A little bit of Kentucky came to Komedia to help celebrate Independent Venue Week in the shape of Tyler Childers, the man behind this month’s Purgatory. Its mixture of an old-school country aesthetic allied with a modern grit through Childers’ starkly honest lyrics has been winning hearts on the other…
Brighton’s live music scene is a very impressive beast, indeed. Every night there’s multiple places to go, people to see and fun to be had. However, take guitars away and the options become more and more limited. This made Irish producer Seamus Malliagh’s, also known as Iglooghost, gig at Green…
It’s a peculiar quirk of an overseas artist’s touring schedule that found Lord Huron, the famed indie-folk sensations from Michigan (now based in Los Angeles), playing a ridiculously intimate show at Komedia. As two fellow travellers from North America remarked in the audience, they would usually be expected to…
Melting Vinyl and Innerstrings’ Lewes Psychedelic Festival is always a highlight of the calendar year. Not only do they get a group of fantastic bands together, they craft the perfect mixture of a great venue, mesmerising visuals and lighting, and substantial doses of psych goodness. This year’s was no…
To Kill A King have been an indie staple on the touring circuit for almost a decade now. Having just released their rather good fourth album, The Spiritual Dark Age, they descended onto Brighton’s The Hope & Ruin to showcase their brand of foot-stomping, indie-rock-via-folk music style in a…
Before Wand have even played a note to kick-start the first date of their European tour at Brighton’s Patterns, frontman Cory Hanson turns to each individual member of the band and says, “Have a good show” quietly and politely. In many ways, this sums up Wand’s live show completely.
It would be interesting to see how many of Brighton’s venues Tigercub have graced, because it must be the majority of them by this point. Whether headline shows, as the support act, or festival performances, Tigercub have become a live staple in our great city and, for a very long…
Nearly halfway through the first month of the year, and it’s the real ‘Dry January’. I’m not talking about alcohol. With the dregs of Aunt Sally’s bottle of sherry that she forgot to take home still sitting on the shelf, it’s the lack of gigs at this time of…
In these spoilerific days, it’s increasingly rare to approach a live show without knowing what to expect. Setlists are posted online within moments of an encore ending (if not before), and quickly turned into Spotify playlists as an attempt to condense the live experience into a small, easily digestible package.
A Daniel Wakeford gig is bottled joy at any time of the year, but the feel-good factor cranks up a notch or four when it takes place in Daniel’s home town a week before Christmas. Many people know Daniel’s face, voice and signature curls from the unfortunately and misleadingly titled…