A man that needs no introduction, Hove was lucky enough to be in the presence of the legendary Lionel Richie on Saturday evening, with support from Westlife frontman Shane Filan. While the sun couldn’t decide if it wanted to stay out, the conditions ended up perfect for the occasion, as…
Starcrawler’s Twitter bio simply states, “We will kill you” and last year they told LA Weekly that “They like freaking out their audiences”. Their Haunt show was indicative of both of these things, as lead singer Arrow de Wilde intensely stared down the audience, spewed fake blood everywhere and wildly…
The moment Giant Peach step on-stage you can tell there’s something new about them, a new air of confidence surrounds them. The band – who were formally playing as ISLA until last year – took almost a year out to gather themselves and focus on a sound and direction, emerging…
On a blustery Saturday night, it was a refreshing change of events to witness a performance from a band such as Waxahatchee at Brighton’s The Haunt. The indie-folk project is fronted by Katie Crutchfield, a performer whose vocal range exceeds expectations and then some.
“We trade slaps for sighs, it’s that point of the tour”. Fear not, Laura Veirs has not become slap-happy over the two months that she has been on the road in support of her tenth solo studio album The Lookout. Instead, as the final night brings her to Brighton, there…
Resident’s number one album last year, as chosen by its staff, was Not Even Happiness, by the American singer/songwriter Julie Byrne. It was her second album, in a slowly gestating career that had been built up in a DIY fashion, by her own hands, so to speak. She even told…
All day music events seem to be the in thing this year, this is the fourth one I’ve been to so far and it’s a great way to see a short set from a bunch of bands in one day. It can be a tricky thing to get right, especially…
In support of latest album Accidentally On Purpose, The Shires took to the stage at the Brighton Dome for the penultimate night of their current UK tour, bringing their pop-inspired country sound to one of Brighton’s best venues. As a seated event, this show was really all about the audience…
In a parallel dimension, Hell Is For Heroes live in the space occupied in this realm by the likes of Biffy Clyro. Breaking into the limelight at a similar time, they were deemed to be the ones to break big with their 2003 debut The Neon Handshake. However, for reasons…
If we’ve learnt anything from Warmduscher, the indie supergroup made up of members from Fat White Family, Insecure Men, Childhood and Paranoid London, it’s that they like to embrace the eccentricity. Their sold-out Brighton gig – from Warmduscher, to Rodeo Death Burger and Jack Medley’s Secure Men – was testament…