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and use the money from that to fund the venue?

I've had some great nights at The Lumi.

saying that if you wanted to talk over the bands, you should bugger off. I'll miss it.

Let's send it out in style guys.

One the best venues in London. So many of my favourite gigs have been there.
I hate you, London, or something.

and i commented in it. weird.

Very sad about this, saw some great gigs there. Was a great venue to see a band u liked at. For a while Kilburn felt like it had a bit if a buzz going on. The Luminaire going isnt going to help that. The Kings Head next door was a great pub too, be just as sad to see that go.

Top 10 Lumi gigs of all time:

1. Barr + No Age + Munch Munch (April 2007)
2. Final Fantasy + Grizzly Bear (May 2006)
3. Akron/Family + The Acorn + Hush Arbors (September 2008)
4. Foot Village + Pre + Vodka Soap + Drawlings (October 2008)
5. Battles + Semifinalists (February 2006)
6. Okkervil River + Jaymay (December 2007)
7. Jason Molina + The Singing Adams (April 2006)
8. Casiotone For The Painfully Alone + Plug + Concern (April 2009)
9. Mark Eitzel + David Hurm (October 2007)
10. Marnie Stern + Trash Kit + Tartufi (July 2009)

If I hadn't just fired myself, I'd fire myself.

In my opinion, the people at the Luminaire exemplify how to run a music venue - with great expertise, skill, grace and humour. The fact that even a place of this calibre can't survive paints a very depressing picture indeed. And so, Another of the dwindling number of great music venues in London disappears... Absolutely tragic news.

Was only awkward to get to when both the underground and overground lines were out, which happened occassionally. Seen some brilliant gigs there over the years, Midlake (and Natalie Imbruglia) immediately spring to mind, but did feel like diminishing numbers of late fo shure unfortunately.

Seen so many good acts here: The Chap, Part Chimp, Aidan Moffat, Electrelane, Future of the left....

:(

But I do feel it was struggling to find decent bands and other promoters for some time. Maybe East London's success was instrumental in it's demise.
But I did see some wonderful gigs there.
Final fantasy + Grizzly Bear.
Oxes + Lords etc.
Volcano + Tape.
Lightning Bolt.
Viking Moses + Little Wings.
And many others I can't remember.

should've gone to see jess bryant there tonight
so many amazing shows, particularly remember stanley brinks and pictish trail from the last couple of years

As him out of Parenthetical Girls said there in May, "I can tell how good a venue is by how long they let me stand on the bar": he did a whole song wobbling his lanky frame upon it.

I'll miss the "shut up" signs. But also that little moat in front of the stage - nice touch.

Absolutely love that venue - the people that ran it were great and the signs were fucking brilliant.

:(

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Now Something Serious NYE has the responsibility of being the closing party. Big task

Only been twice in the past year but seen so many great gigs there. Lightning Bolt, Volcano!, Final Fantasy, Former Ghosts, The Ballet, Sunset Rubdown, Mark Eitzel, The Field & more. This is shite news.

see The Warlocks, great little venue.

then the Ben Frost show in May will serve as a monstrous swansong for me. One of the few venues with the positive philosophy of attempting to serve music well. Sad news.

Having a look at Songkick, it looks like The Luminaire is my most visited venue (joint with Union Chapel at 12 times a piece).

Jens Lekman, Get Well Soon, Benni Hemm Hemm, Hjaltalin, Fujiya & Miyagi, Angil & The Hiddentracks, Laura Gibson, Musee Mecanique, Antarctica Takes It!, Orphans & Vandals, Throw Me The Statue, Stars & Sons, A Hawk And A Hacksaw, Gregor Samsa, and The Sleeping Years were the bands I enjoyed there.

It would have been great to see Beirut play there, but he called off his performance on the night, and so A Hawk And A Hacksaw did a bigger main set. Which was good, but Beirut would have been amazing before they started playing bigger venues.

One favourite memory of mine was at the Benni Hemm Hemm gig. It was a night of Icelandic music, and wasn't especially busy, and so it was a debut of some special Luminaire deck chairs! There were maybe four or five of them at the front, and so us early birds got to sit in them. I remember the Luminaire chap saying that they'd bring them out for the less busy nights, but I never saw them again. Unless I just went to busier shows there afterwards. More gigs should have deckchairs though.

and it just got a lot worse.

Sleepy Sun doing The Chain will live long in my memory amongst many other things.

Is there no saving it at all?

But for personal reasons, the ones we put on (Ben Frost, Tall Firs, Matt Elliott and Cave) were some of the most wonderful nights of my life. The Ben Frost show in particular, will live long in the memory.

Some great times there-
Final Fantasy and Grizzly Bear
Stars of the Lid
Fucked Up (NYE show)
Memory Tapes
Cougar
White Magic
Hawk and a Hacksaw
Comets on Fire

Not to mention Tim Hecker next week. You will be sorely missed Luminaire as much for your intimate atmosphere and great music choice as for your militant policies ;-)

but this is very sad news. It's always a shame when a brave and innovative venue closes.

cheers.

Towards the end of The Hundred Handed's last gig, when a DiSer who shall remain nameless was standing at the front of the audience and suddenly puked on the stage.

plus
Julie Doiron/Constrution & Destruction
Chris Brokaw & Jason Molina

we have Chris Brokaw and Geoff Farina this saturday and its set to be one of our best shows of the year.

lovely venue-best in London and here's why:
great sound-best in London
rich, clean decor that sets the scene
They don't put on PAY to PLAY gigs
nice bar with pints + full pub selection rather than just £3.50 bottles of beer
helpful staff that love music and bands
lots of monitors that work and are crystal clear
decent microphones and stands that work
heating and air conditioning
band parking
a large clean back stage room with free towels, working fridge and sink
clean toilets!
wifi, access to printer
a place for flyers/posters
and
best of all they have a massive mailout, flyer mailout, up to date last fm/facebook/twitter/myspace accounts that really helps promoters get people to a show.

Your just don't get those things in almost all other London venues- so its really sad to see the place shutting down.
Musicians love to play there and the public love seeing bands perform well in a nice music-friendly atmosphere.
Come along on Saturday and let's have a great last gig at this wonderful place.

- lightning bolt: i managed to climb on top of one of the speakers and watch the chaos unfold. my ears have never been the same.

- stars of the lid: they confessed at the start that that they were really nervous as their previous london show (some years before) had gone terribly. this one couldn't have gone better.

- a hawk and a hacksaw: beirut dude failed to show, but AH&AH played to an ecstatic crowd anyway. encore with his band, half on stage, half in the crowd, went down a storm.

- parenthetical girls w/ former ghosts and ghost bees: this was the end of their tour and my birthday, so the party atmosphere was spot on. ghost bees support slot was prob the best i've seen from a band i'd never heard of.

- volcano!: first and only time i've seen them. (they were great though!)

I reckon The Lexington have probably stolen their crowd to an extent. Nice people, well run, solid line-ups and perceptively more accessible to people.

are mindblowingly stupid

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/nov/28/luminaire-london-concert?showallcomments=true#end-of-comments

Come along

http://bit.ly/seriousnye2011

Tickets on sale here: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/100786

Let's give the place the send off it deserves