VICE LAUNCH PARTY

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The Recommender has been asked to DJ alongside some very tidy bands at the issue launch party of the next Vice Magazine. Whether you read the magazine like a bible, or you’re one of those people who consider it an outrageous piece of sensationalist journalism, all we ask is that you bring your fun buttons firmly switched on to what should be one hell of a showcase.

We’d love to suggest that you get to The Green Door Store early in order to catch our (two) DJ sets, but in fairness they had a queue stretching back to the next street the last time that Vice visited town, so we suggest you arrive early simply to get in. In fact, perhaps get queueing now.

Lastly, don’t try and design an outfit as deadly as Ruby’s, (seen in the above photograph), as she’s so effortlessly dangerous that we bet you didn’t even notice the bow tie and scissors tattooed on her collar. Look again. See!? Forget it. She wins. Perhaps just arrive on time, be yourself, and enjoy a night designed for all those who adore ultra fresh shit.

LINEUP / STAGE TIMES

2300 The Recommender (DJ)
2330 Deaf Club (live)
0000 The Recommender (DJ)
0030 Theme Park (live)
0100 Danger De Mort (DJ)
0130 Purity Ring (live)
0200 Dark Party (DJ)
0300 AEREO (DJ)
0400 Curfew

PURITY RING – UNGIRTHED

THEME PARK – MILK

DEAF CLUB – IT, SHE

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BINNACLE MICRO-FESTIVAL

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Ever been to a micro-festival? In fact, what is a micro-festival? No, we’re not sure either. One thing we are sure of is that if the line up is good enough then we’re attracted. Today we want to talk about one that’s come under our radars, with a particularly decent lineup, that we think may just be worth your effort.

Binnacle is a two day line up of bands hosted at The Old Blue Last in Shoreditch in October (15th and 16th). It’s focus is on emerging music, although in all honesty some of the bands involved will be playing their first ever show, so this is the chrysalis version of ‘emerging’. Among the bands are a bunch that have had a bit of coverage on The Recommender, so we want to point out a few highlights among the growing line up.

At the time of writing, 33 bands are due to play, with a few additional DJ sets by the likes of Double Denim and No Pain In Pop. If you like chill wave with a tidy throb of a beat then you’ll love Enjoyed. If you like playful, dinky but sample-heavy tunes that drift through the square or round window then you’ll love Conifers, who are due to play their debut. The likes of Outfit, Active Child and Weird Dreams will bring decipherable lyrics in case you’re drowning in ambient chillwave, whilst Brighton-based Regal Safari should bring the beach to town. Elsewhere we’ll be paying close attention to the likes of Carousel, who we’ve blogged recently and Torches, who we hope to be blogging real soon. (MB)

CAROUSELS – HERE TO ME

OUTFIT – TWO ISLANDS

REGAL SAFARI – TRIUMPH

ENJOYED – PAWS

CONIFERS – LEGS AND ARMS

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