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Guides · 20 Sept 2026Top 5 Things to Do in London This Week: 21–27 September 2026Sudanese experimental cinema, forensic sound art, fresh electro-funk, a loom that sings and treasures from the Thames: five distinctive London plans for the week ahead.
InterviewsAstels Interview
Astels speak to Real Sounds about their collaborative process, modern production, and the new era of “Workin’ All Night”.
GuidesTop 5 Things to Do in London This Week: 14–20 September 2026
A forest documentary, a radical family album, Dowland in the round, emerging music in Shoreditch and a museum-wide night of design: five sharply timed London plans.
GuidesTop 5 Things to Do in London This Week: 7–13 September 2026
From electronic folk-pop built live in a Brixton cinema to radical opera, a Peckham arts birthday, Black futurism and London’s first pickle festival: five timely reasons to go out.
Featured TracksFeatured Track: World Brain “Life in theory (feat. Kumisolo)”
World Brain’s new single brings Lucas Chantre together with Japanese musician Kumisolo, ahead of the EP WORLD VS BRAIN.
GuidesTop 5 Things to Do in London This Week: 31 August–6 September 2026
From a close-quarters Real Sounds show and a talking woodland to Black London in Trafalgar Square, Roman objects beneath the City and rare Pan-African cinema: five reasons to go out this week.
InterviewsLaura Stevenson Interview
Laura Stevenson talks to Real Sounds about ambiguity, arrangement, music therapy, and the individual connections songs can make.
GuidesTop 5 Things to Do in London This Weekend: 28–30 August 2026
From anonymous record-sleeve art and live-action street theatre to micro-budget cinema, Greyhounds and Carnival’s 60th anniversary, here are five distinctive reasons to go out in London this weekend.
InterviewsJohn Moods Interview
Ahead of his show at The Old Church, John Moods talks Dreaming For Miles, artistic intuition, collaboration, and the possibility of deeper pop music.
GuidesTop 5 Things to Do in London This Week: 17–23 August 2026
Five standout London plans for 17–23 August: hypnotic live music, outdoor world cinema, immersive dance, a final-chance art exhibition and a one-day history festival.
GuidesTop 5 Things to Do in London This Week: 10–16 August 2026
From a near-total solar eclipse and Anish Kapoor after dark to Caribbean food, Formula E and a landmark rock anniversary, here are London’s five best plans this week.
Featured TracksFeatured Track: Andrea von Kampen “Rivers”
After touring with The Tallest Man on Earth, Andrea von Kampen carries one of his songs into her own set with a quietly absorbing, single-take rendition.