Concrete Playground

If you’ve spent any time in London over the past six years, you might have spent at least one drunken night at Club NME in Camden. I remember when I was first seduced by the London indie scene in 2004 . . . every night was spent trawling pubs and nightclubs filled with indie girls in floral dresses and indie boys in jeans so tight they stopped circulation. I drank two-quid 'cider and black' (Strongbow mixed with blackcurrant cordial), saw a new band every night of the week, frequently spotted Jarvis Cocker sneakily hiding up the back of gigs and thoroughly destroyed my liver.

This picture isn’t so out of place in Sydney these days, but nevertheless Club NME are touring Australia with a little slice of the London indie club scene. To kick it off they’ve rounded up a selection of homegrown indie talent including Philadelphia Grand Jury, Yacht Club DJs, and Purple Sneakers DJs — and just to put a British stamp on it, Andy Rourke of the Smiths is also taking to the decks.

Image by Tom Sheehan.