Brighton
Track: The buoyant and irrepressible Brighton indie popsters Thrillhouse have a ‘Fatal Flaw’ that’s as infectious as it is thrilling.
Brighton outfit Thrillhouse have an inherent ability to deliver the most buoyant and sparkling tracks that combine a degree of hyperactivity with a pop sensibility that positively shimmers. I’ve written this before and will write it again: I just cannot see for the life of me why this band isn’t bigger. They marry an accomplished …
Live Review: The Lemonheads / Bass Drum Of Death / Alex Lipinski – Chalk, Brighton 10.10.2022
The Lemonheads after all these later come and play some special shows in the UK to mark the 30th Anniversary of their acclaimed record ‘It’s a shame about Ray’. For tonight’s show, the audience is in for a treat with the array of the band’s back catalogue of indie punk fusion The Lemonheads formed in …
NEWS: Public Body release first track ‘Break From Life’ from forthcoming album and confirm autumn tour dates
Brighton 5-piece Public Body have released their new single ‘Break From Life’ on Fat Cat Records. It’s the first from their forthcoming album which is scheduled for release next year.Our modern world can lead to a lack of drive, sapping our motivation to make things happen. Such is the theme for ‘Break From Life’ which …
EP Review: Be Kind Cadaver – Postpartum : Highly charged electro post-punk, made to dig deeper
Now here’s a band that don’t hold back. Brighton/Lewes electronic post punk duo Be Kind Cadaver (Daniel Hignell-Tully and Leroy Brown) grab at real issues and wring them out through their highly charged, shell shocked anti-pop songs. Their debut EP ‘Postpartum’, available from 21st July on the forward thinking Difficult Art And Music label, probes …
Album Review: Wax Machine – Hermit’s Grove: An exotic blend of psych-toned Tropicalia and elemental jazz rock
When you hear the phrase ‘recorded in a small closet above a mortuary’ you’re thinking ‘I know where this is going’. Dark, experimental, doom shrouded and drone laden probably fits the immediate profile. Well Wax Machine’s ‘Hermit’s Grove’ defies those superficial impressions. It may well have been ‘recorded in a small closet above a mortuary’ …
Live Review: Blood Red Shoes / Ciel / Glu – Chalk Venue, Brighton 15.06.2022
Blood Red Shoes finally made it back for a homecoming gig in Brighton after being cancelled at the beginning of the year for a night of guitar riffs and energetic electronic grudge The Duo originally formed in 2004 and consists of band members Laura-Mary Carter and Steven Ansell and have released six studio albums to …
Live Review: Osees / Top Left club – Chalk Venue, Brighton 08.05.2022
Californian psychedelic rock, fuzz-laden sounds come to Brighton to a sold-out Chalk Venue and the dedicated fans were in for a treat! ‘Osees’ formed in California in 1997 and have over 20 albums under their belt and are renounced for their raucous chaotic live shows. The band was formally known as Thee Oh Sees, after …
Live Review: Jason Sharp – The Rose Hill, Brighton 3.05.22
Even before the live music began there was a sense that something extraordinary was about to happen in the snug confines of the artsy Rose Hill pub on Tuesday night. The stage was set, dismembered guitar, clamps and vintage vox amp to the left, a yawning cabinet to the right, sprawling with leads that buried …
Live Review: Foals / Goat Girl – Brighton Centre, Brighton 27.04.2022
Foals latest tour finally come to Brighton to play an eager crowd at Brighton Centre after having been previously postponed and with luck this show had been added as an extra date as part of the ‘Life Is Yours Tour’ The opening act of the night is ‘Goat Girl’ who seem to be touring a …
Live Review: The Mission / Salvation – Chalk Venue, Brighton 12.04.2022
The Mission come to Brighton’s Chalk Venue for a warm-up show as part of their greatest hits ‘Déjà vu Tour’ which had been delayed from last year, but you have not quested it was a warm-up show the crowds gathering for an early start outside. Notable is that the gig is a total devotion of …