The Windmill, Brixton

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The Windmill Brixton is a small independently-run live music venue in the shade of Brixton prison. The pub itself was built in 1971 as a local boozer for the adjacent Blenheim Gardens housing estate. it went through various phases of being a bar that attracted locals, bikers, the Irish community and by the end of the 1990s it was hosting DJs, poets and the occasional live bands. Around 2002 the Windmill shifted focus onto live music and since then has managed to attract many up-and-coming bands and several renowned touring acts despite its out-of-the-way location. Early gigs included a semi-secret double bill of Calexico and Kurt Wagner (of Lambchop) followed by a rammed-out and rauscous show by Japanese all-girl garage band The 5678s, just after they had appeared as the house band in Tarantino's Kill Bill 2. Other highlights have included:

  • two shows by Bloc Party, after they had just changed their name from Union, in 2003
  • the first live performance in 26 years by Scritti Politti, playing under the name of Double G & the Traitorous 3
  • the location for The View's first video 'Wasted Little DJs' which topped the MTV 2 charts in 2006

Other notable bands quoted on the Windmill's website include: Absentee, Akron/Family, Archie Bronson Outfit, Architecture In Helsinki, The Answer, Assembly Now, Baxter Dury, Biffy Clyro, The Black Lips, Bloc Party, Blood Arm, Bobby Bare Jr, Brakes, British Sea Power, Broken Family Band, Bromheads Jacket, The Brunettes, Calexico, Califone, Castanets, Chixdiggit, Clem Snide, Clor, The Cribs, The Crimea, Daniel Johnston, Dani Siciliano, Dawn Landes, Dead Kids, Die! Die! Die!, Dexateens, The Dodoz, Dogs, Do Me Bad Things, Dr Dog, Drunk Horse, Duke Special, Duke Spirit, The Early Years, The Enemy, Enon, Example, Fanfarlo, Gay Against You, Georgie James, Guillemots, Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, The Grates, Hard-Fi, Headlights, Herman Dune, Hockey Night, Hopewell, Hot Chip, Hot Club de Paris, The Horrors, The Howling Bells, The Hunches, The Icarus Line, Immaculate Machine, Jakobinarina, Jamie T, Jeffrey Lewis, Jeremy Warmsley, Joel Plaskett, Josh T Pearson, Just Jack, Kid Carpet, Kelley Stoltz, Klaxons, Kurt Wagner (Lambchop), Langhorn Slim, Los Camposinos, Ali Love, Lucero, The Magic Numbers, Make Believe, Mates Of State, Maximo Park, mclusky, Mekons, Metro Riots, The Metros, Misty's Big Adventure, Mugison, Noah & The Whale, OK Go, Parts & Labor, Picastro, The Pipettes, Plan B, Pop Levi, The Po Po, Prinzhorn Dance School, The Rakes, Rasputina, Red Organ Serpent Sound, The Research, Richmond Fontaine, Roland Shanks, Jack Rose, Rumble Strips, The Sadies, Saturday Looks Good To Me, Scritti Politti, Scouting For Girls, Setsubun Bean Unit, Shit Disco, The Shout Out Louds, Simon Joyner, So So Modern, The Spinto Band, The Sunshine Underground, Television Personalities, Tilly & The Wall, Thomas Truax, Thunderbirds Are Now!, Thunderclap Newman, Tiger Force, Tom Brosseau, Tom McRae, The USA Is A Monster, Tom Vek, Tim Wheeler (Ash), Two Cow Garage, John Vanderslice, The View, The Wave Pictures, Wild Beasts, The Wombats, Yeasayer, The Young Knives, Youth Group.

[edit] PRESS REVIEWS

Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip's Insiders Guide To London [www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/feb/23/insiderguides.london]

[edit] External links

www.windmillbrixton.co.uk

www.myspace.com/windmillbrixton