The Invention of Lying
In an alternate world where everyone tells the absolute truth and has no concept of falsehood, one man, Mark Bellison…
(3) Films of Summer
Yes, apparently summer 2009 has finished! Already! Mental. Here are three very good films from that short, largely cold and…
Pick of the Week 05/10/09- Music
Annie Mac: Presents Thursday 8th: Digital Annie Mac returns to Digital – for fresher’s: provider of one of the best…
No monkeying around here
Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s film Three Monkeys is beautiful and captivating. Set in the dusty, hectic Turkish city Istanbul, the rushing…
Richie Phloe
Richie Phoe has been living in Brighton for five years now, and makes critically lauded dub and reggae. So why…
The Perils – Good People Do Bad Things (Militant Entertainment)
According to their PR, The Perils are the hi-octane antidote to ‘these troubled times of economic recession and downturn.’ As…
Joe Gideon & The Shark
Joe Gideon & The Shark – a brother and sister two-piece from London – play a raw, bluesy brand of…
Rosie Brown – Strange Recollection (Stuck Records)
Our very own Sussex alumnus, Rosie Brown, delivers her third album, a collection of songs comprising of an original mix…
Radio Trip – Music Heads (Jalapeno)
Being signed to a funk/soul driven label such as Jalapeno means that your music must be of a certain calibre…
Say hello to The Duke
It’s a splendid thing, the Scottish music scene. Home to the humble kilt, the slightly less delectable haggis and, err,…
A Royal Success
I am sat in the rather grand and glamorous Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Kensington. There is enough marble and gold…
Are you interested in film making?
Well, if you are, this is the right article to read! The Brighton Filmmakers Coalition (BFC) is a hub for…
Who watches the Watchmen?
It’s taken over 20 years for Alan Moore’s seminal graphic novel to reach the silver screen but Zack Snyder’s adaptation…
The Bobby McGees: eager to please
Like many a literary theory, anti-folk music is difficult to pin down. Some people will eulogise about it for hours,…
Den Saakaldte – All Hail Pessimism
Drawing from the blood of bands such as 1349, Gorgoroth, Shining and Dødheimsgard, Norwegian supergroup, Den Saakaldte’s members are very…
The Answer – Everyday Demons
“Classic-fucking-rock ‘n’ roll.” Those were the words that entered my head as soon as Everyday Demons, the latest effort from…
Classy
The Class is a compelling film based on the autobiographical novel by Francois Begaudeau about a teacher working at a…
Getting frank with Frank
The Badger loves new music, so when Frankmusik was in town – short-listed by the BBC as one of 15…
Filthy Dukes – Nonsense in the Dark (taster)
Despite being only 5 tracks long, the sampler for the Filthy Dukes upcoming album manages to provide a song for…
Great of the Pier
Synthesisers, guitar licks and electro beats are what this inspired and palm-sweatingly original band are about. Having listened to their…