Sylvan Esso was never meant to be a band. Rather, Amelia Meath had written a song called “Play It Right” and sung it with her trio ‘Mountain Man’ back in 2010. She approached Sanborn, an electronic producer working under the name Made of Oak and asked him to remix the…
Chains, chants and glam rock hair hit Brighton Racecourse on 27th September 2014 for Brighton's first ever all metal festival…. As my colleague and I arrived at the entrance to Brighton Racecourse, I couldn't help thinking what an unlikely venue the racecourse was for a metal festival. As…
The journey to St Laurence's proved a little more complicated than I was expecting. I disembarked from the train at Falmer Station and found myself amongst a gathering of keen Lutine fans scratching our collective heads, uncertain how to proceed. We asked the advice of a train driver, who seemed…
I first heard of Syd Arthur when someone pitched them to me as the future of Prog Rock music. With a name that merges Pink Floyd with The Kinks, and being on the Harvest record label (home to Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd, Roy Harper and Deep Purple in their day)…
Transforming yourself from being a classic singer songwriter to a one-woman band is no easy feat, but that is what Brighton's blonde musical goddess did tonight, as she celebrated the release of her Disappear EP, the start of which will hopefully be another fruitful path for this very talented singer…
Billed as a more stripped down version of their regular stage show, Fragile Creatures took to the stage at the Komedia Studio with a little apprehension about how they would come across, particularly with new and not-so-new songs having a slightly different emphasis. However any fears they may have had…
I arrived at The Haunt pretty early to hear the familiar sound of Jacko Hooper, who had bagged the opening slot for the Brighton leg of Luke's UK tour to promote the album. Jacko's music gets a lot of spins in the BrightonsFinest office, but I couldn't recall seeing a…
Day 2: Sunday 24th August 2014 © auwyn.com Day 2 began with French For Cartridge and an army of mods driving past the venue on their vespas and lambrettas. I really appreciated the way At The Edge Of The Sea had been organised so the…
Day 1: Saturday 23rd August 2014 Well I'm quiet excited to hear what the music will be like over the next two days. 'At the edge of the Sea' is a 'mini indoor festival' run by The Wedding Present at the Concorde 2, next to the edge of…
I’d been looking forward to seeing the Growlers play ever since their packed-out gig at Green Door Store last year. This year the Growlers are on tour with Fat White Family and on each night of the tour they leave it up to fate to decide which band will headline…