Ticket Alert: Muse, The Who, Ian Anderson, Foals And More
There’s a definite rock theme to the London gigs on sale this week.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Festival Alert: I’ll Be Your Mirror @ Alexandra Palace
American cult icons Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Grizzly Bear headline.
Live Music Review: Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Brixton Academy
Yeah Yeah Yeahs never really burst onto the UK scene like some bands. Theirs was a steadier climb up the wobbly ladder of fame, and maybe that lack of a defining moment accounts for the explosiveness of their second night at Brixton Academy. Entering behind …
East meets West at Modular
One club event we’ve neglected to mention really (and we really should have) is the birth of the amazing Modular Weekly parties at Ditch in Shoreditch. Modular is the label home of some of our favourite electronic artists including The Presets, MSTRKFFT, Klaxons and Cut …
Notes From The City – Roundup of 2006
It’s the time of year that sends compulsive list makers in to a frenzy, and this girl is no exception. It’s the Notes From The City Official 2006 End Of Year Things-That-Laura-Liked Summary – catchy! It’s as much a list of things I really think …
Elsewhere In The Ist-a-verse
The choicest cuts from our sister sites around the globe. Shanghaiist probably knows a little more about China than the Chicago Sun-Times. Giving them the benefit of the doubt on that one. The city does to have a music scene. Don’t even front like they …
Reading Announced
Fresh from last week’s news that Pearl Jam are playing a small gig at the Astoria, they’ve decided to take it to the other size extreme and be the closing headliner at this year’s Reading Festival. Franz Ferdinand have the honour of headlining first night …
Booking Ahead
Eel Pie Eccentrics Mystery Jets have never been ones to do things in the regular rock’n’roll way, possibly why their Dad plays in the band, and possibly why they’ve just started an online treasure hunt ahead of their debut album and a small tour in …
Booking Ahead
America are going crazy about them, but on this side of the pond we aren’t too sure yet. Find out what all the hype is about as Clap Your Hands Say Yeah announce a UK Tour. An art rock band not a million miles away …
Tuesday Music Review
Bloc Party – Silent Alarm Remixed The bank holiday took a little longer than expected, hence the late delivery of your friendly neighbourhood album review slot. So without further ado… Remix albums are a strange beast that sits in a pen marked Fans And Purists …
