Born and raised in Cardiff, Gwenno Saunders is no stranger to Brighton being the former front woman of Brighton’s The Pipettes. Since they disbanded, Gwenno has toured as a synth player with Pnau & Elton John and released her debut album Y Dydd Olaf, first on limited release with Welsh…
It is once in a blue moon that a rare talent comes around, someone who is a free spirit, with the focus only on the music they want to make – Ryley Walker is that person. After learning his craft in bars and clubs of his hometown Chicago, Ryley…
Andy Shauf was my favourite find of the Great Escape Festival 2015. His delicate and riveting storytelling style commanded a typically rowdy audience to be completely silent and were left in a state of wonder for this amazing songsmith and his band. Having written and performed under his own name…
There are a few groups that people keep mentioning, one of them is The Magic Gang. Having formed in Brighton, they’ve been building an ever rising local fan base and after a very successful mini tour around the UK, they are now on everyone’s lips as “the ones to…
Oscar has been turning a lot of heads lately, becoming one of the most sought after acts to emerge from London. From an early age Oscar Scheller taught himself to write music, all by ear and hasn’t stopped since. As an avid record collector, his eclectic sound crosses many genres; from…
My introduction to Natalie Prass was the brilliantly odd video ‘Why Don't You Believe In Me’, produced by visual artist and best friend of 14 years Erica Prince. While the video is very memorable, the music is even more so. Natalie grew up in Virginia Beach (two hours away…
In the future expect to hear considerably more about Man Of Moon but at this point they are a well-kept secret and have only got one release to their name, however the promise of the 19 year old duo from Edinburgh is hard to ignore. Michael Reid and Chris Bainbridge…
I first came across Tuval & The Heights at the 2014 Drill Festival. The three piece, who have only been together about a year and a half, radiated talent and played a sound that lives long in the memory mixing an early Bombay Bicycle Club with the Red Hot…
Glasgow’s Christopher Duncan is a rare talent. He constructs all his songs from the bottom up, recording each layer of the track in his own bedroom studio set – which is almost unbelievable when you hear the quality of his debut album Architects. Being a an alumni of…
"How's Brighton?", asks Felix White, guitarist with The Maccabees and a former resident of the city, that back in the mid 2000s proved to be the ideal launching pad for this classic indie band, one who had initially sprung out of a loose South London scene that had included…