London’s ‘best-kept secret’ band – and its growing cult following

Grooves: BST Festival; Fearless Vampire Killers; Oracle Sisters; Skunk Anansie; Soundtrack Festival

‘They are the most misunderstood band in history’

Grooves: St Patrick’s Day; Big Zuu/Capo Lee; International Women’s Day; Nubya Garcia; Nieve Ella

‘Our mission is to spread sound system culture as far and wide as possible’

Grooves: Lafayette; Windows95Man; Lloren; Alan Tyler; Wu-Lu

‘The antidote to the hate was to come together and be good to each other’

Grooves: DJ Heartstring; Ernest Haines; Live Odyssey; Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon

Marianne Faithfull’s little-known connection to Camden

Grooves: Tiffany, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, Femi Kuti, Johnny Lloyd; Joshua Radinis

Grooves: Ygra; Creator Clinic; Eliane Correa; Marwan Mouss; A Guy Called Gerald

Time to party like it’s 2025

Grooves: Queens of Lovers Rock; Peter Doherty; Alabama 3; Koko Christmas soul night

Grooves: Jimmy; Idles; Club de Fromage; Lethal Bizzle; Bill Ryder-Jones

Grooves: Kate Nash; Kneecap; EFG London Jazz Festival; The Horrors

Grooves: The Libertines; The Maccabees; Lowkey; Turin Brakes; Pitchfork Festival

Grooves: Bagpuss; Leigh-Anne; Baxter Dury; Maya Hawke; Metalheadz

Grooves: Doc ’n Roll; Booker T Jones; Duff McKagan; Bill Ryder-Jones; Nina Nesbitt

Cimarons stripped

Grooves: Coldplay; Memory of Speke; Rock’n’Roll Rescue; Orlando Weeks