With sea themes flowing strongly through all of her solo work, Concorde 2 was the perfect venue for an evening with Lisa Hannigan. First coming to the public attention through her work with Damien Rice, her most recent album, At Swim, has shown that she is a major…
Bat Sabbath is arguably one of the most interesting projects stemming from the metal world at the moment. Thrash heads Cancer Bats, impersonating the iconic satanic gods of Black Sabbath. Those are big boots for anyone to attempt to fill, for those who are unaware, Cancer Bats have…
Little Grim’s fresh concoction of new wave sound is certainly one that I won’t be forgetting anytime soon and has offered yet another brilliant insight into the level of creativity behind the human imagination. On a sweltering evening in The Joker, the band play not only a terrific…
This feels like a coming of age period for Pond. “We’re so glad to be back in Brighton, our gigs are always crazy here,” enthused bass/synth player Jay Watson for the band’s largest show in the city to date. Full to the brim, the Thursday night crowd were in…
GLOO are a fresh heavy rock-grunge three-piece with one hell of a sound. Their level of intense riff, ferocious vocals and sublime stage presence has introduced me to a band who, over the next few years, I can certainly see making some big waves. Opening tonight…
After one of the hottest day of the year so far, some would consider going to The Haunt, with its obsidian walls and liberal use of fans, a stupid idea as we should all bask in the sun before ‘summer’ is over. I, on the other hand, think that…
“Hey! We love playing in Brighton because you fucking get us!” Algiers’ frontman Franklin James Fisher says mid-set tonight at Patterns. And he is correct. Patterns is packed, despite the blazing sun and a freak rain shower, and everyone is totally into Algiers. The band literally could have covered…
Peckham band Tangerines are tonight’s headliners at the Green Door Store. To pigeonhole the band you’d put them close to a 60s style garage blues band. There’s a solid Dylan impersonation going on in the vocal, it’s the nasal way of singing combined with a spoken delivery which works…
The Tops show was a difficult one to put into words, I just don’t have the right words for a show like this, I’ll try my best. Their music is cool and quite sensual. Think of an indie version of a classic 60s lounge singer. Tops aren’t a vintage…
Gone are the hedonistic days of Camden being an indie music hub. Ten years ago the North London town was the epicentre of everything relating to guitar music in the UK and the Camden Crawl was an annual pilgrimage for disciples of the genre.