Queerness, Music, and Church Dominations: An Interview with Bella Artois
Bella Artois is a five-piece made up of Bella (rhythm guitar, singer), Vi (bass), James (saxophone), Daniel (guitar), and Olly (drums). We interviewed the band just before they played a…
Nostalgic Indie Rock Finds a Modern Vessel in Florentenes
Florentenes Live Review – Patterns – 09/04/2026 Florentenes leapt onto the scene in 2023, when they released their debut single ‘Gone’, and have already supported big names like Jamie Webster…
How Covid has Impacted Music’s Sound
When you ask someone about music and Coronavirus, they might recall awkward celebrity covers of ‘Imagine’, or trendy TikTok audios like ‘Say So’. But the true effects of an isolating…
Gorillaz – The Mountain Review
After a few projects that felt deliberately loose, Gorillaz return to form with The Mountain. The opener, ‘The Mountain’, is instantly captivating. Bouncing percussion and a droning sitar line pull…
Art From Spaces In Crisis: Why We Read Palestinian Poetry
If I must die, you must live to tell my story to sell my things to buy a piece of cloth and some strings, (make it white with a long…
We’re Not Having a Wuthering Heights Spring
Charli XCX might be the busiest person in pop music. Following the success of arguably the most iconic album of the 2020s so far, BRAT, she dropped a full remix…
Craving the ‘Stiffy’: What Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights Says About Us
“Look, he’s got a stiffy!” The first line spoken in Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of “Wuthering Heights”, by Emily Brontë, certainly sets the tone for the movie that follows. When your…
Were the BAFTAs Worth Our Attention?
Is There Any Value in What the British Have to Say… There are two likely reasons for someone to watch an awards show: to be informed of who and what…
The Beat Generation and the Call of the East
How the Beats inspired and foreshadowed the rise and fall of the Hippie Movement We are living in a spiritually confused and politically terrifying time. We are cut off from…
Drinking From the Cup Of Ambition: 9 To 5 at the Attenborough Centre
The Sussex Musical Theatre Society (SMuTS) delivered an exceptionally skilled and high-energy production of 9 To 5: The Musical at the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, proving just how…
On Living Where Virginia Woolf Could Not
I was born on the same day Virginia Woolf was born.25 January. For many years, this felt like a literary coincidence, a slightly unsettling detail I would mention in passing,…
Ticket Resales? No Thanks.
If you’ve ever been to a gig, then you are probably familiar with this- your favourite band just released a new album and announced that they’re going on tour. Great!…
50 Years of University Radio Falmer
It has been 50 years since University Radio Falmer (URF) was founded. To celebrate, URF is doing various events, including a celebratory gig at the Attenborough Centre for Creative Arts…
Non-fiction: Katie Mack – The End of Everything
It is not often that a book, within the first paragraph, will affirm to you that the earth will eventually (in 5 billion years) be destroyed by the sun (due…
Making Change: What is an Artist’s Financial Responsibility?
In late January, the British food bank charity Bankuet announced that £41,969 was raised during their most recent collaboration with alternative indie artists: The Last Dinner Party. Bankuet is a…
Ireland vs Britain: Backing Bands or Battling Them?
The United Kingdom likes to think of itself as a natural-born music nation, as if great bands simply emerge from our culture alone. From The Beatles to Bowie, British music…
Working Nine ‘Til Five: Behind the Scenes With SMuTS
It is on a sleepy Sunday that I approach the university’s student centre to interview Sussex’s musical theatre society: SMuTS. The common area is empty, and the corridors are quiet,…
The Brightonian Home of Northern Soul : An Introduction
My first experience and introduction to Northern Soul was at the Underdog Soul Club, hosted in Kemptown’s Sidewinder pub. Used to the stereotypical university night-out experiences, Y2K nights and chalk…
The Golden Globes: Just Glamour or The Gold Standard
Last year, I wrote about the relevance and importance of the Academy Awards in terms of whether or not we should take the Academy’s decisions as gospel as to what…
‘Save The Badger’ Fundraising Event – In Review
A Night To Remember The 8th of December saw Mandela Hall transformed into a buzzing live music venue, as four brilliant local Brighton bands came together to support independent student…