MUSIC. NIGHTLIFE. CULTURAL RIOTS. LONDON TINGS. BY KATE HUTCHINSON.
Look how excited he is! Yes, Mylo, he of “Da da da da, drop the pressure” fame is back. He has been, like, throwing underground parties an’ that at Dalston Superstore in east London for most of the year. But on October 8, he gonna take it to XOYO once more with Ed Banger young [...]
I was on the panel of judges for The Independent‘s round-up of the country’s best bars this year. Check out the cocktail shenaniganry HERE.
You can get the abridged version of this interview in Time Out this week, but to read it in full, check it after the jump. DJ History on the record player revolutionaries Some DJs are more than just nerdy looking blokes flipping records on and off some decks. Or, these days, should we say: more [...]
I’ve been saying since I was 15 that I was going to get a tattoo. Taunted my mum with it. Tacked up pictures of lovely swirly tats all over my bedroom walls (OK, so it was just Brandon Boyd’s, whatever). So writing this feature on London’s best tattoo shops and tattooists, including Into You, Frith [...]
I interviewed trance’s answer to Matt Damon, Armin van Buuren, ahead of his headlining set at the South West Four Weekender and the release of his new album, ‘Mirage’, which features pouty pop dame Sophie Ellis-Bextor. But it’s not a mirage though, is it? Is it, Armin? After all, he’s so nice and clean cut [...]
You can find my wee trend article on brand spanking new (but, like, totally vintage) club night, La Belle Epoque. Trust me: you’ll have a Wilde old time, especially after 10 absinthes or so, in Time Out‘s spangly (yes, it well is spangly) Clubbing section tomorrow. Read all about it first, in full, HAR and [...]
Being a lesbian in the capital is a tough cop. Only because it’s so ruddy hard to find out what’s going on dans le nighttime in one place. On one concise list. I spent many a night tearing my hair out as I combed Facebook for London’s best lesbian nights. And voila: an article came [...]
Time Out and Smirnoff released their iPhone App in January this year. You can download it for free and it’s super-useful.
Step back nine decades to a time when nightlife was alluringly illicit. Forget oversized tee shirts and spandex leggings – dinner jackets and luxurious gowns beaded to within an inch of their thread count were the only club wear of choice. Long evenings were spent soaking up dazzling chorus girls and blue comics or, across [...]