To celebrate the release of the new album "Bloodsports", we paid tribute to SUEDE. As well as great artists performing two of their own songs and one SUEDE cover we also had official Suede Biographer, David Barnett's lovely and poisonous Suede Quiz and rare Suede tracks on the playlist...

On 18th Feb we paid our respects to the great TERRY CALLIER who sadly passed away in 2012. Acts performed two of their own songs and one Terry Callier cover. Acts performing included Midé, Wildcuts, Alone Trooper, Roger Askew, Kit Sam Kirr, Mick Terry

On Mon 21st Jan we finally paid tribute to Bob Dylan: Acts included: Mide, Dylan Walshe, Zeth Townsend, Phil Jordan, Jade Townsend, The Lucky Face and Nat The Hammer

On Mon 17th Dec we had our Xmas Party: Acts performed two of their own songs and one Festive track. Acts included: The Reverse, The Anti-Poet, Helen McCookerybook, Miranda Quammie, The Lucky Face, Paul Hawkins and Ruff John. A selection of some of the performances from the night are now available to see on our youtube page

In Nov 2012 we paid tribute to"Lost Indie Bands Of The 90's". We had some superb acts as well as an ace quiz!! I had the nerve racking but incredible experience of performing two Kingmaker songs whilst the drummer sat in the audience singing along! Other lost indie bands that were covered included: Mansun, Babybird, KulaShaker, The Auteurs, Teenage Fanclub (in the style of Flying Saucer Attack) & Therapy?

In Oct 2012 Guest host The Lucky Face took over curating Under The Influence for a fantastic tribute to Paul Weller. We had some superb acts as well as an ace Weller-quiz!! A selection of some of the performances from the night are now available to see on our youtube page.

We had some superb acts performing at our Kate Bush night. A selection of some of the performances from the night are now available to view on our youtube...

On 20th Aug 2012 we paid tribute to those enduring purveyors of gloomy pop, The Cure...

On 16th July 2012 Guest host/curator Sergeant Buzfuz took the reins for an "Under The Influence" tribute to JULIAN COPE

To celebrate our second birthday here's a short film about "Under The Influence" filmed at our One Day Festival on June 17th 2012 Made by James Dillon & Julia Bobbin.

In a suitably irreverent fashion, a selection of alternative, indie, folk and anti-folk acts celebrated Eurovision week by covering a Eurovision entry (past or present) as well as playing a couple of their own songs.

As this year sadly sees the tenth anniversary of Joe Strummer's death and the remaining members of The Clash released a new version of London's Calling for record store day this month, it seemed only fitting that The Clash were April's dedicated featured artist at Under The Influence...

In recognition of their recent demise, on 19th March 2012 we celebrated the songs of R.E.M. with an array of great new acts and welcoming our first guest host. Each act showcased original songs as well as performing an R.E.M. cover...

In collaboration with Alien jazz Party on 23rd Jan we collected a cornucopia of talented misfits and wayward musicians to celebrate the songs of the one and only Tom Waits...

On 20th Jan 2012 we celebrated the songs of Joni Mitchell with some incredible performances!

On 19th Dec 2011 we celebrated our second Christmas Party with a selection box of fantastic new acts; each playing two of their own compositions as well as a cover version of a song that had been a Christmas Number One!

On 21st Nov 2011 we paid tribute to those wayward art rock slackers PAVEMENT...

On 17th Oct 2011 we played tribute to the thin white spider from Mars himself DAVID BOWIE...

On 19th Sept 2011 we paid tribute to those twee glaswegian songsters, BELLE & SEBASTIAN with a great selection of new acts playing two of their own compositions alongside a classic BELLE & SEBASTIAN cover...

On 22nd Aug 2011 we paid tribute to that sexy pop funk mutha Prince, with a wonderful selection of acts playing two of their own compositions alongside a classic Prince cover.

On 18th July we paid tribute to those grandfathers of Alternative Rock Pixies...

On 20th June we celebrated our first birthday with a selection of familiar acts playing a selection of covers by acts we've previously dedicated a night to...

Dedicated to the dedicated followers of Ray Davies, On 23rd May we paid tribute to local hero and Kinks frontman, with a fantastic bill...

"Cover me with kisses..." On 18th April we paid tribute to Blondie, with a fantastic bill that included Imperial Leisure, The Title Sequence, Helen McCookerybook and loads more...

We attracted our biggest crowd yet when we paid tribute to Belgian chanteur Jacques Brel...

What an amazing night we had. Check out the videos from 'The Specials' show here...

A night of many wonderful performances from 'Richard Lamy's A Disgrace, Rose Hotel, Slate Islands, Bonesetter & many more!

For our Christmas party we didn't have a featured artist of the month, instead all the acts were simply asked to perform a seasonally related song of their choice...

On Nov 22nd we paid tribute to our first Doctor, the incomparable DR Nina Simone...

  We had some fantastic performances at our Billy Bragg tribute night. The week of the Coalition Government’s spending review indicating difficult times ahead added to the sense that Bragg’s political songs are as relevant as ever....

The lure of a night dedicated to Nick Cave proved to be too much to resist for many and attracted our largest crowd up to this point.

For the third Under the Influence, we paid tribute to that most influential yet controversial English singer Morrissey...

The second Under The Influence was a tribute to Lou Reed...