Nirvana

Sometimes a band comes across as a bit of a gimmick, a good one-trick pony. At first we thought The Polyphonic Spree were just this, a (large) collective with three albums of the same summery tunes. However, after being coaxed into going to see them, …

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Bosphorus Kebabs 59 Old Brompton Road SW7 3JS Nearest Tube: South Kensington 0871 426 9060 10.30am-Midnight Daily Map Expect to Pay: Around £6 Rating: 9 out of 10 Bosphorus Kebabs …

It was only a couple of weekends ago that we first mentioned So London magazine, but it’s already crashed and burned: So London, the upmarket weekly magazine targeting the affluent in the capital, has ceased publication after just two issues. The magazine launched with a …

The Astoria, one of the very best British venues and a favorite haunt of any live music loving Londoner is apparently doomed: Late last week, development company Derwent Valley struck a deal with Mean Fiddler worth almost £24m, and are rumoured to be planning to …

One of our favourite bands ever ever eva has got to be the bewitching Ladytron. So when news of a whole night from Ladytron popped into our inbox we were damn excited. On March 24th the band will be curating a whole night at the …

Well, TV Troll was 50% right, which is better than nowt, as salt-o’-t’earth Strictly Come Dancing winner Darren might say. We’re still kicking ourselves for not having put money on Shayne to win as we predicted aaaages ago; we could have bought new cushions for …

Discovering KEXP last year was like discovering Back In Black, for me the album that pretty much cemented everything I’ll love about music for the rest of my life. Suddenly there was this doorway to a magical world where DJs played whatever they wanted and …

Ever since Al Jolson opened his gob in the Jazz Singer the worlds of cinema and rock’n’roll have become inextricably linked. You’re going to have to go with us on the Jazz Singer rock’n’roll analogy but you know what we mean. Almost 100 years later …

Londonist saw Nirvana on stage back when Kurt still had a head and never really got what all the fuss was about. All the bands of that period that played better, wrote more interesting songs and managed to resist the temptations of Courtney Love and …

This weekend see the start of another ‘popular culture’ exhibition at the Proud Gallery in Camden (the other one is on the Strand). Sometimes the Proud’s exhibition schedule can maybe look a little ‘fluffy’ against some of the capital’s more heavyweight contenders. But popular culture …