So, the Manics have cancelled Brixton tonight which I've been looking forward to for an age. Anyone know of any bands, amateur or 'real' playing in London tonight that I must see, and might make up for my disappointment? I have a mate coming frm Dublin and everything.

Lovely on a sunny afternoon with all the windows open. A few years old now (about 2001?) It's really very good (and compiled by a certain Andrew Harrison, no less). OK, so there's some v obvious 'Chill' tracks at the front end but I think the inclusion of people like John Martyn, Fairport and Nick Drake amongst the likes of Kinobe, Groove Armada et al was a little bit of genius.Complete tracklist:

Moby - Novio
Groove Armada - At the river
Kinobe - Slip into something
Fairport Convention - Who knows where the time goes?
John Martyn - Solid Air
Underworld - Push downstairs
Moloko - Sing it back (Album vers)
Oasis - Half a world away
Nick Drake - River man
Grandaddy - underneath the weeping willow
Garbage - Milk (Massive attack mix)
Goldfrapp - Utopia
Talk Talk - Inheritance
Depeche Mode - Useless (Kruder and Dorfmeister)
David Bowie - Art Decade
Mercury Rev - Holes

http://creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2009/december/the-future-of-magazine...

Saw this on Creative Review's website - really quite interesting how these things could change it all (not just as a huge mag fan but I'm a Graphic Designer too).

I personally like a touchy-foldy-keepy thing like a magazine, but you have to admit this looks exciting. Just got to work out how it all works so we can all keep our jobs!

How about The Darkness? Surely that wasn't serious, was it?