In the words of The Smiths (we loosely paraphrase here:) Some towns modems are bigger than other towns modems. We think that's what Morrissey was singing, his cadence is a little hard to follow at times. Anyway, it seems the biggest broadband speeds in Britain are to be found in our ever-humble city. Yes, not only is London the all-conquering wi-fi capital of the world, but a survey for BBC News has revealed our......

Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ... Oh sorry. We were just listening to David Cameron's favourite band, The Smiths. Bit of an odd choice then that he'd settle on Mike 'I'm a Celebrity Vote Me In Here' Read as a candidate for London Mayor: Mr Read said he was seeking financial backers after......

Friday, Friday Fabric Live: Tonight dear old Fabbers is taken over by riotous Liverpool club Chibuku programming all three rooms. If the likes of Pendulum, London Elektricity and the Scratch Perverts isn't enough, then prepare to join a very long queue of people, upon realising producer-god Mark Ronson is playing live. Having recently worked on Lily Allen, Christina Aguilera and Amy Winehouse's new albums, you never know who could show up as a guest......

Hot ticket for the week has to be Vancouver's The Organ, a dreamy, nearly all female hybrid of Joy Division, The Smiths, Blondie and The Cure. Under the singular leadership of the utterly talented Katie Sketch, they take to the stage on Tuesday 18th July at King's College Union. Alternatively here's a few other dates on sale from today that you might considering spending a little of your hard earned wonga upon. Knock-kneed, acoustically......

Last Thursday, mod mecca Merc played host to Lucky Soul. It was to be a small intimate affair, to promote the launch of the band's very first single and, considering that there's been little hype about the band, the interest in the gig was impressive. So impressive that it was the biggest turn out ever for a gig at Merc, with those unlucky enough not to get into the store prepared to stand on......

It all started with a wedding. Sitting at a table, comfortably shooting the breeze with complete strangers and you go and say something stupid about writing music stuff for this London blog. All of a sudden you're reminiscing about Radiohead gigs and defending accusations that The Smiths suck. Then you talk about this band someone knows from Leeds who had been building a reputation for great live shows over the past few years. A......

Adverts for horrors like Barbra Streisand's Guilty Pleasures are polluting the airwaves with increasing regularity now, so it's time to prepare ourselves for the terrors of music aimed at the non-discerning Christmas market. We've still got enough interesting releases to bring to you this week, though. It's a bit guitar-y this week. Shout Out Louds - Howl Howl Gaff Gaff Shout Out Louds are from Sweden, they play guitars, and they've just released an album......

It's a funny old world we live in, tearing down the information M25 waiting for the next speeding petrol tanker to flip itself over the central reservation right on to our unprotected heads. Terrified of losing control we've found a system that placates our every fear, that soothes our muddled minds, and gives us purpose outside of our living rooms. It is THE LIST. We have lists for everything, for good guys and bad......

The Clash's performance at the Rainbow Room in 1977 has been voted the Best London Gig Ever by Time Out. The Finsbury Park gig, which also included The Jam, Buzzcocks, Subway Sect and The Prefects as support, came top of the 100 strong list compiled by "journalists and contributors". The 'middle aged journos reminiscing about their youth' factor may have contributed to the Clash wining, but second place went to a much more recent......

Not a huge amount to tell you about this week by way of releases. Not anything we think is worth bringing to your attention, anyway, so we'll concentrate on the live scene. It seems that news of the tickets still going for the Tsunami Relief Benefit gig at Bush Hall last Saturday travelled fast: the remaining tickets were snapped up within hours. The Magic Numbers headlined, playing a short-ish set which included a bonus......

On Saturday morning, Londonist awoke from a sound sleep with a self-satisfied smile plastered all over one's face. It was the fifth round of the FA Cup, and surely the five London teams involved were about to march proudly into the quarter-finals? "Ha!" we proclaimed to Mrs Londonist, over a bowl of shreddies and a pain au chocolat, "At this rate they'll have to rename it 'The London Cup'! Ho Ho!". By the end of......