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.
The main event: Exit to Beach
Third year Sussex students Saul Abraham, Henry Degnin and Callum Cameron have spent the past months making ‘Exit to Beach’, a documentary about the darker side of Brighton, and why…
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…
Exhibition review: J.E. Abura
The exhibition of photographs from J. E. Abura’s life (Falmer Common Room) illustrates not only one man’s incredible journey but the coming together of cultures. Born in Uganda in c.…
Film review: Hidden HerStories
Hidden HerStories Octavia Foundation UK, 2010, 50 mins (approx) Part of Black History Month You’d be forgiven for not recognising the names of Octavia Hill, Amy Ashwood Garvey, Claudia Jones…
Film matters: Bad Lieutenant – Port of Call New Orleans
Last week saw the release of Werner Herzog’s brilliantly re-imagined Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans on DVD, a stylised drug fuelled trip through the mind of crooked cop…
Film review: Mr. Nice
Mr. Nice Bernard Rose UK, 2010, 121 mins, 18 In typically astute fashion, renowned raconteur Howard Marks will be gracing stages across the UK throughout October 2010 for a tour…
Film review: Made in Dagenham
Made in Dagenham Nigel Cole UK, 2010, 113mins, 15 Directed by Nigel Cole (Calendar Girls) and starring Sally Hawkins (Happy Go Lucky), Made in Dagenham is packed full of British…
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…