#camden crawl

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florence welch and rob ackroyd of florence and the machine - camden crawl (2008)

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On this day in Kasabian history...

24 April 2009: Tom and Serge are interviewed by NME ahead of playing the Camden Crawl

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[itwas20yrsagotoday]

Twenty years since the Camden Crawl went multi city. I remember seeing Zoe Ball at the Warm Jets gig - at the time she was seeing their lead singer, before she ended up with Norman Cook. I remember lots of the venues I wanted to get into being full. Did I see Hardknox and Lo Fi All Stars? I’d have hoped so, given that this coincided with my clubbing years. I know that of all the bands on the bill I should have gone to see Velocette who’d end up releasing my favourite single of 1997 (and possibly the 90s) Get Yourself Together, but I wouldn’t end up seeing them until the following year. Apparently a nascent Snow Patrol played too. I don’t feel like I missed out by not seeing them.

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Listen again to Goldheart Assembly performing at Camden Crawl on BBC 6 Music, skip to the last hour to listen.

[thecarouseruk]

RIP Camden Crawl

After what seemed like a successful weekend, Camden Crawl Festival went into liquidation.

The news came when the company were being accused of not paying the bands that performed. Several people took to twitter to voice their concerns and were subsequently hit with the news of liquidation.

The weekend event attempted to rebrand itself as CC14 this year after a break in 2013. They had struggled…

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Preview: Camden Crawl 2014

Camden Crawl: A setting as rich as they come for music and culture fans alike.

On 11 September 1907, Emily Dimmock, a part-time prostitute cheating on her partner Bertram Shaw, a railway man, was murdered in her home on St Paul’s Road in Camden Town. Having returned from The Eagle public house, after sex the man slit her throat open while she was asleep and left in the morning. After a failed court case against artist Robert Wood, the murder forever remained a mystery, and was the subject of Walter Sickert’s series The Camden Town Murder. Many people, including renowned author Patricia Cornwell, believe that the paintings reveal Sickert’s own identity as the real ‘Jack The Ripper’.

Nestled a convenient stone’s throw to the north of the capital’s central hub, Camden’s identity reads as a decadent history of the modernist human experience (drugs, pubs, music and sex) and everything that is quintessentially London; relentlessly renewed through the years with an embittered perseverance. With a small amount of recuperation time, the Camden Crawl returns this weekend with re-energised vigour and somewhat of a new direction.

There is an app, 22 venues, 250 artists, and traditional free mix tape (/digital giveaway) to be getting through. In the meantime however, here comes somewhat of a ‘starter for two’ for those of you making the trip up the Northern line this weekend...

Further to the lovely video playlist above, below are three things you might want to know about this year's Camden Crawl.

The Dark Horse: Dawn Golden Friday: Electric Ballroom, 7.30pm.

American producer Dexter Tortoriello has been making waves across his native continent for his solo work as Dawn Golden (as well as other project Houses) for some time now, and this Friday evening will see him play his first ever show in Europe.

Whilst his work does often come across on the gloomier side of the spectrum in regards to theme, it is without fail crafted with a devotion towards genuine experience. I hope that the live sound absorbs and shimmers as much as I had always assumed it would.

The Most Unique Venue: St Michael’s Church Saturday Only. Camden Road, NW1 9LQ.

This category is awarded with relative ease. Grade II listed, the Gothic church on Camden Road dates back to 1881, and is the first venture of renowned churchy architects Bodley and Garner. What’s more you can catch Adrian Crowley here on Saturday from 8.

It is also worth mentioning that this place of worship is excellently served by the Camden branch of J Sainsbury for those crucial festival amenities. The meal deal is fine, but the Holy Lord may take exception to you devouring the cans of Carling (that you clearly did not buy at the bar) in His establishment.

At What Point And Where Can I Listen To Anything But This Godawful Music: Shambles Saturday. The Camden Head, 3-6.30pm.

What’s not to like about meeting people who are funny for an actual living? Laugh nervously whilst praying to the gods that this isn't one of those comedy sketches that requires an audience participant, because it would obviously be you every time. You self-involved ponce, just enjoy it. Just try to enjoy it.

On the whole, the line-up is focussed on the new and is all the more competitive for it. But the likes of ABC, Atari Teenage Riot and Of Montreal make for suitable headliners for an esteemed weekend attraction such as the Crawl. It’ll be fun, and hopefully we’ll learn even more over the course weekend, and more importantly let’s hope we don’t ever grow quite old enough to resist the allure of a night spent in old Camden Town.

This preview was first published on 17th June 2014.

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