London City Love Affair tomorrow!

Yeah!  London City Love Affair returns to the Lexington on Pentonville Road tomorrow night for more band and club shenanigans.  We have music from the splendid:

EZRA BANG & HOT MACHINE
Insane electro/hip-hop crossover antics from one of London's best live acts. If you haven't caught the Hot Machine show yet, don't miss out!
"If Public Enemy had swamped their raps with buzzing synths, they'd sound like Ezra Bang & Hot Machine" (Loud and Quiet)

THEM:YOUTH
MGMT-esque beats and glossy electro from one of London’s hottest new bands. They're really new on the live circuit, but they make absolutely INCREDIBLE music, and they're getting everyone across the industry very excited indeed.  This is only their second gig, so we've got them whilst they're still fresh!

SILHOUETTE 
Delicate, swirling soundscapes from NME-championed Silhouette, who combine art with music to create a quite incredible show.
"Silhouette...bowled us over with her powerfully rich and soulful voice backed by dark blues and dirty riffs." (Artrocker)

Not only that, but we've got some awesome guests DJs lined up for the night, including LR ROCKETS, the SIEGFRIED SASSOON SOUNDSYSTEM, Wes Simpson and Bryn and I playing our usual brand of indie and alternative nonsense.

It's from 8-4am, with the bands on until 11, and is normally £6 on the door.  Because I am lovely, however, if you print off this blog entry (along with the flyer below), you can get a big fat £2 off the door price!

See you there!

Lovebox 2009 - chuffing hell!

I had forgotten all about the return of Lovebox to our fair city this summer until I saw some teaser ads in the Metro today.  I followed them through to their conclusion, a quarter-page advert, and promptly amused/shocked/worried the entire train carriage by letting out what can only be described as a squeal of excitement (NB, this might be a slight exaggeration, I am British after all, so probably only managed one raised eyebrow...).  Why you ask?...

THIS IS WHY!!

DURAN DURAN are headlining Lovebox!  Not only that, but there's support from a whole host of the musical great and the good:

N*E*R*D

Groove Armada (obviously)

Friendly Fires

Florence and the Machine

Simian Mobile Disco

Fat Freddy's Drop (who are awesome, by the way)

...and these are only the first acts they've announced!

I am so fully excited about this, not least due to the fact that I bought super-early bird tickets in November on spec, so I'm getting all this musical goodness for the princely sum of £59 +BF.  Beezer!

First blog of '09

...and it's in February.  Shocking, I grant you, but there it is.  To paraphrase Wilde, 'I have nothing to declare but my laziness'...that, and a large wodge of work coming in during January which, let's face it, no-one ever expects!

Still, I'm still standing, and still just about blogging.  More will undoubtedly follow.  For the time being, I'm beefing up my Web 2.0 credentials with the likes of:

Twitter

Facebook Group - for the night I run, London City Love Affair

London City Love Affair myspace

London City Love Affair last.fm

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