Here’s The Thing: I love Sports Team
Sports Team live at Patterns, Brighton – 12 November 2025. It’s a rainy Wednesday night in Brighton, light glistens off the puddles on the pavement, and late-night shoppers disperse through…
Jazz in the Box x Liberation Live – Review
On 27 November, Jazz in the Box partnered with Liberation Live for an evening that felt like it had slipped straight out of a downtown New York jazz club. With…
On West End Girl, Lily Allen Lays Herself Bare
Listening to West End Girl is a bit like watching a surgeon during an operation. Equal parts brutal and revealing, Lily Allen dissects the collapse of her relationship with Stranger…
Ash Bring Ad Astra to Brighton
Ash went out of this world with their album launch show! It has been 30 years and nine studio albums since rock band Ash first formed, and this tour shows…
Geese – Getting Killed Review
Following the buzz of their 2023 album 3D Country and frontman Cameron Winter’s acclaimed solo effort Heavy Metal, Geese return with Getting Killed. This record embraces a more sombre tone…
Live Music Has a New Home at Sussex with Liberation Live
A great evening was had by all at Liberation Live: Bands for Palestine – the first of what will be monthly gigs fundraising for various causes run by the Students’…
Where Great Music Grows: The Fight to Keep Grassroots Venues Alive
Grassroots venues are crucial in supporting the careers of emerging artists, cultivating musical communities, and contributing to the local economy. The Music Venue Trust, a charity dedicated to supporting and…
Peter Hook on Joy Division, New Order, Bass, and Time
As co-founder and bassist in pioneering post-punk bands Joy Division and New Order, performing since 2010 with Peter Hook & the Light, ‘Hooky’ easily qualifies for legendary status. Ahead of…
Interview with Patch
Patch is a growing collective currently made up of Nonny Corbett, Georgina, Emily-Rose Chantrill-Cheyette and Louis Myatt. Their debut event, push.to.play, debuted at the Attenborough Centre for Creative Arts on…
Album Review: From The Pyre by The Last Dinner Party
Everyone’s favourite baroque-pop band is back with their second studio album, and they sound as decadent as ever. After winning the Brit Rising Star award in 2024 and the BRIT…
Of Mice and Moderation: Interview with Pale Wave’s lead singer Heather Baron-Gracie
Fans of Paramore and the 1975 will be familiar with Pale Waves’ pop-rock take on 80s synth. Appearing on the scene in 2017 with debut track “There’s a Honey”, Pale…
Virgin by Lorde: Album Review
As someone who has grown up listening to Lorde, the release of her fourth studio album, Virgin, was one I was highly anticipating. Lorde has a special talent for articulating…
Interview with Lonnie Gunn
Lonnie Gunn is an emerging, Brighton-based musician who subverts the imagined innocence of girlhood. I had a chance to talk to her about queerness, body horror, and maturing as an…
Long Fling
Long Fling is the collaborative project of Willem Smit, frontman of Personal Trainer, and Pip Blom of, predictably, Pip Blom. Across ten years in their relationship, they wrote and recorded…
Good for the Soul: Gans Gig Review
The day I saw Gans, the wind was biting and the rain was indecisive, so to hide for a while in the sanctuary under the station was a relief. There,…
Kymara at Casablanca: 22nd August 2025
Congratulations to Kymara, who just started her first residency at Casablanca. I had the privilege of attending her opening night, and it quickly became clear to me that this was…
Luuk Van Dijk at Patterns: In Defense of House Music
Luuk Van Dijk appeared onstage at one a.m., having just arrived from a house festival in East London. That must have been where his most loyal crowd was, because in…
Album Review: The Clearing by Wolf Alice
When a mysterious man going by the name of ‘Cheek’, promises you a link to the new Wolf Alice album, it’s a bit like a man appearing on your doorstep…
Addison Rae and her Meticulous Masterplan to Pop Stardom
Addison Rae is a household name among Gen Z. Since the beginning of doom scrolling, Rae has been promoting herself on TikTok by lip-syncing and dancing to trending songs. To…
An interview with Kevin Atwater: Vulnerability, Songwriting & Achilles
By Sophie Martin Known for his gentle indie-folk style mixed with some of the most disgustingly heart wrenching lyrics I’ve ever heard, Kevin Atwater first found fame with his song…