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ISSUE 10: MAY 2010

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4 LATEST NEWS 5 ALBUM REVIEWS 6 LIVE MUSIC GUIDE 10 BRIGHTON MARATHON 12 BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE

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14 CHEWLIPS 16 EIGHTIES MATCHBOX 18 THE GREAT ESCAPE 20 RIMINI PROTOKOLL 22 BRIGHTON FESTIVAL 26 FRINGE - KOVAK 28 FRINGE - MUSIC 30 FRINGE - COMEDY 31 FRINGE - ARTS 32 FESTIVAL GUIDE 2010

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LATEST NEWS It seems like Brighton comes properly to life in May, becoming particularly entertainment heavy!

With so much to choose from it’s hard to know what to see and what to do, so here’s a roundup of all the highlights during May. Obviously, one of the biggest events in May is the Brighton Festival, Running between Sat 1st and Sun 23rd. This huge event is sporting Renaissance man Brian Eno at its helm. This year is bigger than ever and promises to cement Brighton’s status on the world arts scene. Brighton Festival Fringe is doing its bit to keep us entertained also. Once again annual favourite, The Ladyboys of Bangkok, will be prompting various gender based questions down on Victoria Gardens from 30th April to 31st May. The hugely popular Fringe City will be filling the centre of town with weird and wonderful performers over the first four Saturdays in May. Also bringing some welcome colour to the streets is the Children’s parade on the 1st. Down in Preston Park the Moscow State Circus will be will be setting up camp and performing sensational feats of skill and endurance between the 6th and the 16th...

Over the first four weekends of May, a record 243 venues will throw open their doors for the Open Houses Festival. Arguably Britain’s biggest free visual arts event, it will feature exhibit the work of over 1,000 artists and makers and enable the hopelessly nosy to snoop round some beautiful homes.

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The Royal Escape boat race will be hitting the Channel on Friday 28th in a celebration of Charles II’s getaway. This is the largest offshore race on the South Coast outside of the Solent. Cover a distance of 67 nautical miles this majestic event starts just off Brighton Pier and heads to Fécamp on the Normandy coast.

It may be difficult to find a vacant phone box on Sunday 17th, as the Heroes Run will be seeing people everywhere donning their superhero costumes for a km fundraising jog down the seafront.

Even if you don’t take part in the run, you can still justifiably dress as your favourite hero to watch, as they will also be trying to attain the Guinness Record for most people dressed as superheroes in one place.

Brighton flexes its musical muscles well and truly as the Great Escape festival holds court in a number of venues across the city. Tinie Tempah, Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, Broken Social Scene, Marina and The Diamonds and Chase and Status are just a few of the colossal 300-odd acts that will be coming to the city from 13th to the 15th.

With this amount of pleasurable distractions on offer you’d better have a watertight excuse not to get out and have some fun this month.

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ALBUM REVIEWS LCD SOUNDSYSTEM This is Happening [Parlophone, 17th May 2010]

“Daft Punk are playing at my house… my house” sang James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem with witty, self referential, post-ironic, self parodying, cultural comment that hadn’t been emulated since Oscar Wilde or perhaps John Lennon. Luckily, thanks to the mass production of compact discs and the fact that, somehow most of the money is in the hands of white American and English teenagers seeking the soundtrack to their uber-cool lives of trendy night-clubs, rad sunglasses and degrees in commercial law, now LCD Soundsystem can play at your house… your house. It’s amazing how clever it is to just repeat something which emphasises the kind of possession which bestows the kiss of “cool”. The new album from LCD Soundsystem works on this worthy, tried and tested principle, if you cant come up with anything really new and have a perverse, secret and oh so very guilty love of moderate inoffensive indie and simple haphazard electronica, then just make a self aware comment because if you know it’s all shit then basically its quite cool to be shit. Note of course that with a deeply clever play on words, Murphy told us how cool his new album is - for these days, what’s “happening” is cool. That’s why as-well, post ironically, James Murphy with all of the vision of Tiresias can get away with calling a track on the new album ‘Drunk Girls’ without even a hint of misogyny, chauvinism, egotism or lack of imagination. This is Happening is that crucial, uncomplicated awareness that it happens to be, that all this nonsense of youth, cash, music and bad taste comes to pass. “Pass” being of course the operative, final and, where LCD Soundsystem is concerned, sad little word. Life is just a succession of moments. Were you there when LCD Soundsystem played at Fabric? Were you there when Jimi Hendrix played a small pub in Cornwall? Were you there when they abolished slavery? None of these moments can be ranked by some meta-criteria outside of their simple occurrence in time. Yes life moves pretty fast - if you don’t stop and look around once in a while, stop to try and spot bullshit, you could miss it. So live for the moment and listen to LCD Soundsystem because this is happening. (IG)

THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS

Album title to be confirmed [Parlophone, 7th June 2010]

The Chemical Brothers’ 1999 album, Surrender could well feature alongside DJ Shadows’ Entroducing, The Gorillaz’s first self titled album, Squrepushers’ Go Plastic, Kraftwerk’s Autobahn and any of the early Aphex Twin albums as one of the greatest dance and electronica LPs of all time. While Exit Planet Dust and Dig Your own Hole had continued to pioneer the big beat genre of the duo’s early recordings and had more then left a mark on the dance music landscape, on a compositional and creative level, Surrender was simply of a higher calibre and could drag listeners along without dance drugs. The Chemical Brothers have still to replicate such successes: The new album starts as if Tom Rowlands and Ed Simmons had suddenly decided to do something far more experimental – blending glitchy feedback with dreamy vocal layers but the opening track, snow quickly becomes an irritating reminder of how far they have fallen. The rest of the album is very similar – all of the trademark, flawless drum production and huge synthesiser phases of Surrender are there… but it all sounds tired, as if they’ve run out of really good ideas to work with. As with Surrender, Rowlands and Simmons have elected to blend each track into the last like Dark Side of The Moon and one can almost taste their desire to re-establish the creative achievement of the earlier album. Though a new album of studio space rock can never sink to the ill advised commercial lows of The Salmon Song or even the catchy but moronic Galavanise, it appears as if we may have to wait forever for another Let Forever Be. (IG)

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LIVE MUSIC GUIDE MR HUDSON Concorde2, 6th May 2010

Originally known as Mr Hudson & The Library, the London based R&B artist who has worked with Kanye West and Dizzee Rascal will be performing at Concorde2 on Thursday 6th May. Brighton, normally a city playing host to dozens of indie rock acts, will on this occasion see Hudson, (who’s live acts have been compared to the likes of Sting funnily enough) blaring out his hip-hop/pop fused R&B tunes. This is one to watch out for in the coming weeks. www.myspace.com/mrhudson

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LIVE MUSIC GUIDE THE FALL

Concorde II - 9th May

“The Fall” is actually a bloody good band name when you think about it… it could be American parlance for autumn, an accident propagated by the physical force of gravity, the Jewish, Christian and/or Islamic doctrine of man’s rebellion and subsequent expulsion from the Garden of Eden, the philosophical novel by French author, Albert Camus or a particular waterfall - i.e. a geological formation…or it could refer to all or some combination of the above. There’s more intelligence

there than one would typically associate with Mancunian Punks. Since 1976, The fall have survived around founder member Mark E. Smith and his cryptic, abstractly poetic lyrical wordplay, bone dry wit, biting social commentary and implied but ubiquitously apparent misanthropy. With twenty seven studio albums, a sizeable cult following and an enormous nod of recognition from the late great John Peel who cited The Fall as his favourite band, Smith and his abrasive guitar group could hardly come better recommended.

Doors Open 19:30, Ages 14+, Tickets £17:50 in adv + booking fee. (IG)

DEER HUNTER

DEER HUNTER

Concorde II - 10th May

Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs declared that to see this band live is a religious experience. Karen O always seemed a little bit mental to me however, every monthI find myself listening to yet another American band that pisses all over anything the UK has to offer. This month it’s Deer Hunter, an ambient post punk fourpiece from Atlanta Georgia. With the exception of perhaps obscure Marxist early post-rockers, Stereolab and Brian Eno (who gladly happens to still be alive and record-

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ing), tellingly we have to go back to the 1970’s to find a British influence on this relevant American, reverb saturated guitar group – The fall, Bowie, The Flying Lizards and Echo and The Bunnymen.

Even more recent, London Based influences on Deer Hunter, like shoegaze supreme, My Bloody Valentine, are originally from Dublin. Still at least we can be thankful that amidst a hefty touring schedule that includes only two UK appearances, one of those will be the trusty Concorde II. Doors Open 20:00, Ages 14+, Tickets £12:50 in adv + booking fee.

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DIE ROTEN PUNKTE Komedia - 17th May

“Die Roten Pukte” literally translates into English as “the red dots”. Has the penny dropped yet?

Brother and sister duo – Otto on guitar, Astrid on drums…. It’s the pseudo-German, comedy electro-punk pop version of The White Stripes.

You get the picture: cheap cultural regurgitation, shallow parody and hilarious German accents.

Doors open 19:00. Tickets are between £12:00 and £15:00 depending on who you book with.

THE BUNDLES

Komedia - 20th May

If you like Kimya Dawson and her work with The Moldy Peaches then you will appreciate her nearly decade-in-the-making side project ‘The Bundles’.

The New York based quintet donning keyboards, acoustic guitars and on occasion members of the Olympia Free Choir will be playing Brighton’s sunny shores on 20th May at Komedia. Their style smacks of a country/folk fusion with a quirky indie edge. Get yourself a ticket and strap in for a show of Dawson’s understated lyrical genius. www.myspace.com/thebundles

SHONEN KNIFE

Freebutt - 23rd May

Harmonic indie/punk with shades of youthful pop.

They sound a little like a sunnier Karen O of the YeahYeahYeahs or perhaps the female Ramones from the far east. They will be punking out at Brighton’s premier basement venue, Freebutt on the 23rd May. Their latest release ‘Super Group’ is available now on Good Charamel Records, look out for the title track ‘Super Group’ and others such as ‘Barnacle’ or ‘Rock Society’. Get down there if you like your punk happy and your shirt sweaty. It is sure to have you hopping, skipping and skanking all night long. www.myspace.com/shonenknife

THE UNTHANKS

St. George’s Church 24th May

What is good enough for Phil Jupitus should be good enough for anyone. He is one of many respected music commentators who recommend ‘The Unthanks’ as a vital up-and-coming act. So for Brighton’s music lovers it should be a night of special entertainment. They play soft hearted, soulful and eerie songs with elements of classical and folk.

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HAYSEED DIXIE

Concorde II - 25th May

Hailing from the fictional location of Deer Lick Holler, reputedly somewhere in Appalachia – an area in the United States that stretches from Western New York to Northern Alabama Mississippi and Georgia and which is stereotypically associated with hillbillies, moon-shining, poverty and cultural backwardness – Hayseed Dixie perform a mixture of cover versions of hard and classic rock songs and original compositions in a style that is a cross between bluegrass and rock ‘n’ roll. Often Hay-

seed Dixie are more crass than bluegrass but their country banjo and fiddle instrumentation is always raucously and unrestrainedly enjoyable. Importantly Hayseed Dixie have played over one thousand live shows in twenty one different countries including sets at Glastonbury, The Cambridge Folk festival, The Download Festival, The Roskilde festival in Denmark and the Wicker-man festival in Scotland. They even run their own festival, ‘Loopallu’ in Ullapool, Scotland. Needless to say they could be well worth catching live.

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THE INAUGURAL BRIGHTON MARATHON Thousands of eager spectators ventured out into the glorious spring sunshine to see the first ever Brighton Marathon...

The starting line at Preston Park became swamped with over 7,500 budding participants limbering up for the Brighton landmark event! The fans waited in keen anticipation for the announcement of “GO!” but after a slight setback involving a delay caused by a parked car some distance down the course, finally they were off! Streams of beaming runners flooded their way around the park and down to the shimmering coastline.

We decided to head on down to the halfway point situated at the roundabout opposite Brighton pier, where live music, entertainment and real-time updates could be heard.

“The crowds were tremendous and incredibly supportive” As the day wore on the heat started to take its toll on the runners, which was coupled with cramp and depleted energy levels; it certainly looked like a tough and daunting task.

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pleted the course in a Wheelchair clocking a worthy time of 2:43:14, raising money and awareness for ASBAH. Brighton Marathon Mens’ winner Ser-od Baotochirfrom from Mongolia came in at a respectable 2:19:16 and looked surprisingly relaxed as he shot up to the marathon open-top bus for a public interview. A short while later we saw Michael Coleman complete it in 2:24:36, followed by local boy Chris Thomson of Brighton and Hove AC, who came third with a time of 2:27:50. As time wore on a steady and endless stream of triumphant marathon runners crossed the line to collect their welldeserved medal!

Overall it was a huge success, with an estimated 3 million pounds raised for various charities and good causes. There is without doubt that each year will grow in participant numbers, with the Brighton marathon already taking the number two UK Marathon spot (in terms of size) behind London. Next year will undoubtedly be drawing in even larger crowds of excited spectators and crazy participants!

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BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE Throughout the years it’s fair to say that Canada has produced some truly great forward thinking artists. For instance it gave us Godspeed! You Black Emperor, Arcade Fire, Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, The New Pornographers and none more so than Broken Social Scene; the members of this musical collective reads like a who’s who of Canadian indie rock nobility. The impressive roster includes members of Metric, Stars and Do Make Say Think, with whom they have released three highly acclaimed and lauded albums. Their fourth offering titled ‘Forgiveness Rock Record’ is due for release on the 4th of May and is on the Arts & Crafts label. BN1 caught up with founding member Brendan Canning for a quick chat about the new record and the upcoming tour.

Tell us about your new album ‘Forgiveneness Rock Record’ have you got any surprises in store for us?

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different ideas going on that we haven’t used on other Broken Social Scene records.

What about collaborators, any new faces?

Yeah on this record we’ve got Spiral Stairs of Pavement, we’ve got Sam Prekop of Sea And Cake and of course John Mcintire, our producer from Sea and Cake and Tortoise. Some of the familiar folks returning are Emily Haines, Leslie Feist, Amy Millan and of course Lisa Lobsinger sings our ode to Giorgio Moroder on the song ‘All To All’.

You’re doing a show with Pavement at Brixton Academy, are you fans of theirs?

Yeah, though some of us in the band more than others, but I’ve been a fan for nearly twenty years.

They’re coming up here to Toronto to play our festival that we do on Toronto Island.

What’s the line up going to be for the England shows?

It will be me, Kevin Drew, Andrew Whiteman, Justin Peroff, Sam Goldberg, Charles Spearin, Lisa Lobsinger, David French and Martin Kinack.

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What was John McIntire like to work with on the recording of the new record?

It was like meeting your new best friend. At first it sort of takes on a slow approach as we’re so used to the usual gang being together, once we added someone new it took us all a little while to really get to work on that kind of familial level. Despite that, it was really great working with John - he knows what he’s doing and he knew how to mix and record the music for us which is the most important thing.

When can we expect a follow up to your solo album’ Something For All Of Us’?

I don’t know. We’re just getting going on this record so I couldn’t speak on that.

But there will be another one?

Yeah I would think so, I mean we’ve got so much more Broken Social Scene material we’re sitting on as well so I don’t think we’re even near done with that yet.

You’re going to be touring all over Europe this year. Is there anywhere you’re looking forward to visiting?

Croatia! I know we’ve got a Croatian date that I’m looking forward to and there is also a festival in Ireland that I think is called Oxygen. Whatever it’s called, I always look forward to that one because I’ve got heritage in Ireland.

So what’s next for Broken Social Scene?

Well the tour doesn’t really end until the end of the year; we go to Europe in May, but first we’ve got David Letterman on next week and then we’re off to San-Francisco after that. Then we have LA, then New York, then we’ve got another television date on the Jimmy Fallon show, then we’re off to Europe and then go home to curate our own festival. Next we go off to Europe again, then over to

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Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Japan, Tai Pai and then finally a whole whack of North American stuff in the Fall.

A busy year then...

Yeah, a very busy year and then next year you know we do it all again. We’re also working with Edgar Wright who directed a film called ‘Scott Pilgrim Vs The World’ that’s coming out this Summer.

We’re involved in the music side of that quite a bit; we did some score work there with Nigel Godrich back in December. There’s always movie stuff coming up for us.

And that’s something you and the band enjoy?

I do enjoy that. It’s a nice break in the action of touring and whatnot; you get to exercise another part of your creative brain.

And finally the obligatory musical influences question...

Oh well, you know everything already. It’s either a Charles Mingus record one day or a Mos Def record another day or The Walkmen another day or Daft Punk... anything and everything basically: popular music throughout the ages. I grew up listening to a lot of disco then I became a metal head. After that I was into bands like Skinny Puppy and Front 242 before getting into New Order, Depeche Mode and Public Image Limited. Then Jane’s Addiction comes out all of a sudden and I guess Suicidal Tendencies too - I’ve gotta throw them in there. That takes you up to the age twenty and then Mudhoney comes in after that.

Catch the unmissable Broken Social Scene at the Great Escape Festival where they will be playing at the Corn Exchange on the 15th May! Forgiveneness Rock Record - released on the 4th May. By Chris Woodward

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CHEW LIPS

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Chew Lips are a band with a lot of buzz around them recently, in no small part due to their epic festival tour of 2009 or the glowing critical praise bestowed upon them by the likes of NME, the BBC and The Fly. Signed to one of our favourite labels Kitsuné, the electro pop newcomers are playing in Brighton’s own Great Escape festival this May, where you can catch them in the headline slot on Friday 14th at the prestigious seafront club Digital.

We caught up with lead singer Tigs to chat about how life is going for the band ahead of the summer festival season.

You’re headlining Friday night’s Great Escape Festival at Digital. As far as other festivals and live events are concerned, what else is on the cards this summer?

The bookings are still coming in; it’s that time of year. So far we’ve been confirmed for Lovebox, Camden Crawl, Beat Herder, V Festival, Greenman, Montreaux Jazz Festival, the Serbian festival EXIT, as well as a whole other bunch of European gigs. Last year might have been a bit much as we played about twenty five festivals! I think we’re being more selective this year. It’s all good clean fun though ...ahem.

Chewlips have been labelled ‘minimal dancepop’; do you think this accurately describes the music you make and what the band stands for?

Well yes and no, it’s not an offensive title at all but I don’t think it makes reference to our song-writing skills, and we are all about the songs. They’re the most important thing, everything else is just stylistic.

Given the name ‘Chew Lips’ comes from a character in Brendan Behan’s Borstal Boy, does it also imply a subversive reference to modern day live music culture and it’s multifaceted nature? (*cough* drugs *cough*) If only we’d thought about it that deeply! No, basically when we were trying to think of a name for the band, I kept coming up with these terrible names, and James came up with Chew Lips. He’d read that book many years earlier and had always loved it. He was so confident in the name that he’d already made a MySpace! Anyway, I liked it immediately and nearly 2 years later I still do. I think it sums us up quite well; it’s a bit dirty, a bit sexy, perhaps a bit druggy and it’s a bad pun. It wasn’t until later that I found out the history behind it and the troubled Irish characters that the book documents.

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From track to track the sound of Unicorn (January 25, 2010 - Family Records) varies a lot, taking unpredictable twists and turns. Does one member write the songs and lead the band or does each member take turns to spearhead their own particular ideas? - What is the process?

The process is actually quite varied and flexible.

We wrote the first record mainly in the same room, with the three of us for just under half of it, but more often with only James and I. When we couldn’t be together, James would record ideas for music and email them over to me. I’d write a vocal for it and send it back then at some point down the line, we’d record it properly. The current writing process, which I suppose is all towards record two, is just James and I. We’re writing as much as we can together. Normally he’ll make a beat and play bass and we’ll start with that. I’ll write a melody over the top and then apply the vocals, normally with the plan of coming back and writing ‘proper’ words. However, 9 out of 10 times I come back to them and don’t even want to change them at all.

How did it feel to feature in front of thousands of fans on the ‘BBC Introducing’ stage at ‘The Electric Proms’ in October 08? Have you played in front of a crowd that large since?

When we played the Electric Proms it was only our 15th ever show so it was very exciting and it was an incredible platform to introduce us to a wider audience, especially at such an early stage.

The venue we played in had a capacity of around 500, so we have played to much bigger audiences since then! Festivals often provide that opportunity, such as when we opened for The Killers in Hyde Park last summer. That was about 20,000 people, though we’d come back from playing in Germany the night before: no sleep meant it was not pretty. It was all very exciting though.

So what can we expect in the way of new releases from the band this year?

Well we’re already on our third single so we’ve begun writing the next record. We’re releasing the record in Europe in May so there will be quite a bit of touring there I imagine. We have an American deal that is being worked out as we speak; it looks as though we might get to go and write the record in New York, which will be amazing. We love New York! I believe we’ll be releasing a fourth single just before the festival season so keep your eyes (and ears) peeled!

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The Eighties B-Line Matchbox Disaster have had an illustrious history since forming in Brighton over ten years ago. It’s always nice when a band returns to their home town to play to their original fans, all those years ago. Good news then, because the distinctive outfit will be slamming out their gothabilly rock tunes in May’s Great Escape festival! BN1 caught up with them to find out what they have been up to.

Hey guys! What have you been up to recently?

We’ve been rehearsing lots and just generally been really excited about touring and the record coming out. It’s been a while since we released a full length album so these are wonderful times!

So you have your tour coming up then? Will this year’s gigs be as crazy as your live shows have been in the past?

We always re-locate people’s psyche when we play live. It’s a transcendental for us and the audience. We are warriors to make the spirit dance and playing a gig is a religious experience for all involved. I wouldn’t really describe it as “crazy” though. When people are lost in a moment it is when they are at their most free and at peace.

You will be playing at the Great Escape festival here in Brighton this May. Are there any bands playing that you are looking forward to checking out?

I haven’t seen who else is playing to be honest.

But you know what these things are like. You end up losing your mind in some dark, decrepit corner wondering where the hell everyone is.

Well what music have you been listening to lately then?

Unfortunately I had so many parties in my flat in Brighton that all my CD’s got lost or destroyed so I’ve been stuck with the radio which is a truly depressing pastime. I like playing our album to people though.

Your new album ‘Blood & Fire’ is due out soon.

What can we expect from that?

Well it’s the fruit of all our labours and perseverance in the face of true adversity over the last few years. Without meaning to sound self-piteous we had so many things to contend with that it is a real victory putting out such a classic album. People left, we parted company with our management and I was personally so out of my mind at one stage that things got pretty difficult. We recorded it with money we had saved from European festi-

vals in France at Tristan’s parents’ house, got new management and a new deal. It’s revelatory and apocalyptic. An album from the future!

Sounds epic! Do you think that your experiences as a band have changed your attitude to rock and roll over the last ten years?

People are changing all the time and thank God for that... you would be cold, characterless and defunct if our personalities and attitudes didn’t evolve. I’m a different person in lots of ways since the band begun but I don’t regret anything really. I don’t consider myself to be a rock star or a musician.

The band has gone through a line-up change.

Has this affected the creation of new material at all?

Of course! I mean a band is always a concoction of the energies of the individuals in it and so when.

Tristan joined he took the band to a different level.

Andy Huxley always wrote a lot of songs and so when he left Guy and myself did a lot of writing together which has been incredible. The writing is split pretty evenly on the record so it’s a real collaboration.

What happened to that famous car you had?

It’s round the corner from where I live in London in a car park gathering dust. I think homeless people sleep in it so it is going to good use. Sometimes I like to drive it my local pub but I always end up getting arrested or people get jealous and attack me.

Do you all still hang out in Brighton? What do you think of the local music scene?

I live in London now as I lost my flat in Brighton but the others are all still down there. When I first moved to Brighton ten years ago there really weren’t any bands but now there are shitloads, which can only be a good thing. I don’t really know any up and coming ones but British Seapower will always be in my heart as we started out with them and played a lot of early gigs together.

There’s an imminent election – what would the Eighties Matchbox party manifesto be?

Power to the people! The power of madness compels you! Refrigeration is the opium of the masses!

New album released ‘Blood and Fire’ 10th May on Black Records.

By Stuart Rolt

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THE GREAT ESCAPE The Great Escape festival returns this May after last year’s successful showing, where more than 400 artists played to over 10,000 punters over a three day period. This year there are 30 venues in which to catch the latest upcoming bands around town from the established gig venues like Digital and Concorde II to less conventional stages such as the Unitarian church.

Heading up the event is the monumental Groove Armada, a band who last played in Brighton at the Brighton Centre to over 5000 people. Expect classics like ‘I See You Baby’, ‘At the River’ and ‘Superstylin’ and newer tracks from this year’s album ‘Black Light’. Fresh from last year’s wildly successful festival tour, Chase & Status seek to consolidate their status as one of the UK’s foremost drum & bass acts when they play at the Brighton Dome on the final day of the festival.

The Canadian musical collective Broken Social Scene will also be present during the festivities, as will the superb alternative dance act Delphic.

The confusingly named solo act Marina & The Diamonds and The Big Pink will both be continuing their rise in popularity with headline slots, with the interesting art rock band These New Puritans also scheduled to perform. The long—time Brighton favourite Ed Harcourt will be returning to the county of his birth alongside fellow seaside rockers Blood Red Shoes, who are both guaranteed to have a huge following.

a little different. Folk acts Angus & Julia Stone and Fionn Regan play music a little softer than the guitar riffs of the punk acts or the high BPM basslines of Chase & Status, while folktronica BRIT award winner Ellie Goulding also provides a good alternative to mainstream music.

Rounding off the main acts is Seun Kuti, who has inherited his late father’s band Egypt 80, an afrobeat setup that entwines their difficult political past into their music. Finally there is the grime MC Tinie Tempah, who despite eliciting comparisons to the dreadful Chipmunk and Ironik, is actually a talented and worthy hip hop MC. BN1 MAGAZINE RECOMMENDS First up are Infadels, a band that enjoyed a great deal of success in 2008 on the festival circuit, with their song ‘Can’t Get Enough’ ubiquitous throughout 2007. Their shows are visually and aurally fantastic, so check them out at Coalition when they play on Saturday 15th May. Also recommended are the Dutch duo C-mon & Kypski, whose versatile music leaps from genre to genre with each song they play. Vancouver’s noisy garage rockers Japandroids will also be playing following last year’s awesome gig at Reading Festival and so will the upcoming indie band Young Guns who are continuing their UK tour with this appearance in Brighton.

The festival features a slew of great indie, punk and other guitar-based rock bands including the American outfits The Fiery Furnaces and The Walkmen. Others have origins a little closer to home, such as London’s punk rockers The Slits, Kendal’s indie Wild Beasts and the seasoned Leicester band Cornershop.

BN1 are fans of the baroque pop act Codeine Velvet Club, whose endless critical acclaim is well deserved. Another band we like are And So I Watch You From Afar; the Northern Irish four-piece create epic instrumental songs that have similarly been praised across the music industry. Last but not least are the funky punky indie lads from Leeds, The Sunshine Underground – and yes, they are named after that Chemical Brothers song.

There are also bands representing genres that aren’t as traditional for those seeking something

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Gaymers is the official cider of the Great Escape and will be hosting performances at legendary Brighton venue, Hectors House, where you can experience the unexpected and enjoy a taste of the West Country with a crisp, refreshing pint of Gaymers cider.

This year’s festival features a host of fantastic bands including Groove Armada, Chase and Status, Broken Social Scene and Ellie Goulding at over 34 venues in Brighton.

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RIMINI PROTOKOLL Best Before 19th-23rd May Sallis Benney Theatre Rimini Protokoll has attracted attention throughout Europe for innovative theatre that twists the distinction between fact and imagination.

Eschewing the more traditional recitals of a tightly rehearsed script, they instead invite the audience to fully immerse itself in the performance, to the extent that the audience becomes responsible for determining the outcomes and content of the whole experience. Now they bring their latest creation to the Brighton Festival for its UK premiere.

Best Before is a dynamic new work that pulls multi-player video games out of the living room and brings them into a an intimate theatre setting. The production features the simulated city of Bestland, which is populated by 200 audience controlled avatars. “The most important aspect for us was this new approach” explains Helgard Haug, one of Rimini Protokoll’s core meners. “We wanted to have an active audience. The idea was to actually play some kind of a game with those

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people, we decided on developing a computer game.”

As the performance evolves each of the participants adds their own personal touches to their avatar, as they negotiate a pre-conception challenging virtual existence. Right from the start the audience are asked to make game changing choices. For example, should their avatars be male or female? Deciding personal attitudes towards gun control, abortion, contraception and drugs are amongst the choices which have to be made. Throughout the experience a mass polling technique is applied to the questions, giving participants the chance to define, not just their avatars, but the rule of law in the world of BestLand.

As the virtual years pass the choices became more pointed and divisive. The audience gets increasingly more consequential choices to make.

They become able to experiment sexually, choose careers, buy property or even vote a fellow avatar in government. “We were interested in the fact

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This production was developed for Vancouver’s PuSh Festival by Haug & Stefan Kaegil of Rimini Protokoll, who worked with Canadian playwright Tim Carlson. This is a bold new form of documentary theatre that presents works featuring nonactors, believing that it is more interesting to use experts or specialists from fields relevant to the performance. Rimini Protokoll often feature technology as an equal partner in their work. For Best Before, as well as the usual team of set, video, sound and light designers, the development team also included a computer game designer, character animator, and programmer. By presenting people who had little or no dramatic experience, whom they find through their elaborate research and casting procedures, they are succeed in giving audiences a more real and involving form of theatre. Call Cutta, one of their recent works concerned itself with outsourcing. The performers in this project were employees of a call centre, located in India which provided the audience in Berlin with individual cell phone performances. Each phone operator guided their participant through a bewildering maze of streets in Berlin, whilst narrating the story of Subhash Chandra Bose, an Indian freedom fighter.

“The development process is always heavily based on research”, Helgard explains. “We had an invitation to see a call centre in India. We really liked the idea of using it as a stage. “It was more extreme because the performance is only a conversation. There’s no traditional audience, so the whole experience is turned inside out.”

Having created over 20 new works, all sharing a very distinct style, the company has attracted attention throughout Europe for blurring the line between reality and fiction. This technique was demonstrated by in their play, Breaking News, which had its UK premiere at last year’s Brighton Festival. That show proved to be one of the great talking points of the festival and marked Rimini Protokoll’s first appearance in the UK. The show presented live feeds of rolling news broadcasts

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from around the world on stage. Using real broadcasters, journalists and simultaneous translators the work attempted to explore how the audience reacted to the live headlines they were observing. Unlike most theatre based on current affairs, Breaking News was not a re-enactment of perceived truths and rhetoric, but a constantly adjusting examination of how these are received.

The stage was transformed into a giant studio where the audience witnessed the world’s news unfolding in real time, instantly commented upon by experts who told their own personal stories and helped put the events in context. It was as if the observer was pushing into a heightened state of consciousness, where they saw the world from many different cultural perspectives simultaneously.

Theatre practitioners have been occupied with bringing real life in various forms to the stage since the dawn of time.

But Rimini Protokoll creates productions that mirror the real world, whilst eagerly embracing the contradictions of presenting the real within the realm of the usually fictional. Helgard is adamant about how the company stays so fresh and innovative: “We keep looking at many different places and talk to so many different people. We like to be in new situations. “Going to the theatre shouldn’t always mean that you are sitting in the dark listening to someone reciting texts from a long time ago. “We want to extend the possibilities of theatre. That’s something we constantly strive to do.”

In a world where information or propaganda are only a click away, this globe-trotting group of artists have developed an incredibly eclectic and unusual body of works, all of which share a common aim to make people examine how the human race sees and presents itself. Unique productions like Best Before demand we question the connections, and differences, between what we are told and what we discover and experience for ourselves.

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BRIGHTON FESTIVAL PHILIP GLASS ENSEMBLE Music In 12 Parts 12th May - Dome Concert Hall A very special event of the Brighton Festival is a rare live appearance by Phillip Glass and his chamber ensemble performing his seminal work Music In 12 Parts. This mammoth four hour work features many of the structural and choral signatures that echo through Glass’s later works. Written by Glass between 1971 and 1974, it is a looping theoretical exercise in developing repetition and the constantly evolving alteration of harmonies.

It concerns itself with slow, deliberate meditative pulsing, interlocking patterns. This is Glass’s repertoire of techniques at its most sparse. Rhythmic patterns (in his celebrated signature arpeggiated chord), rudimentary, stable harmonies in which the extensions and contractions of time and rhythmic values are the only appreciable “content” of the piece.

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Olivier Award-winning playwright Simon Stephens brings a world premiere to the Brighton festival.

Marine Parade is a play with music about addiction, sex, betrayal and hope. It brings together one of England’s most discussed new theatre companies Animalink with Stephens and American Music Club’s Mark Eitzel Stephens has never shied away from difficult subject matter. After winning the Olivier award with his sensational On the Shore of the Wide World, a grim analysis of a meaningless life in a small northern town, he’s gone from strength to strength. Whether it’s writing about the London bombings, the Gulf wars, or delivering a darkly violent piece set PAGE 22

Despite an apparent lack of dynamic alterations, many of the works display a great deal of variety and invention. The music develops slowly, and there are long periods during which the casual listener is often unable to notice any change. But if you listen intently this is seen to be an illusion, since the patterns actually change form almost continuously, though often nearly imperceptibly.

It is possible to pick out between the instruments a melody of whatever length one wishes, almost enabling you to create the music for yourself. At its height this deeply engrossing work of aural art induces a trance-like state, as you become immersed in the seemingly-endless periodic structures.

Arguably the most beautiful piece Phillip Glass ever wrote, Music in 12 Parts is a landmark in Minimalist music. Its innovative authority resonates across many modern classical music works and has subsequently been a major influence on a wide spectrum of artists. From electronic dance music to film scores the weighty influence can be heard throughout modern music.

in a public school inspired by the tragic Columbine shooting, he’s always made it his task to scrape below the shiny surface of our culture to expose a grimier side to the human condition.

Eitzel is well recognised as being one of the greatest singer songwriters of the late 20th century. As well as playing with the celebrated American Music Club he has also cast his considerable talents in other musical directions.

From playing jazz to country, and with recent collaborations with traditional Greek musicians, Eitzel refuses to stop developing and expanding his extensive abilities. It seems natural that he should tirn his attention to providing the sound track to this new and exciting production.

Set within the confines of a Brighton seafront guest house, this is a fleetingly familiar world where everything seems fractured and directionless. In a poignant snapshot of a 24 hour period, nine people encounter uncomfortable truths, desperate needs and encumbering responsibilities which will change their lives forever, in this uncompromising piece which ably reflects a darker side to our modern day society. www.BN1MAGAZINE.co.uk

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HOFESH SHECHTER COMPANY POLITICAL MOTHER 20th May to 21st May Dome Concert Hall Hofesh Shechter Company’s three-year residency with Brighton Dome and Festival continues with the eagerly anticipated world premiere of Political Mother - the latest project from the acclaimed choreographer. This Brighton-based ensemble will present a heady blend of visuals and live performance.

Designed to challenge accepted morals and ideals, the production - which is augmented by a live band - represents an intriguing performance concept from an internationally respected choreographer.

This work is a dynamic multi-layered puzzle that that oozes emotional complexity and gritty energy, played out in front of a barrage of ever more surreal chain of images and events. Each encounter attempts to reframe our perceptions and challenges our values.

Performed by ten dancers to Shechter’s own cinematic score, it resounds with trademark physical-

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ity, percussive grooves and dramatic interactions.

The Hofesh Shechter Company have been touring worldwide and are rapidly establishing themselves as one of the UK’s most exciting and innovative dance ensembles.

This international cast of superb dancers and musicians sport a fiery brand of contemporary dance that has attracted audiences of all ages, backgrounds and interests throughout the UK and beyond.

Hofesh Shechter is a imaginative and unorthodox choreographer who also composes the percussive and lyrical scores to his work. Last year’s Festival premiered The Art of Not Looking Back - an all-female counterpoint to Uprising/In Your Rooms - the high-octane double-header that made Shechter’s name.

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This is Afrobeat! 14th May - Dome Concert Hall Afrobeat is an exuberant combination of Yoruba music, jazz, highlife, and funk rhythms, fused with percussion and vocal styles, which was first popularized in Africa in the 1970s. Now, in a very special and significant event, the full power and variety of this joyous colourful music is being brought to the Brighton Dome.

The term was coined by Nigerian multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Fela Kuti. He experimented with many different forms of contemporary music of the time, as well as endless toying with the core rhythms of his compositions. Tony Allen was the drummer and unofficial musical director of Fela Kuti’s seminal band, Africa 70, from 1968 until 1979. Together they pioneered the Afro-beat revolution, melding Nigerian highlife, jazz and James Brown-style funk grooves into a potent musical force.

Three decades on, Allen brings his unique style of dub, funk and hip-hop to the Dome to show the festival how it’s done. Appearing alongside him is Seun Kuti, the youngest son of Fela, who now leads his late father’s band. Seun has kept the Afro-beat agenda well and truly alive, perpetu-

ating its pulsing rhythms and outspoken politics.

Fronting one of the most formidable Afro-beat ensembles of all time, Kuti leads the 20 piece Egypt 80 with all the frenetic energy and bold defiance of Fela in his prime.

Afrobeat has profoundly influenced many important contemporary producers and musicians. Including Brighton Festival curator Brian Eno and Talking Heads’ David Byrne, who both cite Fela Kuti as a huge influence. The pairs love of the tightly wound African rhythms was fundamental to their production of the seminal Talking Heads album Remain In Light, which brought polyrhythmic Afrobeat influences to Western music.

More recently Afrobeat has infiltrated the British pop scene in music by TV On The Radio and Foals. Even the latest Grand Theft Auto game has an entire radio station devoted to this wonderfully diverse form of music.

From Roy Ayers in the seventies to Randy Weston in the nineties and a whole new generation of DJs and musicians in the 21st century, Afrobeat has evidently stamped its mark on the global music scene.

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KOVAK

We’re here teetering on the eve of The Great Escape Festival with singer Annelies and guitarist Karl from Brighton electro-dance sensations Kovak who are busy writing their new album and about to hit the dancefloors with the return of the legendary Club Kovak......so BN1 thought we’d better get along and see what 2010 has in store.....

garage and I came up with one idea in the bath....!

BN1: So here we are, it’s 2010 and we’re about to hit Brighton’s festival season. What do Kovak have in store for us?

Karl: Well in May we’ve got a live radio session on Juice FM, two gigs at the Great Escape Festival plus the return of Club Kovak on the 30th so it’s a busy time!

Annelies: We’re going to explode our electro all over town!

BN1: So where can we catch you during the Great Escape?

Annelies: Well we’re playing the Mudhut showcase at The Latest Music Bar on the 14th May which is also my birthday so everyone should come and celebrate! Then we’re doing an intimate little number at The Foundry on the 15th during the afternoon which should be nice and cosy!

BN1: We hear on the grapevine as well that you’re writing your new album - how’s that coming on?

Karl: Well we’re trying to do something a little different from the last one - we’re going about things in a more organic way - not so much big production, but just writing together in a relaxed setting and it’s really bearing fruit....

Annelies: We’re actually doing some recording in my

BN1: And Club Kovak is back?

Karl: YES! It’s the biggest one yet with Dr Alex Paterson from The Orb playing a headline DJ set at Audio. It’s mad because it’s a whole 21 years since The Orb formed so we’re having a bit of a celebration. There’s Videodrome and The Woo!Worths playing too so it should be a fantastic night. All of that for a measly fiver too....

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BN1: Will we be hearing new tunes on the live circuit soon?

Annelies: Yep, the Great Escape might well be a guinea pig for some new material Karl: But don’t worry, all the old faves will be there too!

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FRINGE FESTIVAL Annelies: Yep, 30th May – it’s a bank holiday Sunday so there’s no excuse to miss that one! 3 live bands and The Orb DJing, it’s going to be huge!

BN1: You’re re-releasing Heroes and High Heels through Mudhut - what brought on the decision to do that ?

Karl: Well it’s so much easier to do that now with digital downloads, and we’ve just started a relationship with Mudhut who are totally bought in to the album, so it’s exciting times for Kovak.

BN1: So we’ll be hearing lots more of you on the radio waves then?

Annelies: We’ve got two shows coming up - one on the New Music Show on JuiceFM, plus look out for a special coming up on Reverb as well.

Who knows, we may even play a new tune or two, which may or may not involve monkeys.....

BN1: Hmmm, intriguing! You’re featuring on the new ads for Animal as well?

Annelies: Yes, we have a long-standing relationship with Animal now. I think it might be because we’re a bit animalistic!

Karl: Well we’ve got an affinity now with the Extreme Sports scene, for sure, that’s An-

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nelies’s influence - she loves anything ending in “urfing” or “oarding”! She’s recently been presenting on the Extreme Sports Channel.

Annelies: Absolutely, plus the Extreme Sports crowd are always up for some good live music!

BN1: Well that leads on quite nicely to the next question - Kovak have had various guises over the years, but you really seem to have found your groove with singer Annelies, latterly of Silvermaker. Karl, how’s it all developing?

Karl: We call her Mummalies because she looks after us all and brings us Belgian chocolate (even though she forgot our manager....!)

We bounce off each other off and on stage and we’re just having so many great ideas right now.

Annelies: What I love is that whenever I have any silly ideas, they may not get used, but I don’t get poo-pooed either.

Karl: Nope, no poo-pooing in Kovak ! Anything now goes in practice.

BN1: So is 2010 to be the Year of the Vak? Annelies: Well, that’s up to you lovely readers!

Give the Vak some love!!! Tickets for The Orb 21st Anniversary gig at Audio available from Ticketweb, Resident and Rounder Records.

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MUSIC CONSUMABLE JAZZ WITH FULL CIRCLE...

BUT NO ROY Someone far, far brighter than I once said something about best laid plans of mice and men, and, well, they were right. We’d written up a sparkling, all singing, all dancing, pop-up section (this last part may not be entirely true) all about the wonder that is the legend, Roy Ayers. So what does old Roy go and do? Yep, that’s right, pull out. The details of his sudden cancellation are a bit ropey but it’s rumoured that it’s due to the actions of an unknown promoter suddenly putting on a gig in autumn.

All however is far from lost as it gives us the opportunity not to stray too far from the musical genre, but to offer you another one of Brighton’s gems in the form of the wonderful jazz trio, Full Circle.

When people say “jazz” you can often hear the splutter of Newcastle Brown Ale as the purveyors of “normal” music scoff at the perceived pretention of the wine drinking jazz crowd. The orchid to rock’s lichen moss, jazz as a musical form has always divided and at its most freeform is indeed a tricky riddle to unravel for even the most devoted.

Fear not though, as in the form of Joss Peach, Terry Pack and Jim Whyte, otherwise known as Full Circle, we have three gifted saviours for those of us who wish to dip a toe in rather than take the immediate full body plunge. Time Out described it as “excellent piano led jazz with an in-built groove and look out for their spell binding version of PorPAGE 28

tishead’s Sour Times”.....yep, that’s right, Portishead. You see, therein lies the secret of Full Circle’s accessibility – take three hugely talented and experienced jazz musicians and get them playing favourite popular tunes from Bowie, Stevie Wonder and Massive Attack, whilst throwing in some originals and you have a winning formula. Playing at the Brighton Buddhist Centre on the 14th May from 20:00, trust us; this is one not to be missed!

Other musical highlights well worth catching variously include the fabulous Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus at the Old Courtroom on the 2nd celebrating their fifth birthday and performing any range of musical delights from Queen through to Robbie Williams for your aural pleasure. Jazz aficionados may delight in a celebration of seminal Miles Davis work with a reprise of A Kind of Blue at the Friends Meeting House on the 4th. Another must see show and three times nominees for the Best Music in Festival award are the Brighton Beach Boys and Psychedelic Love Orchestra with their performance of Sgt. Pepper vs. Pet Sounds. Which is the better album......you decide!? Finally, set in the picturesque setting of an Elizabethan Manor House in Lewes, the Meadowlands Festival on the 29th / 30th May brings together some of Brighton’s finest musical talent to display their myriad wares for your appreciation. Sounds good? You bet...

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Atters Attree

COMEDY Clever Peter show us just how smart they are!

BN1 favourites Clever Peter are our soupcon of choice from the comedy line up on offer this year.

Playing their irreverent show at the Upstairs at 3&10 on Steine Street on the 2nd May, you can expect sharp comedy packed with punchlines as the sex-obsessed sketch based group cover everything and anything from a first teenage kiss at a disco through to that most common of topics, gorilla rape. With more content squeezed in to the show than an American tourists burger the trio are a broadly imaginative, bright troupe who, well, are just downright funny. Book early to avoid disappointment ! And don’t say we didn’t warn you....

Of course no Brighton event would be anywhere near complete without a performance from our very own, very unique talent, Atters Attree. And we are not to be let down this year as the great man brings us Atters Attree’s Chaporgasmic Terrors at the Freerange on 11th May. Covering all the unique ground you’d expect, from UFO’s and poltergeists to giant women, expect only the unexpected along with a strange post-show compulsion to grow a moustache.

Finally, playing at Komedia on 5th May is the truly subversive Dr Phil’s Rude Health Show. Educated in the plush surroundings of Marlborough College Dr Phil Hammond (and yes, he is a real life

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doctor too!) first came into the public eye with his column in the Independent newspaper, whilst he now regularly writes for Private Eye whilst gracing such programmes as Have I Got News For You and presenting his own Radio 4 Series, Struck Off and Die. Despite this seemingly inoffensive track record, expect to be slightly shocked by anatomical tales of woe and amusement and some choice anecdotes from the doc’s professional life. What really will get you within these dark tales, is the fact that all of them are absolutely true!

Despite reeling off some worrying statistics such as a jumbo jet’s worth of patients are killed each week by the NHS (explain that one away Gordon), his points are lightly presented and honestly hilarious, told in an effective, unique and conversational way. One for the thinkers as well as the laughers amongst us.

It’s impossible to reel off all the great talent gracing us over the next few weeks, but suffice to say we’re one lucky bunch to live here, and the month of May with the Fringe, the Brighton Festival and the Great Escape is sure as hell there to remind us of that! Enjoy!

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ART Heavenly Bodies and Beautiful Backs hit the Brighton Fringe

Equally as importantly for us Brightonites, we’ve rescued him from London so he’s also a huge supporter of all things B&H and is holding his second art exhibition over the Fringe.

Once again here at BN1, we don’t just want to point you towards the obvious which you can read all about in any magazine, we want to look after you lovely readers by pointing you towards fantastic stuff that you might otherwise miss! One of the potential problems with the Fringe is that there is just SO much going on that you could easily miss some of the best talent. So that’s where we come in.....and here’s our selection for the arty types amongst you.

If you are unfamiliar with the work of Annet Banks, you’re in for a treat. Her stylistic and sensual pictures of the human body and especially “beautiful backs” has had the art world enthralled for some time. As a genuine up and coming Brightonian talent she has exhibited her work internationally to critical acclaim and her flamboyant style perfectly catches the fluidity of the human body in motion.

She will be exhibiting 8 large scale original pieces with a number of smaller, high quality prints which, as My Deco magazine states, “2010 is going to be all about bright, bold colour. Her beautiful multilayered paintings of the body in movement are a sophisticated take on the hyper-colour trend, and a worthy investment.”

The wonderful Annet Banks is exhibiting her sensual interpretations of the human body, and where better to do that then at Brighton’s newest and best therapeutic clinic, Sundial House in Kemp Town. Those of you living in and around the St James Street area will be familiar with the bright presence of the “new kid on the block” started by chiropractor Dr Richard Hollis. Sundial House offers a range of complimentary therapies ranging from chiropractic through to sports therapy, massage and acupuncture. Dr Hollis’s reputation is well known through medical circles as a member of the board of the British Chiropractic Council, chosen doc for premiership footballers and GB athletes alike, and regular contributor to national newspapers and radio on a range of health issues.

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Other exhibitions that we can’t help but recommend at this years Fringe include Simon Royer’s fabulous works of all things Brighton held at Gallery 94 – there’s more blues there than you believed existed. For the more comedic amongst you, Modern Toss will be bringing you a family sized bucket of their own peculiar and particular artworks including knitted soft porn, talking punctuation and Modern Toss Robots.....all held at Ink Gallery and Studio....just don’t bring your mum.

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Buyer Beware is the new mantra for summer festivals! I went to Glastonbury when it was free entry for 90% of the people who attended. Mostly as a result of the wall being pulled down in the lead up or a friendly person with a ladder. But we now live in a time where that kind of free spirited attendance would be frowned upon and we would be sold the line that we were bringing down the music industry with our anarchy. But not so Meadowlands, under 12s go free! Good start. But in the aftermath of last summers Beachdown debacle when parts of the music industry let the common man down, I am in a slightly more 'careful' frame of mind when it comes to parting with my Yankee Dollar.

Anway I love music but I don't love the Music Industry. I must stress at this point that I am not suggesting that Meadowlands Festival is in any danger of going the same way as Beachdown. But I would suggest that you maybe look into purchasing tickets for ANY festival on a credit card that has insurance cover should the worst happen.

As for Meadowlands Festival I (not unusually) didn't recognise many bands or artists on the lineup. And as a fledgling festival I expect that.

I have long since been a fan of the underground and used to listen to Peely. So not knowing some of the bands is fine by me. I might not be smack on the zeitgeist but I don't live on an island either. Well, we all do actually, but you take my point. Meadowlands is one of many festivals this summer. It is held in beautiful surroundings and it would be worth the enterance fee alone to spend the weekend being entertained between live acts by the DJ's from FIP radio.

This is a sign of quality in my book. Anyone who decides to invite FIP to the party must have invited some quality bands too. I might see if the Editor will send me along with my pad and pencil to find out. “We are pleased to announce that Meadowlands festival 2010 will be powered entirely by biofuel and solar power.”

SELLINDGE MUSIC FESTIVAL This festival has been growing on the farm using steam power! Each year it gets bigger and better.

This festival is exciting! It defines extravaganza: an elaborate and spectacular entertainment or production.

It’s like when there is too much on TV one night, you’ll have to make some tough decisions on what to miss because there is so much to fit in.

But when you have Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry on the bill there isn’t much more needs to be said. Get there if you can. This man’s contribution to music is second to none. Few people can be credited with

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creating a music genre, but that is just one of the strings to this legend’s bow. If you don’t know him you’d better find out quick. If you do know him then you know he is Dub-tastic!

Plus headline bands like the awesome Sugarhill Gang who brought Hip Hop into the top 40 for the first time in 1979. Trail Blazers indeed! As well as hitting the major festivals like Glastonbury and T In The Park, the BBC Introducing stage is coming to Kent with a line-up of great Kent bands and artists. A massive Dance Arena is one of the main attractions at the festival this year. Sideways Recordings Showcase featuring Yousef plus We Love

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FESTIVAL GUIDE Dancing and Tom Middleton. The WoFo Stage (World Folk) boasts a list as long as your arm of music made for listening to on a sunny June afternoon in “The Garden of England.”

An outdoor/tented cinema which will “be quirky, informal, comfy and welcoming” and showcase lots of films by filmmakers from the South East, (shorter films (approximately 20 mins long) and music documentaries/shorts/promos. See the website if you would like to submit any!) A good

European Food Court, comedy, theatre, go for a massage or sample the local ale? Poetry workshops, barn dance, interactive children’s play area, fun fair, circus acts and more! Plus the World Cup will be screened so you don’t miss out on what’s happening to your favourite anti-heroes.

Phew! Did I miss anything? Well check out the slick website where you will find much more information, download MP3s and links to the bands et cetera. http://sellindgemusicfestival.co.uk/

LOUNGE ON THE FARM Lounge On The Farm is hosting a special gig in Brighton on 14th May as part of the Alternative Great Escape. It takes place at 3:00 - 5:00pm outside the Wagon and Horses (look out for the hay bales!) and will feature Brighton’s own The Agitator + Coco’s Lovers (a Kent folk act). There will also be some great traditional Kentish food on offer.

The Lounge On The Farm Festival takes place in July. Moshi Moshi Records (Hot Chip, Bloc Party and Florence & The Machine,) Subpop (Nirvana, Fleet Foxes, Flight of the Conchords, No Age and The Shins,) and Witchita (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bright Eyes, Bloc Party, The Cribs,) are buzzwords for quality and are all represented here.

who are Swedish close-vocal harmonisers. Gaggle a 23 piece all-girl alt Choir. Jesca Hoop of whom Tom Waits says, “Her music is like going swimming in a lake at night.” King Charles a one man psychedelic visionary. Treetop Flyers combine multi-part sun-drenched harmonies and folky Dylanesque melodies. Male Bonding lo-fi Subpop noiseniks. Spectrals = Italian pop / Italian pop / Italian pop??!

Less carnival atmosphere more ‘Does what it says on the tin.’ We’ve got theatre, comedy and Little Lounge for younger attendees.

Wikipedia reports of John Lennon performing this year are as yet unsubstantiated.

For me it feels like a little less for your money than usual. It’s a buyer’s market and looking at previous year’s line ups it looks like this is a quiet year in comparison. I think 2011 could be a telling year for Lounge On The Farm. With festivals like Sellindge on their doorstep they need to keep on top of their game. Maybe it’s just a case of a more music focused festival versus the more family extravaganza of certain rivalling festivals.

Other stuff that sounds interesting is First Aid Kit;

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Highlights include, DJ Yoda, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Courtney Pine, Toots & the Maytals, Don Letts, Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Fionn Regan.

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FIERY FOOD CHILLI FESTIVAL The Easter weekend saw thousands of people trekking down to Hove Lawns on search of some hot stuff at the Fiery Food Chilli Festival.

The festival, which coincided with the start of the chilli growing season, intended to raise awareness of the spicy little vegetables. Amongst the attractions was live music, cookery demos, comedy and plenty of stalls selling endless variations of chilli-based product. Customers could toast the fine weather with a Passion Fruit and Chilli Martini or could cool down with world’s hottest chilli ice cream: ‘Satan’s Mother-in-law’. The highlight of the weekend, besides the curious sight of two errant Daleks hanging around the venue, had to be the chilli eating contest, where fool-hardy pushed their pain thresholds by consuming hotter and hotter varieties of chillies.

In case you didn’t know the heat of a chilli pepper is measured in Scoville heat units (SHU), which is the number of times a chilli extract must be diluted in water for it to lose its heat. Your bogstandard Bell pepper ranks at 0 SHU, whilst Jalapeño comes in at a sizzling 3,000–6,000 SHU.

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The rules to this contest are simple. You eat the chilli, you don’t spit anything out and you certainly don’t extinguish the burning sensation in your upper digestive system by drinking the milk that had been strategically placed in front of the straining participants.

The finals of this crazy contest saw the contestants sweating and groaning their way through the proceedings. It’s not a pretty sight to see someone going through that much pain. Slowly people started dropping out complaining of stomach cramps and possibly heat stroke. However two of them seemed incapable of throwing in the towel. Eventually they were presented with a Dorset Naga for their consumption. One of these bad boys weighs in at a stomach melting 16,000,000 SHU, not that this perturbed our two heroic finalists. They simply downed them and waited for more. The competition could easily have carried on all night (or at least till someone was hospitalized) if it wasn’t for the judges begging the hot headed competitors to stop. This is probably fortunate, as there didn’t seem to be anything hotter to eat – unless they fancied chomping down a stray chunk of lava.

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FOOD & DRINK

NICK AND FRANCO’S The lanes can be, at the best of times, a labyrinth of twists and turns and it’s easy to get lost in the maze of tiny lanes. Starting at Meeting House Lane, leave yourself a trail of crumbs down into Brighton Square and you’ll come across Nick and Franco’s, a real deal Italian eatery. Chef Franco stays true to his Italian roots by cooking authentic Italian food which hasn’t been tailored or adjusted to accommodate our English perception of Italian cuisine.

In fact, you can grab a bag of pasta and a sauce of your choice for just £2.75 to take away for dinner – now that is seriously good value!

Everything is prepared fresh each day on the premises right down to the breads and pasta sauces. They also serve Italian style Panini’s with outstanding quality ingredients such as smoked tuna or chorizo sausages sourced locally or in Italy where appropriate. Or opt for one of the delicious pasta dishes of the day with your choice of sauce.

So the perfect way to start your day? Easy, an excellent cuppa coffee and hearty Italian breakfast on Brighton Square over the newspaper or simply people watching from 8 to 12pm. Any later than that, you can team your coffee with a great lunch in a vibey cafe that is going places.

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Of course, no Italian establishment would be complete without s simply great cup of coffee and these guys rock serving Illy coffees, cappuccino’s and espresso’s from Arabica beans. Illy works closely with their producers providing intensive training and support on a continuous basis.

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SUPERHEROES OF BMX The self-proclaimed avant-garde DJ collective ‘Superheroes of BMX’ are quickly becoming a Brighton favourite, with their oddball dubby pop performances providing the Grand Central and Freebutt clientele with something a little different every month during their residency slots. We chat to the three stalwarts of the ever-changing band, Russell, Al and Mike, to find out more about the crazy outfit.

So guys, please introduce yourself and what is your superhero quest in the music world?

Russell: My name is Russell and my quest is to make people dance like no-one’s watching. Like they’ve just put on the Lion King soundtrack and are flailing around their bedroom in their pants yelling “oh I just can’t wait to be king” at the top of their lungs. Like that but everyone doing it in front of each other.

Al: My name is Al, and I suppose my personal quest is stop the Brighton scene from being totally dominated by trite, generic scenesters, more

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worried about getting shoddy tattoos or the latest “it” band. It kinda bums us out that theres no substance, no real thought… everything the same as every other night. So much like Russell, I just like playing records you can seduce a lady to.

Mike: I’m Michael, also referred to as Catface on occasion. I just mainly enjoy the fact that I’ve been somehow getting away with playing the sort of music i’ve been playing for the last year or so.

If you could say we have quest, then i think it’s simply to play only the music we feel like playing without any compromise and not play stuff just because we think it’s what people definitely want to hear.

So what can the party going public expect from a night with the superheroes of bmx playing?

Al: Irreverent humour, tongue-in-cheek song selections, good basslines, air guitar; punk rock, Puff Daddy and pirate costumes. It’s all pretty sedate really.

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expected. You’ll hear some incredibly good music that you’ve never heard before, some stuff you’ll know but forgot you liked, we don’t take things too seriously either so there’s always a bit of an element of humour. On the whole it’s kind of a musical odyssey through time, a freakshow of music.

Your Facebook page says you do DJ sets in very odd places: please elaborate...

Russell: We have a habit of playing places that hate the music we play. One place locked us in the basement behind the toilets and if the volume got louder than background talking, the owner would come down and tell us off. I also remember playing a bar that looked like a Turkish brothel but with Scaletrix. One night the only clientèle consisted of an old man in a tracksuit that stood in the doorway trying to convince passer-bys that they should join the BNP, but it was okay because his friend had a bleeding lip and was wearing American Football protective padding with Guiness slippers....

Al: Yeah, it is just simply a case of us being really quite defiantly ourselves, yet ending up playing to the R ‘n’ B market… is funny as fuck to lull them into a false sense of security by dropping some ineffectual, chart fodder hip hop and then BAM! On goes the gay disco and Slayer!

Mike: We haven’t played anywhere odd or scary for a while now, it would be nice to maybe play a gig by a duck pond or at a supermarket deli counter or something.

Who and what influences the music you play?

Al: My influences are many and yet not so varied.

Sounds fucking clichéd, but I just play records that I like… they are usually quite quirky yet happy-golucky so no-one ever has reason to pipe up. We just play stuff that’s different, but not uncomfortable.

Mike: Very hard to say who influences what I play, I suppose Al and Russel directly influence what I play more than anything, because there’s a little bit of an element of trying to out-do each other and raise the bar on what’s gone before. In a weird way the venue also seems to subconsciously influence what we play.

So what brought you guys together and what qualities do you individually bring to the group?

Mike: We joined forces in an attempt to revive a horribly failing night in a pub that you wouldn’t even know was there. It didn’t work though mind, but we had fun seeing its demise. I like all kinds of music, but I’m probably the one who plays the most electronic stuff.

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Russell: Al asked me to play some music after he put my band [Cautionhorses] on. What do I bring to the group? My incredible dance moves and the inability to press “play” at the right time.

Al: I used to work with Mike, and yeah I put Cautionhorses on a few times. What do I bring to the group? Patchy facial hair, neurotic whines, low end terror and a vast and extensive collection of imported cheeses. A boy’s gotta eat after all.

Where can we hear you play?

Al: We play every Saturday at Grand Central (just

by Brighton Station). Every second Friday of the month we host ‘BRAINS’ up at The West Hill, then every third Friday we have ‘CLUB SEAL’ at the Freebutt/Penthouse. All the gigs are free, so yeah, uh… come?

My expert Googling skills tell me, ‘Supeheroes of BMX’ is a song by Mogwai. Is your name a homage to the group or did it just sound cool?

Russell: I respect Mogwai as musicians and for what they have accomplished but I saw them live and they were quite boring - I think I actually fell asleep. Plus they’ve spawned a tremendous glut of less-talented, equally-boring post-rock bands which I often find I’m subjected to. So for me, it’s definitely not a homage. But the name is cool we’re superheroes! And on BMXs! Yeah!

Mike: The name IS a Mogwai reference… back before Superheroes of BMX, I was a lone wolf so to speak. I didn’t have a sweet DJ name so it was a case of every random gig I did somewhere, I’d call it after a song: usually the one I was listening to when the Facebook/Myspace invites went out. But when Mike and I started playing together, and then Russell joined the fold, I decided to use it as an umbrella name for us. I think people sometimes make the mistake of thinking it’s just me, but I think that’s just because I do all the mail outs, art, gig booking etc. That’s only because Mike and Russell both have proper jobs, whereas I’m a scrounger! And incidentally, we’re trainee superheroes… there’s a surprising amount of red tape and certificates. And none of us ride BMXs, I have no balance and Mike is banned for cycle rage.

Part of that last statement is true!

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FASHION Going Underground with Fabulous Underwear!

Just like building a house, the basis for all good outfits can be found at it’s foundations. Underwear is where it’s at.

It’s good to have a selection of cotton, strapless, nude, lace and seamless t-shirt bras in your undies draw. Organise these well to save you time.

Separate your everyday ones from your sports and evening ones using old shoe boxes as dividers.

Line draws with pretty paper and add a scented bag or two.

Why not have a spring clean and have a good cull anything stretched, discoloured, holey or too tight can go. As a rule of thumb new bras can last you about six months and knickers up to a year. Look after them by hand washing. If you only machine wash, do the straps up and pop them in a pillow case. This is a great way to protect delicate lace.

Arrange or ask for a professional fitting. There is a bra out there for you that will make you feel like Superwoman. Fittings are normally a free service at all good underwear stores.

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MAY 2010

LISTINGS Saturday 1st

AUDIO CLUB Blogger’s Delight Julio Bashmore House/electro/techno 11pm-4am FREE AUDIO DAY ABOVE AUDIO Terrace Party disco, reggae, Balearic 2pm-8pm FREE BELUSHIS Credit Crunch Saturdays The Pillbilly’s live acoustic duo 9pm-2am FREE BELUSHIS BELOW Good Times over 25’s party 9pm-2am with DJ Mick Fuller Entry £5 BRUNSWICK Radio City Theatre Comedy 1pm/3pm £10 BRUNSWICK King Porter Stomp 8pm £5 COALITION Blow (afterparty) house/electro/ techno £7/5/4 3am-7am COALITION POP MUSIK Mattatat and Eddie The Goatboy playing the finest mix of electropop and indie disco 10-4am £10/8 (5 facebook members) CONCORDE 2 Early Show Ash sold out CONCORDE 2 Freebass 11pm-5am FREE FORTUNE OF WAR BETA HECTOR new signing to Tru Thoughts - BANK HOLIDAY SPECIAL 9:30pm–Late FREE FUNKY BUDDHA MAXXI SOUNDSYSTEM & GO BANG LAUNCH 11-pm - 3am £5 before midnight more after GEMINI Tin Cup Collective 1-7pm free GRAND CENTRAL TRACKS Dan & Niall (Gogglez) and Stu (Positive) + guests on rotation 8-1 free HOPE DA DOO RON RON IT’S ALIVE! STEPHANIE O’BRIEN (THE PUPPINI SISTERS) & THE McDEATH TRIO + YOU’RE YOUNG. 8pm - midnight £5adv / £6/£5concs on the door JAM The Stash / Jam’s official relaunch night 8-3 £4 JAZZ PLACE Hug Da Bug A random party with a changing theme FREE KOMEDIA Seal Skin 1pm £6/£4 KOMEDIA The Silent Movie Experience 3.30pm £7/£5 KOMEDIA Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre 6pm £10 KOMEDIA How To Survive A Zombie Apocalypse 8pm £8/£6 KOMEDIA Krater Comedy Club 7pm £29 (meal-deal) / £17.50, & 10.30pm, £23 (mealdeal) / £15 KOMEDIA How To Get Almost Anyone To Want To Sleep With You- stand-up show 8.30pm £12/£10 KOMEDIA Vive La Fip 10pm £6/£5 KOMEDIA Guilty Pleasures-pop music 11pm £12/£10 adv Life HOLD UP! Indie night 11-4am £5 PRINCE ALBERT Omarashi + Chasing Ora + Wanderdown PROVIDENCE Rock Night 8pm £1 RIKI TIK Shakedown presents “Shades of blue” 50’s/60’s & 70’s Jazz & Jazz Funk 10pm-3am £free

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SIDEWINDER Cinqo de Mayo weekend- celebration of all things Mexican 12pm-close THE LOFT 13 Monsters Drumtrax/Alt-Guitar Junk/Hip Hop/Future Jack Swing 11pm 3am £4/£5 WESTERN FRONT RELEASE bank hol special Disco, Funk, Indie, Alternative, Dance & Party Classics. 9pm until 2am. Free.

Sunday 2nd

AUDIO Kissy Sell Out BELUSHIS 1st Annual Rock, Paper, Scissors international Championship 8.00pm –11pm.

Free entry BELUSHIS Below Bank Holiday Funky House Party 10pm – 3am, free entry BRUNSWICK Art Themen- british jazz saxophonist 8pm £7 COALITION Frequency house/breaks/electro 6-3.30 £free/2 CONCORDE 2 Apparat and Skate+Adam Freeland 8pm-3am £12 adv+bf GEMINI Afrodelic 1-7pm free Grand Central PANDA BEAR, NOISE ATTACK POP, OBSCURE HIP HOP AND DISCO 9-2am free GRAND CENTRAL Louis B - Live Blues KOMEDIA Seal Skin 1pm £6/4 KOMEDIA Sea Sisters-one woman show 3pm £5/£3.50 KOMEDIA Bent Double 7.30pm £21.50 (meal deal)/£10/£8 KOMEDIA How To Survive A Zombie Apocalypse 8pm £8/£6 KOMEDIA Krater Comedy Club 8pm, £22.50 (meal-deal) / £11 / £6 conc KOMEDIA Wilfredo 10pm £8/£6 KOMEDIA Snake Pit: From Dust ‘til Dawn rock n roll cabaret 11pm-4am £15/£12 adv LIFE AKA AKA ROAR KODE 9, UNTOLD, RAMADANMAN 4-LATE PRINCE ALBERT Palm Springs + Jane Bartholomew + Robert Stillman + DJ Chris Almighty RIKI TIK Small World Social DJs from around the world 10pm-2am £free THE GLOBE Hot-Tip Hi-Fi Early Reggae, Rocksteady and Roots 9-2am £free WESTERN FRONT The Biscuit Chronicles – Festival Fringe Show. 8pm - 9:30pm. £5/£4conc/ RELEASE bank hol special Disco, Funk, Indie, Alternative, Dance & Party Classics.8pm until 1am. Free.

Monday 3rd

BELUSHIS Latin Mondayz 10pm-2am, Salsa & Samba DJ, free entry BRUNSWICK The Ben Sarfas Quartet 8pm £8 COALITION Trash Mondays Student night

10.30-3.30am £free b411 CONCORDE 2 Alabama 3 7.30pm-11pm £16 adv+bf FUNKY BUDDHA STUDENTS WITH STYLE£3 NUS, £5 Others 11pm-4am HOPE THE H’OPEN MIC (downstairs) 8.30pm FREE ENTRY/ THE LYREBIRDS SINGLE LAUNCH SPECIAL GUEST SUPPORT FROM THE MACCABEES (DJ SET) & THE AGITATOR (upstairs) 8pm £5 JAM Rhumba Dub Club 10pm - 2am £4 KOMEDIA How To Survive A Zombie Apocalypse 6.45pm £8/£6 KOMEDIA Afrobeat Reggae Showdown: Resonators & United Vibrations 7.30 £8/£6 RIKI TIK Time to Awesome. Figure Of Wax & J-devious.11pm-2am £free Sidewinder Poker Night £5 WESTERN FRONT The Biscuit Chronicles – Festival Fringe Show. 8pm - 9:30pm. £5/£4concs

Tuesday 4th

BELUSHIS Mod For It 10pm-2am, free entry, DJ playing Mod & Ska BELUSHIS Below Elements, 9pm-2am, Entry £1, Drum & Bass BRUNSWICK Miss Hope Springs- live music 8pm £6/£5 COALITION DON’T FORGET - FIESTA RnB, Disco, New Reggaeton, Funky Latin, Pop, Hip hop & Funky House 11.30-3.30 2/3 CONCORDE 2 The Bronx 7.30-13pm £11 adv+bf FORTUNE OF WAR Open Mic 9pm-1am £free HOPE SLIPJAM B open mic hip-hop jam 9pm – midnight FREE ENTRY JAM OUT OF THE BLUE (early show) Live music showcase featuring the best in local talent 8-10.30 £3 JAM Pot Kettle Black Indie night 10pm - 2am £1/2 KOMEDIA How To Survive A Zombie Apocalypse 6.45pm £8/£6 LIFE The Vice Social Student night 10.30-2 .30am NUS £free/£2 PRINCE ALBERT Statues + Vicious Cycle Sidewinder Open Mic 8pm WESTERN FRONT The Biscuit Chronicles – Festival Fringe Show. 8pm - 9:30pm. £5/£4concs

Wednesday 5th

AUDIO Supercharged Foreign Beggars 11pm - 3am BELUSHIS Old Skool Sessions, 10pm-2am, free entry, DJ, early 90’s house BRUNSWICK Der Wunderlich Revueboylesque night 7.30pm £9 CONCORDE 2 The Bluetones 7.30-11pm

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£13adv+bf HOPE LIVE BAND NIGHT 8:00 – Late £TBC GEMINI Afrodelic beach lounging with pop, R&B and soul 2-7pm free KOMEDIA How To Survive A Zombie Apocalypse 6.45pm £8/£6 KOMEDIA Dr Phil’s Rude Health Show 8pm £15 KOMEDIA Steve Dela’s Phantasmagoriaconjuring/illusion 8pm £12.50/£10 KOMEDIA Trouba-Folk: U Can Jump 8.45pm £10/£8 LIFE Broke? The £1 Midweek mash up! 11-3 £1 before 1am PRINCE ALBERT The Wilderness Of Manitoba + Thirty Pounds Of Bone + Twenty-One Crows RIKI TIK Balkan Breaks 10pm-2am £free SIDEWINDER Garden Quiz and Steak Haoss 8pm £1 THE LOFT Shock Shock Indie Night 10pm3am £4/£3nus WESTERN FRONT The Biscuit Chronicles – Festival Fringe Show. 8pm - 9:30pm. £5/£4concs

Thursday 6th

AUDIO Bastard Pop Indie/Pop 10-3 £2 BELUSHIS Karaoke 9pm -2am Free entry & prizes BELUSHIS Below Party on the Ceiling 9.30pm-2am, Entry £2/£1 Nus BRUNSWICK WTF? Presents Achilles, The Morning Orchestra & The Wasp Factory 8pm £5 COALITION Secret Discotheque shamefully unfashionable music 10.30-3.30am £1/2/3 DIGITAL Throw Some Shapes Presents PEANUT BUTTER WOLF 11-4am Advance Tickets £8 + BF CONCORDE 2 Mr Hudson 7.30pm-11pm £12.50 adv+bf Gemini Chuckin 2-7pm free GRAND CENTRAL Harry Tricks & The Magic Number Dixie/Gipsy/Swing bands 8-11pm free GREAT EASTERN Shamblin Sexton’s music to drink Bourbon to JAM Fish Fry 50’s US Rhythm & Blues/ original Jamaican Ska + more 10-2am £1/2 KOMEDIA Duodort-acoustic music 8pm £8/£5 KOMEDIA Krater Tag Comedy 8pm £16.50 (meal deal)/£8.50/£6.50 KOMEDIA Andrew Maxwell-stand up 8.30pm £12/£10 conc KOMEDIA Tony Garulos: Espectacular Circus Internacional 9.30pm £6 LIFE Shameless Student night 11-3 £1 before 1am PENTHOUSE Hot-Tip Hi-Fi Early Reggae, Rocksteady and Roots 7.30-midnight £free PRINCE ALBERT Austin Lucas (U.S) + El Morgan + Crazy Arm + Kelly Kemp PROVIDENCE KILLA MANJARO + PABLO AND THE PAINTSET + FLEXABILITY 8pm £1 RIKI TIK Scribble- Hip-hop, funk and breaks 8pm-3am £free SIDEWINDER Ants in the Carpet nights of British influence from the 1980s to now 8.30pm £free THE LOFT Miami Beach Party Salsa classes 8pm-10pm £5/£4 WESTERN FRONT BLINGUAL – LANGUAGE

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EXCHANGE PARTY. Free. 8pm until late.

Friday 7th

ALI CATS Acoustic Club 8-12.30 £2.5/4 AUDIO Minimal Kids David Keno (Get Physical) 11-4am £5/7 BASEMENT Brighton festival: KIM NOBLE MUST DIE Live performance showcasing Kim Noble’s plans for departing this world 9pm £10 BASEMENT Brighton festival WORLD OF WRONG Live performance showcasing the schizophrenically chaotic world of the 2 wrongies 7.30pm £8 BELUSHIS Muy Loco 9-2am Free entry, dance competition, DJ pop/house/rnb BELUSHIS Below Club Flash 10-3am, 80’s Pop Disco/ fancy dress, entry £5/£4 nus BRUNSWICK The Lost Highway- Americana 7pm £7 COALITION Blow (afterparty) house/ electro/ techno £7/5/4 3am-7am COALITION Floorplay house with Prok+Fitch 10-4am £10/8 (£7 b4 11) CONCORDE 2 Look Beyond 7pm-9pm £8.50adv+bf FORTUNE OF WAR Shake Hands Lets Party 9:30pm – Late £Free FUNKY BUDDHA Drink.Dance.RepeatForget high entrance prices and expensive drinks, your weekends have changed!

JAM OK Live Launch Party Rob The Rich + Caesars Rome 8-LATE £3/5 HOPE SKINNY MACHINES + MERLINS 8pm – late £5 / £4 with flyer KOMEDIA Barbara and Yogashwara’s Safe Space-adult comedy -CARAVAN (based on Kensignton Street): Every hour, on the hour, 2pm – 10pm £5 KOMEDIA Pub Rock (Cartoon de Salvo) 7.30pm £7 KOMEDIA Krater Comedy Club 7.30pm, £27.50 (meal-deal)/£16 KOMEDIA This Is Elvis and The Burning Love Band 9pm £26.50 (meal deal)/£15 KOMEDIA Wilfredo 10pm £8/£6 LIFE BIG FISH LITTLE FISH CARBOARD BOX The very best in Fidget, Bassline and Electro house 11-3 £4 before 12 PRINCE ALBERT The Hornblower Brothers(Single launch) + Foxes! + Forestears PROVIDENCE Battle of the Bands 2010AD Coda Luna + Raised on Replicas + New Sun Blues + Garageflower 8pm £1 RIKI TIK Voodoo- Nick Maxwell & DJ Insight 8pm-3am £free THE LOFT Clive Henry 10pm-3am THE LOFT Malicious Alternative Sleaze & Cheese 10pm – 3am £2 NUS/£3 b4 Midnight £4 WESTERN FRONT RELEASE Disco, Funk, Indie, Alternative, Dance & Party Classics.

9pm until 2am. Free.

Saturday 8th

AUDIO Club: Cool Your jets Harvard Bass 11pm - 4am FREE AUDIO Day: Above Audio Terrace Party disco, reggae, Balearic. 2pm-8pm FREE BASEMENT Brighton festival: KIM NOBLE MUST DIE Live performance showcasing Kim Noble’s plans for departing this world 9pm £10

BASEMENT Brighton festival: WORLD OF WRONG Live performance showcasing the schizophrenically chaotic world of the 2 wrongies 7.30pm £8 BELUSHIS Credit Crunch Saturdays The Pillbilly’s live acoustic duo, 9pm-2am, Free entry BELUSHIS Below Good Times over 25’s party, 9pm-2am with DJ Mick Fuller, Entry £5 BRUNSWICK Ferry of Fools comedy 3pm £8/£6 BRUNSWICK The Blues Corporation 7.45pm £10/£9 COALITION Blow (afterparty) house/ electro/ techno £7/5/4 3am-7am COALITION Floorplay house with Prok+Fitch 10-4am £10/8 (£7 b4 11) CONCORDE 2 Digitalism 11pm-4am £15 adv+bf CONCORDE 2 Teenspirit 7pm-9.30pm £7.50 adv+bf FORTUNE OF WAR FLEVANS- tru thought signing 9:30pm – Late £Free FUNKY BUDDHA MAXXI SOUNDSYSTEM & JOHNNY ROCKS 11-pm - 3am £5 before midnight more after GEMINI The Summertime Miracle Band 1-7pm free GRAND CENTRAL TRACKS Dan & Niall (Gogglez) and Stu (Positive) + guests on rotation 8-1 free JAM Bunny & The Bull (film screening) plus The Ralfe Band (live) 8-LATE £6 JAZZ PLACE Resonance dubstep . garage . funk . dub . hip hop . drum and bass 10pm – 3am KOMEDIA Krater Comedy Club 7pm £29 (meal-deal) / £17.50, & 10.30pm, £23 (mealdeal) / £15 KOMEDIA The Origin of the Species-musical comedy 1pm £10/£6 KOMEDIA Pub Rock (Cartoon de Salvo) 7.30pm £7 KOMEDIA Barbara and Yogashwara’s Safe Space-adult comedy -CARAVAN (based on Kensignton Street): Every hour, on the hour, 2pm – 10pm £5 KOMEDIA The Silent Movie Experience 3.30pm £7/£5 KOMEDIA Terrafolk 8pm £12 KOMEDIA Brighton Rock, rock night 11pm £6 KOMEDIA Stone to the Bone-soul&funk 11pm-3am £5 LIFE HOLD UP! Indie night 11-4am £5 PRINCE ALBERT 2pm Creatures Of Love + support PROVIDENCE Acoustic Night Damn Dirty Humans (TBC) + Lucy Elliot + The Charleston JAM + Bygone (TBC) 8pm £1 RIKI TIK Askew- Barry Dust playing soul, funk and eclectic 10pm – 3am £free SIDEWINDER Cider festival from 2pm The Loft Malicious Alternative Sleaze & Cheese 10pm - 3am £2/£3/£4 WESTERN FRONT RELEASE Disco, Funk, Indie, Alternative, Dance & Party Classics.

9pm until 2am. Free.

Sunday 9th

BRUNSWICK Paul Diello & Friends-live music 7.30pm £6/£5 COALITION Frequency house/breaks/electro 10.30-3.30 £free/2 CONCORDE 2 The Fall 7.30pm-11pm

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£17.50adv+bf Gemini The Move Ons 1-7pm free Grand Central PANDA BEAR, NOISE ATTACK POP, OBSCURE HIP HOP AND DISCO 9-2am free GREAT EASTERN Max and the Swing Commanders - Live Jazz KOMEDIA A Bit of Oral-poetry 3.30pm £5/4 KOMEDIA Fado,Portugese singer 5.30pm £10/£8 KOMEDIA Short Fuse short fiction cabaret showcase 7.30pmn £5 KOMEDIA Adrian Edmondson and The Bad Shepherds 7.30pm £15 KOMEDIA Krater Comedy Club 8pm, £22.50 (meal-deal) / £11 / £6 conc KOMEDIA Barbara and Yogashwara’s Safe Space-adult comedy -CARAVAN (based on Kensignton Street): Every hour, on the hour, 1pm – 9pm £5 KOMEDIA The Origin of the Species-musical comedy 1pm £10/£6 PRINCE ALBERT Blue note 1955-65 Revisited RIKI TIK Small World Social DJs from around the world 10pm-2am £free WESTERN FRONT The Biscuit Chronicles – Festival Fringe Show. 8pm - 9:30pm. £5/£4concs

Monday 10th

BELUSHIS Latin Mondayz 10pm-2am, Salsa & Samba DJ, free entry BRUNSWICK Der Wunderlich Revueboylesque night 7.30pm £9 COALITION Trash Mondays Student night 10.30-3.30am £free b411 CONCORDE 2 Deerhunter 8pm-11pm £12.50adv+bf FUNKY BUDDHA STUDENTS WITH STYLE£3 NUS, £5 Others 11pm-4am HOPE THE H’OPEN MIC (downstairs) 8.30pm FREE ENTRY KOMEDIA The Origin of the Species-musical comedy 7pm £10/£6 KOMEDIA Hardeep Singh Kohli – The Nearly Naked Chef 7.30pm £12.50/£10 KOMEDIA The Books with Anna Calvi 8pm £15 LIFE AKA AKA ROAR Dubstep night 10.30-2 .30am £2 before 12 PRINCE ALBERT Funeral Hag + Gorse + Dopefight + Damaged RIKI TIK Time to Awesome. Figure Of Wax & J-devious.11pm-2am £free SIDEWINDER Poker Night £5 WESTERN FRONT The Biscuit Chronicles – Festival Fringe Show. 8pm - 9:30pm. £5/£4concs

Tuesday 11th

BELUSHIS Mod For It 10pm-2am, free entry, DJ playing Mod & Ska BELUSHIS Below Elements, 9pm-2am, Entry £1, Drum & Bass BRUNSWICK Colin Adamson’s Hypnosis Experience 8pm £6 COALITION DON’T FORGET - FIESTA RnB, Disco, New Reggaeton, Funky Latin, Pop, Hip hop & Funky House 11.30-3.30 2/3 FORTUNE OF WAR Open Mic 9pm-1am £free HOPE SCREAMING TUPELO, SKINNY LOVE AND GUESTS 8;00 – Late £TBC

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JAM OUT OF THE BLUE (early show) Live music showcase featuring the best in local talent 8-10.30 £3 JAM Pot Kettle Black Indie night 10pm - 2am £1/2 KOMEDIA The Origin of the Species-musical comedy 7pm £10/£6 KOMEDIA Old Rope Comedy 8pm £6 Komedia Africa Unite 2: African Night Fever 8.30pm £8 KOMEDIA Desperate For Love Poetry night 8.30pm £3.50 LIFE The Vice Social Student night 10.30-2 .30am NUS £free/£2 PRINCE ALBERT The Heavy Horse Band + Mark Morgan + The Elms SIDEWINDER Open Mic 8pm WESTERN FRONT The Biscuit Chronicles – Festival Fringe Show. 8pm - 9:30pm. £5/£4concs

Wednesday 12th

AUDIO Supercharged Dj Fresh 11pm - 3am BELUSHIS Old Skool Sessions, 10pm-2am, free entry, DJ, early 90’s house BELUSHIS Below Strapped’ Student Night 10pm-2am, free entry NUS, rock pop & House.

BRUNSWICK Laugh your Bits Off 8pm £9 CONCORDE 2 Emergenza Festival 6.30pm12.30am tickets on door only GEMINI Afrodelic beach lounging with pop, R&B and soul 2-7pm free HOPE ESCAPE FROM CORNWALL- folk music. 8:00 – Late £TBC KOMEDIA The Origin of the Species-musical comedy 7pm £10/£6 KOMEDIA Antonio Forcione: Solo 8pm £26.50 (meal deal)/£15/£12 KOMEDIA Stephen Grant: Facepalm 8pm £12/£10 KOMEDIA Javier Moreno 8.30pm £8/£6 LIFE Broke? The £1 Midweek mash up! 11-3 £1 before 1am PRINCE ALBERT The Heavy Horse Band + Mark Morgan + The Elms RIKI TIK Balkan Breaks 10pm-2am £free SIDEWINDER Garden Quiz and Steak Haoss 8pm £1 WESTERN FRONT The Biscuit Chronicles – Festival Fringe Show. 8pm - 9:30pm. £5/£4concs

Thursday 13th

AUDIO Bastard Pop - Great Escape afterparty 11-3 £2 AUDIO Early show: Great Escape Levi’s Ones To Watch 9pm-11pm BELUSHIS Karaoke 9pm -2am Free entry & prizes BELUSHIS Below Party on the Ceiling 9.30pm-2am, Entry £2/£1 Nus BRUNSWICK Kitty Cointreau’s BraHaHa burlesque, cabaret and comedy 8pm £8 COALITION Secret Discotheque shamefully unfashionable music 10.30-3.30am £1/2/3 CONCORDE 2 The Great Escape 7pm-4am £22.50adv+bf FORTUNE OF WAR THE GREAT ESCAPE 9:30pm – Late £Free GEMINI The Great Escape 2-7pm free GRAND CENTRAL Harry Tricks & The Magic Number Dixie/Gipsy/Swing bands 8-11pm free

GREAT EASTERN The Crucks - live funtime country HOPE THE GREAT ESCAPE FESTIVAL 12:00 – Late £GTE wrist band required JAM Fish Fry 50’s US Rhythm & Blues/ original Jamaican Ska + more 10-2am £1/2 KOMEDIA The Great Escape KOMEDIA Hammer & Tongue Festival Showcase 7.30pm £5 KOMEDIA Krater Comedy Club 7.30pm, £27.50 (meal-deal)/£16 LIFE Shameless Student night 11-3 £1 before 1am PRINCE ALBERT Chapel Club + Stricken City + Wilder + Ingrid Olava PROVIDENCE TOY + FIREWORKS FOR SUMMER + FOUNDER 8pm £1 RIKI TIK Scribble- Hip-hop, funk and breaks 8pm-3am £free SIDEWINDER Ants in the Carpet nights of British influence from the 1980s to now 8.30pm £free THE LOFT Miami Beach Party Salsa classes 8pm-10pm Salasa/Reggaeton/Old Skool 10pm-3am £5/£4 WESTERN FRONT BLINGUAL – LANGUAGE EXCHANGE PARTY. Free. 8pm until late.

Friday 14th

AUDIO Early show: Great Escape Levi’s Ones To Watch 9pm-11pm AUDIO Great Escape afterparty Alex Metric, Primary 1 11pm - 4am BEES MOUTH Hot-Tip Hi-Fi Early Reggae, Rocksteady and Roots 8.30-1.30am £free BELUSHIS Muy Loco 9-2am Free entry, dance competition, DJ pop/house/rnb BELUSHIS Below Club Flash 10-3am, 80’s Pop Disco/ fancy dress, entry £5/£4 nus BRUNSWICK The Grand Majestic funk/pop 8pm £6 COALITION THE GREAT ESCAPE CONCORDE 2 The Great Escape 7pm-4am £27.50adv+bf FORTUNE OF WAR THE GREAT ESCAPE 9:30pm – Late £Free FUNKY BUDDHA Drink.Dance.RepeatForget high entrance prices and expensive drinks, your weekends have changed!

GRAND CENTRAL Swing DeVille/Gypsy Jazz 8-11pm free HOPE THE GREAT ESCAPE FESTIVAL 12:00 – Late £GTE wrist band required JAZZ PLACE Tongues Indie 11pm – 3am £4/£3 NUS KOMEDIA The Great Escape KOMEDIA Krater Comedy Club 7.30pm, £27.50 (meal-deal)/£16 LIFE BIG FISH LITTLE FISH CARBOARD BOX The very best in Fidget, Bassline and Electro house 11-3 £4 befre 12 PRINCE ALBERT Killa Flaw + Lyrebirds + Ellen and the Escapades + Michael K + Jonathan Jeremiah PROVIDENCE Mauve (TBC) + The Tales + Liquid Fuse (TBC) 8pm £1 RIKI TIK Voodoo- Nick Maxwell & DJ Insight 8pm-3am £free WESTERN FRONT RELEASE Disco, Funk, Indie, Alternative, Dance & Party Classics.

9pm until 2am. Free.

Saturday 15th

AUDIO Day: Above Audio Terrace Party dis-

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co, reggae, Balearic. 2pm-8pm FREE AUDIO SOL: Great Escape afterparty in assoc. w/ Levis Fenech Soler (Live), Battery Powered 11pm - 4am BELUSHIS Credit Crunch Saturdays The Pillbilly’s live acoustic duo, 9pm-2am, Free entry BELUSHIS Below Good Times over 25’s party, 9pm-2am with DJ Mick Fuller, Entry £5 BRUNSWICK Ferry of Fools comedy 3pm £8/£6 BRUNSWICK The Black Hats live music 8pm £5 COALITION Blow (afterparty) house/ electro/ techno £7/5/4 3am-7am COALITION THE GREAT ESCAPE CONCORDE 2 The Great Escape 7pm4am £30adv+bf FORTUNE OF WAR THE GREAT ESCAPE 9:30pm – Late £Free FUNKY BUDDHA MAXXI SOUNDSYSTEM & SERGE SANTIAGO 11-pm - 3am £5 before midnight more after GEMINI The Great Escape 1-7pm free GRAND CENTRAL TRACKS Dan & Niall (Gogglez) and Stu (Positive) + guests on rotation 8-1 free HOPE THE GREAT ESCAPE FESTIVAL 12:00 – Late £GTE wrist band required JAM The Great Escape KOMEDIA The Great Escape KOMEDIA Krater Comedy Club 7pm £29 (meal-deal) / £17.50, & 10.30pm, £23 (meal-deal) / £15 LIFE HOLD UP! Indie night 11-4am £5 PRINCE ALBERT Crocodiles + Is Tropical + La Shark + The Rural Alberta Advantage + T.B.C PROVIDENCE Rock Night Trip to Dover + Dlugokecki + Blisstrooper 8pm £1 RIKI TIK No School Breaks 10pm – 3am £free SIDEWINDER Danceteria 8pm-late £free WESTERN FRONT RELEASE Disco, Funk, Indie, Alternative, Dance & Party Classics. 9pm until 2am. Free.

Sunday 16th

BRUNSWICK Straight No Chaser live music 2pm £free BRUNSWICK Ukulele Sundays 3pm £free BRUNSWICK Liane Carroll, jazz 8pm £12 COALITION Frequency house/breaks/ electro 10.30-3.30 £free/2 CONCORDE 2 London to Brighton Mini Rally 11am-5pm £free GEMINI Afrodelic 1-7pm free GRAND CENTRAL PANDA BEAR, NOISE ATTACK POP, OBSCURE HIP HOP AND DISCO 9-2am free GREAT EASTERN Paul Richards - Live Latin Jazz KOMEDIA The Flying Monk- physical comedy 5.30pm £6/£4 KOMEDIA Frisky and Mannish’s School Of Pop 7.30pm £21.50 (meal deal)/£10 KOMEDIA Krater Comedy Club 8pm, £22.50 (meal-deal) / £11 / £6 conc PRINCE ALBERT Six Gallery + Dalla Russia

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RIKI TIK Small World Social DJs from around the world 10pm-2am £free

Monday 17th

AUDIO Beat and chips 11pm - 3am £1 BASEMENT Brighton festival: CUTTING THE CORD Flying 8pm £8 (prebook) BASEMENT Brighton festival: HOW DO YOU LIKE MY LANDSCAPE 9pm £10 (prebook) BELUSHIS Latin Mondayz 10pm-2am, Salsa & Samba DJ, free entry BRUNSWICK Sussex Universities Big Band 8pm £4/£3 COALITION Trash Mondays Student night 10.30-3.30am £free b411 CONCORDE 2 Wolf Parade 7.30pm-11pm £13.50adv+bf FUNKY BUDDHA STUDENTS WITH STYLE£3 NUS, £5 Others 11pm-4am HOPE THE H’OPEN MIC (downstairs) 8.30pm FREE ENTRY JAM IOU comedy KOMEDIA The Flying Monk- physical comedy 5.30pm £6/£4 KOMEDIA Ian King and Alasdair Robertsfolk music 8pm £12.50 KOMEDIA Die Roten Punkte-live music 8pm £15/£12 LIFE AKA AKA ROAR Dubstep night 10.30-2 .30am £2 before 12 PRINCE ALBERT Cute Lepers (U.S) + Authoritiesn(U.S) + Love Triangle + Corrigan RIKI TIK Time to Awesome. Figure Of Wax & J-devious.11pm-2am £free SIDEWINDER Poker Night £5

Tuesday 18th

BASEMENT Brighton festival: CUTTING THE CORD Flying 6pm £8 (prebook) BASEMENT Brighton festival: HOW DO YOU LIKE MY LANDSCAPE 7pm £10 (prebook) BELUSHIS Mod For It 10pm-2am, free entry, DJ playing Mod & Ska BELUSHIS Below Elements, 9pm-2am, Entry £1, Drum & Bass BRUNSWICK Miss Hope Springs- live music 8pm £6/£5 COALITIONDON’T FORGET - FIESTA RnB, Disco, New Reggaeton, Funky Latin, Pop, Hip hop & Funky House 11.30-3.30 2/3 FORTUNE OF WAR Open Mic 9pm-1am £free HOPE DIAGRAM OF THE HEART 8:00 – Late £6 JAM OUT OF THE BLUE (early show) Live music showcase featuring the best in local talent 8-10.30 £3 JAM Pot Kettle Black Indie night 10pm - 2am £1/2 KOMEDIA Roy Haynes and The Fountain Of Youth Band 8pm £18.50 KOMEDIA Abracadabra – German Humour Goes Global 8pm £12/£10 KOMEDIA Spirit of Gravity experimental music 8.30pm £5/£4 LIFE The Vice Social Student night 10.30-2 .30am NUS £free/£2 PRINCE ALBERT Daddy (U.S.A)....Will Kimbrough & Tommy Womack SIDEWINDER Open Mic 8pm

Wednesday 19th

AUDIO Supercharged Rusko 11pm - 3am

BASEMENT Brighton festival: CUTTING THE CORD Flying 8pm £8 (prebook) BASEMENT Brighton festival: HOW DO YOU LIKE MY LANDSCAPE 9pm £10 (prebook) BRUNSWICK Zion and the White Boys 8pm £5 BRUNSWICK Brighton Stanza, poetry group 8pm £free GEMINI Afrodelic beach lounging with pop, R&B and soul 2-7pm free JAZZ PLACE Gigglestock Comedy 7.30pm11pm £1.50/£1nus/flyer KOMEDIA Persephone’s Comedy Cabaret 7pm £8/£7 KOMEDIA New Act Night stand up 8pm £7/£5 KOMEDIA Drags Aloud at The Movies 8.30pm £12.50/£10 KOMEDIA Guest Who? improvised comedy 9.15pm £8/£6 LIFE Broke? The £1 Midweek mash up! 11-3 £1 before 1am PRINCE ALBERT Stalebreak + Aim Fire + Support RIKI TIK Balkan Breaks 10pm-2am £free SIDEWINDER Garden Quiz and Steak Haoss 8pm £1 THE LOFT Shock Shock Indie Night 10pm3am £4/£3nus

Thursday 20th

AUDIO Bastard Pop Indie/Pop 11-3 £2 BELUSHIS Karaoke 9pm -2am Free entry & prizes BELUSHIS Below Party on the Ceiling 9.30pm-2am, Entry £2/£1 Nus BRUNSWICK Samba Night with Tudo Bem! 8pm £10/£8 COALITION Secret Discotheque shamefully unfashionable music 10.30-3.30am £1/2/3 CONCORDE 2 Cymande II 7.30pm-11pm £17adv+bf GEMINI The Summertime Miracle Band 2-7pm free GRAND CENTRAL Harry Tricks & The Magic Number Dixie/Gipsy/Swing bands 8-11pm free GREAT EASTERN Danni Nicholls - Live Country HOPE CASUAL VIOLENCE 8:00 – Late £TBC JAM Fish Fry 50’s US Rhythm & Blues/ original Jamaican Ska + more 10-2am £1/2 KOMEDIA Persephone’s Comedy Cabaret 7pm £8/£7 KOMEDIA Drags Aloud at The Movies 10pm £12.50/£10 KOMEDIA Guest Who? improvised comedy 9.15pm £8/£6 KOMEDIA The Bundles 7.30pm £13 KOMEDIA The Magnets 7.30pm £13.50/£11 LIFE Shameless Student night 11-3 £1 before 1am PRINCE ALBERT Polar Night + Attic Fate + Sounds Beta PROVIDENCE THE SHADOW EMPIRE + SKY HARBOUR + STICK IN A POT 8pm £1 RIKI TIK Scribble- Hip-hop, funk and breaks 8pm-3am £free SIDEWINDER Ants in the Carpet nights of British influence from the 1980s to now 8.30pm £free THE LOFT Shock Shock Indie Night 10pm3am £4/£3nus

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WESTERN FRONT BLINGUAL – LANGUAGE EXCHANGE PARTY. Free. 8pm until late.

Friday 21st

ALI CATS Acoustic Club 8-12.30 £2.5/4 AUDIO Milk Teeth Man Like Me, Michachu 11pm - 4am £3/5 BASEMENT Brighton festival: THE MOMENT I SAW YOU I KNEW I COULD LOVE YOU 5pm/6.10pm/7.20pm/8.30pm £10 (prebook) BELUSHIS Muy Loco 9-2am Free entry, dance competition, DJ pop/house/rnb BELUSHIS Below Club Flash 10-3am, 80’s Pop Disco/ fancy dress, entry £5/£4 nus BRUNSWICK Paul Zenon’s Cabinet Of Curiosities 8pm £9 COALITION TENTELICIOUS Fundraising Festival for Tenteleni everything from reggae and ska to balkan beats and psytrance 105am £6/7 CONCORDE 2 Ska-kestra 8pm-11pm £12adv+bf CONCORDE 2 Beat Redemption 12am-6am £8adv+bf FORTUNE OF WAR Shake Hands Lets Party 9:30pm – Late £Free FUNKY BUDDHA Drink.Dance.RepeatForget high entrance prices and expensive drinks, your weekends have changed!

GRAND CENTRAL Swing DeVille/Gypsy Jazz 8-11pm free HOPE SYNTHETTIQUETTE electro night 8:00 – Late £3 JAM Dirty Money Dubstep, Grime, Dirty Electro 11-3am £3/4 JAM Redfest Warm Up Party Ice Black Birds 7.30-10.30pm £4 KOMEDIA Guest Who? improvised comedy 8.15pm £8/£6 KOMEDIA Persephone’s Comedy Cabaret 6pm £8/£7 KOMEDIA Drags Aloud at The Movies 10pm £12.50/£10 KOMEDIA Krater Comedy Club 7.30pm, £27.50 (meal-deal)/£16 KOMEDIA Showstopper!

The Improvised Musical 7.30pm £26.50 (meal deal)/£15/£12/£10 KOMEDIA Wilfredo 10pm £8/£6 KOMEDIA Born Bad 11pm £6/£5 LIFE BIG FISH LITTLE FISH CARBOARD BOX The very best in Fidget, Bassline and Electro house 11-3 £4 befre 12 PRINCE ALBERT 900 Spaces +Anagrams + November 5 + The Strutt PROVIDENCE B.O.T.B. SEMI FINAL New York, New York + Concrete Lake + Polar Night + Others 8pm £1 RIKI TIK Voodoo- Nick Maxwell & DJ Insight 8pm-3am £free WESTERN FRONT RELEASE Disco, Funk, Indie, Alternative, Dance & Party Classics.

9pm until 2am. Free.

Saturday 22nd

AUDIO Club: SOL Clouds, Oli D.A.B vs Robin 11pm - 4am FREE AUDIO Day: Above Audio Terrace Party disco, reggae, Balearic. 2pm-8pm FREE BASEMENT Brighton festival: THE MOMENT I SAW YOU I KNEW I COULD LOVE YOU 5pm/6.10pm/7.20pm/8.30pm £10 (prebook) BELUSHIS Credit Crunch Saturdays The Pillbilly’s live acoustic duo, 9pm-2am, Free

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entry BELUSHIS Below Good Times over 25’s party, 9pm-2am with DJ Mick Fuller, Entry £5 BRUNSWICK Paul Zenon’s Cabinet Of Curiosities 8pm £9 BRUNSWICK South Coast Soul Revue 8pm £5 COALITION Blow (afterparty) house/ electro/ techno £7/5/4 3am-7am COALITION Wired electro with Vincent Manganaro and Carlos Ruiz 11-4am £10/8 CONCORDE 2 Playgroup Hip Hop Festival 2pm-10pm £7adv+bf FORTUNE OF WAR FIP DJs from Paris 9:30pm - Late£Free FUNKY BUDDHA MAXXI SOUNDSYSTEM & SENOR MICK 11-pm - 3am £5 before midnight more after GEMINI Mad Dash Collective 1-7pm free GRAND CENTRAL TRACKS Dan & Niall (Gogglez) and Stu (Positive) + guests on rotation 8-1 free HOPE LIVE MUSIC AND POETRY NIGHT 8;00 – Late £TBC JAM The Doctor’s Orders Ty’s “Special Kind Of Fool” album launch Party 9-3am £5/7 JAZZ PLACE Roots Garden Roots Reggae 11pm – 3am £5/£4 KOMEDIA Guest Who? improvised comedy 8.15pm £8/£6 KOMEDIA Persephone’s Comedy Cabaret 6pm £8/£7 KOMEDIA Krater Comedy Club 7pm £29 (meal-deal) / £17.50, & 10.30pm, £23 (mealdeal) / £15 KOMEDIA John Doan harp guitarist 12.30pm £15/£16 KOMEDIA The Silent Movie Experience 3.30pm £7/£5 KOMEDIA Hugh Cornwell, gig 7.30pm £15 KOMEDIA Spellbound alt 80s 9pm £6/£5 LIFE HOLD UP! Indie night 11-4am £5 PRINCE ALBERT The Blue Hearts L.P Launch + support PROVIDENCE Rock Night Tom and the Tides + Inner Horizon + Baby Borderline 8pm £1 RIKI TIK Looking Sound Present ‘3D Beats’ Fringe ALL DAY event featuring Live Art, VJ & DJ performances.Free Entry All Day.10pm3am SIDEWINDER Harry Ks “Simply Dredd”, Reggae, bootleg and party tunes all night.

8pm £Free THE LOFT Punk Rock Karaoke 10pm-3am WESTERN FRONT RELEASE Disco, Funk, Indie, Alternative, Dance & Party Classics.

9pm until 2am. Free.

Sunday 23rd

BASEMENT Brighton festival: THE MOMENT I SAW YOU I KNEW I COULD LOVE YOU 5pm/6.10pm/7.20pm/8.30pm £10 (prebook) BRUNSWICK Ben Okafor 8pm £7/£6 COALITION Frequency house/breaks/electro 10.30-3.30 £free/2 CONCORDE 2 The Damned 7.30pm-11pm £16adv+bf GEMINI The Move Ons 1-7pm free GRAND CENTRAL PANDA BEAR, NOISE ATTACK POP, OBSCURE HIP HOP AND DISCO 9-2am free GREAT EASTERN Denis Privett and Piers Clark - Live Blues

KOMEDIA Funny Women Awards 2010 3pm £8.50/£6.50 KOMEDIA Terror-The Musical 5.30pm £8/£4 KOMEDIA Three Bonzos and a Piano 8pm £26.50 (meal deal)/£15/£12 KOMEDIA Guest Who? improvised comedy 8.15pm £8/£6 KOMEDIA Krater Comedy Club 8pm, £22.50 (meal-deal) / £11 / £6 conc PRINCE ALBERT X2 Shows Pierre Bensusan 3pm & 8pm RIKI TIK Small World Social DJs from around the world 10pm-2am £free

Monday 24th

BELUSHIS Latin Mondayz 10pm-2am, Salsa & Samba DJ, free entry BRUNSWICK Radio City Theatre- comedy 1pm/3pm £10 COALITION Trash Mondays Student night 10.30-3.30am £free b411 FUNKY BUDDHA STUDENTS WITH STYLE£3 NUS, £5 Others 11pm-4am HOPE THE H’OPEN MIC (downstairs) 8.30pm FREE ENTRY JAM Tanlines w/ Parker and The Flowing Wow 8.30-11.30 £7 KOMEDIA Al Murray – The Pub Landlord: Work In Progress 8pm £10 KOMEDIA Lou Fellingham – Album launch 8pm £20/£10 LIFE AKA AKA ROAR Dubstep night 10.30-2 .30am £2 before 12 PRINCE ALBERT Fun + support RIKI TIK Time to Awesome. Figure Of Wax & J-devious.11pm-2am £free SIDEWINDER Poker Night £5

Tuesday 25th

BELUSHIS Mod For It 10pm-2am, free entry, DJ playing Mod & Ska BELUSHIS Below Elements, 9pm-2am, Entry £1, Drum & Bass BRUNSWICK Ferry of Fools comedy 8pm £8/£6 COALITION DON’T FORGET - FIESTA RnB, Disco, New Reggaeton, Funky Latin, Pop, Hip hop & Funky House 11.30-3.30 2/3 CONCORDE 2 Hayseed Dixie7.30pm-11pm £15adv+bf FORTUNE OF WAR Open Mic 9pm-1am £free JAM OUT OF THE BLUE (early show) Live music showcase featuring the best in local talent 8-10.30 £3 JAM Pot Kettle Black Indie night 10pm - 2am £1/2 HOPE THE MUEL + SPECIAL GUESTS 8pm – late £5 KOMEDIA Martha Tilston and The Woods 7.30pm £12 KOMEDIA Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit 8pm £10 LIFE The Vice Social Student night 10.30-2 .30am NUS £free/£2 RIKI TIK SIDEWINDER Open Mic 8pm

Wednesday 26th

AUDIO Supercharged Drop the Lime 11pm - 3am BRUNSWICK Ferry of Fools comedy 8pm £8/£6

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CONCORDE 2 Field Music 7.30pm-11pm £8.50adv+bf GEMINI Afrodelic beach lounging with pop, R&B and soul 2-7pm free KOMEDIA Wailing Souls 7.30pm £15 adv LIFE Broke? The £1 Midweek mash up! 11-3 £1 before 1am PRINCE ALBERT JOHANN JOHANNSSON + GREG HAINES +Robert Stillman RIKI TIK Balkan Breaks 10pm-2am £free SIDEWINDER Garden Quiz and Steak Haoss 8pm £1 THE LOFT Shock Shock Indie Night 10pm3am £4/£3nus

Thursday 27th

AUDIO Bastard Pop Indie/Pop 11-3 £2 BASEMENT SCRATCH! Scratching showcase 7.30 free BELUSHIS Karaoke 9pm -2am Free entry & prizes BELUSHIS Below Party on the Ceiling 9.30pm-2am, Entry £2/£1 Nus BRUNSWICK Miss Hope Springs- live music 8pm £6/£5 COALITION Secret Discotheque shamefully unfashionable music 10.30-3.30am £1/2/3 GEMINI The Summertime Miracle Band 2-7pm free GRAND CENTRAL Harry Tricks & The Magic Number Dixie/Gipsy/Swing bands 8-11pm free GREAT EASTERN Zora and the Tatsmiths - Live Folk JAM Fish Fry 50’s US Rhythm & Blues/ original Jamaican Ska + more 10-2am £1/2 KOMEDIA Comic Boom 8pm £16.50 (meal deal)/£8.50/£6.50 LIFE Shameless Student night 11-3 £1 before 1am PRINCE ALBERT Martin Harley Band + support PROVIDENCE JOUIS + SPARROW + WHITE STAR LINERS 8pm £1 RIKI TIK Scribble- Hip-hop, funk and breaks 8pm-3am £free SIDEWINDER Ants in the Carpet nights of British influence from the 1980s to now 8.30pm £free THE LOFT Miami Beach Party Salsa classes 8pm-10pm Salasa/Reggaeton/Old Skool 10pm-3am £5/£4 WESTERN FRONT BLINGUAL – LANGUAGE EXCHANGE PARTY. Free. 8pm until late.

Friday 28th

AUDIO Club: Battlejam Beardyman + JFB 11pm - 4am £7/10 AUDIO Early show: GlasS Doors 7pm BELUSHIS Muy Loco 9-2am Free entry, dance competition, DJ pop/house/rnb BELUSHIS Below Club Flash 10-3am, 80’s Pop Disco/ fancy dress, entry £5/£4 nus BRUNSWICK Train to Skaville 8pm £5 COALITION KILL EM ALL Filthy Dukes (dj set) / L-Vis 1990 /Stopmakingme 11-4am CONCORDE 2 Smash and Grab 11pm-4am £tbc FORTUNE OF WAR Shake Hands Lets Party 9:30pm – Late £Free FUNKY BUDDHA Drink.Dance.RepeatForget high entrance prices and expensive

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GRAND CENTRAL Swing DeVille/Gypsy Jazz 8-11pm free HOPE SAM AMIDON + CONRAD VINGOE + DARIUS ALEXANDER 8:00 – Late £6 JAM Processed Meat Queer 80s 90s & hip hop night where people dress up 113am £4/3 JAM The Jannocks Blues & Psychadelia 7 piece band 8-10.30 £3 Jazz Place Teen Creeps KOMEDIA Martin Turner’s Wishbone Ash – Life Begins 7.30pm £15 KOMEDIA Krater Comedy Club 7.30pm, £27.50 (meal-deal)/£16 KOMEDIA Voodoo Vaudeville presents House of the Wicked 11pm £6/£5 LIFE BIG FISH LITTLE FISH CARBOARD BOX The very best in Fidget, Bassline and Electro house 11-3 £4 befre 12 PRINCE ALBERT My Element + The Unmentionables + London Commands You PROVIDENCE B.O.T.B. SEMI FINAL Forestears + New Kicks + TBC 8pm £1 RIKI TIK Voodoo- Nick Maxwell & DJ Insight 8pm-3am £free THE LOFT Malicious Alternative Sleaze & Cheese 10pm – 3am £2 NUS/£3 b4 Midnight £4 after TOMS BAR GONZO DISCO 2 floors of dark disco and cold wave 10-4am free entry WESTERN FRONT RELEASE bank hol special Disco, Funk, Indie, Alternative, Dance & Party Classics. 9pm until 2am.

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Saturday 29th

AUDIO Club: SOL Schtumm vs Unkool 11pm - 4am FREE AUDIO Day: Above Audio Terrace Party disco, reggae, Balearic. 2pm-8pm FREE AUDIO Early show: The Last Collective Doors 7pm BELUSHIS Credit Crunch Saturdays The Pillbilly’s live acoustic duo, 9pm-2am, Free entry BELUSHIS Below Good Times over 25’s party, 9pm-2am with DJ Mick Fuller, Entry £5 BRUNSWICK Paul Zenon’s Cabinet Of Curiosities 2.30pm £9 BRUNSWICK Caliente - Are You Hot Enough? Salsa 8pm £12/£10 CONCORDE 2 Secret Affair 7.30pm-10 .30pm £16adv+bf CONCORDE 2 Old Skool Revival 11pm4am £5adv+bf FORTUNE OF WAR THROW SOME SHAPES BANK HOLIDAY ALL-DAYER 9:30pm – Late £Free FUNKY BUDDHA MAXXI SOUNDSYSTEM presents GO BANG FESTIVAL CLOSING PARTY 11-pm - 3am £5 before midnight more after-AFTER PARTY 3AM –7AM £5 GEMINI Chuckin 1-7pm free GRAND CENTRAL TRACKS Dan & Niall (Gogglez) and Stu (Positive) + guests on rotation 8-1 free HOPE LEFT HAND RED + SUPPORT 8:00 – Late £TBC JAM The Recommender The Good Natured + Muchuu 8-3 £4

KOMEDIA Ministry of Burlesque – High Tease 9pm £26.50/£15 KOMEDIA Da Doo Ron Ron – Smitten Kitten Special 11pm-3am £6/£5 KOMEDIA Krater Comedy Club 7pm £29 (meal-deal) / £17.50, & 10.30pm, £23 (mealdeal) / £15 LIFE HOLD UP! Indie night 11-4am £5 PRINCE ALBERT Whatever the Fat Man Wants..........The Fat Man Gets.

PROVIDENCE Rock Night The Klunge + Doctor Pop + Dead Empire 8pm £1 RIKI TIK No School Breaks 10pm – 3am £free SIDEWINDER the shakedown presents “shades of blue” Funk V Jazz special featuring steelzawheelz & drift 8pm-late £free THE LOFT Ready For The Weekend Dirty electro pop/nu school breaks 10pm-3am £5/£3nus WESTERN FRONT RELEASE bank hol special Disco, Funk, Indie, Alternative, Dance & Party Classics. 9pm until 2am. Free.

Sunday 30th

AUDIO Kovak, Transformer, The Orb DJ Set 10pm-3am £5 BRUNSWICK Paul Zenon’s Cabinet Of Curiosities 2.30pm/8pm £9 COALITION Frequency house/breaks/electro 10.30-3.30 £free/2 GEMINI Afrodelic 1-7pm free GRAND CENTRAL PANDA BEAR, NOISE ATTACK POP, OBSCURE HIP HOP AND DISCO 9-2am free GREAT EASTERN Django Spears - One Man Band HOPE MAXIMUM RHYTHM AND BLUES 8:00 – Late £TBC KOMEDIA A Slice O’ Minelli 8.30pm £26.50 (meal deal)/£15 KOMEDIA Krater Comedy Club 8pm, £22.50 (meal-deal) / £11 / £6 conc PRINCE ALBERT Communion alldayer.

RIKI TIK Small World Social DJs from around the world 10pm-2am £free SIDEWINDER Danceteria Garden Party!DJs, BBQs, Sun and fun. 1pm ‘til 2am/VortexAcoustic live music 7pm til 9pm, £free THE GLOBE Hot-Tip Hi-Fi Early Reggae, Rocksteady and Roots 9-2am £free WESTERN FRONT RELEASE bank hol special Disco, Funk, Indie, Alternative, Dance & Party Classics. 8pm until 1am. Free.

Monday 31st

BELUSHIS Latin Mondayz 10pm-2am, Salsa & Samba DJ, free entry BRUNSWICK Paul Zenon’s Cabinet Of Curiosities 2.30pm £9 BRUNSWICK Bitter Ruin 8pm £5 FUNKY BUDDHA STUDENTS WITH STYLE£3 NUS, £5 Others 11pm-4am HOPE THE H’OPEN MIC (downstairs) 8.30pm FREE ENTRY KOMEDIA Barbara Nice presents Mamma Mia! 1.30pm/7.30pm £21.50/£10/£8/£5 RIKI TIK Time to Awesome. Figure Of Wax & J-devious.11pm-2am £free SIDEWINDER Poker Night £5

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QUICK CROSSWORD Across 1. Stockroom (5) 4. Label (5) 7. Steal (3) 8. Electronic detector (5) 9. A song from yesteryear (5) 10. Fish eggs (3) 11. Garden fete (4) 12. Biblical garden (4) 15. Existed (3) 19. Derived from ethane (5) 20. Large bird (5) 21. Health resort (3)

22. Fall or plunge forward (5) 23. Ascends (5) Down 1. Twine (6) 2. Trial, tough time (6) 3. Mistake (5) 4. Steak (5) 5. Commotion (2-2) 6. Fifty-fifty (4) 13. Swerves around (6) 14. Short stories (6) 15. Cymric (5)

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD The Objective is to fill a 9 x 9 grid so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3 x 3 boxes contains the digits from 1 to 9 only one time each

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For all Answers visit www.bn1magazine.co.uk Across 1. Frozen rain falls onto the early spring bloomer (9) 5. Tall flower wolf like lost end direction (5) 8. Arch rod redesigned for plantation (7) 10. Early night for the primrose (7) 12. The eyes have them for summer pretties (6) 13. A planting spread is set loose at sea (6) 14. English favourite fought over by red and white (4) 15. Float over and cut with less bovver? (5) 17. Term of endearment for flower part (5) 19. Tuber can be lit up (4) 22. Puts these into ground to grow (6) 23. Magic word opens the cave seed (6) 26. Decipher codes ie Bishop’s jurisdiction (7) 27. Holy traveller on a journey of faith (7) 28. 80’s slang name for the new young rich (5) 29. Salad vegetable I hoard 201 in the garden (9)

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Down 1. Fire at the young plant growth (5) 2. Chords I rewrite for popular flower (7) 3. Re idea I re-thought about loved one (6) 4. Stop the flower head support (4) 6. Rice rip off is much dearer (7) 7. Late entertainment venue where I hear Sirs may gather? (9) 9. Reside in old well shaft (5) 11. With finish I have salad ingredient (6) 14. Water logged field for growing staple food for Irishman? (4,5) 16. Law takes tea out to garden ornament (6) 17. Thick fog made vegetable broth (3,4) 18. Soak it in severe incline (5) 20. Dig up a single French soil (7) 21. Pungent bulb unlikely to be found in the Count’s garden (6) 24. Office part timer has nothing to do with musical rhythm (5) 25. Fruit we have two of I hear (4)

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