ILL FIT, The Line Of Best Fit’s bastard club night off-spring is back for 2011 after taking January off to recoup and refocus. This month we’re back with a bang with a pair of acts that are at completely different ends of the spectrum. Just the way we like it.

TLOBF Xmas Party, next Wednesday; you’re all invited!
Wednesday 15th December brings the final ILL FIT of 2010 and it’s going to be a big fat Xmas party. Full details inside. Kicks off at 19:30, rolls on ’till 12am. Come one, come all, come straight from work.

ILL FIT 17.11 // Motorifik + Gold Fields + Special Guests
Seasonal Affective Disorder is about to get a ruddy good kicking. Yes, the nights may have drawn in with winter’s ugly head front and centre, but such darkness doesn’t dim the technicoloured delights of ILL FIT from returning with yet another line-up of spell-binding pop brilliance for the month of November.

ILL FIT 19.10 // Still Corners + Echo Lake + Over The Wall
After taking the summer off, ILL FIT returns with a bad ass line-up featuring three of the most exciting new bands around. Kicks off at 19:30, rolls on ’till 12am with free entry all night long. This show celebrates 12 months of ILL FIT at The Social.

ILL FIT 21.9 w/ We Aeronauts + The Gullivers + David G. Cox + Four Quartets
For one month only, TLOBF’s monthly club night Ill Fit will pass over the organisational reigns the wonderful Oxford based promoters “Pindrop Performances”. Taking place at The Social, London on 21 September – Ill Fit vs. Pindrop will feature an evening of the very best in drone folk, acoustic arkestras and lo-fi pop.

ILL FIT 13.7 w/ FANZINE + A SCHOLAR & A PHYSICIAN + ELEPHANT
For the first time in ILL FIT history we’ve organised a line-up that is 100% home-grown LDN talent. Forget the usual transatlantic lineups, we’re keeping things simple this month. We’ve picked three of the most exciting bands we could lay our greasy little mits on and plonked them on an equal footing bill; no headliners, just one triple threat.

ILL FIT 18.5 // The Forest & The Trees w/ Kisses + Class Actress + Safari
TLOBF sister company ILL FIT Recordings is really rather proud to be celebrating the release of The Forest & The Trees’ self titled debut album. A party then. The Forest & The Trees will play live. New York’s sultry electro pop stars Class Actress and hottt new London band Safari will bring the beats.

Ill Fit Recordings announce debut release: The Forest & The Trees
We are super psyched this morning to announce the first release from our sister-company Ill Fit. “To The Forest” is the debut offering from Swedish husband-wife duo The Forest & The Trees.

ILL FIT 16.3 w/ Fitness Club Fiasco + Seams
The Line Of Best Fit and London label Something In Constriction are back for yet another (by now, legendary) ILL FIT. Oh yes. Full details inside.
TLOBF curates Rough Trade Shops RoTa Afternoon next month
Bloody Nose, The Last Dinosaur, Yuck and Stairs To Korea front an incredible (and free) afternoon show at Notting Hill Arts Club on March 13th.
ILL FIT 16.2 w/ Maple Bee + Acrylics + Fitness Club Fiasco
The Line Of Best Fit and London label Something In Constriction are back for yet another (by now, legendary) ILL FIT. Oh yes. Full details inside.

ILL FIT 19.1 w/ Memory Tapes, Mat Riviere and Lisa Milberg (The Concretes)
If you miss this show, you’ll be kicking yourself all the way into 2011… Fact. Details of our latest club night inside.
TLOBF Club Night :: Desolation Wilderness and Rayographs next week!
TLOBF and Something In Construction join forces once more for the return of their club night: “ILL FIT”. This month: Victoria & Jacob, Rayographs and Desolation Wilderness.

Heavenly Records celebrate 10 Years of The Social with a string of special shows
The Charlatans, Saint Etienne, The Magic Numbers and Annie head up an all star cast for a month long party at The Social bar in London’s West End.
Willkommen Collective announce new signing: The Climbers
Featuring members of The Leisure Society, Sons Of Noel & Adrian and Shoreline – The Climbers are the next in a long line of quality acts from the consistently great Willkommen stable.
TLOBF Club Night ILL FIT is a sell out!
This Monday, 18th May will feature the staggering lineup of New Jersey’s The Gay Blades, DJ sets from Gothenburg duo Air France, plus a very special set from White Denim. And yup, news reaches us that it’s a sell out!
HEADLINES
- Best Coast announce UK headline tour, new album due in Spring
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- Cate Le Bon announces UK tour
- Kanye West and Jay-Z rumoured to be appearing in Shoreditch today
- The Flaming Lips, Friends and Tom Vek amongst those confirmed for The Parklife Weekender 2012
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