History is made at night

Alternative TV were one of the few signficant early British punk bands to to eschew the obvious music industry route of signing for a big la...

Next up on the Dancing Questionnaire , is Smith3000 of Expletive Undeleted blog and much more besides - 'did fanzines as a kid, promote...

French for Cartridge are celebrating the release of their new album Liquorice (Dinner with Daisy records) with a week-long residency 'p...

Thanks to Uncarved for pointing me in the direction of this South London Press story (1 February 2010): 'Strict new operating conditio...

The use of music for sonic warfare, torture and crowd control has been a recurring theme at this site. An interesting example occurred last ...

Hipsters, Flipsters & Finger-Poppin’ Daddies - Stewart Home Intesresting review at 3am magazine of the latest in the BFI's Flipside ...

I have been to a few parties in my time, but dancing in a tree house is something I haven't done. In the past year there's been a se...

I like the places where the night does not mean an end where smiles break free and surprise is your friend and dancing goes on in the kitche...

Lydia is a New Cross-based feminist zinester, blogger (see her Swimsuit Issue ) and co-promoter of Girl Germs - 'a grrrl-tastic night of...

This sublime image has turned up on a number of blogs including Royal Quiet Deluxe and Lucky Charm (I was alerted to it by Drumz of the S...

It's time for that Burns night post again : Music historians have long noted the influence of the Scottish ballad tradition on the devel...

Justine Picardie’s If the Spirit Moves You (2001) is a book about bereavement, specifically the author’s struggle to come to terms with the ...

The Pleasure Principle by Kane Race (Sydney Alumni Magazine, Summer 2009) is an excellent article on the absurdities of drugs prohibition, ...

Sad to hear that Kate McGarrigle has died, here's some nice footage from way back in 1977 of Kate & Anna singing 'Foolish You...

Interesting article in New York Times (10 Janyuary 2010) on decline in Paris nightlife: '...Despite its reputation as the bustling spiri...

The links section of this site is badly in need of updating, but I have at least managed to get the new addresses for Datacide and Expletiv...

In today's Observer, Arcade Fire's Régine Chassagne, whose family fled Haiti to escape the Duvalier dictatorship, writes about the e...

Sad to hear of the death of Teddy Pendergrass this week, aged 59. Among his many musical achievements was a critical role in the birth of d...

xx: A Sculpture of the Album at the Vinyl Factory (the gallery space under the excellent Phonica record shop in Soho's Poland Street) w...

An interesting early 20th century photograph of people out dancing in London (click on photo to enlarge). It comes from Living London by GR...

Some documents relating to a fateful party in Brixton in 1993. Some people I know were at this one, it was just a typical Brixon squat party...

Singing and making music is a universal part of human existence, found in all known societies. What could be more absurd than having to have...

Campaigns are currently being waged to save two iconic London venues. The Half Moon in Putney (South West London) has been hosting live musi...

The existence of gods, goddesses, spirits and saints of music and dance in religions and mythologies across the world is testament to the fu...

Following the cancellation of this year's Big Green Gathering thanks to official pressure, another festival is under attack. On Friday ...

A man was convicted this week of the murder of 18 year old Dinah McNicol (pictured) in 1991. Peter Tobin is now known to have killed at leas...