Grandmaster Flash rocks the Brixton Dogstar
It still seems a little bit too crazy to be true, but hip-hop legend Grandmaster Flash really did play the Brixton Dogstar on Saturday night.
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Edwardian advertising on Coldharbour Lane, Brixton – Virol, Yorkshire Relish, Bovril, Brixton Theatre and Empress
Proudly billed as a ‘Magnificent Site To Be Let,’ this Edwardian photo shows the corner of Kenbury Street and Coldharbour Lane on the Brixton/Camberwell borders awaiting development. Much like today, …
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Offline Brixton Xmas show: Mrs Mills, Sleighed and the Great Bono Competition
It’s taken me an age to post up these photos, but boy oh boy did we have a big night at the Offline Christmas Show a couple of weeks back.
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Remembering Joe Strummer, 10th Anniversary Memorial at the 100 Club, London
To commemorate the ten years since punk icon Joe Strummer died, a Strummerville charity event was put on at the famous 100 Club in the heart of London.
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Mrs Mills Experience and Glam Chops festive party, Buffalo Bar
On Thursday, the Mrs Mills Experience ventured north to the Buffalo Bar at Highbury to play an ‘End Of The World’ party with Glam Chops and No Cars.
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Friday 21st Dec in Brixton: an almighty Mrs Mills singalong and a Brixton’s Best Bono competition
Tomorrow night there’s going to be a mighty big knees up and beer spilling sing-along at the Prince Albert in Brixton as the Offline Club hosts its Christmas party.
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Lost Cavalry and Steve Mclean Ellis at Brixton Offline club
A few pics from Friday’s Offline Club show at the Prince Albert, Brixton with the fabulous Lost Cavalry playing live, plus a short poetry set by Steve.
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Download your free copy of the BrixtonBuzz music, events and club listings magazine
The first edition of our new Brixton listings print venture, the BrixtonBuzz magazine, came out last week and we’re now offering an electronic version too.
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Out now! BrixtonBuzz mag – a new listings monthly for Brixton
Hitting the streets of Brixton this morning is the new BrixtonBuzz magazine – an independent, 28-page, A5 print mag listing all the clubs, gigs and other events around Brixton for the entire festive …
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Big BrixtonBuzz party night with Too Many Ts and David Goo, Brixton
Last Friday was BrixtonBuzz’s first birthday party and there was a fantastic party to celebrate going on at the Prince Albert.
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A right old hillbilly hoedown at the Brixton Offline Club
The Prince Albert resonated to the thigh-slapping hoedown sounds of violins, banjos and a thumping double bass as the fantastic Dr Bluegrass and The Illbilly 8 stormed the show on …
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Barking Bateria bring the samba thunder to Brixton
There was a samba party going on at the Brixton Prince Albert on Friday night, with the fabulous Barking Bateria laying down the dance grooves. Here’s some photos from the evening:
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A Thursday night in Coldharbour Lane, Brixton – Albert, 414, Dogstar and more
Thursday nights around Brixton are usually my favourite. Thursdays are civilised and fun. Come Friday and Brixton invariably groans to wobbling hordes of braying pissheads, ‘collars-up’ laaads on the pull and over-confident. excessively loud moneyed types up from …
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Day Of The Dead in Peckham with the Mrs Mills Experience and Dulwich Ukes
On Saturday, we ventured into the darkest depths of downtown Peckham to play a show with our good friends the Dulwich Ukulele Club.
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Brixton Offline Club DJ night – 19th October 2012
Some photos from Friday night’s lively Offline Club bash at the Prince Albert on Coldharbour Lane, Brixton SW9.
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Oxjam Brixton Takeover 2012 music festival – photos
Five local venues took part in this year’s Oxjam Brixton Takeover, a live music charity event designed to raise funds for Oxfam and provide a great day of live music in …
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Building and buying an extra small, super-portable drum kit for gigging drummers
There’s a lot to be said for using a modern small drum kit: they’re less hassle to move about, lighter to carry and can be put up and taken down …
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The Craft Beer Company Bar, Brixton Station Road, Brixton – review
It used to be quite a challenge tracking down a well stocked real ale bar around Brixton, but Brixtonites are becoming positively spoiled these days, with the opening of a second real-ale bar, the …
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Offline DJ night at the Brixton Albert 21st Sept – some photos!
I’d originally booked some bands for the night, but cancellations meant that it was left to the DJs to get the dancefloor going. Happily, we had a great crowd in and the …
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The Mrs Mills Experience wow the crowds at Duckie
This was such a fun gig to play. I’ve always wanted to play the legendary gay club Duckie after seeing the Actionettes perform there so many times, so was well …
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Venezuelan band La Suite Bipolar at the Brixton 414 Club, 11th Sept 2012
There was some fun to be had at the 414 Club on Coldharbour on Tuesday night, with the long-serving Brixton venue serving an interesting night of live music, led by the talented Venezuelan …
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BrixtonBuzz listings now available in the Lambeth Weekender newspaper
A while ago, I teamed up with like-minded Brixtonite, Rich, to create what we wanted to be the best Brixton listings service on the planet, naming it BrixtonBuzz.
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Beautiful Days festival 2012 – full photo report
Here’s some photos from my big photo feature on this year’s Beautiful Days festival. Despite a perilously muddy start, the sun shone through and I had a lovely weekend. Here’s a few pics from the …
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A lively Offline DJ night at the Brixton Prince Albert, 31st Aug 2012
There was another wild night to be had at the Prince Albert, Brixton last might, with an Offline Club DJ night getting the crowd moving. Here’s a few photos:
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The Turncoat and Hellfire Orchestra at the Offline Club, Brixton Albert
There was much fun to be had n Brixton town last night as the Offline Club entertained the Turncoat and the Hellfire Orchestra. Here’s some photos from the Prince Albert venue:
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A grand night out in Vauxhall – Duckie with The Actionettes
There was no better place to be in Lambeth on Saturday night than the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, where the good club Duckie was hosting another fantastic night of ‘progressive working …
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The BBC film the Mrs Mills Experience at the Brixton Albert
There was a full-on music hall party taking place at the Brixton Prince Albert on Friday, with the BBC coming down to film the Mrs Mills Experience at the Offline …
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Morton Valence and the Mountain Of Love return to the Railway Tavern, south London,
The Tulse Hill Railway Tavern put on another excellent show last night, with the return of two of South London’s finest outfits, electro-country popsters Morton Valence and anthemic electronica types, the Mountain Of …
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The Mrs Mills Experience brings music hall to the dubstep Dogstar
This was one of the maddest gigs I’ve ever done! Keen for a challenge, we booked the Mrs Mills Experience into a Saturday night at the Dogstar, going on at …
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Mrs Mills Experience join in the nautical japes at the Tamesis Dock boat party – photos
There were nautical jaunts a-plenty last Thursday as Brixton’s Offline Club took over the Tamesis Dock boat moored in central London and put on a fabulous free party!
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