Music
Thursday Video Club: BIGKids ‘Superhero’
Spot the K-Town locations in this colourful paean – and very catchy track from Mr Hudson’s new side project
Thursday Video Club: ‘A Local Man’ by Patch & The Giant – live @Boogaloo, Highgate
This rousing tune from 7-piece London folksters Patch and The Giant combines heartfelt lyrics with an uplifting melody and chorus so catchy it’s unbelievable they’re …
Do you remember Gledhill’s classic single, Remain?
Stephen Emms worked with the Sheffield band Gledhill in the mid-noughties. Despite some early success, they never crossed over into the mainstream. And then tragedy struck
Which street connects Soul II Soul with Jeremy Beadle?
For one eager young hack, Rochester Place in the 1990s was briefly the epicentre of a media era
Thursday Video Club: Gabby Young’s ‘In Your Head’
It’s a sunny Thursday afternoon. Time for a new weekly column celebrating the best tracks out there. And yes, for this inaugural edition we declare …
Secret Camden: Proud Cabaret
Oh, the evening flapped by, the atmosphere as bawdy as an 18th Century mollhouse (well, nearly)
Thursday Music Club: Kentish Town favourites Saint Etienne are back.
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 …
Best Live Venue 2011
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 …
Oh and one more thing: Best Live Music venue
Roundhouse or Wheelbarrow? The Forum or Heroes? Proud Galleries or Blues Kitchen? Black Heart or Koko? Bull & Gate or Lock Tavern? Downstairs at The …
Bored Tonight? Watch Francis Neve in Camden
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCeM7XOgkSg&feature=youtube_gdata_player] Eagle-eyed readers will remember our connections with fast-rising East London-based singer-songwriter Francis Neve. And since we last mentioned him six months ago, he’s had …
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