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Beachdown festival cancelled

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

Just days after twittering to say that the event was “NOT cancelled!” and encouraging fans to buy day tickets, the organisers posted a message on the festival’s website last night, saying that slow ticket sales and financial problems have made it impossible to go ahead.

Busking in Brighton

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

More fun and vibrant than a Hare Krishna march, this is The Half Sisters – self appointed “busking queens of Brighton”. Squishing folk and pop together into a cuddly, dancing monster of a band, they’ve drawn big crowds and a lot of attention playing shows around town…

Great Escape Festival Brighton 2009 Preview

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

Selected acts to watch at The Great Escape Brighton 2009. A weak line up, made worse by some truly horrific additions. It was hard to pick the best, because there simply aren’t that many good bands playing.

Glissando Interview

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

Interview with Glissando, before their show at the Brighton Freebutt, 2nd February 2009… “Their music could be compared to Efterklang, Bat For Lashes and Godspeed You Black Emperor; it demands patience, but rewards you with an experience that’s warm, intimate and soothing to the spirit… sitting in the cosy, dim-lit upstairs bar of the Freebutt, they talked about the tour, their album, and Richard’s label, Gizeh”

The Great Escape festival line up 2008

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

A Great Escape Festival preview with suggested itineraries, locations and times, videos and info on the best bands playing.

British Sea Power – Do you like Rock Music?

Monday, February 11th, 2008

British Sea Power – Do You like rock music? Album review with music videos from the album. This review comes from our new writer Paul Hodges. He’ll be doing album and gig reviews such as this over the coming months in his own unconventional style.

In Rainbows review – Radiohead

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

A review of In Rainbows, by our new writer Paul Hodges. We published this first a while ago, but as Paul will be contributing more and more we wanted to show new subscribers a sample of his work so you know what to expect. These reviews are something else – its going to be a good year for the site if he comes up trumps!