In reply to ermmm....bah...sorry, forgotten who it was...silly me...but rating indie clubs in those groovy cities you mentioned, I would say as thus:

London:  Astoria, Tottenham Court Road: Pretty darn good for indie-stylee gigs.  I saw Bis and Kenickie there in my day.  Never heard any B&S though, but I was going through a stripey tights phase so I would have prolly gone to the bar when they played 'em anyway.

Borderline, Charing X Road I think:  Caters a bit more for the 20-somethings, heard B&S there once.  I liked it.


Birmingham:  Snobs, erm..some road or another in the city centre, people will know it if you ask very nicely: S'okay..has its moments but the excess of swirly-twirly keyboardy 70's stuff can get annoying.  Nice and dark though, so good for snogging indie-boys.  I did ask for some B&S there the other week but the DJ poo-pooed me and played Beck instead.

Edwards:  Behind New St. Station.  Never been there but I have heard good things about it.

Sputnik, Temple Row:  More of a pub than a club, but nice and dingy and indie-inducing there.



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