Triples Is Best presents... Benjamin Spike Saunders + Kitty Fitz + Lichen

Triples Is Best is excited to announce a special show celebrating the new EP from Bristol songwriter Benjamin Spike Saunders. Joining us for the night will be special performances from Kitty Fitz and Lichen. Free entry or PWYC!

This is an 18+ event

JaguarShoes Collective

Benjamin Spike Saunders + Kitty Fitz + Lichen

Kitty Fitz, lilo - Raincheck

Lichen

Kitty Fitz

Benjamin Spike Saunders

Gigs

London

The Victoria

THE THINGS I WISH I DID TO SEDUCE YOU is a theatrical country/rock/pop performance by Tallulah Argue.

TTIWIDTSY is an open-hearted recounting of the transitional journey I experienced from girlhood to adulthood. With the support of my band, I have written a set-list of songs that touch on grief, independence, intimacy, partnership, sexuality and of course, love.

Tallulah Argue is a singer/songwriter from Toronto, Canada, currently based in East London, UK.

FKP Scorpio

Tallulah Argue

Daniel Brown

Frank Lloyd Wleft

Best known as the manic drummer behind the garage-psych outfit Strange Cages, and more recently Jealous Nostril, ELLiS·D spent ten years flailing his limbs across the tattered kits of UK and Europe’s basement scene before starting out his solo project in 2021. After signing with DIY label Crafting Room Recordings at the turn of the 2022, the ensuing 15 months has seen him in a state of near consistent gigging and touring throughout the sweaty dives of the continent, bringing his raw, mercurial live performance to stages from London to Luxembourg, Bristol to Brussels, Kendal to Kusel.

Backed by a near-continuously shifting set of session musicians on his tours, in the studio ELLiS·D channels the workhorse-like energy of fellow multi-instrumentalists Ty Segall, Prince and Kevin Parker to mould a sound that at once feels familiar but also completely his own, embodying the extravagance and glam-pop sensibilities of the likes of Marc Bolan and New York Dolls with the lyrical sensitivity and intensity of The Smiths and Jehnny Beth, to create something almost uniquely contradictory. Jangly, threadbare guitar riffs weave their way through CAN inspired rhythmic pulses as hook-smeared repetitions and explosive, abstract vocal acrobatics flow and fight their way into psych-driven instrumentals.

After two self-produced EP’s recorded on a shoestring in his mysterious Brighton studio space (known only to its inhabitants as ‘The Carwash’) sold out separate limited cassette runs, February 2023 single ‘Straitjacket Blues’ signified a marked shift as ELLiS·D began exploring new territory with tinges of new wave and disco infused kraut rock weaving its way into his music, gaining consistent radio play from Tom Robinson at BBC Radio 6 alongside support slots for Razorlight at Brighton Dome and Hammersmith Apollo in April 2023. "If you're into twisted, psychosomatic art-rock, ELLiS·D is right up your alley. It's like they've hacked into the matrix of music-making and come up with something entirely new. But the real magic happens during his live shows where every performance is a wild ride, like a game of musical roulette." - Still Listening

This is an 18+ event. 

CLUB.THE.MAMMOTH.

ELLiS-D, FEZ and Flip Top Head

ELLiS·D - I Want You To Know

ELLiS-D

Flip Top Head

Our last Session of the year will include sets from the amazing Copa Turbo, Hypnogator, Cabin and Kissing on Camera followed by a DJ set from PMC.

Spotlight Sessions is dedicated to the curious and passionate, we capture the raw feeling of finding the song you will never forget. No screens, no streams, no charts. Just a dirty room, beer, good friends and loud music.

Copa Turbo

Kissing on Camera

Cabin

Hypnogator

𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐞 & 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐏𝐨𝐩 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫#3. 𝐏𝐥𝐮𝐬: 𝐃𝐉: 𝐃𝐉 𝐘𝐨𝐠𝐢 (𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐀 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 / 𝐀𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐧) 𝐔𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬.

𝗖𝗿𝘂𝘂𝘀𝗵:

Cruush are a Manchester based four piece making heady and hypnotic music. Harbouring echoes of shoegaze bands such as Slowdive, it's a breath of fresh air within Manchester's typical indie scene. Broadcasters and journalists alike have been enchanted with the likes of Jack Saunders (BBC Radio 1), BBC Radio 6, John Kennedy (Radio X), Soho Radio, Consequences of Sound, the NME, the Line of Best Fit, and Clash all lining up to call themselves fans. Freshly signed to indie darlings Heist or Hit (Her’s, Eades, Pizzagirl) cruush are set to bring their thoughtform nightscapes to the masses.

𝐍𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐬:

"Post-gaze pioneers Nossiennes return with a new line-up and new songs. With eclectic influences that range from post-punk to experimental electronic music, the result is a layered, shoegaze-infused whole that explores the outer edges of dynamic extremes.

Their new album Fresh Water Objects is out now on Shore Dive Records."

𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐬 (𝐅𝐑𝐀):

Healees formed in 2015 when Bryan Quinn and Renaud Chauré met and

realised they shared a strong interest for guitar pedals and new wave bands. They were joined soon after by Hillevi Robertsson (bass guitar) and Arthur Chen (drums), self-releasing the ‘Heal’s Beals’ demo in 2018. This Paris-based Breton/American/Swedish/Belgian four-piece developed a beautiful shoegaze-tinted noisy pop. Their track The Garden was one of the highlights of the ‘Stratigraphy’ compilation released by Hidden Bay in late 2020. A handful of demos posted to Bandcamp led to an 8-song self titled EP also on Toulouse's Hidden Bay Records in 2022. The band is currently at work on their debut LP.

𝐀𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐬 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐦:

Atmos Bloom is the dream-gaze band formed in Manchester by Curtis Paterson & Tilda Gratton. Last summer saw the release of their self-recorded debut album Flora via Californian DIY label Spirit Goth which has since amassed over 1M streams.

It’s an exciting few months ahead for the band thanks to a recent relocation down South, the addition of two new live members and upcoming appearances at a string of London venues and Manchester Psych Fest.

Taking influences from 90s shoegaze such as my bloody valentine and modern indie-pop like DIIV and Beach Fossils; their sound is the perfect balance of reverb-drenched guitars and indie pop melodies. 'Flora' received high praise from PopMatters & DKFM, and 2 tracks were added to Spotify's Editorial Dream Pop playlist.

𝐁𝐨𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚:

Melding 90s wall of sound, reverb-drenched guitar and ethereal vocals with a dynamic rhythm, Boy Marina formed in Late 2021 and sold out their debut show at MAP Studios in April 2022. The band went out to play at venues such as the Old Blue Last, The George Tavern and Mascara Bar, the latter involving the launch of their first two singles 'Love Song (Live)' and 'Thousand Dreams' on cassette tape. The success of Thousand Dreams inspired the conception of a distinctive colour vinyl edition to be released in October 2023. FFO Lush, Slowdive, Beach House, Warpaint, Bleach lab.

𝗠𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗮:

Formed in 2019 in Manchester, named after an indoor newsagent, Meena has released 3 EP's, two vinyls and has 100,000 Spotify plays.

\-Quotes

\-"they don't come much more massive and much more enjoyable than Meena. What a stunner" - Piccadily Records

"there really is a beautiful dynamic interplay at work here" - Picadilly Records

Meena's Paving is a beautiful hazy experience" - Glasse Factory

"to describe the sound as simply shoegaze would be doing a massive dis-service" - Sonic Blooms

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐝 (𝐖𝐀𝐋):

thinking With Sand are a lo-fi shoegaze / noise rock trio from Bristol and Newport, mixing the blissed out noise pop of My Valentine with the attack and melody of Hüsker Dü.

Originally an electronic shoegaze duo between 2005 and 2009, the project was resurrected in 2020 when the EP 'february' caught the attention of Shore Dive Records.

The album 'dreams and half truths' was intended to be a collaboration between the three band members, however, due to the various lockdowns of that year, Linus recorded the bulk of it at home, with bassist Nathan contributing ideas via video messages.

The album was released 5 June 2021, with CD copies selling out the same day. A vinyl re-release was issued by Oscarson Records on 13 August 2022, few copies remain.

OSP Presents: Shoegaze & Dream Pop All-Dayer #3

cruush - Sombre by the Weekend

Thinking With Sand

Meena

Boy Marina

Atmos Bloom

Healees

With over a decade long tenure to their name, DZ Deathrays, who started out playing house parties, have long cemented their space in contemporary Australian music. This is largely thanks to their creative integrity and ambition that maintains their place at the forefront of the national punk frontier, not to mention their ability to consistently churn out innovative call to arms riffage as visceral as they are frenetic.

This year DZ released their sixth studio album R.I.F.F arguably their most experimental, enhanced and immediately resonant record yet. For the first time in almost four years DZ are heading back to the UK for two intimate shows in London and Manchester. These shows are sure to spark joy as well as anarchy so get in quick. They inspire listeners to ignite a passion in themselves to continue to challenge and strive, making sure to always Remember It’s For Fun.

This is an 18+ event (photo ID required)

Bad Vibrations

DZ Deathrays

Velvet Cliché presents its very first ✨Christmas Cliché Edition✨ and for this very special one, all profit will be donated to the Refuge charity - for women and children, against domestic violence.

To celebrate the release of his debut LP ‘Why Did I Choose This?’, Oliver Marson presents a launch party, along side Vanity Fairy, at The Victoria Dalston for a ludicrous night of live music.

OLIVER MARSON

Praised by the likes of Anthony Fantano (The Needle Drop), Wonderland, Under the Radar, Rolling Stone, Louder Than War amongst others, Oliver Marson's music exists in the same vein as art rock bands like Sparks and Pulp as well as more contemporary artists like Alex Cameron, Kirin J Callinan and The Last Dinner Party. His signature croon, theatrical stage presence and satirical lyrics comment on the grisly truths of 2020s Britain and the struggles of the working class.

‘Why Did I Choose This?’ is a collection of quirky and eclectic songs that take unexpected turns while remaining accessible and catchy. Marson’s talent for combining over-the-top, extravagant 70s sounds with his timeless crooning vocal creates a cognitive dissonance that will resonate with those who feel out of place in today's world.

VANITY FAIRY

A sparkling starlet of the underground East London scene, Vanity’s debut EP ‘Love From Above’ spins a nostalgia-laden world that plays with kitsch-pop tropes and revels in the hedonistic indulgences of classic disco.

Between her shimmering vocal falsetto (which has been compared to everyone from Barry Gibb to Kate Bush) and onstage theatrics, the iconic disco darling is earning a reputation as one of the most mesmerising live performers around.

Vanity Fairy is on a messianic, hedonistic one-woman-mission to spread one simple emotion to audiences everywhere: JOY!

Oliver Marson Vinyl Release Show x Vanity Fairy

Richest man in the World

Vanity Fairy

Oliver Marson

After a brilliant sold out show at The Waiting Room earlier this year, Memorials return this December!

Memorials

MEMORIALS - Boudicaaa

Agathe Max

Gotobeat is to team up with The Victoria to welcome an exceptional lineup on Thursday, December 14th.

THE PARASOCIALS – It was whispered in the finest scents of the Deptford muck; The Parasocials   An unholy union made up of:   Tomer Krail George Calne Jones Felix Slander Rob James.

The Parasocials w/Even Fred's Happy & Slow Country

The Parasocials - Deadzone

Slow Country

Even Fred's Happy

The Parasocials

Triples Is Best presents... Langkamer + Eades + Maripool

Triples Is Best returns for our final show of 2023 at The Victoria for another night of free entry fun! Joining us for our December event will be fun lovin' indie rockers Langkamer, Leeds garage rockers Eades and the indie pop sensation Maripool. Triples Is Best will be spinning the best and worst music until the early morning!

Langkamer + Eades + Maripool

Langkamer - The Ugliest Man In Bristol

Maripool

Eades

Langkamer

La Paloma is a noise-pop band based in Madrid. At the end of 2021, La Castanya

releases its debut EP, five cuts that quickly found their place among an audience

with whom they shared devotion for guitars and existential unease. Songs like

“Bravo Murillo” or “Palos” helped them turn from being the best kept secret in Madrid

to being, simply, an open secret.

"Todavía no", released in 2023, is the confirmation that La Paloma is one of the realities of the current scene. Strengthening their noise-pop proposal, the band delved into the virtues of their first installment while exploring valuable new angles. A debut album based on the solidity of its rhythm section and the color provided by the voices of Nico and Lucas.

Their compositions show an extraordinary capacity toobserve the world with just the right doses of skepticism and disappointment. Even if they insist that "Todavía no" - "Not Yet" in Spanish - their time is now

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The Youth Play are an emerging alternative band from London blending shoegaze and dreamy sounds with intense and raw post-punk notions. The band spent the past years crafting their sound and live performance before releasing their first single 'After a Moment' during summer which put them in the radar of their scene, with two more singles already out the upcoming full EP 'Wildflowers' is set to be released later in the year and there's more music on the works already.

La Paloma / The Youth Play / The Moral High Ground

Bravo Murillo

The Youth Play

La Paloma

The Moral High Ground

Diego García AKA Evil Diego is a Spanish DJ and producer now based in London. Early influenced by garage punk, soul and hip hop, his music explores the connections between electro, house and techno.

Evil Diego (The Parrots) dj set

Gotobeat is excited to team up with The Victoria in Dalston to welcome a lineup for our Christmas Party on Tuesday, December 19th.

Tickets FREE

7:30pm ---> Doors

\---> THE SILENT ERA

\---> SWEET UNREST

\---> FREYA BEER

FREYA BEER- Hailed as 'a raw and thrilling new talent’, Freya Beer is a singer-songwriter from West London. Inspired by art and literature, alternative fashion and music. Freya distills her disparate influences through a gothic soul and devil-may-care spirit that dares to dream in the darkness. She played a key Friday slot at Latitude Festival in July 2023 to great acclaim and has regularly been playing headline shows at key London venues, such as the Old Blue Last and Colours in Hoxton. Ever building up her following in her home city.

Freya recently made her US debut in New York City with a full band show at Pete's Candy Store on Saturday Sept 7th 2023. Followed by a headline show at the legendary Hope and Ruin in Brighton on Wednesday 27th Sept supported by an All Star lineup. She then embarked on new territory, in mid October as the solo special guest to Honeyblood in Oxford, Milton Keynes, and London.

SWEET UNREST - Based in London, Sweet Unrest is a fit of passion and energy. Channeling Britpop, Grunge and Punk influences, the band spins pleasure and pain into a captivating tension. Anthemic riffs are nestled in experimental melodies and the sound becomes altogether new.

“gut-punchingly essential" - No Distance Records

Freya Beer, Sweet Unrest and The Silent Era

Dear Sweet Rosie

Freya Beer - Bike Boy

The Silent Era

Sweet Unrest

Freya Beer

SLY & THE FAMILY DRONE

Using only drums and processed cassettes, and incorporating many elements of avant-garde music and sound art in their realisation, Sly & The Family Drone are a primal orchestra of drum rhythms, radiophonic oscillator noise and electronically-abstracted vocals. They forge hypnotic, textural workouts in the vein of Black Dice, Shit & Shine and Crash Worship.

Sly's reductionist take on music is literal; they split their drum kit to its singular base units, passing individual drums to the audience who maintain the beat while they free themselves for more noise and freestyle mayhem, ultimately eliminating any boundaries between spectator and performer. This egalitarian approach propels audience and band together into a shamanistic setting of catharsis and anarchic celebration. By the end of the set their drums and equipment are scattered; the remnants of their music lying bare across the floor.

Sly And The Family Drone + guests

Dead Cat Chaos Magician

Sly and the Family Drone

Living For The Nights You Won’t Forget With The People You’ll Always Remember!

Location: The Victoria Dalston

Date: Friday 29th December 2023

Time: 9pm - 2am (Doors Close 11pm)

Sounds Supplied By Deezy | Infinite Snds | Zwitch

Hip Hop | Trap | Rap |

Project Loud

Scared To Dance is back for New Year's Eve!

Resident DJ Paul Richards will be playing the likes of David Bowie, Talking Heads, The Cure, Alvvays, The Smiths, Wet Leg, Joy Division, Blondie, The Clash, Cate Le Bon, The Velvet Underground and more.

Scared to Dance

Scared To Dance: New Year's Eve

The Clash - Train in Vain (Stand by Me) - Remastered

The Clash - Train In Vain

Paul Richards

Duke Garwood + guests

Duke Garwood

Get ready for an unforgettable night of diverse musical talent! London-based urban singer-songwriter Ned Ashcroft, known for his melodic sophistication, will showcase tracks from his debut album, "Softness: Songs For Broken Lovers," dropping in January 2024. Joining the lineup are The Roves, a North London rock band with two stellar albums and the acclaimed single 'Hey Little Man.' They closed 2019 with a European tour and UK dates with YAK and Primal Scream. Adding to the mix is Seb Turner-Moore, a 21-year-old indie pop sensation, praised for his energy, emotion, and memorable vocal style. And don't forget Mopher, promising an exciting addition to the night's diverse sounds. Don't miss this electrifying musical experience!

Ned Ashcroft, The Roves, Mopher, Seb Turner-Moore

The Roves - All Doom & Gloom

The Roves

Ned Ashcroft

Night Fever is a club night playing your favourite 80s tracks all night long.
Expect to hear David Bowie// Blondie// Prince// Wham// Madonna// Donna Summer// New Order// Pet Shop Boys// The Human League// ABBA// Talking Heads// Orange Juice// The Cure// The Smiths// Joy Division and loads more

This is an 18+ event (Photo ID Required).

Night Fever (Free 80s Night)

Prince - Kiss

party

Party

Daisy and the Deadheads headline the free entry Scared To Dance and For The Rabbits showcase monthly gig night!

The band have just released their brilliant new single "I Hate the Sea". Support comes from TV People. "A wander into the world of mellow, jangly, indie-folk" - So Young

Daisy and the Deadheads + TV People

Daisy and The Deadheads - I Hate the Sea

Daisy and the Deadheads

TV People

Scared To Dance is back at The Victoria!

Our guest DJ is the comedian Elis James joining resident Paul Richards. Expect to hear the likes of David Bowie, Talking Heads, Blondie, The Cure, Wet Leg, Joy Division, The Clash, Alvvays, The Smiths, Cate Le Bon, The Velvet Underground and more.

This is an 18+ event.

Scared To Dance: Guest DJ Elis James

The Beatles - Penny Lane - Remastered 2009

The Beatles - Penny Lane

Elis James

Gotobeat is excited to team up with The Victoria Dalston to welcome an exceptional lineup on Thursday, January 18th

THE MISTY – The Misty are a London-based four-piece, blending sixties surf rock and traditional pop with noughties indie. As if Dick Dale & The Del-Tones were trying to be The Beatles while prophesying the avent of The Strokes. Kind of.

The Misty w/ guests live in Dalston

The Misty - The Answer Is

The Misty

This January, Triples Is Best will celebrate it's first birthday, and what better way to party than with 4 excellent shows! We're proud to continue things at The Victoria with 2 brilliant acts and an all-star covers band (keep 'em peeled for special guests!) , and all for the usual price of £0!

SUEP + MY FAT PONY + THE TRIPLES IS BEST ALL-STAR 

My Fat Pony

SUEP

Citizen Live is pleased to host Radical live at The Victoria Dalston on Friday, December 26th.

Radical

Radical - MAFIA MALVAGIA

RADICAL

“Thrilling post-punk pop voodoo with verses almost catchier than choruses that throw a hook into the earlobe and tug on it” - Louder Than War

“The dual vocals of Mia and Laura provide both contrast and then a furious onslaught when they combine on songs. They operate in the main with the accelerator pedal pushed firmly to the floor” - Even The Stars

The post-garage-punk and psychedelic power pop anomaly that is Chemtrails started out as the DIY bedroom recording project of romantic partners Mia Lust and Laura Orlova, evolving into a full band in 2016. Their uncanny talent for blasting out weird but irresistibly catchy pop songs was quickly noticed by Swedish label PNKSLM Recordings, who signed them just after their first gig — at Trans Pride Brighton. After relocating from London to Manchester in 2019, Lust and Orlova joined forces with a ferocious new rhythm section, putting the final piece of the puzzle into place. With Ian Kane on bass and Liam Steers on drums, the Chemtrails machine is now souped up with a turbocharged rhythmic engine, propelling the hook-filled songs to new levels of raw power, as the band sashays between sleazy punk, frantic krautrock and sardonically sassy grooves.

Served on a bed of twangy and fuzzy guitars, primitive synths and polychromatic pop, Mia Lust’s tongue-in-cheek lyrics tackle alienation, the absurd, the human condition, the impending apocalypse and, occasionally, her place in the world as a transgender woman. The band cites their biggest influences as Pixies, Blondie, Oh Sees, Fat White Family and sixties psych and garage punk, but what has always held the whole project together is the endless supply of catchy melodies, delivered with the band’s relentless excitement and energy.

Their upcoming third album, “The Joy of Sects”, promises to be their boldest yet, as Chemtrails return with a more danceable and rhythm-driven style, armed to the teeth with their trademark fuzzy guitars and playfully sinister melodies. Having worked with producer Margo Broom (Fat White Family, Big Joanie, Goat Girl), this time round the group has traded in the homemade DIY approach for a more hi-fi studio sound, which, thanks to Broom’s magic, remains just as raw and wild as ever, but with a whole new level of focus and intensity.

Chemtrails

Blurred Visions

Umarells headline's the free entry Scared To Dance and For The Rabbits showcase monthly gig night!

They recently released their fantastic debut single "You're Not Here". Support comes from Ailsa Tully. "Umarells channel the blissed-out shoegaze of Beach House; the hushed vocal deliveries of Crumb and the analogue warmth of Unknown Mortal Orchestra" - Rough Trade

Umarells + Ailsa Tully

Umarells - You're Not Here

Ailsa Tully

Umarells

Speed Of Sound are delighted to welcome Hollow Hand to The Victoria Dalston for a special London headline show on Thursday 8th of February 2024!

Support from Moon Balloon & Albert.

Hollow Hand + Moon Balloon + Albert

Hollow Hand - Heaven Just Watched

Hollow Hand

Moon Balloon

To celebrate their time as a band, FES, return to London for their final show. Taking place at their beloved Victoria they'll be joined by ol' pals Last Hyena and Tilly Louise.

Get your tickets for one final party now!!!

FES - The Farewell Show

Fes - Clarinet

FES - Clarinet

Tilly Louise

Last Hyena

Just Checking In Live returns for its fifth edition in 2024!

We are returning to The Victoria, Dalston in east London for a night of alt-pop, R&B and House to keep you dancing until 2am!

Our headliners for JCIL #5 will be Behind The Mic guests VICTORS, who will be supported by the brilliant JVSMINE, who has also appeared on the series.

JVSMINE will be the first female solo act to play at JCIL.

Completing the line-up and making it a family affair are DJ group Social Groove.

The duo is made up of Tommy Oriel and the cousin of our Founder Freddie Cocker, Joe White!

JCIL is a night for everyone in our community to come together, dance, have fun and provides an opportunity to check in with someone about their mental health, in a supportive and welcoming space.

We can't wait to welcome you all back to the dancefloor.

The Victoria

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