Brixton The Windmill
Info
Capacity: 130
Nearest tube: Brixton
Directions: Walk up Brixton Hill (the one with the Fridge at the bottom of it) for about 10-15 minutes and turn onto Blenheim Gardens (there's a Co-op Funeral Services and a traffic light at the end of the street). Busses which go up Brixton Hill are 159, 109, 133, 59, 118.
DiS puts on regular nights here.
For some reason, this venue has two big dogs which roam about on the roof. It is certainly a venue with 'character'.
A fair mix of bands and styles, inc open mic nights, 'The People's Republic Of Disco' and the 'Twisted AM Lounge' on Sundays (mainly alt.country and off-kilter Pavement-y type rock bands). - Adie Nunn
Reviewed Events
Abdoujaparov, 6 Degrees at London Brixton The Windmill, Sat 14 Apr
Fronted by Les 'Fruitbat' Carter and backed by an ever-changing guitar, bass 'n' drums set-up usually depending on which continent he's playing in that week, it's fair to say an Abdoujaparov gig is normally an unpredictable one. Tonight is no exception - their usual guitarist can't make this last-minute gi»
The Broken Family Band at London Brixton The Windmill, Sun 11 Aug
I don't fall in love with bands very often. Fall in love with the music, I mean. And while I'm not 'in love with' The Broken Family Band, per se, I do harbour a growing affection for them. This'll be that alt.country/Americana thing which is supposedly 'cool' to like now. They recently signed»
Dustball at London Brixton The Windmill, Sun 25 Aug
Sorry, what? Was there a festival on this weekend? Down at the Windmill for what seems like the umpteenth billionth time this month and your humble correspondent was more excited than a paedophile on a day-trip to Mothercare, I can tell you. Biffy Clyro. Lapsus Linguae. Part Chimp. Aereo»
Repairman at London Brixton The Windmill, Thu 24 Oct
Dontcha just love debut, secret gigs? Repairman get added to this bill at late notice due to The Fades having to cancel under unfortunate circumstances. To introduce: Repairman be a London duo playing folky, slightly Beta Band-y tunes. One is very tall and has long, floppy hair. One is shorter and wears a»
Mountain Men Anonymous, Redjetson, The Abner at Brixton The Windmill, Lambeth, Wed 13 Nov
At first glance, Project Abner stick out like a sore thumb on this bill. Playing alongside shoegazing art thunderers Redjetson and the self-consuming instrumental noooiiiise of Mountain Men Anonymous, their clownish demeanor seems distinctly cartoonish. This isn't dumb-by-numbers ska-punk howeve»
Oki Dog, Face at London Brixton The Windmill, Sun 24 Nov
This venue is cool. What more could you want from a Sunday night than the opportunity to sit on leather sofas watching a sex show and two exceptional punk bands? Under the same watchful and haphazard eyes of the people who brought you the F**k the Jubilee festival in hoxton, and the “let’s try to make a c»
The German Exchange, The Souls, Rhesus at London Brixton The Windmill, Wed 15 Oct
Brixton's Windmill always feels more like someone's attic than a venue. It's a delightfully intimate venue for the epic rock rebirth of the German Exchange, the irresitable pop ska of the Souls and the, er, competent rock of Rhesus.»
Crash Convention at London Brixton The Windmill, Fri 12 Mar
I dunno. This is a weird one. It’s all a blur. It’s a band with a very fitting name. Crash Convention beat the shit out of their instruments for a few minutes, make a wall of sound, and stroll off. Then I’m left thinking, What the HELL was that?»
Clor at London Brixton The Windmill, Fri 23 Apr
Paving the way for the Devo revival? Disco punk? Parlophone? Beer? Oh, go on then.»
Selfish C*nt at London Brixton The Windmill, Thu 14 Apr
Selfish C*nt are a pure sensory experience, a deadly, transfiguring vampire bite. To the masses they're a joke. To the people here, they're already immortal.»
Shout Out Louds, Good Shoes, Idle Lovers, Lupen Crook at Brixton The Windmill, Lambeth, Sat 14 May
DiS catches up with Sweden's best-kept-secret, and some London newcomers set to make waves in 2005. The post-Futureheads noise has begun...»
Pit er Pat at London Brixton The Windmill, Thu 08 Sep
The air is alive with positivity, with joy and celebration; one can only hope that Pit er Pat’s next visit to our capital is sooner rather than later...»
Wives at London Brixton The Windmill, Mon 26 Sep
This is savagery made safe for public consumption, where hostility breaks after one-minute-thirty firework bursts into broad smiles and handshakes, backslaps and hair ruffling. The buzz in the air, even post-performance, is as think as John Carpenter’s Fog; the anticipation for the band’s next capital appearance, positively raging...»
DiScover: The Spinto Band
The geek shall inherit the earth. They may look like an after school chess club, but The Spinto Band move as one, breathe as one and play as one twelve elbowed, check shirted rock & roll beast.»
Viarosa, Treecreeper, Leeroy Stagger at London Brixton The Windmill, Sat 26 Nov
Ooh, Viarosa! I'm anxious with a smouldering anticipation because this year their album, 'Where The Killer Run', has made its home deep in me as nothing else has. Tonight, flesh and blood stand before me as conduits soul to soul, heart to heart. Will the band make it possible for me to lose my heart in them as I have the music?»
The Monday Club, The Needles, Kalev, Dakar Rally at Brixton The Windmill, Lambeth, Sun 05 Feb
saw kalev at this very disappointing night
the sound was awful - soundman appeared to be drunk
that said, they were really interesting
i would need to hear them properly, but the music has something to it which i have not been hearing»
Elle Milano, Silver Rocket DJs, Victory At Sea at Brixton The Windmill, Lambeth, Thu 23 Mar
Sorry not a review but a full line up
Victory at Sea
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Hush The Many, Akron/Family at London Brixton The Windmill, Thu 20 Apr
Man With Beard sups Guinness, eyes fixed on a television screen displaying moving pictures his mind doesn’t quite understand: there’s running, kicking, John Barnes talking although mercifully not rapping, Pat Nevin. Pat Nevin? Y’know, I’d always assumed he was a Womble in a mask, but anyway...»
The Indelicates at London Brixton The Windmill, Wed 19 Jul
The Indelicates: Glock-sucking Kids The Indelicates are hotter than the heatwave. It's 19th July, it's 37 degrees, and they have come to the Brixton Windmill to launch their debut single, 'We Hate The Kids.' We are 'the kids', and 'this generat»
Lazarus Clamp, MJ Hibbett and the Validators at Brixton The Windmill, Lambeth, Wed 26 Jul
Tom-the famous womanizing violist from both Lazarus Clamp and M J Hibbert and The Validators is outside the venue drinking straigh»
Peel Day Extravaganza at London Brixton The Windmill, Thu 12 Oct
Former Utopia plays his first solo gig in 9 years or so-the previous one was actually with a much younger Mark Hibbett in Leiceste»
Stars Of Aviation, Pocketbooks, Butcher Boy at Brixton The Windmill, Lambeth, Fri 09 Feb
In Brixton's uncomfortable and dimly lit Windmill (though everyone always says how much they love it, I can't see it), the worn décor and fuzzy regular clientele seems somewhat disparate to the excess of twee on display this evening. And don't start getting all upset because I used the word twee. It's not derogatory...»
Econoline, Former Utopia at London Brixton The Windmill, Wed 07 Mar
This was Former Utopia's first outing with Drummer Jo-who had brought along 15 mates to watch-all of whom left straight after they»
BRNLV LL DYR / JB THRTTH BRTHDY PRTY at London Brixton The Windmill, Sat 02 Jun
Yean. So The TCRAY IS HOT AN THE CLAP BAND rocked their crustacean limbs up to the MIC and with. Tristnan Burk (aka RocknRoll Ma»
Manatees, Down I Go, Bossk at London Brixton The Windmill, Mon 11 Jun
Manatees are a beacon, a guiding light; follow them, bravely, and fortune will surely favour you. Few bands make me feel so happy to be able to write about music for a living; hopefully a handful of you will take this bait and become a sucker for their stirring performances, too...»
British Sea Power at London Brixton The Windmill, Sat 21 Jul
Amid the light hustle and bustle, clad in their usual oddly-assembled attire - medallion twinned with hockey jersey, tweed clashing at waist with 100% cotton - British Sea Power return, having never really left. And so, with skulls drenched and hushed aplomb, another opportunity to showcase material from their tentatively-titled new record opens.»
Dananananaykroyd at London Brixton The Windmill, Fri 03 Aug
Tonight's show was supposed to be cancelled because one of Dananananaykroyd's drummers had to go home. For most bands, being a drummer down would mean a cancellation or, at worst, a fucking rubbish acoustic set. Tonight's show is not cancelled, though. It happens very, very nicely indeed thank-you very much...»
Enon, Ill Ease at London Brixton The Windmill, Sun 25 Nov
Whilst Ill Ease is fairly two dimensional, her set is over in just 20 minutes or so. What feels like two hours of one idea, though, just seems to drag on-enon-enon-enon»
Georgie James at London Brixton The Windmill, Sun 03 Feb
Georgie James are hopelessly positioned in the UK market. An American blues-pop band on a small, independent, American label, they don’t fit into any comfortable media niche»
Stereolab at London Brixton The Windmill, Tue 10 Jun
Stereolab? In the Brixton Windmill? But that’s tiny! Indeed, but it turns out to be to the band's credit as they deliver a series of fan favourites»
Headlights at London Brixton The Windmill, Wed 29 Oct
Earlier this year Illinois trio Headlights quietly turned in their second album, Some Racing, Some Stopping. Reinvent the wheel it did not, though as a winsomely enjoyable indie-pop effort it takes some beating»
Vivian Girls at Brixton The Windmill, Lambeth, Sun 17 May
If you have something to say, say it quickly and say it loud. Even if you have nothing to say, say it quicker and louder.»
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