There's all sorts of information around about clubs, but most of it's to do with dance music - house, garage, as well as a few "novelty" discos. But what if you want something a little more rock'n'roll? Well, London has a great alternative scene and there's loads of great nights out. Hopefully this guide will give you an idea of where to go. By the way, this is open to more suggestions!

Before we begin on the clubs themselves, here's a couple of tips for those of you trying it out for the first time. First of all, the dress code isn't quite the same as dance clubs! Feel free to glam up or grunge down to your hearts content. Indeed, I know of a few places where the only dress code is that you don't wear the likes of smart shirts you need to get in to other places! Another thing is, don't be scared! The cheekbones may be slightly frightening and the place may be more dimly lit than the average unopened Egyptian tomb, but you don't tend to get the attitude you get at some dance clubs and you'll find it's generally a friendly atmosphere although some places can be a bit cliquey.

Trash

Mondays @ The Annexe, Dean Street, Soho
Trash happens to be my favourite indie club. DJs James & Erol tend to play the glammy Suede and Manics stuff, but you never know if they might slip in a Brittney Spears track or maybe even "Indie Jungle", a classic track mixed live with a jungle beat. You may be sceptical, but wait until you hear Blur's "Tender" with a squillion-beat-per-minute drum backing, it's hillarious, sublime and distinctly groovy. The biggest thing that you'll spot about Trash is just how much of an effort the crowd make, you'll think you've walked on to the set of the latest Pulp video or something. It can get very packed, though, but the venue, the people and the music make for a fantastic night.

Feet First

Tuesdays @ Camden Palace, Camden High Street, Camden Town
Feet First is always well worth it. Jonathan and Eko play all sorts of stuff from Weezer to Pulp, although it tends to be the heavier end of the indie specturm, so expect to hear the likes of Smashing Pumpkins, Placebo and Feeder as well as that week's Xfm playlist. The thing that sets Feet First apart from the rest is the live set. A band, normally one you would have actually heard of, plays a set of about half an hour's length at about midnight. Sometimes the reaction is to basically rock out, sometimes it's to look from a balcony of this enormous venue with curiousity. Whatever, this is a real quality night, which isn't much surprise when you know it's by far the capital's longest running indie night.

PPSCN

Previously known as Popscene

Fridays @ Le Scandale, Berwick Street, Soho
Popscene's roots are happilly in baggy music of the early ninties and this comes through in what they play. Going from the Stone Roses and

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the Happy Mondays, through KLF and Chemical Brothers, to the latest tracks by Primal Scream and Ian Brown, the emphasis here is on the groove. Popscene was once a firm favourite at the LA2, and after moving around a bit it's finally set up shop in Le Scandale, a good old venue that once (but sadly no more!) had the DJ sit in an open top car. You get some good mixes here, my favourite at the moment being Loves Like A Fountain on top of Fools Gold. Incidentally, this is apparently quite a well known club around the world - I know someone from Australia who wanted to make sure she went when she came to London.

Loony Toons

Saturdays @ The Dome, Junction Road, Tuffnel Park
We used to go here all the time. Like every bleedin' week, and we loved it! Then we found other places and liked them better and then came back one week to relive old times and realised we'd got it wrong and it wasn't all that good after all. I mean they played Paranoid Android for crying out loud! They'd taken down the dayglo cartoon characters and replaced them with trippy projections, too. Still, it's a great place to start out for the "beginner" and the monthly Madball downstairs is popular with mosh-lovers and indeed the whole thing is well-loved by the look of the massive queues you often see outside. The place still looks like your primary school hall, though. If you're interested, here's another guide entry for this club.

Club Silver

Saturdays @ The Underworld, Camden High Street, Camden Town
Located just across the road from Camden Town tube station, under the rather huge World's End pub, this club normally starts not long after the Saturday evening gig has finished there - normally once the gig crowd has been kicked out. The music's alright, the venue's alright and the atmosphere is alright. The whole night adds up to "alright". Nothing more, nothing less. Another good one for finding your feet though.

Indiepounder

@ Club Metro, Oxford Street
Oscar speaks now: "Indie pounder at club metro is fun 'cos it plays a fair bit of Manics and Mansun... but they also pollute it with flippin' mod tosh :-(" However, if you are a mod you won't mind and I think the whole point about this particular night is that it's nice and CHEAP! :-)

Jet Black & Bleached

Monthly (On a Friday) @ HQ's, Camden Lock, Camden Town
Oscar again: "Jet black and bleached (monthly) at HQ's (hidden at the back of camden lock) is a top do as well... decent mix of punk and glam, so expect to get your Rachel Stamp and New York Dolls mixed in." This one's got a website where you can find out when the night's on next (it seems to be a bit erratic) - scroll up the page and look for the link on the right hand side.

Collide-A-Scope

Saturdays @ The Macadam Building, Surrey Street, Charing Cross
First of all, this is in the student union bar of Kings College, so expect lots of students! Second, the one thing you hear about this place is the view of the Thames, which is fantastic, but up in a room away from the dancefloor where all the seats are always taken up. The music's not all that great (or at least hasn't been when I've been there) although it won't stop you dancing when you're drunk out of your tiny mind on cheap booze. It's also the only place like this where I've seen a fight. Sooo.. there's better, there's certainly much better.