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Club Review: Some Kind Of Wonderful

Mar 2, 2009
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Posted by James Kendall

Some Kind Of Wonderful

Putting on a 60s night ought to be easy but actually it’s really quite tricky. Get too anal and you end up with a Northern soul night where no one knows any of the songs. Yeah, there’ll be dancing but you need those old favourites to really get the excitement going.

However if you head too far into classic turn territory and you might as well pipe Heart FM’s drivetime through the speakers.

Luckily Arc know about getting the balance between stuff you know and stuff you don’t thanks to the hugely popular Hold Up night. In fact if you dragged that indie hoedown back a few decades then Some Kind Of Wonderful would be the result. The tunes are quality all night long – Jefferson Airplane’s ‘White Rabbit’ especially causing psychedelic arms to flail with enthusiasm – which helps the dancefloor as much as the cheap drinks. Guests are promised on occasion, including Born Bad residents giving a different flavour.

If there’s any criticism it’s just that there’s no fingerless-gloved, drumming best friends sulking in the corners.

Mar 2, 2009
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James Kendall was the co-owner and editor of SOURCE. He’s been a music journalist since 1992 and spent over a decade travelling the globe covering dance music for DJmag. He’s interviewed a range of subjects from Bat For Lashes, Foals and James ‘LCD Soundsystem’ Murphy to Katie Price and the Sugababes. He’s a keen photographer and has work featured in The Guardian.
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