This is the soundtrack to swinging your jaw off in Frog after someone blagged you and 10 others in on their +1 guestlist place. This is the soundtrack to pogoing beside one of The Horrors in Death Disco at a Cribs gig. This is the soundtrack to ending up at an Others afterparty where Pete Shelley plays guitar until 5am. This is the soundtrack to getting kicked out of The Duke of Clarance after a Babyshambles gig and police bust. This is the soundtrack to buying NME and seeing if your face got in Andrew Kendall’s guerilla gig pic. This is the soundtrack to trekking the Northern Line all the way down to the Brixton Windmill for one of the greatest nights of your life.
Everyone knows about The Strokes and The Libertines, but if you don’t know about Metro Riots, Cazals, Special Needs and Chineapples then you categorically weren’t there, there being London in the early 2000s. Never fear, we’ve made this playlist so you too can find out what was going on before indie sleaze and new rave took over the Camden Barfly.
Over the next few months, Edge of Arcady will revisit records by all of these 2000s acts and maybe more. Because no one talks about them enough and it pisses us off.
Take a listen to our Flashbacks playlist below. If we’ve missed out someone essential then drop us a message:
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