Allow SOIWT to stop gushing about bands for a second, and consider yourself alerted to Sofar Sounds‘ Songs From A Room project. Chiefly London-focused, this innovative enterprise involves secret gigs by upcoming, genuinely decent talent in ridiculous venues – domestic living rooms, swanky Hampstead mansions and so on. Locations are disclosed via newsletter, Facebook and Twitter closer to the performance date; previous performers have included The Magic Numbers, No Flag Project and even one Robert Pattinson (no, really). And you know the best bit? They always cost bupkis. It’s a sort of indoor Bandstand Busking.
