Dalston never used to be cool. When I lived opposite Barden's Boudoir I'm sure it was in Stoke Newington. Now my old fashionista flatmates call it Dalston, as does everyone else in the area. All the cool kids live in Dalston now so it's about time they had their own music festival and it's called the Land of Kings. (Kingsland Road - get it? Clever.)
Held over two days at 10 venues including Barden's, The Haggerston and Vortex and with dozens of bands and DJs including An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump, Sportsday Megaphone, Allez Allez and Greco Roman Soundsystem, it looks like Dalston's gonna stay cool for a while.
Land of Kings
