Moth Club – Hackney Citizen

Knock2Bag Comedy Night, Moth Club: ‘Fun, whacky, and with something for everyone’

By Lizzie McAllister | Friday 4 February 2022 at 10:19

Valette Street venue MOTH Club was the scene of Mellen's talk. Photograph: Paul Hudson via Flickr

Tim Key and Rosie Jones were on an impressive bill at the popular weekly gig

Tiña, Moth Club, live music review: ‘The spirit of indie rock squeezed into hot pink spandex’

By Lizzie McAllister | Monday 27 September 2021 at 13:26

The five-piece turn the iconic Hackney venue into an ‘indie rock fever dream’

Girlpool, Moth Club, live music review: ‘Ready to take on a new era’

By Tilly Armstrong | Tuesday 23 July 2019 at 13:35

Californian indie duo ‘back in their stride’ after singer Cleo Tucker’s recent gender transition and open struggle to adapt to his deeper voice

Concert pitch: Hackney’s gig guide for July 2018

By Andrew Barnes | Thursday 28 June 2018 at 16:15

This month’s local live music listings ranges from the A$AP Mob to a pair of ‘howling’ violins, via indie-pop and free-jazz

Concert pitch: Hackney’s gig guide for June 2018

By Andrew Barnes | Wednesday 6 June 2018 at 12:39

Wax lyrical: Alabamian singer/songwriter Waxahatchee. Photograph: Jesse Riggins

This month’s local live music listings features supergroups, atomic age rock, Dutch anarchist jazz punk and some experimental luminaries

I Drilled A Hole in My Head to Stay High Forever: counterculture icon fails to bore at MOTH Club

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 26 April 2018 at 15:43

Hole-y Man: Joey Mellen and the cover of his psychedelic memoir, Bore Hole. Image: Joey Mellon / Strange Attractor

Despite a more academic bent than the audience were prepared for, Joey Mellen’s delved into the possibilities of the brain with aplomb during his trepanning talk at MOTH Club last weekend

Mild High Club @ MOTH Club, live music review: chilled-out LA psych ‘like pink fluffy candyfloss’

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 20 March 2018 at 17:35

'Indistinguishable murmurs': Mild High Club singer Alexander Bretin has a laid-back vocal style. Photograph: Casey Cooper-Fiske

Having collaborated many a time, on tour and on record, with scene giants King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Mild High Club’s three-set Hackney residency left our reviewer relaxed – too relaxed?

Concert pitch: Hackney’s gig guide for March 2018

By Andrew Barnes | Thursday 22 February 2018 at 17:23

Songs for the recently sad: Soccer Mommy

This month’s gig guide is an all-American affair: except for a hard-riffing band named after a Gloucestershire village…

Concert pitch: Hackney’s gig guide for December ’17

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 28 November 2017 at 11:27

Fear of a Welsh Planet: Goldie Lookin' Chain

Christmas jazz, a Scottish troubadour, chicken nuggets and new music from SEO-unfriendly London band Totally – it’s all in this month’s gig guide

Once in a Lifetime opportunity: Talking Heads tribute band to run through two classic albums at MOTH Club

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 9 November 2017 at 13:22

Who Is It?: Speaking in Tongues formed in Bristol in 2005. Photograph: Speaking in Tongues

We chat to Speaking In Tongues, who will play Talking Heads: 77 and Remain in Light in full later this month

Concert pitch – the best live music in Hackney for October’s gig-goers

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 10 October 2017 at 16:41

Luxurious: Shabazz Palaces hit Oval Space in November. Photograph: Victoria Kovios

This month marks the return of our gig guide – so Hackney, get ready for some acid rock, punk, rap and more besides

MIRRORS Festival tickets go on sale and first wave of lineup announced

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 18 August 2017 at 16:44

MIRRORS headliners Pinegrove stop for a photo-op on a recent jaunt to Brighton. Photograph: DHP Family

The initial bundle of bands includes Los Campesinos!, the British country-rock stylings of Ultimate Painting and the buttoned-up New Jersey indie of Pinegrove