Freshers Week 2010 announced
The Students’ Union has announced a fun packed week for 2010 Freshers including Seafront Festivals, Welcome Weekend Parties, Live Music, Parties on the Pier, Club Nights, Headline Acts, Barn Dances…
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…
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…
Riotous sounds at The Prince Albert
Catapult, Cha Cha & Riot Riot @ The Prince Albert, 11th November The Prince Albert pub is one of the few venues that has consistently been in the centre of…
Alice Russell – Pot of Gold (Pinnacle)
As a big fan of Quantic, the Columbia based DJ and producer with whom Alice Russell has worked, I had high hopes for this album. Well before the likes of…
Haunts – Haunts (Black)
Hailing from north London and Hertfordshire, Haunts prove that indie can grow and throw up new strands of music.
Neon Neon: electro saviours
Neon Neon’s MySpace advertises their genre as “Electro / Pop”. Accordingly, I hoped that this band were going to do me some aural good, but was steeling myself for disappointment…
The View are on fire
I admit it: I was a little nervous about chatting to The View. OK, maybe more than a little. After news of their shambolic appearance in Nottingham just days earlier…
Peggy Sue and the interview
When The Badger caught up with Peggy Sue’s Katy Klaw, she wasn’t being self consciously rock ‘n roll, smoking a goat hide and declaring herself the beginning middle and end…
Out of the shadows: Sia wows Concorde2
Masked by relative obscurity at an undersold Concorde 2 venue, Sia Furler is perhaps best known for vocal contributions for the melodious Zero 7 – despite the recent release of…
All hail Yo! Majesty
Female, Christian and homosexual, Yo! Majesty manage to tick almost all of the unlikely-to-be-in-a-rap-group boxes. But loud and proud, the dauntless duo of Shunda K and Jwl B are producing…
Album Review: Oasis – Dig Out Your Soul
The flurry of promotion and anticipation accompanying the release of their seventh studio album has bolstered Oasis to ‘super-group’ status – joining the ranks of bands such as U2 and…
Metro Area – Fabric43 (Fabric 591)
This album is another excellent example of Fabric’s ability to turn out dynamic albums with some of the best music talent around. On this latest addition to the Fabric selection,…
Mystery Jets talk war, murder and the credit crunch
‘I heard 2009 is going to be the year of New Rave. It’s catchy. Old rave isn’t good.’ You heard it here first kids. Now plaster on the glow paint…