A special two-for-one offer on gig reviews this time. Londonist saw the slightly odd combination of Gorgoroth (old-school Norwegian black metal) at Scala on Wednesday, and former System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian the next night at the Astoria. Musically they were worlds apart, despite a shared taste for heavy riffs.Gorgoroth are not a band for the faint-hearted. Once arrested in Poland for a "blasphemous" stage show that included naked women on crucifixes and......

19. Freakish Falls! During the August of 1920 in Woodford, stones poured from the sky for three consecutive days without explanation. Four years later at Eltham, Plumstead, Woolwich and Shooters Hill a great ice storm battered the area, despite the afternoon being the hottest for two years! The hailstones were the size of eggs, and some jagged in nature, measuring five-inches which fell from the sky, cutting residents who ran for cover. In January......

About half an hour ago this week’s Mercury Music Prize nominees were announced. As could be expected, they included a selection of some of this year’s biggest records along with a few more obscure ones that will keep everyone guessing. At the moment William Hill have last year’s winners Arctic Monkeys and also Amy Winehouse as joint favourites to win (at 4/1), though with the Mercury's you never know who could win. Jamie T, Amy......

Yargh! David Icke was right after all. All hail to our herptile overlords. The image is courtesy of 'Rattus Amicus' who was one of the unsuccessful entrants from our recent competition. Still bloody good, though. Keep sending doctored images of the capital to londonist - at - gmail - dot - com......

Anyone walking past Holborn Tube is sure to have all kinds of leaflet thrust upon them. But if you were passing by last Friday, you might have ended up with something worthwhile. A group of postgrads from St Martin's have put together a handy map of zone 1 showing just how short the distances are between stations. The idea is to encourage more people to walk, rather than take public transport, and thus do......

Blakey and the rest of the RMT aren't going to like the sound of this: Like something plucked right out of a 1960’s sci-fi flick, the model of a Driverless bus wowed visitors at the Science Museum in London - where it is currently on exhibit - with its claims of reducing air pollution and traffic congestion, wrapped up in a slick, futuristic package. Driverless buses? But who will tell you that they can't......

The Envy Corps hail from Iowa and are currently "flipping around Europe" on tour. They've the same management as The Killers and the ever handy myspace let us figure out that they even sounded pretty similar. With that in mind, we thought we'd give them a looksee when they graced the infamous White Heat clubnight at Madame Jojos with their stomping brand of post-indie/post-pop/post-rock. We're guessing it must be a bit frustrating to fly......

It's good to know that no matter what else changes in London there is one mainstay that has proved indestructible: The producer of Agatha Christie's thriller "The Mousetrap" predicted on Monday that the world's longest running play would never close. As the classic whodunnit embarked on its 55th year, current producer Stephen Waley-Cohen said he couldn't see an end in sight for the popular London tourist draw. "On first night Agatha Christie said she......

This Day in London's History 1485: Henry VII opens batting for the Tudor dynasty, taking the crown at Westminster Abbey. Attending the new king that day were the Yeomen of the Guard - the monarch's bodyguard - on their first official duty. The Yeomen of the Guard are not to be confused with the Yeoman Warders, or Beefeaters, who patrol the Tower of London... 1841: The Tower nearly falls. Beefeaters and policemen scrambled to......

This week - Filth and disgustingness (Dirty Sanchez: The Movie), a dystopian look at London 2027, (Children of Men) and the sequel to Clerks, (Clerks 2). Today's Friday Film News is going to be a little different in terms of order. Usually the first spot is given to the most hyped film of the week, or the most worthy film. However, as the focus of this post is supposed to be the reviews and......

… The Knowledge, that is, the essential - even in this age of satnav - mental map that allows London taxi drivers to get around. Considering that this Londonista tends to think of the map of our great city as being covered by the "fog of war", as used in games such as Command and Conquer or Zelda, with clear patches in bits we're familiar with but the rest concealed by a thick black......

We just received an email asking for help in locating a missing person from the Haringey Association for Independent Living (HAIL) Limited: Enclosed is a picture of Mr George Tanyi. Mr Tanyi left his home in Tottenham on the morning of 4th July. He left without taking his travel pass or any money, so we believe he is probably still in the London area. He is non-verbal and autistic, and we very worried about......

We were hoping for a rather relaxing Sunday this weekend. While Saturday night will of course be spent bouncing along to "Dead Disco at the Garage, Sunday was going to be full of sleep and food - 2 of our favourite things. But then Shoot Shoreditch dropped into our inbox, and the idea of cosying up in bed all day being fed grapes, flew right out of the window. For starters, it's a treasure......

Anyone wishing to celebrate St. Patrick's Day with an evening of the best new Irish bands could do a great deal worse than head down to The Metro tomorrow (Friday). Four of the Emerald Isle's finest exports will be taking to the stage, in what's likely to be a pretty frenetic night out. Ideamotion, Pocket Promise, Pilotlight and Dead Metaphors are all doing the honours, and we managed to catch up with Pocket Promise......

DCist helps us make more sense of the world this week. Posts like this concert review are the reason for Scott Stapp. DCist also enumerates the reasons for playing ultimate frisbee, Condi's tight buns, their love of a local convenience store, and their jealousy of a person in Seattle calling the city. LAist documented graf artist Banksy's most recent visit to LA in one two three posts. They also found the best possible use......

As the BBC's five day forecast so succinctly puts it: "Thursday's predominant weather is forecast to be sleet." If you want to be a bit more precise then tomorrow is very likely to go something like this: rain, sleet, snow, cold, ice, hail, rain, snow, cold, more rain. With a bit of luck it will be more 'slushy' then 'deep' and the whole of the capital won't grind to a shuddering halt, however if the......

I'm finding it rather hard to imagine a perfect Sunday right now. This is because today has been a rather imperfect Sunday, with the majority of it being spent on a stuffy National Express coach travelling from Leeds back down to London. I arrived home, only to find that the bunker in which the computer resides is experiencing below-zero temperatures, because someone who shall go unnamed forgot to leave the heating on. Honestly, you......

Time once again to leave the week's big releases (The Rolling Stones) behind and take a listen to some of the more esoteric releases that have dropped into the Londonist Music team's mail box recently. The Oggs - Radiotherapy If we were to say The Oggs hail from NYC, with an album title like Radiotherapy, chances are you'd expect something on the punkier side of The Strokes. Not to be. Instead what we have......

Alfie - Crying At Teatime Following Alfie through their career feels a little like watching someone grow up. Indeed, in our recent interview, front-man Lee Gorton described the band's journey from their folky acoustic beginnings to their current incarnation as 'growing up in public'. EP collection and first album If You Happy With You Need Do Nothing showed the happy naivety of a band learning their trade, demonstrating childlike charm. If the music was......

Field Music - Field Music Just in case you'd gotten tired of listening to your Maximo Park or Futureheads albums, and how could you (shame on you), then a little gap will have opened up in your record collection begging to be filled with more fun and funky pop music from up north. So all hail to Field Music, made up of historical bits of both said bands and their debut long player, Field......