Brighton
Live Review – Bob Vylan/ Hyphen/ CLT DRP – o2 Institute Birmingham – 03.11.2024
Sparks fly as @BobVylan make their triumphant return to Birmingham with the ‘Humble As The Sun’ tour
Live Review: Caravan Palace – Brighton Dome, Brighton 22.10.2024
‘Caravan Place’ bring their energetic French Electro swing sounds to Brighton Dome on the leg of their current European tour. Right from the word go Brighton Dome erupted in dance and head popping aplenty and with the band dancing around the stage manoeuvring to various instruments! The Band itself are based in Paris with Zoe …
Live Review: Maximo Park / Melanie Baker – Concorde 2, Brighton 20.10.2024
Maximo Park have always been a crowd pleaser, and tonight is no exception with a dedicated fan base sold out show at Brighton’s Concorde 2 Maximo Park recently released their eighth Studio album ‘Stream of Life’. The album itself is inspired by a short story by Ukrainian-born Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector, who ponders why people …
Live Review: Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes / Hotwax – Concorde 2, Brighton 15.10.2024
Frank Carter and The Rattlesnakes are an English punk rock band formed in 2015 by frontman Frank Carter and guitarist Dean Richardson. They made an impact on the Punk scene with their energetic live shows and powerful music. Their songs are made of more sterner stuff relating to Frank’s youth and releasing the Album Dark Rainbow back in January. The Style is steering more towards ‘The Arctic Monkeys’ with emotionally charged power ballads! The Band have now announced …
Live Review: Soft Play / Panic Shack – Brighton Dome, Brighton 15.10.2024
By Henry Groves After releasing their latest album, ‘Heavy Jelly, ’ back in July and having a hectic festival summer, Soft Play (fka Slaves) were back headlining packed-out venues. Their 13-date tour had them travelling around the country before finishing in London on Halloween. We were lucky to see them on their first night of …
Live Review: Pop Will Eat Itself / Interrobang? – Chalk Venue, Brighton – 10.05.2024
POP Will Eat Itself proved they can still deliver a stonking set after decades with their heyday hit singles to bring new energy to Brighton’s 800-odd capacity Chalk Venue. Formed back in the mid-’80s, Pop Will Eat Itself were the midlands indie electro dance grudge mavericks that set the so-called ‘Grebo’ scene as described by …
Live Review: English Teacher – Concorde 2, Brighton 08.05.2024
By Henry Groves Kicking off their sold-out UK tour in support of their debut album, ‘This Could Be Texas’, English Teacher was on the south coast in Brighton. I had last seen the band at The Great Escape in Brighton in 2023, and I was so excited to see them back, selling out Concorde 2. …
Live Review: Yard Act / Gustaf – Brighton Dome, Brighton 25.03.2024
By Henry Groves The uprising of Yard Act has been a rapid one and Brighton showed that off as well as any city. From playing a sold out Patterns only 2 years ago, the band were back playing the spectacular Brighton Dome. I for one was incredibly excited for this show, which led to me …
Live Review: Lime Garden – Chalk, Brighton 08.03.2024
As a Brighton based band, I’ve seen Lime Garden grow from a small local support to small venue headline shows and now to their spectacular hometown headline at Chalk! In support of their debut album, the four piece have been travelling around the country, with their UK tour concluding in their hometown for a massive …
Premiere: Lime Garden have ‘One More Thing’ to show in the form of a video for ‘Pop Star’
Today, rising Brighton band Lime Garden cap off months of anticipation by releasing their debut album – as cohesive and confident an opening statement as you’re likely to hear this year. Having recently supported Bombay Bicycle Club, the quintet are gearing up for their own headline run in support of the aforementioned debut album, One …