Jon and Lynn LP review
Jon and Lynn, the Bass and Vocal from New York, who have featured heavily in the indie bands blog charts over the recent months, took the step of releasing an eponymous LP recently. When I received the CD a week ago, I wondered whether the stripped back bass and vocal could be sustained over an [...]
Divorce in England late March 2010
Divorce, have a few gigs lined up for later this month South of the border.
24th NOTTINGHAM The Chameleon, 17 Angel Row, NG1 6HL
25th LONDON DANCE MAGIC DANCE at The Stag’s Head, 55 Orsman Road, Dalston, N1 5RA
26th LONDON MILK HQ (whereabouts TBC – join our newsletter for final confirmation)
27th MANCHESTER CLUB SPANKY at The Islington [...]
Fez At Dublin Castle March 2010
One of the great things about the venues in Camden is the ease of parking in the evening and once again I was able to park pretty well outside the venue before heading in to Dublin Castle to see Fez.
The whole journey down to London had been so easy in fact, that I arrived early, [...]
Band of the month February 2010
Elephantom take the top spot in the band of the month chart on the indie bands blog for February 2010
A short month in February and low voting numbers, saw the band saw a very tight race for the band of the month, with Elephantom emerging as the top band.
The readership came from over 75 countries [...]
Band of the week 6th March 2010
Fez, originally from Wales, but now based in Battersea, London have re-entered the charts and taken over the number one spot for the band of the week on the indie bands blog.
Fez England/Wales (re-entry)
Junkstar England (new entry)
Elephantom USA (+ 5 places)
The Supernovas England (re-entry)
The Drums USA (- 4 places) (for the regular followers of the [...]
The Brassic | Tour dates March and April 2010
The Brassic are out on the road for March and April in London and the South East.
18th March Red Stripe Awards – The Farmhouse Canterbury
19th March Tommy Flynns Camden
30th March Punk London 20:00
3rd April The Bitter End, Romford
16th April Dublin Castle Camden
24th April 333 Club, Shoreditch
For up to date and last minute gigs join us [...]
Junkstar @ Flowerpot Camden February 2010
I had no expectations when I arrived at Flowerpot in Camden last Friday and saw with no sense of great expectation that Junkstar were playing. I had headed over to meet up with Clara V. from Vaqueros Paganos and her husband Maca, who were in London for a few days before heading back to Argentina. [...]
February 2010 thanks
Another month has gone past and I would once again like to pass on a few thanks to people for helping make the website possible.
The readers of the blog make this all worthwhile and it is great to see people coming back to the website regularly, as well as the continuation of new people finding [...]
Foxy Shazam | Flowerpot Camden February 2010
I had headed to Flowerpot Camden to see The Supernovas and unusually for the venue found two bands billed, the first being Foxy Shazam. I must get a decent photograph of the stage at Flowerpot which will explain my fascination with the pole in the middle of the stage. How there was no blood loss [...]
Bombay Bicycle Club | Tour dates March 2010
Bombay Bicycle Club head off on a European tour for much of March, after their successful UK tour last month.
3rd Spazio 211, Turin, Italy
4th FRI-SON, Fribourg, Switzerland
6th Lido, Berlin, Germany
7th 59 to 1, Munich, Germany
8th Werkstatt, Koln, Germany
9th Melkweg, Amsterdam, Holland
10th VK, Brussels, Belgium
22nd Southend Happy Mondays @ Mayhem Nightclub, England
31st Sucking Lemons @ Bar [...]
