Franz Ferdinand – ‘Ulysses’ (Domino, 19 Jan)
Anyone who read the The Badger ‘Review of the Year’ at the end of last term will know that I had tipped Franz Ferdinand – back with a new album…
Slumdog hits the jackpot
Review: Slumdog Millionaire, 15, 120 mins. Director: Danny Boyle Starring: Dev Patel, Anil Kapoo, Irfan Khan, Madur Mittal Looking at his CV, Danny Boyle hasn’t been the most typical of…
Lilly Allen – ‘The Fear’ (Regal, 26 Jan)
During the two years that have passed since she released her debut album, Alright, Still, Lilly Allen has been repeatedly and relentlessly plastered on the glossy and not-so-glossy pages of…
Morrissey – ‘I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris’ (Polydor, 9 Feb)
I think it’s quite safe to say you have to be a special sort of person to embrace Morrissey and, dare I say it, become a disciple. Sure, anyone can…
Music (Brighton arts this year…)
Now that the ‘Christmas Hits’ CD has been packed safely away to gather dust for another year, it’s that time again to look ahead to 2009 and start getting excited…
Film (Brighton arts this year…)
There seems to be a bit of a remake mania in 2009. Not only is Hitchcock’s The Birds being redone, but Ridley Scott is revisiting the Robin Hood classic, this…
Getting explicit with XX Teens
If nothing else, XX Teens certainly possess an impressive knack to make one feel as though they’re single-handedly leading music journalism into ruin. A bunch of comedians in disguise, it’s…
The Reader
With “that speech” by Kate Winslet recently becoming the stuff of national debate, The Reader has certainly had its fair share of publicity this new year. Adapted from the novel…
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; an unfair stereotype based on the 28 members of Swedish…
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 to give this funky compilation a good listen.
Russelling up a storm
An amazing night was always guaranteed when I saw Alice Russell would be playing Komedia with backing from the Jack Baker Trio. And as she charged on stage and leaped…
Success No Secret
Secret Cinema’s latest project, the seductively named Secret Cinema, premiered in Brighton last month with a fantastic night of entertainment and immersion in the form of the 44th best comedy…
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 the Stereophonics is a guilty pleasure. On the contrary –…
Floorplay… better than sex?
After meeting in a record store in 2006, Brighton boys Ben Prok and James Fitch honed their collaborative sound to reflect the very essence of what they stand for –…
Changeling
Based on a true and definitely incredible story, Clint Eastwood’s new motion picture Changeling is set in an apparently immaculate and flourishing Los Angeles of the late 1920s, with a…
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 soon for the British auteur. Of Time And The City,…
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 – though it was not until recently when asked to…