Nimmo and the Gauntletts
Nimmo and the Gauntletts 28 October The Prince Albert It is often said these days that bands wear their influences too much on their sleeves; that they recycle rather than…
Interview: James Bay
It’s pretty simple. James Bay is a timeless, brilliant and devoted artist, which his music reflects. Listen to ‘Glow’ and ‘No Direction’ and you’ll know what I’m talking about. Go…
Interview: Her And The Colours
Sydney Rae White is a crafty lady with a big fierce voice – a talented musician and an actor. Sydney is the front woman of Her and the Colours together…
Interview: The Wanted
As soon as you hear the words ‘UK’s freshest new boy band’, you might not be too excited to look what’s behind. But The Wanted, five guys with dialects and…
Live review: Robyn
The cold and dreary night of Thursday 21 October was the date, and Concorde 2 was the place when electro pop sensation Robyn tore up the town with one of…
The music room: Nathan Elliot
Nathan Elliot not only writes and mixes his tunes but also provides guitar, bass and vocals for them. BIMM student Nathan’s obvious commitment to his art shows that Brighton is…
Live review: The Peppermint Beat Band
The Peppermint Beat Band The Hydrant, Brighton 14 October 2010 The Peppermint Beat Band are a Brighton-based rock n’ roll/soul/pop band, who in a flurry of hair and paisley took…
Live review: Tall Ships
Tall Ships Jam, Brighton 28 October 2010 There is a lot to say about crowd reaction at live music events, the general onslaught of mobile phones and people taking photographs…
Tinchy Stryder
Topping the bill last Friday night at the Freshers’ Sea Front Festival was none other than one of the UK’s biggest and most popular hip hop artists, Tinchy Stryder.
Ollie Wride
The Badger finds out exactly what ‘21st Century Love’ is… I don’t know how it happened, but I’m ever so pleased that it did: not long ago, I found out…
Notes from the underground: Minimal Kids
Having just celebrated a year in monthly residence at one of Brighton sea front’s premier venues, Minimal Kids looks set to continue. Adding a much needed dash of minimal house…
Album review: Eric Clapton – Clapton (Warner Bros)
Clapton might have achieved the honorific title of God, but will Clapton’s new self-titled album live up to it? Or will it fade into obscurity like other singers from his…
Live review: Mumford & Sons
Mumford & Sons 4 October 2010 Brighton Dome The question of authenticity in folk music is age old, and seeing Mumford and Sons live at the Brighton Dome did little…
Brighton's Best Kept Secrets
We lift the lid on the best up and coming musicians to emerge from your university town Brighton has a wide range of bands and artists that are working in…
Album review: Tinie Tempah – Disc-Overy (Parlophone)
Just a week after Tinie Tempah’s fourth single – ‘Written in the Stars’ – was released to the masses, devotees of the self-confessed grime artist can breathe a sigh of…
The Sunshine Underground: Leeds' finest exports raise the alarm in Brighton
If my stint in student journalism has taught me anything, it is to always expect the unexpected. The PR guy promises you half an hour with the band? You’ll get…
Live review: Beethoven with Brighton Philharmonic at the Dome
It may be said, with the exclusion of cynics and the ill-informed, that there is not one iota of love and passion missing in the music of Ludwig van Beethoven.…
Twisted Folks: Stornoway meet their public
Stornoway are on the cusp of big things. The Badger chatted to Brian Briggs, the Oxford group’s lead singer, before the band took to the stage, in front of a…
Album review: Neil Young, 'Dreamin Man Live 92' (Reprise)
I hadn’t much listened to Neil Young until recently. For Christmas I bought my girlfriend a newly issued live Young recording, and soon realized exactly what I had been missing.…