Tag: east london

  • Fantastic Beats And Where To Find Them: A Guide To London’s Independent Record Shops

    Fantastic Beats And Where To Find Them: A Guide To London’s Independent Record Shops

    London may have its downsides: traffic jams, crowds, the £10 gin and tonic, but it also has sixty-odd places to buy records. Sixty-odd reasons to put up with the stresses and strains of life in the capital. Even with a backdrop of retail woes (British Retail Consortium figures show consumer spending fell more sharply last…

  • Chaos and Beauty: The Story of Mercury Rev

    Chaos and Beauty: The Story of Mercury Rev

    Mercury Rev:  Live At The Oval Space “Invention….does not consist in creating out of void but out of chaos.” Mary Shelley.  “We just knew (chords) E to A. It was a maelstrom.” Jonathan Donahue, Mercury Rev, last night.  It’s funny how the most chaotic of circumstances can give rise to the most beautiful of things.…