Every so often an indie artist comes along and captures the imaginations of teenagers, predominantly girls. In recent years, we’ve seen the likes of Rat Boy, Sundara Karma and Blossoms riding high off this section of their fanbase; the types who obsess over the music, buy the merch and…
How eerily apt that Gary Numan and band should breeze into town on the blown-out back end of Storm Ophelia, as the Sussex sky turned a sulphurous yellow and the birds fell silent, like some sort of post-apocalyptic eclipse. As if purposely co-ordinated with the arresting desert-wasteland visuals that…
Formed by frontman/guitarist James Taylor and bassist/singer Chloe Little, the INHEAVEN songwriting pair was later joined by the rhythm section and soon had a lucky break in 2015 when their demos were discovered by The Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas at Cult Records. The label soon released their first single…
Cornwall-born, former Brighton resident Fink has been around for a number of years under a variety of different guises. Whether it be singing, songwriting, playing guitar, producing or DJ’ing, he’s always been able to conjure up thought-provoking, critically-acclaimed music. Returning to the Hungarian capital for the first time since…
Glass Caves are a very hard working band. Currently unsigned, but working closely with the likes of Scruff of the Neck and This Feeling, they haven’t quite received the big break they perhaps deserve. That doesn’t stop them putting out big singles, constantly touring and slowly building a fanbase,…
This Feeling have a particular set of skills and they know how to use them. Riding off the back of the indie boom of the mid-noughties, they essentially put on gigs featuring ‘lads with guitars’ but they have done a very good job of giving very good bands their…
It’s coming up to two years now since the release of TRAAMS’ second album, and it had all gone a bit quiet, but they’re back touring and they showcased some new music alongside their classics at an intimate, sold out show at Brighton’s Komedia Studio that showcased their brand…
We instinctively know when we are in the presence of greatness. That familiar, if rare, feeling of awe, wonderment and ‘wow’ factor. This review could end here. Difford and Tilbrook. National treasures. End of. Job done. However theirs is a story of humble beginnings and a chequered history of…
It’s not often at The Joker, or any other venue of that capacity for that matter, when leaving it can be likened to the atmosphere of a football match. This is what George van den Broek, aka Yellow Days, managed to create in an impressive, surprisingly long set that…
This was my first visit to The Brunswick's Cellar Bar to see some live music. I half-remember finding myself down there after attending a gig upstairs and deciding to make a drunken night of it. The charm of this little bar was lost on me that night, but tonight…