Christmas may be a coming, but this hasn’t stopped our music output here at Londonist.This week we’ve caught both Scottish Fiddler John McCusker at the Southbank Centre and Texan singer songngwriter Ben Kweller at Union Chapel. We also (along with the rest of the country) …
A bit of a chilled week here at Londonist Music – we introduced you to Robin Grey, and gave you a magical idea for a Christmas present for that music mad friend of yours. Looking ahead to this week however, and if you are feeling …
Winter may be drawing in, but that didn’t stop us from catching the amazing Jarvis Cocker at Shepherds Bush earlier in the week, and getting excited about both Left With Pictures and Jay Reatard. Looking forward to this week, and Monday night sees sold out …
Want to brave the cold and catch some quality live music this week? Read on for our guide to what’s hot around London this week… Swedish beauties Those Dancing Days bring their pop tunes with a heart to play Goldsmith’s Student Union down in New …
Busy ol’ week coming up as bands start to round off their 2008 in spectacular style. Feeder play Brixton Academy on Monday night with support from Fightstar, if paint by numbers pop-rock is you thing – tickets are £25 each. Meanwhile, The Wombats keep a …
The US election may have been and gone, but whilst we were nursing our hangovers we managed to preview Rock the Bells at the O2, a rap music event that has a pretty tasty lineup for those of you who prefer your rap to your …
This week we’ve had a bit of a quiet one, catching Ólafur Arnalds and Finn at the Union Chapel for some ethereal folk and Sigur Ros like tunes and thoroughly enjoyed it. We also got a tiny bit excited about Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlitt’s …
We’ve had a quiet week on the music team this week – we got out and caught French shoegaze star M83 at Scala on Wednesday night and previewed “Drifting and Tilting”, a night of Scott Walker’s songs at the Barbican Theatre in mid November. Looking …
We’ve been incredibly this week, catching tonnes of live music. On Wednesday we caught CSS and Florence and the Machine at Koko, and Bloc Party on Friday at an exclusive gig at the Apple store. For those in search of more highbrow stuff, we also …
This week we’ve been branching out from the usual pop and rock, catching Alim Qasimov Ensemble & Kronos Quartet at The Barbican’s Ramadan Nights festival. We also caught “brutal-cum-technical death metallers” Nile at the Underworld, and introduced Polly Scattergood, and caught her live the very …
This week we’ve been busy catching Jeffrey Lewis at Scala and The Loose Salute at the Barfly, whilst reminiscing over summer’s festivals gone with the LoveBox CD – and you can win one for yourself here. Looking ahead to this week, and Dallas power pop …
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