A night to lose yourself to stoner rock jams in the musky atmosphere of the Green Door Store, American three piece Dead Meadow are the headliners. In 1998, singer and guitarist Jason Simon, bassist Steve Kille, and drummer Mark Laughlin met in a thriving DC punk/indie scene, and decided to…
April Fools article published 1st April 2015. It was a cold rainy night in Brighton but there was little that could be done to dull my mood – I was on my way to see Britain's best kept secret in action – The Really Common Blood: a brand-new…
Worthing was out in force on what was going to be a big Sunday night at the Pavilion Theatre. Tickets had sold out weeks in advance to see Madchester legends, The Charlatans. Admittedly, I am relatively new to their music, only having listened through their catalogue at the beginning of…
Dark Horses are a group that do not disappoint. BrightonsFinest have been long-time fans of the Brighton band – not only do we love their two albums to date, but we are also mesmerised by their prolific live shows. The Joker filled out early to see them. Rumours must have…
Courtney Pine, on a Selmer Privilege Bass Clarinet, and Zoe Rahman, on the Churches magnificent grand piano, came together for a special performance in the angelic acoustics of St Georges Church. Courtney’s forthcoming album, Song (The Ballad Book), is perfectly complimented by Zoe Rahman’s unique style and steps away…
Wednesday at Bleach played host to two Brighton bands and an interesting one from London. The Soft Walls has been a band I have been longing to see for some time, after getting their brilliant first album No Time (produced by fellow psychedelics’, Hookworms). Headlining the show was London act…
This seemed to be the show everyone wanted to be at, and frankly I am not surprised. Willkommen Records had put together a line up which showed off some of the best folk talent to come from British soil in recent times. Multi-instrumentalists galore, as nearly everyone played with everyone…
I've obviously not been doing a good job keeping up with the local heavy metal scene news as Collisions, who were to open the show tonight had split up at the end of January. Which was a shame because I enjoyed their set at Breakdown last year. It was not…
After releasing their debut album ‘ZABA’ back in 2014, Glass Animals seem to be taking the UK by storm with their electronic beats, ethereal vocals and intriguing samples. Their sound has been compared to the likes of Alt-J and Animal Collective however the Glass Animal boys have a sneaky card…
After only recently discovering Ariel Pink and really getting into his most recent album ‘pom pom’ – I couldn’t wait to see how his quirky songs were performed live on stage! Pink’s music is heavily influenced by 1980s cassette culture and since he began writing has recorded over 500 songs…