fringey top five venues

• Astoria - we've seen so many bands here - all on the cusp of hitting the big time!



• Brixton Academy - the venue of choice for the bigger names in indie, dance and rock.



• Barfly - looks like crap (see picture) but its the ultimate toilet venue for the discerning bottom rung band. See them here before anyone else has heard of them.



• Scala - just the right size, good sound, a couple of good bars up the big red corridor of stairs. Tis a pity you have to go to Kings Cross to get to it!



• Water Rats - battered, weathered and wee; the only thing wrong with it is the location - flippin' Kings Cross again!


for Fringey mini reviews of pretty much all the London music venues we've been to - go here.