Good Life Presents Mad Hatter’s Mansion: Preview
The carnival magic of Good Life finally comes to Brighton this February 17th, as The Mad Hatter’s Mansion opens its doors of insanity to the South Coast. Good Life quickly…
The Big Debate: Should Bob Dylan have won the Nobel Prize?
Yes: Miles Fagge (Theatre Editor) I want to start this by stressing that I am not seeking to argue that Bob Dylan necessarily deserved to win this award more than…
Brighton’s Rhythmix nominated for Best Arts Project
Brighton’s leading music charity Rhythmix has been nominated for the Best Arts Project in the National Lottery Awards 2016 and for those of you who may be out of the…
The Great Escape 2016: Reviewed
The Badger took on the imposing task of covering The Great Escape; leaping between interviews and gigs across Brighton and Hove, we managed to catch some massive sets whilst chilling…
The Great Escape: The Island Club Interview
Modest as they are talented, Brighton’s The Island Club are turning heads with their intricate brand of melodic pop-rock. The Badger caught up with them before their packed out set…
URF to give away 40 years’ worth of indie records to students
University Radio Falmer (URF) will be giving away its gargantuan collection of LPs and CDs, amassed over four decades, in a fundraising event to be held on Thursday 3rd March…
Music: What do Sussex students actually listen to?
Joe Wilson Early Monday morning, feeling lightly toasted, I took myself around campus, with my trusty Dictaphone, to try and find out what Sussex students actually listen to. You’ve seen…
The culture of computer music
By Justin Sealey September has come to an end, and with it a month in which I was exposed to an almost fatal dose of bleeping Macbook Pros and mixing…
Lacuna Coil Interview
With a promise to come back to the Brighton, Lacuna Coil’s Cristiano Mozzati sat down and talked to the Badger about their ‘Trip to the Darkness Tour’ and their upcoming…
Music preview 2012
2012 has arrived and The Badger has been keeping its ear close to the ground over the past few months to find out the best in new music for early…
Alabama 3 interview
The Badger caught up with the Welsh charismatic frontman of Alabama 3, Rob Spragg for a quick chat following their sold out show at Concorde. How did you take such…
They are the resurrection
The week beginning October 17th 2011 saw two new chapters appear in the bible of Mancunian music. The first – centred around the release of Noel Gallagher’s first post-Oasis album…
King of new music shines
King Charles adorned the stage at the Green Door Store on Tuesday night with what I can only describe as a powerful look. The man looks somewhat like Captain Hook:…
Vive La France
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…
Sussex band makes top ten
A band from the University of Sussex have made the final ten of the Student Beans Battle of the Bands, a competition set up to find the best student band…
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…
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…