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because there isn't one as far as i can work out, and it seems like a good idea and i haven't been to see a band for TWO WEEKS and it is driving me a bit nuts now. on here rather than ilm because it's more for socialising reasons than for music discussion/fighting. anywhere you can do from london and back in a night is also valid (unless it is doable but you have to do it in a plane), eg oxford/brighton/cambridge/er, southend... etc.

so... what you got coming up and where? how much is it? who's supporting? are there cheap flyers we can print off from somewhere? are you going to the pub before? which one?

― emsk ( emsk), Monday, 17 October 2005 11:24 (twenty years ago)

me, looselyish:

tuesday october 18th - brakes/chris t-t/the seal cub clubbing club @ borderline, and if that's one of their early finish gigs i'll head up to the dublin castle to catch gravenhurst's album launch gig
wednesday 19th - the research @ barfly, hm i need to try and sort this one out. charlie are you going?
on friday 21st i would totally be at ulrich schnauss if i didn't have to be in deepest cheshire. in my absence i demand that someone attend and make a sneak recording of the gig, please. i will repay you with a stirfly or something
sunday 23rd - on arrival back in london from cheshire i'm thinking of jumping straight on the oxford tube to catch brakes and chris t-t again at the zodiac. mark h have you resolved your brakes/fall dilemma yet?
monday 24th - my friend sande is playing at the betsey! under the name sandra and the memory machine. www.plumpromotions.co.uk then click on betsey then go to 24th for a hott pic of her. if this is anything like the last time i saw her, men will be offering her lifelong loyalty and the shirts off their backs, and women will be weeping (for joy)
tuesday 25th - the organ/the victorian english gentlemens club @ ocean rooms, brighton
wednesday 26th - the organ supporting electrelane @ ulu
friday 28th - the victorian english gentlemens club @ barfly
saturday 29th - PARTY IN MY HOUSE, details available on request
monday 31st the eighties matchbox b-line disaster @ barfly
tuesday nov 1st the organ/the victorian english gentlemens club @ water rats

pah
most of these are work gigs! i need to pull my socks up.

― emsk ( emsk), Monday, 17 October 2005 11:26 (twenty years ago)

On Friday 21st I am going down to Brighton to see Kevin Bletchdom as it is not just a Plan B night, but also promoted by one of my bandmates. (Otherwise I would so be at Ulrich Schnauss.)
24th is Final Fantasy at the Spitz - also a Plan B thing. THough damn, I wanted to see Sande's band, dammit.
Think I'll do at least one of those Organ and/or Victorians gigs as well.

― Paranoid Spice (kate), Monday, 17 October 2005 11:30 (twenty years ago)

(And the first person to make a "rolling London Giggling thread" will get a smack upside the head from me.)

― Paranoid Spice (kate), Monday, 17 October 2005 11:31 (twenty years ago)

it may be possible to do sande and final fantasy. sande is on at 9.15. the spitz often runs bloodyfucking behinfd schedule...

(And the first person to make a "rolling London Giggling thread" will get a smack upside the head from me.)

ha i was thinking of starting that one as soon as i'd done this one but decided to leave it for ken or similar.

― emsk ( emsk), Monday, 17 October 2005 11:35 (twenty years ago)

tonite i may go see OCS (feat ilx fave? john dwyer) at underbelly, in hoxton...

― terry lennox. (gareth), Monday, 17 October 2005 11:35 (twenty years ago)

Depends on if I get guestlisted for Final Fantasy as it may sell out. Plan B gigs often do. But I've asked for a reserved place, though I've said I will pay.

― Paranoid Spice (kate), Monday, 17 October 2005 11:37 (twenty years ago)

ah i'd love to go to that research one but i just can't afford it.

― Googley Asearch (Toaster), Monday, 17 October 2005 11:37 (twenty years ago)

hm, six quid... ver research were TOP at luminaire the other week though! (and so were the shortwave set...) on the research website it says they're playing somewhere called pure groove at 6pm? is that that record shop in west london? or am i hopelessly out of touch?

― emsk ( emsk), Monday, 17 October 2005 11:47 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

erm is anyone going to sons & daughters tonight? am trying to get a ticket...

― emsk ( emsk), Monday, 21 November 2005 10:03 (twenty years ago)

Acid Mothers and Ruins tomorrow....

― Mestema (davidcorp), Monday, 21 November 2005 11:04 (twenty years ago)

Is that Kosmische's Japanese festival thing at the Spitz? I was thinking about that, as I don't have to work the next day.

― The Damp Is Rising (kate), Monday, 21 November 2005 11:09 (twenty years ago)

93 Feet East

Geroge Best will no longer be appearing.

― Mestema (davidcorp), Monday, 21 November 2005 13:07 (twenty years ago)

(Also, every time I see this thread, I keep thinking it is the Rolling London Giggling Thread. Which would be a very good idea indeed, if it were true. Sort of an alternative to the Excelsior threads where things do actually make you giggle.)

― The Damp Is Rising (kate), Monday, 21 November 2005 13:46 (twenty years ago)

erm is anyone going to sons & daughters tonight? am trying to get a ticket...

so am i...

hey emsk, if we don't get aqny, fancy begging for kristin hearsh tix?

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Monday, 21 November 2005 13:52 (twenty years ago)

did anyone go to montgolfier brothers on friday? unfortunately it fell on the busiest weekend in a long time and i couldnt make it

what else is coming up?

― terry lennox. (gareth), Monday, 21 November 2005 13:54 (twenty years ago)

i dint get tix chuck :(

― emsk at work, Monday, 21 November 2005 14:03 (twenty years ago)

Nocturnal Emissions and The Fucking Champs are all I can think of.

― Mestema (davidcorp), Monday, 21 November 2005 14:16 (twenty years ago)

i dint get tix chuck :(

me either - going to kristin hersh tho...

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Monday, 21 November 2005 14:39 (twenty years ago)

I'm going to see the Gossip on Friday. Melt Banana last night, fucking rocked, my left ear is still ringing.

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Monday, 21 November 2005 16:45 (twenty years ago)

Anyone going to see the Mighty Boosh on Dec 5th in Islington?

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 21 November 2005 16:50 (twenty years ago)

Shortwave Set action for me in 3 weeks.

― BARMS, Monday, 21 November 2005 17:06 (twenty years ago)

ooh barms i think i am coming to that shortwave set gig. the first time i saw them i was excited cos what you said about them made me love the sound of them but i didn't quite geddit, then i saw 'em at luminaire and omg loved them and went to stalk them after the gig. clap your hands say yeah tonight!

― emsk ( emsk), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 09:41 (twenty years ago)

oh yeah and did end up at k hersh last night :) she was aces. wow.

― emsk ( emsk), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 09:42 (twenty years ago)

Where are Shortwave Set playing?

― The Damp Is Rising (kate), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 09:45 (twenty years ago)

luminaire again, i think? have you been there yet?

― emsk ( emsk), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 09:47 (twenty years ago)

No, I've still never been there. I mean... it's FAR.

― The Damp Is Rising (kate), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 09:51 (twenty years ago)

Ems, I am so touched right now.

― BARMS, Tuesday, 22 November 2005 09:55 (twenty years ago)

No, I've still never been there. I mean... it's FAR.

FUCK OFF!!! It's Kilburn! It's 15 minutes from Oxford Circus! What is wrong with you people? The bakerloo and jubilee lines seem to bring people out in hives for no reason whatsoever.

(haha i've become such an nw6 apologist of late)

kristin hersh was teh lovely. the shortwave set were bloody amazing at the lumi last time, and i have no doubt they'll be brilliant again.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 11:04 (twenty years ago)

Dude, I live in Streatham. Anywhere that's not South or Central London is far for me. I hate when there are shows at the Windmill - 10 minutes away from me - and people whinge "ooh, Brixton - that's FAR!!!"

Far is relative.

― The Damp Is Rising (kate), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 11:06 (twenty years ago)

even brixton os only half an hour from kilburn...well, the tube is anyway - the windmill's a tad further obv.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 11:07 (twenty years ago)

barms aw! now i am too.

kate it's not far! stay at ours after the gig if you want (is 20 mins on the free train to dalston kingsland). and it's LOVELY.

― emskatwork, Tuesday, 22 November 2005 12:40 (twenty years ago)

Maybe... remind me again, closer to the day. I think it's quite easy to get from yours to my work and it would mean I could stay out later.

― The Damp Is Rising (kate), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 12:41 (twenty years ago)

it's a piece of piss to get to yr work from ours, the 38 and 242 go there.

so, should i go to bl4ck m0unt41n/d34d m34d0w/w0lf p4r4d3e tomorrow @ scala? or the mgs w emma p0ll0ck @ bush hall?

― emskatwork, Tuesday, 22 November 2005 12:52 (twenty years ago)

if the tix god is kind, i'm going to black mntn tomorrow night. otherwise, it's supersystem at the metro. i've got a work conflict, unfortunately, so no s-wave set for me.

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 13:07 (twenty years ago)

Well, I'm very much excited now.

― BARMS, Tuesday, 22 November 2005 13:23 (twenty years ago)

Last gig I went to at the Luminaire, it ran well beyond the last crosstown train Dalston way.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 14:09 (twenty years ago)

which gig was it martin? i think they've sorted out the laterunning stuff now and this is on a school night.

― emskatwork, Tuesday, 22 November 2005 14:11 (twenty years ago)

As a Streathamer, I do hope I won't get my work commute routine screwed by going!

Or maybe I should bring a friend with a more conveniently placed abode.

― BARMS, Tuesday, 22 November 2005 15:08 (twenty years ago)

We could split a cab...

― The Damp Is Rising (kate), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 15:17 (twenty years ago)

I went to see Paul Morley & James Banbury's Infantjoy at the Luminaire last week. It's a very nice little venue. I also eagerly anticipate Shortwave Set - and Field Music - there in Dec: my two fave new groups of 05 on one bill!

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 15:21 (twenty years ago)

or you could stay too! we can have a shortwave PARTY!

― emskatwork, Tuesday, 22 November 2005 16:07 (twenty years ago)

That would be RAWK!

― The Damp Is Rising (kate), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 16:08 (twenty years ago)

I'm afraid I must disagree w/ JTN on the merits of the Luminaire - the sound system was much too weedy for the Afrirampo gig there a month or so ago

― Ward Fowler (Ward Fowler), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 16:14 (twenty years ago)

so, should i go to bl4ck m0unt41n/d34d m34d0w/w0lf p4r4d3e tomorrow @ scala? or the mgs w emma p0ll0ck @ bush hall?

the former will be pretty heavy-going, i'd imagine. the latter? i know it not.

hey, i live like 200m from the luminaire, so why don't *I* throw an aftershow? ooh, i'll see if i can DJ the gig too! so exciting...

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 16:35 (twenty years ago)

charlie you should absolutely dj that night. and hey i might be around on sat after all!

― emskatwork, Tuesday, 22 November 2005 16:37 (twenty years ago)

Before I got poxy fuled, I was trying to ask... Emsk? Barms? When is this? And will I need to get tix in advance?

― The Damp Is Rising (kate), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 17:00 (twenty years ago)

from http://www.eatyourownears.com:

Thursday December 8th, SHORTWAVE SET, FIELD MUSIC and guests The Luminaire, 311 High Road, Kilburn, London NW6 020 7372 8668 www.theluminaire.co.uk

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 17:08 (twenty years ago)

Thank you muchly, Chuck! Is this going to be an ILX party, then? I'll take the next day off work.

Though argh... I have a funny feeling I'm doing something that date. Possibly EXCHANGING. Who wants to help me move with a raging hangover?

― The Damp Is Rising (kate), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 17:11 (twenty years ago)

...I gotta hernia.

I mean, I'll be at work!

Charlie, I'll DJ with you if you like!

― BARMS, Tuesday, 22 November 2005 17:33 (twenty years ago)

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― New Mark H (New MarkH), Friday, 9 February 2007 13:38 (nineteen years ago)

butcher boy at the windmill tonight? or the long blondes at the scala? or even both?

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Friday, 9 February 2007 15:58 (nineteen years ago)

Jakob Olausson and James Blackshaw tonight at the Fleapit. Never heard Olausson, but his De Stijl LP seems very highly regarded. He also had he had an album out on Slippy Town, and the Gulcher seal of approval does it for me! So yeah, might check this one out. I've seen Blackshaw before, and although he does what he does very nicely, the last time I saw him he played prior to Rick Bishop, who did EVERYTHING nicely.

And then tomorrow......

SOTTO VOCE: a discrete DIY one-day festival of noise and music curated and self-produced by [no.signal]

day: Saturday 10 February
where: London (UK) E2
full info: www.no-signal.net/sottovoce
time start: 4.00pm
time end: 11.00pm
suggested fee: £8 (£6 in adv. via form)
--
PROGRAM

Amplified Room
-
5.15pm PORTABLE (Rhodri Davies, Ben Drew, Louisa Martin and Ivar Grydeland (UK/NO)
7.15pm BIRDS OF DELAY (UK)
9.00pm TESTICLE HAZARD (Lasse Marhaug and Tommi Keranen) (NO/FI)
10.30pm: AUFGEHOBEN (a/v) (UK)

Self-Resonant Room
-
4.30pm Stefano TEDESCO, Roger TURNER & Joe WILLIAMSON (IT/UK/CA)
6.30pm GARY SMITH (UK)
8.15pm RHODRI DAVIES & ANGHARAD DAVIES (UK)
9.45pm JAMES BLACKSHAW (UK)

― paizuri-san (davidcorp), Friday, 9 February 2007 16:19 (nineteen years ago)

Aufgehoben live should be pretty spectacular. I think this started as Aufgehoben only, then grew to add all the other groups, naturally featuring Birds of Delay, who are surely the most ubiquitous filler group for noise shows??

― paizuri-san (davidcorp), Friday, 9 February 2007 16:24 (nineteen years ago)

i've seen fanfarlo, i liked them. on monday i am at the larrikin love and whoever else gig at koko tho.

long blondes tonight yay yay! they are onstage at 1am i hope they serve coffee in the scala. haha like i could/would afford their coffee prices even if they do.

chuck DO NOT SEE BUTCHER BOY unless you have nothing else to do.

― emsk ( emsk), Friday, 9 February 2007 16:32 (nineteen years ago)

Emsk OTM

― Ed (dali), Friday, 9 February 2007 16:36 (nineteen years ago)

are butcher boy rub? explain? it's how does it feel to be loved though, so the other music will be good at least.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Friday, 9 February 2007 16:42 (nineteen years ago)

i'm pretty certain butcher boy is sold out anyway, according to what my brain is telling me it said in an email i got from mr watson earlier in the week, but which i have since deleted...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 9 February 2007 16:44 (nineteen years ago)

i'm on the door innit.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Friday, 9 February 2007 16:48 (nineteen years ago)

but charlie has magic music industry skillz. charlie they were AWFUL. i mean, i LIKE an atonal racket and i still hated them. i seem to've tried to block them out of my memory but the vision floating in my ears is of emo grownups playing wilfully but joylessly badly. er that may or may not be accurate.

― emsk ( emsk), Friday, 9 February 2007 16:49 (nineteen years ago)

(by which i mean, my name is on the door, rather than actually me...)

i thought they were meant to be twee b&s-alike types?

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Friday, 9 February 2007 16:50 (nineteen years ago)

ye si also thought they were at least vaguely b&s-y

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 9 February 2007 16:50 (nineteen years ago)

Hum.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Friday, 9 February 2007 16:59 (nineteen years ago)

That is not the same butcher boy, (perhaps it was butcher's boy), ours was sub pub-punk shouting.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 9 February 2007 17:00 (nineteen years ago)

oh god, definitely different band.

― emsk ( emsk), Friday, 9 February 2007 17:08 (nineteen years ago)

aha. that makes more sense then. perhaps i'll go after all. although if it's sold out that means i'll have to go on my own to scary brixton...

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Friday, 9 February 2007 17:13 (nineteen years ago)

aw c'mon brixton isn't scary. NOTTINGHAM is scary.

― emsk ( emsk), Friday, 9 February 2007 17:58 (nineteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

The bronsteins, and others, at the Duke of Uke ukulele shop, somewhere I didn't even know the existence of until today. Wednesday 7th.

― Ed, Friday, 2 March 2007 08:22 (nineteen years ago)

The bronsteins, and others, at the Duke of Uke ukulele shop, somewhere I didn't even know the existence of until today. Wednesday 7th.

― Ed, Friday, 2 March 2007 08:22 (nineteen years ago)

oh i wanna see the low lows at lumi on the 7th.

― emsk, Friday, 2 March 2007 08:54 (nineteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

Robyn tonight at Cargo, anyone? Come on!

― CharlieNo4, Thursday, 29 March 2007 16:21 (nineteen years ago)

really?

― CharlieNo4, Thursday, 29 March 2007 16:32 (nineteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

TSDOLE supporting maps on monday anyone?

― Ed, Monday, 16 April 2007 12:44 (eighteen years ago)

Fields and Hush The Many (Heed The Few) at King's College tomorrow anyone?

― CharlieNo4, Monday, 23 April 2007 15:58 (eighteen years ago)

I missed the Groundhogs. Did everyone miss the Groundhogs?? Apparently so.

― gnarly sceptre, Monday, 23 April 2007 18:00 (eighteen years ago)

one month passes...

i wish i could go to this :(

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1413/551581137_cc9772aec5.jpg

check out the venue!

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1192/551349676_deebb25f2a.jpg

― emsk, Friday, 15 June 2007 09:31 (eighteen years ago)

Blimey! though gigs in churches are always strange.

― Masonic Boom, Friday, 15 June 2007 10:37 (eighteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

This Friday is tricky.

Religious Knives vs Clorox Girls & The Feelers vs Os Mutantes

― gnarly sceptre, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 12:27 (eighteen years ago)

Thursday is worse.

Marnie Stern vs. TSDOLE vs. Chrome Hoof. ARgh!

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 12:34 (eighteen years ago)

It is a full evening, I am seeing Mogwai, probably in the rain.

― Ed, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 12:35 (eighteen years ago)

what would you do
if you saw spaceships
over glasgow
would you fear them?

i am SO EXCITED for this gig.

anyone coming to latitude?

― emsk, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 12:49 (eighteen years ago)

anyone coming to latitude?

yeah wtf no latitude thread? latFAP required! meet by the pear cid...oh, wait.

― CharlieNo4, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 15:00 (eighteen years ago)

I'm going to Clorox Girls on Friday.

― Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 15:32 (eighteen years ago)

Are Os Mutantes playing tonight? I thought they were on the 27th? Are they playing twice? I can't go on the 27th anyway :(

Is anyone else going to Clorox Girls? I'm on my lonesome. If you see a tall bloke with glasses say hi.

Anyone going to the Rise gig on Sunday? I might go just because it's free and not very far away.

― Colonel Poo, Friday, 13 July 2007 15:52 (eighteen years ago)

hi folks,

whatever happened to The Garage?

concernedly,

steve shasta

― Steve Shasta, Friday, 13 July 2007 22:43 (eighteen years ago)

The Garage closed down or lost its licence or something. I just got back from Religious Knives, they were dire. No wave meets reggae! Not a good combination. But Nalle were great, which made up for it.

― Matt #2, Saturday, 14 July 2007 00:05 (eighteen years ago)

The Garage shut down "for renovations" about a year ago. It was originally supposed to re-open last September, but I guess Mean Fiddler isn't interested any more.

Clorox Girls were cool, as were the support band the Feelers, but once again Dirty Water Club was pretty empty. I always feel bad for bands that play there, it's always so dead! I saw the Epoxies and Riot Squad there a few months back and there was only about 20 people in the whole room. I dunno if they just don't publicise it much or something.

I did see occasional ILX0r davidcorp there though!

― Colonel Poo, Saturday, 14 July 2007 01:10 (eighteen years ago)

Churches really are quite lovely settings. Never mind choral recitals, I prefer chamber and solo music recitals to take place there as well.

Saw a performance of a tape piece by Alvin Lucier last week as part of the 'Music we'd like to hear' series. That is probably the only time I'll ever hear anything like that in a church - I can bet you anything there is probably someone who ws there who is going on about how 'bad' the acoustics were.

http://www.musicwedliketohear.com/

― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 15 July 2007 08:50 (eighteen years ago)

I'm ~~Spartacus~~ DavidCorp! And sorry for the confusion about Os Mutantes. I was totally wrong, thankfully. It is indeed the 27th. Stirmonster is djing at that too, eh? You got tickets, Mark?

I just got back from Religious Knives, they were dire. No wave meets reggae!

Religious Knives sound alrighton record, but the clip of them on the Ecstatic Peace was the decider, really. You just can't compare something like that to a great live *rock* show. And I kinda OD'd on noise shows for the moment anyway. But, yeah, Clorox Girls killed it. And their roadie photographer dude was the spit of Weird Al, so no contest, really.

― gnarly sceptre, Monday, 16 July 2007 16:00 (eighteen years ago)

the garage shutdown/lost its licence cos it's shite

― ken c, Monday, 16 July 2007 16:01 (eighteen years ago)

Oh! Hi Dave. Didn't realise you'd changed your name, obviously. I won't be able to go to the Os Mutantes gig anyway because I'm in Devon that weekend.

Weird Al dude wouldn't give me a discount if I bought a few 7"s even though they were £4 each, the bastard. I got 3 anyway, because I'm a sucker.

xpost!

― Colonel Poo, Monday, 16 July 2007 16:05 (eighteen years ago)

one month passes...

Sonic Cathedral next Wednesday!

The Asteroid #4
The Quarter After
The Tambourines
The People's Revolutionary Choir
Sunsplit

I'm doing the door so say hello if you go! Oh, and buy one of my beautiful posters!

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1363/1114008242_bdf5377458_o.jpg

― Masonic Boom, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 15:44 (eighteen years ago)

eight months pass...

I've got an extra ticket to Times New Viking + Jay Reatard tonight at Barden's. Anyone want it?

― G00blar, Wednesday, 14 May 2008 11:07 (seventeen years ago)

srsly

― G00blar, Wednesday, 14 May 2008 14:40 (seventeen years ago)

No Age are playing too, apparently.

― Bocken Social Scene, Wednesday, 14 May 2008 15:39 (seventeen years ago)

Oh wow, awes!

― G00blar, Wednesday, 14 May 2008 15:51 (seventeen years ago)

Oh crap I just saw Pissed Jeans are playing on Sunday and it's sold out :(

― Colonel Poo, Friday, 16 May 2008 10:47 (seventeen years ago)

It's like a noize invasion of LDN!

― G00blar, Friday, 16 May 2008 12:23 (seventeen years ago)

This can only be a good thing

― Colonel Poo, Friday, 16 May 2008 13:48 (seventeen years ago)

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