Bonobo: Brighton-boy Rounds off World Tour in Hometown Spectacular
Bonobo aka Simon Green returns to Brighton to round off his eleven-month Migration world tour – for an exceptional homecoming show at the Brighton Centre. Armed with an eleven-piece live…
Enter Shikari: Theatrical Headline Set at the Brighton Centre
(22/11/2017) Following the commercial and critical success of their fifth studio album The Spark, the genre-defying Hertfordshire band Enter Shikari have taken to touring massive venues and arenas across the…
Mr Jukes: Jack Steadman Finally Finds a Sound to Call His Own
The former Bombay Bicycle Club frontman is a master of reinvention, re-emerged with a shaven head, and armed with a 12 piece jazz band – Steadman with a new lease…
Aussie Britpopper’s DMA’s: support The Kooks, for a triumphant Homecoming Show
Australian Oasis-imitators and Britpop Revivalists, DMA’s, support The Kooks on their homecoming Saturday night show at the Brighton Centre. Having only ever heard them on record, when DMA’s took the…
The Badger meets… Blondie!
Alone in the crowd at Blondie, I was surrounded by a sea of 40/50-somethings couples, screaming and star-struck out, as if it was 30 years ago in NY – giving…
The Badger meets… Hidden Orchestra
Ahead of his homecoming show at the Attenborough Centre for Creative Arts on campus, we caught up with multi-instrumentalist composer and producer Joe Acheson, who conducts the imagined orchestra which…
Sónar Festival celebrates 25 years by sending music into Space
Sónar Festival celebrates 25 years by sending music into space. They are also looking for budding producers to send in extraterrestrial compositions. To celebrate their 25th birthday, Sonar has launched…
Nick Mulvey at De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill
It’s Thursday night, and me and a couple of hundred others are spending our evening watching the closing night of Nick Mulvey’s Wake Up Now tour at the De La…
The Badger Speaks To… Wolf Alice
Wolf Alice have been a busy band touring for the past couple of months around the UK and America doing in-store gigs. They show us that performing live is still…
Wolf Alice – Visions of a Life
Wolf Alice’s punk, 80s synth-pop, grunge, and folk influences meld together to form something original and non-imitative. ‘VOAL’ is bolder with lyrics that reach down to a more personal space…
Amber Run at Concorde 2
Initially formed while at the University of Nottingham, the early success of the band led them to abandon their studies and pursue music. Back in 2013, four shows into their…
Grizzly Bear at De Le Warr, Bexhill
I’m never usually one to travel for gigs; as much as I enjoy the experience of witnessing a live performance, I like to have the comforting knowledge that I can…
Wolf Alice – Instore Performance at Resident Brighton
At the heart of Brighton’s North Laine sits Resident Records, popular among those in the musical know. On Sunday night, a very select group of Wolf Alice fans witnessed the…
Calvin Harris and Florence Welch Angered for Being on Tory Playlist
Calvin Harris and Florence Welch of Florence and The Machine have both expressed their anger regarding their music being played at this year’s Conservative Party Conference, earlier in the month.…
Seafront Club and Electronic Venue MONO to Close
One of Brighton’s finest clubs and a locals’ favourite for underground dance music is closing its doors. MONO has announced that it will be leaving the space at the end…
Our Writers’ Guide to Brighton Arts
According to research commissioned by the Brighton and Hove city council, near 10 million people a year visit the city during the day and almost 5 million come to stay…
The Handmaiden
The acclaimed Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook latest venture is an adaption of the Welsh crime novel “Fingersmith” by Sarah Walters. International renowned for his genius work on The Vengeance Trilogy…