The Basement Club: The Official Page
By: Toby L
THE BASEMENT CLUB was Rockfeedback's first series of club nights, run at the Buffalo Bar in Highbury, north London, between 2002 and 2008. During its six year lifetime, it hosted legendary performances from the likes of The Libertines, Graham Coxon, Bloc Party, Regina Spektor, Foals, Young Knives, the Futureheads, The Subways, Magic Numbers, Ed Harcourt (numerous times!), Boy George, The Noisettes and hundreds more besides. Since the Basement Club ended, Rockfeedback has moved its live nights around various London venues, and is now settled at The Lexington in Angel. A list of Basement Club evenings past can be found below. Look out for a redesign of Rockfeedback.com in the coming weeks which will incorporate reports on all our live nights, as well as streamable footage from the many that Rockfeedback TV cameras have filmed.
ROCKFEEDBACK.COM
PRESENT
THE BASEMENT
... A club-night for Londoners...
Taking place every fourth Thursday of each month, we have special guests planned, give-aways, surprise-DJs and the opportunity to showcase new, global live talent.
Door-Times: 20:00 - 02:00 / Admission-Cost: £6 (unless otherwise stated)
Location: Buffalo Bar, Highbury, N1
(Next Door To Highbury / Islington Tube - View Venue Website For Info)
NEXT EVENT:
TBC...
To reserve a place on the door to guarantee entry, email us pronto here.
THURSDAY 24TH JULY '08: 'Rich Fullfillment and Newness', featuring:
MICACHU & THE SHAPES + STRICKEN CITY + MY SAD CAPTAINS
THURSDAY 27TH MAY '08: 'Rich Fullfillment and Newness', featuring:
FRYARS + OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT + THE JOY FORMIDABLE
THURSDAY 27TH MARCH '08: 'Rich Fullfillment and Newness', featuring:
EUGENE MCGUINNESS + JEREMY WARMSLEY + NATTY
THURSDAY 28TH FEBRUARY '08: 'Future Sounds', featuring:
ESSER + GRAMMATICS
THURSDAY 24TH JANUARY '08: '008 = Great', featuring:
CAT THE DOG + AGASKODO TELIVEREK + A CLASSIC EDUCATION
THURSDAY 25TH OCTOBER '07: '5 acts for 5 Years', featuring:
ED HARCOURT + NOAH & THE WHALE + ELVIIN + JOSEPHINE ONIYAMA +
CUT OFF YOUR HANDS
THURSDAY 27TH SEPT '07: 'NEW C*@!'S', featuring:
OX.EAGLE.LION.MAN. + FANFARLO + WET PAINT
WEDNESDAY 5TH SEPT '07: 'In association with Xfm's 10th Anniversary', featuring:
THE KOOKS + GOONITE DJ'S
THURSDAY 23RD AUG '07: 'Rockfeedback Festivities Indoors', featuring:
MACCABEES + JOHNNY FLYNN & THE SUSSEX WIT
THURSDAY 28TH JUNE '07: 'FUTURE SOUNDS 2', featuring:
METRONOMY + THE TEENAGERS + POST WAR YEARS
THURSDAY 24TH MAY '07: 'FUTURE SOUNDS 1', featuring:
JOE LEAN & THE JING JANG JONG + LAURA GROVES +
NOAH & THE WHALE + SLOW CLUB + BOSH! DJ's
THURSDAY 22ND FEBRUARY '07: 'Icelandic Bliss / Meets Electro-Pop Hiss', featuring:
JAKOBINARINA + TO MY BOY + MY SAD CAPTAINS + DJ's
THURSDAY 25TH JANUARY '07: 'First one of t'year', featuring:
ABSENTEE + THOMAS TRUAX + BOBBY COOK + MECHANICAL BRIDE +
DJ Drew / Babyshambles + Statik
THURSDAY 26TH OCTOBER '06: 'Happy (4th) Birthday To Us...', featuring:
THE NOISETTES + FOALS (the country's best new band, simply) + Guest DJs
THURSDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER '06: 'A Very 'Special' Return From...', featuring:
THE MAGIC NUMBERS + HORSEBOX + MR HUDSON & THE LIBRARY + Guest DJs; review / pix
THURSDAY 24TH AUGUST '06: 'Pre-Party Shenan's', featuring:
PLAN B + RUMBLE STRIPS + JEREMY WARMSLEY +
DJs Dan Devine, Kev Molloy + Tom Hannan; review/pix
THURSDAY 22ND JUNE '06: 'A Welcome Return From...', featuring:
MYSTERY JETS + GOODBOOKS + CAJUN DANCE PARTY + DJ's Dan Devine, Tom Hannan; review/pix
THURSDAY 23RD MARCH '06: 'GB Bring Da Partee', featuring:
DIRTY PRETTY THINGS + GOODBOOKS + DJ's Dan Devine, GoodBooks, Beamon 65 & The Hellion; review/pix
THURSDAY 26TH JANUARY '06: 'Refreshing Chimes For A New Year', featuring:
FIELD MUSIC + ABSENTEE + STUFFY & THE FUSES + Guest DJs GoodBooks; review/pix
SATURDAY 31ST DECEMBER '05 / SUNDAY 1ST JANUARY '06: 'Transgressive NYE', featuring:
THE YOUNG KNIVES + RUMBLE STRIPS + Special Guest DJs
@ The Social, Little Portland St, London
THURSDAY 27TH OCTOBER '05: 'F**k me; A Third Anniversary...?', featuring:
LARRIKIN LOVE + PLAN B + JOSH PEARSON (Lift To Experience) + Guest DJs; review / pix
THURSDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER '05: 'Tantalisingly Obscure Kerfuffles', featuring:
BIRD BLOBS + REDJETSON + THE RUMBLE STRIPS + JAMIE T + Guest DJs; report / pix
SATURDAY 25TH JUNE '05: 'Winding Lake Farm Glasto Party @ Diesel Rooms', featuring:
THE MAGIC NUMBERS + SEAN ROWLEY + TABITHA/QUEENS OF NOIZE + ED-CHEMICAL BROTHERS (DJ Sets); report / pix
THURSDAY 23RD JUNE '05: 'Transgressive Records Hi-Jack', featuring:
LADYFUZZ + LARRIKIN LOVE + JEREMY WARMSLEY + HOPE OF THE STATES (DJ-Set) + Guest DJs; review / pix
THURSDAY MAY 26TH '05: 'Pre-Festie Gallivants', featuring:
MORNING RUNNER + THE KOOKS + ABSENTEE + DJ's Tom Hannan + Kev Molloy; review / pix
MONDAY MAY 9TH '05: 'Transgressive Records: Party #2' (occurring at Barfly, Camden), featuring:
THE YOUNG KNIVES + DUELS + THE PIPETTES + JEREMY WARMSLEY + Special Guest-DJs BATTLE
THURSDAY 28TH APRIL '05: 'A Return... To The Buff', featuring:
THE MAGIC NUMBERS + THE SHOUT OUT LOUDS + DJ's Beamon 65 + Sam Hall/Goldierocks + Kev Molloy + Tom Hannan; review / pix.
FRIDAY 15TH APRIL '05: 'Springtime Joy' (occurring at Barfly, Camden), featuring:
THE NOISETTES + burningpilot +
DJ's Mystery Jets + Kev Molloy, Goldierocks, Beamon 65 + The Hellion; review / pix.
THURSDAY 24TH FEBRUARY '05: 'Noisy New Bands', featuring:
HARD-FI + THE YOUNG KNIVES + THE NOISETTES + WILD BOAR + DJ's Tom Hannan + Kev Molloy, Sam Hall, Beamon 65 + The Hellion; review / pix.
THURSDAY 27TH JANUARY '05: 'A New Year Arsenal', featuring:
YETI + BATTLE + DJ's Tom Hannan + Kev Molloy + Pickles, Beamon 65 + The Hellion; review / pix.
TUESDAY JANUARY 11TH '05: 'Transgressive Records: Party #1' (occurring at Barfly, Camden), featuring:
LADYFUZZ + MYSTERY JETS + burningpilot + Special Guest-DJ TOM VEK
FRIDAY 17TH DECEMBER '04: 'rockfeedback + Queens Of Noize present...
An Xmas Party' (occurring at Barfly, Camden), featuring:
TOM VEK + EDITORS + THE YOUNG KNIVES +
DJ's Tom Hannan, Sam Hall, Beamon 65 + The Hellion; review / pix.
THURSDAY 25TH NOVEMBER '04: 'End of '04 New Bands Blow-Out', featuring:
MYSTERY JETS + THE PIPETTES + SATELLITES + KOMAKINO + DJ's Tom Hannan + Hayley, Beamon 65 + The Hellion; reviews / pix.
FRIDAY 29TH OCTOBER '04: 'rockfeedback Vs Queens Of Noize'
(occurring at Barfly, Camden), featuring: THE SUBWAYS +
THE BRAVERY + LADYFUZZ + DJ's Ed Harcourt, Tom Hannan + Kev Molloy, Pickles + Sam Hall, Beamon 65 + The Hellion; reviews / pix.
THURSDAY 28th OCTOBER '04: 'A Second Anniversary Blessing', featuring:
HOPE OF THE STATES + THE SUBWAYS + DJ's Pickles + Sam Hall, Beamon 65 + The Hellion + Geoff Travis, Rough Trade; reviews / pix.
THURSDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER '04: 'Low-Key LP Launching Raggedness', featuring:
22-20s + AGENT BLUE + DJ's Kev Molloy, Tom Hannan + Beamon 65 + The Hellion; review / pix.
THURSDAY 26TH AUGUST '04: 'Ambient Souls', featuring:
THIRTEEN SENSES + THE MAGIC NUMBERS + DJ's Beamon 65 + The Hellion + Sam Hall; review / pix.
THURSDAY 24TH JUNE '04: 'Summer Warmth', featuring:
ED HARCOURT + THE MAGIC NUMBERS + + DJ's Beamon 65 + The Hellion + Sam Hall; review / pix.
THURSDAY 27TH MAY '04: 'Feisty Modern Ditties', featuring:
THE DUKE SPIRIT + ARCHIE BRONSON OUTFIT + THE MAGIC NUMBERS + DJ's Beamon 65 + The Hellion, Sam Hall, Tom Hannan + Pickles; review / pix.
THURSDAY 22ND APRIL '04: 'This Is A Lowe', featuring:
WINNEBAGO DEAL + NEON + SATELLITES + DJ's Zane Lowe, Beamon 65 & Hellion; review / pix.
FRIDAY 5TH MARCH '04: 'An Anti-Folking One-Off', featuring:
LACH & THE SECRETS (Billy Ficca, Television / Reverb Motherf**kers' Roy Edroso) + PAUL THE GIRL + DJ's Artrocker, Tom Hannan + Pickles; review / pix.
THURSDAY 26TH FEBRUARY '04: 'Tuneful/Disruption', featuring:
KEANE + EARTH, THE CALIFORNIAN LOVE DREAM + DJ's Beamon 65 & The Hellion, Tim Dellow, Samantha Hall, Tom Hannan + Matt Tomiak; review / pix.
THURSDAY 22ND JANUARY '04: '2004 - Plan Ahead', featuring:
CRYSTAL RADIO + BLOC PARTY + KENNEDY + DJ'S Beamon 65 & The Hellion, Samantha Hall + Tom Hannan; review / pix.
THURSDAY 27TH NOVEMBER '03: 'Ouch! My F**king Ears Are Bleeding!', featuring:
KINESIS + SEACHANGE + DISTOPHIA + DJ's Mean Machine + Tom Hannan + Carla & Ollie; review / pix.
THURSDAY 23RD OCTOBER '03: 'Merry, First Year Celebrations', featuring:
GRAHAM COXON + KILL KENADA + ARCHIE BRONSON OUTFIT + SATELLITES + MTV DJ Dual-Off; review / pix.
THURSDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER '03: 'Diverse/Peculiar Rockin'-Romps', featuring:
REGINA SPEKTOR + CRYSTAL RADIO + BLOC PARTY + Poet Matt Loader +
DJ's Mean Machine & Grace review / pix.
MONDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER '03: 'An (un)Official 3rd Anniversary'
(occurring at 12 Bar Club, Denmark St), featuring: REGINA SPEKTOR +
EL HULA + SATELLITES + THE LIBERTINES / JOHNNY BORRELL, RAZORLIGHT; reviews / pix.
THURSDAY 28TH AUGUST '03: 'Perilously Perky, Quirky Pop', featuring:
THE ZUTONS + DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS +
DJ's The Beatings + Pickles + Mean Machine; review / pix.
THURSDAY 21ST AUGUST '03: 'Pre-Festival Frolics', featuring:
THE THRILLS + THE STILLS + DJ Zane Lowe; review / pix.
THURSDAY 26TH JUNE '03: 'Eccentric Indie-Punk Wildness', featuring:
THE FUTUREHEADS + KLANG + Artrocker DJ's; review / pix.
THURSDAY 22ND MAY '03: 'Messed Up Musical Musings', featuring:
CRYSTAL RADIO + ED HARCOURT + DJ's Carla & Mean Machine; review / pix.
THURSDAY 24TH APRIL '03: 'Headf**k Hybrid', featuring:
DELAYS + KILL KENADA, plus DJ's Carla & Pickles; review / pix.
THURSDAY 27TH MARCH '03: 'A Right, Royal Knees-Up', featuring:
THE LIBERTINES + B. JOLLANDS + RIPE, plus Poets Matt Loader and The Wolfman;
THURSDAY 27TH FEBRUARY '03: 'Brighton Rock', featuring:
THE ELECTRIC SOFT PARADE + THE TENDERFOOT, plus DJ Mean Machine; review / pix.
THURSDAY 23RD JANUARY '03: 'New Talent Showcase Special', featuring:
MISS MACHINE + ACCELERATOR + CORPORATION:BLEND + RED FISHES,
plus DJ Gordon Raphael; review / pix.
THURSDAY 28TH NOVEMBER '02: 'Manc Attack', featuring:
THE RAIN BAND + OCEANSIZE, plus ArtRocker DJ's; review / pix.
THURSDAY 24TH OCTOBER '02: 'Adventures In Pop' (Launch Nite), featuring:
ED HARCOURT + EL HULA, plus DJ Boy George; review / pix.