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Review: Wiggle with Nathan Coles - 9 April

If you are or have ever been a regular on the London underground clubbing circuit, you will probably...... read more

Tim Sheridan - My Brixton - 19 March

I've been a native of Brixton and its immediate area since 1989, particularly when I was part of an oddball...... read more

Loretta Maine: LIvE BEtTEr, AsSHoLEs - 7 March

GeT PLEnTy OF ReST. If You hAve TroUblE DriFTInG oFf, TreaT yoURseLF to a NIGhtcaP. I lIKe haLF a pInt...... read more

Sam Simmons' Top 5 Reasons You Should Grow a Moustache - 13 November

5. It gives me something to comb as I have nothing to comb on my head. 4. It really brings ...... read more

Tim Key: A Poem For London - 6 November

My management figure asked me to write a poem about London to promote my final ten nights of shows in...... read more

Review: The Hydra x Deviation - 23 October

Deviation are having their 5th birthday tonight, and the feeling that something special is about to take...... read more

Playgroup Festival: The Review - 19 October

It’s not easy for small festivals. Like foxgloves, poppies, forget-me-nots – they quietly...... read more

Down with the kids! Jeff Innocent's Comedy for Grown-Ups - 2 October

As much as I like young people (that's people under 40 as far as I'm concerned), it's good to get away...... read more

Review: Tief w/ Voyage Direct @ Corsica Studios - 4 September

Tief, the party previously responsible for bringing the likes of Prosumer, Lawrence and Iron Curtis to...... read more

secretsundaze Go Bang! The Review - 28 August

If Bank Holidays are good for anything, they’re good for squeezing in an extra day of partying...... read more

Gareth Morinan's Fringe Zodiac - 10 August

Few astrologers realise that the Zodiac signs were originally derived from the Edinburgh Fringe signs...... read more

Izzy Lawrence's Top Hidden Hangouts - 9 August

Here’s a list of the six best bars and clubs that are operating under the radar in London, but...... read more

Pete Johansson: Bear Notice - 8 August

There are many finely balanced ecosystems in the world. The Mesopotamian delta or the fragile canopy...... read more

Carl Donnelly: Friends Without Benefits - 25 July

The following is an excerpt from Different Gravy, the unpublished and quite frankly homemade autobiography ...... read more

Erich McElroy: Are you as British as you think you are? - 19 July

I moved to the UK from Seattle twelve years ago, it was a good place to prepare for life in Britain, ...... read more

Nova 2012 - The Review - 13 July

And Alas! On olde English marshland, the first Nova festival is born! Firmly positioning itself as a...... read more

Lou Sanders: How to Pick Your Dream Edinburgh Show - 12 July

Picking Your Dream Show(s):Selecting a show is very important. Having a look through the brochure is ...... read more

Mark Restuccia: My top 10 tips for internet dating - 4 July

So you want to know all about internet dating eh? Well you've come to the right place. I’m Mark...... read more

London Collections: Men - Round Up. - 20 June

The fraternity of British menswear has often fallen under a magnanimous gaze from its continenta...... read more

Noisily Festival: the review - 30 May

Rolling down the Leicestershire countryside, Constable-esque landscapes, one after another glisten in...... read more

Futureboogie: an interview with slo-mo house stars Behling and Simpson - 28 May

Behling and Simpson burst onto the scene last year with their trademark infectious, slow motion house...... read more

Secretsundaze Summer Opening Party: review - 9 May

It's the May bank holiday and guess what… the weather is terrible. But the hype for the long weekend...... read more

Frisky and Mannish's 2nd Column of Pop - 8 May

Welcome to the second edition of Frisky and Mannish’s Column of Pop, recreating that wonderful...... read more

10 things not to do as a gimp in London - 16 April

1. Run for Mayor of LondonGimps are notoriously bad at public speaking. Their mouths are usually zippe...... read more

Frisky & Mannish's Column of Pop - 10 April

Please cast your mind back, if you would, to that wonderful sequence in Disney’s Aladdin (1991)...... read more

Ray Presto dies, aged 74 - 29 February

Ray Presto, who has died at the age of 74, was a stalwart of the London open mic circuit appearing regularly...... read more

Tief with Prosumer: the review - 21 February

House impresarios Tief have been throwing down some exemplary parties and tonight is looking as cracking...... read more

Sam Simmons' 12 Days of Christmas - 8 December

On the first day of Xmas my true love gave to me...NOTHING!!!!, nothing but blackness and despair, a...... read more

Best Dance Events in London this Autumn - 12 October

From 8th - 20th OctoberLimen / Marguerite & Armand / Requiem @ Royal Opera HouseThe first triple b...... read more

Spilt Milk with Stacey Pullen - 29 September

So the British summer is coming to an end and the weather gods have decided to give us a taste of &ldquo...... read more

Electric Minds 6th Birthday: review - 11 August

House music. As a DJ, producer, promoter, enthusiast, fan, obsessive etc. it’s always hard to fully...... read more

Apple Cart Festival: review - 11 August

Ominous banks of dark clouds are stalking across the sky as we walk through the gates of Victoria Park...... read more

Nathan Penlington: how do you solve a problem like Geller? - 5 August

Uri Geller was eating soup as a small boy in 1951, the spoon he was using bent in his hand and sin...... read more

Steve Hall: 24 hours to go - 4 August

The last day before travelling up to Edinburgh. I feel I am going insane. It’s the same every festiv...... read more

Peacock and Gamble: our emergency broadcast - 4 August

So here's what happened. A short while ago we found ourselves in the front row of a Simply Red conce...... read more

Why Luke Skywalker was the original Harry Potter - 28 July

A LONG time ago, in an Australian suburb far, far away… I dreamt of being a Jedi. 1983: In...... read more

Tom Bell: when previews overrun... - 4 July

Pretty soon I’m going to be on a stage for an hour every day for a month with other humans expectant...... read more

David Reed's Shamblehouse - 13 June

Now that I'm doing a solo show, I find myself in almost constant demand to give interviews about h...... read more

Rich Fulcher's 8 reasons you should attend the Fulchfest Finale - 3 June

I, Rich Fulcher, hate writing about my own shows, especially SATURDAY NITE FULCHFEST which happens th...... read more

Three years of gardening: the Lady Garden story - 23 March

Once upon a time, in a rainy northern city, a group of women joined together with a common purpose....... read more

Deborah Frances-White on....sex appeal - 3 December

We girls worry far too much about our clothes and our appearance. Most men are just delighted w...... read more

Ross Lee's scariest Halloween moments - 25 October

I’m going to start off by being honest with you, and I can be at this time of year, which I ke...... read more

Interview: Prok and Fitch - 25 February

Ben Prok and James Fitch began playing together in 2006. Four years on, and they are seriously rocking...... read more

Passing Clouds’ Roots Reggae Special - 23 February

The good people at the Passing Clouds collective managed to kick some warm, sunny vibes into th...... read more

Lowlife Back To The Futurist - 18 February

Mention Lowlife to clubbers in London and you either draw a blank face and a shrug, or you get wide-eyed...... read more

Babybird at The Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen - 16 November

By Steve Davies It's been a mixed few years for Stephen Jones. After the commercial failure of 2006's...... read more

The Flaming Lips at The Troxy - 12 November

by Christopher Osborne Not many concerts begin with the band appearing via a 20 foot neon vagina, ...... read more

Interview with Thomas Gold - 11 November

by Alex Jukes Munich native Thomas Gold is an acclaimed international house DJ who's met success wit...... read more

Interview with Kid Massive - 4 November

After the deserved celebrations last month, Kinky Malinky moves into its 12th year of presenting some...... read more

Arctic Monkeys and Them Crooked Vultures at the Brixton Academy - 27 August

By Alex Will Like the musical equivalent of the Brazilian national team, the Arctic Monkeys seem to b...... read more

Gang of Four at the Macbeth - 26 August

So as you may have noticed if you were looking over the site last weekend, we gave away a pair of tickets...... read more

Big Chill 2009 - 17 August

by Vikki Chowney Last week, I packed my bags and travelled to Eastnor in Herefordshire for what I conside...... read more

Pacha's 7th Birthday - 27 January

By Filth and Splendour It's 9pm on a cold, frosty, frozen London Saturday night and our usually traffi...... read more

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