Dune Lake - Brockley Max 2009

2009-06-09T08:27:00.000-07:00

"...bloody brilliant...I've never seen the Ladywell Tavern looking so full..." (Brockley Central)

Last Thursday June 4th 2009, Dune Lake played another cracking gig to a bombastic crowd at The Ladywell Tavern in Lewisham. The audience were literally falling out through the doors, when they weren't gripped to the vibe on stage, or soaking up the fantastic atmosphere in The Ladywell Tavern.

There's a few cool people that need to be mentioned that helped to make this such a great night. Brockley Jon did an excellent job organising the music on behalf of the Brockley Central blog which made a huge contribution for drumming up such a great audience for this event.

Dave Loughlin and Sophie Gardner played as Dune Lake with Ben Singer - not only providing the final music of the evening with this intimate three person line-up - but they also looked after the sound for all the acts in the evening and provided most of the sound equipment as well.

Thanks goes out to Monty the landlord for maintaining such a great space for the event to take place in, keeping a top notch bar and dishing out the most delicious food by far out of any pub that could be found in the surrounding area.

All the acts did a great job of keeping the crowd up for it all night. Playing before Dune Lake were: Louise & Irene, Skinny Lister and Rob Marr. There was some cool double bass playing, impressive piano antics, and unusually two of the bands that both used a Lap Slide guitar and in very different ways!

Dune Lake are returning to The Ladywell Tavern this Thursday 11th June to present the Open Mic Acoustic Session. Keep the vibe flowing and come join them again for what's set to be another slap-up evening.

The Dusty Jellyfish.

Dune Lake - Foxfest 009

2009-05-26T08:28:00.000-07:00

Dune Lake played another fabulous gig at The Fox and Firkin in Lewisham this May Bank Holiday Sunday.

It didn't take much to coax the sun-soaked crowd from out on the patio to the relative darkness of the venue inside to lap up some of this seriously good, original, electroacoustic rock music.

Dave (guitar) and Sophie (vocals/keyboards) have been writing these sounds together as Dune Lake now for around two years. Every gig just knocks you away, whether you've seem them before or not - and they just seem to get better and better.

Jonny from Kooba Radio wrote live on his blog: "Dune Lake: jazzy gorgeousness...This is really dreamy; are we actually in a pub in South East London?...there's a lot of praise for these guys here, check 'em out" Have a listen to Kooba Radio now here.

Ben (guitar/keyboards) played with Dune Lake here for the second time, enhancing the sound with some intricate acoustic guitar playing.

Steve Jones (Double Bass) gave an exciting new dimension to the band with his funky b-lines and accomplished performance, whilst Tom Harrison (Drums) made a welcome return with his creative and tight-as-you-like robust beat-making.

So, if this was the first time we've seen Dune Lake with exactly this line-up, there was one word on the tip of everybody's tongue that Sunday afternoon - more!

Don't miss Dune Lake playing at The Ladywell Tavern on 4th June.

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Dusty Jellyfish Reviews

Dune Lake - Brockley Max 2009

Dune Lake - Foxfest 009