Hackney Wonderland Bank Holiday Special

Paul Hudson — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 22:04:38 +0000

I’ve not been to a Hackney Wonderland yet. It always seems too expensive for the number of venues and the ease of moving around. It doesn’t matter how many venues you have if all you can see if the equivalent to an all-dayer in one venue. Case in point, was today’s event. It was a summer taster for the main event. Taking place at the London Fields Brewery across two rooms featuring half a dozen bands. With the walking and queuing to get into the various Hackney venues, I doubt you’d see more bands at the main Wonderland and today was considerably cheaper.

The main reason for me attending was the excellent Bo Ningen were headlining. As always, they were brilliant.

The Coathangers

Paul Hudson — Sun, 14 Jun 2015 17:03:53 +0000

The Coathangers were one of my highlights of SXSW2013. They rarely tour Europe so I wanted to catch this performance. It was in no way easy. I’d arrived back from Barcelona late the previous night and I had to go get up to at 4am to catch an early train to Birmingham. It had also been moved from a ‘secret venue’ that was meant to be near Hackney Central to London Fields Brewery, in the arse end of the East End. Which is a crap place for me to get back from. Not that the kind of venue you want to have to go to if you really should have an early night. But it is the Coathangers.

Thankfully, the Coathangers were on top form with their brand of fun chaotic pop punk rock. Support came from a The Virgin Kids and dutch band, St Tropez. The later putting in a great performance.

The Coathangers

St Tropez

Virgin Kids

London Fields Brewery – Down At The Front

Hackney Wonderland Bank Holiday Special

The Coathangers