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Seattle's Fleet Foxes' baroque, elegantly yearning orchestral pop represents the meeting point between Arcade Fire, Simon and Garfunkel and Neil Young
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Thu Feb 19, Koko
Rodney P's latest album, 'Slime & Reason' is a treat live, its squelchy electro-funk, bass-heavy dancehall sound maximised thanks to Toddla T and Metronomy
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Feb 21-Mar 22, Old Truman Brewery
Materials from the girl: an exhibition of 300 items including dresses from 'Evita', 'Like a Virgin' tour wedding gown and other memorabilia
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Thu Feb 19, ICA
Feedback-strewn, My Bloody Valentine-influenced New Yorkers –whose name is apparently colloquial Japanese for 'playful sex' – combine a striking pop...
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Thu Feb 19, Vortex Dalston
Refreshingly unpretentious and just plain talented, part-English, part-Filipino songwriter Adams makes light work of creating listenable, jazz-influenced...
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Thu Feb 19, Cargo
Anthemic noise-punk/art-rock four piece from Brooklyn headline, playing from their current terrific 'Receivers' album, released late last year on Jagjaguwar,...
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Thu Feb 19, Notting Hill Arts Club
On almost everyone's list of tips for 2009 last year, flame-haired, New Cross-based synth songstress La Roux cut her teeth on hip Parisian label Kitsuné...
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Sat Feb 21, Brixton Academy
The indie juggernaut rolls into town bringing with it Glasvegas, Friendly Fires, White Lies and Florence And The Machine
Critics' Choice
Feb 20-22, Islington Academy
Three-day heavy-metal festival rammed full of up-and-coming rockers over two stages, featuring Breed 77, Overkill, Firewind & more
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Fri Feb 20, Shepherds Bush Empire
One-off live date from claustophobic trip hop maverick cum rapper and producer Tricky, who returns to again play from last year's (eighth) album, 'Knowle...
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Sat Feb 21, Various venues
The winners of the PRS Foundation's New Music Award 2008, presents 24 hours of music, neuroscience and performance at 24 sites across the UK
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Fri Feb 20, The Lexington
Garage punk-edged power pop quartet headline, after playfully arty, scrappy yet tuneful indie popsters, SC, and recent Time Out On The Up stars, terrific...
Lily Allen - It’s Not Me, It’s You
What a difference several years makes. When Lily Allen first appeared on the scene, the buzz was all about her being...
Cheat the 'sold out' blues with Time Out's comprehensive guide to who's playing in the coming months
Glasgow-formed art rockers Franz Ferdinand gives Time Out their hot cultural tips as they...
Who’s going to make it big in the next 12 action-packed months? No idea. But we do know that...
After turning their backs on a major label, N-Dubz are making hits and selling out shows. So...
Newcomer Drums Of Death is attracting all the right kinds of attention. Kate Hutchinson catches...
With trademark chaos calmed with tribal beats and sweet lyrics, experimental popsters Animal...
Never slow in forming and voicing an opinion, Noel Gallagher talks candidly about, well, pretty...
Given that we can buy CDs in Tesco or just download tunes from the net, it would be no surprise...
Whether you’re after a reconditioned Steinway or a brand new sitar, there’s a shop in...
From Wagner to Elvis, Cliff to Cobain, and Walker to Ryder, a multitude of musicians have...
London has inspired some of pop’s most enduring masterpieces – songs that have reflected...
Everybody loves their iPods, which makes it doubly infuriating when they break down. But before...
Time Out London's music critics look back at the best albums, gigs and tracks of 2008
Hello there - I'm new to London, having moved from Scotland for a new job. I'm educated, professional (or so it says here), and fully...