As Thursday lurches towards an end, naturally thoughts turn to starting the weekend early. Rather than another tired trip to the pub, we can’t think of a better way to do so than with minimal techno at the ICA. Ghostly International’s Matthew Dear performs there …
If you like your beats broken and blunted, Warp Records has your Saturday night sorted. No, we’re not suggesting that you stay home and chill out to your old Artificial Intelligence records, quite the contrary in fact. The Sheffield label is hosting a party at …
This week saw us catch up with the Eurovision winners party at Scala, review Raster Norton at the ICA, and preview not only CocoRosie’s Sierra Casady at the ICA but also Beach House & Wild Beasts. Looking ahead to this week however, and Monday sees …
Always reliable purveyors of fine musical offerings, Sheffield’s Warp Records recently signed their first Australian artist, Pivot. Specialising in off-kilter, driving rhythms peppered with just the right amount of electronics, these lads start their UK tour tonight in Camden at Proud Galleries. Having served in …
As part of his ongoing first solo UK exhibition at the ICA, this Saturday sees French artist Loris Gréaud present an interpretation of his Cellar Door libretto with CocoRosie’s Sierra Casady and pianist/violinist/cellist Gael Rakotondrabe. Whilst for the ICA this is another instalment in Stage …
This week, Dave has been out and about catching Spiritualized at Rough Trade East and the Hox To Dot Festival, whilst Talia previewed the (apparently pretty darned good) Andy Burrows gig at Union Chapel and Amanda looked at War Child’s Army of You. Looking ahead …
You don’t need us to remind you that the weather on Monday was terrible. The whole day off work and not the smallest bit of sun to be seen. We had it all planned out to stay tucked in bed listening to Spiritualized records until …
With multi-venue neighbourhood crawls fastly becoming the favoured method of throwing a festival in the city, new ones are springing up all the time. This past weekend the Dot To Dot Festival took the focus away from the capital and into the clubs of Bristol …
It’s been a quiet week musically here at Londonist as we’ve been out enjoying the sun instead of lurking in murky venues in our evenings. However, we did venture out and catch Raekwon & Ghostface Killah at Koko. Looking ahead to this week however, and …
If you happened to miss both the Camden Crawl as well as the Stag and Dagger, all hope is not yet lost for you catching an urban festival this season. This weekend the Dot To Dot festival runs through Bristol and Nottingham, but organisers are …
After the fantastic sound journey we took with Philip Jeck on Thursday night, we returned to the Museum of Garden History on Friday evening for the second instalment in Touch’s Atmospheres 2 festival. With a line-up ranging from processed field recordings to solo piano and …
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