Koko

It may have been one big promo gig but 500 lucky punters thought it was pretty special

Soul singer Jamie Lidell arrives in London tomorrow night on the penultimate date of an extensive world tour. At face value Lidell is merely a brilliant funk and soul musician, channelling the ghosts of Motown with effortless zeal; his latest LP ‘Compass’ follows in a …

Brendan Benson. Ring any bells? If you don’t know of this singer-songwriter in his own right, you might be familiar with one of his other projects. He’s a key member of The Raconteurs, providing proper poppy guitar melodies and memorable lyrics to balance Jack White’s …

Hailing from Hackney and vehement defenders of the 7″ vinyl format, Lazy Habits are cross genre, combining big band and hip-hop sampling sounds to give you the mariachi horn. Their first few releases – Even Out, Please People, and EP – have reached cult status, …

If you want to hear a mixture of the freshest sounds in clubland, then Annie Mac’s Friday night Radio 1 show is unmissable. In the last twelve months, she’s been taking her tastemakers skills out into her audience with specially curated shows ‘Annie Mac Presents’. …

Camden streets were empty as London watched the Chelsea and/or Arsenal match on Wednesday night. Koko however, was sold out with London hipsters checking out NYC home county kids Passion Pit. Their ‘Manners’ album is a synth infused electro style similar to hipstersuperband du jour …

If you bought War Child’s Help: A Day In The Life album back in 2005, you may remember a track that was tucked inbetween Magic Numbers and The Coral: “Cler Archel” by the Malian band Tinariwen. While it was little heralded at the time, since …

On Friday, the slacker rock icons Dinosaur Jr. returned to London to play Camden’s Koko in support of their recent “Farm” album. When the original line-up of Dinosaur Jr. (J Mascis, Murph and Lou Barlow) reunited four years ago, much to everyone’s surprise after such …

Some of Londonist’s favourite club nights have been organised by an entity called Soundcrash. Multi-media, shiny, flashing, musical extravaganzas, with sounds and video and stuff flying at you from all directions. Party nights with knobs on. We’ve got them to thank for introducing us to …

Miss Polly Rae by WowtheWorld Camden Council have ordered the immediate halt of burlesque nights at the Proud Gallery, demanding that the venue apply for a similar license to those held by strip joints and lap-dancing clubs. Under pre-existing but newly-enforced laws, local establishments Koko …