Tag: Brixton
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RC 376: Hinterland / Epic 2023?
Get lost in the grey snowy/rainy hinterland between Christmas and New Year with this 2023 dub/punk new year themed episode of RC 376 by Radio Clash. Dedicated to the memory of Terry Hall, Vivienne Westwood, Joe Strummer, Wilko Johnson, and Jet Black, this episode features some drum and bass and acid chilled vibes from Ceephax…
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RC 327: A Line In The Sand Part 2: Black Lives Matter
Anti-racism and Black Lives Matter is not just for a week or a month, it’s for a lifetime. The danger is that as this article points out, us white people have a history of dealing with racism and handwringing that actually doesn’t create action. Obfuscating it with their guilt and ‘need to listen/know more’ which…
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Independent Venue Week at the Windmill
Last night I was at the Windmill in Brixton to see Sorry, Ghost Kings of the Five Regions and Drug Store Romeos as part of Independent Venue Week. Independent Music Week is in it’s fifth year with I think over a hundred venues taking part. I’d never been to the Windmill in Brixton (take a…
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Not The Usual 4 Bar Loop Crap
https://soundcloud.com/factmag/fact-mix-493-squarepusher-apr-15 Brilliant mix from Squarepusher looking back at the criminally ignored Shut Up And Dance / Ragga Twins et al. You can or could get many of these tunes on their website but this FACT mag mix is a lot quicker. Still have lots of love for Lamborghini, Green Man, Spliffhead, Death Is Not The…
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East India Youth
I went to the Wild Beasts Brixton gig a few days ago. It was strangely schizophrenic in feel, like the crowd and myself love the older songs, there’s obviously a shift in the audience, with Tom Fleming asking ‘who was here when we first played this song 10 years ago?’ to utter silence he responded…
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Know Your History part 2: London Booted
Fast forwarding past 2003 and part one of this series, we join our intrepid DJ Heroes in 2004 as they decide to Clash it up and celebrate the 25th anniversary of the classic London Calling LP, mashup style. Richie Deluxe over at Culturedeluxe was the main honcho who put together the MP3-only release, but eventually…