Whitney Houston dies, aged 48

by Helen Clarke

Andrew Burgess writes: The Associated Press reported Saturday evening that legendary singer Whitney Houston has died in her fourth-floor room at the Beverly Hilton on…



Whitney Houston. R.I.P.

by Helen Clarke


London Gigs Diary: 6 February – 12 Februa...

by Steven Johnson

Monday sees Montreal sound artist Tim Hecker play two special shows at St Giles-in-the-Fields, where he will use the church pipe organ, channelling the sound...

London Gigs Diary: 30 January – 5 Februar...

by Steven Johnson

Thursday sees two gigs take place by artists that released two of the stand-out albums of 2011. American-Chilean musician Nicolas Jaar’s Space Is Only Noise...

London Gigs Diary: 23 January – 29 Januar...

by Steven Johnson

Texan post-rock mainstays  Explosions In The Sky play their biggest UK show to date at Brixton Academy on Friday in support of last year's fine...

London Gigs Diary: 16 January – 22 Januar...

by Steven Johnson

Dustin O’Halloran and Adam Wiltzie have both released beautifully crafted, moving music independently over the years but their collaboration as A Winged Victory For The...

LCD Soundsystem Shut Up Shop, Play Hits On Film

by Helen Clarke

LCD Soundsystem's Madison Square Garden show last year was their last gig. Bands don't usually plan their final shows – they break up, or get...

NEWS: Refused also reform, also play Coachella

by Helen Clarke

Andrew Burgess writes: Following an announcement yesterday by Texas post-hardcore band, At The Drive-In, Swedish punk/hardcore legends Refused have confirmed on their website that they...

NEWS: At The Drive-In Reform

by Helen Clarke

Andrew Burgess writes: Post-hardcore Texans At The Drive-In are reuniting after an 11-year indefinite hiatus. The band's official Twitter account (which as of now has...

London Gigs Diary: 9 January – 15 January...

by Steven Johnson

This week sees the musicOMH London gig diary emerge like a hibernating animal from the darkened undergrowth of the festive period, blinking in the harsh...

London Gigs Diary: 19 December – 31 Decem...

by Steven Johnson

The last two weeks of the year may see Londoners occupied more with gift-purchasing and mince pie-eating rather than gig-going but there are still a...

Soundtrack: Trent Reznor’s ‘The Gir...

by Sam Shepherd

Trent Reznor and collaborator Atticus Ross have come up with a rather confusing way of introducing their soundtrack for the forthcoming film The Girl With...

London Gigs Diary: 12 December – 18 Decem...

by Steven Johnson

One of 2011’s lesser noticed events saw Death In Vegas return with their fifth album Trans-Love Energies after a period of seven years away. When...

BBC Sound Of 2012 Longlist Revealed

by Michael Hubbard

Now in its 10th year, the BBC Sound Of… poll is once again upon us, provoking the usual debate about whether this artist or that...

London Gigs Diary: 5 December – 11 Decemb...

by Steven Johnson

It’s another week in London where gig goers may have to give careful consideration as to which gigging option they go for on certain evenings....

London Gigs Diary: 28 November – 4 Decemb...

by Steven Johnson

Wednesday sees KOKO host a celebration of the 13th anniversary of indie label Memphis Industries. They have treated us to a selection of excellent releases...

London Gigs Diary: 21 November – 27 Novem...

by Steven Johnson

2011 has witnessed the striking musical rehabilitation of Josh T. Pearson as he emerged from a period of personal difficulty to deliver one of the...