Music

Last time TLE Music caught up with Hackney Polo Club AKA East London DJ Jawa, Shoreditch’s happiest partygoers were queueing around the corner of The Book Club for sweaty vibes and party tunes at the Daliees Jukebox Champion Sounds Party he was hosting. But the East Ham raised DJ, now largely based in Marseilles is taking a break from spinning records following a horrific scrape along a reef off the shore of Porthcawl in Wales. One arm still out of...

The future of a high profile music festival could be axed after civic chiefs launched a review.

It’s autumn, people. The season of layers and sour, public transport BO is upon us. While you’re considering that mid-level tog duvet on the John Lewis website (*note: I may not know this site’s audience) enjoy some of September’s seasonally-melancholy bangers in our latest playlist round-up. The highlights here? Well, The Smashing Pumpkins are good again, which is a Halloween miracle. Fizzy Blood have gone all garage fuzz and written a total earworm, and Canterbury doomsters OHHMS are gearing up...

The Half Moon in Putney is gearing up to host the Music Makers Festival this weekend. Bands from across the UK and Ireland are set to descend upon West London for the two day event which features artists such as AKA George, Michele Stodart from The Magic Numbers and Kim Hayden. Kicking off on Saturday 6th October with sets from Hope, Jack O’Rourke and Two Ways Home the festival will see some 14 artists taking to the stage across the...

If there’s one thing that the members of Newcastle based doomed out stoner rock unit Pigs x 7 (or Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs if you want to take a big Ace Ventura style breath and have a go) have a pedigree in, it’s producing unhealthy amounts of noise. Featuring current and former members of rumbling drone outfit Khünnt, their more porcine pursuits see them upping the tempo and doling out troughfuls of groove without losing any of...

Performers from all over the UK, Europe, United States and even Australia descended on Porthcawl in Wales

Glenn Tilbrook announces that his upcoming solo tour dates, starting on 17th October at The Ropetackle in Shoreham, will be promoting awareness and donations for The Trussell Trust, the charity that supports a network of foodbanks around the UK.  At most venues there will be food drop points and collection boxes, and Glenn will also be donating all profits from his merchandise, including an exclusive 4 track EP, to the organisation. Glenn Tilbrook is one of the founding members and lead...

Venue: hmv 363 Oxford StreetDate: 23.11.18Photos: James McCauley To celebrate the release of their highly anticipated new album The Blue Hour, Brit pop legends Suede his Oxford Street to perform an intimate show for fans at the hmv flagship store. The band took time to sign copies of the new album for fans, who were treated to cuts from The Blue Hour, as well as a selection of classics.  Since their Mercury Prize winning debut in 1993, Suede have gone...

London-based Nicholas Gentry encourages people on social media to send him their old tech which he turns into artwork