Music

Spector are back. It feels like an eternity since the band’s debut album Enjoy It While It Lasts hit the shelves but finally the four-piece indie rock band from London…

Ever since Chvrches debut album, ‘The Bones of What You Believe’, came out in 2013, they hit the ground running. Their usage of 80’s sounding synthesizer combined with the distinctive…

London five piece, Eliza and the Bear, are back with their biggest headline UK tour to date. These lives shows signal the run up to their debut album, which is…

After supporting the likes of HAIM, Ella Eyre and Jake Bugg, Kimberly Anne is going on her first headline tour around her sold out London show on the 8th October.…

Hell hath no fury like that of the Internet’s scorn, and Lord didn’t the new season of True Detective learn that the hard way. Launched with new characters, location and…

Having opened for the likes of Swans, Earth and Stars of the Lid, seeing James Blackshaw is invariably an evening of surprises and contrasts. By comparison, the skull shaped glitterball…

Hove’s, recently rescued, ‘The Old Market’ buzzed with 500 fans who had secured tickets for Paul Weller’s ‘Secret’ gig, as part of Brighton’s’ ‘The Great Escape’ festival – not a…

Do you remember that scene from Harry Potter where Voldemort’s face pops out of a book in the restricted section, wailing in Harry’s little unassuming face? Imagine Voldemort’s scream but…

When Arts Editor Tom Powell had a chat with Grime blogger The Levels Are Very High last week, Levels was keen to press upon us some of his favourite dubs,…

Recently, Arts editor Tom Powell had a chat with Sussex Art History MA-cum-Grime blog- ger Stephen Weller (aka The Levels Are Very High), they covered the online music under- ground…

At The Catalyst Club’s Robert Wyatt themed evening, Em Chittock finds herself enthralled and occasionally amused by this month’s discussion of the life of musician Robert Wyatt. The Catalyst Club…

Lottie Brazier does what it says on the proverbial tin, and looks into the extensive back-catalogue of this prolific songwriter. Robert Wyatt is one of those ‘heritage’ artists that you…

If Kate Tempest runs for Prime Minister somewhere down the line, I would a) be unsurprised and b) be sure she would do a stellar job. Witnessing her performance last…

For years the symbol of the Christian cross has been used as a common fashion accessory. The cross that was once a symbol of shame for early Christians is now…

The Green Door Store hadn’t known what hit it as people continued to excitedly squeeze in to see Emmy the Great. The same could be said for her support act,…

As a journalist I may be cutting off my nose to spite my face somewhat, but there is nothing worse than hearing the unfiltered contents of your peers’ sarcy minds…

The Arts team continue their new section in which they come up with a theme and then list our film/music/TV/literary preferences according to that particular theme. This week, we delve…

Curated by the band Wire and One Inch Badge, Drill was a city-festival which took part in October last year (strategically, just when I was holding my breath for the…

Those of you who so much as glanced at the Badger Arts pages last term would likely have realised that we were very, very excited for Drill festival. I must…

2014 was a pretty incredible year for you, what was the highlight? I think finishing the album was definitely a highlight, knowing it was done. It was a real weight…