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Featured local business - Clubtek

Forest

SE23

Hill

I was already a regular visitor to Clubtek’s DJ shop when it was in Penge, but now they're even handier in Stanstead Road, just a few doors down from Shannon’s Garden Centre - another old favourite. It’s by no means just for DJs and bands...

Ceri James album launch at the Duke

Apr

2014

Ceri James has been a key part of the SE London live music scene for as long as this blog has been going, and over the years we have featured some of his songs here (including 'Blythe Hill Fields', 'Deptford Broadway' and the New Cross cultural history of 'The Real Coffee Shop'). Recently he has ...

Brockley: The New Blxck

Apr

2014

What will Brockley's rap scene do when / if the MOT garage mural gets bulldozed? THE NEW BLXCK is another local hip hop outfit that uses the street art in its video, but this time, they've accompanied it with good music. Roofless is languorous, old skool and smart.

Skateboards and Sound Systems in Telegraph Hill Festival Final Weekend

Apr

2014

[Update Sunday 6th April - because of the wet weather, the SKAM festival has been cancelled, and will be rearranged later in the summer. The Sound System RUMBQ won't be happening in the park either but WILL be taking place indoors instead - in the Narthex building at St Catherine's Church (Kitto Rd, SE14).A few ...

The Montague Arms Returns

Mar

2014

We have light pic.twitter.com/FTFFgjG11a— Montague Arms (@Montague_Arms) March 20, 2014The Montague Arms (289 Queens Road, SE15 2PA) is back and reassuringly eccentric.The New Cross pub many thought lost forever when its former owners died reopened last week, festooned by its new team with homicidal foxes, gas masks and machinery. Its steampunk aesthetic is accompanied by ...

Telegraph Hill Festival 2014

Mar

2014

Telegraph Hill Festival opens this weekend, with three weeks of art, music, theatre and more, including activities for everyone from toddlers to pensioners. You can read the full programme here, so I won't labour the point.The biggest events, in terms of size, will probably be the community production of Annie Get Your Gun, Irving Berlin's ...

The Broca Ensemble at the Union Chapel, March 15th

Mar

2014

Brockley guitar band The Broca Ensemble plays the beautiful Union Chapel venue in Islington this weekend. They were, apparently, formed via a notice posted on Brockley Central. So they must be good.Click here for the gig details.

Getrude/Roshi/Angelpoise at Lewisham Arthouse on Friday

Mar

2014

Interesting gig coming up on Friday at Lewisham Arthouse:'GERTRUDE are an alternative 4 piece band based in and around London. Formed as a collective in 1996 Gertrude soon caused a stir in many different London ‘scenes’.They enjoy playing gigs in a wide variety of venues – such as onboard the Motorship Stubnitz or alongside ‘punk ...

Skye Nightclub

Mar

2014

@BrockleyCentral leaflets were being given out at #Lewisham station for a new bar opening.. pic.twitter.com/1I8SB95ODo— Joe Bond (@Joe_Trading) March 4, 2014Follow them on Facebook here.

Goldsmiths opens Music Studios on New Cross Road

Feb

2014

L-R: Producer Nigel Godrich, Head of the Goldsmiths Music Studios Mikko Gordon, Travis lead singer Fran Healy and Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood at the launchLast night, we attended the launch of the new Goldsmiths Music Studios, 286 New Cross Road, between Deptford Town Hall and the Hobgoblin.A new facility, it is, "designed to be a ...

Damon Albarn plays the Rivoli

Feb

2014

The Guardian reports thatDamon Albarn will perform two shows in London this spring, confirming dates at both the Rivoli Ballroom [April 30th] and The Great Hall at Queen Mary University of London. To mark the release of his first solo album Everyday Robots, the Blur frontman will debut tracks from the new record with a band ...