Music

After a busy year ‘Chasing Pavements’, London pop sensation Adele is looking forward to some seasonal downtime with her mum. And a Grammy or two. She gives Time Out her Christmas list

Time Out London's music critics look back at the best albums, gigs and tracks of 2008

Flaming Lip Wayne Coyne tells Chris Parkin why he’s introducing screenings of his psychedelic sci-fi film, ‘Christmas on Mars’

Time Out's critics pick the best books to be giving as Christmas presents: art books, film books, classical music books and top reads in comedy, dance, music and theatre

After turning their backs on a major label, N-Dubz are making hits and selling out shows. So why is post-grime not being exploited?

It’s been an amazing year for the Portico Quartet. Sax player (and now pianist) Jack Wylie tells Mike Flynn about the band’s journey so far, the acts he's looking out for at this year’s London Jazz Festival and how they are happy to be taking jazz out of its comfort zone

The London Jazz Festival, which runs from Nov 14-23, returns for its sixteenth year in 2008, and it's bigger, better and more diverse than ever. Here are Time Out's picks

Newcomer Drums Of Death is attracting all the right kinds of attention. Kate Hutchinson catches up with the ‘voodoo-faced electronic-occultist’ as he gets set to play Time Out’s next On the Up night