As a fitting warm up to Download Festival, Rolo Tomassi played an intimate but packed out gig at The Haunt this week. The show and tour were in support of their latest album Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It which was released back in March this year. The…
On the last lap of their UK tour before heading off on the final Vans Warped Tour, Don Broco gave Brighton a muscular, bruising demonstration of their powers. Technology, their third studio album, ramped up the stadium rock sound for the Bedford band and has seemingly turned them into major…
Fresh from January’s Freedom’s Goblin, which we called “Inspired, exciting and different – and for die-hard fans this is like Christmas has come early”, Ty Segall hit Brighton’s Concorde 2 for an incredibly intimate sold-out show. So much so, that there we scalpers, touts and rogue sellers handing out…
Over the past year, Leeds-via-Wakefield trio Drahla have built up a reputation for producing an economical but brutally effective sound. Economical being the key word to describe their gig at The Hope & Ruin on Tuesday night, too, as in just over 30 minutes they had been and gone. However,…
“I always fuck it up in Brighton, I’m perfect everywhere else!” So laughs Patti Smith at the climax of an evening that moves, stirs and, yes, amuses a packed crowd at Brighton Dome. The show, which Smith confessed was also a dress rehearsal for the following night’s All Points East…
There are many reasons to love Beth Ditto tonight. Firstly, with a vocal performance that is the perfect demonstration of one of the great rock voices of this or any other period. Secondly, for a setlist that leans as much on last year’s impressive solo debut, Fake Sugar, as much…
On one of only three performances in the UK this year, Beck rolled into Bournemouth and showcased the full range of his multi-coloured kaleidoscope of fun. This lucky audience can hardly believe their luck at the dream line-up on display, with the superb Sparks and Shame generating as much excitement…
It’s been a while since Deerhunter’s last album, Fading Frontier – three years to be exact – but the band finally look like returning with a new album. Having released a tour-only cassette, limited to only 300 copies which sold-out instantly, they hit Brighton’s Concorde 2 – as part of…
Brighton in May is a simply wonderful time. Not only do you have The Great Escape, Brighton Festival and Fringe but, due to the start of the European festival season, we see renowned international stars flock to our sunny shores to play special shows. As such, Ezra Furman, off the…
Truly, nobody does this better than The Rolling Stones. On the second sold-out night at Stratford’s London Stadium, they hold tens of thousands of awestruck punters in the palms of their hands for a 130-minute powerhouse display of a rock show. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, Charlie Watts. Faces…