Somewhere you should go… East Village Club and Villain Bar

The Cultural Exposé — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:00:54 +0000

Located on Great Eastern Street – home to some of East London’s hippest venues – East Village Club certainly manages to hold its own. The underground club plays host to a variety of DJ-led nights where the music is the main event, rather than acting as a backdrop for flirty chit-chat. Expect nights such as Sounds of the Underground and Inner Rhythm, which fully embrace the urban music scene, pumping out house, bass, dancehall, and hip-hop to an energetic crowd of music-lovers and creative types. The upstairs Villain Bar is pretty hip too, feeling like it’s been put together by a bunch of over-enthusiastic art students, with its mix of futuristic neon lighting and recycled materials (think leather car seats, airplane windows, and convenience store signs). Rooms can be hired for private parties and – yes – karaoke nights, which adds to East Village’s cool and kooky vibe, minus the pretentiousness. So leave that body-con dress at home, put on your edgiest outfit, and head to the East End to shake a leg. (Words: Stephanie Soh)

For more info, visit www.eastvillageclub.co.uk.

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Somewhere you should go…YoYos, Notting Hill Arts Club

Matilda — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:00:05 +0000

If you thought Shoreditch had the monopoly on all the hippest nights in town, you clearly haven’t hit up YoYos at Notting Hill Arts Club. Hosted by DJs Seb Chew and Leo Greenslade, the super-popular night – which is an acronym for You’re Only Young Once – has been going on for nine years strong, earning a rep for pulling off the liveliest parties you’d least expect for a Thursday night. Up and comers dominate the early part of the evening with acoustic performances, followed by an unpredictable mashup of hip-hop, dubstep and bassline-heavy music from the resident DJs and the odd super-star guest, such as A Tribe Called Quest’s Q-Tip on June 16th (check out our photo gallery here). So with the music being ridiculously superb, expect to see the young and stylish crowd mounting tables and chairs in the spirit of a good ol’ fashioned house party – and if you can get over the guest-list only policy, the photo ID and painfully lengthy queues, you’ll pretty much get with this!

For more info, visit www.nottinghillartsclub.com

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Somewhere you should go… East Village Club and Villain Bar

Somewhere you should go…YoYos, Notting Hill Arts Club