If far out, weird and wacky are the three combinations to your musical palette, this eclectic bunch are probably more your cup of tea than a swig of Ayahuasca. The group were founded in Brighton when the Portuguese-Venezuelan producer, Alex Figueira invited friends round to his Amsterdam-based analogue…
With 16th April being Record Store Day, featuring the release of the first vinyl compilation to come from BrightonsFinest, 15th April is very much Cate Le Bon’s Crab Day with the release of her fourth album. But what is Crab Day you wonder? Well, in Cate’s own words…
Indie-pop is often a genre that can get shifted under carpets and forgotten due to the nostalgic burden that it bears. It takes the attitude of the noughties and shows this to the musicality of the 80s. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it trips and falters as MGMT have…
While music in the UK, post new wave and post-punk, was struggling to retain its integrity, its vitality, and frankly, its relevance, over the pond, and pretty much going unnoticed, was a new sound and energy from the likes of The Minutemen, Black Flag and Husker Du. Between them…
'Can I prove we exist? / Where are the hours we missed? / This summer night is clear / I still want you near’. Ben Watt has brought a seasonally influenced nostalgic look at love and the chapters that it works through within our lives. He is back to…
Suuns have hit back with their third effort Hold/Still, another meticulous thrust into the world of the enigmatic, down-tempo isolation that the Canadian quartet can stir up. 2013’s Images du Futur saw a new depth being dug, a venture into another worldly sense of dissonance and psychedelic pulsation. It…
Always re-inventing, Polly Jean Harvey is a throwback to the likes of David Bowie, in terms of ever-changing stylistic representation, and is probably the best example of a contemporary artist who is able to remodel without covering up or messing up the initial essence that makes them who they…
Teleman is a new name for me this year. I also somehow managed to miss out Pete and the Pirates completely, so Brilliant Sanity is my first introduction to Thomas Sanders and his cohorts, but what a great starting point this album has turned out to be. It’s beautifully…
Bleached, born out the ashes of the defunct West Coast punk band, Mika Miko are now back with their sophomore effort, Welcome The Worms. The Clavin sisters alongside Micalya Graham and Nick Pillot produced Ride Your Heart back in 2013. This acted as Bleached’s debut LP and it took…
Although not completely eschewing the politics of Westminster which can so enrage him, and which has been peppered on his previous solo albums Black Water, and Make The Hard Earth, and via his work with the multi-award winning progressive-folk group Lau – stories of migrants, homelessness, etc. Drever’s first…