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Now in its 5th year, Happy Mondays Comedy succeeds in getting some really top names from the world of funny to appear at its shows - over the years, Russell Brand, Daniel Kitson, Russell Howard, Simon Amstell and Stewart Lee have all graced the stage.Held in the cool Amersham Arms venue, the stage is set up like a living room complete with lamps... read on

Bombay Bicycle Club

Levi's Ones To Watch present youthful north Londoners Bombay Bicycle Club at the Barfly tonight, as they plug their latest release 'Evening Morning'.

Coming from the same north London talent pool as Cajun Dance Party, The Svengalis and Pull in Emergency, these guys are set to be big news, just as soon as they finish their exams. read on

Buraka Som Sistema

Karen P's Broad Casting night presents Portugese collective Buraka Som Sistema (a tongue in cheek dig at the popularity of the 'Soundsystem' tag to many artists names). They are comprised of Lil' John, Riot and Conductor - a trio who dish up their trademark hot and fresh grimey ghettotech accompanied by a gang of Portuguese MC's and some incred... read on

The Creeping Nobodies

Bordering on musical schizophrenia, The Creeping Nobodies makes music that slips and slides from twee, Tori Amos style pop to bleak, Black Flag-esque punk sludge.

It shouldn't work, but thanks to an amazing sense of timing and melody, these guys manage to make some of the most urgent music since the Contortions packed it in almost 25 years ago. read on

The Pink Poodle Club

First we had the Poodle Club in Stoke Newington, now we also have the Pink Poodle Club in Soho which claims to be London's Gayest Comedy Cabaret! Join glamour puss Miss O for an evening of musical comedy and gay laughter with top stand-up, live piano, and late bar.  Tonight's show features top controversial comic Scott Capurro  and Mike O'Do... read on

Netaudio 08

Shunt is the perfect place for this festival celebrating the best of internet music. Blessed with hidden nooks, surreal spaces, and all manner of kooky furniture and performance artists, the venue also has a couple of big vaults for dancing like a maniac. It's therefore an ideal spot for a festival that takes in weird experimental noise, fantastic ... read on

BBC Electric Proms - XX Teens

While Burt Bacharach plays the main space at the Roundhouse, the BBC Electric Proms show off their avant garde side in the FREEDM Studio, with eclectic indie collective XX Teens headlining. Their debut album 'Welcome to Goon Island' is an underrated classic from this year, while Leeds' Wild Beasts are another band well worth checking out. In the Roundh... read on

The Affordable Art Fair

The Autumn edition of the Affordable Art Fair hits Battersea Park this week with the usual range of art across all media on sale for between £50 and £3,000. There's a good combination of established names and emerging talent and this time there's also a sculpture garden in front of the main marquee - perfect for something a little more exciting... read on

Digital City

Multi-media party Digital City returns to the T Bar. The headliner is ultra-experienced electro and techno DJ Billy Nasty, who apart from remaining an underground stalwart for donkey's years is the founder of the Electrix and Tortured labels. A screening of independent short film kicks off the evening, after which the Big Chill's resident VJs M... read on

CDR Friday Specials Part III

The CDR sessions provides a platform where music producers can air their creations to a welcoming, like-minded crowd.It's organised by Burnt Progress - and this October they've got a busy month. To celebrate the forthcoming 'V/A 2.1' album, every Friday there'll be a selection of live and DJ performances from album artists and connected friends.Ea... read on

Blood Red Shoes

A hard rocking twosome that combine looking incredibly hot with making paint stripping garage rock, Blood Red Shoes are probably the coolest band in the land.

Still riding high from the release of their début 'Box of Secrets', we're still amazed that such a massive noise can come out of such a small package. read on

La Cage Aux Folles

La Cage Aux Folles is dynamite stuff. This production was a big hit at the Menier Chocolate Factory and now transfers to the West End for a substantial run. Originally a French play by Jean Poiret, it was remade as a hilarious French film and subsequently got a Hollywood makeover, which was also pretty good, even though Robin Williams was in it. T... read on

Jim Jeffries: Hammered

Don't expect Jim Jeffries to have turned over any leaves in his new show Hammered.  Rape, disabled people, Christians, fatties and burns victims all get good coverage, not to mention that famous run-in with Kelly Osbourne at the NME Awards (if you haven't already heard the story it's worth coming just to hear that alone). As always there are particu... read on

Once And For All...

Quite literally cannot decide whether this is going to be brilliant or awful. But we're definitely going to see it. On the one hand, Ontroerend Goed are one of the most exciting, interactive theatre companies around. They stage shows that grip the audience and manhandles it: quite literally in the case of their one-on-one wheelchair odyssey The S... read on

Kik Bak

Kik Bak is the brand new monthly aiming to deliver boundary-pushing tunes to the heads of South London. Collaborators Ficklegruber (Mayo Clinic), Pogo DJs and Badlands (Chew The Fat) welcome monthly guests who they consider to be at the forefront of the house, electro and techno scenes. Last month saw Moda's Scott Cooper lay it down, this month S... read on

Byzantium 330 - 1453

A major exhibition of Byzantine art hits the Royal Academy this October. With a whole host of incredible artefacts - many of which have never before been exhibited in public - this is set to be one of the most visually impressive exhibitions of the year. Following a chronological development of the Byzantine Empire and the rise and fall of Constanti... read on

Movie Comic Media Expo

Celebrating a resounding 12 years at ExCel, fans of comics, cosplay and Manga have flocked to the centre dressed as Klingons, Piccachu or even Jabba the Hut to socialise with like-minded Londoners. The London Movie Comic and Media Expo is THE two day event for anyone wanting to see and test the latest advancements in comics and to also meet their favo... read on

The Last Shadow Puppets

Prodigious Arctic Monkey man Alex Turner and Rascals leader Miles Kane headline at the Hammersmith Apollo tonight, performing tracks from their outstanding debut album 'The Age of the Understatement'. Turner confounded many when he popped up with this Scott Walker-influenced side project, but his third straight Mercury Prize nomination in as many ... read on