The Great Escape: Clean Cut Kid Interview
Clean Cut Kid are the band on everyone’s lips at the moment, we caught up with them prior to their show-stopping set at The Great Escape to discuss SXSW to…
Fort Hope @ Patterns – Live Review
On May 24th, Patterns welcomed to its stage Fort Hope, a three-piece British rock band, following the April release of their latest EP, ‘Manne of Lawwe’. The band, who stemmed…
The Great Escape 2016: Reviewed
The Badger took on the imposing task of covering The Great Escape; leaping between interviews and gigs across Brighton and Hove, we managed to catch some massive sets whilst chilling…
The Great Escape: The Island Club Interview
Modest as they are talented, Brighton’s The Island Club are turning heads with their intricate brand of melodic pop-rock. The Badger caught up with them before their packed out set…
British Summertime Hyde Park 2016 Preview
If you enjoy live music but camping’s not your thing, then British Summertime Festival held in the heart of the capital is the one for you. Held over a number…
A$AP Nast, Wiki and Sporting Life: Hedonism hits Brighton (Patterns, 1/5/2016)
“They said I didn’t have enough material for a tour.” A$AP Nast pauses, then flashes a sly smile. “Well fu*k that.” What follows can be accurately delineated as mayhem in…
The Great Escape Festival 2016 Preview
Next month sees the return of The Great Escape – Europe’s leading festival for new music. From Thursday 19th – Saturday 21st May, Brighton city centre will be taken over…
Brighton Buzz: Artists to watch this summer
Swedish sensation Tilda Allie dropped her first single this weekend, and she looks set to make waves within Brighton and beyond with her luscious brand of dreamy, atmospheric, electro pop.…
Visual \/ Vocal
Visual V Vocal was Rhys Baker and Emma Phillips’s first in a series of events which bring together local artists in a fusion of sound and image. This event focused…
Is Country Music Just for Americans?
Could you see yourself loving music that celebrates riding around in a pick-up truck, partying in cornfields and drinking whisky? Maybe not, if you, like me, grew up in London,…
An interview with Lisbon
You’ve played in Brighton before, do you like it here or are there other cities you prefer to play in? M: I like Brighton because it’s a unique city and…
The Coral – Distance Inbetween
It’s been thirteen years since Wirral quintet The Coral dropped their self-titled debut and blew us all away. At the peak of their fame, it was their unique and technical…
Jamie Woon @ Concorde 2
Undoubtedly, Jamie Woon is a great artist to listen to recorded. With the attention to detail in the production of his songs, the blend of genres that his music encompasses…
Bevan Interview
The Badger caught up with elusive beat maker Bevan to discuss his new EP, the art of remixing and summer plans. You’ve just released your second EP, Together & Alone,…
DIY Heroes Lux Lisbon Hit Brighton
Lux Lisbon are a band who do things their own way. Fiercely independent, and rightly cynical about the businesslike nature of the music industry, they have gone DIY with unprecedented…
World-class hip-hop comes to Patterns: A$AP Nast and Sporting Life + Wiki of RATKING perform in May
Brighton hosts the forefront of hip-hop’s post-modern revival on the 1st of May, with A$AP Nast and Sporting Life + Wiki of RATKING co-headlining a night of slick production and…
Wild Life Festival – Preview
Wild Life Festival is back! Disclosure’s and Rudimental’s brainchild comes into its second installment after last year’s success. With an eclectic and innovative lineup, featuring new blood and musical legends…
The Last Shadow Puppets @ The Dome
“Brighton, baby – you’re insatiable,” declares Alex Turner, one half of the duo known as The Last Shadow Puppets, at the start of the encore at their eagerly-awaited Brighton Dome…
Wolf Alice Take Brighton
North London quartet, Wolf Alice have been on the rise for the past few years but it’s only within the last twelve months or so that they’ve really exploded and…
Kesha and Dr Luke: The Court Case That Everyone’s Talking About
Content warning: Rape, Abuse, Sexual Violence, Eating Disorders. On Friday 19th February it was ruled in court what singer Kesha would not be able to leave her Sony contract with…