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Sleaze, Meatraffle, Warmdüscher. Windmill, Brixton. March 9th 2016.


Social Media.

Screengrabs of some of the cover pics and press articles using Lousmithmedia pictures/ video. Proud to be documenter of such mental, vital shenanigans.


South London’s Finest.

Been a bit lazy lately. Well not lazy, but not updating my photo sites. Here are a bunch of shots from the past few months of the fizzing cesspool of talent, and the folk and venues which nurture them. Including: Childhood, Meatraffle, Warmduscher, Fat White Family, Phobophobes, Madonnatron, Misty Miller, Bruno Alephi Wizard, Peripheral Apparition, Flameproof Moth, Trixie Malixie, Andy Hank Dog Allen, Ghost Kings of the Five Regions, Patrick Lyons, Starsha Lee, Paul of Sound, Tim Perry, The Windmill, Brixton, Easycome @ Skehan’s,


Fat White Family. Coronet Theatre, 9/3/2016

Some shots and video from backstage at the Fat’s gig at The Coronet Theatre, Elephant and Castle.


Warmduscher, The Windmill, Brixton. July 30 2015.


RIDDLES The Old Blue Last.


Misty Miller, Fat White Family, Brixton Electric

For more great coverage of this event and all things Brixton, Head over to the Brilliant Brixton Buzz, the go to place for all things crucial in SW9.


Adam J Harmer AKA One Man Destruction Show, Meatraffle. Windmill, 04/06/15


RIDDLES @ The Lexington, 29th May 2015


Madonnatron, Shacklewell Arms, Flufferfest.

Madonnatron opening up on the Sunday @ Flufferfest, Shacklewell Arms.

https://www.facebook.com/events/896565950364273/DSCF041316

©Lou-Smith 2015-05-27 at 00.03.05


The Windmill. Hank Dog introduces Riddles, Rufus Miller, Misty Miller. Also Jimi road-tests his new SG.


RIDDLES 100 CLUB


Easycome, White Horse, Peckham 13/05/2015.

Another top night at Hank’s Easycome in Peckham last night. RIDDLES, Misty Miller, Lewis Floyd Henry, Hank Dog, Flameproof Moth, Dan Hunt, to mention a few.


War Horse comes to Peckham.

Members of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment congregated on Lyndhurst Way in Peckham this morning. They were joined by Joey, the National Theatre’s life-size puppet horse from War Horse. They were there as part of a project devised by local Artist and social historian Melissa Jo Smith  to re-create a scene captured in 1915 in the exact same location. Click on the image to zoom. 

 Lyndhurst panorama


Rufskull at The Windmill.

Rufskull, Popskull, aka Rufus Miller, was on fire at The Windmill Sunday night! This guy can play a borrowed guitar like nobody’s business, when he’s not being stage right gold -top don for RIDDLES where he also plays like nobody’s business, and LOUD as FUCK! See previous post


RIDDLES Wizards of War Video Launch, Black Heart, Camden 07/05/2015

Due to technical constraints too dull to recount here, the actual video was never played, but at least we got to watch the backing video on loop to augment the rifftastic RIDDLES shredding up the heavy PA till our ears bled.

Anyway the full video can be seen here in all its HD glory!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=136pYk7QhzM


RIDDLES: The Union Bar, Hastings.

Drove Jimi, Rufus and a boot-full of amps, pedals and guitars down to a sunny (then rainy) Hastings by the seaside, to eat fish and chips from the Blue Dolphin, conk out on the sea front (flat battery) then bump-start back into the game, for them Riddles boys to play a homecoming gig at the Union Bar, formerly the Tubman.


TRASHMOUTH RECORDS PARTY inc “KHAKI TEARS” Album Launch – Warmduscher + Meatraffle, Pit Ponies, Bat-Bike, Madonnatron & DJ battle

The unstoppable Trashmouth Records celebrating the release of Khaki Tears by Warmduscher with a label-mates party at the hallowed Windmill, honorary home to all things good in music in South London, featuring all usual suspects, reaching peaks of frenzy rarely witnessed north of the river. Warmduscher topped the bill with a near evangelical zeal, with the mosh whipped into stage invading fervour.

“I feel truly blessed being born south of the London river. There is something really evil about North London, it has no oxygen and smells of out of date Taramasalata” – ZsaZsa Sapien, Meatraffle.


RIDDLES @ Rough Trade East for Record Store Day.

Riddles celebrate their double A-side single launch by tearing it up at Rough Trade East today. Earlier in the week I shot the second part of their official promo for ‘Wizards of War’ which will be getting an exclusive premiere very soon now. It’s going to be huge.  A live performance of Wizards of War from today’s event appears below. http://thequietus.com/articles/17711-watch-wizards-of-war-by-riddles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pL0h-vvOvs https://youtu.be/seyS86SyJHY


Down the Easycome, 8th April 2015, then smashing up some chairs on Rye Lane later.

Does what it says on the tin.


Warmduscher, Madonnatron, Zsa Zsa Sapien, live at The Windmill, Brixton.


Trashmouth Records Label-mates party @ The Shacklewell Arms, Madonnatron, Pit Ponies, Meatraffle, Taman Shud.

Trashmouth Records held their Label-mates party at The Shacklewell Arms, with a showcase of four of their top bands. Some great music, some great free rum, some great legs…..


Madonnatron ft Bombi @ The Montague Arms


Easycome, White Horse, Peckham, 4/3/2015 and Canavan’s Pool Hall after.

Another great night at Easycome with Music from amongst others, Misty Miller, Riddles, Flameproof Moth, Lewis Floyd Henry, Karen Barnes…. Then over to Canavan’s Pool Hall for an hour’s pool and shenanigans.