‘Friends! Musicians! Visionaries!’: Town Hall rally planned to protect Strongroom Studios from construction work
Protesters claim ‘developments such as this will kill culture’ as Save Strongroom petition attracts almost 6,000 names
Music
UK’s only floating record shop docks in Hackney for the winter
After a month of repairs to the canal boat it calls home, The Record Deck is back to business on the River Lea
Menace Beach, Oslo, live music review: ‘No better way to spend a Thursday night’
The few there to witness it were treated to a special performance by the Leeds five-piece
Eleanor Friedberger, Oslo, live music review: ‘Eclectic, cosy and unpretentious’
The American singer-songwriter’s psychedelic electro-pop proved hit and miss
Okay Kaya, Chats Palace, live music review: ‘A masterclass in understated fragility’
The New Yorker’s ‘DIY bedroom pop’ had the audience transfixed
Concert pitch: Hackney’s gig guide for July 2018
This month’s local live music listings ranges from the A$AP Mob to a pair of ‘howling’ violins, via indie-pop and free-jazz
Concert pitch: Hackney’s gig guide for June 2018
This month’s local live music listings features supergroups, atomic age rock, Dutch anarchist jazz punk and some experimental luminaries
Get your Kicks on Root 73 – affordable recording studio and arts hub opens in Stoke Newington
Root 73 puts out the call to young artists who ‘have the dream’ and want to develop their work and collaborate for free
Vinyl hurrah: new wax-slinging shops fire up the wheels of steel
As demand for the classic format gathers pace, a growing network of independent retailers emphasise the social aspect of shopping for music and the opportunities record shops present to discover something unexpected
Dream Nails, interview: “we’re under no illusions that art is enough”
The Hackney punk band have a lot they want to do, and a bout of flu isn’t going to stop them. They talked to Kate Wilsea about their new song, how London’s music scene is changing, and their DIY attitude to pretty much everything
Concert pitch: Hackney’s gig guide for May 2018
This month’s guide to gigs in Hackney and nearby features both high-minded songwriting and booty-shaking bounce music, via synth pop, indie and all manner of noise…
‘Quiet integrity’: folk icon Shirley Collins to break silence and discuss new memoir for Pages of Hackney
Sussex singer – who lost her voice for decades – will spend an evening at Homerton’s Sutton House reading extracts from All in the Downs and chatting about her experiences of a folk revival career spanning over 60 years
Paper Dress Vintage seeks late licence for music and drinks – as police fear ‘nuisance on the streets’
Mare Street venue says changes would ‘have a positive impact on the area’
New Shoreditch restaurant Mamarosa’s alcohol and music licence goes to vote
Police ask sub-committee for half hour between last orders and closing time
Concert pitch: Hackney’s gig guide for April 2018
The coming month will see Hackney blessed by synth-punk from Leeds, some quintessentially New York rap, and a DJ from Philly – or is that Bel Air…
Mild High Club @ MOTH Club, live music review: chilled-out LA psych ‘like pink fluffy candyfloss’
Having collaborated many a time, on tour and on record, with scene giants King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Mild High Club’s three-set Hackney residency left our reviewer relaxed – too relaxed?