As a hard core music lover and enthusiastic but accident-prone DJ of little renown, I’m always checking out new ways to discover great new artists, and I’ve recently been spending some …
Musikki music search engine could be a winner Read More
Thursday is the new Friday (or something) and in Brixton’s there’s no shortage of ace free entertainment on offer. First stop was Brixton JAMM to check out an excellent four band bill of indie …
A Thursday night in Brixton: indie and industrial Read More
There was a feast of fiddles, banjos, dancing, clapping and, indeed, some falling over to be had last night at the Grosvenor in Stockwell as the No Frills Band put …
Drinking and stripping the willow at a Burns night ceilidh in Stockwell Read More
This was one hell of a night, with a load of DJs, vast amounts of drinking and dancing and the fabulous Stirfried Frequency rocking the Albert till 5am.
Brixton Offline NYE party photos – it was a wild one! Read More
We had an amazing Offline party at the Brixton Prince Albert last night. Here’s the drunken scene as the new year was rung in. More photos of the madness to …
Happy New Year 2011 – Offline party in Brixton Read More
Friday’s Offline Christmas party at the Brixton Albert was another great night out, with three great acts and a lovely crowd.
Offline Christmas party photos – go-go, surf and rockabilly! Read More
Last night I ventured deep into the uncharted waters of Lewisham to check out The Actionettes and The Instants playing the Fox and Firkin, betwixt Lewisham and Ladywell.
Actionettes at the Fox and Firkin, Lewisham, London Read More
It was an evening of hard drinking and great music at the Grosvenor pub, Sidney Road, SW9 last night. The triple bill featured The Obscuritones, Mr Ghost Hot Steppers and …
Stockwell Grosvenor rock’n’roll! Obscuritones, Dr Vampire + more Read More
Ace rockers (and Offline Club regulars) Thee Spivs put in a dynamite set last night at a packed Hope and Anchor, in Islington, north London.
Thee Spivs at the Hope and Anchor, Islington N1 Read More
Sadly, one of our Turbosound TNS-4 stacks couldn’t take the fearsome might of Atomic Suplex on the weekend, and here’s what’s left of the horn. The ripped silver bit is …
Now *that’s* a blown speaker! RIP Turbosound Read More
It was loud. It was fun, It was Atomic Suplex at the Brixton Offline Club!
Atomic Suplex go up to 11 at Brixton Offline Read More
This was a load of fun, with a band who could best be described as ‘none more Halloween’ and a suitably scary magic set from Simon Subvert. Here’s some photos …
Offline Halloween special – photos Read More
We had another lively Offline night on Friday, featuring the Gin Riots and Dr Vampire.
Dr Vampire and Gin Riots at Offline, Brixton Read More
Day Two of the Offline weekender saw a three band bill at the Brixton Albert, headlined by one of my favourite bands, Morton Valence. They were brilliant!
Electro-pop and skiffle mash up at Offline, Brixton Read More
To commemorate the birthday of the late, great Johnny Ramone (8 Oct 1948 – 15 Sept 2004), we put on a wild night of Brixton-meets-NYC rock and roll with Ramones …
JOHNNY RAMONE TRIBUTE! Brixton Offline club Read More
I love mixing up the bills at Offline, and last night’s was more eclectic than most, featuring a French folk/sea shanty band called Sanjuro, and hip-hop/grime sets from Olos and …
Offline club: hip-hop, grime and sea shanty special! Read More
The first local currency in an urban area in the UK, the Brixton Pound is designed to support Brixton businesses and encourage local trade and production.
The Brixton Pound celebrates its first birthday Read More
Man, I loved this band. They played Offline a couple of times – at our Brixton Dogstar and Brixton JAMM gigs – but they seem to have split up several …
Tiger Force! We salute you! [videos] Read More
You’ve got to give him points for effort here. A unicycling, guitar playing busker wearing rabbit ears sings it out loud outside KFC in central Brixton.
Brixton photos: a unicycling busker, street architecture and coffee Read More
I’ve just posted up 180 photos from last weekend’s fabulous Beautiful Days festival in Devon. We had a great time, but my run of three festivals in three weekends is …
Beautiful Days festival 2010 – photos Read More
Just got back from the excellent Beautiful Days festival in Devon after a weekend of drinking, dancing, falling over and more.
Levellers at Beautiful Days festival Read More
I’m slowly working my way through a vast pile of photos from the weekend – here’s some from Friday at the Vintage at Goodwood festival.
Vintage at Goodwood- Friday photos Read More
Here’s a few pics from the Croydon Summer Festival yesterday. The weather was perfect, the location pleasant, the beer flowed and the Damned put in a top set. Result all …
Croydon Summer Festival 2010 – photos Read More
We put on an Offline club on a Wednesday night for the first time ever, and it turned out to be a heap of fun. Playing live were French ‘Balkan/ska’ …
Offline mid week ska special with Gagadilo Read More
We had a top rocking night last night at the Ritzy, with a live double bill of the Piccadilly Bullfrogs and our chums, the Muleskinners laying down some mean rockabilly.
Rockabilly at the Brixton Ritzy Read More
During my mercifully brief career as a rock photographer, I had the dubious honour of photographing a host of late 80s/early 90s bands and solo artists for an Austrian pop …
Taking pictures of the Beautiful South – photo archive Read More
We had an ace night out last night at Stockwell’s Grosvenor boozer, with an impromptu mini orchestra of fiddles, accordions, tubas and hurdy gurdy’s rocking the place.
Feast of fiddles at The Grosvenor, Stockwell Read More
Friday’s Offline rock and roll special at the Brixton Albert certainly delivered with great slabs of high energy punk and garage. Here’s a few photos:
Rock’n’Roll! Atomic Suplex/Los Tourettes at Brixton Offline Read More
On Saturday we did our first ever night at the Stockwell Grosvenor, a lovely old school Sarf Landahn boozer with a large backroom stage.
Offline – samba, surf, electro, punk and anti-folk! Read More
Still hungover after our Friday night bash, Offline DJ regular nipsla and were asked to DJ the solo Pete Doherty show at Brixton JAMM on Saturday night. DJing? And free …
Pete Doherty at Brixton JAMM Read More