Out Of Control Army-Stop Press! Out Of Control Army outta Mexico playing ska in The Dublin Castle, Camden (The Ancestral Seat Of Madness contd P.94) on the way back from SKAMOUTH and its FREE after the Dublin Castle Open Mic Monday 2nd Oct. Arriva! Arriva! Open Mic is happening as normal til 10. Sign up at 7pm  

SMILER NITES Your Host – Damien Smiler

Nirvardy – Nirvana homage playing two long sets of Kurt and Kris and Dave material spookily close to the real thing. A remarkable achievement of punk/grunge/indie assimilation. Will be a banging nite. Come As You Are…. “NIRVARDY are a ‘heavier than heaven’ soundalike homage to Nirvana based in Leicester, UK. They play utterly authentic versions of the influential trio’s back catalogue, revisiting songs from every studio album as well as plentiful b-sides and rarities. The attention to detail and variety of Nirvardy’s shows have proven hugely satisfying to casual listeners and hardcore aficionados alike and continue to win them fans all over the UK. There are no gimmicks here. The focus is purely on Nirvana’s music, delivered with the ferocious energy which originally spawned moshpits from Seattle to Reading and beyond. First and foremost Nirvardy are a band of fans. Keeping these vital songs alive and sweaty is a labour of love. The result is in an essential sonic experience for all lovers of Nirvana”… Dead Bait – outta Leeds and pursuing a fabulous math thrash concoction chock full of popping eyed intensity. Perfect accompaniment to a grungefest

King Joe & The Atlantics are an exciting British based six-piece group influenced by the electrifying sounds of Rhythm & Blues of the 1940’s, 50’s and early 60’s. From the ashes of Big Town Playboys, who rocked many a packed Dublin Castle show back in the 1990s. The Atlantics line-up includes a truly outstanding selection of experienced & renowned players including Nick Lunt (Jools Holland R&B Orchestra), Al Nicholls (Big Town Playboys) and Wayne Lee (Son of Guitar legend Albert Lee), along with up & coming youthful musicians thrown in the mix. Tonight promises to be a wonderful evening of old school hot to trot joy, party down dance music like they used to make, played fabulously well, with attention to detail and superb chops all round. Hot support from Remi Banklyn – the spirit of Little Junior, Jackie Brunston and Sun Records pre Elvis are embodied by this superb performer. Authentically expressed and swinging good.  

STRAIGHTEN OUT are the premier Stranglers tribute band out there…if you were lucky enough to be in the audience last time around in The Dublin Castle you’ll know what a superb experience this is. Not just a tribute- as sincere and assured an expression of The Meninblack’s best works as you could possibly hope for. And it’s a great fit in The Dublin Castle. With an extensive set-list that spans two solid hours, Straighten Out re-create the ‘early years’ sound of The Stranglers, complete with a keyboard rig that is the same model as the original used by Mr. Greenfield himself in the 1970’s…! The growling bass sound and the quirky guitar riffs are all there to be heard as is the dual vocal ‘attack’ from the two frontmen a la Burnel-Cornwell as they rip through all the classics: ‘Peaches’, ‘Hanging Around’, ‘No More Heroes’, ‘5 Minutes’, ‘The Raven’, ‘Walk On By’, ‘Straighten Out’, ‘Down In The Sewer’ and many more as they cover virtually the whole of the first three Stranglers’ albums and beyond… Straighten Out – live and unleashed – will take you on a nostalgia trip that transports you back to those raw, powerful, exhilarating times when The Stranglers emerged through the quagmire of mediocrity to produce some of the finest tunes ever written…Straighten Out will put you back in that place…! We Got Killers – DJ til 2am and will bring a special Stranglers roots, shoots, fruits and cahoots set to the party before spinning off into supereclectic disco hyperspace. Strap in.

The Swagger –   “The Swagger’s music is modern rock with a catchy yet gritty aesthetic, combining melodic 60’s style harmonies and classic 90’s Britpop indie-alternative with a slice of punk attitude”  Incredible Magpie Band, as beloved of one Liam Gallagher, amongst many other good souls, doing a short acoustic set for us tonight.   Atacama slams together heavy desert rock and fuzzy stoner riffs to craft a face-melting haze of riffage and psychedelia. A 5 piece band haling from middle England, with heavy links to Queens of the Stone Age, Kyuss, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam… The Clang Group – Clive Langer and Heavy Friends play the first of their Autumnal Dublin Castle residency…a beautiful blend of quintessential English psych, skronking art rock and modal pop it is too. Clanger’s shadow looms large across the British rocknroll landscape…guitarist and songwriter with Deaf School, producer for the likes of Madness, Morrissey, Deaf School and the man that wrote Shipbuilding…DJ Black Feather takes us thru til 2am.

Open Mic. Sign up at 7pm

SMILER NITES Your Host – Damien Smiler

A new EMOM night at The (legendary) Dublin Castle, 94 Parkway, Camden, London. NW1 7AN This event is twinned with the previous event at Tileyard Gallery on 22 September. Electronic Music Open Mic or EMOM for short is an open stage night for London based electronic and experimental musicians. This night is aimed at giving local artists a supportive space in which to play live and experiment. Seeking all forms of electronic/experimental music including: ambient, soundtrack, dance, techno, noise, electropop, drone, glitch, experimental hip-hop, field recordings, electrojazz, chiptune, looping, synthwave, trance, live coding, sound design, etc. Get out of your home studio or bedroom, and come out to a fun, supportive night with other enthusiastic tech heads, dabblers and music fans. You don’t need to be an established artist with a full repertoire. This is for anyone who wants to try their hand at playing live in a safe, motivating environment. Phone apps, gadgets, drum machines, loop stations, groove boxes, DJ controllers, sequencers, samplers, modular synths, computers, digital boxes, loose change and a contact mic .. and everything in between…All welcome! Come out and meet other music makers, producers and creative types from all walks of music making. There should be plenty of time to talk gear, production techniques and a whole range of inspiring ideas. Event will run from roughly 7pm-11.00pm with wiggle room depending on interest. Slots are up to 15 minutes (including set-up and play). There will be some pre-booked slots and also additional walk-in slots on the night. Watch this space for more info. The focus is on London and area based artists and if you’ve played one event please come and support the other but you are unlikely to get to play both sorry. There is a small main stage, full live-music speaker system , and an sound engineer that will handle mixing to the main PA. We will have a table for you to setup on, and another one to the side, for the next performer to prep/wrap their gear. Sorry – no acoustic guitars – unless they are being used to generate soundscapes or some other style of music in keeping with the night (e.g. through pedals, FX units etc.) FREE ENTRY! See you at the EMOM!

The Blinders are back. Intimate London show. Tickets on sale Friday 22nd Sep.

Dubinski : “It all started out with small town boredom and sibling rivalry. Needing a hobby, one brother started to play music, joined by the next; before they knew it, the full brood -Eugene, Donal, Eoin, and Fergus Gaine, had formed a band. “I started out playing pots and pans as a kid,” explains drummer Eoin, the eldest of the four, “and then these guys gradually began choosing their own instruments. It all started from there!” Taken as a whole, Dubinski’s debut album is a shattering, cathartic experience. It’s a record fueled by brotherhood and trust, by loss and the empowering impact of communal emotion. More than anything else, it’s a launching point, a marker of the sheer will that has dragged Dubinski from the Highlands of Scotland out into the bigger world. “I sometimes wonder what the hell we would be doing if we didn’t have a band,”Eoin muses. “It’s the umbilical cord that keeps us all together.” The Flitz : “The Flitz, are a 4 piece indie band hailing from West London. Anthemic riffs and attitude the band take inspiration from classic 90s indie to modern day guitar pop – The Flitz wanna soundtrack your nights out.” The Gardeners : “A four-piece guitar band from Southend and London, primarily coming out with trebly clean riffs, melodic bass-lines and breakbeat drums, all in the form of alternative ‘jangle’ pop tunes.”     We can’t wait to bring more great music to The Dublin Castle, see you on the 13th October!

The Collective A.K.A in The Dublin Castle, a great fit as we know.  Rocking a Supersonic and very, very strong sizzling set jam (Jam) packed with mod, new wave, punk and ska classics, The Collective A.K.A are a brass powered rhythm machine precision made for Maximum RnB dancefloor expression. The Best Saturday Night Out In Camden Town. The Jam, The Who, Specials, Madness and more, all done with passion and love. The TR5s -summed up by some wise soul as”skiffle n roll”, this crew promise to add a fabulous rockin’ element to tonight’s proceedings, demonstrating brilliantly the link from early rocknroll to mod via the Beatles beyond Hamburg, coz greasers could be modernists too. Top flight.

Rock N Roll Book Club SLADE Special with SLADY!...and author Malcolm Wyatt ‘Wild! Wild! Wild! A People’s History Of Slade’ A new Slade book written by journalist and Slade mega fan Malcolm Wyatt. The book not only features an exclusive interview with SLADY, but tonight Tony Bugbear’s interview and Q and A with Malcolm is placed sensationally in a Slady Sarnie.  Gobby Holder (Danie Cox) opens the show with a bespoke Slade acoustic set, and after the chat is joined on stage by band mates Jem Lea, Davina Hill and Donna Powell for the full on blistering rocknroll joy that is the complete Slady live experience.  This book is an impressive collection of memories from Slade Fans all around the world. Pre orders are available NOW… https://spenwoodbooks.com/product/wild-wild-wild/  

Open Mic. Sign up at 7pm Showcase set from Ines

SMILER NITES Your Host – Damien Smiler

2Faced—The premier Homage to the Faces really tore the Dublin Castle apart when they played here 5 months ago for Rock And Roll Book Club. The atmosphere in the room was absolutely supercharged, beaming faces everywhere, a stonking 2 sets of classic British Boogie…a truly remarkable night. No book angle tonight, but a special occasion for some Monster partying anyway. If you know, you know! Tonight 2Faced present 2 sets of live (Rod &) Faces favourites and maybe some surprises, including no doubt a few special guests , definitely some great music and maybe a drink or two!! Matt Pearce (Guitar) , Harry Armstrong (vocals) , Patrick Kenneally (drums) , StefTower (keys) , Ghost (bass)

The Witching Tale – sweetly psychedelicized folktronica, uniting Early Classical English/Celtic vibrations with Asian motifs and eery drama, courtesy the fabulously pitched other worldly vocal. This is soul music from an ancient place…probably wooded, with mist or a heavy dew, and something beautifully dark at play just off stage. It’s all there to be enjoyed in this magikal, madrigal music. But then why wouldn’t it be? You’re in very safe hands. The Witching Tale are Katharine Blake (Mediaeval Baebes, Miranda Sex Garden) and Michael J York (Coil, Current 93, The Utopia Strong, Teleplasmiste). Tonight sees the launch party for their hotly anticipated second album. David Ryder Prangley – Rachel Stamp and Witches wunderkind was widely acclaimed in the nicely naughty nineties as the most beautiful man in pop since David Sylvian and Nick Rhodes a decade earlier. And of course he’s still got it…having slung on a bass for everyone from Adam Ant to ex Roller Eric Faulkner, to Angie Bowie and Pete Murphy, showing there’s a lot of substantial talent and diversity with DRP too. He has also directed music videos for former Flesh For Lulu singer the late Nick Marsh’s A Universe Between Us album, and music videos for Lilygun, Liza Bec and Laurie Black, and has more recently been seen fronting Sisterwitch, in addition to a recent highly successful Rachel Stamp revival.

Punky Reggae Party –  from the get go, with Don Letts at the controls down the Roxy, punk and reggae were strange but beautiful bed fellows, and pretty much every punk band had their episodes of dubby bassline, skanked guitar and dub sensibilities. But The Clash got there first with their iconic cover of Lee Perry/Junior Murvin’s “Police And Thieves”…Punky Reggae Party play their full on Clash set tonite. A great party is assured…now with Blondie UK support, so arrive nice and early, 8pm sharp, to get yer money’s worth of all those amazing Deborah Harry fronted tunes. A superb homage. DJ Fuzz – Fuzz, the DJ, the legend, spinning the finest in cherished mp3s for your dancing pleasure til 2am

The Prods – High octane punk rock and roll with massive chords and massive attitude of a Godfathers, Pistols, Heartbreakers flava.  Expect wry, rapscallion humour, and a devil may care joi de vivre.   ‘Losing at darts, beer and motorbikes since 2010. ‘ Gawd bless em. Launching the new single tonite, which is sure to be a doozie. French Dogs – young punk/rock band with the zip and attitude you’d want in every troupe of guitar slinging ramalama merchants. Brilliant energy. Erika and the Ravens – ‘Dark Country & Ethereal Rock&Roll’…is rite!… The Raven at the guitar is Simon Wild outta Oh! Gunquit. Erika adds a sweet but commandeering vocal to the swinging rockabilly tinged riddims. Very nice. Argonaut – boy/girl, girl/boy post punk art pop with hints of Stereolab, early Fall, Throwing Muses and…a lot of essence Argonaut. DJs We Got Killers take us thru til 2am.

Seven Red Lions: “Seven Red Lions is an indie rock band based in London. Composed of lead singer and guitarist David Lion from Mexico and singer and bass player Sara Priegue from Portugal. After they met in London in 2014, they decided to pursue their dreams, and in 2015 they launched their first EP; since then, the band has been actively launching new material and playing around the world. The diverse nationalities that makeup Seven Red Lions can be felt in the tone of their music. “This band have an amazing indie rock sound that will leave you in awe with awesome guitar solos, speedy drums and impressive harmonies!” Daylight Robbery: ‘Anthems of monumental proportions’ – FIREWORKS MAGAZINE Dirty Mitts: “Dirty Mitts, a four-piece band made up of Tommy (singer), Matt (bass player), Mo (both guitarists), and Mateusz (drums), is an eclectic group of musicians from the UK, Poland, and Egypt who came together in 2022, bonded by a shared passion for classic, loud Rock’n’roll. Their sound is a combination of bluesy, vintage, and energetic tunes that are sure to have listeners on their feet.” Clay Soldiers  “Formed in London, 2020; we are a rock band, combining melodic guitars and heavy rocking grooves along with grunge and stoner-rock elements”   You can find the posters attached to this email! I will be in contact with you again before the show with advancings once we have sold some more tickets and have the running order confirmed.   We can’t wait to bring more great music to The Dublin

Open Mic. Sign up at 7pm Showcase set from Hypnotonic

SMILER NITES Your Host – Damien Smiler

Weird Brainz – Paris based grunge punkers with cool edgy in touch with it’s feminine side vocal. Very L7. Bit of Nirvana for sure, Lunachicks maybe. Very good, strong numbers. Strong attitude. Strong on their feet and punching hard. Neuroplacid – freeform Grime informed punk collective rocking dual vocals, dual guitars sax and all sorts.  A goodly blend of street spitting and indie punk. Plenty of chewing of lips and 200 yard stares. The kids are all right. The Quiet Screamers – quasi glam/gothic garage trio out of Paris, France. Heavy Rawk riffs and slinky female vocals, plenty of strident sleaze, super.  The missing link between X and Hole  with a bit of T Rex? Guest In The Car – alt rock roustabouts taking a high tension taxi to grungeville. Cool.

 Tantrum Zentrum – searing alterno artpunk psychedelics with a space rock sensibility…excellent wiggly, wigged out work. Is this Das Kosmiche Neu? Who said Krautrock? I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it…     Slender Pins – angular art popping post punkery with bits of The Fall, Gang Of 4, Pil etc delightfully present and correct, but also a neato dollop of Pulp- ish post Britpop Cheeky charm and languid larks. Nowt languid about the fiery tunes tho. Ace.   The Stone Phones – From Canada but based in Liverpool and rocking a highly British psychedelic cum scally rock sound. The Verve come to mind. Kick up quite  storm with it they do too.  Clang Group – Clive Langer and Heavy Friends play the second of their Autumnal Dublin Castle residency…a beautiful blend of quintessential English psych, skronking art rock and modal pop it is too. Clanger’s shadow looms large across the British rocknroll landscape…guitarist and songwriter with Deaf School, producer for the likes of Madness, Morrissey, Deaf School and the man that wrote Shipbuilding…

Ladies and Gentlemen, a word from Grungers! –  “Good Evening Space Cadets! We are absolutely buzzing to announce our pal Honess Jones will be bringing his ferocious dirty pop sounds along to the party at our Halloween show The Dublin Castle on 28/10/23! Along with our gothic sister Bella it’s gonna make for one hell of a night…..You wont want to miss this!! Tickets are going fast…Let’s sell this fucker out!!…..may your glass be full of beer and your bong full of grass! DRINK THE WORM” – GRUNGERS….Not to be missed then! DJs We Got Killers take on the Halloween Hop at 11pm (Free from 11) Matinee Show Doors 2.30pm  The Galahad Complex, Haskell Kimbal, The Hackenbakers £6 in advance here https://www.wegottickets.com/event/595611

Open Mic. Sign up at 7pm Showcase set from Anelie

SMILER NITES Your Host – Damien Smiler

Author and DJ Julie Hamill would like to invite you to the launch of her new book ‘June’ in the back room of The Dublin Castle, 94 Parkway, Camden NW1 7AN on Thursday 2nd November 2023 from 7.30pm. Signed copies will be available to buy on the evening at a price of £9.99. If you’d like to buy a book, please note, it’s cash only, but if you forget – there’s a machine in the Co-op about four doors down. “June is part III and the final part of the Life and Soul series. Life: as in the everyday life and struggles of a Scottish family and group of friends in the 1980s and 90s. Soul: As in the people they have lost, and if or how they are still ‘present’. The writing in Frank, Jackie and June walks the line for the reader to choose to believe there are spirits in the story, or choose to believe it’s the strength of grief, the power of imagination, or, as in the case of June, something else. Open the book and you’ll find a story within a story; on the surface, the day to day of a working class family, but take a look inside their heads and you’ll find a different picture. People often say things like: ‘I was visited by a robin today… I walked into a shop and our song was playing… I could have sworn I heard her laugh… I had such a vivid dream of them last night, as if they were there… I felt a shiver when you said his name… A white feather fell onto my lap, it’s a sign… I can hear their voice in my head… I thought I just saw her…’ The novels examine whether there might be any truth in the coincidences we see and feel after someone close has died. These coincidences are often used to comfort oneself and bring a small glimmer into the heavy darkness of grief. Love and loss/grief is the trilogy theme. However there is laughter in there too, especially in what I might call ‘the beautiful mundane’. Sadness and poignancy creeps into the pages where you will least expect it. Loneliness too, and regret. But there’s also great happiness, mischief, comfort and warmth in this group of family and friends. The on-sale date of June (31/10 – Halloween) is significant. The Celts believed that it was the night that the barrier between this world and the Otherworld became permeable. It is thought to be the night that deceased loved ones visit the earth as spirits or ‘souls’. It has been my pleasure to create and take this very typical, unremarkable and yet totally remarkable Scottish family through the 1980s and 1990s. The McNeills and their friends are the ordinary who, (sometimes without even realising it) get to experience the extraordinary. Whilst the trilogy has come to an end, the characters will live on in spirit. I hope I’m not visited by any of them. If you’ve lost someone, I hope these novels bring you comfort, as I think, looking back, I wrote them because I needed some. See you at the launch? Julie x” Praise for the Life and Soul series by Julie Hamill ‘A brilliantly written and emotional book full of wit and memorable writing. Funny, moving and full of unexpected twists.’ ~ David Quantick ‘A great slice of working class life.’ ~ Jimmy McGovern ‘If you have ever lost someone close, these novels will take your breath away.’ Andrew McGibbon, BBC Radio 4 ‘These books are so full of heart and everyday beauty. I was completely immersed.’ ~ Julie Hesmondhalgh, Actor, Coronation Street ‘A love letter to Airdrie’ ~ The Scottish Daily Record ‘An emotional rollercoaster’ ~ Louder Than War

aurovine RELOADED – “This is how Rock Music should sound” is what the good people from Aurovine promise you…with scintilating Scandinavian Metal Lords Levee, Bad Frankenhausen, not to be confused with the Bavarian Town…these guys are far heavier than a mere town! Bringers of ‘fuzzy nights and heavy dreams’  and Superfecta, from London, supplying a peerless hard rock experience  where grunge and heavy rock blend beautifully.

Open Mic. Sign up at 7pm

Two Til Twelve – Lots of neck wringing Television like lead guitar leads this way this very swish Swansea band. But the songs are more Velvets cum Pavement Slacker pop…with a really nice feel, rumbling along in an organised groovy shambles. A bit Strokes like, only a bit though…getting elements of their Welsh compadres too. So many fine Welsh bands to choose from. You know the ones.  The Ramshackles – 5 piece, 2 gals, 3 guys, slap bass going wild with raw new wave guitar riffings and a clarion call female vocal. Vim and vigour and excitement agogo… “Frenetic basslines, late-night jams, drunken excitement, love of playing music, dancing rhythms, melodies, funk, punk, rock n roll, pain and soul!”… The Non Non Conformists – Humorous not so new New Wavers… “A band of aspirant confirmists to clown world” Nice!

Rave New World presents ACID HOUSE STORTELLING with KIRK FIELD +  original SHOOM resident STEVE PROCTOR + COBALT STARGAZER (ex Zodiac Mindwarp + The Love Reaction). The politics of dancing and a humour-laced hedonistic history from rave scene raconteur and author Kirk Field whose one man show takes his audience on a strobe down memory lane to a revolutionary era of illegal parties, hysterical headlines and altered states. As Mixmag’s ‘raving reporter’ he rode the shockwave as rave exploded across the planet, crossing paths with Brigitte Neilson, Boris Yeltsin, Timothy Leary, Diego Maradona, Dave Courtney, the CIA, Genesis P. Orridge, Saddam Hussein’s missus, the KGB, “Norman Lamont’s dominatrix”, The President of Tunisia, Lemmy, Griff Rhys Jones and Pan. Discover the true identity of DJ Roofrack, play a round of ‘Have I Got Acid House News for You?’ and ‘Rave Family Fortunes’ and sing-along to Mis-heard Dance Anthem lyrics. A one-man megamix of HUMOUR, HISTORY and HEDONISM… From dancing in an airfield in Suffolk to staring down the barrel of a gangster’s gun in Soviet-era Moscow. From selling cartons of Ribena for £1 to losing £150,000 on a rave in a Spanish bullring. From playing with The Prodigy in a Sports Hall in Cambridge, to waiting for a chauffeur to ‘Top of The Pops’. This is the story of adventure and discovery as a generation rushed towards the gurn of the millennium… DJ before-and-after STEVE PROCTOR is acknowledged as one of the small group of DJs who are recognised as being responsible for the explosion of Acid House and Dance Music across Europe, and also as one of the original creators and producers in this country. A resident at the seminal SHOOM club, Steve also headlined the first headline-making orbital raves for SUNRISE and is currently enjoying a renaissance as retrospective rave royalty. Esxpect leftfield balearica, some forgotten gems and an electrifying aural coming together with an axe hero… Special Guest COBALT STARGAZER guitarist from ZODIAC MINDWARP + THE LOVE REACTION, legendary axeman, icon and gun-for-hire providing licks and riffs between the beats, reprising the famous Milk Bar ‘where rock meets dance’ happening of 1991.

Open Mic. Sign up at 7pm Showcase set from Fractured

Kath and the Kicks – Female fronted alt rock, and Kath’s got quite a voice…think  Patti Smith but with a better range and little nuances that sound a bit P.J. Harvey. The Kicks (inc Kath on lead) kick up a bluesey, grungy, garagey stew with touches of New Wave quirkiness. Kickass. Grace Solero – The highly talented Ms Solero is an alt/grunge /melodic rock queenpin of North London via Italia extraction. Impassioned songs with influences of Led Zep, Soundgarden and a hint of ’80s Goth, great to welcome Grace and her excellent titular band back to the Dublin Castle. Snow In September – superb German alt/punk outfit putting an icy calm into their raw edged rock. Jack’s Got A Plan – Rip roaring powerpop, from a rock pop trio rocking taut basslines and lilting melodies, with lusty harmonies.

Future Music’s Songwriter of the Year, “Best of Sofar Sounds” 2020, BBC America’s “Top Ten Acts you don’t want to miss”, 7-Time All-Ireland champion harp and banjo player turned ROGUE and famously-reviewed as a “Disgrace to the tradition”, multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Lisa Canny will take the stage at The The Dublin Castle on November 22nd.

Steely Dan may be a band who divide opinion like no other…we bloody love em tho, so to come across this stupendous Dan homage was a massive pleasure. Covering material from right across the Fagan/Becker back catalogue to startlingly good effect, Stanley Dee in the Dublin Castle are a treat you must not miss. Countdown To Ecstasy starts here!… The Unfunkables – a superfine funk & soul, featuring covers of music from the 1980s through to today. With 2 lead singers, keyboards, 2 backing singers, bass, drums, guitar, trumpet and baritone saxophone, it’s a beautiful honed full sound for funk, soul and disco joy. Get Down on it.

Sheffield comes to London withb5 fantastic young bands ready to smoke the smoke.. Doors at 7pm 7:15 : ROLL IT TO ME 8:00 : MARA 8:45 : DIRTY SLIPPERS 9:30 : JESS BREAME 10:15 : ARKANIAN

Somers –  perfecting a powerful overdriven indie rock sound with something of early Suede and a fierce, attacking sound. Tonight is their much anticipated Single Launch Party.  Expect great things. Gonna be a blast. Weatherman – Scinailting indie rock originating from Glasgow. Single Parents– Already local Dublin Castle heroes, 3 piece explosive noise rock/art punk outfit featuring some exploratory psychedelic playing and a sonorous vocal. Pest – industrial Nu Punk 2 piece, as they style themselves, and have already played a number of great gigs on our watch.

The Dekkertones – Playing authentic ska, a touch of Rocksteady and lots of lovely Rudeboy Reggae…Skinhead Reggae, Boss Reggae, whatever term you prefer! Male singer juxtaposed sweetly with female singer, full brass front line and a nicely skanking rocksteady vibe. ‘Sweet Soul Music’….’Hurts So Good’…’Everything I Own’ and loads more bangers performed brilliantly. Got the look. Got the sound. Sweet as.

anarchistwood – taking inspiration from Detroit ’60s, ’70s proto punk (indeed have been known to play a Destroy All Monsters number) as much as the Pistols packin’ ’76 SEX scene and post Crass ’80s Anarcho satire… Frank Cutter and crew know how to enrich the audience with fabulous, head turning, transgressive punk rock, and play it with a supercool ease.  Punkish pranksterism never got so sassy. Effortlessly brilliant, massively entertaining. Their uber neato version of ‘White Punks On Dope’ (‘Black Punks On Speed’! hollers bassist Mitch!) is a wonderful inclusion in recent sets too. The Blunders – Moonrakers with a side line in howling at the bastard too! Politically charged, attitude to the fore, telling us what for with a semi narrated not exactly rap but kinda delivery and some insistent punky but tight and disciplined grooves… like a deconstructed Gang Of  4 meets Alabama 3 on Dexys…Motorhead certainly reverberate a lot here, as do Killing Joke, Ministry and Hawkwind. Unfortunately Dermot O’Leary no longers lives behind the Dublin, so if they play it tonight he won’t catch their er…’tribute’, haha. Bug Central – Bug Central are a punk band from London, England formed in 1996 and still playing with the original line up of Noodles Romanov (guitar / vocals), Ben Blasphemy (bass) and d. rummer, ex of early 80’s band The X-Cretas, on drums. Fierce and rumbling proper PROPER punk. DJ Fuzz- will keep the buzz abuzz will DJ Fuzz.

Tigerside –  “Born in Glastonbury, raised in Salford”… The sound of an after hours party in a back street Salford boozer where everyone’s in and everybody knows your name. In the gutter and singing at the stars its a baggy thing, a rocking thing but most of all a dancing thing. Its chaos and a commotion and they’ll be your best friends through it all. Tonight is their “Projection” launch party… “A relentless 4 minute tribal stomp around the senses, Manchester 5 piece Tigerside return with there 2nd Single ‘Projection’” Having shot for the stars on their first Single, ‘Any Contact’, ‘Projection’ see’s them continue their assault on the ears with a pounding bass driven monster. Born out of a simple DJ loop written by Riven, it was pointed out by the guitarist (Greggsy) that it could be something more! Something special. And ‘Projection’ was born. Produced & Mixed again by David Tolan (The Charlatans, Primal Scream, Tears for Fears) …Tigerside are Salford based electro rnr band-  big pop music with emotional pull always in the mix…taking a bit of the optimistic melancholia of Doves and the bright synthpop textures of New Order and adding romantic pop element care of the joint boy/girl vocals.

AKA The Syndicate – Original music drawing inspiration from ska, reggae, soul, 2-tone and a touch of punk. Zen Baseballbat – suitably exciting ska support. DJs We Got Killers– keep the party going til 2am (free from 11pm)

The Collective AKA –   The Collective A.K.A in The Dublin Castle, a great fit as we know.  Rocking a sizzling set jam (Jam) packed with mod, new wave, punk and ska classics, The Collective A.K.A are a brass powered rhythm machine precision made for Maximum RnB dancefloor expression. The Best Saturday Night Out In Camden Town.   Bricktop – Britpop covers performed beautifully well by a young band with all the chops required to go from Pulp to Blur to Oasis and everywhere else ’90s and UK with a decent haircut and set of threads.