If you're tightening the purse strings at the moment and don't fancy heading to Koko on Thursday to see wonderful indie kooks Of Montreal, you can catch them doing a rare acoustic gig for free at Rough Trade East tonight from 7pm. Reguarly responsible for dragging their jumpy pop through a Beach Boys-hazed experimental mangle, you can expect a more mellow offering from frontman Kevin Barnes and guitarist Brian Poole tonight, playing songs from......

It's in the air already: the deeper shade of grey that is the London evening is creeping in ever faster, the days are cooler, and autumn is irrevocably upon us. No fair, we say. Seek revenge on a capital teeming with cheap options this week. Monday: Free gig tonight at Rough Trade East by delightfully symphonic experimental band F*ck Buttons. Wristband collection queue to begin at 5.30, which means you should be there before......

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......

We are very excited about this year's Nationwide Mercury Music Prize nominations. Not only did we personally manage to guess 9 out of 12 correctly, but some Londonist favourites are nicely sitting in the mix with the unnervingly young Laura Marling, the mighty Elbow, dazzling jazz stars Portico Quartet and dubstep hero Burial all on the list. What we're really excited about is the inclusion of Neon Neon - Gruff Rhys and Boom Bip's......

It was a gorgeous weekend, and even though some of us may have been rather brutally shoved into some flower pots in the maddeningly crowded midst of Columbia Flower Market (random lady, you know who you are), we’ve got a bronzed (if bruised) glow and we’re feeling good. Carry on with the summery joy with this week’s roundup of affordable activities. Monday: Get down to the Lamb Tavern by 7 pm to witness both......

Right, this sounds like it's going to be very messy in an attempt to get in, but Radiohead fans - listen up! The band have just announced a mini gig tonight at Rough Trade East. Here are the details direct from their site: So, we've got a small gig tonight. It's in London at the Rough Trade East shop on Brick Lane, and we're planning to play a short set of in rainbows material.......

To be honest the rain and coldness is kind of making us not want to go to gigs at the moment, preferring instead to wrap ourselves up warmly at home. But if we did, this is what we'd be bouncing at. Monday: The biggie tomorrow is of course Led Zep at the O2, but you've more chance of meeting Santa than getting tickets for that. So instead, forget the dinosaurs and try something new......

As reported last week, Monday should see you going crazy to hear that one good song (are there others) by Peter Bjorn and John at the forum. More importantly make sure you get there in time to see support act Those Dancing Days. We caught them at Water Rats on Saturday and are pleased to report they combine cuteness and moodiness with alarming grace. The much loved Beirut play an instore at Rough Trade......

For most of you, it was pay day this weekend. Wahey! This also means if you're like us, you've spent all your cash in the pub and will now be eating beans on toast all week. Which after going to The Edinboro Castle and having spent so long at the bar you sobered up, doesn't really seem worth the effort any more, does it? But don't worry! All is going to be fine. Even......