On the 8th August London’s Underage Festival, designed specifically for 14-18 year olds, returned to Victoria Park for a bigger and better sequel, bringing a huge line-up with it. With more space and more stages, it easily matched the success of last year. Pull In Emergency, a team of underage musicians who are becoming more popular by the day, rocked a full tent with their cool, poppy sound and friendly stage presence. Meanwhile, Poppy......

Londonist just got word that Gourmet Restaurant Group, owners of the Tiffinbites brand, recently acquired Indian take-away chain the Bombay Bicycle Club. The deal coincides with the acquisition of Indian food and restaurant group Vama (which consists of a fine dining resto on Kings Road as well as large scale catering operations) and makes Gourmet Restaurant Group the largest Indian restaurant group in the UK. According to GRG’s CEO and founder, Jamal Hirani, the......

Londonist brings it on home. Bombay Bicycle Club Essex Road, Islington but there are.... Delivery Kitchens: Battersea, Chiswick, City, East Dulwich, Friern Barnet, Fulham, Greenwich, Islington, Little Venice, Putney, Tooting, Surbiton, West Hampstead, Wimbledon. Order Online or find your local kitchen Monday-Thursday 6.00pm-11.00pm Friday-Saturday 5.00pm -11.00pm Sunday 5.00pm-10.30pm Expect to Pay: Around £4-5 starters, £8 mains, £4-5 sides Rating: 9 out of 10 When we get the urge for curry it needs to sated,......

As winter's days grow increasingly numbered, it's the time of year when our thoughts must turn toward formulating a survival plan for the most gig-loaded two days we know: the Camden Crawl. Back for its 7th year from 18 - 19 April, Camden Crawl 2008 will see 130 artists playing across the festival's 25 venues along with, for the first time, the addition of an outdoor stage. A variety of daytime activities are planned......

As the festival season kicks off into full swing, the range of “normal” bands playing the capital starts to dwindle as they recover from their Download and Isle of Wight sized hangovers and prepare for a Wireless one this weekend. First up, on Monday night, The Fratellis play Scala, which is well and truly sold out, however you may be able to get a last minute offer on scarlet mist or equivalent. If you like......

We’re always on the lookout for a good Indian restaurant for pesky out-of-town visitors who seem to think curry’s all that’s worth exploring in the foodie fleshpots of London. So we were cooking with gas when we scored an interview with the Bombay Bicycle Club — their motto: “a stop for “a curry a cut above the rest and ‘adventurous’ alternatives”. As you may know, being open-minded is a pre-requisite for those interested in......

If you go out to a 14+ gig today, you’re sure of a big surprise. If you go out to a gig today, you’d better go in disguise (white berets are where it’s at, peeps). For every kid that ever there was, will gather there for certain, because, today’s the day the 14+ have their post-mix-pop-fuelled sugar-rushed amateur crowd-surfing with vertical-face-plants-into-the-sweaty-morass * riotous mayhem! Catching the end of Bombay Bicycle Club’s set at a......

When Londonist decides we like a band, we really do go on about them rather a lot (eg. Pipettes, Lucky Soul), so you can probably imagine quite how much we are bouncing round the office having heard that favourites Dead Disco are in town on Tuesday. Fresh from a Lamacq Live session and on the brink of releasing 2nd single Automatic (on Fierce Panda no less), the Leeds three piece will be playing at......