Childcare – Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar, Brighton – 20th October 2018

Originally impressing us earlier in the year with a support slot for To Kill a King at The Hope & Ruin, Childcare finally returned to Brighton for an exciting show for Hidden Herd, along with fellow buzz bands Lazy Day and Youth Sector. It’s hard to not be impressed by…

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Novo Amor – The Haunt, Brighton – 20th October 2018

Operating very much under the radar, with minimal radio or media exposure, Ali Lacey is a new kind of artist. One who can sell out venues such as this, embark on a global world tour, release high quality music via his own channels, and make sophisticated looking videos on the…

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Arcane Roots – Rialto Theatre, Brighton – 19th October 2018

There are a lot of people here at the top of the Rialto Theatre. It is oppressive compared to the cool autumnal night outside. Dry ice begins to fill the air as the lights dim and three men appear through the mist. “Don’t you think it’s already over?” Andrew Groves…

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The Snuts – The Prince Albert, Brighton – 15th October 2018

Does every venue in Brighton have a glitterball? The Prince Albert’s twinkly, shiny sphere casts a lovely light over the intimate band room this evening, as The Grand Nowhere kick off. A Brighton-based quartet, bedecked in bad Hawaiian shirts, one of their singer/guitarists looks like a fairly awkward rabbit in…

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Jack White – Brighton Centre – 16th October 2018

This was a gig with a difference. There would be no mobile phones allowed within the auditorium. If you wanted to come to the show, you would need to dispatch your phone within a Yondr pouch. If necessary you could then use your phone in designated areas within the centre.

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Boy Azooga – Green Door Store, Brighton – 18th October 2018

We often talk of an artist capturing the imagination of the youth, so much so that they become obsessed, but when it comes to Davey Newington, aka Boy Azooga, he seems to have reignited a spark in middle-aged minds. With arguably 80% of his gig populated by the 40-plus, it’s…

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Her’s – Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar, Brighton – 19th October 2018

On the current live music scene, there’s not a single band that comes close to Liverpudlian duo Her’s. Awful grammar aside, no one can quite match the sheer entertainment, intense laughter, and the absolute joy of their dream-pop. The definitive answer to the popular meme “name a better duo, I’ll…

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Art School Girlfriend – The Hope and Ruin, Brighton – 15th October 2018

There’s a beautiful, yet muffled buzz surrounding Art School Girlfriend at the moment. Halfway between ‘the next best thing’ and intimate venues ‘best kept secret’, the Welsh singer-songwriter, now based in Margate, has proved quite the force to be reckoned with since signing to arguably the coolest indie label in…

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Anna Calvi – All Saints Church, Hove – 5th October 2018

For someone who was lacking confidence in her voice until her early 20s, Anna Calvi displays no lack of confidence on the live stage in the here and now. Nor does she lack any confidence it seems with her inventive guitar playing, or her stage persona in general, as she…

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Baloji – The Haunt, Brighton – 15th October 2018

It’s not every day you get the chance to see a Belgian rapper of Congolese origin perform in Brighton, but that’s exactly what the audience got during Baloji’s gig at The Haunt this week. Baloji began his musical career as a member (under the name Balo) of hip-hop…

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