All bands should, from now on, consist of half a chamber orchestra (cello and violin) and half a rock band (bass and drums), joined together by an acoustic guitar. We have decided this after an ...

Thursday evening saw a host of talent grace the stage at Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen. The relatively small venue found itself full up with music lovers expecting great performances - and they were ...

Hoxton Bar and Kitchen is jammed full. Haircuts and handbags coagulate at the front, while the one-man bar struggles to keep up with the pace. This time two years ago, the crowd would have been here ...

“Sorry, we forgot to play a song. We actually just made a video for this one too.” says Surfer Blood lead singer JP Pitts seconds before he launches into 'Swim ...

South Londoners Chew Lips debuted a swathe of new material last night to a busy Hoxton Bar & Kitchen. The electro trio first grabbed attention in 2008 with a deservedly hyped EP and their 2010 debut ...

The revelation that Hoxton Bar & Kitchen has air-con was perhaps the biggest cause for celebration tonight, but Happy Birthday certainly deserved a few cheers of their own. The Sub Pop signings could ...

If Smashing Pumpkins, Panic! at the Disco and, er, Meat Loaf proved anything, it's that a bad band name is just not as important as the music. And that, judging by tonight's fleeting set in one of ...

There’s little back story. From Copenhagen, Treefight for Sunlight formed in 2007. Their first single "Facing the Sun" was issued last May by Tambourhinoceros, the label run by a couple of members of ...

After all, this is a band with a stand-up bassoon player. At home, they topped the charts covering a song by Icelandic disco star and Eurovision loser Páll Óskar. Unfortunately for Hjaltalín, a ...

I'm stood in the Hoxton Bar and Kitchen with my third overpriced pint of flat Red Stripe in a plastic cup.I'm hoping the band come on soon so I don't have to visit the toilets again and have to avoid ...

Gold Dust night at the Hoxton Square Bar + Kitchen aims to tease out a bunch of commercial pop acts ahead of the curve. A typically eclectic line-up tonight brings us the likes of Lingo Scott teaming ...