Lawrence of Belgravia at Riverside Studios, May 2

The Hangover Lounge minibus (like The A-Team's van only with more windows and fewer heavy weapons) will be going to the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith to watch (again) the excellent Lawrence of Belgravia film.

Lawrence and director Paul Kelly will be doing a Q+A afterwards. If you want even more Paul Kelly, then the band he's in, Birdie - with the legendary Debsey Wykes, once of Dolly Mixture - released the excellent Message To The Sun on the second Hangover Lounge ep
Birdie - Message to the Sun by wiaiwya
Buy the ep

the Second Hangover Lounge ep (incl P&P)

UK (incl P&P) £7.00 Europe (incl P&P) £8.00 Americas (incl P&P) £10.00 Aus/NZ/Far East (incl P&P) £11.00

Aug Stone guest DJ April 29

We doff our collective cap to the writer, musician and gentleman Mr Aug Stone, who will be gracing the Hangover Lounge this week.

Writer? You should read his recent excellent interview with underground pop genius Martin Newell of The Cleaners From Venus.

Musician? You should listen to some of his many projects. If you're dipping your toes in the water for the first time, H Bird is a good place to start. There's a list of all Aug's musical projects on his blog, with free songs for your listening pleasure.

Gentleman? The ladies say so and they do not lie.

Record Store Day: the third Hangover Lounge ep

The third Hangover Lounge 10" ep hits the shops on record store day this Saturday. And what a belter it is, featuring no less than:

Standard Fare – Darth Vader

Nat Johnson and the Figureheads - Wifery

Louis Philippe - Don’t Talk

Rachael Dadd featuring ICHI - Window

The Would-Be-Goods - No More Tear-Stained Make Up

Fox - Flowers



Can't get to the shops on Saturday? Relax. You can buy the record online from us.

Grant McLennan tribute gig - May 6

We'll be marking the sixth anniversary of the death of one our favourite songwriters, Grant McLennan, on May 6. After our first McLennan tribute gig last year, a few musicians put their hands in the air and said they'd love to do something next time. Greater interest from others followed.

Queensland Station

Featuring Pete Astor of indie legends The Loft and The Weather Prophets, Phil King (Jesus and Mary Chain, Lush) and Ben Phillipson (Eighteenth Day Of May, Comet Gain).

Pete Astor, who knew Grant in the 1980s when they were both musicians on the London indie scene, said: “Grant McLennan was a lovely person, who also wrote brilliant songs. He always carried himself with dignity and poise and I’m very grateful to have had the chance to have spent time with him, as well as learn about music from a great songwriter. He was also always a pleasure to get drunk with.”

David Westlake

What a coup! David worked with The Go-Betweens in his first band, The Servants. After The Servants supported The Go-Betweens on tour, that band’s Robert Forster, Robert Vickers and Amanda Brown joined David Westlake to record a BBC radio session for the Janice Long show in 1987. Amanda Brown played violin on The Servants’ seminal single The Sun, A Small Star.

Guest DJs

Glen and David from the beautifully boutique Second Language record label will be doing a spot on the decks. David will also be joining Queensland Station to keep the Lindy Morrison beat.

Hangover Lounge 2-9pm

David Westlake 3.30pm

Queensland Station 4.15pm

Darondo - I'm Gonna Love You

Darondo drove a white Rolls Royce Silver Cloud, was a California property magnate and lived well. He also made some fantastic records. His 1974 single I'm Gonna Love You still sounds fresh out of the box. It's got Al Green's soft punch, The Isley Brothers' strut, The O'Jays' jubilance and Marvin's swagger.
The Listen To My Song collection has got more like that, you know:

Amor de Dias, Andy Strickland and Owl + Mouse free gig

Sunday March 18. The Hangover Lounge starts at 2pm, the live music from about 3pm.

Amor de Días (Spanish for “love of days”) the secret supergroup formed by Alasdair MacLean of The Clientele and Lupe Núñez-Fernández of Pipas, are playing a special free gig before they head off on a European tour with The Magnetic Fields.

Andy Strickland, once of Creation Records legends The Loft and fondly remembered indie band The Caretaker Race, is making his solo debut 21 years after The Caretaker Race split. Andy has written a couple of new songs for the occasion. And he'll be joined by Caretaker Race bandmate Andy Deevey on guitar. You've got to come along.

Owl + Mouse is the project of London-based singer/songwriter Hannah Botting. Soon after moving to London from Australia in 2008 she bought a cheap ukulele and taught herself to play by learning as many Magnetic Fields songs as she could. Hannah’s own songs are spare, haunting and richly imaginative.

Clay Pipe Music guest DJs

On Sunday, March 18, we're delighted to welcome Frances and John from Clay Pipe Music as our guest DJs.

They'll be playing soothing songs in the afternoon as well as bringing "units" from their fine catalogue - all hand-crafted and very special - to meet the purchasing requirements of the discerning shopper.