If you are one of those people whom the sound of the word “opera” sends to sleep more surely than washing down a box of Valium with a pint of camomile, the version of Puccini’s La Bohème currently playing at the Cock Tavern Theatre in …
If there is one thing you don’t expect from a Luke Haines gig, it’s jokes. Last night’s sold out gig at The Luminaire in Kilburn found old misery-guts in an unexpectedly jovial mood playing songs from his splendidly caustic new album ’21st Century Man’. The …
Thursday night at Kilburn’s Luminaire served as the launch party for London band The Clientele’s latest release, Bonfires On The Heath. When attending the band’s last album launch party, vocalist Alasdair Maclean commented to the half empty cavernous space, that the same amount of people …
Helping you find the sights, sounds, and occasional smells of our buried waterways. Along with the Tyburn and Fleet, the River Westbourne is one of the ‘big three’ lost watercourses north of the Thames, now buried and used as a sewer. It shares a similar …
Last night saw Oregon based mistress of drone folk Liz Harris aka Grouper hush a teeming Luminaire crowd in Kilburn. Presented by the London based music promoter Upset The Rhythm, Grouper was accompanied by Silk Flowers; an otherworldly darkwave synth-pop Brooklyn trio and self billed …
As anyone who has read his autobiography ‘Bad Vibes’ will know, Luke Haines is definitely one to harbour a grudge. In his revisionist account of the Britpop era, the former Auteurs front-man lays into everyone from Chris Evans to Justine Frischmann with equal ferocity. So …
A couple have been murdered in Croydon: their son has been arrested. Boris. East Enders. Tonight. God has intervened in the threat to the Gaumont in Kilburn. The Devil’s work, on the other hand, can be seen in Croydon, where the council has ‘fessed to …
Giant Lego Pharaoh conquers Thames. Kilburn ain’t swinging any more. Jerry Springer’s back: appearing in Chicago. BA is checking all its CityFlyer aircraft after the City “hard landing“. The BeXFactor – music scholarship up for grabs Image of Mayor Johnson and the Lord Mayor in …
Despite being able to count Depeche Mode, Goldfrapp and Nick Cave as label-mates, Polly Scattergood greets tonight’s small but attentive audience with an air of modesty bordering on insecurity. She’s backed by synths, bass/guitar and live drums, which her three male bandmates use to conjure …
Honestly, what is it about properties being mistaken for sin-ridden dens of iniquity? Weeks after a Staines house was confused with a nearby bordello, police have now stepped in and closed down a Kilburn naturist club. The Soho Beach House on Kilburn High Road, promoted …
If you’re in the mood for a bit of jazz, then as mentioned earlier in the week, Mercury nominees Basquiat Strings will be playing a small gig tonight at Kilburn’s Luminaire as part of a dsp-bip night. There were rave reviews all round for their …
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