Sideburn's house band, The Stags are back in circulation, and playing in London next Saturday, at Buzzsaw Joint, Strongroom Bar, Shoreditch. We've already got tickets, and they are, like the band's fashion sense, from a bygone time at just £4. What to expect - Hammond organ-driven, 1960s-flavoured floor-fillers; witty repartee between the songs; Dave Skooter Farm on bass; stylish yet anachronistic crowd; some kitchen sink sex fizz supplied by lead singer Topsy Stag. Visit Buz

Sideburn's official house band is back in action. Some say they never went away, but they did. In Sheffield. This Saturday! Starring Dave Skooter Farm on bass guitar. If you don't know them, click The Stags to get a flavour. #DaveSkooterFarm #Music #Punk #Yorkshire #TheStags

I wrote a post just the other day highlighting Dave Skooter Farm's long overdue profile in Sideburn 37. The East Lancs polymath has been a guiding light, or perhaps guiding lava lamp with dodgy wiring, for Sideburn and me personally since before Sideburn was even the germ of an idea in my head. Dave is in numerous bands, some dormant, some active. They include Terror Claws, The Shook-Ups and The Stags. The latter are Sideburn's de facto house band. The played at our first eve