Review

My first experience and introduction to Northern Soul was at the Underdog Soul Club, hosted in Kemptown’s Sidewinder pub. Used to the stereotypical university night-out experiences, Y2K nights and chalk…

You may have noticed that your phone or laptop looks different lately. The clean, flat look has given way to something softer and shinier, full of light, blur, and depth.…

A Night To Remember The 8th of December saw Mandela Hall transformed into a buzzing live music venue, as four brilliant local Brighton bands came together to support independent student…

The momentum of South London artist Joy Crookes in recent years has been all too well deserved. Her retro-pop/modern soul style has captured listeners with chart-toppers including ‘When You Were…

Cabaret Voltaire (or the Cab for short) were continuously at the forefront of electronic music, pioneering genres such as industrial, synth-pop, acid house and techno. They performed at the Attenborough…

An album with the status of Pulp’s Different Class deserves recognition, especially on its 30th anniversary. On the same day the record turned 30, 400 fans attended an exclusive event…

Listening to West End Girl is a bit like watching a surgeon during an operation. Equal parts brutal and revealing, Lily Allen dissects the collapse of her relationship with Stranger…

Ash went out of this world with their album launch show! It has been 30 years and nine studio albums since rock band Ash first formed, and this tour shows…

Following the buzz of their 2023 album 3D Country and frontman Cameron Winter’s acclaimed solo effort Heavy Metal, Geese return with Getting Killed. This record embraces a more sombre tone…

On a chilly Monday evening, September 22nd, families and individuals from around Sussex gathered in the Fulton Building for the exclusive pre-screening of a brand-new BBC Two Horizon episode –…

Belonging by Umi Sinha is a Sussex classic. The brainchild of a former Sussex lecturer, the book explores themes of identity, loss, and sense of self. Set between Brighton and…

Chloe Michelle Howarth, the author of the sun-soaked debut Sunburn, returns with a chilling new novel, Heap Earth Upon It, transporting readers to a small Irish village in 1965. Where…

As someone who has grown up listening to Lorde, the release of her fourth studio album, Virgin, was one I was highly anticipating. Lorde has a special talent for articulating…

Earlier this year, after gift shopping in the Lanes, I took a bus over to Kemptown to visit one of Brighton’s most established bookshops. With no essays due and the…

Long Fling is the collaborative project of Willem Smit, frontman of Personal Trainer, and Pip Blom of, predictably, Pip Blom. Across ten years in their relationship, they wrote and recorded…

The day I saw Gans, the wind was biting and the rain was indecisive, so to hide for a while in the sanctuary under the station was a relief. There,…

Congratulations to Kymara, who just started her first residency at Casablanca. I had the privilege of attending her opening night, and it quickly became clear to me that this was…

Luuk Van Dijk appeared onstage at one a.m., having just arrived from a house festival in East London. That must have been where his most loyal crowd was, because in…

When a mysterious man going by the name of ‘Cheek’, promises you a link to the new Wolf Alice album, it’s a bit like a man appearing on your doorstep…

4 STARS After enjoying success at the Brighton Fringe Festival, winning the outstanding theatre award, The Conor Baum Company’s production of Electra came to the Brighton Open Air Theatre (BOAT)…