Four Day Hombre – Bar Academy Islington Four songs into the set and Four Day Hombre frontman, Simon Wainwright, is commenting on the incessent chatter. He recommends that those who continue to talk through the gig should be “impaired”, perhaps by using a cattle prod, …
We just have time, before heading up to Islington this evening, to bring you a quick round up of some recommended gigs for the week ahead. If you’re yet to make plans for this evening, then we suggest you follow us up to the Bar …
Where would we be without Google? Still using Altavista, probably. Anyway, the Little Search Engine That Could has thrown up a fascinating, but utterly pointless, exercise in urbanism. Some places become so associated with a certain class of person or lifestyle that they become intrinsically …
Oh bloody hell! Too many good gigs clash with each other this week and it’s causing a lot of trauma in the heads of those at Londonist Towers. Tomorrow the hugely underrated new girl rock/pop act Love Bites are on stage in Islington Bar Academy …
The eighteenth annual London Art Fair is on at the Business Design Centre in Islington today and this weekend, showcasing some of the best of Modern British and Contemporary Art. Ninety eight galleries are taking part this year’s fair – the place oozes art. When …
End of a Tuesday is almost mid week, and since there’s been a flurry of activity within the Londonist Music inbox, always a sure sign that the music world is shaking off it’s fluffy winter feathers and gearing up for another year of doing damage …
Since we down here in the dungeon are absolutely convinced that your New Year’s resolutions are all going to be to see more live music in 2006 we’ve kindly decided to drop you a list of some of the shows we’d like to see you …
Time to line up a few recommendations for the gig going glitterati amongst you for the cold winter’s days ahead. Tonight: If you’re staying in then The Rakes, David Gray and the rather awesome The National are on Jools at 11.35. Saturday: nu metal is …
You may remember that we recently highlighted the imminent bidding frenzy for the 125-year lease to Alexander Palace. Actually, you probably don’t, as a surfeit of TV shows with the words ‘bid’ and ‘property’ in the title have forever diluted our interest in such things. …
- In an interview with Something Jewish.com Ken claims that the whole ‘Nazi jibe furore’ was “quite clearly orchestrated”. Is it just us or is he getting more and more paranoid? – Romeo, formerly of the So Solid Crew, is cleared of slashing a man’s …
With all this book reading, tv viewing, lecture attending, film watching and Ken chasing, we at the Londonist towers have realised we’ve forgotten to do one vital thing. We’ve forgotten to dance! Upon this realisation we immediately rushed to the nearest Office and bought ourselves …
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