The Basement

This dark and dingy basement club, AKA Undertone, isn’t for the faint-​hearted: it comes complete with the requisite sticky floors, cheap drinks, and tiny dancefloor that every basement club should possess.
As well as the types of nights other Unilocalers have mentioned, they also have evenings when they play indie, pop and Motown tunes until 3am (look out for ‘Chick Habit’ nights) and entry only costs a few quid.
If you take a wander down Church Street you’ll catch the tunes rising up the stairs from this venue and get an idea of whether it’s your kind of place — but be warned if you have a weak stomach: don’t face the fusty toilets. I’m not really a fan, but I’m giving it three stars because I think it offers something different to most other clubs in town.

Behind an inconspicuous door to the right of associated bar-​slash-​venue 10 Feet Tall, a flight of stairs leads into the darkness below. The mystery even extends to that moniker: The Basement has also been known as Undertone to the point of interchangeableness. What’s rather clearer is that this is a perfect cubby hole for the dirtiest sounds club music has to offer, from jungle and dubstep to twisted house. The PA isn’t always up to the job, the bar is basic and the prissy are advised not to frequent the toilets. And yet all those faults actually aid The Basement’s status as a loveably tucked-​away mini-​club with the intimacy of a private house party.

Seriously, I don’t even really know where to begin with this place.
I was drinking in 10ft tall (which is next door) and was lured by the sweet sound of a dirty bassline to a narrow doorway and a set of stairs with a sign above it that read ‘the basement’. The music was great, the venue was not.
My best friend remarked that it reminded her of someone’s living room but I don’t know of anyone who’d live like that. The drinks were cheap but the tables were sticky and gross. The toilets were laughable (I’ve seen better facilities at a festival) and the whole place had a grimy feel to it. If you like dubstep/​jungle/​house then you’ll brave it for the sick drops and intimate atmosphere but you’ll probably want to shower as soon as you get in.