Jan 25
Working Men’s Club: a band on the rise for 2019
It hasn’t taken Working Men’s Club long to start to make their mark, with a raft of gigs, signing with Melodic Records and a performance for IVW19
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Jan 24
Steve Mason: About the Light at Rough Trade
Steve Mason aired his new album About the Light at Rough Trade Steve Mason is back – with a beautiful and confident new album to start off 2019 on a positive note. About The Light dropped this week and he started promoting it with an appearance at Rough Trade East: I love these little gigs in…
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Jan 16
Sea Change 2019 line-up
Metronomy, The Comet is Coming, Stewart Lee and Bagpuss are all confirmed for Sea Change 2019. The Totnes-based event, founded by Totnes’s Drift Record Shop, has moved from its former end-of-summer position to May Bank Holiday. The Quietus presents Gazelle Twin, with full line-up to follow. Hannah Peel and Will Burns, and Dutch 4‑piece Pip…
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Nov 16
Independent Venue Week gathers pace
Having put on a few gigs myself at a local venue, a particularly atmospheric and beautiful space, which was subsequently sold off to be transformed into flats and a hotel, Independent Venue Week is a much-needed venture. Running from Monday 28th January to Sunday 3rd February 19, for IVW19 there are nearly 190 venues signed up…
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Nov 7
UP N GO Brazilian band play Nambucca
They call their music ‘pop soul funk’ – and the Brazilian outfit UP N GO play Nambucca in London. It’s their second performance as they played a last-minute set at Ronnie Scott’s jam session where the band got to show off their versatility with a set of covers to suit the jazz and blues evening…
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Oct 25
Cassoulet Nights pop-up dining in Hackney
Tasty French country food popup Cassoulet Nights is set to run through to December 23rd. There’s a new Xmas menu with Vegetarian option, plus a la carte dishes but you can pop in for drinks and snacks if you like
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Sep 28
Gilles Peterson talks to Will Ashon and Dave Haslam
As part of the Safaplace mental health charity pop-up called Look Up, run by Stoke Newington School, Gilles Peterson interviewed Will Ashon and Dave Haslam. Aside from the week-long series of events, Gilles also curated the record and book shop. Both Will Ashon and Dave Haslam have been involved in the music business and made…
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Sep 12
Bearded Theory 2019 early news
EARLY BIRD TICKETS NOW SOLD OUT! REGULAR PRICE TICKETS NOW ON SALE AT £122. That’s £17 more. 4 (ish) pints. Go on, treat yourself. Get ready – tickets for Bearded Theory 2019 go on sale on Saturday 15th September and the first 1,500 tickets are discounted to £105. Some people are busy counting off the…
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Aug 24
Green Man festival review 2018
Something was definitely missing from Green Man festival 2018 – that wet stuff falling from the sky which churns the Brecon Beacons mud to a smelly mush. Instead, this year’s festival was blessed by sun and wafting clouds; so it was off with the cagoules and on with the fancy dress… and the fine weather…
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Jul 27
The Chemical Brothers and Crazy P at Bluedot festival
The Chemical Brothers set ends Bluedot festival 2018 on a high note, and the hordes pack out the Lovell stage to hear the godfathers of the electronic/dance scene; the sound so colossal and lasers so far-reaching you would think they were competing with the Jodrell Bank telescope itself
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