WAREHOUSE REPUBLIC'S BLAZING CALAMITY + BAD SANTA'S KOKO DINOSAUR PILE-UP + THE LUMINAIRE'S LAST STAND + CLASSY FLORENCE JOELLE

BAND of the moment Warehouse Republic are hot.

Sadly so hot that guitarist Charlie Flynn’s house just burned down, devouring all he owns, including five guitars. He jumped from the attic window, breaking his fall on the porch, escaping with minor injuries. Go on Fender, help them out.
But this misfortune hasn’t put them off their campaign to save the 100 Club or their planned appearance at The Good Ship (Dec 17) – acoustic while Charlie recovers. A chance to see them in a small venue before they shoot into the stratosphere. Judge them by fantastic single Revolver released this week.

•  Manchester band The Quangos have already won support slots with Kid British and Ten Bears and now they're coming to London. Always room for another good northern band as far as I'm concerned. See them play The Dublin Castle on December 11. 

•  The Riff Raff play 02 Academy Islington tonight (Thurs). Drawing influences from indie, ska, folk and classical music, band were were one of the main highlights of BBC Introducing’s New Music Radio 1 Stage at Glastonbury.
•  Koko’s Christmas party is here. See Dinosaur Pile Up and Kassidy tomorrow (Dec 10) and visit Bad Santa in the gallery - free entry to anyone in full fancy dress between 9pm and 11pm.
•  The Luminaire may be closing but it’s not leaving without uncovering the next great student musicians. The top three bands in national student Battle of the Bands duel to the death on (Dec 13) – hear the tunes we’ll be downloading in 2011. Hear all the tracks here: www.studentbeans.com/battleofthebands
•  Miss Florence Joelle is a class act, evoking the mood and glamour of the 40s/50s, adding a modern twist and balancing between blues and jazz with finesse. See her at The Fiddler’s Elbow, Malden Road (Dec 14).
•  The Camden Crawl’s building momentum with CC2011 TIPS #3. Get to know the bands who will appear on the full scale crawl, ft Wild Palms, Bear Driver, The Slow Revolt and Heart Kill Grant at The Bull & Gate (Dec 15).

FOOTBALL DJS, LOS MONDO BONGO AND SUEDE

Here’s an odd one – former Chelsea, Everton and Scotland international footballer Pat Nevin is guest DJ at King’s Cross Social Club tomorrow (March 19). His music credentials are plenty: a former mate of John Peel, he plays in the same 5-a-side team as Belle and Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch and singer Gordon McIntyre. Expect indie pop, post-punk, and much more. And it’s free.

• Here’s one for the musos out there. Can you name the players in Los Mondo Bongo, who play the Purple Turtle on Sunday (March 21)? Bonus point for their pedigree. Answer: Mike Peters from The Alarm on lead, Pablo Cook and Smiley of the legendary Joe Strummer’s “Mescaleros”, Derek Forbes of Simple Minds, and Steve Harris. DJ set from Ray Gange, star of the Clash film Rude Boy. It’s a celebration of Strummer so don’t be too late.

• Remember Suede? They’re back – well Brett Anderson and band, don’t expect to see Bernard Butler – and are playing an exclusive show at the 100 Club on March 20 to warm up for their Teenage Cancer Trust gig at the Royal Albert Hall four days later.

• Wild Palms have covered Bjork’s Human Behaviour on the B-side to single Deep Dive out on April 19. Wonder if they’ll test it out during their Camden Crawl show. They also play Relentless Garage on March 24.

• White Mischief is celebrating its third birthday at Scala on March 27. Visit www.whitemischief.info