It's not often you get the chance to see six bands in one night and this gig was just like a festival except it was on a Wednesday night in a small basement venue. Despite rushing home from work and throwing down a quick meal I still managed to miss…
Olivia Louvel – Traumfrau Formerly known as the Zap club, I found myself in the newly opened ‘Bermuda Triangle’ – an ‘alternative club’ on the seafront nestled under the arches to see Olivia Louvel – an artist I only recently discovered. Olivia Louvel is a French, Brighton-based alternative/electronic artist…
I walked into Sticky Mike's Frog Bar and was greeted by a fairly decent rendition of Beatles track 'Come Together' as performed by no thrills indie rock band The Sleepwalks. Like a young Oasis their influences are worn proudly on their sleeves, they weren’t the most original act but the…
Last Friday I braved the rain to check out the Big Salad Records free showcase: spread over two nights. I went to see the bill of Prince Vaseline's début show, Octopuses and Milk & Biscuits before they set off to repeat the same on Saturday at The Old Blue Last,…
And so I arrived at the highly anticipated ‘Gypsy Disco’ at the Concorde 2 with high expectations from all the excited rumours spreading around Brighton. On approaching the Concorde 2, I could already catch glimpses of vivid colours, glitter, fire breathers and hear the faint whispers of gypsy melodies and…
I’d been looking forward to catching 2ManyDJs play ever since I saw them at Secret Garden Party last year. Luckily for me though, this time I wasn’t standing in the pouring rain with mud up to my knees attempting to dance in wellies and a sweaty rain mac! Unfortunately though,…
I was really excited to get the chance to see this very special sold-out Metronomy show, as they were unveiling material from what looks like it's going to be an excellent new album: 'Love Letters' due out in March. Support act Virginia Wing had a difficult job to do opening…
In anticipation of their forthcoming album ‘Once Upon A Time’, Chinese Man are currently touring both the UK and France with music from their new album mixed with classics from earlier releases Racing With The Sun and The Groove Sessions.
This band are so, so so average, a musically learned friend of mine remarked to me when I told the world via Facebook I was reviewing them… I had been charmed by their music, the new Warpaint album in particular, seemingly striking a new pose, albeit one borrowing heavily from…
Kudu Blue have to be one of the most exciting up and coming acts of 2014. Sparking similarities with artists such as Bonobo, Chinese Man and Massive Attack, Kudu Blue are set for big things this year. They’ve recently collaborated with Yumi & The Weather (another band highly…