Sextape - The Macbeth (25.5.2012)

The team behind Brighton's Sextape nights are at it again, and this time they're bringing their mix of filthy pop, rap and r'n'b to London-town too. Tonight you can dance to sleazy hits at the Green Door Store on their home turf. Our buddy Ben, of Strong Look and Strongbones.FM is part of their core team and is pretty much guaranteed to bring the heat. 

Then, on Friday the resident DJs are joined by our own blogger Neu Things as well as Ro Sham Beau, Bird-Watch and Chris Cuff (of the epic Family Ltd music PR company). It's going down at The Macbeth in Hoxton and is 100% free entry all night (cos they love us that much).

Listen to the great mix the Sextape team put together to get yourself in the mood, then head to their the Facebook event to make any requests before body-popping to your heart's delight in the club. There's still time!

SEXTAPE: THE MIXTAPE by Sextape on Mixcloud

Follow team Sextape on Tumblr and Twitter to keep up with their slightly NSFW posts and party announcements. We are very excited about this one.

Volcom Store Launch @ Boxpark, Shoreditch

We headed over to the Boxpark pop-up mall in Shoreditch on Thursday evening (March 22, 2012) to check out the new shipping container space now filled with Volcom goodies. With free beer from Budweiser, music pumped out through the store and an exclusive collaboration line out for the ladies, there was plenty to see.

Volcom x POSSO dress

Our party buddy Lindsay from CultureLabel made a beeline for the new POSSO range, designed and inspired by the LA female DJ duo of the same name. The line references 90s silhouettes, with long-sleeved crop tops and an awesome leatherette body con dress with a low back and tie detail. Yum.

Artwork ceiling that we loved

 For the boys, the brand is continuing to do what it does best: tees, caps and well-cut jeans sat alongside their range of spring jackets and rep that Volcom, easy-going aesthetic. There were some great printed tee designs on show, as well as a line of slim fit trousers in a variety of colours with discreet and tasteful logo detailing. 

Transfer tats on display

All in all we had an ace time, and definitely have our eye on a few items that particularly shone out. Much love to Carly at Canoe, and to the legendary boy who opened all our beers with his special trick. Head to Boxpark Unit 13, on the ground floor, too see the Volcom wares yourself.

photos © Tshepo Mokoena

Internet Forever Launch Party (18.2.12)

One of our London-based music and events writers is DJing this free night at the Old Blue Last in Shoreditch this Saturday, so we reckon you should drop by. It's the album launch party for dizzying and delightful pop outfit Internet Forever, and they'll be joined by Stairs to Korea and Her Parents on that ace little stage.

Bands are on from 8pm to 11pm, with our girl taking to the decks just after. Come on down to enjoy the live show, boogie to her set with GoldBars (of TimeOut Music and Loud & Quiet mag) and/or all of the above.

The Facebook event is here too.

Blitz Vintage Last Blast Sale (02.02.12)

The talented team at Hanbury Street's Blitz Vintage Department Store have an insane sale on, for one night only, tomorrow evening. From 5pm to 9pm they'll be slashing discounted items already priced 50% to 70% off by a further 20%.

There'll also be free drinks poured courtesy of the lovely people at Jeremiah Weed, and the Disorder Mag street style snapper will be out and ready to pap stylish shoppers as they browse.

Yeah, we freaked out a little too.

Londoners with a love for well-curated vintage, you won't want to miss this. And if you happen to be in the Big Smoke tomorrow evening for any other reason, why not pop in and make off with a beautiful piece? We hear there's a cold snap on the way and those faux fur coats won't sell themselves...

all images by Tshepo Mokoena, originally posted here

AudioDoughnuts 1st Anniversary Party

The awesome party runners at AudioDoughnuts are about to become one of the coolest one year-olds we know. To celebrate a year of putting on boundary-pushing electronic nights in big old London town, they're throwing a ridiculous party tomorrow at Hidden.

Huge up-and-comer Rustie is gonna be among those taking to the decks and the stage, while AudioDoughnuts act The Fives will also be playing a live set. With two special unannounced guests still to surprise us, the line-up's gonna be massive and from 10pm - 5am tomorrow Hidden is likely to be the site of one of the best parties of the season.

LV - Audio Doughnuts Minimix by FOUNDseries

Click here for advance tickets direct from Hidden and check out LV's minimix made especially for the event above. We'll be seeing you tomorrow night!

We Are SME Blog Party VII (04.11.11)

Tomorrow night the lovely lads at We Are SME are hosting another of their awesome parties above East Village, in Shoreditch. Come down to dance to tunes played by their resident DJs and to see Run Jack Run play a live set.

As ever there'll be mad giveaways (from Puma and Money Clothing this time round), plenty of skanking and their interactive Twitter feed running throughout the night. Get there early cos it's free before 9pm; otherwise it's still a damn cheap and cheerful night at just £3 entry.

VICE.com Issue Launch Party (27.10.11)

If free booze disgusts you, you should probably keep scrolling down to the next post now. If not, then you'll be pretty damn excited to hear about the Vice.com launch parties going down across the country this week. Come down and dance with us at the London event on Thursday night cos it's going to be awesome.

How awesome, we hear you say? Awesome enough that Purity Ring will be giving us their first ever UK live performance. Awesome enough that new indie boys on the scene Theme Park will also be playing. And awesome enough that we'll be there with our big Deer Brains party camera ready to snap away. If you want to be a part of the free drinks festivities, make sure to register on the Vice site, here.

The fun happens at Vice's resident London bar, the Old Blue Last and goes from 8pm to 1am. Thursday's the new Friday, ya heard?

London Fields Radio Goes South Tonight

The much-loved Hackney station is moving south of the river for one night only tonight. There'll be a combination of top presenters from the show recording live at the Montpelier in Peckham, and DJ sets from music lovers at TimeOut, Slutty Fringe, Trouble-Vision and our very own Deer Brains. Come down early to see our girl DJ NeuThings battle it out versus TimeOut Music's DJ GoldBars at 7:30pm.

Then, just stay for a party. The Facebook event's here with full listings and timings for all the DJs they've crammed into the night. We hear our lady's planning on dropping this little gem during her set... 

We Are SME Blog Party VI (02.09.11)

Tomorrow the boys at SME are hosting another of their awesome (and Time Out-recommended) blog parties above East Village. Villain will be taken over by their blend of give-aways, great tunes and free mixtapes from 7:30pm til 3:30am.

Resident DJs will be spinning sets ranging from old school hip hop to grime and funk. Entry's free before 9pm, just £3 thereafter and free all night if you've bagged yourself an SME t-shirt at one of the previous nights and show up rocking it.

Follow their interactive Twitter feed on the night here.

AudioDoughnuts Presents - Corsica Studios (28.08.11)

The talented peeps over at Audio Doughnuts are hosting their penultimate party of 2011 at Corsica Studios this Sunday. This will be the place to be once you feel like your Notting Hill Carnival buzz is dying down and you need a refreshing scene to jump on. Leave the scattered jerk chicken bones in West London and head down to Corsica Studios from 10pm for what should a ridiculous night of all out partying til 6am.

It's a fiver before midnight, and totally free for the first hundred people: as is always the case with their nights, get there early for fun times. The Fives will be playing live, and taking over their night as a single launch party.

Click here for the Facebook event, and here for more details. Keep up with Audio Doughnuts on Facebook and Twitter to hear the latest on the build-up to the night. It'll soon be the label's first anniversary, so this can be the pre-party before that party.

Vans Downtown Showdown - 20.08.11

Tomorrow from midday Old Spitalfields Market is going to be transformed into a fully customised skate park, where twelve of the best skate teams from around Europe will compete for €50,000 prize money and to win your hearts. In the vein of the old Victorian London where Jack The Ripper once roamed the streets the teams are designing their own ramps, with titles like Ripper Alley and the Superdead Tavern. We're intrigued.

Vans Downtown Showdown 2011 - Teaser from Vans Europe.

The event is free, and the skating will kick off from 1pm. If for whatever reason you can't be there, it'll be live streaming here via Freecaster. Otherwise, get down to Old Spitalfields Market tomorrow by midday for an awesome day of tricks and entertainment.

Free Range Photography Showcase

Edinburgh Napier University are kicking off a long weekend of photography and film until Monday. Starting tonight, you can head over to Brick Lane's Old Truman Brewery to soak in the dynamic and beautiful work from their new graduates. Here are some of our favourites already, and we can't wait to see them right up close. Londoners, come on down.

Hannah Byers-Brown

Ben Blazer

Hannah N O'Hara

Mike Byrne

Location: F Block T1
Address: Old Truman Brewery, Ely's Yard, E1 6QL

Kitsuné Club Night @ XOYO 17.06.11

If you've ever seen IS TROPICAL live you'll know that's reason enough to go to this night. Added to that, of course, is the fact that it's coming to us from sickeningly cool fashion and music label Kitsuné and the Neon Noise Project. This Friday Shoreditch's XOYO will be imploding from within with live sets from Yuksek and others, DJ sets from Vice favourites TEETH!!! and a room curated by art darlings Off Modern.

Standard tickets are still going for £12, and entry goes up on the night. Worth it.

See the Facebook event here for more details.

Bad Sex @ Proud Camden

This brand new night at Camden's Proud Stables kicks off in just over two week's time. On Thursday June 16th, Proud Camden will open its doors to welcome the first Bad Sex night, set to become a weekly affair with live bands then Djs til late.

The first edition sees Ghost Eyes headlining, and support coming from Lux. Then afterwards, Bad Sex DJs take over to keep you dancing til you collapse/are asked to leave. It's free entry before 10pm, and £3.50 in advance (if you know you're the late type) or £3 NUS/guestlist.

Click here for tickets & more info on the Proud site.