Live Reviews

As early gigs go, this is right on the cusp. 6pm doors, first band 6.30: that means it’s the dedicated arriving this early. But people are here. Fallujah are a band of reputation. One of the newer crop of extreme death metal bands that owe so much to the likes of the headliner, these guy’s  [read more...]

Early start/curfew shows have been the way of the world for ages now, yet it seems not to ever sit right with the avid gig goer. Given the need for income that an additional club night can bring (this does in fairness mean the venues get to keep doing what they do, providing us with  [read more...]

Anyone who saw a queue of people outside the Unitarian Church on Saturday could be forgiven for thinking that the end of the world was nigh. A late door time then the doors getting stuck resulted in much rattling of handles and banging on the woodwork, and this combined with howling winds demolishing signs and  [read more...]

Be Nothing played a blinder with Wolf People, bringing a huge crowd into The Blind Tiger on a wet and miserable Sunday night. Some people made the mistake of turning up late, however, meaning they missed out on two fabulous support acts. First up was Stick In The Wheel, who hail from Lewes way and  [read more...]

Variety is indeed the spice of life, especially when it comes to music. Spending one night raving to Noisia and another nodding my head to the likes of Cleft is a big reason why I enjoy the Brighton music scene. This night however was reserved for getting my funk out (a sudden flash back of  [read more...]

The American Mid-West is criss-crossed with open roads. The wind blows along them. People blow into town and then they roll out again. Cromwell Road has Brighton at one end and Hove at the other. Between them there’s small offices, a mid-sized industrial estate catering mostly for builders, and a large pub; The Palmeira. Its  [read more...]

I knew I was in for an interesting night when shortly after I’d arrived at The Green Door Store for the BOON Magazine launch show I overheard a girl talking about the time when she accidentally pissed on her hand. Doors were open half an hour early since they’d manage to pull out a couple more  [read more...]

There will have been 17 year olds last Friday morning wondering what the fuck happened the night before as they find their usually demure mother, eye make up smeared by the residue of craft beer, still in her vintage frock, dancing in the kitchen, imploring the fridge-freezer to rip it up and start again. When  [read more...]

Over time, we go through phases in music. Only a couple of years ago, 80’s electronic synth was all the rage with acts such as La Roux and Ladyhawke being played on our airwaves. And yes, I loved that sound. However, if there were ever one era that interested me, it would be the mid  [read more...]

On my way up to the Concorde 2 I got thinking; how good must Don Broco be to have a sell-out UK tour? After Fancy Dress, their last song of the night, the answer was simple. THEY’RE FUCKING AWESOME. They stepped out on stage one by one, the last being lead singer Rob Damiani getting  [read more...]