In the midst of seemingly endless blocks of branding, beer sponsors, telecommunications-owned houses and corporate frat party vibes that is neo-SXSW, there was one band who stuck out as a enduring example of what SXSW should be about, a band from Detroit called Protomartyr… Fundamentally that is all you need to know about Protomartyr; they are […]
Offering mouth-watering snacks straight from the streets of Bombay, Raasta Khaana pop-up kitchen teams up with The Lexington to bring you a small taste of India on Saturday and Sunday the 5/6th June. Raasta Khaana, literally translated as ‘Street Food’ in Hindi, specialise in typical grab-and-go Bombay street food, introducing Londoners to a genuine taste, vibrancy and wonderfully […]
We’ve got a pump at the end of the bar and we’ve let our good friends at The Quietus take control of it. Every couple of weeks they’ll be selecting a new beverage for our lovely punters to wrap their chops around. You’ll have to be quick though, because each guest ale is going to […]
It finally came to an end on Saturday night in a speakeasy way out of town, that I can only describe as being some sort of Jewish palace. We were instructed that there were rules that needed to be obeyed if we were to get in and stay in, the first of which was […]
Spriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing Break! Yeah bro! Beefcake! Etc. It’s all in full swing here and we’ve finally acclimatised to the frat boys and sorority girls that litter every corner of this city. Once you get over that and just pretend they’re not here (it takes a lot of drinks) then you’re good to go. We managed to […]
Yesterday might have been simultaneously been the best and worst day I’ve ever had at SXSW. Barring the desperate state of hungoverness that I inherited from Wednesday night, the amount of queuing we were having to do was starting to take an emotional toll on me. You have to queue to get into all shows, […]
Day two of SXSW has definitely been a lot more productive, albeit it somewhat overshadowed by tragedy when a police chase tore through a crowd outside Mohawk. We did, however, manage to see quite a lot of bands and we didn’t even have to queue that long. The highlight of the day was definitely Missouri […]
We’ve made a playlist of all the bands we want to see at SXSW this year. Some of them you’ll be familiar with, whilst some you probably wont be. We’ll give you a run down of the best ones at the end of each day.
Day one at SXSW went a little something like this: we all got extremely drunk and saw zero bands. The delivery betrays a deeper truth that exists at SXSW 2014, that it’s ludicrously busy. Last year by about Thursday it was getting hard to get in anywhere and by Saturday night, once spring break and […]
We’re headed to Austin for SXSW tomorrow so we thought we should update you now on how you can keep up to date with everything we’re getting up to whilst we’re over there. Our little team consists of Stacey (The Lexington’s top dog), Matty (the venue booker), Chris (the manager) and Marcus (the Buffalo Bar/White Heat), […]