Wednesday 30 June 2010

GOODBYE BARDEN'S




Hello everyone!
Tomorrow sees the last official show at Barden's Boudoir take place before it bows out disgracefully into our memories of things which were great in the past. I still have distant recollections of drawing chalk arrows on the pavement between Dalston Kingsland station and the disused furniture showroom we chose for our Lightning Bolt show in December 2004. This was Barden's Boudoir first show, we had no mic stands, a wacky PA and a bar built during the soundcheck out of bricks and mortar but somehow it worked (if you stood on the pool table!). Our good friend Umit established Barden's as a proper venue soon after and has run it with honor for the last six years, nurturing London's DIY ethos and leading people on a merry dance to Dalston when it really was a frontier. Now financial pressures have led him to sell up so to speak but should we shed tears or should we celebrate the venue and all the good times we've had there. No tissues for us!

Tomorrow for one last time we're throwing a party at Barden's Boudoir, we think it should go with a bang! So we have a plethora of entertainment awaiting. Headlining we have Brontez from Gravy Train!!!!'s new band called The Younger Lovers. The Younger Lovers share a similar brat-tastic approach to punk as Gravy Train!!!! but with a more garage-y and delinquent sound - like The Ramones making out with each other on the street corner, listening to The Rondelles on transistor radios. In support we have controlled chaos from COVERGIRL, newly practiced anti-jams from THE HUMAN RACE, spun-out pun fun from HUMOUSEXUAL and white hot brilliance from COREY ORBISON. Now that's what we call a party, look out below for writing galore including news of some exciting new shows for the coming months...


>>>>> LAST OFFICIAL SHOW AT BARDEN'S BOUDOIR TOMORROW <<<<<> > >

SILK FLOWERS
TEARIST
GENTLE FRIENDLY
Tuesday 20 July
Camp Basement, 70-74 City Road, Old Street, EC1Y 2BJ
8pm | 6.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/83963

WAVVES
ECSTATIC SUNSHINE
HYPE WILLIAMS
Friday 23 July
Cargo, 83 Rivington Street, Shoreditch, EC2A 3AY
8pm | 8.50 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/83012

WILD NOTHING
WAY THROUGH
BECOMING REAL
Monday 26 July
Camp Basement, 70-74 City Road, Old Street, EC1Y 2BJ
8pm | 6.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/75903

DUM DUM GIRLS
THE HUNDRED IN THE HANDS
Friday 30 July
Cargo, 83 Rivington Street, Shoreditch, EC2A 3AY
8pm | 8.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/84010

CALVIN JOHNSON
Tuesday 10 August
Trinity Centre Hall, Beechwood Road, Dalston, E8 3DY
7pm | 8.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/79908

WILD NOTHING
FRANK (just FRANK)
Friday 20 August
The Luminaire, 311 Kilburn High Rd, London, NW6 7JR
8pm | 6.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/84287

OMAR SOULEYMAN
"Performing both a rare Mawal set and a Dabke/Choubi set"
Saturday 28 August
Corsica Studios, 5 Elephant St, Elephant & Castle, SE17 1LB
8pm | 15.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/86456

ZOLA JESUS
Wednesday 1 September
Camp Basement, 70-74 City Road, Old Street, EC1Y 2BJ
8pm | 6.50 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/82739

DAN DEACON
Thursday 16 September
XOYO, 32-37 Cowper St, London, EC2A 4AW
8pm | 10.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/86407

FUTURE ISLANDS
Wednesday 29 September
Camp Basement, 70-74 City Road, Old Street, EC1Y 2BJ
8pm | 7.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/82740

GRASS WIDOW
TRASH KIT
Thursday 30 September
Old Blue Last, 39 Great Eastern Rd,EC2A 3ES
8pm | 6.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/84223

NO AGE
MALE BONDING
ABE VIGODA
Thursday 14 October
XOYO, 32-37 Cowper St, London, EC2A 4AW
8pm | 14.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/86410

DEMONS
SICK LLAMA
Monday 18 October
The Grosvenor, 17 Sidney Road, Stockwell, SW9 0TP
8pm | 6.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/86451

THE EX
Tuesday 19 October
The Dome, 178 Junction Rd, Tufnell Park (opposite the tube), N19 5QQ
8pm | 9.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/86296

GUN OUTFIT
HUMAN HAIR
Thursday 21 October
The Grosvenor, 17 Sidney Road, Stockwell, SW9 0TP
8pm | 5.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/84224

QUINTRON & MISS PUSSYCAT
Friday 22 October
The Dome, 178 Junction Rd, Tufnell Park (opposite the tube), N19 5QQ
8pm | 6.50 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/86406

SCREAMING FEMALES
Wednesday 27 October
The Luminaire, 311 Kilburn High Road, Kilburn, NW6 7JR
8pm | 6.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/84397

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