This was my first time seeing the Bleeding Hearts Club at the Rialto Theatre, which seems pretty remiss of me when I think about it: they’ve been based here for a couple of years at least. For the uninitiated, it’s a monthly night organised by Chris Davies, the man behind…
After Mansun split acrimoniously at some point in 2003, midway through recording sessions for their fourth album, all communication between the former bandmates was reduced to a cycle of hopeful rumours followed by bitter rebuttals while the main man himself, Paul Draper, seemed to disappear off the map, if you…
Tonight was the perfect immersion into the world of pop-punk, with three bands at the top of their game all operating at different ends of that vast spectrum. Headliners Waterparks are enjoying something of a victory lap for their second album Entertainment, a primary-coloured romp through the mind of…
Back in town for the second time in a year, this time in support of her debut album proper Clean, Sophie Allison (aka Soccer Mommy) showed just why she has audiences flocking to her shows around the world. Her dreamy bedroom pop sounds are a perfect fit with Brighton’s…
Even in a venue such as The Haunt where each week seems to bring a new superstar artist in the making, anticipation for Superorganism’s show was high. On a day where they had not only played a Brightonsfinest session but also a packed intimate acoustic set at Resident, it was…
The Brewis brothers of Sunderland are remarkable musical siblings, as siblings often can be. They’re kind of similar to the White brothers (Alex and Tom, ex-Electric Soft Parade) of Brighton; both sing, play guitar and drum and, no doubt, play any other instrument that is available to them. They also…
Harsh poetic lyricism combined with an intense punk-rock sound, the Arkansas founded four-piece, Listener, bring their brutal sound to the Brighton shores for the first time in five years. This sell out show brings forth a great deal of emotion and passion from start to finish and is the…
Although a Brighton native, Elli Ingram doesn’t often play here. Speaking to us just before the show, she told us it’s because she wants every hometown show to be special, and to be able to give everything to her crowd – and she wasn’t kidding. Her performance was a moving…
There was an immense amount of disappointment when Hollie Cook had to postpone her Brighton performance a couple of weeks ago due to the illness of a band member which, subsequently, made the rescheduled show all the more enjoyable. “Brighton, I made it!” Hollie Cook uttered as she leapt onto…
It’s really quite impressive that a band as experimental, diverse and offbeat can not only play Brighton’s Patterns on a Saturday night, but also pack it to the rafters. Such is testament to the band’s uniqueness for rhythm, and dynamic use of the musical art form that it seems to…