volume 2. Issue 24 july 2010
paddle round the pier the freebutt in peril donky pitch
Mirrors Reflected glory
gigs clubs culture brighton’s best listings plus, win a music Career!
zoingimage - see critic, page 39
closing time?
As we roll towards the printers the SOURCE phones are ringing off the hook with reports that venues are closing. First the good news – The Hanbury has already been bought and will stay open. The guys behind London’s excellent Proud Galleries have snapped it up and hopefully they’ll sit back a while and check the lie of the land before doing anything too crazy (we hear there’s a name change in the offing – The Brighton Ballroom). Things are decidedly more grim for The Engine Room, which after a turbulent few years couldn’t escape their financial difficulties. It’s a massive shame for the rock community, and while it was a shit hole, it was a shit hole in a good way. A proper dive bar – we had some great nights there. Things aren’t much better in the indie scene. Ever since a genius bit of town planning built a block of flats next to it, legendary small venue The Freebutt has been receiving noise complaints. It’s every bit as serious as people are suggesting, so if you care about live music make your feeling heard by – at least – signing the petition at tinyurl. com/freebuttlove. Let’s not lose another place to hear live music.
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Personnel
Editor James Kendall ManageR Rosie Kendall Designer Matt Barker at Artwerk DEPUTY Editor Nick Coquet Sales Manager Lucy Kamper listings editor Fox Fisher NEWS editor Lydia Stockbridge Cover James Kendall / Artwerk
Contributors
Dom Ashton, Ian Chambers, Dan Chatfield, Zac Colbert, Emma Coquet, Garage Studios, Ben Gilbert, Ross Hogben, David Letts, Meatbreak, Ben Miller, The Recommender, Tom Spooner
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Contents
News Special: Freebutt Under Fire 4 News 6 New In Town 8 Letters 10 Gig Previews 12 Preview: Soundwaves Festival 16 Interview: Mirrors 18 Club Previews 20 Club Review: Donky Pitch 26 Club Review: Trash Mondays 28 Interview: Donga 30 Culture 34 Art: Geisha Arts 36 Critic 38 Preview: Paddle Round The Pier 40 Street Style 42 Street Style Extra 43 Street Style: Brighton Fashion Week 44 Consume: Magnum Opus 46 Unsung Hero: Mick HabeshawRobinson 48 Secret Eater: Cream Tea 49 In Conversation With: Mudhut 50 Listings 52 Six Of The Best: Hip Hop Rhymes 62
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FREEBUTT UNDER FIRE ANOTHER LEGENDARY LOCAL VENUE FACES CLOSURE Words by Nick Coquet Brighton’s music venues haven’t been having such a good time of it these last couple of years. We’ve lost the Barfly, Pressure Point and now the Engine Room. So it’s with heightened alarm that we learn of the problems facing the Freebutt at the moment. It’s a fast-moving saga so by the time you read this things may have progressed, but here’s the state of play at the time of going to press. The venue’s collective takeover last year looked like a promising move – it seemed a sensible way of protecting the venue’s live music integrity. But lurking in the background was a history of noise leakage. One particularly persistent complaint has come from a single house but the dweller, at present, is not willing to let the Freebutt team in to assess the problem. We spoke to Andy Rossiter from the venue to find out what’s going on. You’ve only had one complaint this year compared with four or five a year previously – why do you think the noise abatement order has come now? The council are basically Deputy Dawgs, if they receive a complaint they have to follow it up whether there’s one or 200 complaints. I don’t really know what will happen, certainly the council are slightly more open to getting us into the house – I think if we can we could resolve the issue once and for all. But there’s no suggestion the council have an agenda for the closedown? I certainly wouldn’t want to point the finger at that. We’ve never heard any evidence of problems in the house because we’ve never been inside. Apparently there’s a leakage problem so we just want to get someone in the property so we can figure out what the problem is. There was a report saying you’d voluntarily disconnected some power supplies – does this mean the decibel limiter was being bypassed? The limiter eliminates the possibility of it being bypassed. We don’t think it was, but there was evidence that one of the other plug sockets had been used. Certainly none of our engineers would have bypassed it. Is it literally the case that their living room is the other side of a wall with a PA on it? We don’t want to say who the complainant is, we’re very aware we don’t want to turn it into a witch-hunt. I know if I were the
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complainant I’d be saying, ‘Why the hell are the Freebutt still putting on shows?’ It is very annoying that sound is leaking into their property but at the same time we should be pressurising them into letting us in so that the problem can be resolved. Does part of you think, ‘We’ve been a live music venue here for 20-odd years and you moved in around 2003 – what did you expect?’ You don’t move in close to a live music venue and expect to hear a pin drop at 10pm? That’s a perfectly valid point but it’s certainly not part of our defence. This management team has only been here since last year. It doesn’t hold a legal argument when it comes to this kind of situation. The council line is that noise is leaking into this property and it needs to be sorted out. So while unfortunately to every levelheaded person it holds true, when it comes to local government it doesn’t basically. So if the worst comes to the worst what happens to the Freebutt? The worst would be that the limiter gets lowered to the point where we can’t put on gigs. The council have said, why don’t you put folk gigs on, but that’s totally missing the point. If it gets any lower it will basically mean we can’t have live drums, and I think there’s been three gigs this year here that would have fitted that. It would mean the Freebutt would hardly ever get used. We have the Penthouse but that doesn’t make enough money to pay the rent. The four directors would have to cover the bar shifts at the Penthouse but everyone else would be unemployed. So what’s next? The council are coming round and are going to check inside the house and reset the limiter accordingly. They’re allowed access inside but nobody else is. Our argument is that their analysis isn’t expert enough, we wanted to get an independent company in who knows the area inside out – a company called 24 Acoustics who sorted out a virtually identical problem for all parties at the Boiler Room in Guildford. They’d be perfect to get involved. By the time you go to print it might well all be OK, we just don’t know yet. The campaign has shown there’s a lot of support for the venue though. STOP PRESS: The council got back to us to give their side of the story but too late for inclusion in the mag. Be sure to read it at on our website (tiny.cc/freecouncil) – it’s very interesting stuff.
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NEWS
photos, FESTS AND WRITERS BLESSED WORDS BY NICK COQUET, james kendall, LYDIA STOCKBRIDGE photo by lomokev
HOTSHOT PHOTOGRAPHER REloads
Following his brilliant ‘Hotshots’, our Street Style photographer Kevin ‘LomoKev’ Meredith releases his second book this month. Titled 52 Photographic Projects, it delves deeper into some of ideas of the wonderfully simple teaching of his debut and gets some of his photographic mates in to talk through some more. It’s full of Brighton photographers and friends of SOURCE, including Kevin Mason, Alex Bamford, Lisa Garner, Adam Bronkhorst and Ruby May Allcock. Don’t miss the book launch at new North Road café Add Colour from 6.30pm on Thursday 15th.
MAYDAYS IN JULY
Saturday 3rd is party time at the newly refurbished Metway Studios. Raising funds for their all-conquering show at the Edinburgh Festival this year, Brighton’s longest-running improvisational comedy troupe Maydays are putting on music, a karaoke wheel of fortune, a raffle, themselves, and for the thirsty, a bar. The Adam Kidd band, Tom White and Holy Vessels are all set to play plus a few others, and all for free – although donations are kinda the point of the thing, ya dig?
MANAGER MANAGES NOVEL NOMINATION
Brighton music industry mogul and manager of Fujiya & Miyagi, Martine McDonagh, turned author a few years ago, penning her first novel I Have Waited, You Have Come. It’s a sometimes sinister, psychological drama surrounding main character Rachel, the stalked turned stalker. Praised by The Guardian Unlimited as “An exquisitely crafted début novel set in a post-apocalyptic landscape”, it’s no wonder that McDonagh has been nominated for the People’s Book Prize for Fiction. It’s up to us the public to vote in the finalists, so grab yourselves a copy and get clicking here – peoplesbookprize.com.
SEASIDE ON THE SILVER SCREEN
Filmed, written and based in Brighton, Mark Jay’s feature film Dolphins is a gritty portrayal of Brighton’s yoof. It stars Karl Davies and Frank Harper, who’s no stranger to playing darker roles (Lock Stock, Football
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Factory) and features Brighton’s own indie hip kids Doll & The Kicks and a cameo from none other than Roots Manuva. A semi-improvised urban fairytale romance, situated amongst the gangs of our town – West Side Story anyone? We shall have to wait and see.
WORK AT PLAYGROUP
The venue still remains a mystery, but dates are set as Friday 13th to Sunday 15th August. These days festivals are much more culturally encompassing than just getting off your head watching some freaky band, and with this in mind Playgroup are proposing a weekend of art, acrobatics, comedy and cabaret – all powered by sustainable energy to boot, quite a tall order even for such legendary promoters. That’s where us punters come in – always wanted to have your own stall/tent/gig at a festival? Now you can, e-mail info@playgrouplive.com your most outlandish, creative and daring ideas to get involved.
HERBERT’S HORROR HONOUR
For the horror-lit aficionado, no home library is complete without a selection of James Herbert novels – The Fog, The Rats and the like – he’s sold 50 million of them. They were teenage rites of passage for us, what with their scary-asfuck narrative and the added bonus of some sex-based stuff to boot (The Fog, we recall, had lesbian lust and a teacher getting his cock cut off with some garden shears). Well now the Queen’s finally caught up with Herbert’s scarily prodigious output and given him an OBE. The reason we mention it? James lives here – good work, local horror fella!
HAWK IN THE HOOD
When you think of skateboarding, the first name that springs to mind after Marty McFly is the world-famous wizard on wheels, Tony Hawk. UK fans of his air-grabbing antics have had to rely on videos to see him in action, but along with his Birdhouse team he’s heading to Brighton on Wednesday 21st for a skate event by the West Pier. Hawk and his skate mates Pete King and Sam Bosworth show off some rad skills on the biggest vert ramp in the UK, and there’s a live set from Maximo Park afterwards.
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NEW IN TOWN
FRESH NIGHTS, SIGHTS & RETAIL DELIGHTS WORDS BY NICK COQUET, LYDIA STOCKBRIDGE
evil nine
BLACK DOVE
ROCK & ROLLER
B-SIDE
iFEST APP
With potentially a different pub to visit every day of the year, it takes something special for a new Brighton boozer to really make its mark on the map. The Black Dove on St James’s Street might just have what it takes. Special rates for students look set to ram it to the gunnels, and an eclectic rotation of be-bop, jazz and contemporary beat music alongside live rhythm’n’blues and soul are the perfect accompaniment to getting the right side of a few cut-price cold drinks. Pop in if you want to perform or just sup subsidised ciders.
You know Bottlettop, right? They’re ethical charity types who raise dough for international good causes via fashion, music and art. They used to run a monthly party called B-Side to raise funds and awareness for international stuff that needs fixing. Well, after a two-year break they’re back, living it large at the Fortune Of War and bringing headline acts to a cosy pub space. Thursday 15th brings Evil Nine to the seafront pub, following Will Saul last month. Have fun and help folk.
THE HOOK UP
Despite the crumbling foundations of the mainstream music industry, a phoenix is rising from its ashes. The Hook Up music consultancy, artist and label management company is an alternate model for upcoming independent musicians. Artists can cherry-pick the services they want, from handling PR to setting up a label, all within a tailored budget. Founded by industry expert ex-Catskills fella Jonny Reggae, with 20 years of experience in running a label and managing bands and artists, expect straight-up advice from these guys.
JAILBAIT
New Hero are taking a step forward in their musical time travelling with new 90s night, Jailbait. Playing hip hop, r’n’b, dance, and the promise of a bit of rawk thrown in too from DJs Luther from Smack That! as well as Shameless DJs C-Dogg and Nause. Dust off those spaghetti-strap dresses, clunky wedge platform shoes and all things flared and prepare for a night of nostalgia. It’s happening every Monday with plenty of goodies in store.
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We like playing pool, but bigger boys always seem to hog the tables in pubs and we’re scared of Phil Mitchell-style pool halls. We also like eating burgers, but we don’t like Ronald McDonald one bit. So, as if to answer our admittedly trivial dreams, Rock & Roller has burst open its doors and beckoned us inside. Up the Churchill Square end of Western Road, this new two-floor, Americaninspired joint has five pool tables, old movies playing on a cinema screen and plenty of room to chill. Downstairs has mega breakfasts, towering burgers, ribs and steaks as well as a good selection or beers, spirits and cocktails to slosh it all down with. All good.
It’s tricky enough to remember things at the best of times, let alone keeping it together when festival season arrives and we drive out, armed with smuggled booze, a gaggle of mates and a crap tent in tow. Luckily though, Brighton company GUIDEstar have come up with a solution. They’ve created an iPhone app that will sort your timetable, make sure you never get lost, and point you in the right direction for stages/friends/tent, without even needing the net – get it at theguidestar.com.
ifi.co.uk
If you’re staring at a box-fresh iPod and a pile of dusty old CDs, you might have some work on your hands in transferring the old to the new for your continuing listening pleasure. Well, not any more. New Brighton online business ifi.co.uk offer a professional CD ripping service, as well as consulting on linking all your gadgets and audio-visual gear together to make your home a multi-room entertainment hub without wires spewing out all over the shop. Digital divs can seek valuable advice on all things tech here.
UPFRONTDANCE.NET
SOURCE is all about local radio, with several of our number taking to the airwaves at various times, so we’re pleased to bring news of a new online dance station gaining decent momentum across the city. Upfrontdance.net also has FM frequencies at 99.1 and 100.6 so you can blast it out of your rolled-down, tinted windows as you roar up and down Madeira Drive. Local DJs including Tom Maverick and Fifilicious are pushing the buoyant underground dance scene through the transmitters.
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letters
GREAT ESCAPE HEARTS BRIGHTON
In response to the letter entitled, ‘Locals Escape TGE’ which featured in last month’s SOURCE, firstly I’d like to say that we place huge importance on booking talent from Brighton and this year we booked no less than 16 local artists. We also set up the ‘Made in Brighton’ initiative along with Brighton & Hove City Council, which highlighted all local talent performing at TGE to our attendees by placing a ‘Made in Brighton’ tag next to each artist within our event programme. Our booker – who is from Brighton – works tirelessly for six months scanning the UK (especially Brighton) for the best new British artists to showcase at the event. However please also understand that the idea is to promote new international acts to the UK audience as well as artists from the UK. The decision to book a band is based on whether they are at the right point in their career to benefit from a show at TGE or not. We have an allocated budget for artist fees and absolutely nobody pays us for a slot for their act at The Great Escape. With regard to The Alternative Escape, this has grown from being 22 shows in 2008 to 37 in 2010, which proves that there is the demand for a ‘fringe’ element to the event. The fees we charge for being involved are minimal and purely cover our administration, sound engineer and PA costs. It offers local promoters and artists the chance to still be part of TGE and not be left out all together. We chose Brighton as the destination for The Great Escape as there is such a wonderful pool of creative talent based there, there is an established live music scene and a brilliant range of venues. We do not take this for granted for one second – taking place in Brighton makes the event what it is and we would like to continue to work with the artists, promoters and venues based there to continue to grow the event for the benefit of everyone involved. Katherine Morris, The Great Escape, via email Phew, plenty to say there. We’re firmly in the corner of The Great Escape and get excited every time it approaches. It’s good that the Brighton music community ask questions of our visitors, and it’s equally good that TGE are so keen to answer them.
PIDGEON’S ARSE OFFERED REFUND
I saw that you managed to track down Joe Pidgeon. Good work with your questioning. It was clear that you were after some proper answers but no real surprise that he dodged most of them. It’s a shame that he is still failing to show any form of regret for his actions especially as he’s no longer in control of the situation. Personally I’d love him to offer me ‘some’ money and a ticket for another festival so that I can get satisfaction from shoving it firmly up his arse. James, via email Let’s hope it’s a substantial refund then. Paid in pennies.
WINNING IN STYLE
DOTTY ABOUT SOURCE •
You can finish Street Style now, since Ruby won it. It was a competition right? She does win. Duncan, via Twitter
Just read the new mag – I like the local bands’ red dots. Hopefully there will be one next to my name next month?!! :) Amongst The Pigeons, via Twitter
We feel the same about the English china doll with attitude that is Ruby. Perhaps our favourite Street Style yet.
There’s one next to your name right now on page 34. We’ve glad that people are into the red-dot-meaning-‘Made In Brighton’ thing. Everyone gets it now, right?
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Gig previews WORDS BY DAN CHATFIELD, NICK COQUET, BEN GILBERT, ROSS HOGBEN, DAVID LETTS, THE RECOMMENDER, TOM SPOONER
TENDER TRAP
Hope Sat 3rd
Da Doo Ron Ron’s live music strand strikes it lucky this month, with a super-rare Brighton show from Tender Trap. Fronted by cutie icon Amelia Fletcher, with longtime cohort Rob Pursey in tow, Tender Trap are continuing their politicised indie pop lineage (Tallulah Gosh, Heavenly, Marine Research) at a more polished, more measured pace these days. With strong Brighton links (Heavenly helped bring Huggy Bear to public notice back in the day), this’ll be packed with the city’s scene veterans. (DL)
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT Brighton Centre Sun 4th
Can any of us really imagine what a traditional Wainwright Christmas must have been like? Father Loudon hammering out a tune on guitar, mother Kate McGarrigle attacking her accordion, while their children play eight different instruments each and wail over the top, like a precocious, duelling showband take on ‘Sister Ray’-era Velvet Underground. McGarrigle’s untimely death earlier this year put paid to a repeat of such festivities but her children are sure to pay tribute in their own inimitable ways this month. (BG) (See also Martha Wainwright, Thurs 15th)
THE NATIONAL
Dome Fri 9th
The last time The National were in town, the Komedia had to install a new roof after it was torn off amid the tornado whipped up by their graceful desecration of the American Dream. Was it even sold out? Well, look at them now. Springsteen’s a fan and an invitation to play Barack Obama’s birthday party in the White House probably awaits. Deserved success for that rare thing: a band who actually mean something. Serve me the sky with a big slice of lemon. (BG)
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RUFUS WAINWRIGHT
SIMPLY RED
Brighton Centre Sat 10th
‘A New Flame’, ‘Holding Back The Years’, ‘It’s Only Love’, ‘Something Got Me Started’, ‘Stars’, ‘Money’s Too Tight To Mention’ and ‘Fairground’. What’s the connection? That’s right, they are all masterpieces and anyone who doubts Mick Hucknall and co’s genius is invited to have it out with SOURCE editor and self-confessed 80s fanatic James Kendall, who walked down the aisle to a two-minute megamix of these songs just last summer. Please send fight invitations to the usual address. (BG)
YEASAYER
Concorde 2 Mon 12th
Since exploding onto the NY music scene in 2007, Brooklyn’s Yeasayer have been widely lauded as the next great oddball crossover band. Musically, they draw on a bizarre, eclectic mix of styles; Middle-Eastern pop, prog rock, Balearic house and predigital 80s synth pop to name a few, all combine to make a strange, psychedelic soup. The result is a concoction of tunes that sound like the theme music from 80s arcade game Bubble Bobble played underwater by Japanese mermaids. It’s weird but it’s wonderful. (RH)
MARTHA WAINWRIGHT Dome Thurs 15th
Martha Wainwright has progressed from singing backing vocals for her brother Rufus, to become a credible solo performer in her own right. Tonight the singer songwriter will perform songs by Edith Paif as she attempts to recreate the magic of last year’s live recording in the Dixon Palace Theatre, New York. Expect to be enchanted as she lends her powerfully beautiful voice to a selection of the French legend’s less well-known songs. Not one for the philistines. (DCh)
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toro y moi
SPEAR OF DESTINY Prince Albert Sat 17th
Viewers of the recent Boy George BBC biopic may have been alarmed to see a side of Kirk Brandon they hadn’t known about, namely snogging it up big-style with the gender-bending protagonist. But Kirk is justifiably better known as one of early alt. rock’s true vocal pioneers, with Theatre Of Hate and Spear Of Destiny emblazoning the back of many a leather jacket in the early 80s. ‘One Eyed Jacks’ was a great album and is sure to feature heavily tonight – if you’re lucky you might well get some Theatre Of Hate thrown in for good measure too. (NC)
TORO Y MOI
Freebutt Sun 18th
Following his sparkling 2009 EP we finally got the debut fulllength album, ‘Causers Of This’, at the beginning of 2010. This pioneering artist from South Carolina is at the forefront of a genre called chillwave, alongside the likes of Million Young, Washed Out and Wild Nothing. This predominantly East Coast movement sounds as though it should belong more to the West, with its sun-bleached feel. Nobody shows off its signature aesthetic – of heavily processed, distorted synths and misted melodies – better than this solo artist. (TR)
PET SHOP BOYS Brighton Centre Mon 19th
Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe have always been cool, even when they got bored of being cool and tried subverting their stylish aura with garish costumes and some rather ropey collaborations.
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Outlasting every 80s revival, Pet Shop Boys have become, perhaps to their irritation, the pop group for people who don’t like pop groups. Their ‘imperial phase’ (a term coined by Tennant that entered the pop lexicon) may be long gone, but their assured albums and innovative concerts endure. (DL)
WILD NOTHING
Freebutt Sat 24th
The talented solo artist, Jack Tatum, arrives in the UK as part of a European tour in support of his recently released debut album, ‘Gemini’. It’s a vast, expansive piece of work that sounds like The Smiths echoing out of a cave. Melancholy lyrics of pessimism drift over beautiful, cacophonous melodies, causing further comparison with Morrissey. Like his genre-mates, Toro Y Moi, or The Drums, this is ultimately rewarding music that’s just as uplifting as it is downbeat. (TR)
MJ HIBBETT’S DINOSAUR PLANET Prince Albert Weds 28th
In which national treasure MJ Hibbett takes time out from penning funny, literate punk pop nuggets for his Artists Against Success empire (although even Hibbett must have lost track of quite how far his celebrated ‘Hey Hey 16K’ ZX Spectrum salute has travelled by now), to create an entirely new rock opera. About dinosaurs. Yes, just like in Doctor Who the other week (possibly), the reptiles are back to take over the world! NB: Actual dinosaurs not included. Probably. (DL)
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MELTING VINYL PRESENTS Melting Vinyl in association with CAA proudly presents. . .
Thurs. 15th July 7.15pm – 10.30pm
MARTHA WAINWRIGHTsings the songs of Edith Piaf Dome, Church Street, Brighton, BN1 1UE TEL Tickets: £20 adv. / £22 on the door: www.myspace.com/marthawainwright
Melting Vinyl in association with Coda proudly presents... Their only show in England for 2010, an exclusive rare performance from the majestic Beirut.
Fri 27th August 7pm – 10.30pm
BEIRUT+ Early Ghost
Winter Gardens, Floral Hall, Compton Street, Eastbourne, BN21 4BP
Tickets: £17adv. / £19 on the door www.myspace.com/beirut
Melting Vinyl in association with CAA proudly presents... Sigur Ros’ frontman steps out of the shadows with a solo live show...
Tues. 14th September 7pm – 10.30pm
JÓNSI + Special Guests
The Dome, Church Street, Brighton, BN1 1UE TEL: Tickets: £18.50 adv. / £20.50 on the door: www.jonsi.com
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COMING SOON..
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the pains of being pure at heart
PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART
years before a recent comeback (of sorts), but there’s surely no better time for listening to chart-friendly reggae through a haze of nostalgia than when the sun is shining. (DCh)
Concorde 2 Weds 28th
While it’s difficult to imagine a more pretentious band name (it’s the title of an unpublished children’s story), thankfully their music is not quite so worthy or self-indulgent and there is evidence of a much stronger British influence than with most of their New York contemporaries. The Pains bring their melodic fuzzy pop back to Brighton for the first time since they rocked the Great Escape last year. Perfect for summer. (DCh)
CHAKA DEMUS AND PLIERS Concorde 2 Fri 30th
Dig out your brightly coloured tracksuits, as the Jamaican reggae duo are performing in Brighton as part of a small European tour. All right, they’ve not been that popular since the early 90s and were absent for over 10
PANTHA DU PRINCE Audio Fri 30th
If there’s one thing Rough Trade understands, it’s that creaking British institution we grew up on called ‘indie’. Now rightly viewed as an anachronism, the exulted label must look towards previously unexplored territories in a bid to avoid extinction of its own. Enter Hendrick Weber, aka Pantha du Prince, whose acclaimed latest record, ‘Black Noise’, features Animal Collective mainbrain Noah Lennox and echoes Carl Craig in its lush minimal electronica, pointing towards a brave new future for all concerned. (BG)
Soundwaves Festival Fri 16th – Sun 18th
WORDS BY MEATBREAK
Brighton is often cited as an epicentre for the eccentrically wonderful and Soundwaves is a small, charity-funded festival whose heart beats in step to that standard. Conceived in 2007 in partnership with the University, it’s a festival that takes the potentially highbrow world of avant-garde composition, sound design and improvisation right onto the streets, with a playful interpretation of modern music that its fearless organisers should be lauded for. This year sees the festival enhancing its repertoire of artists as well as its presence around town with several free events in public spaces, such as a Soundwalk through Jubilee Library (downloadable from the website) and a Sonic Forest; and if you’re suddenly surrounded by a flashmob opera you’ll know what’s caused it. Amongst other planned performances, highlights look set to include a tag-team recital of Cornelius Cardew’s Treatise – a 193-page score written in shapes, symbols and numbers, with the odd recognisable note thrown in for… well, as much discernable reason as the rest of it. Harp manipulator Rhodri Davies will be debasing this most austere of instruments with unlikely machinery and electronics, 10-second chamber operas in a Musical 100 Metres event, and the mangled ruff neck avant pop of Micachu (pictured). Soundwaves – the festival where pop is leftfield!
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Mirrors electronic soul music that means business words by james kendall photo by james kendall / artwerk with thanks to brighton & hove city council
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To be totally honest there aren’t many bands that completely unite the SOURCE office, but Mirrors are adored by us all. Absolutely mind-blowing live from their very first gigs a year ago, we’ve been holding a cover spot for them ever since. So what makes them special? Well, they’ve got the tunes. Songs like the ‘Autobahn’-esque melancholic bleep of ‘Fear Of Drowning’, the soft ballad that is ‘Look At Me’ and emotionally wrought ‘Write In The Night’ combine the best of OMD, New Order and Kraftwerk. And that’s high praise indeed. But there’s craft in there, real catchy songs to go
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and Joe, a mutual acquaintance and a really good musician, and decided this should be something we should be taking more seriously.” It certainly was taken seriously. We were chatting to über-promoters Metropolis at last year’s Great Escape about who they were interested in seeing and the response was a single word: Mirrors. They weren’t looking to sign anyone else, and in the end weren’t able to beat off the competition for the synth pop quartet’s live bookings. With the smart suits and stylised four-synth stage show that wasn’t a complete surprise, despite the Great Escape being only their second live outing. “From the outset the difference was that we wanted to make something based around the experience of it rather than just writing a few songs, gigging 200 times a year and hoping someone spotted us,” explains James. “We wanted to give everything a lot more thought; the stage show, how we look, the whole aesthetic of the band and the whole experience of what coming to see a Mirrors show should be, rather than four lads on a stage playing music. An all-encompassing audio-visual experience, an entire world of our own – that’s where we’d like to be.” Being a new band and trying take control of every element sounds like potential for stress but Mirrors say they just need enough room for their four imposing metal desks and a projector. “I don’t think it‘s difficult at all really,” says James. “I think bands really need to start thinking about these things. All you need is a little imagination to dress something up. We’ve never had any money to do the things we do but where there’s a will there’s a way.” Mirrors are pushing their low budget, high aesthetic ethos harder in their home town than anywhere else, avoiding the usual round of support slots available in the city in favour of their own nights. For Un Autre Monde, which means ‘another world’, they’re planning to dress the venue and choose the DJs and music, so even though on paper you’re just going to see a band it comes across as a whole experience; when you walk in you’re totally engrossed in Mirrors’ world and lose yourself. It sounds like the most exciting residency in Brighton since Club Sea Power. With that in mind we’re so happy that they left the control to one side to play at our Great Escape party this year. Kicking off what was a chaotic night, they threw so much energy into it they didn’t need an emersive atmosphere. “It was quite hard work,” laughs James. “It was our punk show – what it lacked in vibe we made up for with volume.” So far the Mirrors story has been about those incredible live shows but with the album already halfway through Skint are almost ready to start the singles assault. Incredibly, despite working with superstar producers like LIVE: Un Autre Monde at New Hero, Weds 14th. with the style. Perhaps it’s because Richard X and Ed Buller, the band SINGLE: ‘Ways To An End’ out next month half the group have come from the threw out early versions of the LP WEB: myspace.com/mirrorsmirrorsmirrors more traditional confines of Mummto record it themselves. A brave Ra, the Bexhill band that seemed to move that shows how confident end too early. they are in achieving their goals. “I was already thinking about leaving to do something more “Brave?” smiles Ali. “Yes. I’m not sure what the label thought of interesting,” says singer James of those final Mumm-Ra days. that but they’ve backed us this far. Now the album is something “Me and Ali sort of had this mutual disappointment in things that’s ours – more personal, soulful but with rough round edges, around us, especially in music but also politically and musically, electronic soul music. We have such a strong idea of what we we just fell into the same world together and making music was want that getting it across is half the battle, we’ve cut out the the next obvious step.” middle man if you will.” Ali: “Me and James started making music together before we really gave a band any serious thought – it came so naturally to And that’s why we’re so excited by Mirrors. They know exactly us we felt we could potentially take this somewhere. We brought what they want and they’re working hard to get it. It’s time to step in Tate from Mumm-Ra, who James has known for a long time, into another world.
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CLUB PREVIEWS WORDS BY ZAC COLBERT, NICK COQUET, JAMES KENDALL
LOLA LO OPENING WEEKEND • Sat 3rd
Regulars of Po Na Na on East Street might be confused to see a new name over the door – it’s reopening this weekend as Lola Lo. Contemporary beats and credible club classics form the soundtrack to you getting the ride side of some South Pacific-style cocktails, rums and champagne. If you’re looking for a summery early doors start to your night out, this looks like a good bet. Although you might not end up leaving in time to go anywhere else. (NC)
HAT CLUB •
Honey Club Sat 3rd
The Honey Club are excited about the return of the Hat Club, describing it as being back in its spiritual home. And why not – the big venue really suits the night and with a crowd that likes to dress up the hats ought to be entertaining on their own merits. If that’s not enough the excellent Oliver Lang is providing the tunes in the main room. By the way, you can buy hats on the door but they’re encouraged not compulsory. We’d be more draconian. (JK)
TIMO MAAS & THE JAPANESE POPSTARS Coalition Sat 3rd
Timo Maas has turned his back on his pop star past and joined forces with Santos for a new experimental form of music that’s
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showing up on Sven Vath’s Cocoon imprint. Proper techno then, with ‘Jetstream’ hitting No.2 in that chart on Beatport. He’s going to need some bangers to follow the excellent stadium electro of The Japanese Popstars. They’ve got a whole new album to draw from too. We’ve not heard it yet but we’re pretty excited. They probably rocked that festival you went to. If not they’ll rock one you go to this year. (JK)
PRJCT MYHM •
Jam Fri 9th
We just love these vowel dodgers and have seen a new side to them over the last couple of months when we met one of their lovely mums and another professed a love of Bonobo’s music. Don’t tell anyone though. On stage they’re complete hooligans – musically we mean. Dubstep beats that need a good wash and rhymes that are just as filthy. ‘Easy Sex’ could have made our Six Of The Best this month, but they’re a long way from being one trick ponies. There’s a real depth to what they do. This show is for their excellent Booty Galaxy empire and also stars the promisingly named Brown Noise. (JK)
BUTCH
Audio Fri 9th
It’s the Minimal Kids’ 1st birthday and they’re growing up to be quite a movement. With over 2,500 Facebook fans, photos that make your mouth water, and now a hook up with Butch, it’s obvious why Audio never fails to throb on their nights. Butch has been getting his global jet-set on and doesn’t forget the UK, bringing his tech house and deep progressive grooves to Brighton’s shore for an evening of minimalism that’s bound to be big. (ZC)
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POP KRAFT •
Brighton Ballroom Sat 10th
While all around him are buried in tech house, glitch and dubstep, Boogaloo Stu continues to revel in the glorious plasticity of unashamed pop. Despite nods to credible chart fare like MIA and Marina, Stu revels in what some call the guilty pleasures of Britney and Girls Aloud. Hey, if you like it, celebrate it – don’t feel guilty. We evangelise about S Club’s ‘Don’t Stop Moving’ and know every word of ‘Wham! Rap’ and we don’t care who knows it. (NC)
JOEY NEGRO
Digital Sat 10th
Dave Lee has adopted many an alias for over two decades at the forefront of the international dance scene. Under pseudonyms like Jakatta, The Sunburst Band and Z Factor he’s released countless productions, some great albums and a generous dose of hit singles. His love for funk, soul and disco gives his tunes a blissful blend of past and present styles that you can’t help but move and shake to. There’s also support tonight from Pablo Contraband and Marlon Mahroyan. (ZC)
JOHN 00 FLEMING •
Concorde Fri 16th
Coming home for a night in his hometown J00F is aiming to bring things back to the music. “I want to return the musical journey to the people,” he says, “in events devoid of props, pyrotechnics and faux VIPs, instead returning to a world where a DJ can musically breathe with extended sets and creative sounds.” Those sounds are trance, progressive and psytrance, of course. John is programming the whole night, so expect some purity. (JK)
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BURNS •
Digital Sat 17th
SOURCE cover star Burns doesn’t get to play here much cos he’s always being dragged off round the world. This is certainly the most exciting booking for Shades Rave so far, and with the Blah Blah Blah boys in tow it ought to go off. Surely readying his album by now, Burns will have plenty of new stuff to drop. Considering his way with melody, and his understanding of electro bottom ends, whether new or old favourites his tracks will be pretty accessible. There’s little doubt it’ll be an immense night. (JK)
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Audio Sat 17th
With his new EP ‘Mercy Hump’, which is a proper ravey little anthem, Thomas Gandey’s night at Audio will be a fidgety house techno orgy of sexual proportions. The Brighton to Bordeaux boy’s ticked all the boxes over the past few years; Radio 1 Essential Mix, Ibiza as a regular, and well received remixes for the likes of Grace Jones, Editors and The Temper Trap. More recently he’s been buried in his studio so we can look forward to a wealth of nu disco material. (ZC)
SCHIZOTHEQUE •
Digital Fri 23rd
If you’ve been down to Schizotheque at Digital’s Micro ‘rave tunnel’ you’ll know why it’s outgrown its measly monthly scheduling – it’s quickly become one of the city’s definitive nights out. So it’s only right and just that it’s gone weekly – residents IDC, Drum Monkeys and King High giving up their Friday nights and persuading big-name DJ pals to do the same. The weekly launch on Friday 23rd features Beat Assassins, with further guests announced on the Facebook group page a week before the event. (NC)
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MY SECRET DISCO
CODE PRESENTS POPOF
Now this one seems pretty interesting. The guys behind the event are calling it “a magical all-day summer party at a secret outdoor location in the heart of Brighton.” We don’t know where it is so you’ll have to sign up to the mailing list at mysecretdisco.com to find out. We do know that Damon Martin from Disco Bloodbath is playing, alongside The Cosmonauts. There’s a theme (we don’t know, sorry) and it starts at noon so if you like Italo and spaced out disco it’s going to be a lot more fun than shopping. (JK)
Audio has definitely got a thing for minimal techno this month and the last Friday of July hails a brand spanking new night called Code. Kicking things off as they mean to roll on they present POPOF, a French DJ whose rave party roots serve him well. His remix of John Starlight’s ‘Road Rage’ has a beautiful bounce and he’s currently delivering this seductive electro tech around the world. The promoters also promise the likes of Simian Mobile Disco and Dubfire in the future. (ZC)
Secret Location Sat 24th
SANDY RIVERA Coalition Sat 24th
A massive clear out of records chez SOURCE led to the rediscovery of pre-electro deep house. One of the finds was Kings Of Tomorrow’s vocal epic ‘Finally’ and another was the jabbing basslined ‘I Can’t Stop’ – both killer records from the hand of Sandy Rivera. Hell, he was good. To be completely honest we lost touch with him since his Defected mix album but he’s always judged the house music that’s right for the room. A torrid trip to Cardiff to see him five years ago proved that to us (don’t ask). (JK)
HYPE
Concorde Sat 24th
DJ Zinc might have hit the crack [our lawyer wants us to stress that he’s making records in a self-proclaimed crack house genre – not caning nasty drugs] but DJ Hype is still representing the tru playaz of drum’n’bass. He’s been around for as long as the genre so he doesn’t need a explanation here. But it’s worth pointing out that he’s joined by Camo and Krooked for this Devotion appearance. (JK)
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GREG WILSON
King & Queen Fri 30th
Brighton loves Greg Wilson, and we’re pretty sure Greg loves us back. He keeps popping down to play at the very least – making up for lost time – and he’s selling out well in advance every time. The King & Queen is the kind of interesting venue we can see him working at. If you’re new to the electro funk master he plays the best 80s-flavoured, post-disco tunes but disappeared for a couple of decades before returning with the ace ‘Credit To The Edit’ series. A real prodigal son. (JK)
RORY PHILLIPS
Audio Sat 31st
As Erol Alkan’s right-hand man at Trash and stepping into the limelight for its successor Durr, Rory Phillips ought to be fanfared into town like a god, but we’re not sure anyone even thought to ask him down to Brighton before. Certainly his profile seems higher abroad than here. Shame, cos he’s one of the best remixers around – understated, intelligent, innovative – and though we’ve never had the chance to hear him play he’s on our list of must-sees. Musically we’re expecting him to play a pretty broad selection, but he seems to like a bit of disco mixed with electro at the moment, like the rest of London. (JK)
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Donky Pitch
Words by james kendall photos by James Kendall and ReD Fash Photography
The Donky Pitchers’ Thursday night parties work on the theory that only people who truly appreciate the music turn up at midweek events, and judging by the atmosphere at their recent first birthday bash at the Volks, it’s a policy that seems to be paying dividends. The crowd is not just an enthusiastic one, it’s also large, which is even more impressive given the
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music policy. The Donky Pitch DJs champion many kinds of bass music but rarely will you find them playing mainstream dubstep or hip hop. Indeed last month we were treated to live skweee sets from Finland’s Randy Barracuda and Brighton’s own Boss Kite, and that seems to be the sort of unique line-up that the night specialises in. All in all, if you are looking for a slightly left-ofcentre midweek fill of bass, you won’t go far wrong with the Donky.
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Blackpocket ‘Ur A Sta (dBridge Remix)’ Mother North ‘Butter Blue’ Mount Kimbie ‘Maybes (James Blake Remix)’ Onra feat T3 ‘The One’ Instra:Mental ‘End Credits’ Mweslee ‘Far Loop Era’ Halp ‘Slap Dash’ Slugabed ‘Donky Stomp’ Charles Trees ‘Majjongg’ Clause Four ‘Daze’
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trash mondays words by james kendall Photos by sam hiscox
We knew Trash Mondays was pretty wild, but when Vice magazine started raving about it from up in London it sank in that something special was going on. Admittedly some of their enthusiasm stems from the amazing photos Sam Hiscox keeps sending them, but, Jesus, it’s like Sodom and Gomorrah in there. People are going crazy. Thousands of them. We’ve never seen so Swedish House Mafia ‘One much fun crammed into one room before. (Pharrell Williams Vocal Edit)’ What surprised us most was that we had the wrong idea that it was Rusko ‘Woo Boost!’ all about the cheap drinks – and, yeah, it’s a proper bargain night Kylie ‘All The Lovers (Dada Life out – but actually the music is a whole world of ace. Herve Remix)’ clashes up against Florence who gets run down by Chase Estelle ‘Freak (Plastik Funk Remix)’ & Status. If you go we suggest phoning in sick before Big Boi ‘Shutterbug’ you leave home – cos there’s no way you’re going The White Stripes ‘Seven Nation to have a quiet night. On saying that it’s a long Army’ way from being all students here. Trash Mondays Kings of Leon ‘Use Somebody is probably the reason we’re in a recession right (Thewfu Remix)’ now. Oh well, small price to pay. Sydney Sampson ‘Riverside (High Contrast Remix)’ Darude ‘Sandstorm’ DJ Kool ‘Let Me Clear My Throat’ NEXT EVENTS: Every Monday at Coalition WEB: areyoutrash.com RESIDENTS: Willerby, Charles Green, Dan Doubledecks
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putTING nearly 20 years of music-making wisdom into his new label and night, Well Rounded words and photo by james kendall
How would you describe the music you put out? All of it has a degree of house music in its DNA though it’s often fused with other influences ranging from classic garage & techno over to r’n’b & UK funky for example. It would be nice to bridge the gap between hype bangers and deep groovers.
been getting love from 2562 and Martyn, In fact Martyn has been our most consistent champion and supporter – so far he’s liked everything we have released which is awesome.
A lot of people might not know the artists you play, what can they expect from the new night at Jam? Well certainly some garage from Deadboy and UK funky from Who’s on the label and what do they make? Doc Daneeka whilst I’ll also play some disco and deep house. We No one is signed long-term to the label. We work on a releasemay also be joined by our favourite host Richter who avoids by-release basis. If both parties are happy the door remains spitting bars in favour of bridging the gap between the DJs and open. Deadboy could be described as developing a heartbreak dancers and riding the vibe. While a garage sound; lots of yearning vocals lot of the music may seem and stirring synths over tight 2 step underground, I believe it’s all fairly beats. Hackman from Leeds has a accessible on first listen. very original tropical funky sound and is willing to go off on melodic tangents, NEXT EVENT: Well Rounded, Jam Sat 24th What other nights do you DJ at which makes him fairly unique. We LABEL RELEASES: Donga & Blake 12” out and what do you like about also have forthcoming releases by now, C.R.S.T ‘Revival’ 12” out late July them? C.R.S.T and Submerse. DOC DANEEKA MIX: tinyurl.com/DocDaneeka I was a second room resident at Superdubpressure for a long while. You’ve been involved in music for I got to play music that informed years – why start a label now? dubstep’s original sound – garage and so on – and have the I started Well Rounded after ages spent wondering when support and trust of Unlikely, Dom and Kion. They also released someone would notice Deadboy’s beats. I had ‘U Cheated’ for an Ultrasound tune I made with friends on their label Clandestine quite a while and was listening for the umpteenth time one night Cultivations which meant a lot to us all. More recently I warmed and thought, “I’m gonna get the money and the distribution and up for Deadboy and El-B at Akakaroar at Life and was blown put this out because it’s wicked.” It’s really heartening when away. A proper energised atmosphere, people putting names of something you do with a friend does well – he’s off DJing abroad tunes in their phones – it went off! and doing mixes for Mary Anne Hobbs and stuff and this release played a big part in that journey. How does working in Edgeworld affect your DJing? It’s broadened what’s in my bag. The thing about Edgeworld is What DJs support the releases? the little gem potential. I get the time to check tunes quite It varies from release to release – Deadboy has been played by thoroughly and regularly challenge my own expectations by loads of well-known DJs such as Geeneus and Oneman on Rinse checking stuff that may not look like it would be my usual fare. FM, Roska bigged up our Ultrasound 12” along with TRG. We’ve I’ve been picking up some wicked disco and 80s electro funkhad support and feedback from Jamie XX and Dusk & Blackdown. influenced stuff there lately. The next release by myself and a friend as Donga & Blake has
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CULTURE
WORDS BY EMMA COQUET, NICK COQUET, BEN MILLER
Talk: Semiconductor • Lighthouse Thurs 1st
Brighton-based pair Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt nabbed themselves a residency at NASA’s Space Sciences lab in California, returning with the suitablynamed Brilliant Noise, going inside the sun and solar system for an immersive trip which was literally as atmospheric as film-making can get. They’ve just got back from the Galapagos Islands, where they’ve been messing around with volcanoes and landmasses, and this inner glimpse into their methods and madness precedes an Artist Fellowship at Washington’s Smithsonian Institution. (BM)
TALK: THE SPACE • Basement Thurs 1st
printmakers, creating an array of colourful structures across the floors and walls of the gallery. The work will also break out onto the surrounding streets, and Dutch artist Stefan Hoffmann will be making wall and window printings on-site throughout the month, allowing the public to follow his processes. (BM)
Comedy: Andrew O’Neill Caroline of Brunswick Thurs 8th
With his length of black hair and platform boots, goth comedian Andrew O’Neill looks like the sort of chap you’d traditionally find stalking through the Caz on a Thursday night. His choice of themes keep it pretty alt as well – he’s based shows on the link between Winston Churchill and Jack The Ripper and the history of British industry, but he’s also a master of puns, a high-tempo entertainer and a gifted wordsmith whose show seems to improve every year. (BM)
FILM: BREATHLESS Duke of York’s Fri 9th
In their time-honoured tradition of providing top notch guests for you to fling questions at, SPACE returns with a pair of big hitters for July. Writer for TV Burp, Brass Eye, Smack The Pony and former NME scribe David Quantick is here to talk about writing for both Harry Hill and Chris Morris as well as explaining his calling Morrissey a nasty old racist (should you feel the need to ask him about it) aand is joined by head Blockhead Chaz Jankel. Media hopefuls will be hanging out at the bar, frantically exchanging business cards and mobile numbers, and a good time will be had by all. (NC)
OK, so some say this was the only good film Jean Seberg ever made. And it’s probably advisable to forget that sticky end in the back of a dirty car. Overlook the stinky remake with Richard Gere. The original A Boute de Soufflé aka Breathless has been swanked up all pretty, so sink into your big comfy chair, cool beer in your hand and gaze at the original ingenue. Brighton may be swarming with elfin haircuts, stripy shirts and cropped black trousers this summer but Jean was the original. And while you’re there work out those last lines… (EC)
Art: Hot Plate
Duke of York’s Sun 11th
Phoenix from Sat 3rd
You definitely can’t fault the Phoenix for ambition with this one. From Belgium to Canada and Korea, curator Sue Gollifer has lured contemporaries from nine countries to present their favourite pieces from modern
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Film: BBC Drama Shorts Introduced by Lonely Planet’s Toby Amies, this limited space freebie showcase will be screening four of the best new short films produced by UK talent. They include an incendiary father and son camping trip to the Highlands of Scotland, a jazz cornet musical of sleepy England, the tale of a teenager whose dying wish is to get laid and a six-year old in fancy dress embarking on a dark night of the soul in his mother’s lounge. And not a romcom in sight. (BM)
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Permanent Gallery until Sun 11th
In May, the Permanent chose winners from an open competition for a set of short residencies inside the gallery. Max Mosscrop’s geometric objects took over the townhouse for a while, followed by tents, canoes, kitchens and libraries courtesy of Alex Rich & Markus Bergström. In the third instalment, Kimi Conrad’s devised an “extended launch event” – anyone planning to pop along for the usual wine guzzling and speeches might want to keep their wits about them – as well as screenings and performances. (BM)
Art: Req: Spraypaint Realism • Ink-d, until Sun 11th
As the sprayer of the John Peel and George Best portraits on the side of the Albert, graffiti genius Req’s high-profile creations are the first artworks most people see when they get to Brighton. Less well known is his fascination with PreRaphaelite concepts of the female form in painting, which he’s applied to his own medium here (apparently spraypaint captures skin tone perfectly). The resulting combination of the traditional and the ultra-cool testifies to the mighty power of the can. (BM)
Comedy: Josie Long Caroline of Brunswick Tues 20th
Back from a sojourn to New Zealand some feared she’d never return from, the poster girl of DIY comedy and all-round Goddess pays us a visit for the first time in a while with an Edinburgh preview. For a fiver that should be all the persuasion you need, but just in case you’ve never found yourself contributing to a giant doodle or holding up a glow bulb courtesy of Long’s inebriating whirlwind of exuberance, this is your chance to worship at the indie comedy altar. (BM)
Comedy: Riches and Ransom Upstairs at Three and Ten Fri 23rd
When he hasn’t been ushering people up on stage to physically abuse him, Adam Riches has still suffered for his inspired character comedy, most notably by breaking his leg on stage when he slipped on some Yakult spilled by long-term alter-ego Victor Legit. His act won him widespread praise from just about every critic once he could walk again, starring a riot of hairy gamekeepers and hapless caped crusaders. Rising star Jessica Ransom, of The Armstrong and Miller Show, joins him here. (BM)
FILM: PETER SELLERS: A STRANGE LIFE Duke of York’s Sun 25th
To coincide with the 30th anniversary of Peter Sellers’ death, SPACE is teaming up with the Duke for a night of Sellers celebration. Following a rare big screen outing for Dr Strangelove, Briggy Smale is joined by comedy luminary Barry Cryer and Pink Panther lunatic Burt Kwouk (“not now Cato”, etc) for an exploration of Sellers’ complex life behind the lens. SPACE is really excelling itself with these tie-up events; we look forward to more. (NC)
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GEISHA ARTS 75 East Street WORDS BY NICK COQUET, image by zac walsh
We’re all about art when it involves its audience rather than existing simply as a passive gawp’n’go experience. Geisha Arts not only exhibits contemporary and cutting edge urban artists, it also hosts seminars and workshops on art as well as music, writing, textiles and fashion. In a further departure from traditional shushed, head-tilting art consumption, the space ramps up the vibrancy with organic foods, teas, coffees and cocktails. Live graffiti art sessions are a regular, with hip hop beats blasting out onto the beach. Collectors can pick up original cutting edge pieces safe in the knowledge that the artists aren’t being fleeced – operating outside of a gallery-led organization means they get an ethical rate for their work. Geisha likes to start ‘em young too – schools and colleges are encouraged to watch and get involved in the art making process, and Geisha Kids affords youngsters the opportunity to work alongside professionals to create gallery pieces.
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Post-party mash-up music is the snappy soundbite accompanying this strange release, although anyone hoping to come down gently to its tonal niceties is likely to spiral back into a giddy hallucinogenic whirl. Eerie spoken vocals vie with dark electronic beats and everyday soundscapes, from Belfast airport to a gaggle of pissed-up teens, creating an uneasy yet wholly compelling package from the deepest recesses of the artistic psyche. ‘Michael Jackson’s Last Waltz’, in particular, sums up what one would imagine a remotely administered overdose might indeed feel like – pretty damn bloody spooky we’d imagine. (NC)
SINGLE: JUSTICE FORCE 5 • Fight The Fight (Xtra Mile)
The world’s first superhero rock group return with a double a-side single for the summer. Following the heaving, sweaty scenes at their sold-out Coalition show last year we kind of wondered what they were doing, maybe saving kids from burning buildings and stuff. But it seems they’ve been in some underground lair amassing an album’s worth of bombastic power chord rock, the first fruits of which are unmasked here. A new version of ‘Fight The Fight’, probably the band’s most commercial proposition, and new track ‘J.U.S.T.I.C.E. Force Dance’ see the JF5 moving in the right direction for global domination. (NC)
Album: RUNNING PUNCH • Publish or Perish (runningpunch.com)
In these days of urban music topping the charts across the world, a common moan is the lack of decent UK hip hop, especially in light of the all-eclipsing rise of grime. Those of us jaded enough to remember the Nextmen’s (amazing) first album have long bemoaned their - and the genre’s - downturn would be advised to look in the direction of Running Punch. One part deadpan MC and one part grass-roots, scratch-friendly producer, this is proper early noughties Brit hop, with half an eye on classic Native Tongue-esque breaks and rhymes. (MB)
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BOOK: JESSICA KEMP • Breasts (Soft Prawn)
The first in a series of three illustrated examinations of the female form, Breasts begins at first base. Interspersed with various boob-related facts such as their smoothness following menstruation and the different directions it’s possible for nipples to point, the various and occasionally alarmingly-depicted breast shapes are drawn and named to a sometimes unflattering degree, but there’s an underlying reassurance that they’re all normal parts of the mammary melting pot. We’re assuming the second and third books will be ninnies and bumbums. See the e-book here: tinyurl.com/breastsbook. (NC)
ALBUM: MUTE SWIMMER • Mute Swimmer (Woodland)
Mute Swimmer is the alias of Brighton songwriter Guy Dale, with this eponymous release being his first under the moniker. The 10 intimate songs here are essentially rooted in folk music – finger-picked acoustic guitar embellished with minimal snare drum and percussion, while his lyrics are introspective and confessional in nature. A deep sense of melancholy and romance runs throughout this album with the effect being eerie, yet warm, tortured yet somewhat life affirming. It’s been a long time in the making, but its well worth the wait. (IC)
EP: PINK NARCISSUS • (myspace.com/pinknarcissusband)
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something. All the band’s obvious influences ring pleasingly true with us; Bowie, Velvets, Jane’s, Stooges – and they’re all put through the mincer with such androgynous vagabond style they can’t fail. Even the Bowie cover – normally guaranteed to raise our hackles at such sacrilegious creative conceit – lands firmly on its feet. The theatricality and virtuosity of the performance press all the right buttons - you must investigate them now. (NC)
EP: THE ROBOT HEART • Dust (Bleeding Heart)
A robot heart might well suggest to logical thinkers among you that the music is cold and lifeless, incapable of emotion and feeling. Well, nothing could be further from the truth here, this is sweeping, swooning, gradually-unfurling folk pop, with hints of Elliot Smith and The Polyphonic Spree pepping it up along the way. Three fully-realised band tracks power along in this vein, with three acoustic numbers taking more of a musical back seat, allowing the twin boy/girl vocals to the fore. Beautifully recorded, arranged and produced, this is one we’re going to be taking home with us. (NC)
SINGLE: ROB THE RICH • Better (Fandango)
Tipped for big things we hear, Rob may end up being Rich. In the meantime it falls to us to examine the route to financial security they might be taking. ‘Better’ is certainly a step in the right direction, a sprightly insouciant slice of indie pop fun, punctuated by a surprising synth break that might have come from a mid-80s Eurovision hopeful but works perfectly here nonetheless. This is the perfect foil to the slew of sourfaced indie many deliver under the mistaken impression that being dour makes them more interesting. (NC)
SINGLE: CAKEBOY • Swamp Thing (Mutate)
Not to be confused with The Grid’s same-name single from ages ago, this sees Cakeboy in a playful mood. Mixing a deep’n’squelchy acid bassline with debut album Prodigy rave synths and throwing in some sexy moans and a Mrs Stephen Hawking vocal line decrying the progatonist’s monster qualities, the tune is packed with goodness. Notable among the remixes is a JFB outing, stripping down the backing and filling it with more breaks than Richard Hammond in a road test. Gobble up this slice of Cakeboy like an overweight secretary at an office birthday do. (NC)
STRIPPER • Stuka (Surfer Rosa)
Two hugely respected dance producers hiding behind the Stripper moniker – hey, it could be the Chuckle Brothers for all we know – this time around they’ve teamed up with SirReal off Pendulum and Freestylers records with a typically suggestive vocal on top of a dive-bombing bassline and a straight-up 4/4 house groove. Now summer’s here it’s time we saw a barrage of sunshine anthems vying for the background music slot to footage of cockneys punching and vomiting along West Street on Brighton Beach Patrol – this one sums up summer fun, with sunburnt arms in the air, a proper treat, (NC)
EP: VERNIE & BERTRUM • VandB (myspace.com/vandb)
Beginning with the kind of swamp country twang that reminds of the intro to True Blood or some Sopranos incidental music, the four tracks on this EP quickly veer into reliable and melodic indie pop. Imaginative time signatures and melodic arrangements elevate the songs above the sum of their traditional three-piece parts, with the right landscape of peaks and troughs to prove there’s a promising songwriting team at work. Well played, creatively put together and nicely sung, this is promising stuff for sure. (NC)
BOOK: ZOINGIMAGE • Le Book (zoingimage.com)
French ex-pat Serge Rolland may be the most successful photographer in Brighton in terms of how many walls hold up his pictures. From selling photos of Brighton icons and details in the street he’s built up a popular shop, Zoingimage, on Sydney Street. ‘Le Book’ deals with the first ten years since a stranger gave him a camera but feels like it could have come from any time in the last 50 years. Serge’s use of film adds a dreaminess to his mastery of colour. Evocative and beautiful. (JK)
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PADDLE ROUND THE PIER SPLISH SPLASH, RAISIN’ CASH WORDS BY NICK COQUET
definite dry-land emphasis. Urban and street sports combine to provide a schedule of events where experts risk alarming limb damage via the perilous disciplines of skateboards, bikes and the ultimate thrillseeking, building-leaping fix of parkour. There’s also the best in beach culture, loads of stalls to wander round, great food and booze and a seriously packed programme of live music, all without recourse to putting your hand in your pocket (although you should probably help out the charities the event’s supporting – including RNLI, Surfaid and Whoopsadaisy).
SOURCE doesn’t really want to show everyone else up with our prodigious paddling prowess, but we’ll certainly be checking out some of the live music the organisers have booked. The Jo Harman Project are an interesting proposition at the moment; moving away from their established pop roots into more soul, gospel and blues avenues. SOURCE faves The Half Sisters Paddle Round The Pier has been an annual fixture since 1996 will be plying their ukulele and flute trade with their trademark and has developed a growing international reputation as one of three-part harmonies, as well as games and face-paint the most offbeat and enjoyable fundraisers around. It’s grown into shenanigans, while Los Albertos are on hand to daub the Europe’s biggest free beach festival, with urban and street sports, summer air with broad strokes of ska – they’re always big bouncy live music and kid-friendly antics all bundles of fun in the sun. Mean Poppa Lean bring adding to the atmosphere. their crowd-pleasing diet of funk rock to the party, and there’s sing-along Mick’n’Keef action from The From serious paddlers with kayaks and Railing Stains, a tribute band so authentic that yer bodyboards to floating fools atop barelyactual Stones booked them to play a fan convention WHEN: Sat 3rd – Sun 4th seaworthy beds and old front doors, and Ronnie Wood’s son joined their ranks. WHERE: Hove Lawns there are buoyancy options for all in the Elsewhere Transformer, another SOURCE fave and WEB: paddleroundthepier.com voyage around the pier’s circumference, former cover stars, are an essential live act, with as well as a stand-up paddleboard race, stage invasions not unheard of as the crowd is a seriously knackering two-mile, pier-tobewitched by their LCD-meets-Talking-Heads set. pier Malibu board race and a full-blown sailing regatta. But you And you probably shouldn’t miss Lucky Jim, a folk singer don’t have to get even a big toe wet if you’re a committed songwriter you might remember from the Kingsmill TV ads that landlubber – there’s plenty going on across the weekend with a used his track ‘You’re Lovely To Me’. It all sounds lovely to us… As Brightonians we’re well used to gawping at the monolithic spectre of the West Pier, but not everyone can say they’ve paddled round it and raised a pot of dough for worthy causes.
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Street Style
words by james kendall photo by lomo kev at lomokev.com
When LomoKev sent in his latest batch of amazing Street Style portraits (they’ve been featured in professional photography magazines, you know), we had a bit of a debate on our hands. Should we make Stevi our choice, and give her a bottle of Tuaca for the honour? Not that she’s not cool enough – my god, there probably isn’t a cooler girl in Brighton – but because she’s already been in SOURCE, on the cover no less. You might remember her shooting her Ophelia Fancy partner Emma, the pair looking deadly in toy soldier outfits. Stevi looks just as amazing in her civvies but what surprised us is how inexpensive some of her outfit was, especially considering how luxury her lingerie range is. But killer shoes are killer shoes no matter whether they come from Peacocks or Chanel, and the leather on her £25 jacket is every bit as soft as one ten times the price. Cheap doesn’t have to be cheap. Glasses from Specs “They’re posh spazzy specs – I think I’m a bit old to have actual spazzy specs.” Jacket from Dirty Harry “It’s an original 70s one – I’ve worn it to death. It shouts an old episode of On The Buses or something cheesy like Some Mother’s Do ‘Ave ‘Em.” Dress by Fred Perry “My boyfriend bought it for me for Christmas and then Emma excitedly turned up on New Year’s Eve wearing exactly the same one. I like that it’s an expensive dress but it’s quite understated.” Tights “I think they’re just Primark nasties.” Shoes from Peacocks “They’ve got that naughty office thing going on, which I like. They’re kinda suave but cheap and fun at the same time.
Lucky Brightonians were the first to discover the delicious taste of TUACA. This summer why not try a TUACA and cola, long over ice and enjoy the perfect blend of vanilla, citrus and cola. Start chilled – finish responsibly
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Street Style at Brighton Fashion Week GARAGE STUDIOS CAUGHT THE MODELS BETWEEN MAKE-UP AND THE CLOTHES RAILS AT BRIGHTON FASHION WEEK
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With tattooing becoming more and more ubiquitous, it’s getting harder to stand out from the crowds of generic tribal swirls and Chinese symbols. Magnum Opus is a custom shop without books to choose identikit inkings from, dedicated to creating unique pieces you won’t see on anyone else. With six artists on hand covering the entire spectrum of tattoo styles, there’s nowhere better to translate your vision into body art reality.
But the buzz about Magnum Opus isn’t just the pleasing sound of the needles; they’ve created a real community atmosphere in the shop. There’s always great music playing (Bowie’s ‘Holy Holy’ is on when we visit) and the placed is adorned with artwork from traditional skateboard to Victorian monkeys and the Virgin Mary, as well as exhibition space from local artists. Magnum Opus is no typical studio, so if you’re thinking of an inking pop in for a chat – hang out and get something special under your skin.
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UNSUNG HEROES 100 PEOPLE WHO MAKE BRIGHTON WHAT IT IS
NO.11 MICK HABESHAW-ROBINSON WORDS BY NICK COQUET, PHOTO BY SIMON DACK
For the last 10 years the Hotel Pelirocco has been a Brighton byword for opulent debauchery, a true rock’n’roll stopover on Regency Square. We spoke to the owner, Mick Habeshaw-Robinson. How would you define the concept of boutique accommodation? Individuality really, making your own mark and not being part of the mainstream Travelodge/Holiday Inn set-up, offering something a bit more personal for people. Tell us a bit about the rooms. We’ve got 19 themed rooms, based around music, fashion and art – maverick characters from pop culture over the last 40 odd years, people like Diana Dors, Bettie Page, Leigh Bowery, Jamie Reid, and the mod links that come part and parcel with Brighton. You do more than just accommodation though? Yes, there’s our Singstar Lounge, it’s a private room that holds about 10 people. We do t-shirts and we did put a compilation album out, but by the time we got round to doing volume two people had kind of stopped buying CDs. It had Scissor Sisters’ ‘Comfortably Numb’ on it before the single came out, Dean Marsh who put it together with us knew it from the clubs – it got a lot of recognition from being on our CD, the band have been back since and acknowledged that, which was nice. Do think the Pelirocco has been influential? Indirectly I think; we made hotels more individual. It’s hard to believe now but 10 years ago it was all just chintzy B&Bs. I think we turned a few heads, yeah. Who’s the most exciting person you’ve had to stay? I’d say Mani from Primal Scream – everybody loves him to bits, he’s really friendly and down to earth. We had the Beastie Boys in; being Americans we made sure the eggs were over easy for them, ha ha. Has the rock’n’roll behaviour even got out of hand? Not really, even though we do bill it like that people are very respectful; they behave within certain boundaries. Occasionally people get too drunk but that can happen anywhere. Because we’re not part of a chain and everyone here is friendly, people just respect the place. There’s no tellies out of the window...
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SECRET EATER
Cream Tea
New Road (01273) 677676 Mon-Fri 8am-7pm Sat-Sun 9pm-7pm
THE PLACE: SOURCE manager Rosie is Devon born and bred and as such likes nothing more than a cream tea. To say she’s a connoisseur is understating things dramatically. You know when people ask what food would you choose to live on for the rest of your life? She’d probably choose cream teas. With that in mind it’s a miracle that we haven’t been into a little eatery with the words ‘cream’ and ‘tea’ written onto the window sooner.
THE MEAL: Before we arrived we thought that Cream Tea was going to be a posh little tearoom but we got it a bit wrong. It’s cute but a little too crammed to be a special afternoon stop off if you can’t sit in the sun outside. Our cheese sandwich (£3.50) is lovely and has a nice Christmassy relish with tasty and not overly sharp cheese. The only shame is that it comes pre-made and wrapped in polythene. The leek soup (£3.50) is on the insipid side of subtle if we’re being kind. Better news on the huge, creamy blueberry cheesecake (£3.50), which was too big to finish. So what about the cream tea then? Well, it’s not a disaster but it’s flawed to say the least. The scone is nice, and big, so we don’t mind that there’s only one of them. However the jam is raspberry, which is virtually heresy. The default jam should be strawberry please, strawberry! And while we’re complaining would it be so hard to put the cream and jam in china bowls rather than plastic takeaway pots with lids on and the date the cream goes off written on the underside? It was £4.50 after all. THE VERDICT: There’s no getting away from it, Cream Tea is an expensive café. Slap bang in the middle of tourist central, their market possibly isn’t locals but for the money we spent we’d want everything to be tip top and, frankly, it wavered either side of average. Still, the view was great and summer should keep them busy with the city’s visitors. WERE WE SUSSED?: It was pretty busy and everyone looked rushed off their feet, and anyway all the customers had massive digital cameras in there from their sightseeing. We’d say we weren’t sussed.
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WE’LL MAKE YOU FAMOUS BABY… WITH THE HELP OF MUD HUT, JUICE FM AND SOUNDLOCKER Words by james kendall Back in 1998 Mud Hut were the first UK company to legitimately sell mp3 downloads worldwide, so when they asked us to be a part of a massive competition involving some of Brighton’s music industry players we were all ears. Juice FM, Soundlocker Studios, Mud Hut and SOURCE will judge a huge contest to find a new artist or band from Sussex who will receive support and help across the board. We thought we’d better have a chat with Mud Hut’s Jonathan Falgate about it. It’s going to be hard to pick our end I think we’ll be looking for a band or artist that manages to combine originality with melody and either emotion or energy. Or we might end up being attracted by something else entirely. Each judge will be looking for certain things but first and foremost great music. For us it’s also important for a band to present themselves professionally. Welldesigned web pages with videos and live footage, blogs, pictures etc. Everyone can set up a MySpace now, that’s the norm – we will be looking for bands that go one step further. They need to show that they are ready and motivated to engage their fans and actively go and develop a wider audience.
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CLOSING DATE: 16th August FACEBOOK: Brighton Live Lounge WEB: www.brightonlivelounge.co.uk
Obviously all the judges will be going into this with open ears, but what sort of bands have excited you over the last few years? We would tip our hats to Tim Exile, for pushing the boundaries of electronica and his incredible synthesis work, Blood Red Shoes always continue to impress us, Kovak’s live shows are simply electric, we love Sophie Madeleine’s innovative methods towards self distribution and use of YouTube, The Perils, The Beautiful Word. The list could go on…
a winner I’d imagine, but from
WINNER’S PRIZE
• A chance to record one original song and a cover in Soundlocker Studios’ legendary Live Room, which will then be professionally mixed • Have the songs premiered on Juice 107.2FM • We’ll then feature you in September’s SOURCE • The recordings – which are yours to keep – will be released on iTunes and Spotify by Mud Hut • The performance will be videoed in HD and professionally edited into a live video and exposed to more than 600 people per day for three months – that’s over 50,000 viewers
SECOND AND THIRD PRIZES
• Free digital marketing and promotions consultation at the Mud Hut Digital office • Free goodies from Brighton music shops
HOW TO ENTER
Be in a band or be an artist. Live in Sussex. Log onto Facebook. Search for Brighton Live Lounge. Post a link to your MySpace page. Wait. Make a cup of tea. Wait some more.
There’s definitely something special about Sussex bands – from The Maccabees to PRJCT MYHM our guys just explode with creativity. It’s not just the bands that are special. It’s the artists and the galleries, the writers, the magazines, radio, shops. Sussex is a do-it-yourself place. Pride is the biggest in the country, the Fringe is the biggest after Edinburgh. We have the sea, the Downs and all these inspiring surroundings. We have everything we need to manifest what we want, as well as the support from so many other like-minded people. You’re really free here to put yourself out there, wear what you want, say what you want and nobody lives by that more than the musicians. What do you hope it achieves? We hope that it creates a bit of a community; lets the bands know what a great group of independent music companies there are in Brighton and how lucky we all are for that. I hope that it lets the companies know what a great pool of creative people we have. I just want to make everyone aware of each other’s efforts and create something that everyone is involved with.
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LISTINGS July 2010
thursday 1st
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AUDIO Bastard Pop Musical mash up 11pm £2 BASEMENT Chaz Jankel and David Quantick Art and media event with entertainment from a Blockhead and a ex-music journo Harry Hill writer 7.30pm £7.50/5 BELUSHI’S BAR Karaoke 90s house party 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Party On The Ceiling Indie bands & DJ action 9.30pm £2/1 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Brighton Bike Night Bikers’ social 7pm £free COALITION Secret Discotheque Retro disco, 80s pop and other ‘uncool’ tunes 10.30pm £3/2/1 CONCORDE 2 Bassekou Kouate & Ngoni Ba Afro blueshounds 7pm £15 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Tetro 1.30pm/6.15pm; Whatever Works 4pm/9pm DUKE OF NORFOLK Local Talent Live music 9pm £free EXCHANGE Quiz Night Fire up your noggin for dosh prizes 8.45pm £1.50 FIDDLER’S ELBOW Fiddler’s Live Lounge A whole lotta jazz 9pm £free FISHBOWL Residents Association: DJ Will Sumsuch Hip hop, funk, disco, world and house 10pm £free FITZHERBERTS Citizen Lane’s Mods vs Rockers DJs playing rival tunes 8pm £free FUNKY BUDDHA Addicted: Vince Frimpong, Ray Morgado R&B bump and grind party 11pm £tbc GEMINI The Retrospects Live music by the sea 2pm £free GLOBE Rockoustic Playing an eclectic selection from local music-makers 9pm £free GRAND CENTRAL Swing DeVille Duo Gypsy jazz from the 1930s 8.30pm £free HONEYCLUB The One: Squiz, Ben-G, Matt Jiggens, Gazz Marlow, Paul Hillyer Mix of R&B, hip hop and funky house. Oh, and some indie too, you lucky thing 11pm £1 HYDRANT Tropical Underground Dance to the rhythm of the tropical dub 9pm £free JAM Thursday Night Fish Fry Early 50s US rhythm & blues and original Jamaican ska 10pm £3 KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club Stand-up shenanigans 8pm £8.50/6.50 KOMEDIA STUDIO Hammer & Tongue Performance poetry and open slam for all you wordsmiths 7.30pm £5/4 LIFE Shameless: C-Dogg, DJ Nause Spinning the good times and not-so-good times of half a century 11pm £1 LIGHTHOUSE Monthly Talks Programme: Semiconductor Film-makers give us their two-pence 6.30pm £3 LOLA LO Opening Weekender Swanky new tiki bar with a South Pacific theme 8pm £tbc MARLBOROUGH Karaoke Kocktails Interesting (dangerous) combination 8pm £free OCEANA Pound Party: Mike Panteli If the Juice FM DJ doesn’t float your boat, then the cheaper than chips prices will 9pm £4/1/free PAVILION THEATRE Joe, Ho Ho A play about a life of despair and passion 8pm £10/8 PENTHOUSE Hot Tip Hi Fi Jamaican reggae, rocksteady and roots, man 9pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Sandy Dillon Band, Midwest Blues, Birdengine Live music 8pm £8 QUADRANT AKL Open Mic Highly competitive open mic 8pm £free RANELAGH ARMS Hillbilly Deluxe Live music 8pm £free RIKITIK Scribble: Boy Com, Homeslice It’s a hip hop party 10pm £free SIDEWINDER Ants In The Carpet From the 80s to present day in a tuneful adventures 8pm £free ST JAMES TAVERN Stay Sick, Turn Blue 50s and 60s rock&roll 8.30pm £free SUGAQUBE Weekend Warmup: Jay North Upfront
house and anthems Time tbc £free THEATRE ROYAL Canary Paula Wilcox stars in a story about love and honesty 2.30pm/7.45pm £tbc THREE & TEN Toulson and Harvey Used to Be Friends Duo who fell-out, now re-united. Expect comedy bitterness 8pm £6/5 VICTORY Open Mic Night Come share your songs with strangers 8pm £free VOLKS Wanderdown, Vernie & Bertrum, Atmostphere & The Dots Dots Dots Live dreamy indie 8pm £3; Upanddown: Bruno Otranto, Domingo, Carlos Ruiz, Kasse, DJ Rojo, Unomass Techno and electro night to get sweaty 11pm £3
friday 2nd
AUDIO MJ Cole, Greenmoney, Charles Green, Steveo Rees Garage and house to get you feeling alive 11pm £tbc BELUSHI’S BAR Muy Loco Pop, house and R&B 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Abandoned For rock and metal lickahs 10pm £3/2 BLACK DOVE Hot-Tip Hi-Fi Regge, rocksteady and roots, man 8.30pm £free BLACK LION Medium Rare Playing funk that’s got soul 8.30pm £free BRIGHTON CENTRE The Wriggles Circus-style entertainment for toddles feat. The Octopus and Wags The Dog, among others 1pm/4.30pm £16/14.50 BRUNSWICK The Lost Highway Live music of the Americana kind 8pm £5/4 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Bend Over, I’ll Drive DJs playing sleaze, trash and cock rock 9pm £free COALITION Fridays I’m In Love Somewhat eclectic night with 60s gems, indie and funky funk 11pm £4/3/2/1 CONCORDE 2 Trojan Sound System, Unity Hi Fi, DJ As If Afrobeats from outerspace 11pm £4/3 DIGITAL Stonelove Indie and rock & roll 11pm £4/3 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Whatever Works 1.30pm/6.15pm; White Material 3.30pm/8.45pm FISHBOWL Keep It Wheel Vs Cigarettes & Sunshine: DJ Dave Holloway, Saturday Kid Rare disco on vinyl 9pm £free FUNKY BUDDHA Dance, Drink, Repeat: Dan Doubledecks, Charles Green, Mikee Hollywood Look sharp student night 11pm £5/3 FUNKYFISH The Funkyfish Club Funky DJ Delboy spins four funky decades on four funky decks. How many funky hands does this funky man have? 10pm £6/3.50 GLOBE Disco Deviant: Pablo Contraband House party in the basement 9pm £free GRAND CENTRAL All Time Top 100: Karl & Darren Bray Musical countdown 9.30pm £free GREENHOUSE EFFECT Go Ape!: Karl Kong Go ape or go hairy with this jungle themed soul and rock & roll partaaay 8pm £2.50 HAMPTON Mod For It! Motown, soul and new wave, so quiff your hair up 8pm £free HONEYCLUB 11-16 Year’s Club Night: Dan Gasser, Max Davenport Pretty self explanatory night playing R&B, pop and house tunes 7pm £6; Hardsouth: Nick Rowland, Toryn D, Phizz, Lee Walls, Krunchie, Drummer, Chris Hampshire, Coxy, Dan Pannell Super hard super dance super trance 11pm £10/8/5 HOPE UK Air Guitar Championships The Southeast Heat. Prepare your axe for battle 9pm £5; Stacked Nasty 50s and 60s tunes so get your beehive on 9pm £free HYDRANT DOWNSTAIRS Lemon Pie, Tom Burton Live psych and punk and dub 9pm £free HYDRANT UPSTAIRS Rock & Metal Night Live bands 8pm £tbc JAM Tea & Toast: Amity, Lovepark, Jumping Ships, George Nunn, High Rankin Live music from chilled talent and raise some moolah for Rainbow Trust charity 8pm
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£5 KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club Stand-up shenanigans 7.30pm £14.50/10; Freak Out! Journey to the land of disco, with audio-visuals galore 11pm £5 KOMEDIA STUDIO How Things Work: Scenic Routes, Rome Pays Off, S.T., Lou Glandfield Journey from jazz to country to blues to folk 7.30pm £5/4 LIFE Big Fish Little Fish Cardboard Box: Hostage, Last Japan Fidget, bass, electro 11pm £4 LOFT Club Malicious: DJ Rockness Monster Playing alternative tuuunes with axes in them (that’s guitars) 9pm £5/3/2 LOLA LO Opening Weekender Swanky new cocktail tiki bar with a South Pacific theme 8pm £tbc MARLBOROUGH Q&A (Queer & Alternative) DJs spinning indie, electro and old skool tunes 5pm £free MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Diana Dandruff: Sam Chara Comedy cabaret with your ol’ chums Psycho Bill and Brer Fag End 8pm £free NORTHERN LIGHTS DJ Shabbatez Playing all kinds of reggae 8pm £free OCEANA The World In One Night Is it too much to be promising the world? 7 themed rooms for your aural pleasure 8pm £6/5 RANELAGH ARMS King Size Slim Live music 8pm £free PAVILION THEATRE Joe, Ho Ho A play about a life of despair and passion 8pm £10/8 PENTHOUSE Amazing Get out your hair and spandex, it’s time for some power ballads 9pm £free RIKITIK Voodoo In Association With WeSC: Insight and Nick Maxwell Broken beats on the dirty dubstep 9pm £free SUGAQUBE Suga Sessions: Brian ‘Cheets’ Cheetham Crunchy house Time tbc £free ST LUKES Christopher Guild Neglected piano gems. Nothing like a bit of high art, innit 7.30pm £6/4 THEATRE ROYAL Canary Paula Wilcox stars in a story about love and honesty 2.30pm/7.45pm £tbc THREE & TEN Will Sumsuch Quirky tunes and beats in the house 10pm £free VOLKS Voltage: Kenny Ken & The Reggae Twins, Mattix & Futile, Style One, Mekar MC, Rerun, NME, Champion Bubbla, Liquid Edge and 9 more Massive D&B and dubstep night 11pm £5 WEST HILL TAVERN Envy: Electro, dance and hip hop 10pm £free WESTERN FRONT Release Alternative indie, disco, old skool dance and party classics for you to stick in your pipe and smoke 9pm £free WORLD’S END Videostars World cup non-sense followed by the last three decades of indie rock and pop 8pm £free XUMA DJ Abo & Ally Smith Phat funk and jazz 10pm £free
saturday 3rd
AUDIO Blogger’s Delight: Run.Hide.Survive, Skull Juice, Casper C, NikNikNik Electro, house and techno techno techno 11pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Unplugged: The Rocket Dogs live acoustic duo 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Good Times: Retro Disco Party It’s a soul funk party Mick Fuller 9pm £5 BRUNSWICK Los Albertos Brighton based ska band 8pm £5 BLACK LION Attic Monkeys 50 years of records 7.30pm £free BRIGHTON CENTRE The Hungry Years Reunion Stadium rockers 9pm £20 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Replica Goth, industrial, EBM 9pm £free COALITION Timo Maas, Japanese Popstars, Yusef Sebaiti Quirky and dark beat-stars 11pm £8; Blow After Party: Vincent Manganaro, Alex Outram, Aaron Pelaez Don’t stop dancing, sleep is for fools 3am £7/5/4 CONCORDE 2 Joey Negro & The Sunburst Band, Bob Jones, Paul Clark, Paul Sutton, Richard Goodliff There’s disco, funk and soul in the house 9pm £16 CORN EXCHANGE Eddie Palmieri & The Afro Caribbean Jazz All Stars Live latin jazz salsa crew 8pm £18.50/15 DIGITAL Pussycat Club Tropical Beach Party Come celebrate the sunshine and show off your lovely bunch of coconuts 11pm £tbc DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Return To Neverland 11am; Whatever Works 1.30pm/6.15pm; White Material 3.30pm/8.45pm
FISHBOWL Roger C Joint Sessions resident playing stripped down soul, beats and funk 9pm £free FUNKY BUDDHA Maxxi Soundsystem: Go Bang Brighton: Affy & Ally Broadcast Gyrate around on the dancefloor cuz it’s disco time 11pm £5 FUNKYFISH The Funkyfish Club Funky DJ Delboy spins 4 funky decades on 4 funky decks. How many funky hands does this funky man have? 10pm £6/3.50 GEMINI Commodor 64 Misspelt live music by the sea 1pm £free GLOBE PEG & Music For Tea Parties: Jane Fitz, Paulie P, Matt Bond, Jody Hannan Broken afrobeats and underground soul 9pm £free GRAND CENTRAL Panda Bear, Noise Attack Strange pop, alternative hip hop and synthtastic space disco biscuits to dip in your beer 9pm £free HECTOR’S HOUSE The Free For All Bday Special: Breakin Bear, The Fadadoo Project, Karl Phillips & The Midnight Ramblers, Swims, Alex Gigante Loadsa live acts with interesting names 8.30pm £free HONEYCLUB Hat Club Brighton Residency Launch: Oliver Lang, Gordan Edge, Vince Primpong, Carl Smeaton, Ed Brumwell, Dave Stanford, Ben G, Squiz Wear a hat and dance like a twat 11pm £10 HOPE Da Doo Ron Ron It’s Alive!: Tender Trap, The Bobby McGees, The Mai 68s, DJ Steph Goodman Live musical treats and 60s beats, with a female edge 8.30pm £free HYDRANT DOWNSTAIRS Slow Moving Liquid, Cry Baby Killers, Triple Chicken Combo Live blues and rock & album launch 9pm £free HYDRANT UPSTAIRS Mammoth & Bloodstock Battle of the Bands Final Live band of the rock and metal kind Noon £tbc INK Shakedown: Shayal, Klipz, Informer, Rudeben, Mini Mike, Outbreak The boys bring you urban tunes 10pm £free JAM The Stash 50s and 60s dance party 8pm £3/2 KOMEDIA DOWN Motorcity New clubnight for lovers of motown and disco tunes 10.30pm £5/3; Krater Comedy Club Stand-up shenanigans 7pm/10.30pm £17.50/15 KOMEDIA UP Guilty Pleasures: Anna Greenwood, Hot Gusset Celebrate good times with this all-singing, all-dancing spectacular spectacular. Cowboy theme so bring your horse 11pm £8/6 KOMEDIA STUDIO Vive La Fip Bastille special from froggy radio station that we can also tune our radios to in Brighton 10pm £6/5 LIFE Fish Fry Soundsystem: Waterfront Fish Fry Chilled Jamaican ska, roots, rhythm & blues and gospel 2pm £free; Maxxi Soundsystem Beach terrace party 6pm £free; Hold Up! Indie night 11pm £5 LOLA LO Opening Weekender Swanky new cocktail tiki bar with a South Pacific theme 8pm £tbc MARLBOROUGH Cherry Pop: DJ Fondue Inferno It’s 80s prom night 8pm £free MARLBOROUGH THEATRE MOO-0364 HIV based performance piece from Filipe Canha 8pm £8/6 OCEANA The World In One Night Is it too much to be promising the world? 7 themed rooms for your aural pleasure 8pm £6/5 OM Ferret Racing: Will Sumsuch, Nick Tee, Howie-D, Kowboy K, T-F-R-S-C Deeply soulful funk-full house party with an indie twist 9pm £free PAV TAV Back To The Future!: Gazz, Matt The boys from Justice Force 5 play loadsa music from different decades 11pm £3/2 PAVILION THEATRE Reeling A play about an Aussie child star becoming an adult 8pm £10/8 PENTHOUSE Smack That Electro indie fun 9pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Hollywood Assassins, Bob Wants His Head Back, Mel’s Allstars Live music 8.30pm £4/3 RIKITIK Scribble Saturdays: Boy Com, Homeslice Weekend hip hop party 9pm £free SEAFRONT Paddle Round The Pier Hove Lawns hosts the annual festival to raise £s for RNLI. Live music and more family friendly watersports you can shake an inflatable beach ball at (See feature) Noon £free SIDEWINDER Name That Tune USA Special Answer yankee related trivia 8pm £free SUGAQUBE Suga Sessions: Brian ‘Cheets’ Cheetham Crunchy house Time tbc £free THREE & TEN Rusty Ryan Hip hop and soulful tunes 10pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Canary Paula Wilcox stars in a story about love and honesty 2.30pm/7.45pm £tbc VICTORY Fernando Poo Indie fuzz, 1970s, mash ups and general strangeness 9pm £free VOLKS Psychedelicious Reunion: Organic Hybrid, Grillo, Niquid, Psykinya, Ben-R Psytrance for all 11pm £8/7
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sunday 4th
BELUSHI’S BAR Independence Day: DJ Sean Celebrate being a yankee 9pm £free BLACK LION The Djangonauts Gypsy jazz four fivepiece 7.30pm £free BRIGHTON CENTRE Rufus Wainwright Piano prettyboy returns to Brighton 7.30pm £45/35/27.50 BRUNSWICK Spirit Live jazz 8pm £tbc CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK The Geekest Link Scifi and fantasy quiz for nerds 8.30pm £1 COALITION Frequency: Verity Mayes, Yusef Sebaiti DJs playing upfront house and tech beats 10.30pm £2/ free CORN EXCHANGE Brighton Dome Tea Dance Dance to a 15-piece orchestra 2pm £12.50 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA La Dolce Vita / Sweet Smell Of Success 11am; Whatever Works 6.15pm; White Material 4pm/9.15pm FISHBOWL Recovery?: Asbest The Moor King Chilled blend of reggae and soul for you to mooch around to 9pm £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW Sham-Rock Open Mic Guinnesssodden legendary open slot 8.30pm £free FREEBUTT Memoryhouse, A Lily Dreamy pop with a drum machine 7.30pm £6.50 GEMINI Commodor 64 Live music by the sea 1pm £free HONEYCLUB Afrodisiac: Jon Byrne & Steven James Electro house to keep the weekend alive 11pm £3/2 HYDRANT DOWNSTAIRS Robb Johnson & The Irregulars Live funk folk rock punk to raise cash for kids 4pm £free HYDRANT UPSTAIRS Patchwork Grace Live quirky rock 8pm £3.50 KOMEDIA STUDIO Catfish Kings Hot sax and strings 7.30pm £6 KOMEDIA UP Bent Double: Tom Allen, Maureen Younger, Ava Vidal Irreverent night of fun and frolics hosted by Cherie Blair look-a-like Zoe Lyons 7.30pm £10/8 LATEST MUSIC BAR Bark Like A Dog Blues Jam Whether you’re hot shit or just shit, you are invited to contribute to BB King and Jimi Hendrix type songs 8pm £free MARLBOROUGH Acoustic Sessions Guitar songs 4pm £free MARWOOD CAFE Brighton Filmmakers Coalition Meeting Team together to spark creative projects 6pm £free PAVILION THEATRE Reeling A play about an Aussie child star becoming an adult 8pm £10/8 PRINCE ALBERT Eve Selis USA country music femme-furnace 8pm £tbc RANELAGH ARMS Mike Ross Live music 8pm £free RIKITIK Pulse: Sunday Night Breaks Party Weekend beats party 10pm £free SEAFRONT Paddle Round The Pier Annual festival to raise £s for RNLI. Featuring every kind of land and water sport you can imagine, as well as races and live entertainment Noon £free SEVEN STARS Mike the Mic Live music from Mike and his chums 4pm £free SIDEWINDER Independance Day Celebrations All things American 8pm £free SUGAQUBE Club Sunday Dirty filthy house beats Time tbc £free THREE & TEN Strung Out Sundays Live music of the acoustic nature 8pm £free WESTERN FRONT Sunset Party tuuunes 6pm £free WILLIE HENDRY HAIR SALON Hair 4 Love Fundraiser for HIV charity supporting orphans Noon £free
monday 5th
ANCIENT MARINER Sarah’s Quiz No hooligan policy
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8pm £1 BELUSHI’S BAR Party Night: DJ Sean Dance to the rhythm of the night 9pm £free BLACK LION Happy Mondays Mystery live acts 7.30pm £free COALITION Trash Mondays Filthy times for students and layabouts alike 10pm £3/2 DOME Robert Cray Band Blues from all over town 8pm £39.34,/29.12/25.03 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Whatever Works 1.30pm/6.15pm; White Material 3.30pm/8.45pm GEMINI Acoustic Times Best of the local catch 2pm £free HAMPTON Music Quiz Test your wits for prizes and entertainment 8pm £1 INK Mischief & Mayhem Bass party 10pm £free OCEANA Pure Filth Student night for West Street’s finest 9pm £2.50/free PRINCE ALBERT Stacie Collins USA country music pedigree 8pm £tbc QUADRANT Acoustic Showcase Cream of the open mic 8pm £free SIDEWINDER Poker night It’s about time for a gambling habit 9pm £5 SUGAQUBE Cocktail Mondays Chillax house Time tbc £free THEATRE ROYAL Quartet: Ronald Hardwood Bittersweet comedy 2.30pm/7.45pm £tbc VOLKS Strictly Reggae: Big T Dancehall, roots, revival 10pm £5/4.50 WEST HILL TAVERN The Big Quiz Swot up 8.45pm £1
tuesday 6th
AUDIO Club: Wasted Youth Indie tunes all night long for you and your floppy haired friends 11pm £2/1 BRUNSWICK Brighton Songwriters Come and finish your bedroom warblings 7pm £5; Open Mic Sing your heart out 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Mods & Sods It’s the 60s and you’ve got a nice moped 10pm £free BLACK LION Tuesday Club Mystery live acts 7.30pm £free CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Michael Fabbri Edinburgh funnyman preview 8pm £5; WTF? Quiz Test yr wits on Bizarre (magazine) things 8.30pm £1 COALITION Don’t Forget R&B, disco, pop, playful latin and house music to shake your booty at 10.30pm £3/2 CORNERSTONE Son Of Movie Bar So you wanna make it in the glamorous world of film? Go shmooze with the movers and makers and other out-of-work actors. Includes film screenings and a quiz 8pm £free DIGITAL Glitterati Massive student night with a jet-setter, elitist, cliquey theme. Expect everything from funky house to R&B to indie and dance 11pm £4/3 DUKE OF NORFOLK Open Mic 9pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA The Brothers Bloom 11am; Whatever Works 1.30pm/6.15pm; White Material 3.30pm/8.45pm EXCHANGE Poker Get off your computer and play with real people 8pm £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW Quizness Time Test your wits 8pm £1 GEMINI Acoustic Times Best of the local catch 2pm £free GLOBE Basement Cinema Showing classics and underground screenings, with free popcorn oh boy!! 8pm £free HONEYCLUB Mojito Miami Beach Party: Jimmy Lobe, Tony Shadyak, RudeBen, Gabriel Angel, Dom Flo, Aaron George Smell the oranges and party like it’s springbreak and you’re on MTV 10pm £free HOPE Slip Jam:B Hip hop jam action with open mics and open decks 8.30pm £free HYDRANT DOWNSTAIRS Student Night: Boycom DJs Dance like school’s out for the summer 9pm £free HYDRANT UPSTAIRS Quiz NIght Riddle us this 8.30pm £1 JAM Out Of The Blue Live music action 8pm £5; Trip Out Eclectic mix of electro swing, breaks and trip hop 11pm £2 LIFE The Vice Social Student dance party 11pm £3/2 MARLBOROUGH Quiz Use your noggin 8pm £1 MASH TUN Mash. Drink. Repeat: Rick & Jay Indie rock and electro-spasms 9pm £free SEVEN STARS Retro Cult Classic Film Night Exactly that. Check sevenstarsbrighton.co.uk to vote for a film 8pm £free SIDEWINDER Open Mic Watch and play 8pm £free
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SIGNALMAN Weekly Quiz It’s you against The Quizmaster 8pm £1 SUGAQUBE Laidback Beats Exactly that Time tbc £free THEATRE ROYAL Quartet: Ronald Hardwood Bittersweet comedy 2.30pm/7.45pm £tbc
wednesday 7th
AUDIO Supercharged: Shy FX Beats and treats 11pm £3 BELUSHI’S BAR Old Skool Sessions 90s house party 10pm £free BLACK LION Fresh Acoustics Live music 7.30pm £free BRUNSWICK The Noise Next Door Comedy treats of the impro kind 8pm £8/6 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Carey Marx, Scoundrel Stand-up comedy joy 8pm £5 DIGITAL The Poundance Pounds of pop classics and entry is cheaper than chips 11pm £1 DUKE OF BEAUPORT Poker: Texas Hold’em Bring your filthy habit to the bar 7pm £2 DUKE OF NORFOLK Quiz Night Get your thinking cap on 9pm £1 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA The Brothers Bloom 11am; Whatever Works 1.30pm; White Material 3.30pm/9.45pm FISHBOWL Fisherman’s Chronicles Acoustic jam open to all 8pm £free GEMINI Afrodelic Perfect pop, raunchy R&B and super soul all by the sea 2pm £free GRAND CENTRAL Harry Tricks & The Magic Number Live gypsy swing 8.30pm £free JAM Hope & Glory: New York New York, Tiger Club, Jouis, Joshua B Live music action from unsigned talent 7.30pm £3 KOMEDIA UP Popcorn Comedy Funny films 8pm £7 LATEST MUSIC BAR Brighton Filmmakers Collection: Film Challenge Screening With all sorts of rules and restrictions, try your hand at this make-a-filmchallenge 7pm £free MARLBOROUGH Open Mic Get out of your bedroom and into the pub, with your story, poem, act or acoustic rendition of Lady Gaga’s new tune 8pm £1 MASH TUN Tin Cup Collective Soul funksters 9pm £free OCEANA Get Lost Student night similar to their Monday night, but on ‘Weird’ Wednesday instead 9pm £4/3/2 RESIDENT School Of Seven Bells Hot pop trio with added unicorn 6pm £free RIKITIK Time To Awesome: Figure Of Wax, J-Devious Summervibe tunes 11pm £free SIDEWINDER The Sidewinder Garden Quiz Various rounds 8pm £free SUGAQUBE Brighton Allstars: DJ ViY 3000 DJ spinning funk Time tbc £free THEATRE ROYAL Quartet: Ronald Hardwood Bittersweet comedy 2.30pm/7.45pm £tbc WESTHILL TAVERN Acoustic Night From soul to hip hop to pop to folk, unplugged 8.30pm £free
thursday 8th
AUDIO Bastard Pop Musical mash up 11pm £2 BELUSHI’S BAR Karaoke 90s house party 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Party On The Ceiling Indie bands and DJ action 9.30pm £2/1 BLACK LION Soul Casserole Throwing funk, jazz, beats and grooves into a massive pot on the fire 8.30pm £free BRUNSWICK Lee Westwood Bluesy folk 8pm £5/4 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Brighton Bike Night Bikers’ social 7pm £free; Andrew O’Neil Edinburgh comedy preview from tranny goth metal-head funnyman 8pm £7 COALITION Secret Discotheque Retro disco, 80s pop and other ‘uncool’ tunes 10.30pm £3/2/1 CONCORDE 2 Mean Poppa Lean, Bella’s Eyebrow, IAM:YourHero, Tales Of George Welcome to funkytown 7pm £5 DOME David Gray Alternative electro rocker on his Draw The Line tour 7pm £29.50 DUKE OF BEAUPORT Quiz Night Bring your brain to
the bar 7pm £1 DUKE OF NORFOLK Chip & Friends Live music 9pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Whatever Works 1.30pm/6.15pm; White Material 3.30pm/8.45pm EXCHANGE Quiz Night Fire up your noggin for dosh prizes 8.45pm £1.50 FIDDLER’S ELBOW Fiddler’s Live Lounge A whole lotta jazz 9pm £free FISHBOWL Residents Association: DJ Will Sumsuch Hip hop, funk, disco, world and house 10pm £free FREEBUTT Among The Wolves, Reinventions, Some Will Be Saves, Via The Void Metal-lickin’ hardcore 7.30pm £5 FUNKY BUDDHA Addicted R&B bump and grind party 11pm £tbc GEMINI Boycorn Live music 2pm £free GLOBE Rockoustic Playing an eclectic selection from local music-makers 9pm £free GRAND CENTRAL Swing DeVille Duo Gypsy jazz from the 1930s 8.30pm £free HONEYCLUB The One: Squiz, Ben-G, Matt Jiggens, Gazz Marlow, Paul Hillyer Mix of R&B, hip hop and funky house. Oh, and some indie too, you lucky thing 11pm £1 HOPE Perfect Sound Forever: Anagrams, Duke Raoul Catch the talent before they’re too big for the pond 8.30pm £3 JAM Thursday Night Fish Fry Early 50s US rhythm & blues and original Jamaican ska 10pm £3 JAZZ PLACE Lowdown Part 2: Kenny Ken Heavy D&B 10pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club Stand-up shenanigans 8pm £8.50/6.50 KOMEDIA STUDIO The Humble Quest For A Universal Genius Comedians give their views on all topics from science to hunting to philosophy to languages 8pm £6/4.50 LATEST MUSIC BAR Bamboo Factory: Student Summer Gig Hetching Van Barn Owl Medallion inspired collaborations and compositions- how specific 1pm £donation; Catalyst Club Rants and lectures on a variety of subjects. 6th Birthday special 8pm £5 LIFE Shameless: C-Dogg, DJ Nause Spinning the good times and not-so-good times of half a century 11pm £1 LIGHTHOUSE 3-D: An Introduction Mini-conference and hand-on workshops for this growing field 9am £100 MARLBOROUGH Karaoke Kocktails Interesting (dangerous) combination 8pm £free MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Moulettes In Story Tellers Revellers & Fools Storytime and musical adventures in tune with the release of the band’s debut album 8pm £free OCEANA Pound Party: Mike Pantelli If the Juice FM DJ doesn’t float your boat, then maybe the cheaper than chips prices will 9pm £4/1/free PENTHOUSE Club Seal: Superheroes Of BMX Weird gems, from musicals and the bermuda triangle of pop 9pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Sara Petite & The Sugar Daddies, The Blue Hearts USA country music chick 8pm £tbc QUADRANT AKL Open Mic Highly competitive open mic 8pm £free RANELAGH ARMS Shauna Parker & The Saloon Bar Band Live music 8pm £free RIKITIK Scribble: Boy Com, Homeslice It’s a hip hop party 10pm £free SIDEWINDER Ants In The Carpet From the 80s to present day in a tuneful adventures 8pm £free ST JAMES TAVERN Stay Sick, Turn Blue 50s and 60s rock&roll 8.30pm £free SUGAQUBE Weekend Warmup: Arkadiusz Koper Upfront house and anthems Time tbc £free THEATRE ROYAL Quartet: Ronald Hardwood Bittersweet comedy 2.30pm/7.45pm £tbc THREE & TEN UPSTAIRS Luke Toulson: Sorry About Last Night Edinburgh preview comedy 8pm £6/5 XUMA Exhibition Art 8pm £free
friday 9th
ALI-CATS Acoustic Club Live music of the acoustic kind 8pm £4/2.50 AUDIO Minimal Kids 1st Birthday: Butch Beats and bass 11pm £tbc BEE’S MOUTH Dub Defendant Vintage dub and roots classics 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Muy Loco Pop, house and R&B 9pm
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£free BELUSHI’S BELOW Abandoned Calling all rockers and metal-heads 10pm £3/2 BLACK LION Dubrockerslive Ska, punk, trip hop and reggae 8.30pm £free BRUNSWICK The Lost Highway A night of Americana 9.30pm £5 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Peter Von Sleaze Sleazy cheese rock 9pm £5 COALITION Fridays I’m In Love Somewhat eclectic night with 60s gems, indie and funky funk 11pm £4/3/2/1 CORN EXCHANGE The National Brooklyn musicians with new album High Violet 7pm £18.50 DIGITAL Stonelove Indie and rock & roll 11pm £4/3 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Breathless 1.30pm/6.15pm; Heartbreaker 3.30pm/8.45pm FISHBOWL Jeff Daniels Boogie and soul-soaked hip hop special 9pm £free FUNKY BUDDHA Dance, Drink, Repeat: Dan Doubledecks, Charles Green, Mikee Hollywood Look sharp student night 11pm £5/3 FUNKYFISH The Funkyfish Club Funky DJ Delboy spins 4 funky decades on 4 funky decks. How many funky hands does this funky man have? 10pm £6/3.50 GLOBE Eddy The Goatboy Tunes in the basement 9pm £free GRAND CENTRAL All Time Top 100 Moving In Party Musical countdown 9.30pm £free HAMPTON Mod For It! Motown, soul and new wave 8pm £free HECTOR’S HOUSE Beatabet: Man Ray Sky Live music from members of a collective 8pm £free HONEYCLUB Salsa Brighton Shake your booty to dancehall and funky latin treats 11pm £tbc HYDRANT UPSTAIRS Requestival Sound System: DJ Shoddy, Mr Jim, Quality Tom, Andy AtiT, JD Deakes Dance to house, breaks and reggae, man 9pm £free JAM Booty Galaxy: Prjct Myhm, Brown Noise Live music 10pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club Stand-up silliness 7.30pm £14.50/10; Mod For It: Tom Tom Boogie, Citizen Lane, Jody Lee 60s 70s and 80s mod tracks 11pm £5/4 KOMEDIA STUDIO Brighton Jazz Club Selection of performers from the world of jazz 8pm £8/6 LATEST MUSIC BAR Smarty Pants Cabaret: Julie Jepson, The Black Hats, The Laylanas, Hannah Brackenbury Live music and funny people 8pm £6/5 LIFE Big Fish Little Fish Cardboard Box: Freq Nasty Fidget, bass, electro 11pm £4 LOFT Club Malicious: DJ Rockness Monster Playing alternative tuuunes with axes in them (that’s guitars) 9pm £5/3/2 MARLBOROUGH Q&A (Queer & Alternative) DJs spinning indie, electro and old skool tunes 5pm £free MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Moulettes In Story Tellers Revellers & Fools Storytime and musical adventures in tune with the release of the band’s debut album 8pm £free NORTHERN LIGHTS DJ Abo Latino jazz funk grooves 8pm £free OCEANA Miss Great Britain: Brighton and Hove Heat Check out www.missgreatbritain.co.uk and be sure to enter if you’ve got a shiny nylon-enhanced mane, artificially white teeth, skin the colour of your dad’s newly creosoted fence and your greatest contribution to society is a love of puppies and world peace 8pm £free; The World In One Night Is it too much to be promising the world? 7 themed rooms for your aural pleasure 8pm £6/5 PAVILION THEATRE The Treason Show Satire show 8pm £12.50/10 PENTHOUSE Shy Guy Feelgood hip hop jams 9pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Loudaphone, Mine By Midnight Live music 8.30pm £4 RIKITIK Voodoo In Association With WeSC: Insight & Nick Maxwell Broken beats on the dirty dubstep 9pm £free ST LUKES Islingword Trio Beethoven and Brahms from clarinet, piano and cello playing females 7.30pm £6/4 SUGAQUBE Suga Sessions: Brian ‘Cheets’ Cheetham Crunchy house Time tbc £free THEATRE ROYAL Quartet: Ronald Hardwood Bittersweet comedy 2.30pm/7.45pm £tbc THREE & TEN Ruff Snippets Tuuunes and beats with a little funk and soul 10pm £free THREE & TEN UPSTAIRS Don’t Feed The Poets: Johnny Fluffypunk, Casio Quen, Lorraine Bowen Odd quantities of music, poetry and comedy 8pm £7/5 VOLKS Sicknote: Far Too Loud, Mairy Miss Fairy,
Sterling Moss, Wobbly Squadren, Henning, Dread Nath, Rod T, Sketchy Steve, Scotty SLD, Steve Whittle Electro, breaks, techno and psytrance 11pm £tbc WEST HILL TAVERN Brains Eclectic mish-mash from Superheroes of BMX 9pm £free WESTERN FRONT Release Alternative indie, disco, old skool dance and party classics for you to stick in your pipe and smoke 9pm £free WORLD’S END Hootenanny Live and lovely Americana so get ready to lose the blues 7.30pm £free XUMA Nick Titchener Emphasis on the obscure from pop to jazz 10pm £free
saturday 10th
AUDIO Summer Of Love: Magik Johnson, Uncool Electro, house and techno 11pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Unplugged: The Pillbilly’s Live duo 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Good Times: Retro Disco Party It’s a soul funk party Mick Fuller 9pm £5 BLACK LION Burnt Toast Radio Reverb DJ brings you all the filth in funk 8.30pm £free BRIGHTON CENTRE Simply Red This gig as been one of the most talked about in SOURCE office historythe excitement is tangible, our editor’s Spotify playing hit after hit as we all sing along with Mick’s classic numbers. James will be down the front, his hair newly henna-ed in tribute 6.30pm £45/40 BRUNSWICK Jam Brighton Showcase for kids 11am £5; Stone Love It’s a funk soul party 8pm £tbc COALITION Floorplay: Juan Kid, Will Gold, Lee Garret It’s a future house party 11pm £tbc; Blow After Party: Vincent Manganaro, Alex Outram, Aaron Palaez 3am £7/5/4 CONCORDE 2 Converge, Kylesa, Gaza & Kvelertak Neo metalcore 6pm £12; The Glitch Mob, Loefah, Ikonika, Lone, Naive Machine & Klic LA dub hip hop 11pm £10/8 DIGITAL Release & Soneros: Joey Negro, Pablo Contraband, Marlon Mahroyan Total legends spinning 11pm £10 DOME BBC Big Band: Clare Teal Celebrating women in jazz 7.30pm £19.50/15/12.50 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Open Season 11am; Petropolis 1.30pm; Muscle Beach / The Savage Eye 6.30pm; Heartbreaker 8.45pm FISHBOWL Sumsuch Six solid hours of disco, house and breaks 9pm £free FREEBUTT Brother Ali Clever rap action from everyone’s fave fat albino. Part of the rhyme-sayers crew. RESPECT 7.30pm £6.50 FUNKY BUDDHA Maxxi Soundsystem: Chateux Launch Party: Sam Watts & Neal Lewis Gyrate around on the dancefloor cuz it’s disco time 11pm £5 FUNKYFISH The Funkyfish Club Funky DJ Delboy spins 4 funky decades on 4 funky decks. How many funky hands does this funky man have? 10pm £6/3.50 GEMINI Tru Thoughts Sweet beats 1pm £free GLOBE Disted Twisco Broken beats, deep house and underground soul 9pm £free GRAND CENTRAL Panda Bear, Noise Attack Strange pop, alternative hip hop and synthtastic space disco biscuits to dip in your beer 9pm £free HECTORS HOUSE Stay Sick!: The Mojo Kings Live music and rock&roll vinyl 8pm £free HONEYCLUB Sevensins: Jonathan Ulysses & Beat Thieves Ullybug Pumping house, electro and techno from total legends 11pm £10 HOPE Engleman & Spruce Tennessee blue grass 8pm £4 BRIGHTON BALLROOM The Pop Kraft 1st Birthday Party Dirty cabaret and perverse games for all from Boogaloo Stu (who doesn’t seem to age at all) and chums 10pm £8/6 HYDRANT DOWNSTAIRS Ian Immediate’s 40th Bash: The Meow Meows, Mudlow, Beat Hotel, Fanny Burger Face, Dissociates Crash this b’day partaay and dance to Born Bad, Da Do Ron Ron and Stay Sick DJs 7pm £free HYDRANT UPSTAIRS This Menas War, Skarstein, Ora, Pyre, By Definition Get ready to mosh and headbang to live bands 7.30pm £4.50 JAM Hench Records Party 10pm £tbc KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club Stand-up
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shenanigans 7pm/10.30pm £17.50/15; Motorcity New clubnight for lovers of motown and disco tunes 10.30pm £5/3 KOMEDIA STUDIO Stone To The Bone DJs Chris King (Da Doo Ron Ron) and Jon Slade (Born Bad) add some spirit to 70s soulpower for some funkilicious dance floor explosions 11pm £5 LIFE The Doctor’s Orders Summer viiiibes 2pm £free; Maxxi Soundsystem Beach terrace party 6pm £free; Hold Up! Indie night 11pm £5 MARLBOROUGH Cherry Pop: DJ Fondue Inferno It’s 80s prom night 8pm £free MARLBOROUGH THEATRE The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up Playtime 7.30pm £5 OCEANA The World In One Night Is it too much to be promising the world? 7 themed rooms for your aural pleasure 8pm £6/5 PAV TAV Back To The Future!: Gazz, Matt The boys from Justice Force 5 play loadsa music from different decades 11pm £3/2 PAVILION THEATRE Snail Tails: A Little Bird Told Me 5 short stories by kids for kids 11am/2pm £7/5; The Treason Show Satire show 8pm £12.50/10 PENTHOUSE Eagle Legs: She Bang DJs It’s the 90s and you’re a hot riot grrrl 9pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Deadbeat Decadent Live music 8.30pm £4 RIKITIK Beat Jerky: Barry Dust From latin to hip hop and back again 10pm £free SIDEWINDER Shades of Blue: Steelzawheelz, Drift Lesser known hip hop and jungle samples 8pm £free STONEHAM PARK Booze Festival Music and a beer tent in the Hove park from the Ancient Mariner Noon £tbc SUGAQUBE Suga Sessions: Brian ‘Cheets’ Cheetham, Jon From The Hill Crunchy house Time tbc £free THEATRE ROYAL Quartet: Ronald Hardwood Bittersweet comedy 2.30pm/7.45pm £tbc THREE & TEN Matt Barker Lesbian fave playin’ dancin’ tuuunes. LOL 10pm £free VICTORY Up Against It Born Bad DJs give us the mod treatment 8pm £free VOLKS Beatsworkin & Reform Summer Party Allnighter: Grant Dell, Beatsworkin, Harvey Bailey, Mark Allister, James Britton, Macro B Dubstep, breaks and funky times 10pm £tbc WEST HILL TAVERN Tonight We Fly Epic pop for the painfully alone 9pm £free WESTERN FRONT Release Alternative indie, disco, old skool dance and party classics for you to stick in your pipe and smoke 9pm £free WORLD’S END 100% Conscious Reggae: Bushman World cup hype followed by some sun, dreads and spliff inspired music 8pm £free XUMA The Black Lodge Edits for the dance floor 10pm £free
sunday 11th
BELUSHI’S BAR Party Night: DJ Sean 9pm £free COALITION Frequency: Verity Mayes, Yusef Sebaiti DJs playing upfront house and tech beats 10.30pm £2/ free DUKE OF YORK Lighthouse and BBC Short Film Showcase: Toby Amies Screening of four short films with chat time at the end 2pm £free; Lebanon 6.30pm; Heartbreaker 4pm/8.30pm FISHBOWL Recovery?: Asbest The Moor King Chilled blend of reggae and soul for you to mooch around to 9pm £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW Sham-Rock Open Mic Guinnesssodden legendary open slot 8.30pm £free GEMINI Afrodelic Live music by the sea 1pm £free HONEYCLUB Afrodisiac: Jon Byrne & Steven James Electro house to keep the weekend alive 11pm £3/2 LATEST MUSIC BAR Portslade School Of Rock Live music from the not so well known school 2pm £3; Will Mussett, Square Roots, The Sculptures Music mish mash from male acoustic to funky funk to alternative rock 7.30pm £5/4; Ed Hope and Friends, Nicholas Williams Acoustic sonnets and high-pitched vocals 7pm £2 MARLBOROUGH Acoustic Sessions Guitar songs 4pm £free MARWOOD CAFE Brighton Filmmakers Coalition Meeting Team together to spark creative projects 6pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Punch, Comadore, Never Again Live music 3pm £5; Guided By LIghts, End Of Level Baddie Happy emo music for indie lovers 8pm £tbc
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RIKITIK Pulse: Sunday Night Breaks Party Weekend beats party 10pm £free SEVEN STARS Mike the Mic Live music from Mike and his chums 4pm £free SUGAQUBE Club Sunday Dirty filthy house beats Time tbc £free THREE & TEN Strung Out Sundays Live music of the acoustic nature 8pm £free WESTERN FRONT Sunset Party tuuunes 6pm £free
monday 12th
ANCIENT MARINER Sarah’s Quiz No hooligan policy 8pm £1 AUDIO Kaki King Brooklyn shoegaze indie kids fire their plink and bass straight into our damaged hearts 7pm £tbc BELUSHI’S BAR Party Night: DJ Sean 9pm £free BLACK LION Happy Mondays Mystery live acts 7.30pm £free COALITION Trash Mondays Filthy times for students and layabouts alike 10pm £3/2 CONCORDE 2 Yeasayer Alternative indiepop from Brooklynite trio 7.30pm £13 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Breathless 1pm/6.15pm; Heartbreaker 3.30pm/8.30pm GEMINI Acoustic Times Best of the local catch 2pm £free HAMPTON Music Quiz Test your wits for prizes and entertainment 8pm £1 INK Mischief & Mayhem Bass party 10pm £free JAM Justic Force 5 Party with the freaky superhero rockers 8pm £tbc LATEST MUSIC BAR Folkwit Records Showcase, Andy Whittle, Daniel Carlson, Jezz Hall, Seadog Singer songwriters paying folk 7.30pm £4/3 MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Closure Eerie play about six people at a seance 7.45pm £8/6 OCEANA Pure Filth Student night for West Street’s finest 9pm £2.50/free QUADRANT Acoustic Showcase Cream of the open mic 8pm £free SIDEWINDER Poker night It’s about time for a gambling habit 9pm £5 SUGAQUBE Cocktail Mondays Chillax house Time tbc £free VOLKS Strictly Reggae: Big T Dancehall, roots, revival 10pm £5/4.50
Tuesday 13th
AUDIO Club: Wasted Youth Indie tunes all night long for you and your floppy haired friends 11pm £2/1 BELUSHI’S BELOW Mods & Sods It’s the 60s and you’ve got a nice moped 10pm £free BLACK LION Tuesday Club Mystery live acts 7.30pm £free BRUNSWICK Open Mic Sing your heart out 8.30pm £free COALITION Don’t Forget R&B, disco, pop, playful latin and house music to shake your booty at 10.30pm £3/2 DIGITAL Glitterati Massive student night with a jetsetter, elitist, cliquey theme. Expect everything from funky house to R&B to indie and dance 11pm £4/3 DUKE OF NORFOLK Open Mic 9pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Robin Hood 11am; Sons of Cuba 1.30pm; Vincere 6.30pm; Heartbreaker 4pm/9pm EXCHANGE Poker Get off your computer and play with real people 8pm £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW Quizness Time Test your wits 8pm £1 FREEBUTT Vessels, These Monsters, Jacob’s Stories Eclectic, eccentric and genius 7.30pm £7.50 GEMINI Acoustic Times Best of the local catch 2pm £free GLOBE Basement Cinema Showing classics and underground screenings, with free popcorn oh boy!! 8pm £free HONEYCLUB Mojito Miami Beach Party: Jimmy Lobe, Tony Shadyak, RudeBen, Gabriel Angel, Dom Flo, Aaron George Smell the oranges and party like it’s springbreak and you’re on MTV 10pm £free HYDRANT DOWNSTAIRS Student Night: Boycom DJs Dance like school’s out for the summer 9pm £free HYDRANT UPSTAIRS Quiz NIght Riddle us this
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8.30pm £1 JAM Out Of The Blue Live music action 8pm £5; Trip Out Eclectic mix of electro swing, breaks and trip hop 11pm £2 KOMEDIA DOWN Brighton and Hove Big Band Jazz to make you jizz 7.30pm £5.50/3.50 LATEST MUSIC BAR Tom Hingley, Maria McAteer Inspiral Carpets singer serves up bluesy folk from Keep Britain Untidy album 8pm £3 LIFE The Vice Social Student dance party 11pm £3/2 MARLBOROUGH Quiz Use your noggin 8pm £1 MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Closure Eerie play about six people at a seance 7.45pm £8/6 MASH TUN Mash. Drink. Repeat: Rick & Jay Indie rock and electro-spasms 9pm £free PAVILION THEATRE Mother Goosed Summer panto time. Oh no it isn’t! Oh yes it is! 8pm £17 PENTHOUSE Punk vs Hardcore Between a rock and hard place 9pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Bella’s Eyebrow, Stash Tins, Will Mussett Live music 8.30pm £3 SEVEN STARS Retro Cult Classic Film Night Exactly that. Check sevenstarsbrighton.co.uk to vote for a film 8pm £free SIDEWINDER Open Mic Watch and play 8pm £free SIGNALMAN Weekly Quiz It’s you against The Quizmaster 8pm £1 ST GEORGE’S INN Garden Quiz Exercise your noodle 8pm £1 SUGAQUBE Unomass & Rojo Techno Time tbc £free THEATRE ROYAL Shakespeare: The Man From Stratford Play about that ol’ bard 2.30pm/7.45pm £tbc THREE & TEN UPSTAIRS Optic: Theatre de l’Autre Côté Scathing look at British culture through beer goggles 7.30pm £6/5
wednesday 14th
AUDIO Supercharged: Marky, Brookes Brothers Beats and treats 11pm £5/4 BELUSHI’S BAR Old Skool Sessions 90s house party 10pm £free BRUNSWICK Laugh Your Bits Off Comedy capers 8pm £5 DUKE OF BEAUPORT Poker: Texas Hold’em Bring your filthy habit to the bar 7pm £2 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK The Funnier Farm: Zoe Lyons Genuinely funny (wo)man and Cherie Blair lookalike 8pm £5 DIGITAL The Poundance Pounds of pop classics and entry is cheaper than chips 11pm £1 DR BRIGHTON’S Swing Into The Summer: Jason Abrahams, Nicky Mitchell, Laura Nixon Jazz and swing themed charity event for Chiva 8.30pm £4 DUKE OF NORFOLK Quiz Night Get your thinking cap on 9pm £1 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Robin Hood 11am; The Brothers Bloom 1.30pm/6.30pm; Heartbreaker 4pm/9pm FISHBOWL Fisherman’s Chronicles Acoustic jam open to all 8pm £free GEMINI Afrodelic Perfect pop, raunchy R&B and super soul all by the sea 2pm £free GRAND CENTRAL Harry Tricks & The Magic Number Live gypsy swing 8.30pm £free HOPE Plastic Gangster, Koresh Rockfest 8pm £3/2 LATEST MUSIC BAR A Tribute To Guru: Shelly Mac, Bozac, TGK, Amir Mortal, Lucky B, Dancing Bears, Revolting Peasants, Buzz & Real D DJs and breakdancing all for charity 9pm £3.50 LONDON UNITY Open Mic Live music of the eclectic kind 8pm £free MARLBOROUGH Open Mic Get out of your bedroom and into the pub, with your story, poem, act or acoustic rendition of Lady Gaga’s new tune 8pm £1 MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Closure Eerie play about six people at a seance 7.45pm £8/6 MASH TUN Tin Cup Collective Soul funksters 9pm £free OCEANA Get Lost Student night similar to their Monday clubnight, but on a ‘weird’ Wednesday instead 9pm £4/3/2 OLD MARKET Simon Callow Actor promotes My Life In Pieces Noon £6 PAVILION THEATRE Mother Goosed Summer panto
time. Oh no it isn’t! Oh yes it is! 8pm £17 PENTHOUSE The Outer Church Prog rock and psychedelic 9pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Lullabies, New Sun Blues, Burn The Evidence Live music 8.30pm £4/3 RIKITIK Time To Awesome: Figure Of Wax, J-Devious Summervibe tunes 11pm £free SIDEWINDER The Sidewinder Garden Quiz Various rounds 8pm £free SIGNALMAN The Signalman Celebrates Bastille Day: Les Zuts Frog-crazy day with fancy dress and live music 6pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Shakespeare: The Man From Stratford Play about that ol’ bard 2.30pm/7.45pm £tbc THREE & TEN UPSTAIRS Optic: Theatre de l’Autre Côté Scathing look at British culture through beer goggles 7.30pm £6/5 XUMA Pub Quiz: Master Roger Quills at the ready 8.30pm £1
THURSDAY 15th
AUDIO The Pyjama Party: Carl Cox, John Digweed, The Freemasons, Jon Rundell Sound like a good lineup? Shame it’s sold out 11pm £sold out BELUSHI’S BAR Karaoke 90s house party 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Party On The Ceiling Indie bands and DJ action 9.30pm £free BLACK LION Attic Monkeys 50 years of records 7.30pm £free CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Brighton Bike Night Bikers’ social 7pm £free; Joey Page Live surreal comedy 8pm £5 COALITION Secret Discotheque Retro disco, 80s pop and other ‘uncool’ tunes 10.30pm £3/2/1 DOME Martha Wainwright Dreamy female from a family of musical talent, singing the songs of wonder-frog Edith Piaf 7.15pm £22/20 DUKE OF BEAUPORT Quiz Night Bring your brain to the bar 7pm £1 DUKE OF NORFOLK Local Talent Live music 9pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Lebanon 1.30pm; Sons Of Cuba 6.15pm; Heartbreaker 3.30pm/8.45pm EXCHANGE Quiz Night Fire up your noggin for dosh prizes 8.45pm £1.50 FIDDLER’S ELBOW Leerodi Live band of boys playing traditional Irish music 9pm £free FISHBOWL Residents Association: DJ Will Sumsuch Hip hop, funk, disco, world and house 10pm £free FREEBUTT Kids With X-ray Eyes Live music 7.30pm £5 FUNKY BUDDHA Addicted R&B bump and grind party 11pm £tbc GLOBE Rockoustic Playing an eclectic selection from local music-makers 9pm £free GRAND CENTRAL Swing DeVille Duo Gypsy jazz from the 1930s 8.30pm £free HONEYCLUB The One: Squiz, Ben-G, Matt Jiggens, Gazz Marlow, Paul Hillyer Mix of R&B, hip hop and funky house. Oh, and some indie too, you lucky thing 11pm £1 HOPE Rob The Rich Single Launch Live music 8pm £free HYDRANT DOWNSTAIRS Rapskallion, Wide Eyed Order Aussie gypsies bring us their alt rock and vaudeville show 9pm £free HYDRANT UPSTAIRS Shield Your Eyes, Illness, Nope Prog ska rockers 8pm £tbc JAM Thursday Night Fish Fry Early 50s US rhythm & blues and original Jamaican ska 10pm £3 KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club Stand-up shenanigans 8pm £8.50/6.50 LATEST MUSIC BAR The R.I.P. Dennis Hopper Show Celebrate the life of the counterculture hero. Expect music, film and comedy 8pm £5/4; Jonah Maddox, Autumn Red Folk pop of the acoustic nature 8pm £5/4; Cafe Scientifique: The Honey Bee: One of the little things we depend on Chat about our fuzzy buzzy friends 7.30pm £free LIFE Shameless: C-Dogg, DJ Nause Spinning the good times and not-so-good times of half a century 11pm £1 MARLBOROUGH Karaoke Kocktails Interesting (dangerous) combination 8pm £free MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Closure Eerie play about
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six people at a seance 7.45pm £8/6 NORTHERN LIGHTS Unplugged With Swing Ninjas Do you bit for the planet as we turn off the electrics and have an intimate acoustic night with candles 9pm £free OCEANA Pound Party: Mike Pantelli If the Juice FM DJ doesn’t float your boat, then maybe the cheaper than chips prices will 9pm £4/1/free PAVILION THEATRE Mother Goosed Summer panto time. Oh no it isn’t! Oh yes it is! 8pm £17 PENTHOUSE Bowie vs Prince It’s a battle of the dukes 9pm £free PRINCE ALBERT 999, Insane Society Original punk rockers 7.30pm £8 QUADRANT AKL Open Mic Highly competitive open mic 8pm £free RANELAGH ARMS Roland Chadwick Live music 8pm £free RIKITIK Scribble: Boy Com, Homeslice It’s a hip hop party 10pm £free ROUNDER RECORDS The Agitator Single Launch ‘Get Ready’ for Brighton’s fave tub-thumping agit pop loudmouth. Catchy as fuck 5.30pm £free SIDEWINDER Ants In The Carpet From the 80s to present day in a tuneful adventures 8pm £free ST JAMES TAVERN Stay Sick, Turn Blue 50s and 60s rock&roll 8.30pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Shakespeare: The Man From Stratford Play about that ol’ bard 2.30pm/7.45pm £tbc THREE & TEN UPSTAIRS Brian Gittins Various comedy acts presented by roadside cafe oddball 8pm £9/7 VICTORY Open Mic Night Come share your songs with strangers 8pm £free VOLKS Dead Empire, Prowess, Derider Live rock 8pm £3; Auxillary: Crystal Clear, Levela, Dusty, Simon D, Equation, Summit, Jesta & Gramma Charlie and 7 more D&B 11pm £2
friday 16th
AUDIO 6th Birthday Party Come celebrate with surprise band, possibly The Crookers 11pm £tbc BELUSHI’S BAR Muy Loco Pop, house and R&B 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Abandoned Metal and rock night. Time for some headbanging 10pm £3/2 BLACK LION Chef Du Party Fry-Days Ouch that’s a cheezy title. Chef boy Oli serves up fresh tunes 8.30pm £free CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Thee Big Black Dank cave metal 9pm £free COALITION Fridays I’m In Love Somewhat eclectic night with 60s gems, indie and funky funk 11pm £4/3/2/1 CONCORDE 2 00.db, Anton Chernikov, DanAscheri Prog trance - Wave your hands in the air and sweat like a piggy 11pm £5 DIGITAL Stonelove Indie and rock & roll 11pm £4/3 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Inception 3.30pm/8.45pm; Leaving 1.30pm/6.15pm FISHBOWL The Black Lodge Disco soul and electrofunk mixed up and served with a slice of joy 9pm £free FUNKY BUDDHA Dance, Drink, Repeat: Dan Doubledecks, Charles Green, Mikee Hollywood Look sharp student night 11pm £5/3 FUNKYFISH The Funkyfish Club Funky DJ Delboy spins 4 funky decades on 4 funky decks. How many funky hands does this funky man have? 10pm £6/3.50 GLOBE Donkey Pitch: Ghost Mutt, DP Soul-happy electro and hip hop 9pm £free GRAND CENTRAL All Time Top 100: DJ Brighton Calling Musical countdown 9.30pm £free BRIGHTON BALLROOM Mojo To Go Go Dance to 60s grooves, garage, soul and R&B 9.30pm £6/4 HAMPTON Mod For It! Motown, soul and new wave 8pm £free HECTOR’S HOUSE From Plan To Progress Album Launch: Meatloaf At Marys, A Man Down, Skurvi Live music from bands with weird names 8.30pm £free HONEYCLUB Lollipop Get your tongue out and your fingers sticky to R&B and hip hop and pop treats 11pm tbc HOPE Da Doo Ron Ron It’s Alive!: The John Moore Rock & Roll Trio, The Loose Moorelites, The Ugly Sisters, DJ Lonesome M Female edged rockabilly 8.30pm £6/5 HYDRANT DOWNSTAIRS Eliza Jaye & The Tarts Pimping their new EP Black Heart Rum 9pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club Quality stand-up 7.30pm £14.50/10; Born Bad Popular
rockabilly scenesters go mental with slicked back hair and patterned dresses 11pm £6/5 KOMEDIA UP Keep It Cash Tribute to the legend that is Johnny Cash 7.30pm £12.50 KOMEDIA STUDIO Maff Brown Comedy fella with a funny first name Details tbc LATEST MUSIC BAR Miami Nights It’s all about power dressing, leg warmers, Maggie Thatcher and a killer soundtrack. You know it sounds better the second time around 9.30pm £5 LIFE Big Fish Little Fish Cardboard Box: L-Vis 1990 Fidget, bass, electro 11pm £4 LOFT Club Malicious: DJ Rockness Monster Playing alternative tuuunes with axes in them (that’s guitars) 9pm £5/3/2 MARLBOROUGH Q&A (Queer & Alternative) DJs spinning indie, electro and old skool tunes 5pm £free NORTHERN LIGHTS DJ Duckshoot Post punk punchbag funk 9pm £free OCEANA The World In One Night Is it too much to be promising the world? 7 themed rooms for your aural pleasure 8pm £6/5 OPEN HOUSE American Blues Night Live music 8pm £5 PAVILION THEATRE Mother Goosed Summer panto time. Oh no it isn’t! Oh yes it is! 8pm £17 PENTHOUSE Deep Cover 18 years of hip hop from 1980 onwards 9pm £free PRINCE ALBERT End Of Level Baddie, Guided By Lights, Firewriters Live music 8.30pm £4 RANELAGH ARMS Smokestack Live music 8pm £free RIKITIK Voodoo In Association With WeSC: Insight & Nick Maxwell Broken beats on the dirty dubstep 9pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Shakespeare: The Man From Stratford Play about that ol’ bard 2.30pm/7.45pm £tbc THREE & TEN Will Sumsuch Quirky tunes and beats in the house 10pm £free THREE & TEN UPSTAIRS Terry Saunders: Six and A Half Loves L’amour which doesn’t fullfil its potential 8pm £7/5 VICTORY Teen Dream From quiff to skinhead music 9pm £free VOLKS Deadlines, Villareal, Bucket Joy Live indie of the melodic kind 8pm £3; Euphonic: Zen, Jimmy Danger, Ghost, Robott, Bio Violence, Inja, Scrambled Ed, Xnation, MechOrga, NDE Reggae, hip hop and dub action 11pm £5 WEST HILL TAVERN Envy: Electro, dance and hip hop 10pm £free WESTERN FRONT Release Alternative indie, disco, old skool dance and party classics for you to stick in your pipe and smoke 9pm £free WORLD’S END Mass Evil Hip hop-tastic times 8pm £free XUMA Daddy Marcus Partytime 10pm £free
saturday 17th
AUDIO Early Show: The Impellers Big funk 7pm £tbc; Summer Of Love: Caged Baby, David Parr Electro, house and techno 11pm £tbc BELUSHI’S BAR Unplugged: The Rocket Dogs Live acoustic duo 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Good Times: Retro Disco Party It’s a soul funk party with Mick Fuller 9pm £5 BLACK LION Molly Malone 50s, 60s and newer shit too 8.30pm £free BRUNSWICK Grand Avenue Funky soul 8pm £6/5 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Cazza Karaoke Doom and gloom on the mic 8.30pm £free COALITION Blow Is 4!: Dirty Vegas, Vincent Manganaro, Alex Outram, Aaron Palaez Get that 3am don’t-wanna-stop-dancing feeling much earlier in the night 11pm £8 CONCORDE 2 Live & Unsigned Musical upstarts 8pm £tbc; Playgroup Summer Special Themed dance party 11pm £5 CORN EXCHANGE Eduardo Niebla, Carl Herring Fast jazz guitar 8pm £12.50/10 COWLEY CLUB Alphabeats Heaven, MechOrga, Gash, Talking Through A Slippa, Wize, Coma Twin Live music with silly names 8pm £donation DIGITAL Shades Rave: Burns, Blah Blah Blah DJs Cheaper entry with your sunnies 11pm £10/7 DOME Straight Up 2010: JP Omari, Floor Crusaders If you’re too lazy or uncoordinated to join one of JP’s classes, come checkout Streetfunk’s hip hop showcase and b-boy action 6pm £12/9
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sunday 18th
BELUSHI’S BAR Party Night: DJ Sean 9pm £free BLACK LION Dubrockerslive Ska, punk, trip hop and
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everything in between 8.30pm £free BRUNSWICK Ukulele Sessions Gay and Lesbian Ukelele group. What a niche! 3pm £free; Jim Mullen Bringing you jazz on his axe 8pm £8/7 COALITION Frequency: Verity Mayes, Yusef Sebaiti DJs playing upfront house and tech beats 10.30pm £2/ free DOME The John Mann Music Show Music hall entertainment 2.30pm £10 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Madeline 11am; Inception 3.30pm/8.45pm; Leaving 1.30pm/6.15pm FISHBOWL Recovery?: Asbest The Moor King Chilled blend of reggae and soul for you to mooch around to 9pm £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW Sham-Rock Open Mic Guinnesssodden legendary open slot 8.30pm £free FREEBUTT Toro Y Moi Chaz Bundick, all the way from the dirty south USA to serenade us with his sleazy and familiar 80s-esque tunes 7pm £6.50 GEMINI The Summertime Miracle Band Live music by the sea 1pm £free HONEYCLUB Afrodisiac: Jon Byrne & Steven James Electro house to keep the weekend alive 11pm £3/2 KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club Stand up joy 8pm £11/6 KOMEDIA STUDIO Short Fuse Showcase for short stories in a cabaret stylee 7.30pm £5 LATEST MUSIC BAR Jambrighton Summer Showcase Tweens and teens making us feel like total has-beens and failures for their oodles of energy and potential 4pm £3; Jamboree Indie Songwriters Showcase 4 young whipper snappers mostly under the drinking-age, showing off their songwriting abilities 8pm £3; Sirens: Lust Days Of Disco: Miss Glory Pearl, Size 0 Albino, The Indiscreeties, Havana, Mimi Not the orignal Sirens, but a dirty hybrid, featuring comedy and burlesque all rolled into one nauseating nipple tassle 7.30pm £7/5 MARWOOD CAFE Brighton Filmmakers Coalition Meeting Team together to spark creative projects 6pm £free OLD MARKET Summer Charity Concert Gospel, pop and soul from Brighton’s City Choir 7pm £4 PAVILION THEATRE Mother Goosed Summer panto time. Oh no it isn’t! Oh yes it is! 8pm £17 PENTHOUSE Beachcoma Dreamy beats 9pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Savoire Adore, Jason Steel, Vio/ Mire Live music 8pm £6 RANELAGH ARMS Simon Sparrow Live music 8pm £free RIKITIK Pulse: Sunday Night Breaks Party Weekend beats party 10pm £free SEVEN STARS Mike the Mic Live music from Mike and his chums 4pm £free SIGNALMAN Open Mic: Zoothyme All types of performers invited 8pm £free SUGAQUBE Club Sunday Dirty filthy house beats Time tbc £free THREE & TEN Strung Out Sundays Live music of the acoustic nature 8pm £free THREE & TEN UPSTAIRS Off The Cuff Think you’re funny? Learn some impro tricks from the comedy circuit 4pm £10 WESTHILL HALL Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp, Mary Hampton, Robert Stillman’s Horses Afrobeat mash-up stylee 7pm £5 WESTERN FRONT Sunset Party tuuunes 6pm £free WORLD’S END DJ Scruff Dub action and lashings of hot reggae sauce 8pm £free
monday 19th
ANCIENT MARINER Sarah’s Quiz No hooligan policy 8pm £1 AUDIO The Minutes Heavy rhythm & blues from Irish boys 7pm £tbc BELUSHI’S BAR Party Night: DJ Sean 9pm £free BLACK LION Happy Mondays Mystery live acts 7.30pm £free BRIGHTON CENTRE Pet Shop Boys Godfathers of weirdo pop are on their Pandemonium tour 7.30pm £30 COALITION Trash Mondays Filthy times for students and layabouts alike 10pm £3/2 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Inception 3.30pm/8.45pm; Leaving 1.30pm/6.15pm GEMINI Acoustic Times Best of the local catch 2pm £free HAMPTON Music Quiz Test your wits for prizes and entertainment 8pm £1 INK Mischief & Mayhem Bass party 10pm £free
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LATEST MUSIC BAR T.U.R.D.S. Open Mic Ukulele massive present the The Moustache of Insanity 7.30pm £2 JAM I.O.U. Comedy: Julian Deane, Flange Krammer, Dan Wright, Steve Nelson, Jimi Holland Live and cheap comedy (the cost not the gags, we hope) 8pm £3 KOMEDIA DOWN Legendary Shack Shakers Punk rockers with a heavy case of swamp blues 7.30pm £14/12 OCEANA Pure Filth Student night for West Street’s finest 9pm £2.50/free PENTHOUSE Forever Pudding Quirky guitar bands in the mix 9pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Savoir Adore Live music 8pm £6 QUADRANT Acoustic Showcase Cream of the open mic 8pm £free SIDEWINDER Poker night It’s about time for a gambling habit 9pm £5 SUGAQUBE Cocktail Mondays Chillax house Time tbc £free VOLKS Strictly Reggae: Big T Dancehall, roots, revival 10pm £5/4.50
Tuesday 20th
AUDIO Club: Wasted Youth Indie tunes all night long for you and your floppy haired friends 11pm £2/1 BASEMENT Jasper TX, 1000 Herzog, Franz Kirmann & A Dancing Beggar Live music 8pm £5 BELUSHI’S BELOW Mods & Sods It’s the 60s and you’ve got a nice moped 10pm £free BLACK LION Tuesday Club Mystery live acts 7.30pm £free BRUNSWICK Open Mic Sing your heart out 8.30pm £free CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Josie Long Incredibly humble and sweet comedienne. Deserves to be sold out 8pm £7 COALITION Don’t Forget R&B, disco, pop, playful latin and house music to shake your booty at 10.30pm £3/2 DIGITAL Glitterati Massive student night with a jetsetter, elitist, cliquey theme. Expect everything from funky house to R&B to indie and dance 11pm £4/3 DUKE OF NORFOLK Open Mic 9pm £free DUKE OF YORK The Girl On The Train 11am; Inception 3.30pm; Leaving 1.30pm; Giant Sand Godfather of alternative country, playing jazzy piano and playing whatever he pleases from 25 years of tunes 9pm £16/14 EXCHANGE Poker Get off your computer and play with real people 8pm £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW Quizness Time Test your wits 8pm £1 FREEBUTT Cloud Control Live music of the frisky folk kind 7.30pm £6.50 GEMINI Acoustic Times Best of the local catch 2pm £free GLOBE Basement Cinema Showing classics and underground screenings, with free popcorn oh boy!! 8pm £free HONEYCLUB Mojito Miami Beach Party: Jimmy Lobe, Tony Shadyak, RudeBen, Gabriel Angel, Dom Flo, Aaron George Smell the oranges and party like it’s springbreak and you’re on MTV 10pm £free HYDRANT DOWNSTAIRS Student Night: Boycom DJs Dance like school’s out for the summer 9pm £free HYDRANT UPSTAIRS Quiz Night Riddle us this 8.30pm £1 JAM Out Of The Blue Live music action 8pm £5; Trip Out Eclectic mix of electro swing, breaks and trip hop 11pm £2 LATEST MUSIC BAR Get Intimate: Dave Lynn Live entertainment from comedy drag queen 7.30pm £5 LIFE The Vice Social Student dance party 11pm £3/2 MARLBOROUGH Quiz Use your noggin 8pm £1 MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Casula Violence: Dildon’t Dark comedy times based in a 2nd-hand sex shop 8pm £6/5 MASH TUN Mash. Drink. Repeat: Rick & Jay Indie rock and electro-spasms 9pm £free PENTHOUSE Dreams In The Witch House Tunes and visuals for ghosts and zombies who like drone, house and techno 9pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Moon Duo Live music 7.30pm £9 SEVEN STARS Retro Cult Classic Film Night Exactly that. Check sevenstarsbrighton.co.uk to vote for a film 8pm £free SIDEWINDER Open Mic Watch and play 8pm £free
SIGNALMAN Weekly Quiz It’s you against The Quizmaster 8pm £1 SUGAQUBE Laidback Beats Exactly that Time tbc £free THEATRE ROYAL Stepping Out Play about a tap class 2.30pm/7.45pm £tbc THREE & TEN UPSTAIRS The Inescapable Misery Of Everything: Robin Buckland Comedy sourpuss 8pm £4/3
wednesday 21st
AUDIO Supercharged Beats and treats 11pm £5/4 BELUSHI’S BAR Old Skool Sessions 90s house party 10pm £free BLACK LION Fresh Acoustics Live music 7.30pm £free BRUNSWICK Beach Hut Mutts Comedy sketches not sketchy comedy (we hope) 8pm £8/6 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Phil Nichol Guitar playing comedy Canook 8pm £7 DIGITAL The Poundance Pounds of pop classics and entry is cheaper than chips 11pm £1 DUKE OF BEAUPORT Poker: Texas Hold’em Bring your filthy habit to the bar 7pm £2 DUKE OF NORFOLK Quiz Night Get your thinking cap on 9pm £1 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Inception 11am/3.30pm/8.45pm; Leaving 1.30pm/6.15pm FISHBOWL Fisherman’s Chronicles Acoustic jam open to all 8pm £free GEMINI Afrodelic Perfect pop, raunchy R&B and super soul all by the sea 2pm £free GRAND CENTRAL Harry Tricks & The Magic Number Live gypsy swing 8.30pm £free HOPE Chlorine Poetry Spoken word 8.30pm £tbc KOMEDIA DOWN John Grant Formerly of The Czars on Bella Union 7.30pm £10 KOMEDIA STUDIO Joel Plaskett, The Magic Bullet Band, Chris Simmons Canadian folk-popster 7.30pm £7 LATEST MUSIC BAR The Crave, Jim Stapley Ballsy rockers 8pm £5/4 LONDON UNITY Open Mic Live music of the eclectic kind 8pm £free MARLBOROUGH Open Mic Get out of your bedroom and into the pub, with your story, poem, act or acoustic rendition of Lady Gaga’s new tune 8pm £1 MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Rae Spoon, Anat Ben David Checkout this superfly alternative Canook country singer and Chicks On Speed video performance artist in such an intimate space 8pm £5 MASH TUN Tin Cup Collective Soul funksters 9pm £free OCEANA Get Lost Student night similar to their Monday clubnight, but on a ‘Weird’ Wednesday instead 9pm £4/3/2 PENTHOUSE Play It Promises of fun 9pm £free RIKITIK Time To Awesome: Figure Of Wax, J-Devious Summervibe tunes 11pm £free SIDEWINDER The Sidewinder Garden Quiz Various rounds 8pm £free ST GEORGE’S CHURCH Bombay Bicycle Club Indie rockers you’d like to hate for being so young and talented but they’re so damn good. Here they are pimping their all acoustic album. Talented bastards 7pm £13.50 SUGAQUBE Brighton Allstars: DJ ViY 3000 DJ spinning funk Time tbc £free THEATRE ROYAL Stepping Out Play about a tap class 2.30pm/7.45pm £tbc THREE & TEN UPSTAIRS Too Ugly For Television: Andrew Lawrence Honest to goth comedy 8pm £6/5 VICTORY Glue Gun 91 Life! Death! And other stuff too! 8pm £free WESTHILL TAVERN Acoustic Night From soul to hip hop to pop to folk, unplugged 8.30pm £free
thursday 22nd
AUDIO Bastard Pop Musical mash up 11pm £2
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BELUSHI’S BAR Karaoke 90s house party 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Party On The Ceiling Indie bands and DJ action 9.30pm £free BLACK LION Attic Monkeys 50 years of records 7.30pm £free BRIGHTON CENTRE Zappa Plays Zappa Son plays daddy’s music 7.30pm £27.50 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Brighton Bike Night Bikers’ social 7pm £free; Jarred Christmas Stands Up Up-standing Kiwi comic 8pm £7 COALITION Secret Discotheque Retro disco, 80s pop and other ‘uncool’ tunes 10.30pm £3/2/1 DUKE OF BEAUPORT Quiz Night Bring your brain to the bar 7pm £1 DUKE OF NORFOLK Chip & Friends Live music 9pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Inception 3.30pm/8.45pm; Leaving 1.30pm/6.15pm EXCHANGE Quiz Night Fire up your noggin for dosh prizes 8.45pm £1.50 FIDDLER’S ELBOW Fiddler’s Live Lounge A whole lotta jazz 9pm £free FISHBOWL Residents Association: DJ Will Sumsuch Hip hop, funk, disco, world and house 10pm £free FUNKY BUDDHA Addicted: Vince Frimpong, Ray Morgado R&B bump and grind party 11pm £tbc GEMINI Ollie & Jack Live music by the sea 2pm £free GLOBE Rockoustic Playing an eclectic selection from local music makers 9pm £free GRAND CENTRAL Swing DeVille Duo Gypsy jazz from the 1930s 8.30pm £free HONEYCLUB The One: Squiz, Ben-G, Matt Jiggens, Gazz Marlow, Paul Hillyer Mix of R&B, hip hop and funky house. Oh, and some indie too, you lucky thing 11pm £1 HOPE Busking For Cancer Live musica and DJ action for Cancer Research 8pm £4 HYDRANT DOWNSTAIRS Stephanie MacGregor Female acoustic pop 9pm £free JAM Thursday Night Fish Fry Early 50s US rhythm & blues and original Jamaican ska 10pm £3 KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club Stand-up shenanigans 8pm £8.50/6.50 LATEST MUSIC BAR Temple Hedz, Psonikadia, Mystery Space, Dub2Earth Alt dance and electronica grooves 8pm £5/3 LIFE Shameless: C-Dogg, DJ Nause Spinning the good times and not-so-good times of half a century 11pm £1 MARLBOROUGH Karaoke Kocktails Interesting (dangerous) combination 8pm £free OCEANA Pound Party: Mike Pantelli If the Juice FM DJ doesn’t float your boat, then maybe the cheaper than chips prices will 9pm £4/1/free PRINCE ALBERT Tom Sayer & The Rambling Boys Of Pleasure, Gypsy And The Wolf Premier Amour Live music 8.30pm £4 QUADRANT AKL Open Mic Highly competitive open mic 8pm £free RANELAGH ARMS The Diablos Live music 8pm £free RIKITIK Scribble: Boy Com, Homeslice It’s a hip hop party 10pm £free SIDEWINDER Ants In The Carpet From the 80s to present day in a tuneful adventures 8pm £free ST JAMES TAVERN Stay Sick, Turn Blue 50s and 60s rock&roll 8.30pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Stepping Out Play about a tap class 2.30pm/7.45pm £tbc VOLKS The Valentines, The Tenth View, Dirty Leaves Live indie 8pm £3; Devil’s Night D&B, breakdancing and live MCs 11pm £4 XUMA Get Ready For The Weekend Mysterious DJ to get you in the mood 9pm £free
friday 23rd
AUDIO Excape Reunion Reunion for the peeps who used to frequent the Escape club, like it says them really 11pm £tbc BELUSHI’S BAR Muy Loco Pop, house and R&B 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Abandoned Headbangers unite 10pm £3/2 BEE’S MOUTH Hot-Tip Hi-Fi Regge, rocksteady and roots, man 8.30pm £free BLACK LION Soul Casserole Throwing funk, jazz, beats and grooves into a massive pot on the fire 8.30pm £free BRUNSWICK Soul Town Get the train or the bus or
walk. It’s right next to Motown 8pm £5 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Peter Von Sleaze Spinning sleaze and classic alike 9pm £free COALITION Fridays I’m In Love Somewhat eclectic night with 60s gems, indie and funky funk 11pm £4/3/2/1 DIGITAL Stonelove Indie and rock & roll 11pm £4/3 FISHBOWL Blackbelt Jonez Radio Reverb Beans on Toast fella serving up grilled hip hop 9pm £free FUNKY BUDDHA Dance, Drink, Repeat: Dan Doubledecks, Charles Green, Mikee Hollywood Look sharp student night 11pm £5/3 FUNKYFISH The Funkyfish Club Funky DJ Delboy spins 4 funky decades on 4 funky decks. How many funky hands does this funky man have? 10pm £6/3.50 GRAND CENTRAL All Time Top 100: Alex Studd Musical countdown 9.30pm £free HAMPTON Mod For It! Motown, soul and new wave 8pm £free HONEYCLUB Kid Dub: Gordy B, Sam Bylett, JR Sounds, Stepz Minimal techno techno techno 11pm £8/7 HOPE Vernie & Bertrum, The Traps Local indie popsters 8pm £3/2 HYDRANT DOWNSTAIRS Sandweaver, The Junkhouse Melodic indie kids 9pm £free HYDRANT UPSTAIRS Tropical Underground Afrolatin dub action 8pm £4.50 KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club Stand-up shenanigans 7.30pm £14.50/£10 KOMEDIA STUDIO Brighton Jazz Club Featuring total legends 8pm £8/6; Tiffany Stevenson Edinburgh preview Details tbc KOMEDIA UP Whole Lotta Led Led Zepplin tribute band 7.30pm £11 LATEST MUSIC BAR Ska Tunes Ska jazz pop 8pm £7/5 LOFT Club Malicious: DJ Rockness Monster Playing alternative tuuunes with axes in them (that’s guitars) 9pm £5/3/2 LIFE Big Fish Little Fish Cardboard Box: Redlight & MC Dread Fidget, bass, electro 11pm £4 MARLBOROUGH Q&A (Queer & Alternative) DJs spinning indie, electro and old skool tunes 5pm £free MICRO Schizoteque: Beats Assassins, IDC, Drum Monkeys, King High Classic rave-up and electro disco 11pm £2/free OCEANA The World In One Night Is it too much to be promising the world? 7 themed rooms for your aural pleasure 8pm £6/5 PENTHOUSE No More Mr Lo Fi The last time 9pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Mouthwash, The Liabilities, The Barracks Ska-punk skallywags 7.30pm £5 RANELAGH ARMS Summertime Miracle Band Live music 8pm £free RIKITIK Voodoo In Association With WeSC: Insight & Nick Maxwell Broken beats on the dirty dubstep 9pm £free ST LUKE’S Abbi Temple & Kiyoko Fukuo 19th century soprano and piano jams 7.30pm £6/4 SUGAQUBE Suga Sessions: Brian ‘Cheets’ Cheetham, Mick Yeoman Crunchy house Time tbc £free THEATRE ROYAL Stepping Out Play about a tap class 2.30pm/7.45pm £tbc THREE & TEN Ruff Snippets Tuuunes and beats with a lotta funk and soul 10pm £free THREE & TEN UPSTAIRS Riches and Ransom Character comedy 8pm £7/5 VICTORY :Kinema: 80s classics and corny pop 8pm £free VOLKS Pablo & The Paintset, I Might Disco, Cry Baby Killers Rebellious indie 8pm £3; Analogue: Icicle, Context MC, Fineprint Audio, Voytek, Hiatus, Dubstatic, Sub Sector, Gav Ravenous, Kai_1, Random Scarves, Neil Martin, Future Prospect D&B in yr face 11pm £5 WESTERN FRONT Release Alternative indie, disco, old skool dance and party classics for you to stick in your pipe and smoke 9pm £free WORLD’S END Dr Greenthumb Prescribing big beats and dub reggae action. That’ll sort you right out 8.30pm £free
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saturday 24th
AUDIO Summer Of Love: Cool Your Jets vs Battery Powered Electro, house and techno 11pm £tbc BASEMENT Diana Jones Yankee folk singer 7.30pm £10 BELUSHI’S BAR Unplugged: The Rocket Dogs Live band 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Good Times: Retro Disco Party It’s a soul funk party with Mick Fuller 9pm £5 COALITION Wired: Sandy Riviera Forward thinking tunes and visuals innit 11pm £8; Blow After Party: Vincent Manganaro, Alex Outram, Aaron Pelaez The party continues right here 3am £7/5/4 CONCORDE 2 Devotion, With Hype, Camo & Krooked, Eksman Frenzied dub-pop-steppers 11pm £10 DIGITAL Playroom Crazy playful times 11pm £12/10 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Thief Lord 11am; Dr Strangelove or: How I Learnt To Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb 6pm FISHBOWL Askew: Barry Dust, Gareth Stephens Reggae and broken beats 9pm £free FREEBUTT Wild Nothing Live and lovely textured lo-fi from Jack Tatum 8pm £6 FUNKY BUDDHA Maxxi Soundsystem: Johnny Rocks, Senor Mick Gyrate around on the dancefloor cuz it’s disco time 11pm £5 FUNKYFISH The Funkyfish Club Funky DJ Delboy spins 4 funky decades on 4 funky decks. How many funky hands does this funky man have? 10pm £6/3.50 GRAND CENTRAL Panda Bear, Noise Attack Strange pop, alternative hip hop and synth-tastic space disco biscuits to dip in your beer 9pm £free HONEYCLUB Hed Kandi House music of the sexy kind 11pm £10 HYDRANT UPSTAIRS Stray Dog Rock Live music 8.30pm £1 KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club Stand-up shenanigans 7pm/10.30pm £17.50/15; Motorcity New clubnight for lovers of motown and disco tunes 10.30pm £5/3 KOMEDIA STUDIO Da Doo Ron Ron Chris ‘Da Doo’ King, Simon Bridger 60s girl garage nuggets and Motown mixes, what a treat 11pm £6/5 LATEST MUSIC BAR This Is Elvis Jim Devereaux is The King 7pm £6 LIFE Fish Fry Soundsystem: Waterfront Fish Fry Chilled Jamaican ska, roots, rhythm & blues and gospel 2pm £free; Maxxi Soundsystem Beach terrace party 6pm £free; Hold Up! Indie night 11pm £5 MARLBOROUGH Cherry Pop: DJ Fondue Inferno It’s 80s prom night 8pm £free NORTHERN LIGHTS DJ Illson Mish mash eclectic party mix 9pm £free OCEANA The World In One Night Is it too much to be promising the world? 7 themed rooms for your aural pleasure 8pm £6/5 PAV TAV Back To The Future!: Gazz, Matt The boys from Justice Force 5 play loadsa music from different decades 11pm £3/2 PAVILION THEATRE Young Theatre: The Night Keeper Museum mystery for kids 11am/2pm £7/5 PENTHOUSE Muff Chicks on decks for the benefit of other chicks 9pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Turncoat, Union Jackles, White Star Liners, Sparrow Live music 8.30pm £4 RIKITIK Scribble Saturdays: Boy Com, Homeslice Weekend hip hop party 9pm £free SECRET LOCATION My Secret Disco: Disco Bloodbath, Cosmonauts Bizarre disco times cloaked in mystery and intrigue. Checkout mysecretdisco.com 2pm £tbc SIDEWINDER Caribbean Festival Music and grub 8pm £free SIGNALMAN DJ Dubock Playing various genres 8pm £free SUGAQUBE Suga Sessions: Brian ‘Cheets’ Cheetham Crunchy house Time tbc £free THEATRE ROYAL Stepping Out Play about a tap class 2.30pm/7.45pm £tbc THREE & TEN DJ Paul Tunes of the epic variety 10pm £free THREE & TEN UPSTAIRS Bingo! It’s Off The Cuff Total impro comedy using 50 bingo balls. Sounds complicated and fast paced 8pm £8/6; International Stand-Up: Richard Brophy Stand-up and surreal comedy 9.30pm £8/6
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VOLKS Burleske: Bruno Otranto, Alisio Delgado, Ivan Barbero Dance party 11pm £5 WEST HILL TAVERN L’Amour Electronique French pop and electronic delights pour vous 9pm £free WESTERN FRONT Release Alternative indie, disco, old skool dance and party classics for you to stick in your pipe and smoke 9pm £free WORLD’S END Punk As F**K: The Gutter Urchins It’s a punk party 8pm £free XUMA Keep It Wheel: Steve KIW Shy disco and hipster gold 10pm £free
sunday 25th
AUDIO Zombie Zombie Experimental electro from twopiece (one ex-Herman Dune) 8pm £9.50/8.50 BELUSHI’S BAR Party Night: DJ Sean 9pm £free BRUNSWICK Ukelele Sundays 25 peeps playing our fave comedy instrument 3pm £free COALITION Frequency: Verity Mayes, Yusef Sebaiti DJs playing upfront house and tech beats 10.30pm £2/ free CONCORDE 2 Brighton Carnival Fundraiser It’s a free street party 1pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Dr Strangelove or: How I Learnt To Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb 6pm FIDDLER’S ELBOW Sham-Rock Open Mic Guinnesssodden legendary open slot 8.30pm £free FISHBOWL Recovery?: Asbest The Moor King Chilled blend of reggae and soul for you to mooch around to 9pm £free GEMINI The Perils and Friends Live music 1pm £free GLOBE Hot Tip Hi Fi 60s and 70s Jamaican reggae and dub 9pm £free HONEYCLUB Afrodisiac: Jon Byrne and Steven James Electro house to keep the weekend alive 11pm £3/2 KOMEDIA STUDIO The Maydays: Tonight’s Top Story feat The Argus Impro musicians give us the lastest news 8pm £7/5 MARLBOROUGH Acoustic Sessions Guitar songs 4pm £free MARWOOD CAFE Brighton Filmmakers Coalition Meeting Team together to spark creative projects 6pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Winging It Comedy Afternoon Live funnies for free 3pm £free; Catch 22, The Junk, Fred Westlife Ska popsters from across the pond 7pm £8; Rachel Dadd The Hand & Ichi Live music 8pm £4 RANELAGH ARMS Dave Peabody Live music 8pm £free RIKITIK Pulse: Sunday Night Breaks Party Weekend beats party 10pm £free SEVEN STARS Mike the Mic Live music from Mike and his chums 4pm £free SIDEWINDER Vortex Live acoustica from Brighton and beyond 7pm £free SIGNALMAN Open Mic: Zoothyme All types of performers invited 8pm £free SUGAQUBE Club Sunday Dirty filthy house beats Time tbc £free THREE & TEN Strung Out Sundays Live music of the acoustic nature 8pm £free WESTERN FRONT Sunset Party tuuunes 6pm £free
monday 26th
ANCIENT MARINER Quiz Hosted by the lovely Sarah with a boozy bonus round 8pm £1 BELUSHI’S BAR Party Night: DJ Sean 9pm £free BLACK LION Happy Mondays Mystery live acts 7.30pm £free BRUNSWICK Bitesize Comedy Theatre Comedy like compote, totally condensed 7.30pm £tbc CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Don’t Worry Be Happy: Joe Richardson Comedy from BBC6 8pm £9 COALITION Trash Mondays Filthy times for students and layabouts alike 10pm £3/2 FREEBUTT These Are Powers Post hardcore 7.30pm £6.50 GEMINI Acoustic Times Best of the local catch 2pm £free HAMPTON Music Quiz Test your wits for prizes and entertainment 8pm £1 INK Mischief & Mayhem Bass party 10pm £free JAM Well Rounded: Deadboy, Doc Daneeka, Donga, Unlikely Live bands 10pm £6/3
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OCEANA Pure Filth Student night for West Street’s finest 9pm £2.50/free PRINCE ALBERT Born To Lose With Alive DJs 8.30pm £3 QUADRANT Acoustic Showcase Cream of the open mic 8pm £free SIDEWINDER Poker night It’s about time for a gambling habit 9pm £5 SUGAQUBE Cocktail Mondays Chillax house Time tbc £free THEATRE ROYAL Bedroom Farce Alan Ayckbourn’s play about couples in the bedroom 2.30pm/7.45pm £tbc VOLKS Strictly Reggae: Big T Dancehall, roots, revival 10pm £5/4.50
Tuesday 27th
AUDIO ShearWater Dreamy folky indie from Austin, Texas 7pm £tbc; Club: Wasted Youth Indie tunes all night long for you and your floppy haired friends 11pm £2/1 BELUSHI’S BELOW Mods & Sods It’s the 60s and you’ve got a nice moped 10pm £free BLACK LION Tuesday Club Mystery live acts 7.30pm £free BRUNSWICK Open Mic Sing your heart out 8.30pm £free COALITION Don’t Forget R&B, disco, pop, playful latin and house music to shake your booty at 10.30pm £3/2 DIGITAL Glitterati Massive student night with a jetsetter, elitist, cliquey theme. Expect everything from funky house to R&B to indie and dance 11pm £4/3 DUKE OF NORFOLK Open Mic 9pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Pandora & The Flying Dutchman 11am EXCHANGE Poker Get off your computer and play with real people 8pm £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW Quizness Time Test your wits 8pm £1 GEMINI Acoustic Times Best of the local catch 2pm £free HONEYCLUB Mojito Miami Beach Party: Jimmy Lobe, Tony Shadyak, RudeBen, Gabriel Angel, Dom Flo, Aaron George Smell the oranges and party like it’s springbreak and you’re on MTV 10pm £free HOPE The Holistic Cabaret: Sam Walker, Rosi Lalor, Mike Russell Story telling through songwriters and surrealist comedian 8.30pm £6/5 HYDRANT DOWNSTAIRS Student Night: Boycom DJs Dance like school’s out for the summer 9pm £free HYDRANT UPSTAIRS Quiz NIght Riddle us this 8.30pm £1 JAM Out Of The Blue Live music action 8pm £5; Trip Out Eclectic mix of electro swing, breaks and trip hop 11pm £2 LATEST MUSIC BAR The Italian Job Live bands from the country that’s shaped like a boot Details tbc LIFE The Vice Social Student dance party 11pm £3/2 MARLBOROUGH Quiz Use your noggin 8pm £1 MASH TUN Mash. Drink. Repeat: Rick & Jay Indie rock and electro-spasms 9pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Mike Wilton, Caladonians Live music 8.30pm £3 SEVEN STARS Retro Cult Classic Film Night Exactly that. Check sevenstarsbrighton.co.uk to vote for a film 8pm £free SIDEWINDER Open Mic Watch and play 8pm £free SIGNALMAN Weekly Quiz It’s you against The Quizmaster 8pm £1 ST GEORGE’S INN Garden Quiz Exercise your noodle 8pm £1 SUGAQUBE Laidback Beats Exactly that Time tbc £free THEATRE ROYAL Bedroom Farce Alan Ayckbourn’s play about couples in the bedroom 2.30pm/7.45pm £tbc THREE & TEN UPSTAIRS The Golden Lizard: Henry Paker, Mike Wozniak Complicated comedy 8pm £8/5
wednesday 28th
AUDIO Supercharged Vs Battlejam: Kentaro Beats and treats 11pm £5/4 BELUSHI’S BAR Old Skool Sessions 90s house party
10pm £free BLACK LION Fresh Acoustics Live music 7.30pm £free CONCORDE 2 The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart Whimsical noisepop 7pm £11 DIGITAL The Poundance Pounds of pop classics and entry is cheaper than chips 11pm £1 DUKE OF BEAUPORT Poker: Texas Hold’em Bring your filthy habit to the bar 7pm £2 DUKE OF NORFOLK Quiz Night Get your thinking cap on 9pm £1 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Hot Tub Time Machine 11am FISHBOWL Fisherman’s Chronicles Acoustic jam open to all 8pm £free GEMINI Afrodelic Perfect pop, raunchy R&B and super soul all by the sea 2pm £free GRAND CENTRAL Harry Tricks & The Magic Number Live gypsy swing 8.30pm £free BRIGHTON BALLROOM Ben Ottewell, Robot Heart Featuring that fella from Gomez 8pm £10 LATEST MUSIC BAR Loonaloop Electro dance band from down under 9pm £5 LONDON UNITY Open Mic Live music of the eclectic kind 8pm £free MARLBOROUGH Open Mic Get out of your bedroom and into the pub, with your story, poem, act or acoustic rendition of Lady Gaga’s new tune 8pm £1 MASH TUN Tin Cup Collective Soul funksters 9pm £free OCEANA Get Lost Student night similar to their Monday clubnight, but on a ‘Weird’ Wednesday instead 9pm £4/3/2 OPEN HOUSE Safehouse Jazz Jazztastic times 8pm £free PRINCE ALBERT MJ Hibbett’s Dinosaur Planet Live music in the form of a rock from fiesty two-piece 8pm £5 RIKITIK Time To Awesome: Figure Of Wax, J-Devious Summervibe tunes 11pm £free SIDEWINDER The Sidewinder Garden Quiz Various rounds 8pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Bedroom Farce Alan Ayckbourn’s play about couples in the bedroom 2.30pm/7.45pm £tbc THREE & TEN UPSTAIRS Kate & Rach Total impro comedy 8pm £7/5 VOLKS ‘F For Funk’ Funky northern soul 10pm £3/2
thursday 29th
AUDIO Bastard Pop Musical mash up 11pm £2 BELUSHI’S BAR Karaoke 90s house party 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Party On The Ceiling Indie bands and DJ action 9.30pm £free BRUNSWICK Tudo Bem! It’s salsa night and your booty wants to shake it shake it 8pm £8/6 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Brighton Bike Night Bikers’ social 7pm £free COALITION Secret Discotheque Retro disco, 80s pop and other ‘uncool’ tunes 10.30pm £3/2/1 CONCORDE 2 Gary Numan Come see if this pioneer of electronic music is still electric 7.30pm £18 DUKE OF BEAUPORT Quiz Night Bring your brain to the bar 7pm £1 DUKE OF NORFOLK Local Talent Live music 9pm £free EXCHANGE Quiz Night Fire up your noggin for dosh prizes 8.45pm £1.50 FIDDLER’S ELBOW Fiddler’s Live Lounge A whole lotta jazz 9pm £free FISHBOWL Residents Association: DJ Will Sumsuch Hip hop, funk, disco, world and house 10pm £free FREEBUTT Ramona Live music 8pm £4 FUNKY BUDDHA Addicted: Vince Frimpong, Ray Morgado R&B bump and grind party 11pm £tbc GEMINI The Summertime Miracle Band Live music by the sea 2pm £free GLOBE Rockoustic Playing an eclectic selection from local music makers 9pm £free GRAND CENTRAL Swing DeVille Duo Gypsy jazz from the 1930s 8.30pm £free HONEYCLUB The One: Squiz, Ben-G, Matt Jiggens, Gazz Marlow, Paul Hillyer Mix of R&B, hip hop and funky house. Oh, and some indie too, you lucky thing 11pm £1
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HYDRANT DOWNSTAIRS The Ramonas Punk rockers 9pm £free HYDRANT UPSTAIRS Marebito, Dead Empire, Skarstein Metal rockers 8pm £3 JAM Thursday Night Fish Fry Early 50s US rhythm & blues and original Jamaican ska 10pm £3 LATEST MUSIC BAR Ska Bar 6: The New Town Kings 2 tone ska and reggae action 8pm £4 LIFE Shameless: C-Dogg, DJ Nause Spinning the good times and not-so-good times of half a century 11pm £1 MARLBOROUGH Karaoke Kocktails Interesting (dangerous) combination 8pm £free MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Spun Glass Theatre: Laura, Distillation Of The Glass Menagerie Exploring matters of the heart 8.30pm £5/4 OCEANA Pound Party: Mike Pantelli If the Juice FM DJ doesn’t float your boat, then maybe the cheaper than chips prices will 9pm £4/1/free PENTHOUSE Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Journey to the 60s and 70s for some psychedelic aventures 9pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Dan Shears & The Velveteen Orkestra, Boy Cried Wold, Feathered Embers Live music 8.30pm £4/3 RANELAGH ARMS Nicky Mitchell Live music 8pm £free RIKITIK Scribble: Boy Com, Homeslice It’s a hip hop party 10pm £free SIDEWINDER Ants In The Carpet From the 80s to present day in a tuneful adventures 8pm £free ST JAMES TAVERN Stay Sick, Turn Blue 50s and 60s rock&roll 8.30pm £free SUGAQUBE Weekend Warmup: Arkadiusz Koper Upfront house and anthems Time tbc £free THEATRE ROYAL Bedroom Farce Alan Ayckbourn’s play about couples in the bedroom 2.30pm/7.45pm £tbc UNITARIAN CHURCH Amiina Live music from Iceland 7.30pm £9 VICTORY Open Mic Night Come share your songs with strangers 8pm £free
friday 30th
ALI-CATS Acoustic Club Live music of the acoustic kind 8pm £4/2.50 AUDIO Pantha Du Prince, Lost Idol, Masks Shoegaze indie techno from child music prodigy Hedrik Weber 7pm £8.50/7.50; Popof Spankin’ neo techno 10pm £tbc BELUSHI’S BAR Muy Loco Pop, house and R&B 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Abandoned Headbanging party for metalheadz 10pm £3/2 BLACK LION Attic Monkeys 50 years of records 7.30pm £free BRUNSWICK Joe Filisko Playing the blues harmonica 8pm £7/6 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Peter Von Sleaze Brings the cheese and the classics alike. Rock on 9pm £free COALITION Fridays I’m In Love Somewhat eclectic night with 60s gems, indie and funky funk 11pm £4/3/2/1 CONCORDE 2 Chaka Demus & Pliers Tease me, tease me, tease me, babe-eh, til I lose control 7pm £22.50; Freebass Free Party Summer Slam: Jumping Jack Frost Old skool style free party 11pm £free DIGITAL Stonelove Indie and rock & roll 11pm £4/3 FISHBOWL LateNite Lounging: T Bird: Will Sumsuch, Tim Mercer Deeply dark disco and safe hip hop 9pm £free FUNKY BUDDHA Dance, Drink, Repeat: Dan Doubledecks, Charles Green, Mikee Hollywood Look sharp student night 11pm £5/3 FUNKYFISH The Funkyfish Club Funky DJ Delboy spins 4 funky decades on 4 funky decks. How many funky hands does this funky man have? 10pm £6/3.50 GLOBE Beyond Deep house deep in the basement 9pm £free GRAND CENTRAL All Time Top 100: DJ Theo Musical countdown 9.30pm £free HAMPTON Mod For It! Motown, soul and new wave 8pm £free HECTOR’S HOUSE In The Face Mish-mash of dub, bass and jungle massive 6pm £1/free HONEYCLUB I love R&B: Squiz, Ben G House fused with a twist of hip hop 11pm £free HORSE & GROOM Shauna Parker & The Saloon Bar Band Female fronted Americana band 8.30pm £free
HOPE Sunday Girl California based rockers 8pm £4 HYDRANT DOWNSTAIRS Avondale45 Old skool punk rockers with an alt twist 9pm £free JAM Acoustic Jam Not just whiny peeps on acoustic guitar, but some hip hop action and soul treats 8pm £free; Teen Creeps Joyous rap, indie, riot grrl and synth action 11pm £5/4 KING & QUEEN Disco Deviant: Greg Wilson, Cosmic Boogie, Pablo Contraband Live entertainment 9.30pm £10/8 KOMEDIA DOWN Comic Boom: Sean Walsh, Hal Cruttenden Funny folks 8pm £8.50/6.50; Krater Comedy Club Quality stand-up 7.30pm £14.50/10 KOMEDIA STUDIO Spirit Of Gravity Experimental music. Hold on to your ears 8.30pm £5/4 KOMEDIA DOWN Ministry of Burlesque High Tease Camp comedy capers and saucy women with nipple tassles 9pm £15 LOFT Club Malicious: DJ Rockness Monster Playing alternative tuuunes with axes in them (that’s guitars) 9pm £5/3/2 LIFE Big Fish Little Fish Cardboard Box: Calvertron Fidget, bass, electro 11pm £4 MARLBOROUGH Q&A (Queer & Alternative) DJs spinning indie, electro and old skool tunes 5pm £free MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Hedwig And The Angry Inch Cult musical 7.45pm £9/7.50 OCEANA The World In One Night Is it too much to be promising the world? 7 themed rooms for your aural pleasure 8pm £6/5; Thirtysomething: Mke Panteli, Mikee Hollywood Come and meet hot milfs and ageing alcoholics 10.30pm £5 PENTHOUSE Jigsaw Moves Get your dose of rock & roll 9pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Love Park, Prince Harry, Groucho Live music 8.30pm £4/3 RANELAGH ARMS Roadrunners Live music 8pm £free RIKITIK Voodoo In Association With WeSC: Insight and Nick Maxwell Broken beats on the dirty dubstep 9pm £free SUGAQUBE Suga Sessions: Brian ‘Cheets’ Charman, Rob Love Crunchy house Time tbc £free ST ANDREW’S CHURCH Silver Apples Long-running electro one-piece (previously a two-piece before Danny’s death) pimping his collaborative album ‘Play Twice Before Listening’ 7pm £10/8.50 THEATRE ROYAL Bedroom Farce Alan Ayckbourn’s play about couples in the bedroom 2.30pm/7.45pm £tbc THREE & TEN DJ Paul Tunes of the epic variety 10pm £free THREE & TEN UPSTAIRS Rabbit In The Headlights: Laura Mugridge New and rising stand-ups 8pm £6/5 VOLKS The Hi-Sides, Koresh, London Commands You Live pop punk 8pm £3; Future Dub Roots, dub, D&B, dancehall and jungle massive 11pm £tbc WESTERN FRONT Release Alternative indie, disco, old skool dance and party classics for you to stick in your pipe and smoke 9pm £free WORLD’S END Unity Hi-Fi Roots, dub and reggae just for you 8pm £free XUMA Jeff Daniels All aboard the soul train 10pm £free
saturday 31st
AUDIO The Recommender: Young Empires Brighton blogger’s fave musical treats 7pm £tbc; SOL: Rory Phillips, Recommender DJs Techno, electro and house for your aural pleasure 11pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Unplugged: The Rocket Dogs Live band 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Good Times: Retro Disco Party It’s a soul funk party with Mick Fuller 9pm £5 BLACK LION Burnt Toast Radio Reverb DJ brings you all the filth in funk 8.30pm £free COALITION Mistakes Music: Sebastian Leger Layered beats and treats from the froggy legend 11pm £8; DPM After Party The party continues right here with more house, electro and techno 3am £7/5/4 FISHBOWL Daddy Marcus Soul, disco funk 9pm £free FUNKY BUDDHA Maxxi Soundsystem: El Harvo, Sam Watts, Neal Lewis Gyrate around on the dancefloor cuz it’s disco time with Futureboogie fella 11pm £5 FUNKYFISH The Funkyfish Club Funky DJ Delboy spins 4 funky decades on 4 funky decks. How many funky hands does this funky man have? 10pm £6/3.50
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GEMINI Commodor 64 Live music by the sea 1pm £free GRAND CENTRAL Panda Bear, Noise Attack Strange pop, alternative hip hop and synthtastic space disco biscuits to dip in your beer 9pm £free HONEYCLUB Sevensins: Henrik B Thumpin’ electro and sexy R&B to shake your bits to. Let it all hang out 11pm £10 HOPE Musical Showcase Three mystery acts 8pm £tbc HYDRANT DOWNSTAIRS Shofar Allstars Live 8-piece ska monkeys 8pm £free HYDRANT UPSTAIRS Rock & Metal Live music 8pm £free INK Shakedown: Shayal, Klipz, Informer, Rudeben, Mini Mike, Outbreak The boys bring you urban tunes 10pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club Stand-up shenanigans 7pm and 10.30pm £17.50/15 MARLBOROUGH Cherry Pop: DJ Fondue Inferno It’s 80s prom night 8pm £free MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Hedwig And The Angry Inch Cult musical 7.45pm £9/7.50 OCEANA The World In One Night Is it too much to be promising the world? 7 themed rooms for your aural pleasure 8pm £6/5 PAVILION TAVERN Snap, Crackle and Britpop!: Dynamite Sal, C-Dogg If it’s got a guitar in it and it was made in the 90s there’s a good chance you’ll hear it 11pm £3/2 PENTHOUSE Mama Ko Mama Sa’ Vintage Afrobeat and jive times 9pm £free PRINCE ALBERT Kim Slade, Tales Of George 8.30pm £4 RIKITIK Looking Sound: 3D Beats VJ scratch adventures 10pm £free SIDEWINDER Danceteria: Bushy, Ed & Toast Stoking the musical embers to light a disco, boogie and house fire 8pm £free SUGAQUBE Suga Sessions: Brian ‘Cheets’ Cheetham, Chris Rawles Crunchy house Time tbc £free THEATRE ROYAL Bedroom Farce Alan Ayckbourn’s play about couples in the bedroom 2.30pm/7.45pm £tbc THREE & TEN Rusty Ryan Hip hop and soulful tunes 10pm £free VICTORY :Kinema: 80s classics and corny pop 8pm £free VOLKS Evolution D&B dance party 11pm £5 WESTERN FRONT Release Alternative indie, disco, old skool dance and party classics for you to stick in your pipe and smoke 9pm £free XUMA DJ T Bird LA disco king 9pm £free
Exhibitions
BRIGHTON MUSEUM & ART GALLERY From Sickert to Gertler: Modern British Art from Boxted House Where artists hung out after WW2 Until 12 September £tbc; The Spice of Life We can’t believe it’s taken so long for the curators to put together an exhibition of condiment containers and salt shakers. Surely Brighton has been crying out for this Until 8 August £free CASTOR AND POLLUX Charley Harper Vintage prints of birds and beyond From 3 July - 5 Sept £free CRANE KALMAN European Fields: Hans van der Meer Photographs showing the Landscape Of Lower League Football Until 11 July £free FABRICA A Fine Line: Frederic Geurts Steel pylons suspended in space 10 July - 30 Aug £free INK_D Standing Figures: Req Spraycan legend Until 11 July £free OLD MARKET Brighton and Hove Camera Club Showcasing the work of 10 photographers Until 1 August £free PHOENIX GALLERY Hot Plate: International Printmaking Exhibition From Serbia to Brighton 3 July - 15 Aug £free PRESTON MANOR Unravelling The Manor House 12 contemporary artists in fine art and craft Until 25 July £free HOVE MUSEUM & ART GALLERY Touching Art Touching You: BlindArt Permanent Collection Experience the art through touch and other senses Until 5 September £free PERMANENT GALLERY Platform X (c): Kimi Conrad Art wank at its most potent Until 11 July £free UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON GALLERY MA Fine Art Show Checkout the new talent Until July £free
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mos def
SIX of the best
hip hop rhymes Words by dominic ashton, matt barkeR
The most popular musical genre on the planet has yielded the best poetry of the past 30 years. In a Herculean effort, involving much sipping on gin and juice, SOURCE attempts to crown some of the key players.
Public enemy
Black Steel in the hour of Chaos I got a letter from the Government the other day I opened and read it, it said they were suckers.
Once upon a time – a time when people could still remember the civil rights movement – young black men were angry at inequality, the state, and racism. They would articulate their frustration with rabble-rousing polemical barrages, and they made a difference! As far as hip hop antagonists go, they don’t come much bigger or better than Public Enemy. Tricky made a whole song out of this one line, and it is endlessly repeated as shorthand for the dystopian autocracy of modern governance. (MB)
semi-autobiographical protagonist in his demented epic Naked Lunch, written in Tangiers while trying to write himself out of a nasty heroin addiction. (MB)
Mos Def Ms. Fat Booty
I seen her on the ave’, spotted her more than once Ass so fat that you could see it from the front Whether it be basslines or ladies’ bottoms, hip hop has always known how it likes its low-end – well-rounded and as large as possible. There’s no shortage of lyrics on the subject of the voluptuous booty, but this couplet truly stands out from the crowd. Nothing unites man in celebration like the female form, and in his delivery it’s as if Mos Def knew whenever this song was played in the future, peace would break out, with all within earshot united in verse: “ass so fat that you could see it from the front”. (DA)
The Roots You Got Me
Gang Starr DWYCK
We knew from the start that things fall apart and tend to shatter, she’s like, that shit don’t matter when I get home and get at her
It’s doubtful that when Guru first wrote this rhyme he would have had any idea of how legendary it would become. Endlessly quoted and referenced, it’s even available on a variety of posters and t-shirts. It’s perhaps the closest hip hop has come to producing its very own Zen koan. Either the rhyme clicks with you immediately and transports you, giggling, to a higher state of rap consciousness; or you end up spending days trying to make rational sense of it and slowly go insane. (DA)
As Black Thought himself says in the sleeve notes, this is the love joint. In amongst the bitches and hoes, even rappers have a heart. A long distance relationship yarn, with Erykah Badu crooning to Black while he wrestles with the inevitable paranoia and loneliness, is as far from contemporary over-machismo as it is possible to be. Add in the irregular pentameter, plus a neat reference to Chinua Achebe’s landmark of African literature (Things Fall Apart), and you’ve got more brains and heart per line than the best Renaissance poetry. (MB)
Bomb the Bass
Pharcyde Oh Shit
Lemonade was a popular drink and it still is I get more props and stunts than Bruce Willis
Bug Powder Dust I’m like Bill Lee writing when he’s in Tangiers
And now I’m on a soul safari with my Beatnik peers Lyrically, ‘Bug Powder Dust’ must rank as one of the most ambitiously dense workouts ever. Justin Warfield attempts to encompass America’s beat culture in one intensely layered hit – hit being the appropriate word – many of the Beatniks were partial to experimentation with any and every substance exploding through America at the time. The Bill Lee in question is William Boroughs’
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Perfect example of how looks can be deceiving, Rolled up to what I THOUGHT was a pretty young thing A short-lived member of this good-time Cali crew, Fatlip was always hip hop’s hapless hobo. ‘Lip’s verse chronicles him picking up a “Crenshaw cutie” and driving to the beach with her, only to discover, after a bit of heavy petting, well: “Then it hit me, oh please God no, Don’t let this ho turn out to be a John Doe, He pulled a fast one on me yo”. A pleasing antidote to all that’s bad with hip hop - West Coast gansta-isms, homophobia, OTT bravado – this is one for the disenfranchised misfits. (MB)
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