Norway's Hans-Peter Lindstrom takes to the stage (if you can call it that) in Rough Trade East looking unassumingly geeky in a checked shirt and a hat that covers most of his face. He is playing as part of the shop's heavily Converse-branded first birthday celebrations and might reasonably be miffed at the smallish crowd who braved the warm August rain to be here. Fortunately in customary trainspotter fashion they all signal their support......

There aren't many concept albums about the lives of rad 80s car designers. And there are even less that are the brainchild of a Welsh psychedelic bard and an American avant-garde hip-hop twiddler, and feature a podgy sex-obsessive on guest vocals. Which is one way of saying that Neon Neon's gleaming 'Stainless Style' is a pretty unlikely record. "It's a biographical show," explains a well-groomed Gruff Rhys, usually of Super Furry Animals. Tonight each......

If you've happily bounced around to Super Furry Animals hits over the last 15 years, you were probably a bit wowed by the sleek production of Neon Neon, a joint project between Gruff Rhys and eclectic bleepster Boom Bip. They'll be popping up at Wireless on Saturday, but if you fancy catching them do a full live gig, they'll do one of their first UK performances at Cargo on Sunday complete with guest stars Har......

It's been a strange ol' week for Londonist music-wise. On Monday we got worried about a rise in nightclub violence, on Tuesday caught Goldfrapp at Union Chapel, on Wednesday caught Nick Cave at HMV and on Thursday got excited about a new-ish club night at Three Blind Mice. Looking ahead to this week however, Monday sees Panic At the Disco and Kate Nash play sold out shows at the Roundhouse and Hammersmith Apollo respectively, whilst......

If you've not got plans tonight, then we're very excited by new-ish club night Now We've Got Europe. Held at the intimate Three Blind Mice (formerly Eastern-Euro styled Smersh), the night promises the best of French new wave, Dutch rap, German punk, Italo Disco pool-side classics and pop anthems from the continent. Tonight has an added Spanish theme from gothic punk icons Alaska y los Pegamoides and glamorous new romantics Glamour to the Stock......

A fairly quiet time for Londonist music, but this week saw us introduce you to The Wave Pictures on Thursday, catch indie up-and-comers Parka at the Borderline on Tuesday, and suggest you catch "J-Dilla changed my life" at Cargo this evening. Throughout the week, NME favourites play their three week series of Awards shows, and this week sees Babyshambles play Brixton Academy on Monday night, Richard Hawley and Mercury nominated Maps play the Astoria on......

Right, so you're either saving up to blow the last of the December salary on one helluva NYE out or you're just stony broke after Christmas/sales shopping. Either way, unless you're happy to simply hibernate for the week here are some ideas for New Year jollity on a budget. New Year's Eve: Follow our top tips and gird your loins for the massive fireworks display along the Thames, focusing on the London Eye and......

New Years Eve is a funny one. Some people think it's the best night ever, and those who don't are kind of forced into thinking maybe they should be thinking that and invariably end up having a rubbish night. But how about you just think about it as an excuse to go dancing - that's never a bad idea. Here's our favourite dancefloor happenings tomorrow night. If it's dance music you want, then absolutely......

The legendary girls from St Trinians had their premiere last night in Leicester Square. St Trinian's is the 2007 film of the 1950s film series is getting certain bits of the press excited, with a cast that features Rupert Everett in drag, Russell Brand twatting about with no noticeable change of costume or persona, Colin Firth striding about being humourless and lots of attractive women playing schoolgirls. Celia Imrie and Anna Chancellor both have......

Londonist loves Horse Meat Disco at South Central in Vauxhall. But it's on a Sunday night. So what do you do if you need a bit of disco on a Saturday, well Disco Bloodbath has arrived and it's Hackney based antics are making us pretty excited. Dan Beaumont, Damon Martin and Ben Pistor are the boys behind it When and why did you set your night up? Damon:Our night began in April of this......

We were trying to wait till December but it's just no good. It's Christmas, folks and you'd better get your festive shopping pants on. What better way to start than at Old Spitalfields Market this Thursday evening for the launch of "A Merry Different Christmas". Firmly heathen and hedonistic there will be an alternative Christmas service with a helium choir and Reverend Duncan Pritchard, from the Big Love Inflatable Church will sermonise on the......

A night of clubbing is as much about the music you want to hear as it is the experience you hope to get out of it. Whilst there are endless opportunities to don your best threads and brave the night buses to see and be seen, we prefer to come as we are, get sweaty and get down. With their irresistible selection of post-punk and electro classics and obscurities, Our Disco ticks all our......

It's not everyday you come across a band with a name like Tits of Death, so it was about time we took 10 minutes with a band we'd formerly christened a ten-breasted rock machine. Playing Kinki at Madame Jo Jo's tomorrow night (Thursday), they've promised reduced guestlist to anyone emailing hello@titsofdeath.com with the subject line LONDONIST. Not only will you get to see this smokin' hot quintet but also electro-poppers Huski and the unbelievably......

Cult canadian star Feist is back in the UK playing a sold out date at the Shepherd's Bush Empire on Monday night. Now "1, 2, 3, 4" is all over an advert it might be tricky to find tix but we reckon the ever reliable XXX. Kill Hannah bring their Chicago rock to Kings College with I Was A Cub Scout and Saving Aimee supporting. Tickets are £7.50 and here and American R&B lothario......

Following it's postponement earlier in the year, a rescheduled date has just been announced for the annual Insomniacs Ball. Now held on September 29th at regular venue SE1, this year's ball has a distinctly Ed Banger whiff to it. This is by no means a bad thing, in fact if you're into your sleazy electro it's a run round the house hi-fiving people thing. First up from the Ed Banger camp, snarky American pop......

As bands jump across the Atlantic to play this weekend's V Festival and next weekend's Reading and Leeds festivals London is treated to a wealth of bands that rarely play these shores. Here's a selection of the best. Monday night sees the amazing Rilo Kiley play the Carling Academy Islington – tickets sold out pretty quickly, but there are a few floating around on eBay etc for what is sure to be one of their......

It's the end for electro-disco club Computer Blue this weekend, and they're going off with a bang, hosting a gig from the awesome Dead Disco! Last time we talked about the Leeds trio they were unsigned, but now Warners have snapped them up and they're bouncing around LA writing their debut album with the fabulous Greg Kurstin. Busy on a regular night, we've no doubt the queues for the final Computer Blue will be......

Monday night sees Tom “Squarepusher” Jenkinson bring his experimental drum'n'bass with a heavy jazz fusion influence to Queen Elizabeth Hall in the Southbank Centre. Evan Parker supports, and this is sold out unfortunately, though be sure to check back for last minute availability or other sources. Lily Allen places her summer session at Somerset house, with support from Mark Ronson. Tickets are long gone, though Scarlet Mist may be useful for some. The Dykeenies bring......

Given that a member of Transport for London's Special Projects Team had assured us in his interview only a couple of weeks ago that the celebrated Tour De France publicity caravan would be commencing its parade around the Prologue circuit at 1:30 pm last Saturday we were more than a little startled when, as we sauntered gently along Constitution Hill at about ten past one, the first klaxons blared, heralding the arrival of a......

A fair few new tours on sale today at 9am. Kaiser chiefs play Earls Court for their biggest show to date. They come to town on Friday 14th December. Rufus Wainwright tours again, playing the Hammersmith Apollo on Tuesday 30th October. Following their amazing Glastonbury set, The Go team play the Camden Electric Ballroom on Wednesday 12th September. Kate Nash comes to Shepherd’s Bush Empire on Tuesday 13th November, finishing a month and a half......

With gay pride hitting London this weekend for its annual raunchfest of protesting, parading and partying, we thought it the right time to approach Megan Jones, promoter of Vauxhall house music mega-club FiRE, to find out what they will be getting up to. What are your plans for Pride? We've got loads on for Pride this year. Firstly we'll be participating in the parade on Oxford Street, and afterwards we'll be hosting the sound......

Buttoned Down Disco is fast becoming a London phenomenon. It's practially free if you sign up for the secret venue invite. More importantly, for a club night in London it's always really friendly. You could walk up to anyone and start talking to them if you felt like it. These are things we really don't see enough of on a typical London night out. But then, Buttoned Down Disco was never meant to be......

Another exciting week of music in the capital coming up, with us here to give you the best guide through what's hot and what's not in the indie / pop scenes this week. Want a lazy way to spend your Bank Holiday Monday? Why not see Good Shoes at Morden Park bandstand? They're on at 2pm, and we previewed it earlier last week here. Later on Monday evening The Holloways play The Electric Ballroom......

Buttoned Down Disco is a phenomenon that's been going for a couple of years now, you join a mailing list, they tell you where and when the next party is and people turn up and rejoice to a funky mix of indie, cheese, pop, and everything in between. Buttoned Down Liveshow is a monthly event, sort of like the Disco's younger sister. 4 bands and an all night barbecue for £5. It's great! We......

Busy week as ever in the capital for music, so straight in we go: Monday night sees Fountains of Wayne grace the Astoria with their power-pop melodies. Tickets are still available from the usual places, however are going quickly. However if power pop isn't your sort of thing, you can seethe avant-garde guitar experimentalists Wilco play Shepherds Bush Empire on Monday night, which is well and truly sold out. If you like your Joy Division......

Ever had a tough day at the office and really felt like dressing up as your favourite super hero? Hasn’t everybody? Well now you can! And all to raise money for Oxfam! On Thursday May 31st, get yourselves down to 93 Feet East for the biggest cape wearing event of London’s social calendar. Not only will you be able to whoosh! around the room like Superman, you’ll get to hear some of the finest......

Put your hand up if you like cartoons. Put your hand up if you experience a surge of happy childhood memories whenever you hear the famous Looney Tunes intro music. Put your hand up if you felt particularly cool and sophisticated while watching a Japanese anime like Akira or the kink-fest Legend of the Overfiend. Put your hand up if you ever defaced an important schoolbook by drawing pictures in the top right-hand corner......

Normally support bands get better as the evening progresses. However, at last night's NME awards show with We Are Scientists at London's Astoria, this was not the case. Opener Switches started playing to a quarter full auditorium, and by the end of their set they'd converted virtually all those present. The Southend-on-sea four piece led by the charismatic Matt Bishop took us on a romp through their brief back catalogue, with both energy and......

The chaps behind 'We're going to need a bigger boat' - Highgate's popular monthly film quiz - are back with a new gig. 'See Me After School' will fact you till you fart about all manner of intra- and extra-curricular activities. Each part is divided into a number of rounds, each with a different topic. Most of these mirror your normal school subjects, such as Science, Music, Geography, History, Art, English... but there are......

This Day In London’s History 1554: Lady Jane Grey and her husband Lord Guildford Dudley are executed at the Tower of London. Named as successor to the throne by King Edward VI, Lady Jane Grey became Queen of England in July 1553. However her reign was exceptionally short-lived – she was replaced by her cousin Mary Tudor after only nine days, and detained in the Tower of London. Some months later, under considerable political......