Australian dance trio Sneaky Sound System play Shepherd’s Bush Empire tonight and we’ve got a pair of tickets to give away, thanks to some rubbish diary maintenance which means we’re double booked. If you’ve not heard them before, SSS create some really fun, bouncy, female …
One of London’s best kept song writing secrets, Darren Hayman has carved himself a position of one of the keenest observers of suburban minutiae over the past 13 years under various guises such as cult heroes Hefner (self proclaimed “Britain’s Largest Small Band”) and The …
Yesterday we were listening to The Rakes, thinking about what an awesome band they were, and wondering where they’d gone. Today we get an email telling us about album #3. Hooray! Named ‘Klang!’, Alan Donohoe and his beautifully coiffured crew recorded the album in Berlin …
Londonist favourite Rod Thomas has got a spot to play at big US music festival SWSX in a few weeks. The only problem is, he didn’t get his sponsorship. Never one to let trifle things like money get in the way, Rod has organised a …
After the burst of energy that was the two-piece Death from Above 1979 broke up in 2005, it’s been a while since anything was heard from lead singer and drummer Sebastien Grainger. While ex-bandmate Jesse Keeler went on to form the electronic group MSTRKRFT, Grainger …
Fans of the sublimely silly Pappy’s Fun Club take note: they’re live at N20, Battersea Arts Centre next week on Monday 2nd and Tuesday 3rd February. Warm up the cold snap with belly laughs and help the Fun Club warm up as they prepare to …
Singing Baggy Trousers in a park on a sunny day sounds like a grand idea, so we’re more than pleased to welcome back Madness’ summer day in the park, Madstock, this summer. Returning for the first time since 1998, Madness will take over Victoria Park …
Seems everyone’s fired up about the Blur reunion gig set for July 3, 2009 in Hyde Park. It’s going to be one hell of a party. What this means, however, is that the scramble for tickets is going to be mercilessly gloves off, virtual elbows …
With the ongoing saga of The Pipettes line up changes, our favourite original girl Rose Dougall tonight plays a solo gig at 229 on Great Portland Street. With a distinctively more chilled sound than the pow pow pop of The Pips, the gig will also …
The Old Queens Head on Essex Road is home to one of the very first solo gigs from ex Pipette Rosay tonight. Now performing as Rose Elinor Dougal, we’re told she’s ditched the retro vibes of the polka dot princesses and created a year zero …
Despite being able to count Depeche Mode, Goldfrapp and Nick Cave as label-mates, Polly Scattergood greets tonight’s small but attentive audience with an air of modesty bordering on insecurity. She’s backed by synths, bass/guitar and live drums, which her three male bandmates use to conjure …
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