God Save the Queens – new London festival

God Save The Queens is a new Lon­don fes­ti­val ded­i­cat­ed to the past, present and future of female punk. The event will fea­ture a spe­cial show at Elec­tric Brix­ton on Fri­day 16th Octo­ber, fea­tur­ing a super­group of she punk leg­ends, reimag­in­ing the Poly Styrene playlist and she punk anthems. The show is part of a…

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The Orielles at Electric Brixton: review

Bare­ly over jet lag from SXSW, The Orielles are tour­ing the UK and on Wednes­day they played their Lon­don appear­ance at Elec­tric Brix­ton. The band’s 2022 dou­ble album Tableau had me hooked from first lis­ten and I was inter­est­ed to hear those songs live. Mak­ing a sub­stan­tial shift from their for­mer sun­ny, garagey sound, Tableau…

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Alabama 3 back in Brixton for a homecoming show

Alaba­ma 3 had plen­ty to cel­e­brate last Sat­ur­day night. The band were sched­uled to play the final gig of their 2014 tour back on their home turf in Brix­ton, at the Elec­tric. Then, for those of hardy con­sti­tu­tion, there’s the after par­ty at Brix­ton Jamm. For some rea­son, Alaba­ma 3 have always stayed slight­ly under the radar. Not…

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