A brief migration period in Berlin happened to be the catalyst that ignited the desire within Rhys Edwards and Rhys Williams to form Ulrika Spacek (a comedic way of incorporating the names Ulrike Meinhof and Sissy Spacek). Walking through the black curtain of Green Door Store gives off the…
Returning to the hipster, gentrified wasteland of north-east London for a third year, the Hackney Wonderland Festival has grown in relevance since its 2014 inauguration. A combination of cheap tickets, well-established venues and a high average disposable income within the local area always leads to packed out crowds. This…
Returning to the hipster, gentrified wasteland of north-east London for a third year, the Hackney Wonderland Festival has grown in relevance since its 2014 inauguration. A combination of cheap tickets, well-established venues and a high average disposable income within the local area always leads to packed out crowds. This…
If you've never heard of trip-hop, after spending a night with West Londoners, Babeheaven, you’ll be wondering, “Why have I never heard this beautiful art form before?”, then: “Why did I not find this sooner?” On what seems a normal, autumnal Monday night, The Prince Albert is filled with…
Three of the hottest emerging acts on one bill and it’s a Saturday night – that’s all the ingredients for a top night right? First on were local lads Loa Loa, a favourite of Brightonsfinest since their damn right explosive debut headline gig at the Green Door Store on…
This was not the first time Loyle Carner has played Concorde 2, although it was his first as headliner. To sell it out on his first shot was no mean feat – but given the adoration of his crowd and their reaction to his performance, the only way it…
I had been hearing great things about Fukushima Dolphin, so I made sure I was early to the Bloom launch to catch their set, and I was not disappointed. I'd seen a few low-quality YouTube videos of the band playing live, but the up-front personal experience has to be…
Being told a band consists of only two members leads to a wave of apprehension on my part. For it’s very hard to find an original angle within the one guitar/one drum kit formula that doesn’t just poorly replicate The White Stripes or Death From Above 1979. For this…
As local legends, Black Honey, make their highly anticipated, sold out return to Brighton at Patterns, you can be sure to be in for a night of pure quirkiness that is unlike any show I’ve been to in a long while. Before the evening even starts, the vast…
Jean-Michel Jarre is a bit of an enigma of the music industry. He's a composer and pioneer of electronic music but better known for his outdoor spectacles. He has sold records in the tens of millions and performed to millions of people with his ‘son et lumière’ one-off events,…