We’ve been fond of Wildflowers at BrightonsFinest since we invited them to headline one of our monthly nights at The Hope last summer. They were an exciting live band back then and since have had plenty of opportunity to hone their show from touring with the likes of Tom…
Grasshopper’s new EP ‘Circle Time’ starts with an eerie thirty seconds of searching keyboard instrumental before the first proper track begins with a bass slathered in so much chorus it could be The Cure in 1982. ‘Rico’s Revenge’ is almost an instrumental, getting through two atmospheric minutes before restarting…
Formed 12 years ago it took The Moulettes a while to really get going, releasing their debut album on the Southampton based musical co-operative Sotones in 2010. Since then they have based themselves in Brighton, toured with the likes of The Levellers, headlined their own tours, released the acclaimed second…
‘The Bullet’ is the second single from Brighton based Birdeatsbaby’s third album ‘The Bullet Within’ due out in the summer. They released ‘Ghosts’ as a first single last October to help feed ‘the flock’ (their faithful fan club) but this feels more like a proper introduction to me. ‘The Bullet’…
Thought Forms/Esben and the Witch (split LP) Thought Forms Esben and the Witch Split LP Price £3.99 Brighton's Esben and the Witch (EATW) are known for their heavy, uncompromising post-punk…
What an inspired coupling! The vocals of Roger Daltrey and the Telecaster guitar of Wilko Johnson. Although both qualify for bus passes these days and are only four years apart in age, fame came to them in different decades, Daltrey idolised at an early age with The Who, while Johnson…
The Kooks recently unveiled a new song ‘Down’ which is due for release alongside three brand new tracks on 20th April. This is the first new material to come from the band since 2011’s ‘Junk of the Heart’. ‘Down’ has been described by the group as a mission statement…
I first heard of Royal Blood when they were named on the longlist for ‘BBC Sound of 2014’ last December. “Sound of…” is a poll of critics and music industry figures aimed at rooting out promising new talents and Royal Blood ended up being the only band on this years…
Last year Elli Ingram dropped the Sober EP on the market, and the market reacted very favourably, a spotlight suddenly being shown on this teenage Brighton prodigy, particularly via the excellent video and imagery of Mad Love, which depicted Ingram as an older looking, spooky looking suburbanite, wrestling with the…
Hidden Brighton – Hidden Trail Records Hidden Brighton Hidden Trail Records Price £4.00 We all know a lot of musical creativity resides in this fair city of ours,…