Arts

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…

Whilst the audience slowly trickles into The Otherplace’s main room, a sole man occupies the stage. He is on his knees, his head submerged in a bucket of water. After…

Racing Minds are a long-form improv quintet consisting of Tom Skelton, Dougie Walker, Chris Turner, Dylan Townley, and Daniel Roberts. The group have sold out their Edinburgh runs since 2013…

Most art exhibition launches consist of sipping champagne and polite small talk about the art they display. But when I arrived at the Onca Gallery’s launch of FutureCoast and was…

In light of Black History Month I was unsure whether to review a book such as Pulitzer Prize winning The Color Purple (by Alice Walker) or the historical Roll of…

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…

After a sell out in 2014, Festifeel makes its sixth return with a fantastic array of acts for their annual event on Saturday 10th October at House of Vans in…

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.…

Fifty-five years ago, Nelle Harper Lee, better known as Harper Lee, published a book that made history, sparked huge controversy and revolutionized the American way. To Kill A Mockingbird gained…

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…

Brighton based improvised comedy troupe Off the Cuff are taking over Otherplace at The Basement this Friday to celebrate their tenth anniversary. This twelve hour event will feature a free…

As I took my seat in The Marlborough Theatre and was greeted with Queen’s ‘I Want to Break Free’ I knew I was in for a good time. However, I…

Stand-up comedian Alfie Moore is bringing his new show, The Naked Stun, to the Dome as part of the Brighton Comedy Festival on the 23rd October. The former police officer…

Tonight’s opening act Jarlath Regan (whose own twenty-minute set was admirable, culminating in a crowd-pleasing bit concerning health ‘boot-camps’) introduces Marc Maron by noting that everyone in the room owes…

Sean Kelly (the auctioneer from Storage Hunters) is bringing his show, Sean Kelly Live!, to the Corn Exchange as part of the Brighton Comedy Festival on the 17TH October. Alex…

Amy Schumer and Judd Apatow’s film TRAINWRECK, debuting in the U.K. on August 14th, provokes laughter via crude humour; one instance seeing a father explaining to his young daughters how…

It should be a day to celebrate the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender members of the community. However, this year’s Brighton Pride Parade, held on August 1st, saw incidents of…

The Brighton Comedy Festival returns to its sunny seaside location from October 9-24. With over 70 performances across 16 days the Festival — to be held at the Dome, Komedia…

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…