Isaac Newton famously said “If I have seen a little further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants“. Next time you gaze up at his sculpture on the British Library’s forecourt, consider that you are doing exactly the same. For most of the …
This week saw Londonist get incredibly excited about a few live music events. First up, was French pop sensation Yelle, who played an intimate show at the Old Blue Last. Then, we had the Camden Crawl line up which, as ever, is pretty amazing for …
Here’s Newton, outside the British Library, contemplating how every action has an equal and opposite reaction. In this case, ‘splash back’. Please, please, please, send in some of your own distorted images of the capital to londonist at gmail dot com.
The BT Digital Music Awards 2007 are being held on next Tuesday (2 October) at the Camden Roundhouse in London and we’ve got a pair of tickets for you to win to attend this special event. Artists such as Klaxons, Calvin Harris, Chemical Brothers and …
Werewolves aren’t generally assumed to be artistic but it seems that London-based lycanthropes are blessed with creative streaks. Not only are they artistic but they are a friendly and helpful group who come to one another’s rescue when artistic blockage occurs. There are eight artists …
As has been the case for the last few weeks, very few new gigs have gone on sale this week, or are scheduled for tomorrow, but even so here’s the best of the new ones. The biggest perhaps is Marilyn Manson, who has announced a …
Monday sees Portland, Oregon’s new indie-rock darlings The Thermals play Dingwalls with support from Siberia’s SonicFlyer. Tickets are still available from See Tickets at £8.50 each plus booking fees. Tellison play their “disarming melodies and big-hearted guitars” at the Camden Barfly, with support coming from …
Another exciting week of music in the capital coming up, with us here to give you the best guide through what’s hot and what’s not in the indie / pop scenes this week. Want a lazy way to spend your Bank Holiday Monday? Why not …
The words ‘sublimely beautiful’ and ‘Euston Road’ seldom decorate the same sentence, but here goes… Walk past the Wellcome Trust’s HQ on Euston Road for this sublimely beautiful window display, and learn some science at the same time. The eyecatching fluorescent baubels, by designers Graphic …
Electric lorries are coming to London. Like milk floats on steroids, the fleet of 50mph ‘Newton‘ vehicles will glide around the capital in the employ of delivery firm TNT. The company hopes to reduce pollution in the capital and get a C-charge discount to boot. …
The Water Rats Theatre kick started last week for Londonist with some stunning vocalist and singer/songwriter performances ranging from the unsigned to the recently signed. First to the stage were My Last Mistake, whose vocals provided by Leah Newcombe absolutely blew us away. Leah hails …
