Fast becoming the go-to festival for ravers, revellers and general party lovers across Europe, Bestival this year sees the Fantasy theme coming to fruition. Expect a field full of friendly people dressed to the nines in appropriately wacky garb, getting their kicks to the likes of Caspa, DJ Yoda and Mumford & Sons (pictured). Yes, [...]

Boston’s finest brass-punkers and general all-round awesome dudes, Big D & The Kid’s Table, are back in town and this time are playing the jazzed up yet insanely intimate surroundings of The Hydrant. You’d be a fool to miss this one, as local heroes The Junk and former Lightyear front man Chas Palmer-Williams will also [...]

Hosted by the same guys of the hugely popular Abandoned club night - the result of Facebook group “We Want A New Rock Venue In Brighton” - this Bank Holiday Sunday sees Platinum Rock Legends downstairs at Belushi’s. The night promises the best in rock, metal and alternative music - expect Metallica, Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl [...]

A creation of former The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster member Andy Huxley (lead singer/guitarist here in Vile Imbeciles), the Brighton-based quintet are simply a spectacle not to be missed. The continually evolving, unpredictable outfit possess more stage presence than the cast of a Broadway musical on a 10-year stint; a synergy of hypnotic flailing limbs [...]

Jungle lovers are in for a treat when London ragga vocalist General Levy, drum ‘n’ bass/jungle DJ Brockie and Bristol-based Reprazent member DJ Krust headline an event called Jungle Sound Clash next weekend. General Levy is best known for his 1994 hit “Incredible” but also for his  recent collaborations with Jamelia and Krafty Kuts (to [...]

With Brighton in full-on party-mood this weekend with the culmination of Pride 2010, Hectors House is to add to the fever with feature showcase event The Free For All this Saturday.
The night is to be divided in two; from 8:30pm four acts in Anarvis, The Junk House, Trousseaux and Flash Bang Band will be performing [...]

The Hundred In The Hands have today announced that their new single “Pigeons” will be released on September 13. This will be closely followed by their self-titled debut LP (release a week later) that has been described as “an album of deceptively complex pop songs” with influences from the underground dance scene in NYC.
The Brooklyn [...]

Who in today’s society - and their right mind - doesn’t openly want to go and see an old school burlesque show? Maybe a few of you would pass for the less acclaimed/possibly dodgy invites, but this one is so promising that it won ‘critics choice’ in London and Edinburgh and got [...]

Hectors House will play host to the alternative rockers Skinny Machines this month! They describe themselves as a noughties version of Smashing Pumpkins - if they sacked Billy Corgan. This seems like an exciting prospect for Brighton’s music lover’s, so local or not, get down there next week for a night of grungy ‘90s influenced [...]

Scrub up, get your summer frock on and your head firmly up in the clouds for one of the South Coast’s most well known brands offering uplifting house music. Glamorous lifestyle label Hed Kandi is back for the weekend - the best of the globetrotting, Ibiza initiated DJ team, cheap shots and bright lights bring [...]

Moon Duo are serving up their “sonic stew” to audiences in the UK and Ireland this month, their first date in Brighton at the Prince Albert. The San Francisco duo - Sanae Yamada and Wooden Shjips’ Erik Johnson - released two acclaimed records last year and this tour coincides with their debut album “Escape,” out [...]

THIS EVENT HAS NOW BEEN POSTPONED.
Brighton’s very own country/pop pragmatists The Laylanas are celebrating the launch of their new album “Universal” with a big ol’ party at Hectors House on July 24. Having played alongside such well-known acts as Shane McGowan, Alabama 3 and Noah And The Whale, The Laylanas are bound to kick up [...]

The day has come. The Freebutt is due to host it’s last live show for the foreseeable future, in the form of the very talented Adelaide’s Cape.  He is spending his summer on the road with a colossal tour spanning the length and breadth of our fair isles that kicked off in Cambridge on July [...]

Formed through a shared love of justice, spandex and guitar riffs, Brighton’s finest superhero-rock group, General Bovine & The Justice Force 5 finally released their new double A-side single last month featuring the tracks “Fight The Fight” and “J.U.S.T.I.C.E Force Dance.” Inspired by bands such as KISS and the Flaming Lips this six-piece put on [...]

UNKLE will play alongside long time collaborators Heritage Orchestra at the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Seaon July 10.  The band will showcase Variation On A Theme, a joint venture with Heritage Orchestra. The release of their fourth full-length album, “Where Did The Night Fall”, saw the acclaimed London-based band feature percussion from the progressive [...]

Everyone loves a bounce and if it’s free you’re there with bells on, right? Every act on this reggae/hip hop/dubstep/electro feast of a line up guarantees movement, plus there are games and party bags like every good first birthday party should have. FFA have found some of the most innovative new acts in the country; [...]

To celebrate the fifth birthday of Claude VonStroke’s popular label DirtyBird, this night offers two of the label’s key players, Justin Martin and J Phlip.  After sharpening his teeth on fellow minimalist Ben Watt’s Buzzin’ Fly label back in 2003, Martin has got the music heads understandably excited. He is joined by J Phlip, exported [...]

June 21 sees Nick Hudson / The Academy of Sun debuting their new record “My Antique Son” in its entirety at St. Mary’s Church on St. James’ Street, Brighton. This promises to be an immersive and powerful concert from one of Brighton’s most exciting artists, perfectly suited to what is one of the city’s most [...]

On Saturday June 19, London’s Civilian come to town with their brand of psychedelic rock to celebrate the release of their new single. The four piece cite influences such as The Stone Roses, Oasis, The Verve and Blur so if you’re into 90s Britpop, head down to Brighton’s Freebutt. Having played on BBC Radio 6, [...]

The Grammy-winning artists Toots And The Maytals are legends of ska and reggae. With a unique sound - an original combination of gospel, ska, soul, reggae and rock - they have reputation as one of Jamaica’s most inspired performers with one of the greatest reggae singers of all time. In 1975 Toots And The Maytals [...]

Celebrating three years as Brighton’s electro pioneers, the BBB lads book another quality act to play alongside them. Alex Metric has been broadening his horizons recently by adding a slight pop twist to his productions; that’s not to say he’s lost any of his class though. After a hugely successful show at The Great Escape [...]

Australian art-rock group Drawn From Bees are gearing up for their first ever UK tour, playing five dates this month including a Brighton date at The Albert. Hailing from Brisbane, the quartet have made quite a name for themselves in Australia and plan achieving the same success on these shorts also. You can hear their [...]

The Chevrolet Spark Unscheduled Tour is to hit Brighton on June 3. Following on from Liverpool hosting the third pop-up gig, the public voted for Brighton out of other locations including Bristol, Edinburgh and Manchester. The pop up tour sets up gigs in the most unlikely of places, which will most likely never host [...]

Celebrating the release of their sophomore album “Of Flight & Fury” The Miserable Rich will be playing in store at Resident Records this Bank Holiday Monday, May 31 at 6pm. Entry is free and there will be signed copies of the album up for grabs! Should be a great way to milk the last of [...]

Musically akin to Sufjan Stevens, Bonnie Prince Billy and  Nick Drake, US singer-banjoist Sam Amidon’s repertoire is made up of re-arranged American folk songs, a skill on which he proves himself to be a unique talent, drawing simultaneously on his experiences growing up a child of folk musicians in Vermont. He plays in Brighton this [...]

Formed in 1981, groundbreaking all-female Japanese, pop-punk trio Shonen Knife come to Brighton this week as part of their European tour in support of their fourteenth studio album “Super Group”. Shonen Knife still write infectious sugary pop crossed with uber-heavy rock inspired by late ‘70s punk like The Ramones and Motorhead. In a career that [...]

Legendary UK pianist John Tilbury presents a homage to writer and poet Samuel Beckett. The concert this Friday at the beautiful De La Warr Pavilion begins with Beckett’s 25 minute radio play “Cascando” followed by “…but the clouds”, the 1977 12 minute TV film directed by Jayne Parker. John will also perform some of the [...]

Filled to the brim with acrobatics, contortionists and all types painfully talented artists and performers who have devoted their lives to the discipline of circus practice; there is far more to the circus than ringleaders and fancy dress. It’s the sort of impressive that doesn’t really get fully absorbed and comprehended, a bit like science [...]

In a music industry that seems to have a love affair with weak backing tracks and dull harmonised vocals, thank God for bands like Pulled Apart By Horses. Totally unpretentious and not aimed at pleasing to anyone in particular, PABH make heavy guitar led music with frantic - often screamed - vocals. With a reputation [...]

Manchester’s Airship come to the Freebutt as part of their UK tour in support of debut EP “Algebra”. The four-piece are “writing rock-tinged, leftfield guitar songs that soar and spin-off into otherworldly esoteric structures” and this EP is a perfect example.  Out through Love & Disaster on May 10, “Algebra” is a welcome release following [...]

Digitalism is one of Germany’s biggest exports having been responsible for the massive dance floor hits such as ‘Pogo’ and ‘Zdarlight’.  Jence and Isi have remixed tracks for Daft Punk, White Stripes, Klaxons and Depeche Mode (to name a few!), and since the released of their debut album in 2007, you will have definitely heard [...]

Already enjoying a successful run at The Brunswick, Radio City Theatre joins the Fringe line-up to pay a living tribute to the radio waves of yesteryear. Victoria Gould, Marcus Hutton, Dermot Keaney, Emma Kilbey and Stephen Hiscock embrace the spirit of the ‘Golden Age’ of wireless drama, using authentic microphones and ingenious sound effects to [...]

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club are to play Brighton’s Concorde 2 this week, as part of a UK tour to promote latest album Beat The Devil’s Tattoo, which was released in March. This album is the first with new drummer Leah Shapiro, and the band’s first full-length on their own label Abstract Dragon.  Their debut album [...]

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble are a nine-piece brass collective signed to Damon Albarn’s label Honest Jon. Based in Chicago, HBE have recorded with Erykah Badu, toured with Mos Def and Blur, and featured many times on the latest Gorillaz album Plastic Beach - even alongside rap superstar Snoop Dogg. They released their self-titled debut album last [...]

Sonic Boom Six are hitting The Engine Room this Sunday night!  The five-piece from Manchester combine elements of reggae, ska, punk and hip-hop with political and socially-aware lyrics. Since 2002, they have played alongside the likes of Catch 22, Hard Fi, Paramore, Reel Big Fish, played at Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds, and had EPs produced [...]

Matt Parker, Chris Amblin and Ayu Okakita, following a series of internet-based interactions between 2007 and 2008, decided to meet in the flesh in the spring of 2008 to explore their “bordering on obsessive ideas” of electronic and analogue instrumentation, and Nedry was born. Amblin and Parker began performing as a two-piece using the Nedry [...]

Contrary to earlier reports, Dan Shears And The Velveteen Orkestra will now be playing at Latest Music Bar on Tuesday 13 April (and NOT at Audio).
“…Weaving tales of love, heartache and fantasy in his intensely dark and mystical style…,” the super talented singer/songwriter Dan Shears will support indie-popsters The Crookes next week. Together with his [...]

Phil Elverum aka Mount Eerie comes to the UK for a just a handful of shows to promote the critically acclaimed new album Wind Songs. Mount Eerie’s mythical and dark folk-noir analog jams fritter between the gentle, whispered and delicately sparse and the ambitiously layered, bellowed and noisey, often all within the same song… This [...]

Gloria Cycles are performing an exclusive in store at Resident Records this week to celebrate the release of LP Campsite Discotheque.
Gloria Cycles are a Brighton band swimming in rock ‘n’ roll, drenched in guitar riffs with the howls of Orlando Weeks, ringing out teddy boy music for the masses. Their new album Campsite Discotheque (released [...]

Springing from Brighton, Ice Black Birds have just erupted in the music scene with a new EP. ‘Ears To The Ground’ and B-side ‘Heavy Independent Blues’ are a couple of bluesy tracks lead by disco beats and simplistic bass lines. The songs catch the ear gently while remaining fresh and original, keeping their sound as [...]

Following some fantastic ‘Introducing…’ features online and his recent live contributions to BBC’s Wales Music Day, Penarth singer/songwriter Pete Lawrie is out on tour with Turin Brakes this month before releasing his debut EP How Could I Complain on April 5. With a big old raspy growl of a voice that belies his youth there [...]

This weekend Chuckie is playing at Seven Sins, the night Honey Club can’t help but brag about. Thank goodness for people like Clyde Narain (real name) who it seems impossible to pigeonhole. This genre crossing producer/DJ has his name safely engraved on the edge of dance music. Phrases like ‘The King of Mixing’ and ‘Unique [...]

Well-travelled multi-instrumentalist Justin Grounds stops by Brighton in support of his stunning new album The Dissolving due for release on the 12 April. It is a record which spans that paradox, with warm, ancient violin melodies being driven along by glitchy electronic beats and echoes of drum’n’bass records; holy silences and landscapes of sound cut [...]

The Phenomenal Handclap Band is a tight-knit aggregation of musicians and artists from Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn. At the center of it is Daniel Collás and Sean Marquand who, joined by their supremely talented friends Patrick Wood, Nicholas Movshon, Luke O’Malley, Laura Marin, Bing Ji Ling, Pier Pappalardo and Joan Tick.
The collective started when Collás [...]

Don’t you know that Honey Club has a lovely reputation outside of Brighton as well, and is one of the longest running independent clubs (just about) on the scene? Artists from all over the UK are still choosing it as their Brighton touring venue and favorites such as A-Track and Pendulum have played there in [...]

In the last year, Little Dragon have emerged from their Swedish homeland to become one of the most talked-about acts around, working with Jose Gonzalez, and collaborating on two tracks for Gorillaz’ forthcoming third album. With disparate influences from Depeche Mode to Prince, LCD Soundsystem to James Holden, Dancehall to R&B, Jazz and Soul, Little [...]

Hadouken! were one of the biggest bands in the UK just a couple of years ago, splitting critics right down the middle with their grime influenced new rave indie. ‘That Boy That Girl’, the band’s first single, was one of the anthems of 2007, taken from their debut album Music From An Accelerated Culture. Now, [...]

Japandroids is a two piece band from Vancouver, BC. This ‘band’ started in 2006 as a creative outlet for the post-teenage angst of Brian King and David Prowse. Originally intended to be a trio, the boys decided to forgo the logistical nightmare of having a ‘lead singer’ and do it themselves. As a consequence, Japandroids [...]

It’s been a while since the Leeds based indie pop rockers took a trip down south, which makes this show an event that is not to be missed. And with album number two in the pipeline, you lucky punters will be able to hear just what the boys have been up to all this time. [...]

Liverpool trio Hot Club de Paris are playing at the Freebutt in Brighton later this month. Signed to the London-based Moshi Moshi Records, Hot Club de Paris have released a string of 7″ singles and two critically acclaimed albums (Drop It ’til It Pops in 2006 and Live At Dead Lake in 2008). They toured [...]

Looking for somewhere to go on a Saturday night that isn’t a club but stays open late? Well, Factory is a night of performances, installations, artworks, films and music. Following on from the huge success of The Fortune Factory during White Night 2009, the new quarterly event launches at Phoenix Gallery on this weekend with [...]

Californian Jesca Hoop will be playing at Brighton’s Latest Music Bar early next month. She grew up singing traditional folk tunes but broke away from her background and while working as a nanny for Tom Waits’ children, Hoop gained musical experience. Her debut album ‘Kismet Acoustic’ was released in 2008, her follow up album ‘Hunting [...]

The mighty XPress2 return to Brighton this weekend ahead of their highly anticipated forthcoming album for Skint. With Ashley Beedle’s exit last year and the release of the ‘Best Of’ album, this provided the duo a great opportunity to start off a new era. In a genre that tends to have a lot of one [...]

London noise quintet Japanese Voyeurs follow-up their gut wrenching debut EP ‘Sicking And Creaming’ with the release of double a-side featuring ‘That Love Sound’ and ‘Blush’ early February. They’re also gearing up for a full UK headline tour in January and are coming to Audio next week. Japanese Voyeurs take elements of grunge and fuse [...]

Later this month Blackbox will present a one off show of techno, electronica, acid, psy trance, dubstep featuring the legend of dance music, the King of Techno, half man, half moustache, the Orbital legend that is… Phil Hartnoll! After a year of gigs on their long awaiting come back tour, which has seen Orbital reclaim [...]

OK Go return to UK shores fresh with new material from their third album, Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky, set for released this month. The American four piece first came to the attention of the music press with debut single ‘Get Over It’, but it wasn’t until the single ‘Here It Goes Again’, [...]

After a very successful tour of New Zealand and Australia, under the alias Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, Owen Ashworth will be in the UK for five-dates later this month.  Ashworth began CFTPA in 1997, allegedly starting out small casio keyboard, and has since release five full-length album and numerous singles, EPs, split EPs and [...]

The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster return this December with their legendary rock ‘n’ rock annual - The Christmas Disaster Party! With an awesome line up, expect rocking music, drinks promos and a huge party all night long! Featuring the legendary Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, doo-wop mish-mashers Bad For Lazarus, the brilliant not-to-be-missed Rodeo Death Burger, [...]

Although Electric Six have been together for the best part of 13 years, it has only been since 2003 debut release Fire, that the six-piece hit the UK charts. Releasing an outrageous fusion of rock, punk and disco the Detroit based band released two fantastic chart climbing singles, ‘Danger! High Voltage’ and ‘Gay Bar’. Since [...]

Lightning Bolt is a “noise-rock” duo, with Brian Chippendale on drums and vocals and Brian Gibson on bass.  The band formed in 1994 and have since released five full-length albums, numerous vinyl singles appeared on several compilations. Lightning Bolt are known for their guerrilla-style live performances, preferring to play on the floor of the venue [...]

Brace yourselves; the Welsh alt-rock mentalists are coming back to Brighton! Armed with a barrage of new tunes from their latest album Travels With Myself And Another, plus sure-fire classics from their debut, they’re sure to blow your minds with their furiously catchy dirt rock. Their last Brighton show at Great Escape Festival ’09 had [...]

In support of imminent album ‘Hospice’, this Brooklyn three-piece tour the UK for the first time. With the ability to switch from the painfully intimate to soaring anthemic in a heartbeat, The Antlers sound is so effortlessly relevant without ever actually breaking new ground.  Although there are plenty of bands singing their broken hearts out [...]

The seminal American punk rock band, formed in 1977 and disbanded in 1980, are currently on a worldwide tour with actor and musician Shane West filling the shoes of the late singer Darby Crash. Along with original members, guitarist Pat Smear (Nirvana/Foo Fighters), bassist Lorna Doom, and drummer Don Bolles, West came to be a [...]

For the past few years Gomez seemed to have forgotten about their fans at home. Having teased The States with sporadic touring and the odd appearance, and until earlier this year having neglected the album charts since 2006, you could be forgiven for forgetting their one time domination of British rock.  Their debut album ‘Bring [...]

Under the moniker VV Brown, Vanessa Brown comes to Brighton later this month for a one-off show at the Concorde 2.  The pop-soul diva has been described as “modern-day doyen of doo-wop”, and in December last year she was nominated for the BBC’s Sound of 2009 award, alongside acts including Little Boots and Lady GaGa. [...]

Aussie rockers The Drones will be returning to the UK following a massive European tour, this autumn. The four-piece will be showcasing their critically acclaimed album ‘Havilah’ (out now on ATP Records), and their London show back in May sold out soon after it was announced, so don’t wait about getting your tickets!
Monday 2nd November [...]

It’s been a meteoric rise to fame for the East London grime sensation since his debut in 2003. No other MC of the past six years has matched Dizzee’s breakthrough success or his unbridled popularity among rockers and rude boys alike. Fresh from his support slot with The Prodigy and with a whole batch of [...]

Local stoner rock legends Eighties Matchbox B-Line Distaster will be making a welcome return to Brighton tonight as part of their current U.K tour. The fearsome five will be trailblaizing their way down to the Engine Rooms (of course) to prescribe a much needed dose of hair, leather and downright filthy noise upon your lovely [...]

New Slang Brighton is a new indie club night that has found a weekly spot at Audio.  New Slang has been the biggest indie night in Kingston for the past three years, playing host to big names such as The Maccabees, The Rakes, The Futureheads, Crystal Castles, Good Shoes, Young Knives, Foals, Art Brut, Los [...]

If edgy, indie post-punk is your bag then get down to Jam (formally Water Margin) to see these young hopefuls in action. Die! Die! Die!’s sound is best described as picking up where At The Drive-In’s ‘Relationship Of Command’ left off, only with slighty more commercial leanings.  The New Zealand based three-piece will be gracing [...]

Tonight, the 8th October, sees the autumnal return of the Hoochie Coochie Lounge.  With the weather closing in and those heady days of beach and sun a distant memory, it is time to hunker down and get cosy, and lucky for you the Hoochie Coochie Lounge takes advantage of the cosiest little venue in town.
Featuring [...]

Rough Trade’s latest protégés last visit to Brighton saw them acquire a hoard of new fans at the Sallis Benney Theatre during the Great Escape Festival early this year. Now, having upped the ante with a string of dates in America and a full European tour, the twenty-one year old starlet will be gracing us [...]

Having just relocated to Life (formally known as Arc), Club NME implores you little scamps to come check out one of Brighton’s hottest club nights in some brand spanking new surroundings.  This month’s schedule is packed with tasty treats including live sets from London post-punk rockers The Social and Brighton’s budding alt-indie superstars Baghdad Country [...]

Barn dancing, belly dancing, face painting, delicious cakes, masked marauders, music and magic.  With Moulettes and support from Bunty, le Jule and Lee  -  Manouchska  -  The G’s  -  The Miller Extended Family Barndance Band.  Costumery encouraged, wear a mask!
“If its dancing you’re after and roofs raised to the rafters,
and rooms that reverberate with music [...]

New Yorkers, The Fiery Furnaces, come to Brighton this October in support of their seventh studio album ‘I’m Going Away’.  At a time when so many bands are jostling for the attention of the music buying public, The Fiery Furnaces have acquired a reputation for setting themselves apart from their rock music peers.  Whether it [...]

As part of an European tour, Obits play Brighton this October. Hailing from New York, their sound is a blend of straightforward rock and roll and garage-punk. The four-piece are veterans of 90s rock bands, and Obits formed in 2006 following the break-up of vocalist/guitarist Rick Froberg’s band Hotsnakes. Obit’s debut album ‘I Blame You’ [...]

Wednesday 9th September -Tru Thoughts present:
COOKING ON 3 BURNERS (Live) (Freestyle Records)
KYLIE AULDIST (Live) (Tru Thoughts)
THE BAMBOOS DJ SET (Tru Thoughts)
FLEVANS DJ SET (Tru Thoughts)
Joining us from Australia for their European Tour, funk outfit Cookin On 3 Burners featuring Lance Ferguson from The Bamboos) alongside soul singer Kylie Auldist. Cookin On 3 Burners [...]

The Hanbury Club, 15 September

Idaho-born Ritter brings his warm and engaging treasure chest of folk music to Brighton and the gorgeous surrounds of the Hanbury Club. Ritter has been writing and performing for a decade now, but 2007’s “The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter” marked an evolution to a more raggedy, full-band sound in places, [...]

The Hope, 5 September

We like The Stash. Bringing the best local music to The Hope, this is their fourth birthday celebration and they’re doing it in style with four of their favourite bands. Headliners are Gentleman Starkey, the excellent garage rockers who lure you into their dark world before wrapping you in their welcoming arms. [...]

Peaches, 1 September, Concorde2

The wonderfully foul-mouthed electro-funk goddess arrives at Concorde2 to kick off the month in fine style. Track titles like “Tent In Your Pants” and “Slippery Dick” may recall the finer lyrical moments of Spinal Tap, but this is more like the Ting Tings with an attitude transplant. Latest album “I Feel Cream” [...]

Brighton Coalition looks set to be finishing off August in style with a bank holiday special of their new night Frequency. The night starts at 6pm, when customers are invited to enjoy Pimms pitchers on the patio and watch the sun set with the music blasting out the open front of the club. Following the [...]

Winnebago Deal play Goo Goo Muck @ The Hobgoblin, 29 August

On witnessing the awesome power of Winnebago Deal for the first time, the discerning listener would be forgiven for thinking they were hearing four or five guys attacking their instruments with everything they’ve got. You’d be wrong. The ‘Deal are a two-piece who specialise in [...]

Black Lips and Crystal Antlers Concorde2, 26 August

Rumoured to have mellowed out at their live shows somewhat, due to previously-induced moral panic amongst crowds, Black Lips are coming to town. Not buying this ‘rumour’ we will secretly prepare for some crazy antics; chickens, vomiting, maybe just a little bit of nudity. We can only hope. [...]

At the Edge of the Sea Concorde2, 22 August
After last year’s At Home by the Sea festival comes the Wedding Present’s own mini festival, starring the ‘80s Leeds indie survivors themselves and a selection of their personal picks. That means Brighton’s favourite girl-group, the Pipettes, spherically-bonced pop star and mother-lover Frank Sidebottom and some motown [...]

Shogun Audio: Chase & Status, DJ Friction Digital, 30 August

After the last sell-out event back in March, Shogun Audio returns to Digital on the August Bank Holiday weekend. With one of the most anticipated dance albums of last year Chase & Status are one of the few acts to cross into the mainstream without losing [...]

Pop Musik, Coalition 15 August

After upsetting neighbours and losing deposits by having parties at home, the unashamedly poppy Pop Musik crew take over Coalition for a night of summer anthems from the sixties right up to the present day. Alongside regular DJs: Dynamite Sal, Ultimatt, Eddie the Goatboy and DJ Nause, will be a tattoo [...]

Concorde2, 16 September

Despite failing to match the success of their contemporaries, these early 1980s new romantics are fondly remembered, albeit primarily for that hair. It’s easy to forget that the band wrote two classic pop songs, songs which set the template for the synth-pop revival of La Roux and co. Those songs, “I Ran” and [...]

Freebutt, 16 September

Last seen playing on the south coast in March 2009, Paige are back to cast their magic spell once more. This five-piece band will draw in a following of excited and free spirited 15-year-olds to see them perform. Originating from London, Paige know how to write and play melodic punk-pop at its best [...]

The Freebutt, 1 August

The angular four-piece return with more examples of why Mordern life is rubbish, delivered in their trademark sharp guitar style. Hopefully this gig will preview some long awaited new material from the band, who have been quiet in 2009 due to record company issues and a change of bass player.

Superlative American folkster Alela Diane recently released her critically acclaimed second album “To Be Still”, which is an ode to her hometown, Nevada City, California. Diane dishes up some beautiful American folk with shades of country, which draws comparisons to a more laid back Joni Mitchell or an early Cat Power.  This show is part [...]

Freebutt, 21 August

After playing Great Escape earlier in the year, mightily-bearded Pennsylvanian William Fitzsimmons returns to Brighton. The singer makes the kind of softly voiced melodic pop-folk beloved of American television show producers and has a back story that the writers of One Tree Hill might easily be tempted to pinch. Brought up by blind [...]

Digital - 18th June

Main Room:
Plastician
Dr. Syntax + Stig of the Dump.
Gentlemans Dub Club (9 piece Live Dub/Reggae band)
Sukh Knight / Scandalous Unlmtd
Slugz / Boyson
Second Room:
Luxton Brothers / Tenderloin
Myogeniks / Sticky Davis
Tickets - £7 from Resident and Rounder records OR http://www.urgoing.to/vbz16

EXODUS TO CROATIA
http://www.exoduscroatia.com

Exodus to Croatia is a beautiful holiday in the sun with like minded people [...]

In September 2009 Star in the Hood Tinchy Stryder, will embarking on his first headline nationwide tour.

Having supported a variety of artists, (from Jack Penate through to Akon and N-Dubz). Tinchy Stryder has already built up a dedicated and diverse live following in the UK.

Following the success of smash hit singles ‘Number 1’ [...]

A celebration of African music and culture, Sefton Park, Liverpool. Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st June 2009. 12:30pm-9:30pm on both days. The biggest Live Free African Music Festival in the UK. Admission: Free
Already Confirmed:
Freddie McGregor (Jamaica) PLUS Special Guests:
Chino, Laden, The Millennium Band
Les Frères Guissé (Senegal)
Gordon Masiala and Nka Musica (DR Congo) Kanda Bongo Man [...]

Preview – Bon Iver
Brighton Dome, May 18th 2009

After critical acclaim and growing international success, Bon Iver is taking their audience by storm. Returning to the UK to perform between a number of small US tours, the American songwriter brings with him nothing short of a treat. Frontman and genius behind the project Justin Vernon, [...]

Hospitality: High Contrast, London Elektricity, Cyantific, Logistics
Digital, 3rd May
For the first time the Hospital crew invade Digital for a bank Holiday special in honour of the High Contrast new compilation album. Across a selection of 25 tracks ‘Confidential’ charts his 9 year journey to being one of the most successful (yet credible) drum [...]

Gallows – Concorde 2, 2nd May

It’s been a fantastic four years for Gallows. Their debut album ‘Orchestra Of Wolves’ was received in a hail of critical acclaim and their relentless touring schedule won them an army of fans. Now, with the recent release of their second album ‘Grey Britain’, the Hertfordshire hoard will be [...]

Brighton Coalition, April 17

The founding members may all have departed (either willingly or by power of Jah), yet the Wailers are still going strong. Or just still going. Reggae is all about the peace, love and the music though, so who cares if their talismanic frontman is no longer with us? Tonight is the perfect [...]

Hush Ya Beak & Hospital Records Present:
HOSPITALITY BRIGHTON 3.3 -FRIDAY 3RD APRIL 2009,
AUDIO. 10 MARINE PARADE. BRIGHTON. 11-4AM

D:BRIDGE/ NU:TONE/ DANNY BYRD/ SCIPHI/
MC WREC/ MC RAGE/ MC I.D

£8 NUS, £10 others

For updates and hospital news check

www.myspace.com/hospitalitybrighton
www.hospitalrecords.com

Round 2 for 2009 and this month there’s a debut for Hospitality Brighton. One member of [...]

Eastbourne Festival
Friday 24th and Saturday 25th April 2009

On Friday 24th and Saturday 25th April 2009, a first class line-up of bands and DJ’s will descend on Eastbourne’s Winter Garden at the Eastbourne Festival. It aims to bring a selection of the UK’s finest new and established artists together and some of the first acts to [...]

Black Lips announce UK Tour in May

Atlanta rockcandy garageniks Black Lips have announced a new UK tour! After numerous well reported international escapades and some killer UK shows last month, the quartet are set to release their second album release “200 Million Thousand” on March 16th. The first single “Short Fuse” is out on March [...]

Secret Machines
17th February 2009, Digital

You can tell that Secret Machines are influenced by retro and prog rock but they manage to make it sound all very now. This American three-piece released their third album back in January to cracking reviews, 4 stars in MOJO, 3 stars in Uncut and Q and album of the [...]

NME Awards Tour
16th February 2009, Brighton Dome

With two of the biggest hopes for the year in the form of Florence and the Machine and White Lies, coupled with two of the best from 2008, this is a line up you’d kick yourself for missing. The ever-elegant Brighton Dome plays host to this perfect opportunity to [...]

Brighton Dome, 20th March 2009

Lily Allen and her band will play a full UK tour in March 2009 with support from the hotly tipped redhead, La Roux. The singer last toured the UK two years ago and her new album entitled ‘It’s Not Me, It’s You’ is released on Regal Recordings on February 9th 2009. [...]

4th February 2009, Audio

Supercharged play host to turntable supremos (and friends of the mag) the Scratch Perverts for a multi deck mash up next Wednesday. With more than a passing interest in the ever-developing scene the Perverts new ‘Gash’ remix is Dubstep filth. Tony Vegas, Prime Cuts and Plus One’s combined talent make it difficult [...]

2nd February 2009, Komedia

On the back of their eagerly-anticipated debut album “First Love”, Emma-Lee Moss and The associated Great, kick-off a five week UK tour on Saturday 31st January. Highly championed throughout the anti-folk scene, this gem of a morning-after melody machine does lilt towards Florence at times, just a little softer round the edges. [...]