Located by Tottenham Court Road tube station, the 12 Bar in Denmark Street is one of the very last rock’n’roll venues left anywhere near Soho, and it’s one that’s well worth supporting.
On Saturday night, I popped in to check out the biannual Anti Folk festival, and had a great time. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to see all the bands (on account of having alcohol-based appointments elsewhere), but here’s some photos from the night.
Billed as “a great new Antifolk super-group,” Pit Ponies made a splendid noise, and are made up of members of Corporal Machine & The Bombers and Nathaniel Kidd (formerly Thee Intolerable Kidd).
The stage area of the 12 Bar is best described as intimate.
Note the even more intimate balcony area. Not a place for tall people.
Ireland’s ‘foremost acoustic punk poet’, Jinx Lennon, returns to the Anti Folk fest.
The back room.
Clunge.
Graffiti in the men’s toilet.
Fat White Family onstage. Some of them like to sit, some like to stand.
I loved them. Great set.
The guitarist forgot his plectrum so used his Oyster card instead!
The front bar area.
More:
Fat White Family at the Offline Club, Brixton – review
More about the 12 Bar:
We love the 12 Bar Club, London
Anti-Folk night at the 12 Bar, London [2008]
Location: 12 Bar Club, Denmark Street
London WC2H 8NL [map]
Related posts:
Anti-Anti-Folk Festival, Windmill, Brixton, September 2011
The Lost Cavalry play the Fortnightly Folkroom at the Harrison bar, central London
We love the 12 Bar Club, London
Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
Abandoned Victorian mansions, Windsor Walk, Denmark Hill SE5
Street signs, stickers and graffiti, London July 2010
Doing the Digbeth Shuffle: Actionettes at the Flatpack Festival at the Spotted Dog, Birmingham
Hard-Fi headline the Electric Brixton reopening party, 20th Sept 2011
