culture and confronting Richard Barnbrook in Barking and Dagenham out on the campaign trail with Hope Not Hate. Now he’s flying the flag for …
Gigging on a bleary February night requires a bit of motivation, but last night’s show was promoted by the lovely people at Upset the Rhythm, which means you’re guaranteed three bands that will inspire and deafen at the same time. Starting proceedings are Think About …
Brush off your stovepipe hat or plump up your bustle, for steampunk is coming to Lewisham on Saturday night. TwoBob are dedicated to bringing new music and funtime parties to South East London, and what better introduction to them than a night of 50s rockabilly …
Tonight, The Magic Numbers – who met at school in London and live here still – play a sold out show at Wilton’s Music Hall. Built in the 1850s, and tucked away down an inconspicuous alleyway in the East End, Wilton’s is the oldest and …
Ariel Pink is something of a misunderstood genius. He tinkered away in his bedroom for around ten years compiling way out there tunes on lo fi equipment, expecting them to never see the light of day. Five years ago though, he signed to the Animal Collective’s …
Mid-wet-wintry-week we recommend a dose of Gypsy Soundclash at Cargo. Experiments with Balkan, Gypsy and Yiddish sounds means fast fiddles, rampant rhythms and bounding beats; just what you need to get the blood racing. Not to be pigeonholed, headliners Victor Menace!!! class themselves Classical / …
One of our favourite musical discoveries last year was the very brilliant future funk of Janelle Monae. Signed to Atlantic Records over here, we were promised that she’d be releasing music in early 2009. As is often the case in the music world that release …
Charlatans poster on Short St by Buckaroo Kid There are a few things we still remember from Youth Club – how much cider is too much cider, that luminous cycling shorts will never be flattering, and sitting in the car of a boy named after …
If you have been craving a little math-rock recently (and we know you have), then make sure to head down to the Hoxton Bar and Kitchen tomorrow, when arguable two of the UK’s best, This Town Needs Guns and Talons will be hitting the stage. …
Consider us excited. Global superstar and most importantly Hackney resident Leona Lewis has finally released details of her first ever proper concert. It would be easy for her to fill The O2, stack up a couple of nights at Wembley Arena or even worse exclusively …
20 years ago, the world changed. It seemed that huge global shirts were taking place on an almost daily basis, with 1989 seeing the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Tienanmen Square massacre and the release of Rob Lowe’s sex-tape. And it was into this …
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