Arts

What better way is there to begin the year, or anything, than with the folky/pop orchestra Nimmo and the Gauntletts (NATG)? I doubt there is a better way because, genuinely,…

Following on from what we actually judge as art, I mentioned briefly the dominance of the celebrity artist as a factor in how art is perceived by the public today.…

Boys and girls, we have things to talk about. Things your mother probably told you long ago about dressing but you were too cool to listen, but things that are…

What is art? To some, art is something seen in an exhibition, an established canonical work by Van Gogh for example, or the photography seen in published collections, to me,…

Whether or not you care which pair of shoes you wear and what brand your t-shirt is, like our music, sports and career choices it’s a reflection of our personality.…

Pioneering Painters Until 23 January The Royal Academy Pioneering Painters is the first major exhibition in London for over 40 years to celebrate the achievements of the Glasgow Boys. As…

Photo Credit: arethehillsgoingtomarchoff.blogspot.com Only Darren Aronofsky could make ballet – pretty, demure, elegant ballet – so terrifying and painful to watch that the joints of your feet start to ache…

You’re at the University of Sussex. You’re staying in Brighton, the pop-culture capital of Europe (if not the world), the place to find new musical talent from all over. Sounds…

Ani diFranco’s musical appearance in our coastal, cool and radical city of Brighton had been long anticipated. On the night of 18 January, the queue outside Komedia met the expectations…

From Buffalo, New York, the little folksinger is back! Playing to an already sold-out show this singer, songwriter, political activist, and alt-folk music legend hits Komedia. Touring in support of…

Ellie Goulding was the headline act at Brighton Dome with support from Bright Light Bright Light and Sunday Girl, who really warmed the crowd up with some 90s dance bleeps.…

St George’s Church foresaw a special night, but it was Concorde 2 that received the bossa nova group, Nouvelle Vague. Despite being considerably less spacious and comfortable than the venue…

Grinderman are back with their second album, Grinderman 2. Just like the Bad Seeds, their sound is yet again not for the light-hearted. Heavy, dark and raw, Grinderman explores a…

Photo: Andrew Kendall To say that starlet Coco Sumner has risen and shines ever so bright is certainly not an understatement. More appropriately though she grooves, reggae style. Coco of…

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole Zack Snyder US, 90 mins, 2010, PG I straight up love owls. They’ve got everyone fooled. Mortarboard-wearing, book-reading cartoon owls aside, they’re…

Photo: Jim Holden The faces of Brighton and Hove have been crowned. One of the biggest model hunts in the South East has been back for a second year this…

Gauguin Until 16 January 2011 The Tate Reviewing the latest Gauguin exhibition presents an interesting dilemma: to illuminate the exhibition under the harsh spotlight of feminist and post-colonial discourses or…

Some may be delighted, some may be disappointed but whether you like it or not, The Hangover 2 is currently in production. The first film, for those four people who…

Lily Allen, what have thou wrought? Her particular brand of confessional, hook-laden song-writing has cast a long shadow over the last decade of female musicians, more recently adapted by the…

Friday nights line up at the Warehouse Project, kindly arranged for us by Resident Advisor was headed up by acts from very different decades of electronic music; representing early nineties…