You might have read that the ICA is in more than a spot of financial bother at the moment, with the cultural haven needing to cut £1 million off its costs to survive. Since its opening in 1947 the Institute has been at the forefront …
You can be forgiven if you missed Pete and the Pirates first time round. The likeable five-piece’s debut album came out during the guitar band glut of 2008, when separating the landfill indie from the good stuff was a Herculean task. We won’t hold it …
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On Thursday night the first ever music event to be held in the cavernous loading bay of The Royal Albert Hall will take place. The event, which is a part of the Red Bull Music Academy, sees this 138 year old venue turned into a …
Get ready for intelligent, sparky lyrics, quick-witted chitchat and unexpected time signatures. Liverpudlian pop-punkers Hot Club de Paris are coming to The Lexington on 9 February – and with so many ideas crammed into each song, you’ll have fun trying to predict which direction the …
If you’ve raced through all of the top London books and need something to keep you occupied until the London Word Festival, you might want to check out YARNFest, an exciting new storytelling festival happening at the end of February. Taking place at The Book …
Photography of an admirer viewing Boris Mikhailov’s works by Chris Osburn So what’s it like in Russia and Eastern Europe these days? As far as we could tell at the private view of Photo I, Photo You at Calvert22, it’s especially bleak and gritty but …
Any fans of country tinged indie at a loose end tonight would be wise to head on up to Islington to check out former Scud Mountain Boys and Pernice Brothers mainman Joe Pernice perform a rare solo set at the Union Chapel. The show is …
Every so often we hear about a new play that’s just too nuts to ignore. And so we share it with you lovely readers. The One Man Lord Of The Rings is one such show. The blurb goes: “100,000 characters. Nine companions. Three masterworks. One …
Judi Dench plays Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Rose Theatre, Kingston There are a few things that immediately raise eyebrows about this forthcoming theatre show: why are they doing A Midsummer Night’s Dream in February? And how on earth is the ageing …
Morden indie quartet Good Shoes seem to have a real love/hate relationship with the south London district they call home. Going by their 2007 gig at the local bandstand, they must have some affection for the place. Yet from listening to their track of the …
As lead singer and main creative force behind The Guillemots, you might have spotted Fyfe Dangerfield playing guitar, keyboard, dustbin lid (yes, really), or just singing in his distinctive, octave-spanning voice as part of the orchestral-indie four-piece. Perhaps in search of further creative outlets (isn’t …
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