This is the 3rd Spectrum night and it is starting to live up to it's name. Each night has been very different and tonight was a Sunday folk night. To kick the night off was Rusalka, a one woman show refreshingly with no frills. A solo singer and keyboard…
I hadn't seen House of Hats since I'd stumbled upon them down at The Albert in 2012, which must have been one of their first gigs. In the intervening years they've gone from strength to strength, establishing 'The Harvest Sessions' nights for their home town shows, releasing their acclaimed début…
As Jacko Hooper first came to the mic for his opening song, bathed in red and amber light and wearing his signature trilby hat and glasses I was reminded of a young Elvis Costello while the Brunswick Room packed to the limit had a real ‘LA Troubadour’ feel about it.
Love Supreme Festival 2014 After the glorious weather of last year's event, Love Supreme had to endure a rather less savoury climatic experience with plenty of rain and overcast conditions throughout the weekend, before the sun finally put its hat on, late Sunday afternoon. Not that this deterred the…
I decided to take a gamble and check out a band from the local scene I'd never seen before for an evening based merely on their online descriptions and a brief blast of a single track on soundcloud – I was intrigued by House of Paris’ description as being like…
Just after the release of the tUnE-yArDs second album ‘WHO KILL’ back in 2011, I discovered one of my all time favourite artists and have enjoyed their music ever since. Led by the formidable Merill Garbus who combines ‘live’ loop drums, vocals and ukulele, to produce a blend of…
The prospect of Friday night at the Dome Studio for the attractive entrance fee of £4.00 was certainly most tempting. If attendance and audience reaction are anything to go by, the Spectrum night in association with Resident Records, has found it’s niche – with ‘community’ and ‘diversity’ high on the…
Having lived for 11 years in Brighton, a city she still has very strong links with, the Italo-Icelandic singer songwriter prepped for her Glastonbury performance on the Avalon stage, with an occasionally spellbinding performance with what was in effect a 'greatest hits' show. Not that she has had many hits…
After recently releasing their brand new EP ‘Display’ – Phoria are now my favourite band of 2014. Having seen them play during The Great Escape Festival at St. Mary’s Church I was wondering whether it would be possible for them to top their performance due to the magical nature…
We heard ICHI before we saw him – the sound of a faint harmonica approaching the Spiegeltent along with some tambourine percussion. ICHI finally arrived through the audience on little wooden stilts playing his harmonica and dressed in the most wonderfully ostentatious and quirky colourful outfit, laden with various musical…