Thursday's Offline Club at Brixton was one of the best for a long time. We had a great line up with the incredible MORTON VALENCE, a massed throng of ukes with the DULWICH UKULELE CLUB, fast-rising hip-hop with LADY LYKEZ and the floor filling skiffle delights of THE SEVERED LIMB - plus underground no-budget independent film screenings with FLIXATION.

Here's a few pics

And this is why we do it!

More photos here. Next Offline is at the Brixton Albert on November 20th.

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We had a fantastic Halloween special at the Albert Offline Club last night with some great bands, dancing go go girls and much drinking.

Here's a few pics.

Loads more pics here: Offline Halloween Special

Next Offline show is at the Dogstar, Brixton on Thurs 12th November and we've got an amazing bill!

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We had another big night at the Prince Albert in Brixton last night with the Trans Siberian March Band plus the Wookies playing our free Offline club night.

More pics - and details of our amazing Halloween show on the 31st - here: Offline Brixton

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The Actionettes put on a fabulous show last night at Duckie ? and the crowd went seriously wild for them!

A few pics:

 

 

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Photos from last night's ace Offline gig with Toronto all-girl punksters the Machetes and east Landahn garage rockers The Spivs online here.

RAWK AND RAWWWL!

More here: offlineclub.com

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Just got chance to post up some pics from last week's Offline bash at the Dogstar with Josie Long, Voodoo Trombone Quartet, Atomic Suplex, Anchorsong and Vic Lambrusco's Cabaret Hour - plus Craft Corner.

It's great to see Offline back in its old home and pulling good crowds, but it was so hectic I didn't get chance to take many pics.

Here's a few from the night:

More: http://www.urban75.org/offline/offline59_dogstar.html

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I can't remember the last time I was blown away by a club, but Shunt was one of the best clubs I've been to for a very long time.

We went down to watch the Actionettes play and I thought I was in for another run-of-the-mill tarted up under-the-arches kind of club, but how wrong I was.

The night started ominously with the security staff insisting on scanning in my ID - but inside the security was very, very light.

First off, the space is absolutely MASSIVE. And I mean huge! There's tons of space and it takes ages just to work out where everything was.



There was a mini rolling skate rink with people running around like nutters. The Actionettes danced on two stages simultaneously - one of them 20 foot in the air. It was really exciting - it felt like the sort of underground parties that Jagger might have gone to in the 60s.



The all-girl Monks tribute band The Nuns played on another stage. There was a cinema playing Nancy Sinatra.

There was snooker and table football. The crowd was mixed. The music was fantastic - 50s, 60s and a smattering of dance - and the DJs looked sharp as fuck.



It was one of the best nights I've had out on ages. It's such a shame that the club's closing soon (it's going to be replaced by - you guessed it - shops) but if you do get a chance to go - don't miss out!

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We love the 12 Bar Club. It's one of the few old-school live venues left in central London that hasn't either been closed or turned into a ghastly style bar.



There's always an interesting mix of folks there, and loads of bands to check out.


We saw the excellent David Cronenberg's Wife, the bonkers and brilliant Filthy Pedro and Major Matt Mason there last night.



The stage is almost comically small and the tiny upstairs gallery gives a great view of the heads of the bands and precious little else!


There's a well stocked bar in the club, beer prices are reasonable and any place with photos of Aladdin Sane and Suzi Quatro on the wall is alright by me.

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Phew. That was a long day yesterday.

After getting suitably beered up for the trip to Wembley to witness the mighty Cardiff heroically lose 1-0 in the FA Cup Final, I had to hot foot it back to Brixton to set up the PA and sort out an Offline live music night.

Luckily, I sobered up enough to keep control of the mixing deck and the night was a hoot. Here's some pics:


The excellent 0898s onstage.


I normally hate tribute bands, but the Brixton-flavoured I Wanna Be Sedated Ramones cover band are real moshpit-filling fun.







Next Offline club on Friday 23rd May is a *really* big special with two fantastic bands: Radio Luxembourg and Danny Fontaine and the Horns of Fury. Don't miss it!

Details: Offline Club

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There's been no less than four Offline Club nights since I last updated this blog. Here's a couple of snaps from the nights:





Nov 29th: JAMM, Brixton. Thirty samba drummers, Freddie Stevenson and more!
More club photos





Dec 8th: Boulevard Tavern, New York
More photos





Dec 14th: Alma, Crystal Palace, south London
More photos





Dec 15th: Punk Rock Special, Albert, Brixton, London
More photos

Next Offline is this Friday, 21st December at the Albert. It's our Christmas party and we've got a great punk/ska band and a nine piece ukulele orchestra!

Offline club website

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Offline at the Alma



Last night the Offline crew ventured south into deepest Crystal Palace, London to put on a show at the Alma, in Church Road.

The Actionettes were as fabulous as ever!



Local band Mendicant put in a great set, Vic's Cabaret was top notch and there was much drinking and dancing to be had. :)

Offline at the Alma

Also up: Offline at the Albert, 9th June



More pics

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Went to a friend's birthday at the Charterhouse Bar last night (oh, all right, he owns the place) and first impressions weren't good: the upstairs bar was jammed with extraordinarily drunk people grooving to some horrible funk groove thing, so we thought we'd have the one pint and make our excuses.

But then Dexys came on as the DJ switched to let's "play anything that makes people smile" mode, and we began to warm to the joint.

A few beers later and we were drunkenly getting down to the Psychedelic Furs, Billy Idol, Michael Jackson and all manner of cheesy tunes from the Great Vault of Stilton like the rest of them.

It was fantastic fun: no burly doormen, no attitude, a good mix of people and a really, really friendly crowd with no one taking it too seriously - a bit like a really good PROD on full tilt. It's well worth a visit if you're in the area.

Oh, and the DJs call themselves Rubbish which was a bit worrying because they looked to be far more in control of the decks than me at an average Offline.

But, eeeugh. My 'ead today. Biiiig hangover.


PS Expect an Offline club there soon - and don't forget our big night on Thursday this week. We've got great bands galore!

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This was a whole heap of fun at the Luminaire, Kilburn last night.





Actionettes Motown A-Go-Go photos

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Just managed to post up photos from the last two Offline club nights - just in time too as we're playing the Prince Albert New Year's Eve's party tomorrow - come along!

Offline at the Prince Albert, 15th December





» Offline Christmas Party, Thursday 21st Dec 2006

Offline Christmas Party, JAMM, 21st December





» Offline Christmas Party, Thursday 21st Dec 2006

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