Free Weekend: A Musical Tour of North London
From The Kinks to Imelda May and beyond, we whisk you around some of the area’s musical tributes
From The Kinks to Imelda May and beyond, we whisk you around some of the area’s musical tributes
Some of you will know that Saint Etienne are one of our favourite local bands; we’ve caught them live throughout the nineties and noughties, everywhere from Hammersmith to The Forum. Last night, we saw them for the first time in the ‘teens (if that’s what 2012 is?) at none other than the Palladium, dream destination …
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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Years ago, when Pulp’s masterpiece ‘This Is Hardcore’ was dropping like a stone out of the charts, Mrs Kentishtowner (then a rather svelte Miss Gant’s Hill) would like nothing more than to commiserate Jarvis’ misfortune over a lunchtime bowl of minestrone soup at Mario’s Cafe. It’s not hard to fathom why it was, and continues …