PECQ and Ella Clayton at The Lexington

The Lexington, London N1 — Tuesday, 25th October 2022 The Lexington is fast becoming my favourite Central London venue. Situated halfway up Pentonville Road between Angel and Kings Cross, it has seating around the outside of the main area in front of the stage which, as someone with invisible disabilities, is a deal breaker for me these days. The sound is always clear and well balanced,…

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Fresh Faves: Batch 464

These Fresh Faves were picked by our readers over the weekend - and reviewed by Fresh On The Net's Neil March this week. You can hear all these tracks in a single Soundcloud playlist here. Halloween is here so look out for some haunting tunes nestling among the ten tracks our ever-discerning readers have chosen. Once again we had a Listening Post packed with more…

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Tomorrow Calling 2022: A Cultural Legacy

A Futuristic Festival of diverse music and sound The second annual Tomorrow Calling Festival took place on Sunday 18th September at AMP Studios in South East London. Badged as part of Lewisham’s celebrations of being the London Borough of Culture 2022. Read a full report in greater detail at Trust The Doc here. First on the Vanishing Point stage was Rising of the LIghts aka…

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Tam Lin / Digital Roses / Yiskãh @ Goldsmiths

George Wood Theatre: Goldsmiths, University of LondonMonday 5th September 2022 Just days after seeing Yiskãh perform at Vanishing Point and some six weeks since seeing all three acts perform at the Contemporary Music Proms, I had the opportunity of a free concert on a Monday evening at my old University. Moreover, I was accompanied by Brian O’Neill, owner of the fantastic indie label Dimple Discs,…

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Fresh Faves: Batch 457

These Fresh Faves were picked by our readers over the weekend - and reviewed by Fresh On The Net's Neil March this week. You can hear all these tracks in a single Soundcloud playlist here. Welcome back everyone; the first Fresh Faves since we broke for the summer. Of course partly a summer characterised by concerns over what will happen in the winter. But at…

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Fresh Faves: Batch 455

These Fresh Faves were picked by our readers over the weekend - and reviewed by Fresh On The Net's Neil March this week. You can hear all these tracks in a single Soundcloud playlist here. By the time we reach early September, two events will be guaranteed to have taken place. Fresh On The Net will have returned from a summer break that begins in…

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Fresh Faves: Batch 452

These Fresh Faves were picked by our readers over the weekend - and reviewed by Fresh On The Net's Neil March this week. You can hear all these tracks in a single Soundcloud playlist here. So summer officially arrived in the UK this weekend and a fittingly bright Listening Post has been pared down to ten Fresh Faves thanks to our ever-discerning readers. If Fresh…

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Review: Emma Johnson’s Gravy Boat

The Vortex Jazz Club, Dalston, London N1Thursday 9th June 2022 It is more years than I care to acknowledge since I last visited The Vortex. It has moved a short distance further towards Dalston from its old Stoke Newington site. Tonight the gig is taking place in the intimate downstairs bar which means, as it is still daylight, I can watch people milling about in…

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Review: New Posh Club @ The George Tavern

CUISINE / FAT CONCUBINE / COSTI / PALINDRONES / KUNTESSAThe George Tavern, Shadwell, Wednesday 1st June 2022 The fourth New Posh Club night, curated and promoted by Jera and Hanja of Fat CONCUBINE, is already at its third home in five months. Judging by tonight’s gig, this is likely to be its permanent one for the foreseeable future. A packed, enthusiastic and broadly quite young…

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Review: Alex Hall / Florie Namir / Rupert Caney

THE BEDFORD, BALHAM, LONDONWednesday 18th May 2022 If ever you needed evidence of Fresh On The Net’s importance to grassroots music artists, The Bedford in Balham tonight would be the place to unearth it. The night is being promoted by stalwart supporter of new music Tony Hardy whose weekly blog Fifty3Fridays is permanently on my essential reading list. It is free entry and two of…

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