London's ICA will play electro-god for the day on October 7 when it opens its doors to the UK's keenest button-mashing hopes for the one-day festival Bleepfest 06.02.

Rather than just being general electro noise, the organisers have ensured a mix of sounds, from precise soundscaping to ambient (boo hiss!) via sound art and the crunchier side of bleepiness that should keep Aloud entertained for a decent chunk of time.

The line-up includes electro rockers Black Maria, industrial grindcore from fe_bac, Deborah Sticklands from Flying Lizards and New Order producers Deprogram among others.

Tickets cost between £3.50 and £10.50, check out the official site for more details and the full line-up.

If you're in London in four weeks time and fancy checking out something a bit different, you might want to head down to The Bedford in Balham for the second annual OneTaste festival. Born from the popular  Nii and OneTaste nights which have been running there since 2004, OneTaste showcases young artists, musos and poets with everything from comedy to magic and dance in between.

This year's OneTaste runs from 2pm-11pm on October 15 and features poetry from Luke Wright Aisle 16), Mr Gee (Russell Brand's 6Music show) Roger Robinson and Polar Bear, cabaret from Dr Dimalgio's Secrets and music from Jono McCleery, Size 9 (funk band who all have size 9 feet, even their female singer), Jamie Woon, Tawiah, MOBO award-winner J'Nay and Wallis Bird.

Tickets are £12 in advance or £15 on the door and you get a free goodie bag on entry. Bonus! Check the official site for more details.

Doctor? No, singer.

Ryan and the Cardinals are fully entrenched in wig-out mode which means we can legitimately sneak off for a minute to see the very very good James Yorkston, whose general excellence somehow slipped under our radar until a couple of weeks ago.

He's looking a bit cagey when we get in and appears to have stopped mid-song. This soon turns out to be because someone has collapsed at the front of the audience and they're waiting for the medics to arrive which, while unfortunate, is a pitch perfect setting for his darker songs.

"I'll play a cheery song," he offers once the collapsee has shown signs of life. "Oh sorry, you don't know me, that's obviously not true." There's a lot of bonding happening from giggling at the sheer absurdity of effectively playing at a triage centre and when the ambulance people arrive there's a big round of applause as the poor chap is carried off.

Right, we're going to sign off now and dance some kind of weird dance between James and Ryan but check the EotR gallery blog tomorrow and Tuesday for photos of the bands and general goings on. We've really enjoyed ourselves this weekend, in fact it might just edge Latitude as our favourite of the whole season, so let's hope it happens again next year so you can check it out as well. Night!