There are times in this great city of ours, where the music scene is almost too good. Saturday 24th February was one such night, where home town heroes Fur were playing their biggest ever gig at The Haunt and Hookworms, fresh off their exceptional new album Microshift, played a sold-out…
In their first show of 2018, Fragile Creatures return to the Brighton scene and bring with them a feel good start to the weekend whilst showcasing some of the freshest rising talents coming out of Brighton. Opening tonight are Bloom, whose fresh style of indie-pop and fluffy melodies…
Alvvays have blown up even further since the release of last year’s Antisocialites. The band were always on a strong trajectory and, let’s face it, indie-pop fame and success were always coming for them. Alvvays are one of today’s most essential indie-pop bands, reigniting a flame in a genre that…
So far this year, the musical trend of 2018 appears to be that of the bedroom project. Whether it’s with American Gus Dapperton, whose laid back slacker pop has seen him winning plaudits all over the world, or with Norway’s boy pablo, who has become a viral sensation, there’s an…
There are few finer feelings than returning home to celebrate good times with friends, and so it was tonight at a heaving Concorde 2. British Sea Power have earned a huge cult following ever since 2003’s debut The Decline Of British Sea Power marked them out as worthy successors…
“Don’t let people scare you” advised Andy Bell at one point tonight, “Remember that everything is going to be alright”. On a night that was anything but merely alright, Erasure provided the crowd of a packed Brighton Dome with the ultimate feel-good factor – not a single soul would…
You know an artist is going to be big when you, at the age of 22, are the oldest person there. This was the case for Rex Orange County, performing only his second show of his first ever headline tour, at Brighton’s Patterns on Monday night. With no support act,…
Being at Jen Cloher’s show made me feel like a teenager again and I’ve never had that before. She’s an exciting figure to watch and her music gets under your skin. Some of her songs sound like frustration, these however are Jen’s most satisfying. The way she communicates this for…
Sometimes your suspicions can be aroused by an undone bow tie and a vintage microphone. Have you smelled a rat (pack)? Is this a middle-aged slide into mediocrity – pop’s equivalent of the proverbial pipe and slippers? Is it perhaps a cynical marketing manoeuvre to keep pace with an ageing…
Paul Weller has been a constant point in the British music scene ever since The Jam arrived, fully formed and full of vitality, back in 1977. Taking influence from the mod explosion, he repackaged it into something new as the new wave and punk scene took off, a trick he…