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Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
The last time I saw bearded Baltimore folk-fuzz-rockers Arbouretum I’d heard nothing by them. I was going by the sporadic but emphatic buzz emanating from certain lantern-toting music buffs in the know who treated the band with the hushed reverence only attained by masters of their craft. The hairy hermits were right. I left stunned [...]
Sunday, April 15th, 2012
Pelican have been plying their particular instrumental furrow for some time now. As furrows go, it’s a fertile if relatively unchanging one, with something for everyone from the beer swilling metal maniac to the socially awkward post-rock aficionado. Though they touch on many genres, they have an unmistakeable warm, swaggering, chugging sound of their own. [...]
Thursday, March 29th, 2012
An enthralled home-town crowd are packed into the Green Door Store to witness local boys Soccer96 release their self-titled new album into the wild. On one level the band are easy to describe: there’s two of them, one on synths the other on drums. But the musical and avenues they travel are many and varied, [...]
Guides to gig venues in Brighton with tips on getting the best spot, how easy it is to get out and smoke, toilet facilities and more!
Guide to Brighton gig venue The Pressure Point. Where is it? Can you see the bands easily? What are the toilets like? How much do drinks cost? Whats on?…
Digital Brighton – gig venue. How to get there, whether you can see the bands, how much the drinks cost and more.
This is a guide to the Barfly Brighton. It lets you know a bit about the venue, how to find it and how to find listings of gigs there. The venue is currently closed for refurbishment.
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Monday, January 30th, 2012
Walking into a packed foyer, it was nice to see I wasn’t the only one excited by the prospect of Steve Severin, founder member of Siouxsie and the Banshees, performing a soundtrack for ‘Vampyr’ by Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer. It didn’t matter whether the majority of people were there as fans of the Severin, Dreyer or, like me, both.
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
Terms like ‘transcendent’ and ‘trance-inducing’ are generally overused in music. From Lady Gaga to Mogwai, all kinds of artists have been characterised as a premier purveyor of experiences beyond the mundane. Someone who probably deserves the label more than most is Sain Zahoor, a 70 year-old street musician from Pakistan who is playing Brighton as part of the annual World Sacred Music Festival.
Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
From beer to beards, Brighton seems to have a festival of some description every weekend over the summer. Unlike many of them, Soundwaves isn’t an excuse to flog you expensive yet enticing food and drink while a dodgy funk band plays in the background. A registered charity dedicated to experimental sound, it’s supported by local institutions like Brighton University as well as the Arts Council and that bastion of the musical avant-garde, Wire magazine [...]