Punk vs Country Brixton showdown – knees-up and a pile on!
We had a particularly lively Offline night on Friday, with two great acts and a delightfully wild crowd.
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Zombie brides, samba drummers and magic at our anti royal bash
The Offline anti-royal wedding bash at the Stockwell Grosvenor on Thursday was a smash, with zombie brides, massed drummers, a magician and lots of sweet Wills and Kate-shunning rock and roll. Oh, and …
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Street Party on Coldharbour Lane, Brixton
I’m guessing it has more to do with it being a bank holiday rather than today’s marriage of Wills and Kate, but Coldharbour Lane is buzzing tonight, with the hot …
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Screw the wedding – let’s PARTY! Free Brixton clubs tonight/Fri!
The anarchist bunting is nearly finished, the bands are booked, the zombie bride go-go dancers are ready to go and the magician is still insisting that he’s going to make the Royal …
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Anarchist bunting takes shape at the Brixton Frontline of Buntline
With no less than two big Offline Club anti-royal wedding parties coming up this weekend, the urban75 Craft Club was called in to create some Anarchist Bunting to add a …
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Reclaim the Beach party on the River Thames, April 23rd 2011
I’ve been to quite a few of the free Reclaim the Beach parties and always had a great time. Taking place on the foreshore near Waterloo, the free party is a semi legal affair …
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Dr Vampire rock Brixton Offline at our Easter Special
We had a great Easter Thursday party at the Brixton Albert on Thursday night, with the mighty Dr Vampire slamming down the rock and roll. Here’s some photos:
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From bands to DJs to soundmen: The Hierarchy Of Cool At A Gig
There may be a certain truth to the assumption that working in the music business is a cool job, but after spending years working at gigs and clubs in a wide …
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Firm but fair advisory notice on the Grosvenor’s piano
I’d say the landlord makes this one fairly clear, with this hand-written notice placed on top of the piano at the Grosvenor pub, Sidney Road, Stockwell, London. Oh, and we’ve got …
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Rock’n’roll and dance DJs at the Brixton Albert, 15th Apr 2011
Last night we had a DJ-only Offline night and the theme was rock and roll, rockabilly and 50s/60s (until we got drunk and then started playing anything else we fancied).
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Streatham struggles to keep its leisure and entertainment venues
Things aren’t looking too good for Streatham residents at the moment, with the High Road peppered with closed down swimming baths, cinema and clubs.
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Grime vs Thrash Metal in Brixton with Mortad vs James Pyke
This was one of the maddest (and probably the riskiest) Offline Club bills I’ve ever put on in Brixton – a full on thrash metal band versus a grime/hip hop …
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Brixton Living Bar, Coldharbour Lane reopens
Old school Brixtonites will remember it as the Coach and Horses – or even perhaps the IsoBar – but last night saw the long overdue opening of the Living Bar, …
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Offline hip hop special with The Scribes rocks Brixton!
Doubling up as my birthday party, this turned out to be a great night at the Prince Albert in Brixton, with a big crowd and the fantastic Scribes putting in …
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Brixton pub quizzes: a handy list
I’m fairly partial to a beer-fuelled pub quiz or two, and there’s always quite a few going on around Brixton in the week. There doesn’t seem to be any official …
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Offline Brixton weekender: Drunken Balordi and Narcotic Daffodils
Last weekend was ambitious: two Offline Club nights at the Brixton Prince Albert with the massive TUC March for the Alternative demo in the middle – but we just about …
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St Patrick’s night in Brixton – ceilidhs, Sambucas, ales and a massive hangover
Man oh man this turned out to be a hell of a night. The first stop was a well-packed Prince Albert on Coldharbour Lane before walking up towards Stockwell for …
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Morton Valance and Kontakte at Brixton Offline, 11th March 2011
Offline favourites Morton Valance played another fantastic set at the Brixton Albert on Friday as part of an Offline night that included the première of some fantastic short films and a set …
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Prince of Wales, Coldharbour Lane, Brixton calls last orders?
Word is that the Prince of Wales pub has most definitely closed and all the fittings are now being taken out, so it’s unlikely to be a pub again for …
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Here is what’s left of the Rest Is Noise bar, Brixton
It’s hard to imagine that only a few months ago this was a fun and lively bar putting on live gigs and club nights, but here’s the scene today, as the bar …
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A very drunken night in the Brixton Dogstar. Oh dear!
It’s been a very long night, but I promised to post up these photos from my fabulously fun night out in Brixton, so here they are – four mobile phone pics …
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Captain Hotknives and Atilla the Stockbroker in SW9
This was a great night out in SW9, with the Acoustic Insurgency benefit night serving up punk poet Atilla the Stockbroker and the hilarious Captain Hotknives.
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Monochrome Set at Popfest, 100 Club, London
It was great to see my old mates The Monochrome Set playing last night at the fabulous London Popfest, the 100 Club, London.
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Offline DJ special – photos from the mayhem! 25th Feb 2011
I was rather expecting a bit of a quiet night seeing as it was a last minute booking and we had no bands playing but – blimey – the place …
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The Ear Inn – the oldest working bar in NYC, with a Nunhead connection
The Ear Inn at 326 Spring Street, NY (btw. Greenwich and Washington) claims to be the oldest working bar in NYC and is a designated Landmark of the City of New York.
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The Nuns rock Brixton Windmill
Last night I went along to a benefit gig at the Brixton Windmill to raise funds for Sedgehill School of Lewisham’s school trip. Once I’d stopped gazing in awe at the Windmill’s shiny …
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Pussycat & the Dirty Johnsons/Vinny & the Curse at Brixton Offline
There was fun, dancing, falling over and drinking to be had in perilously large volumes at the Offline show at the Prince Albert on Friday, 18th Feb.
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Here’s what the death of the music industry looks like
People can talk about the death of the music industry and throw figures around, but nothing brings its demise into sharp focus more succinctly than this graphic plotting sales over various formats from 1973 to 2009.
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Remembering the Rest Is Noise pub, Brixton
I thought I’d pen a short obituary to what was a short-lived but rather fine addition to Brixton’s boozers.
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Lost dodgy London boozers: Cundy’s Tavern, Silvertown
Captured here in its last death throes in May 2005 is Cundy’s Tavern in Silvertown, reputed to be one of East London’s dodgiest boozers.
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