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Thursday Music Club: Kentish Town favourites Saint Etienne are back.

By on January 26, 2012 in Music

Folk of a certain age tend to clasp local trio Saint Etienne (the ‘Et’ to their nearest and dearest) close to their (probably more than ample) bosom. For example, Mrs Kentishtowner fondly remembers the day, back in 1992, when she skived off Sixth Form to get her vinyl copy of ‘So Tough’ signed at HMV’s [...]

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Best Live Venue 2011

By on January 5, 2012 in 2011 Best Ofs, Music

1. Roundhouse 2. Bull & Gate 3= Koko 3= Barfly And so to our final (belated) 2011 awards category. Despite the Xmas rush, it’s fair to say votes came pouring in. And the more we – and some of you – thought about it, the harder, and perhaps more futile, it actually seemed to plump [...]

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Oh and one more thing: Best Live Music venue

By on December 24, 2011 in 2011 Best Ofs, Music

Roundhouse or Wheelbarrow? The Forum or Heroes? Proud Galleries or Blues Kitchen? Black Heart or Koko? Bull & Gate or Lock Tavern? Downstairs at The Torriano or upstairs at The Oxford? What about Barfly? God knows why this category slipped through the net. We blame the dog; or maybe the mulled cider. Still, our corner [...]

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By on November 11, 2010 in Kentishtowner Recommends, Music

Back in the day this was the Town & Country Club, and scene of my first ever London gig, since you ask (autumn 1989, Inspiral Carpets, two pints of cider). Still one of the best-sized venues in London with an always enviable line-up. And don’t forget to look up, as it was a lovely art-deco [...]

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