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Cabaret Voltaire

28 articles, sorted by name / date

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Yuck »

Saturday night saw London’s melodic skuzz quartet, Yuck, play a powerful set to a smoke filled room of noise lovers spanning every decade. The intimate cave setting of Cabaret Voltaire provided the perfect backdrop for Yuck’s sound; they p...

Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Rebecca O' Malley | Read more »

Bedbug Cabaret Voltaire »

It is a truth universally acknowledged that sometimes there is nothing better than being physically restrained against a subwoofer in a sweaty basement. Tonight is one of those times. Bedbug has proved night after night that it has the pulling power to...

Wed 02 Nov 2011 by Fred Fergus | Read more »

Metronomy »

I popped along to see Metronomy with a friend who is a real-and-true-absolute fan of theirs. She's asked me to listen to them a million times - but no one ever does that unless you're forcibly sat down and made to, right? Turns out this isn’t a ...

Wed 04 May 2011 by Harriet Braine | Read more »

Ultragroove: A House Oddity? »

For fans of John Travolta, bright lights and diva fever, the news that 'Disco is dead' would have hit home hard. Originating on colourful dance floors and flourishing under powerful fluorescents, Disco is a genre that seems to have bypassed our generat...

Sun 06 Mar 2011 by Rebecca Monks | Read more »

Wolf Parade »

"Not the most graceful way to start a gig" declares Spencer Krug, keyboard and vocalist of Wolf Parade, after barging his way through the crowd and climbing on stage. Guitarist Dan Boeckner unleashes an intentional clamor of noise on a keyboard as he t...

Wed 15 Sep 2010 by Devon Walshe | Read more »

Pearl and The Puppets »

Friday 14 February, Valentine's Day: paradigm-shifting journalism here as we report the presence of couples at Cabaret Voltaire. Everywhere you look, it’s an orgy of gazing, hand-holding and gratuitous public displays of affection. It’s not...

Sat 27 Feb 2010 by Marcus Kernohan | Read more »

Sweet as a beat »

For many, Cabaret Voltaire and the underground bowels of Blair Street are a familiar haunt, and not simply thanks to the ghostly insinuations. For those sufficiently acquainted to affectionately render it Cab Vol, club nights are renowned as midweek ge...

Wed 17 Feb 2010 by Rebecca Monks | Read more »

The Void »

The Mill, by its very name, lends itself to an unfortunate (not to mention weary) turn of phrase, and is thus at the perennial mercy of a cynical critic. Just as well, then, that it bears little relation to form; The Mill’s weekly showcase of eme...

Wed 20 Jan 2010 by Ray Philp | Read more »

Miike Snow »

Miike Snow are a music industry paradox. Andrew Wyatt, all beard and studied indifference, squints into his mic-stand looking every inch the reluctant rock star. And yet, a rudimentary Google search will reveal that of the trio, Christian Karlsson and...

Wed 11 Nov 2009 by Ray Philp | Read more »

Villians fail to steal vault »

Normal 0 0 1 250 1425 11 2 1750 11.1282 0 0 0 How can it possibly be that until recently I never knew the Speakeasy at Cabaret Voltaire existed? The upstairs lounge has been open for three years, and given that I once thought of Cab V...

Wed 14 Oct 2009 by Jane Maddison | Read more »

Wild Beasts »

Critical acclaim and popularity do not always make easy bedfellows. Despite being responsible for Two Dancers, the highly-acclaimed follow-up to their debut longplayer Limbo, Panto, Wild Beasts take their place onstage at Cabaret Voltaire to a smaller...

Wed 14 Oct 2009 by Jennifer Johnson | Read more »

Emmy The Great »

The name suggests ego, the lead singer of a punk band perhaps, or a rap queen in the mould of Missy Elliott. Female with attitude, however, couldn’t be further from the truth; Emma Lee-Moss plays twee, modern folk, watches ITV and loves New Kids ...

Mon 09 Mar 2009 by Matt Oldfield | Read more »

The Spinto Band »

The Spinto Band are a bit like one of those cans of beans you get from the joke shop. A small, unassuming tin that looks as tame as a TV supper on the outside, but prise open the lid and a big, garishly-coloured slinky hits you in the face. The band c...

Mon 09 Mar 2009 by Natasha Bird | Read more »

Little Boots »

Despite being too young to ever have bought an album on tape, it is nonetheless unsettling for me that Victoria Hesketh, aka Little Boots, should have been voted Sound of 2009 by BBC Radio 1 listeners and appeared on Later with Jools Holland on the bac...

Sun 08 Mar 2009 by Paris Gourtsoyannis | Read more »

Duke Special »

Having stood in ninety minutes of awe, there is one fact of which I am certain. Peter Wilson chose his stage name correctly, Duke Special is indeed something rather special. And for this self described "fucked up ringleader of a broken down circus," Ca...

Sun 25 Jan 2009 by Rebecca Monks | Read more »

Flamboyant Bella »

To hear the news that Flamboyant Bella are playing at Cabaret Voltaire, you could be forgiven for falling victim to the power of semantics. Images of flashing lights, eccentric showmanship and the general incline towards the carnivalesque should be con...

Tue 09 Dec 2008 by Rebecca Monks | Read more »

Nizlopi @ Cabaret Voltaire »

Pop fans of a certain vintage will have fond memories of Nizlopi. In 2004, the plucky indie upstarts stormed to the top of the UK charts with the surprise hit, 'JCB Song'. For a while it even looked like they would steal the inexplicably important Chr...

Sat 08 Nov 2008 by Ben Judge | Read more »

City scheme slashes crime in nightclubs »

A revolutionary new safety scheme, set up in Edinburgh to improve communication between bars and nightclubs, has been hailed as a success by owners across the city as it approaches its first anniversary, with the decline in criminal incidents reaching ...

Mon 13 Oct 2008 by Nick Eardley | Read more »

Ladyhawke »

In the crushingly mediocre 2006 romantic comedy, Just Friends, actress Anna Faris (a graduate of the Scary Movie School of Drama) plays a Britney Spears-inspired, up-and-coming pop princess with misguided pretensions of her own artistic importance. Lon...

Mon 13 Oct 2008 by Ben Judge | Read more »

Finding a New Sound »

Derick Mackinnon has a keen ear for a good upcoming artist; his New Found Sound project has been instrumental in showcasing some of the best groups in the country. Tonight is no different, with those in attendance at Cabaret Voltaire treated to three d...

Thu 24 Apr 2008 by Chris Hammond | Read more »