NADA SURF Koko LONDON ****

The NME recently anointed Brooklyn the new "creative centre of the musical universe", but there's clearly been magic in the water there for some time now if local veterans Nada Surf are anything to go by. This show by the quirky power-pop trio proves that a firm grasp of pop classicism can be as satisfying as the wild invention of the acts, such as Animal Collective, in the vanguard of the Big Apple borough's "new-pop frontier".

Singer and guitarist Matthew Caws, bassist Daniel Lorca and drummer Ira Elliot don't pack the visual punch of, say, MGMT - they're just three nerdy blokes on guitar, bass and drums - but their sweet, catchy songs about Sopwith Camels and ...