I am always so wary of seeing an act twice, especially when it was such an amazing first performance. Andy Shauf was my stand out act at The Great Escape 2015, holding a typically rowdy audience in complete silence – there may have been more riveting performances, but musically, he…
Much like Mac Demarco, who Juan Wauters supported when he last played in Brighton in December, Wauters is one of the chilled bros that make up the roaster on Captured Tracks. Breaking with the exceptionally high quality retro indie-pop the label has become known for putting out, Wauters offers super…
On the first day of Green Door Stores’ annual Two Three Four Festival, a free event put on by the venue to showcase new bands, its undoubtedly the number three that rules the day. The last four, and best, acts of the evening are all three pieces offering widely different…
The Edge Of The Sea festival is quite unlike most festivals you will have been to. Firstly it's a two day festival at the Concorde 2 running from 3pm till 10pm with almost non stop music. Last year was the first time I experienced it and in fact had not…
Kid Creole And The Coconuts bring the party to Brighton on a warm summers day on the seafront. A full crowd of tropical shirt wearing party goers were certainly in the mood and were not going to miss this rare opportunity to dance to the finest Latin Disco around. …
Even the rain soaked British summer could do little to dampen my spirits as I made my way to Patterns on Wednesday night for a hotly anticipated visit from Californian art/noise/pop quartet Deerhoof. The night had sold out way in advance, so it was an honour to get the chance…
The evening has a strong start with an engaging support act in the form of Wax Machine. Offering up shamanistic 60’s psychedelia, the group includes a saxophone and their own tambourine player/dancer a la Bez from the Happy Mondays. Their front man throws his body around like Jagger performing some…
Bleach is, without a shadow of a doubt, the hottest venue in Brighton. When at full capacity in the middle of summer like it was last Friday night, it’s easy to break into a sweat standing completely stationary. The gallons of perspiration that must be being produced collectively by both…
Downstairs at the Latest Music Bar transported all who entered back to a club in Greenwich Village in the early 1960’s, when New York City was the hub of the folk music revival. The light was dim and the room was full of appreciative folk aficionados, captivated and intently listening…
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five playing alongside The Sugarhill Gang is what dreams are made of, they were, and still are, two of the most influential and widely recognizable hip-hop groups . The Sugar Hill Gang need no introductions, everybody knows the legendary ‘Rappers Delight’, the first rap single…