Hudson Fall – The Factory EP
The debut EP from Liverpudlian quartet, Hudson Fall (myspace.com/hudsonfall) has so far garnered praise from Sir Paul McCartney.
Not from round here: I’m From Barcelona
I’m From Barcelona @ Concorde2, 26 November The Scandinavians have a reputation for being the most depressive people of Europe;…
All Good Funk Alliance – The Raid: Part Deux (Jalapeno)
After recently rediscovering my enjoyment of the likes of Ugly Duckling, De La Soul and Jurassic 5, I was eager…
Russelling up a storm
An amazing night was always guaranteed when I saw Alice Russell would be playing Komedia with backing from the Jack…
Success No Secret
Secret Cinema’s latest project, the seductively named Secret Cinema, premiered in Brighton last month with a fantastic night of entertainment…
Stereophonics – Best of: Decade in the Sun (V2)
I stand firm. I will not bow beneath public disdain and suggest that my fondness for the back catalogue of…
Changeling
Based on a true and definitely incredible story, Clint Eastwood’s new motion picture Changeling is set in an apparently immaculate…
Floorplay… better than sex?
After meeting in a record store in 2006, Brighton boys Ben Prok and James Fitch honed their collaborative sound to…
Of Time And The City
From Terence Davies comes his long-awaited fifth feature, and, at the age of sixty-five, it is not a moment too…
Tallulah Rendall – ‘Lay Me Down’
Sounding distinctly akin to P J Harvey, Tallulah Rendall has perfected her art amongst some of the capital’s finest musicians –…
Scott on secrets and lies
Nearly every crime thriller centres its moral high-ground on the issues of trust and deception. It is one of those…
Lake Tahoe freeze frames over
Fernando Eimbcke’s new film focuses on the suburbs of an unnamed Mexican town. The minimalist cinematography progresses by eerily still shots…
Kanye West – 808s and Heartbreak
Kanye West reinvents himself again on 808s and Heartbreak, an extraordinary album of such a personal nature that it seems indecent…
To have or not to have a convincing accent – that is the question
How are you supposed to feel about British comedians in Hollywood? Are they traitors? Ambassadors? Too often it has been…
Lotz to be said about Lodz
I have to admit I was a little apprehensive about this screening. The little experience I have of Polish cinema paint…
Improvisation of epic proportions
The Bays and the Heritage Orchestra @ The Brighton Dome, 21st November For those who missed the interview The Badger ran…
Foreign film favourites
Foreign-language films seem to come with an expectation to be arty and abstract, but in fact they’re found in all…
The Vanguards – ‘Regress’
The Vanguards are a 4-piece from Manchester, and describe themselves as a ‘hard edge, sub pop band’. In the musical…
Not Brother’s Quay selection
The first four films of the screening, Stille Nacht I – IV, are music videos, commissioned either by MTV or…
Mosshart and Hince kill the mood
The Kills @ Concorde 2, 21st November If I’m completely honest, I wasn’t expecting a lot from The Kills. Critically…