Music

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…

After a ten year hiatus, seminal Sacramento hip-hop duo, Blackalicious, return to the scene with a new album and tour dates. Perhaps best known for their single, ‘Alphabet Aerobics’ (no…

You know how we’re all supposed to have one word (or three) at the ready to describe ourselves with in job interviews and the like? Well, if Perfume Genius were…

Who would’ve thought that Annie Clark, more commonly known as St. Vincent, would be found playing a tour date in Eastbourne and not Brighton? The train from Brighton to Ashford…

Thanks to the lovely warm up performance by The Hundredth Anniversary, Fear of Men were greeted by claps and cheers at The Hope. Following a busy Summer of touring and…

Post-rock guitars combined with dark, powerful vocals create the simplistic but time-tested formula of Sharon Van Etten’s music. Her most recent and first self-produced album, Are We There, was received…

With 2011’s King Creosote collaboration Diamond Mine came haunting yet twee scottish folktronica, with last year’s Immunity came the heft of a Mercury nomination, an artist reaching the peak of…