Buffalo Tom at Village Underground

Buffalo Tom

Gerard Love

Village Underground, 10 October 2026

It took me long enough but I finally got to see legendary Boston band Buffalo Tom play a sold out headline show at Village Underground, after first seeing them at the Reading Festival back in the 90s: something I've been meaning to do for years and I honestly don't know why it took me so long.

Ex Hex at Village Underground

Ex Hex

Rattle

Berries

Village Underground, 29 May 2019

I arrived at Village Underground way too early but at the very least was surprised to find the band outside doing a photo shoot against a very cool graffiti background. (Edit: I found the actual photo on this blog!) I'd love to say I went up to the band and told them how awesome I thought they are and how much Mary Timony has meant to me over the years but sadly I chickened out and just watched as they posed and looked effortlessly cool. Still, maybe it's better I didn't make a fool of myself and the show itself certainly made up for it.

Charlotte Gainsbourg at Village Underground

Charlotte Gainsbourg
Sons Of Raphael
Village Underground, 29 March 2018

I almost got lost on the way to the Village Underground despite being there once before. It's a strange little venue with a tube carriage on the roof and the entrance around the back, but somehow I wandered to the right place after spotting the queue to get in. The couple in front of me had traveled from France to see the show and another girl was from Hong Kong. It was clear that this was going to be a packed gig full of the devoted.

Neko Case at Village Underground

 
Neko Case
Lady Lamb The Beekeeper
Village Underground, 24 May 2013

"Filming is the new remembering," Neko Case wisely tells the audience while her backing singer and partner in crime, Kelly Hogan, amusingly drives the point home by chanting "It's called remembering!" beside her. I am a little bit of a hypocrite here because I love including YouTube clips with my posts and I have been know to take a terrible phone photo at concerts, but I must admit this craze of watching concerts through phones has been getting to me too although my irritation has never been expressed as amusingly as the banter between Case and Hogan.