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volume 2. Issue 45 June 2012
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PARTY REPUBLIC
OK, get ready for a rant. A quick poll on Facebook provided the shocking news that a lot of people are pretty much OK with the Jubilee. Sure, we’ll grab the day off with both hands but, let’s be clear here, it comes at a cost. And that cost is celebrating the fact that our society has inequality built into not just its traditions but also its laws. Even putting aside the fancy houses we don’t really want to be The Queen, but it puts our backs up that we can’t get her job because you have to be born into it – appointed by God, if you will. The idea of an entirely equal society may be a foolish utopian pipedream but it’s something to keep in our sights, now more than ever. A big shindig shouting “We don’t really believe in equality” just doesn’t sit right. As our friend Spanish Bex says, “Britain should find a better reason to party.” So take that extra day and find your own reason to celebrate what makes living in Britain great – music, art or simply your fellow man in the street. And do it without wrapping yourself in Union Jack bunting.
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Contents
News New In Town Gig Previews Interview: Jennifer Left Club Previews Club Review: Pop Not Pop Club Review: Below The Line Culture Art: Up and Beyond Critic In Pictures: The Great Escape Preview: Festivals Extra Street Style Unsung Hero: Donna Close Secret Eater: Terre à Terre In Conversation With: Cocaine Anonymous Listings Six Of The Best: Spoken Word Sections
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FREE BEER
If you think the Olympic organisers are complete arses for staging beach volleyball in the centre of that London, why not get down to an actual bona fide beach to have a go for yourself? The Yellowave Beach Sports venue on Madeira Drive is hosting a series of free have-a-go events called Go Spike on Wednesday evenings from June 20th, 6-7pm, and there’s actual sand laid on so you’re not face-planting onto the shingle. Get down there and either perv or participate – beach volleyball is where it’s at for the summer.
Brighton’s increasingly colourful walls didn’t let us down when the Beastie Boys’ MCA sadly died last month. Local graff god Aroe has sprayed up a jaw-dropping tribute in the shape of the crumpled plane from the band’s debut album sleeve, ‘Licensed To Ill’. It’s down the side of the Co-op food place on London Road if you fancy a gawp at his work. In further tribute, Sticky Mike’s host Gratitude, an evening of nothing but Beastie Boys tracks, on Mon 4th, raising funds for Cancer Research UK.
Miss World might be a prehistoric pageant from the past, but add some eco attraction to the mix and it’s all about the now. Miss Earth is in its 12th year and local hopeful Kirsty Brachman is representing Brighton in the national final in glamorous Weston-super-Mare. It does have a green agenda about it – finalists are all expected to turn lights off and recycle a bunch of stuff as part of their day-to-day lives – so we’re right behind Kirsty in her title bid. Unearth Miss Earth info at missearthgirls.co.uk.
NEW MUSIC? YOU BET
If you’ve ever been to the Rendezvous Casino down the Marina, trying to win some dough for a night out, or maybe just to buy your mum a caravan, you might have noticed there was no live music there. Of course, if you were on a winning streak, you might not. But now there is. This month, their Rivva Room begins hosting Saturday Night Live with new music and bands. It’s free to get in, so it’s worth taking a look at the line-ups at rendezvouscasino.com/brighton.
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By the time you read this, the local skating community will be coming to terms with the loss of Roller Central in Shoreham. Going against the advice of its own Planning Officer, Adur District Council has refused a new licence, citing noise complaints from just two nearby houseboat owners. The indoor skating venue was scheduled for closure at the end of May, although there will be an appeal so fingers crossed. Brighton Rockers roller derby team, who were based there, will move their training to Sussex University.
We went on that Brighton Wheel recently – a more underwhelming way to spend eight quid we can’t remember. You’re not even allowed to rock the pods. For those with aspirations to view beyond the roof of Revenge, though, that long-talked-about i360 tower thing in front of the West Pier has finally been given the go-ahead for 2014. At 175 metres high, it should offer a proper view of Brighton and beyond, and provide an unrivalled spit launch platform for bunking-off schoolboys. Whether or not there’s anything worth seeing when you get up there, of course, is a matter for debate.
If you like to sample Belgian beers without recourse to wallet strain, these free tastings will appeal. A pair of drinks experts and Edinburgh Fringe veterans are touring Brighton boozers with complimentary kegs for you to sample while they crack gags and educate participants in beer-based history and facts. The first one is at the Open House, Springfield Road on Wednesday 13th – find out when and where the rest are by checking our listings section.
BUSINESS BOOMING
With the economy going down quicker than John Travolta’s masseurs (allegedly), it’s good to see new local business startups weathering the storm and flourishing. A while back we interviewed Brighton company StartBrandAgency, and we’ve teamed up with them to offer a competition-winning business a year of savvy backing and mentoring worth a cool 10 grand. The final shortlist of 10 has been selected – check out their progress at startbrandagency.co.uk.
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the Blue Man
Brighton is hardly overrun with African eateries so it was with sadness that The Blue Man quietly closed its doors a couple of years ago. But now it’s back in the new two-floor venue on Queen’s Road that used to be The Red Rooms. The idea is that you can pop in for a drink or tapas, or try the daily tagine cooked by Magid, a man who knows his way around North African cuisine. There’s a late licence and live music, so pop in after the pub and enjoy an easygoing drink or two.
Traumfrau
This new monthly club night at the Tube is aimed squarely at “queer girls and their friends”, with a more interesting, intellectual stance than the camp 80s pop nights Kemptown has to offer. If the queues at the last one are anything to judge by, it’s just what Brighton’s been waiting for. It’s inclusive and friendly, with zines, colour-in posters, stickers and a photobooth as well as eclectic music. Traumfrau means ‘ideal woman’ and this is the ideal place to find her.
The Rug Hour
If, like us, you often reminisce about the lost time you spent with a moustache and sizeable chest wig, supping brandy and chomping cigars, we’ve found the solution. There’s a new night at Sticky Mike’s called The Rug Hour, and it promises pretty much the sleaziest fun you can have on a Wednesday without paying. The music policy is as easy-going as Ron Burgundy on Valium, and silk dressing gowns are encouraged. If you can’t behave, be careful.
Starvin’ Marvin’s
It’s been knocking about for a couple of months, but this grub stall by Churchill Square is beginning to be recognised as one of the best central lunch havens in Brighton. Starvin’ Marvin’s
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offers a wide range of baked goods, sandwiches and more dough-based delicacies, with discounts for local businesses. Famed for its saliva-inducing hog roast baguette, Starvin’ Marvin’s is a deli food bar worth checking out.
Work
Riki Tik have launched their new weekend nights with the emphasis being on the cream of Brighton talent. The theory goes, why book one good DJ from the national/international circuit when you can get two great DJs from your doorstep? Hard to argue with that, eh? Work is the name of the Friday night, with Matt Barker and Dennis Castro toiling behind the decks, making you work it with their party targeted “blog dance and jiggy bangers”. So after work, get to Work.
SUSSEX WINE SCHOOL
If your appreciation of wine doesn’t go beyond two-for-a-fiver vials of vile vino, stop reading now. If it does, and you fancy yourself as a sniffer, swiller and spitter, the Sussex Wine School could be right up your alley. The Plateau French restaurant in town is hosting Sussex Wine School’s tastings and teachings to help you impress dates with your corking booze knowledge. This is the latest in a nationwide network of wine schools, so catch up, swot up and sup up. Sussexwineschool.com has all the facts you require.
Pressed Sessions
Pressed Sessions is a new live music night at the Green Door Store that aims to raise musicians’ profiles by making films of their performances. The brainchild of artist-run company Ugli Music (who also offer sound system rental, studio help, tuition and more), the professionally recorded shows will be hosted on pressedsessions.co.uk and other sites favoured by the featured bands. Pressed Sessions launches on June 5th, with Annaca, Time For T, Jenna Bennett and Saharas playing live.
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Krankenhaus 6
Haunt Sat 1st
The final instalment (for now) of British Sea Power’s Krankenhaus club nights should prove to be the most celebratory of the lot, with the group performing all of their singles live. BSP’s spin-off Jonathan Richman tribute band The Modern Ovens join Brighton & Hove City Brass on the bill, but the night’s wildest curveball will surely come from Fit Les. Yes, Keith Allen’s back, with an Olympic themed pop opera narrated by a chaffinch made homeless by the stadium bulldozers. Uh-huh. (SH)
Liars
Green Door Store Sat 1st
US/Australian trio Liars are one of those very few bands who happily confound expectations with every album release, from their early, searing post-punk disco to more recent experiments in heavy percussion and electronics. The snippets we’ve heard from Liars’ forthcoming sixth album ‘WIXIW’ (pronounced “wish you”, should you wish to impress record shop staff by asking for it without spitting all over the counter), suggest a trip into deep synth tone explorations, but that’s no promise. (SH)
The Time And Space Machine
Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Sat 1st
A five-piece psychedelic band, headed up by DJ and producer Richard Norris (of The Grid, Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve etc), The Time And Space Machine make their live Brighton debut this evening. Heavy on the Hammond and fuzz guitar, TTASM’s guest singers include Raissa Khan-Panni, formerly of The Mummers. Piling on the tripped out vibes are reinvented conceptualist big band Restlesslist, freak-out projectionists the Innerstrings Psychedelic Lightshow and Sticky Mike’s Catholic Discipline DJs. (SH)
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Give Her The Gun Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Sat 2nd
It’s the ultimate badge of musical snobbery to be able to declare that you saw so-and-so’s first ever show and this is your opportunity to earn that medal. Give Her The Gun leave their place of hiding to transform Sticky Mike’s into an Aladdin’s Cave of audio delights. This Cipher Asylum showcase not only introduces the hitherto fictional rock group (they appear in a series of post-apocalyptic novels) performing their debut show but also features sets from already established Brighton bands Shoot The Dead and Swordfish. (AJM)
JIM BOB
West Hill Hall Sat 2nd
Often derided for being a band who seemingly sold more T-shirts than music, Carter USM still fill multi-thousand capacity venues for their annual reunion gigs. Here’s a chance to see front-man Jim Bob performing solo in a more intimate setting. He’ll also be reading extracts from his second novel ‘Driving Jarvis Ham’. Whilst a spoken word and music mix usually suggests Patti Smith style earnestness, this will be a far more playful and comic proposition, and yes, he’ll be playing some Carter songs. (AP)
Wild World
Green Door Store Sat 2nd – Sun 3rd
Four years down the line, Brighton underground champions Sex Is Disgusting bow out with a rather mighty celebration. Frantic clatter-punks Foreign Objects and veteran home recording hero R. Stevie Moore are over from the States to headline; with a mass of Sex Is Disgusting favourites (Mazes, Cold Pumas, Gross Magic, The Sticks and so forth) propping up the bill. Whatever’s left of the label’s catalogue gets flogged off too. We will fight you for a Fear Of Men tape. (SH)
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The Dreaming Spires Green Door Store Weds 6th
From Oxford, The Dreaming Spires is the new band from Truck Festival founders Robin and Joe Bennett (formerly of Goldrush and Danny & The Champions Of The World). With a harmonyfilled sound reminiscent of Big Star, by way of Gram Parsons and Teenage Fanclub, tracks from their debut album ‘Brothers In Brooklyn’ have been getting plenty of spins on 6Music, while their recent American tour saw them playing alongside the likes of Mercury Rev and The Jayhawks, and also providing backing for The Band’s Garth Hudson. (IC)
Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby
Prince Albert Thurs 7th
There’s a scene in Chris Petit’s moody 1979 road movie Radio On when the central character puts Wreckless Eric’s Stiff Records classic ‘Whole Wide World’ on the jukebox in a roadside cafe and the camera just can’t move away, transfixed by the song. Never mind Tarantino, if we’re talking music and the movies this stuff is the raw essence. Live, Eric’s pure joy, and he revisits the Albert tonight with partner Amy Rigby. He’s from Newhaven, you know. But he left. (SH)
Qukuleke
Ranelagh Fri 8th
There’s something quintessentially ‘Brighton’ about Qukulele: nine LGBT women in loud Hawaiian shirts playing unplugged ukulele mashups of disco, punk, soul and pop hits, with the odd TV theme tune thrown in. They’re your hosts for this quirky variety show to kickstart the summer, which also features soul singer Nicki Heywood and two local comediennes. It’s all in aid of Brighton Women’s Centre across the road. Admission is free and open to all. (AP)
Austra
Haunt Sat 9th
Wonderful Canadian group Austra, lead by one-woman vocal symphony Katie Stelmanis, return to The Haunt for their
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second appearance in Brighton since the release of their acclaimed debut album ‘Feel It Break’. If that wonderfully inventive release, with all its timeless, alternative pop hooks, isn’t enough to entice you to the venue, then please take our word for it that their classy, upbeat live set is designed for the hairs on the back of your neck. (TR)
Andrew Bird
Theatre Royal Sun 10th
Stunningly talented multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird trained as a classical violinist, but he’s turned his traditional background into a heavenly setting for experimental folk, pop and jazz, with clever lyrics and layers of electronic sampling. His live performances are said to be always unique and fed by the audience’s reaction, and he’s probably the only person who’s allowed to whistle in songs without us wanting to punch his jolly face. ‘Break It Yourself,’ his latest album, was released in March to typically universal awe. (JMM)
Sunn O)))
Coalition Sun 10th
At the height of their 90s pop success, The KLF began recording ‘The Black Room’, a dense, heavy and ultimately unreleased counterpart to their hit album ‘The White Room’. With their hooded robes, suffocating dry ice and tolling guitars of doom, Sunn O))) are ‘The Black Room’ manifested through two drone metal acolytes, although Earth are their acknowledged inspirations. Tonight’s quadraphonic show promises to be heavier than Sunn O)))’s already monolithic standards, the sound enveloping the crowd from every direction. (SH)
Moon Duo
Green Door Store Tues 12th
The sound of a really heavy party round Suicide’s house, Moon Duo comprise impressively bearded Wooden Shjips guitarist Ripley Johnson and his partner Sanae Yanada. Last year’s strikingly designed ‘Mazes’ found the San Francisco pair mixing droning guitar, revved-up organ and rattling drum machines to wonderful effect: a companion volume introduced remixes from such likeminded garage obsessives as Gary War and Sonic Boom. This could be quite a mind frazzler. (SH)
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Flash Bang Band
Hope Weds 20th
Before you pull your pants over your tights, you may be surprised to hear that this is not a comic book-themed club night. Flash Bang Band is an alternative indie trio who offer artsy self-descriptions such as “anthropogenic”, “experimental rock” and “psychedelic punk”. If the band spend as much time rehearsing for their shows as they do googling synonyms then you’ll be in for a good night. However, your Spiderman outfit will have to stay unworn a little longer. (AJM)
Song Of Miriam Green Door Store Weds 20th
Chances are you’ve heard the music of 20th century composer Kurt Weill even if you’ve never been near a concert hall, thanks to the ease with which pieces of his work were assimilated into the canon of pop (from ‘Mack The Knife’ to ‘Alabama Song’). American bassist Jair-Rôhm Parker Wells’ “avant-garde jazz” arrangements of Weill’s music are brought to life tonight by guests including ‘Lucky Number’ hitmaker Lene Lovich, offbeat cellist Bela Emerson and MC5/White Panthers-affiliated poet John Sinclair. (SH)
Best Coast
Coalition Thurs 21st
Lyrics on Best Coast’s recent album ‘The Only Place’ such as “we always have fun” or “I wake up to the morning sun” could lead you to dismiss the American duo as a pair of middleweights, set upon writing pop with a country and western simplicity. However, Best Coast can lay claim to being pop champions at their own particular weight. The easy-going, effortlessly pleasurable journey they take you on could only be made by Californians, rich as it is in its bleached aesthetic and warming retro glow. (TR)
Hillfolk Noir
Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Thurs 21st
Hailing from Idaho, Hillfolk Noir come to town as part of their debut UK tour, following the release of their new album ‘Radio Hour’. Their sound is a unique country-tinged, swampy-
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swinging mix of bluegrass, delta-blues, and ragtime that one moment embraces praising the lord while loading your Winchester, and the next flirting with drinking moonshine from a jagged mason jar while the devil looks over your shoulder. Fans of the likes of Charlie Parr and Frank Fairfield should most definitely take notice. (IC)
Less Than Jake Concorde 2 Thurs 21st
We saw Less Than Jake a decade ago, and they’re still going strong. If you like bouncy, irrepressible rhymes and men in their late 30s singing about teenage rebellion, this is for you. The veterans of ska punk celebrated their 20th year of releases in February with ‘Seasons Greetings From Less Than Jake,’ which sounds pretty much exactly like they did way back. If you liked them as a youth, and your musical tastes haven’t changed, go. (JMM)
Kate Nash
Haunt Thurs 21st
With Lily Allen allegedly returning to the studio, many are expecting a revival of 2007’s spoken-word Britpop. However Kate Nash seems to be breaking away from all that. Her last show in the city saw breakthrough hit ‘Foundations’ omitted from her set list in favour of a load of riot grrrl-influenced material. This return to Brighton could make or break her local reputation. Who will she alienate and who will she win over? Either way, if she doesn’t play a certain song, somebody will leave grumbling. (AJM)
Two Spot Gobi Latest Music Bar Thurs 21st
Described as “alternative organic pop”, it would be easy to mistake this indie band for a vegan drink sold at Infinity Foods. Having recorded their debut live album in London last month, Two Spot Gobi return to the city they formed in for what’s being billed as their only full-length gig in town this summer. Fresh from opening for Bob Geldof at the Concorde 2, the band transform into headliners with support from fellow Brighton based artist Woodland Blue. (AJM)
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Hot on the heels of their Sunday Times-approved second album ‘How Did The Wolf Get In’, intricate guitar pop quartet Sparrow headline this month’s SOURCE New Music show. Dividing their time between Brighton and Cambridge, Sparrow made an impressive leap last year when their Glastonbury appearance brought them unexpected exposure on the BBC’s TV broadcast, while their music has spread from 6Music to last month’s Word Magazine CD. Sparrow’s easy charm and confidence makes them great company live. (SH)
Sean Nicholas Savage Green Door Store Fri 29th
This Canadian solo artist is something of a music machine, with at least six albums in the last couple of years. His mellow pieces of dorky pop have been compared to everyone from Twin Shadow to Cat Stevens, with a clever mixture of crooning grooves and whistle-it simplicity. It has the kind of originality that’s becoming synonymous with his record label, Arbutus Records, perhaps best known for recent hype sensation Grimes, but where she’s reaching to the future, Sean is embracing an appealing retro past. (TR)
Bizarro World
Fitzherberts Sat 30th
Quite simply the best idea we’ve heard in ages, Todd ‘One Inch Badge’ Jordan’s Bizarro World is a mini Stars In Their Eyes for bands. Each event sees a local outfit play a tribute set to their favourite group, and the choices might not be what you’d expect. Soccer96 glitch up Led Zeppelin, Todd’s noisy buggers Negative Pegasus will become Creedence Clearwater Revival, while Munich make The Strokes epic and Plague Sermon provide a doom version of Devo. This can’t stay at Fitzherberts for long, the crowds will soon be as big as the idea. (JK)
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Jim White + Stanton SUNDay 10 JUNE thEatrE royal
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The Catalyst Club: The Japanese Edition friDay 29 JUNE hŌmU
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when gloria cycles split we thought we’d never see their bassist back on stage but her new solo project is shaping up to be an even greater success The end of Gloria Cycles was an emotional affair. A packed house at what is now The Blind Tiger saw cheers and tears, and one of the faces that was a little wet belonged to bassist Jen Dalby. But that’s to be expected. Here was a band with an abundance of both great songs and fans. It seemed like they were just one step away from breaking through, but six years at the indie coalface proved just too much. Half the band moved from music to photography (singer Kenny Mc Cracken now regularly shoots the SOURCE covers) and it’s taken until now for the rhythm section to return. First up, drummer Jack Hannan has a new single, ‘Hey!’, with his rap band Mok. However Jen was the Kim Deal to Kenny’s Black Francis. Like the Pixies, when Gloria Cycles’ female bassist took to a rare journey to the mic the place lit up. For the Cycles it was the heartfelt ballad ‘If I Wanted To Tell You’, where Jen’s backing vocal added a fragility to Kenny’s raw passion. But, as special as her vocals were, we never expected to see her take to the spotlight. With her new solo project, Jennifer Left, though, she revels in it. Kind of. “I miss the bass because I could hide behind it,” she admits. “I feel naked now. I never know what to do with my hands so I’m always clinging on to the mic stand. I just really feel quite weird. But I’m getting there. There was a while when I couldn’t even open my eyes. I was like, ‘You’re looking at me, you’re really in the room.’ But I’m getting over that. It’s just practice, but if you’re gonna do it you’ve got to do it.” The first single is ‘Black Dog’, a jaunty, grown up piece of Parisian café pop that will have you whistling along with the hook from first listen. But the rhythmic jazz guitar hides a darker subject matter hinted at with the title. “It’s about my sister,” Jen explains. “She has a few little demons in there. I love her but she’s bonkers and she’s sometimes got quite a stubborn temper. So this is me being a big sister, saying, ‘Chill out, nothing’s as bad as it seems. Don’t beat yourself up.’” It’s a very different kettle of fish to Gloria Cycle’s ska-tinged power pop. The new project came about when Tim Bidwell – producer of Kate Walsh, Fink and Peggy Sue – said that he loved Jen’s voice and would like to make an album with her. She admitted that she probably couldn’t write an album on bass so they drafted in their mutual friend Ewan Wallace from Bonobo’s band. Jen made him a CD of the things she liked, including Feist and Sarah Blasko, and lots of swing and jazz, from Glenn Miller to Billie Holiday via Django Reinhardt. “It’s mainly from working in the Hand In Hand for seven years,” she explains. “Sunday nights in there is where the Django Reinhardt style of music came
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from. But I’m not sure Ewan even listened to the CD – none of that really comes across in the music, but when we started there was swing in it.” Actually you can hear little hints of all of those artists in the first couple of songs released. ‘Black Dog’ is backed with ‘Hushabye’, a breathy ballad with gentle glockenspiel licks that sounds just as timeless as the a-side. The songs come together in a rather unusual way. Tim and Ewan get together and thrash out some ideas that they email to Jen, who “paces around” her living room before recording vocals and melodies in GarageBand to send back. “I write down lots of poems – observational stuff – and try to fit it in where I can,” she says. “If I can’t think of any words I’ll just go ‘shoobedy doobedy doo’ and we’ll see what words fit it afterwards.” It seems to be working, as Jen has a whole album ready to release and she’s already got a bevy of great gigs under her belt. Supporting Turin Brakes at St Bartholomew’s Church was a highlight. “You always see all the skagheads hanging about outside, and there’s bars on the windows,” she says. “I walked in texting and looked up and, wow, I wasn’t expecting that. It’s beautiful.” Also special was her very first gig that saw one of Jen’s heroes Sarah Blasko come up and say how much she enjoyed it. “I thought, ‘Oh my god you’re Sarah Blasko,’” smiles Jen. “I didn’t let her know I’d twigged in case she thought I was a freak.” When Jen played the very first SOURCE New Music last year the crowd was so enthusiastic that they demanded Jen come back out for an encore, despite the fact she had no more songs to play. They happily danced away to the first song of the set for a second time though. “Yeah, I need to work on that,” she says. “Well, there’s two new songs that are ready to go – they’ll be up and running for the next gig so maybe I’ll hold one back, in case.” But we have to ask, what happened with Gloria Cycles. Did Jen jack it in because she wanted to go solo? “I actually didn’t want to do music anymore,” she says. “We were together six years – they were like my brothers, in each others pockets the whole time. I got a little bit tired and negative and just thought ‘Right, career hat on now. I’ve kind of done that and had a wonderful time but thank you and goodnight.’” Once life settled down she realised that she missed music and that was when she decided to give it another go. Only not hell for leather this time. “That band was committed,” she laughs. “Boyfriends and girlfriends came second – it was the four of us together no matter what. But we still get slammed on tequilas and reminisce about all the tomfoolery, so yeah, it’s fine.”
For all Jen’s wishes to go easy this time, we think that she’s going to get pretty busy soon. On the day of our interview two 6music DJs picked ‘Black Dog’ to play on their shows. SINGLE: ‘Black Dog’ out on Mon 5th Selfishly we just want to put off LIVE: Single Launch at The Blind Tiger on Tues 19th the farewell gig for as long as WEB: jenniferleft.com possible – we’re not quite ready for another one.
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CLUB PREVIEWS
Words By Matt Barker, Zac Colbert, Stuart Huggett, Jessica Marshall McHattie, James Kendall
Coconut College Haunt Thurs 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th
Haunt head honcho Henron told us he wanted to make a midweek night with “just good music” and while that’s very subjective we can see where he’s coming from. Weekdays have become very much about the pop, so it’s welcoming to see the genreless hip party music of Coconut College arrive on Thursdays. Yacht and Metronomy rub shoulders with Chromeo and Blood Orange for a night of pretty cool (but not boringly cool) party tunes. The booze is pretty cheap too and it’s only a couple of quid in. (JK)
Big Beach Bootique Amex Stadium Fri 1st-Sat 2nd
It’s not at the beach anymore, but up at the Amex Stadium, that gaping grey vulva that lies between the rolling green hills of Falmer. At least they’re putting it to good use, as Fatboy Slim rolls out his big beat sound at a spectacular two-day event. Friday’s line-up includes dance music pioneer Carl Cox, who’s been making raves bounce for three decades. Cox was playing with triple turntables before most us were even conceived. There’s also The 2 Bears, who will be bumping out their own brand of dad house, plus new queen of the UK dance scene Maya Jane Coles. Saturday’s line-up is equally formidable, boasting bass music princess Annie Mac alongside sci-fi dubsteppers Nero and Radio 1’s own Mini Mix master Jaguar Skills. They’re in good company with DJ Fresh and Doorly, who’ll no doubt bring that unhinged glitchy house amalgamation that made ‘Bonkers’ such a hit two summers ago. The sun’s out and the shorts are on, so it’s time to rave it up with a 48-year-old. (ZC)
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Life Fri 1st
These guys should be called Critical Condition, because last time they took over Life that’s how they left us. Critical Sound’s line-ups always include the finest new talent in drum’n’bass and this evening boasts one of the biggest. Enei’s cavernous sonics are sparse and murky, taking as much from early Bad Company as they do from more recent minimal stuff out on Metalheadz. He’s a producer going from strength to strength and this is his Brighton debut, so if you want to claim “I saw him before he was mainstream” get down early. (ZC)
Tensnake
Audio Fri 1st
One of the biggest hits of 2010, Tensnake’s ‘Coma Cat’ was a clean and joyful piece of 80s electropop that pushed him to the top of the house tree. Mixing disco grooves, proto-house beats and pop melodies in a similar way to Aeroplane, his productions are made for the dancefloor but are accessible enough that you’ll be whistling them when you get home. When he played at Schtumm last time, a year ago, it was roadblocked so don’t piss about on the ticket buying front. (JK)
Intec Digital
Fri 1st Coalition
Carl Cox’s label Intec Digital is synonymous with underground techno and hosting parties that require three days to recover from. They’ll be taking over Brighton Coalition ‘til the early hours of Saturday morning with Jon Rundell, whose minimal stomper ‘Knick Knack’, with its feathery cymbals and echoing snare, was a Beatport number 1, and Trevor Rockcliffe, who’s been a champion of the scene since the 80s. Plus, there’s supposed to be a very special guest, we wonder who that could be...(ZC)
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Originate
Volks Fri 1st
Originate are hosting an old skool special with 2 Bad Mice topping the bill. Anyone who was playing records in the 90s would have dropped the venerable classic ‘Bombscare’ at one point or another – its furry, clattering break and rave chords are still irresistible. These UK hardcore innovators will be playing an exclusive 88-90 acid house set for those of you who think it was done better way back when. They’re joined by warehouse ravers Shut Up & Dance, who will undoubtedly make you do just that. (ZC)
Hospitality
Digital Sun 3rd
It’s good to see Hospital Records branch out for their latest line-up. Sigma’s soulful liquid beats earned them immediate respect on the scene and as a result they’ve collaborated regularly with DJ Fresh, Danny Breaks and others. Their tunes sound like a wave of ecstasy flooding your synapses as the sun comes up, with warm basslines and crunchy Amen breaks, melodic tracks like ‘Stronger’ and ‘All Blue’ should go well with headlining buddy Cyantific. It’s a bank holiday so Nu:Tone and Wilkinson will be ensuring your Monday’s a write-off. (ZC)
Todd Edwards
Life Fri 8th
Pioneering US garage producer Todd Edwards has been mercilessly bruising club sound systems since before most freshers were born, and this year’s EP ‘Shall Go’ shows he’s not going to be going soft any time soon. This is the after party of Brighton Uni’s Faculty Of The Arts Private View, and all profits from the night go to supporting them putting on more exhibitions. It seems somehow right to celebrate their artistic innovation with the producer responsible for producing some of the biggest dance hits from the past two decades. (JMM)
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Fatlip
Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Sat 9th
As one third of legendary hip hop mavens The Pharcyde, Fatlip’s hitting our own sticky bar to lay down that classic ish, drop some beats, wow the heads and all the rest of it. He’ll be playing all the songs that influenced him in this DJ set, as well as the freshest new tunes he’s enjoying. Support comes from Brighton’s most committed hip hop DJs Spin Doctor, Ruff Snippets, Tappa and Louis Headnod. (JMM)
Joy Orbison
Digital Sat 9th
Joy Orbison delighted our lugholes last year with the sultry future house affair that was ‘Sicko Cell’. Driven by crisp 808 beats and disco chords the tune featured in almost every club set we heard last year and propelled the producer into headliner heights. His recognisably individual style could be attributed to his varied influences, from Ray Keith to The Beach Boys via J Dilla. In support is Ben UFO and your affable hosts, the Blah Blah Blah DJs. (ZC)
Route 1
Globe Sat 9th
Following on from a frankly storming launch night, the Route 1 fellows are taking their well-stocked disco bags to the Globe’s friendly environs. As always, the boon of living in a town with so many quality DJs is that you can see them doing their own thing – for free in this case – and not pay what punters across Europe have to for the same experience. Sumsuch – confirmed deep disco don heads the lineup, but frankly, the whole crew supply good vibes and great tunes. (MB)
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Mute Speaker
Globe Fri 15th
The Globe already has some of our favourite pub features, with musty old books, board games and fantastic Caribbean roasts, and now it’s got a good soundtrack for your Friday night too. Local beat maestro Mute Speaker’s just released his album ‘Post Block’ and, far from being mute, it’s a genre-distorting, multi-influenced beast you’ll want to turn up loud. He’ll be playing all the songs he loves tonight so expect hip hop, LA beats, funk and er, “space boogie.” Hark!Mammal and Murder He Wrote are supporting. (JMM)
Imbue
Green Door Store Fri 22nd
You’re probably already familiar with street artist Imbue. He’s the one responsible for covering the city with all those détourned stickers for The Sun, Life and Hello, although his greatest stunt was smuggling (fake) heroin and cocaine vending machines onto the Pier. No wonder the broadsheets have dubbed him “the Banksy of Brighton”. Imbue’s free, one night exhibition at the Green Door features DJs from Hit And Hope records, mash-up films, popcorn and freshly made screen prints for early arrivals. (SH)
Maxxi Soundsystem
Audio Sat 23rd
This former SOURCE cover star played a packed out closing show at the Corn Exchange for last month’s Great Escape’s finale. And no wonder there was a queue as far as the eye could see – his dreamy future disco transports you to another world. Combining his own productions and remixes with classic tracks and those hot off the press, his blissfully grooving sets are about as close as you’ll come to time travel. It’s free before midnight you’d be a Maxxi fool not to make it. (ZC)
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POP NOT POP
not all about LMFAO and The Black Eyed Peas, whatever Radio 1 might tell you.
The place is always rammed with a range of ages having a huge amount of Words & Photos By James kendall fun, and the dancefloor stays It’s a dire time for pop music. If the 80s were one long summer, packed all the way Game Of Thrones-style, then we’ve been in the arse end of until 5am. What puts Hall & Oates ‘Private Eyes’ winter for most of this decade. Of course there are gems this above many other Ludacris ‘What’s Your amongst the autotuned, Guetta-driven urban-electro and Pop pop nights is the DJs, Fantasy?’ Not Pop slip in artists like SBTRK and Joe Goddard. Thankfully digging deep into the Super Furry Animals ‘God! they extend genre and time boundaries too, heading back cool crates and mixing Show Me Magic’ through the 80s, 90s and 00s. It’s a celebration of pop tracks together with Stakker ‘Humanoid’ music from r’n’b to electropop, a reminder that it’s the same skill as a Joe Goddard ‘Gabriel’ d a n c e Fleetwood Mac ‘Gypsy’ jock. It’s 808 State ‘Pacific State’ free, so Beastie Boys ‘No Sleep Til h e a d NEXT EVENT: Green Door Store, Sat 9th Brooklyn’ down and WEB: tinyurl.com/PnPFacebook Donna Summer ‘I fall in love RESIDENTS: Mattatat, Eddie The Goatboy, Feel Love with pop DJ Halfbeat, Dynamite Sal Little Richard music ‘Rip It Up’ again.
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CLUB REVIEW
Below The Line Words and photos Jessica Marshall McHattie
Not content with being just a club night, the Below The Line boys have a live-streamed TV show on Friday nights, and a blog highlighting the most exciting releases in future bass music. But that doesn’t mean any less attention is paid to the clubs; they’ve been putting on some of the best line-ups in town over the last few months and tonight’s certainly no exception. Local Below The Line DJs Alors Cors, Murder He Wrote and Ferndown Mistake provide the warm-up soundtrack, and before long Life’s filled with anticipation, expensive hats and sloshing drinks.
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Headliner Kahn is Bristol’s premier beat-maker, releasing superb single ‘Illy’ on Punch Drunk last year, and it’s bizarre he hasn’t been booked in Brighton before. His vinyl-only grime set goes down very well, as do supports from the up-andcoming Bwana and Ziro. This is a night that combines cutting-edge music with a crowd that’s there to have fun. It’s a brilliant combination.
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Tyga ‘Rack City’ (Mak & Pasteman Remix) Zebra Katz ‘Ima Read’ feat. Njena Reddd Foxxx GoldFFinch ‘Funky Steppa’ Kamikaze Space Programme ‘Trouble’ Dream Continuum ‘B Free’ Majora & My Nu Leng ‘Hips n’Thighs’ Sully ‘It’s Your Love’ XXXY ‘I Can’t Stop’ Mess Kid ‘Sipslow’ (Cedaa Remix) Kahn & Neek ‘Percy’
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Culture
Words By Nick Coquet, Stuart Huggett, Jessica Marshall McHattie, Ben Miller, James Kendall
Comedy: Simon Amstell Numb Dome Sat 2nd
Ever since he returned to our screens with his self-referential sitcom Grandma’s House, it’s been hard to come up with any critical view on the precociously talented Simon Amstell that he hasn’t already deconstructed himself. He still carries with him a lot of the love accumulated on his joyful stints presenting Popworld and Never Mind The Buzzcocks, even as his comedy moves into more personal and painful territories. At least he’s smart enough to keep his sense of humour. (SH)
Talk: Charlie Gates Corn Exchange Sat 2nd
Charlie Gates is a vegetarian, a milliner, and a startling taxidermist. Under the guise of Mind Like Magpie, she’s doing a talk at Brighton Fashion Week’s Ready To Wear show on how to craft hats from any junk you have lying around. If you’ve got a lot of weddings coming up, here’s how to give Aunt Doris a real shock. Her hats are bold, fun and colourful, but we’re hoping she doesn’t bring any roadkill with her. (JMM)
Event: Summer Brighton Craftaganza Fabrica Mon 4th - Tues 5th
Do you like fast cars, loose men/women, live cockfighting and Jason Statham films? Then Fabrica is the place for you, as some of Etsy’s finest give you the chance to balance things out beautifully with an update of hand-embroidered tea towels, brightly coloured necklaces, pug calendars and cupcakes. Always bright, quirky, friendly and full of intricate designs, this stretchedout two-day version of the sporadic fair also features free craft workshops where you can create/mess up your own masterpieces /abominations. (BM)
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whip it
Theatre: Love’s Labour’s Lost Old Market Thurs 7th - Fri 8th
The Globe To Globe strand of this year’s World Shakespeare Festival is an ambitious undertaking to perform each of the Bard’s 37 plays in a different language, and for early comedy Love’s Labour’s Lost that performance takes place in British Sign Language. Deafinitely Theatre’s production takes place with signing and music only, turning Shakespeare’s complex, punning text into a physical event that brings a new understanding of the play to both deaf and hearing audience members, whatever their first language. (SH)
Talk: The Space
Komedia Thurs 7th
Media hobnobbing doesn’t get any better than this – Slade’s Noddy Holder and Muppets producer Martin Baker interviewed by Briggy Smale in front of a business cardswapping and question-asking audience. Don’t get your questions mixed up though – asking “Who was that Muppet in the band with the funny hair?” to the wrong guest might lead to your premature ejection. It was Dave Hill, though – no two ways about it. (NC)
Film: Whip It
Duke of York’s Fri 8th
As Brighton gets gripped by roller derby fever, there’s never been a better time to revisit Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut. An indie-cool feelgood sports film for people who hate sport, Ellen ‘Juno’ Page gets dragged from the staid world of beauty pageants into the rough and tumble of derby life. It’s a lot of fun, but if it’s still not enough then the Brighton Rockers will be there in full kit, showing their Love Skate Relationship short. This late showing ought to get a bit rowdy. (JK)
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Theatre: Medea
When a film has been as long awaited as this prequel to Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi scintillator Alien, you tend to approach it with a little trepidation. It hasn’t been 33 years, of course, but the fifth part of the series was mooted about ten years ago, and the budget has expanded to ominously stratospheric levels. Michael Fassbender is the imposter android with a superiority complex, Charlize Theron is a villainous morph, and overall – don’t quote us – it should enthrall. (BM)
Whoa – this tale of a murderous jilted wife will, apparently, “radically transform” New Venture into “an innovative and exciting performance space like you’ve never seen before”. Quite some claim for a place known for taking a risk or two with the most straightforward of texts, but one likely to ring true considering this vengeful Greek tragedy was written by playwright forefather Euripides and premiered in 431 BC. Oftproduced since, the bug-eyed classic remains a full-blooded theatrical force to this day. (BM)
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Comedy: Charity Chuckle Latest Music Bar Tues 12th
This charidee stand-up night is good at repaying your cash with satisfying line-ups (although the effect of insufferable tits on audience generosity levels might be tested if the next Michael McIntyre is on the bill, as they suggest.) Up-andcoming, watchable (not in a primetime McIntyre way) quippers headline, featuring the affable-yet-acerbic Michael Fabbri and the zipwire Laura Carr. They’re joined by Laurence Tuck, Adam Race and local organisers Jim Holland and Kerry Herbert, with proceeds going to The Men’s Network. (BM)
Event: Midsummer Poetry Ball
West Hill Hall Fri 15th
First formed in the mid-1960s, The Deviants are a counterculture psych-rock band whose lead singer, Mick Farren, made an EP featuring Hawkwind and Motorhead members. Farren appears with two fellow Deviants members for a spoken word performance here, supported by five fellow poets: the acclaimed Gary Goodman, local Stuckist Dan Belton, prolific writer Ben Graham, surrealist Lisa Jayne and precocious talent Alice Walker. The peanuts ticket price is directly disproportionate to how weird and wonderful this is likely to be. (BM)
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Comedy: Edinburgh Previews
Caroline of Brunswick Mon 18th – Weds 27th
The E word is on everybody’s cider-stained lips at the Caz this month, and it’s nothing to do with The Shamen. Downstairs it’s midriff-baring business as usual in everyone’s favourite pooltastic goth haunt, but upstairs Edinburgh has never seemed so close for a stellar list of comedians road testing mirthful utterances before they hit Scotland. Ranting loon Phil Nichol (Mon 18th), love victim Nick Helm (Weds 20th), cock obsessive Richard Herring (Tues 26th) and casual psychologist Lucy Porter (Weds 27th) are this month’s four angling for your giggles. (BM)
Film: Your Sister’s Sister Duke of York’s from Fri 29th
Honestly, we know you crave action (see Prometheus), and yes, big screen scripts which embrace bits of ad-lib can result in some of the most frustrating formlessness known to humanity, but even the most strident mumblecore mutineer couldn’t deride Lynn Shelton’s peep inside the mind’s eye of loss, love, confusion and sibling ways. A shot-fuelled one night stand on a remote island sparks things off, and star turns from Emily Blunt and Mark Duplass surf on a witty, warm, subtle story. (BM)
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The final exhibition by the graduates of the huge arts faculty at the University of Brighton is an annual wonder, featuring as it does work from all the graduating students on all the courses - over 500 in total. There isn’t enough room to even list all the courses exhibiting, but the variety is extraordinary. Recent alumni include two Turner Prize winners, award winning architects and fashion designers and even the fellow
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SINGLE: GUY ANDREWS
The Wait / Hands In Mine (Hotflush Recordings)
After his ‘Shades / Textures’ release on Hemlock last year, Brighton-based producer Guy Andrews has been attracting more and more attention for his techno, house and UK bass sounds. ‘The Wait’ is a modern techno tune that’d have Berghain heaving and even the most discerning listener toetapping relentlessly. ‘Hands In Mine’ seamlessly slips genres, starting out as a progressive, deep house rhythm and sliding into a heavy techno/bass fusion, with atmospheric tension building throughout. Double A* for this double a-side. (JMM)
ALBUM: MUTE SPEAKER Post Block (self-released)
Prolific local producer Mute Speaker has just made an album with perhaps the most diverse and far-spread collaborations we’ve seen this year. All beats are his own and the celestial artwork is by local graphic designer Alfonso Cruz Castillo, but the vocals have been sourced from as far as Sheffield, Italy, LA and Macedonia. The warm and sultry beats of ‘Day By Day ft. Shiula’ are our favourite, but it’s a close call. Stream all 22 tracks at mute-speaker.bandcamp.com. (JMM)
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If your country brogues see more of the Green Door Store than England’s green and pleasant land, then this should motivate you into heaving your sorry hipster arse out into the open air for a constitutional. It’s full of pop culture and local knowledge – including a topical film suggestion to complete each walk – and if your weekends are too debauched to cope with greenery there are city walks to turn the tedious quest for Rizla into a rewarding round trip via the corner shop. (RK)
SINGLE: SUAVE DEBONAIR Play Your Game ft. Pete Cannon (self-released)
Having clocked up thousands of YouTube views for his comic guest rap on the original, explicit version of Stooshe’s ‘Love Me’ (kids, if you’ve not heard it, check your folks aren’t in the room before pressing ‘search’), Brighton MC Suave Debonair
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builds his profile further with this crossover track. Dropping easily graspable references over solid stomping beats, Suave announces his commitment to the new woman in his life, perhaps not entirely seriously. It’s bright, daft, and tooled for daytime play. (SH)
ALBUM: DONNA FULLMAN Inner World (Lyrically Speaking)
Londoner Donna Fullman came to Brighton when she got into BIMM on the strength of her voice alone, so it’s fitting that ‘By The Fire’, the opening track on this debut album, begins with her a capella singing. Fullman’s vocals are soft and restrained throughout ‘Inner World’, matching the relaxed musical atmosphere conjured by former My Little Problem fellow Simon Janes. The black velvet folksiness of Fullman’s songs suits a late night listen, so please don’t operate any heavy machinery. (SH)
SINGLE: SLEEPIN’ GIANTZ Badungdeng (Tru Thoughts)
Sleepin’ Giantz is a collaboration between Manc garage producer Zed Bias, former London Posse man Rodney P and fellow UK hip hop innovator Fallacy. After appearing on this spring’s installment of Tru Thoughts’ limited ‘Black Gold’ series, the irresistibly bouncy ‘Badungdeng’ is sensibly getting a full standalone release. “It’s raving time again” promise Sleepin’ Giantz, over speaker-busting bass wobbles, something we’re happy to go along with if these body-movin’ beats are the soundtrack. (SH)
ALBUM: AMONGST THE PIGEONS
Get Amongst It (Marowak Records)
Producer Charlie Thompson returns with his second Amongst The Pigeons album, once again enlisting an impressive set of guest vocalists including fellow Brighton residents Chris T-T and Stick In A Pot. ATP (that acronym must cause confusion among the international tennis playing/indie rock fraternities) mixes up rhythms ranging from gentle loops to springy disco, with a handful of random, sometimes nonsensical, samples scattered around. The song-orientated tracks are the obvious picks, but ATP’s restless imagination throws up plenty of inspired moments. (SH)
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Nominated twice as Best Medium-Sized Festival in the UK - UK Festival Awards THE MAIN STAGE
Jools Holland & his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra Feat. Roland Gift
THE STRAITS * THE SOUTH BETH HART
TULISA * JIMMY CLIFF CHER LLOYD * REPUBLICA ROCK CHOIR * STREET VIBE
THE GOOD TIME GUIDE STAGE
ABC
GARY NUMAN
HEAVEN 17
NOUVELLE VAGUE * TIM MINCHIN
BRYAN FERRY CHIC (FEAT. NILE RODGERS) CANDI STATON * STOOSHE ROCK CHOIR * STREET VIBE
ASH THE WURZELS
IDENTITY * STREET VIBE
IDENTITY * STREET VIBE
KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES
SKINDRED
YOUNG GUNS
LOST ALONE * POLAR
ROLO TOMASSI * FEED THE RHINO
RUBBERBANDITS * YASHIN
THE BEAT
THE UNDERTONES
THE BIG CHEESE CAVE
PINT SHOT RIOT
TRC * CROWNS
THE VIVE LE ROCK STAGE
BUZZCOCKS
THE SKINTS * TV SMITH DRAGSTER * THE RAMONAS
THE GLITTER BAND * NEW TOWN KINGS THE SEX PISTOLS EXPERIENCE TYRANNOSAURUS ALAN
THE KANE FM PRESENTS FUNKY END DANCE TENT
STONE FOUNDATION
BENGA
ANDY C
SUB FOCUS (DJ SET)
SUBSCAPE * PYRAMID
BROOKES BROTHERS
FRICTION * SIGMA
Plus many more acts TBC across 9 stages of music!
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The Great Escape Inescapable city music festival triumphs again Words by stuart huggett photos by kevin mason and matt martin at create studios The Great Escape festival paid its annual visit to Brighton last month, swelling the streets with hundreds of musicians and industry figures, and thousands more fans. The sun beat down for the almost the whole weekend, leading to some rammed daytime showcases (the queues outside tiny Shipwrights Yard stretched right up Middle Street) and much chaotic mingling between the optimistic buskers, displaced Fringe performers and harassed music industry executives on New Road. As always, The Great Escape’s hottest buzz bands caused roadblock chaos in some of Brighton’s smaller venues (Django Django at the Blind Tiger? Friends at Horatio’s? Good luck with that), while a surprise Coalition appearance from Aiden Grimshaw found the X Factor star’s under-18 fans straining to listen to the sounds coming up through the pavement. We’ve all been there. SOURCE sent out a crack team of writers and photographers to capture as much of the music (and free beer) as possible: their reviews are on the website, and here’s the pick of the pics.
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THE killgirls
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la femme
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THE BOTS
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Festivals EXTRA More festival action – some very close to home Words Stuart Huggett, Ben Miller
Kemptown Carnival June 9th / Kemptown, Brighton / Free 0 miles from Brighton
HEADLINERS: John Crampton, Fat 45, The Swing Ninjas DON’T MISS: Kalakuta Millionaires, Monsters Build Mean Robots Kemptown’s annual community festival returns with dozens of street performers, children’s entertainers and market stalls in a riot of colour. From the opening Parade Of Flowers to its messy conclusion with the Grand Custard Pie Fight, the Kemptown Carnival brings fun for all to the streets. Musically, it’s the bigger the better, as swollen ranks of some of the city’s favourite swing, funk and Latin bands crowd the multiple stages. (SH) IN A NUTSHELL: A lively, always popular, day of family fun.
Brighton Japan 2012
June 22nd – 30th / Various venues / Various prices 0 miles from Brighton
HEADLINERS: The Paper Cinema, No Cars DON’T MISS: Ken Kobayashi Those saucy sushi sorcerers at Moshi Moshi oversee this annual jovial Japanese jaunt at Bartholomew Square and beyond. Highlights include retro gaming at Marwood’s Cafe, an open-air anime festival, mindfulness workshops and a kaleidoscopic Matsuri (summer festival) in the square itself. Many key events, including a theatrical evening with The Paper Cinema, live music and a screening of reliable pant-soiler The Ring, take place at Moshi Moshi’s 70-seater HOMU venue, so advance booking (at the restaurant, or brightonjapan.com) is recommended. (BM) IN A NUTSHELL: An unmissable eight-day taste of Japanese culture.
Gladstonebury
June 29th – July 1st / The Gladstone, Lewes Road, Brighton / Free 0 miles from Brighton
HEADLINERS: Tragic Roundabout, Dr Bluegrass & The Illbilly 8 DON’T MISS: Buffo’s Wake Even the most cider addled Somerset stoner would have hard job mistaking this bright yellow Brighton pub for the Vale of
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Avalon, but since there’s bugger all going on down Pilton way this year, you take your fun where it’s offered. The Gladstone’s mini-festival is still music-stuffed, however, with a smattering of traditional sideshows (apple bobbing, hula hooping) thrown in. It’s free entry, but donations wouldn’t go amiss. (SH) IN A NUTSHELL: In the absence of its namesake, spending the weekend in the pub is really rather appealing.
Twisted Frontier
July 5th – 7th / Various venues / Various prices 0 miles from Brighton
HEADLINERS: Jake Mackay, Jipsy Magic, Rough Citizen DON’T MISS: Hope Rudd, The Watermelons For a two-man ship, the Overhead Wires team sure are productive – hosting several gigs a week, distributing that monthly Pantograph newsletter, and still finding time to release CDs, most recently by this weekend’s headliners Jake Mackay and Jipsy Magic. Twisted Frontier is Overhead Wires’ first multi-day, multi-venue event, showcasing many of the musicians they’ve forged links with during their tireless monitoring of the region’s new band and open mic nights. They’re shooting a film too - blimey. (SH) IN A NUTSHELL: An ambitious, wide-ranging celebration of Brighton’s songwriting talent.
Bloc
July 6th – 7th / London Pleasure Gardens, Royal Victoria Dock / £99
62 miles from Brighton HEADLINERS: Snoop Dogg, Orbital DON’T MISS: Jeff Mills, Battles, DOOM Although Bloc’s move away from its usual Butlins base will deprive regulars of the pool pleasures of Splash Waterworld this year, the aquatic link survives with performances on a former GDR deep sea fishing vessel, the MS Stubnitz, moored at the Royal Victoria Dock. Dive! Dive! Or, rather, fish! Bloc’s line-up is another impressive, wide-ranging trawl through international waters, leaning heavily, but not exclusively, on electronic fare. Possibly the only UK festival where punters will be outnumbered by seagulls. (SH) IN A NUTSHELL: No resting on their laurels for Britain’s number one electronic music festival.
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Paddle Round The Pier July 7th – 8th / Hove Lawns / Free 0 miles from Brighton
HEADLINERS: Boy Com, Letz Zep DON’T MISS: The Beautiful Word, Buster Shuffle, The pUkes What began as a surfer-run charity fundraiser has grown into a big weekend of family entertainment, encompassing on and off-land sports demonstrations, energetic amusements for the kids, and two stages of live music (the popular, Tuaca sponsored main stage, and a new ukulele specialist one). This year the big paddle benefits the RNLI, Surf Action and Winston’s Wish charities, so if you’re not taking part yourself, do the decent thing, dig deep and donate. (SH) IN A NUTSHELL: There’s always fun to be had at PRTP, especially when the sun’s out.
GuilFest
July 13th – 15th / Stoke Park, Guildford / £130 45 miles from Brighton
HEADLINERS: Jools Holland, Olly Murs, Bryan Ferry DON’T MISS: Chic, Candi Staton Having clocked up 20 years on the calendar, GuilFest has become one of the UK’s sturdiest bets in the notoriously fickle mid-size festival market. Saturday’s main stage finds X Factor friendly stars Tulisa and Cher Lloyd supporting chipper headliner Olly Murs, with numerous pop and punk survivors (ABC, Buzzcocks, Numan) filling out the bill. Guildford’s more hedonistic youth will surely make a beeline for Benga, Andy C and Sub Focus in the Dance Tent. (SH) IN A NUTSHELL: A established family festival with broad musical appeal.
Latitude
July 12th – 15th / Henham Park, Southwold, Suffolk / £175 158 miles from Brighton
HEADLINERS: Bon Iver, Elbow, Paul Weller DON’T MISS: St Vincent, Clock Opera, Perfume Genius Situated on a beautiful stretch of Suffolk’s ‘Sunrise Coast’,
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Latitude’s reputation rests on its broader than the norm range of stage entertainments, second only to Glastonbury in scope. Theatre, literature, comedy and film are all well represented, including high end shows from the National Theatre and Sadler’s Wells. Keep an eye out for a diverse mix of Brighton musicians old (The Levellers) and new (Tall Ships) too. (SH) IN A NUTSHELL: It’s like a broadsheet Sunday supplement, with trees.
Dromos Festival
July, various dates / West Sussex / Free 22+ miles from Brighton
HEADLINERS: TBC DON’T MISS: TBC A rootless festival of culture, now in its second year, Dromos showcases music, theatre, dance and more, by regional and national talents, in rural locations across West Sussex. Sites confirmed so far include Church Farm, Coombes (July 15th) and Horsham Park (21st), as well as some involvement in East Grinstead’s Olympic celebrations (17th), but expect further dates and venues to be confirmed as the bill starts coming together. Keep an eye on dromosfestival.co.uk to see how it all shapes up. (SH) IN A NUTSHELL: A travelling family festival, promising a wide array of attractions.
Festival No. 6
September 14th – 16th / Portmeirion, Wales / £129 300 miles from Brighton
HEADLINERS: New Order, Primal Scream, Spiritualized DON’T MISS: Toy, Savages, Y Niwl What do you want? Information. Situated in the stunning, fake Italian village of Portmeirion, Festival No. 6 – as any cult TV aficionado will have spotted – is unafraid to play up to its connections to The Prisoner. It’s brand new for 2012, but the setting and headliners are extremely promising. Whether they’ll go the whole hog and employ giant floating balls as perimeter security remains to be seen, but we really hope so. (SH) IN A NUTSHELL: Be seeing you.
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At 15 we never looked this cool. When Edith isn’t busy revising for her mock GCSEs, she is teaching us a lesson in how to pull off wartime vintage. When we caught her sporting this utilitarian get up we wouldn’t have guessed that she usually looks more girly. “Pink is my favourite colour and I love 50s dresses with big petticoats,” she tells us. The thing about going vintage is that sometimes you can be in danger of looking like an extra in a period drama. Edith manages to strike the right balance between authenticity and wearability like a pro well beyond her young years. If that sounds patronising it’s only cos we’re jealous we didn’t dress this well at her age. Red head scarf from Sunday market “I’m not sure which one, but it’s in the North Laine every week. I get a lot of my clothes from markets or charity shops.” Shirt from To Be Worn Again “I got it ages and ages ago, so it’s really old now, but I love it.” Waistcoat from To Be Worn Again, again “It was too big at first so I had to take it in. I like sewing so I can alter my clothes if I need to. The waistcoat is nice because you can wear it with more modern stuff, and dresses too.” Bag from End Of The Road festival “It’s from a vintage market at the festival. I have too many bags now and I’ve got to vary them otherwise they don’t get used and are a waste of money.” Utility trousers from Beyond Retro “These were men’s size 28 and fit me really well so they must have been for a really small man in the 1940s! I don’t wear them that much, I like dresses more” Boots “I nicked these off of my brother. He never wears them so I thought, ‘Fine! I’ll have them.’ I don’t wear them very much though, ‘cause they need to be worn in.”
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100 PEOPLE WHO MAKE BRIGHTON WHAT IT IS N0.30 DONNA CLOSE WORDS AND PHOTO BY JAMES KENDALL The Arts and Cultural Projects Manager at Brighton & Hove City Council, Donna Close provides advice and support to artists and manages projects like White Night and Made In Brighton, as well as the city’s public art portfolio. How are the cuts affecting the arts in Brighton? Everything’s in danger, it’s the same across the whole public sector. Brighton’s always punched above its weight and can trade on interesting ideas rather than just cash, but the council should reflect what’s important for a city. Arts and culture remains up there, which is nice to see. You’re not doing White Night this year? No, but the ambition is definitely for it to come back. Everyone that was involved – the venues, partners and artists – was making it up as we went along. Everything new, all the time – it’s exhausting and it’s also difficult to stop and reflect on it. Brighton’s a changing place; it might need a different approach for 2013 but as much as anything it’s about the people who participate, knowing they want it to carry on. Can it run without Arts Council support? I don’t think it can. They turned us down for the last one, but it’s about new work and they absolutely should be involved with that, so we obviously need to work out what they will support. White Night’s had some amazing successes, artists who’ve gone on to tour nationally. It’s about artists doing something new and risky, and hoping it would be something they could continue doing. What is Made In Brighton all about? It’s the council trying to create a conversation with the local music industry, identifying the challenges and opportunities for working together. It could be about business support but also it’s identifying and reinforcing what music does to the city, both in hard financial terms but also its importance to the people who live here.
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ON THE 3RD-5TH OF AUGUST IN A FIELD HALFWAY BETWEEN LONDON & BRIGHTON, THE LOST TOYS WILL BE OUT TO PLAY... A three day festival as enchanting as a first kiss, where you’ll never lose your friends and certainly make dozens of new ones. With three and a half thousand guests, site-wide art installations, a thousand musicians, performers, walkabout characters and cabaret stars, performing on nine magical stages, it’s the country’s biggest little festival. Perfectly formed and totally independent, you’ll wish you could stay forever. For our full line-up and more information on this year’s theme, visit our website.
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THE PLACE We were chatting about Terre à Terre in the SOURCE office the other day and discovered that none of us had been for over a decade. Sure, it’s the most famous restaurant in Brighton, but have we started taking it for granted? Maybe it was time to head back and remind ourselves why the vegetarian restaurant has fans not just across Brighton but across the whole country. THE MEAL One thing that hasn’t changed is the verbosity of the menu. Many of the dishes have 30-word descriptions of what’s in them, not everything obvious to the layman (“tamarind relish with channa rasam” anyone?). Despite the complexity, the
THE VERDICT Yeah, it’s expensive, but Terre à Terre is one of the few world class restaurants in Brighton. Most times we all know our meals by heart but the new flavours here jump out and surprise you. The carnivore end of the Secret Eater team didn’t even moan about missing meat, so that’s saying something. WERE WE SUSSED No. Why wouldn’t you take photos of food this beautiful?
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COCAINE ANONYMOUS Words By James Kendall Illustration by Rory Taylor At rorytaylor.com
Apart from the fact that the process of getting it to your nostril is littered with death – 16,466 died in the Mexican drug war alone last year – coke is pretty fucking boring. It’s never as good as you think it’s going to be and the people you chat to for hours to get that extra line can be tiresome. Really, why are you still doing it? Maybe you can’t stop, in which case Cocaine Anonymous are the people to talk to. With daily meetings throughout Sussex, the work they do is amazing. Robert filled us in on how it helped him. How did you start on the coke? What started this for me was the millennium celebrations. I wanted to get a bit of cocaine after I saw on the TV that the price had plummeted. I thought, ‘That’s a good idea.’ I bought some for the party and thought I’ll do some and then stop. It’s now 2012 and I’m three years in recovery. That’s how long it’s taken me to stop having that party. How did you get into trouble? As it went on, my boundaries of morality were altered. I found myself hanging out with the sort of people who would approve of my addiction so my quality of life was slipping all the time. The worse things got, the more I did. I kicked a lamppost while coked up and broke my foot which meant I couldn’t work for 12 weeks. That meant I could go hell for leather for three months. I lost my job eventually, and my family. Unfortunately I inherited a bit of money from my grandfather which meant I could keep going. How bad did it get? I started smoking crack. You’d have trouble putting £500 up your nose, but when you’re smoking it £500 is nothing. I was smoking that amount of crack a day by the end. The dealers would lend it to me when I didn’t have any money and when the money ran out it got pretty scary. I’m 6’2” and I weighed about seven stone. I’d smoked a house-worth of crack cocaine. It took everything from me. Then someone suggested Cocaine Anonymous. What did you think when you first turned up at CA? I was really surprised to find people in the same situation as me that had found sobriety and had gone for periods of time without cocaine. It was a relief. I started
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to do what they suggested and started to get clean myself. Now I’m three years without drink or drugs. The people I’ve met there are the most trustworthy people I’ve ever met. They’re really true friends, we really help each other, really account for each other. Do you have to stop taking coke to go to CA? No, not at all. I went to Cocaine Anonymous for months before I was able to stop. Ultimately we’re trying to achieve sobriety but that’s not everyone’s experience when they walk in the door with a raging coke habit. It takes time. People tend to come along, have a look at what we’re doing, try and stop by themselves and come back when they really can’t. Anyone that’s got any problem with any drug can come, even marijuana What was the turning point? When I was about half way through the suggested programme I sat down with my father and we talked and cried and I realised I couldn’t put him through this any more. I went to see the Bob Marley film last night and before I wouldn’t have been able to sit through it without nipping to the toilets for a line halfway through. Life is so much better. There’s a perception with coke that you should be able to dip in and out of it. It is one of the most addictive substances on the planet, but I don’t think when you’re taking it you really know what addiction is. You think, I’ll will it away. I’ve had friends who could take it and then leave it but I’m one of the minority that cannot take drugs safely. It was very subtle and took a long time to bring me to my knees.
What do people need to look out for as a warning sign? If you’re breaking your own rules. If your rule is, I’ll only do it every other Saturday, and you find yourself doing it every Saturday then you’re already in a problem. If that is happening, come along to Cocaine Anonymous and listen to some of our stories. I always said to myself I couldn’t have fun without getting coked up but since being in recovery I’ve had the WEB: sussexcocaineanonymous.co.uk happiest three years of my life. My HELPLINE: 0800 612 0225 daughter has got her father back, my father’s got his son back.
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LISTINGS JUNE 2012
Friday 1st
Amex Stadium Big Beach Bootique: Fatboy Slim, Carl Cox, Maya Jane Coles, Luciano, The 2 Bears Norman’s annual knees-up goes inland 3pm £35 Audio Schtumm!: Tensnake Disco and underground house 11pm £10/8 Basement Jukebox Fury An audiovisual mesh of weird music videos and live bands playing B-movie soundtracks 7.30pm £6/4 Belushi’s Bar Muy Loco Pop and house DJs with a dancing contest 9pm £free Belushi’s Below Abandoned Rock and metal night 10pm £3/2 Black Dove Hot-Tip Hi-Fi DJ with a fine collection of vintage reggae and rocksteady records 8pm £free Blind Tiger Los Albertos, Buffo’s Wake Local heroes of special brew ska punk 8pm £3 THE ART COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION Brighton Music Hall Vaudeville Electro swing, burlesque and 50s blues 9pm £free Brunswick The Lost Highway Live Americana and blues music 8pm £5 Caroline Of Brunswick Hardwired Festival Gallery 40 Pre-Party Industrial party to get you in the mood for tomorrow’s big gig 9pm £free 40 Gloucester Road, Brighton Coalition Friday I’m In Love No more lectures for a day or two 11pm £1-5; Jon Rundell, Trevor Rockcliffe Underground techno from Carl Cox’s Intec Digital label 3am £12/8 Cowley Club Brighton Antifascists Benefit: Utonomads, Disco//Oslo, Corn On The Rob If you don’t go to this gig it means you’re a Nazi 8pm £4 Cube Resident Session House DJs Time tbc £free Digital Fatboy Slim ‘Big Beach Bootique 5’ After www.theartcollective.com Party: Maya Jane Coles, The 2 Bears, Jaymo & Andy George, Blond:Ish, Zeb Wayne 11pm £15 Doctor Brighton’s Funky Friday: DJ Nick Hirst, DJ Wayne 9.30pm £free Dome The Chieftains Irish folk band still jigging after 50 years 7.15pm £37.50/35 16x50_ad_v1.indd 1 30/4/12 14:18:28 Druid’s Arms Hot Pepper Sauce DJ I.D.G. plays old school funk, soul and house 10pm £free Duke Of Norfolk DJ MC Cashback DJ night 9pm £free Duke Of York’s Cinema The Source Gritty documentary following the exploits of a Brighton magazine as it struggles against corruption to bring truth to the people of the city - not really, it’s a film about a tribe of women who refuse to have sex with their husbands until they sort out the village irrigation 1.30pm/6.30pm £tbc Duke Of York’s Cinema Battle Royale 11:30pm £tbc Fishbowl Keep It Wheel DJ plays rare disco, soul and boogie 9pm £free Fortune Of War Fever Bands and DJs play Latin, salsa and reggae 8pm £free Freemasons Mile Wide Smile Club DJ plays everything from house and disco to funk and soul 9pm £free Funkyfish Back To The Oldskool Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10.30pm £2/free Gladstone Catch A Groove DJ Bozak shares his collection of funk, soul and hip hop 8.30pm £free Globe Rum Fridays Funk, soul and disco DJs 8pm £free Green Door Store Liars The NY band try to wrong-foot you with yet another twist on their electro post punk tangent 7pm £10; VICE Issue Launch: Mmoths, Solar Bears, The Neat, Physics House Band, Real Fur, Dennis Castro, George Nunn, The DSG Bands and DJs promoting the post-ironic fashion mag 11pm £free Haunt Krankenhaus Live music and club night run by Brighton’s indie treasures, British Sea Power 7.30pm £12.50 Honey Lollipop ‘Pink Fridays’ Get your fingers sticky to R&B and pop treats 11pm £5/4/3 Hope SlipJam B: Fliptix, Longusto & Devize Hip hop battleground for Brighton b-boys 9pm £free Hydrant Larry & His Flask Bluegrass punks from Oregon 8pm £5; Guns II Roses, Judas Priester Can you guess what it is? 8pm £10 Iron Duke The Informers Blues funk band 9pm £free
07-23 June
Komedia Sarah Jarosz Bluegrass multiinstrumentalist plays old time ballads and some choice covers 7.30pm £12; Krater Comedy Club: Addy Van Der Borgh, Iain Stirling, Stephen Carlin, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 8pm £11.50-14.50; Ultimate Power Do you possess enough irony reserves to get you through an entire night of power ballads? 11pm £5 Latest Music Bar Swingalicious 8pm £10; The George Kypreos Band Greek bouzouki band 8.30pm £8/6 Life Kung Fu Terrace Party DJs play funk, soul, blues and hip hop 3pm £free; Critical Sound: Enei, Kasra, Foreign Concept, ST, Sublo, Rewerx, Bassline MC, Visionobi, Lyrical Drum&bass all the way 11pm £5 London Unity Rough Chowder Live Cajun music 9pm £free Neptune South Of 55 Chicago blues 8.30pm £free Nightingale Theatre Unhappy Birthday New show about celebrity, sexual identity and a woman waiting to see if Morrissey will come to her birthday party. Stars Amy Lamé - and possibly Morrissey 7.30pm/9.30pm £8.50/6.50 Oceana Escape With seven themed rooms you should find one you like 10.30pm £6/free Ohso Social Dirty Sunset Disco Metrosexual disco and house club 8pm £1 Psychosocial Glam Rock Night 11pm £5/3 Ranelagh King Size Slim Boogie blues 8.30pm £free Riki Tik Work: Matt Barker, Dennis Castro A silken river of alt pop, blog dance and hip twitching jiggy bangers 9pm £free Rosehill Tavern Afro Groove DJ Manello and live music 7.30pm £free Signalman Jubilee Bank Holiday Weekend Street party and cider festival Time tbc £free Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Death By Disco: Puente & Rosch, Anthony Moore & Emre, Chemical Play Spanish gangsta house duo 11pm £8/6 Theatre Royal Bette And Joan Anton Burge’s comedy drama starring Anita Dobson 7.45pm £13-32 Victory The Victory Jubilee Cheese And Cider Festival Time tbc £free Volks Originate: 2 Bad Mice Hardcore drum&bass 11pm £6 Western Front DJ Russ Rockwell Vinyl grooves 8pm £free White Rabbit WTF? Brighton Wonky electro and synth pop nonsense 8pm £free Xuma Wang Dang Doogle DJs play blues, ska, jazz and rock&roll 10pm £free
Saturday 2nd
A-Bar Honey Hush Queer-friendly blues and rock&roll night with the Frockabilly gang 9pm £free Amex Stadium Big Beach Bootique: Fatboy Slim, Nero, Jaguar Skills, Doorly, Annie Mac, DJ Fresh, Union Norman’s annual knees-up goes inland 3pm £35 Ancient Mariner The Acoustic Sessions Live music 8pm £free Audio Warehouse: Data Transmission - Riva Starr House and techno club night 11pm £5/free Beachigogo Bar DSDeeper REBEL Deep and dirty house party 2am £tbc Belushi’s Bar UV Full Moon Party: DJ Sleeps Face painting and DJ tunes 9pm £free Belushi’s Below Deviant Time to untie those pony tails and start headbanging 9pm £5/4 Blind Tiger Stick It On This is a night with a difference - one in which you become the DJ! An iPod is all you need to make your musical journey. YOU decide which requests to take, which classics to play and which self-indulgent B-sides to risk 8pm £5/3 Brighton Music Hall Blind Tiger Rhythm and blues, electro swing and doo wop 9pm £free Brunswick Mods & Rockers Unite: Slimshack, The Stuntman Country rockers team up with a blues soul band to promote subcultural harmony 8pm £8 Caroline Of Brunswick DJ Sassygoth Goth and rock classics 9pm £free Coach House A Venture Beyond The Fringe: Simon Drinkwater, The Sunsets Over Whitehawk, The Y Bend Live music 7.30pm £donation Coalition Pump Up The Jams - “An Unofficial Big
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Beach Bootique After Party”: Willerby, DJ Outbreak Digging up the long-buried bodies of 90s house and pop ‘classics’ 11pm £5; Blow: Vince Manganaro, Charly Lopez, Charles Green The party never stops 3am £5 Concorde2 Miss Pole Dance UK 2012 Modern women in control of their lives and proud of their bodies, not desperate exhibitionists catering to a male-dominated sex industry 3pm £25 Cube Simply House House DJs 8pm £free Digital Fatboy Slim ‘Big Beach Bootique 5’ After Party: Redlight, Friction, Doorly, Southern Fried All Stars 11pm £15 Doctor Brighton’s Sexy Saturday: DJ Tony B 9.30pm £free Dome Simon Amstell Him from Never Mind The Buzzcocks returns to comedy 8pm £21 Dome Foyer Bar Jubilee Jamboree Open Day Jive band and period decor evoking a 1950s street party 1pm £free Druid’s Arms DJ Green Man’s Garden Of Delights A mixed bag of soul, psychedelia, funk, folk and pop 10pm £free Duke Of York’s Cinema Planet 51 11am £tbc; The Source 1.30pm/6.30pm £tbc Fishbowl Gareth Stephens DJ plays funk, nu-jazz and broken beats 9pm £free Fortune Of War Duncan Disorderly & Ben GC Disco and house classics 9pm £free Freemasons Dave Barrie Acoustic guitarist plays covers and originals 8.30pm £free Funkyfish Oldschool Saturday Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10pm £6/5 Gladstone Funk And Disorderly Deejayjosh plays funk, breaks and beats 8pm £free Globe Alphabet City Disco DJs 9pm £free Green Door Store Wild World Festival: Foreign Objects, Sauna Youth, La La Vasquez, Bhurgeist, Slowcoaches Two full days of live bands Noon £15/8; Sonic Switch: DJ Robert Luis, Hint The Tru Thoughts DJ puts you in the on position 11pm £free H-Bar Recoverworld: Woody Van Eyden, Richrad Mattiot Driving trance music, not trance driving music there’s a big difference Details tbc Haunt It Is Still 1985 Travel through time to an ancient realm where drum machines still sound novel and exciting 10.30pm £3 Hobgoblin Queen’s Big Beach Bootique Jubilee Weekender Fun and games in the garden to celebrate the long and prosperous reign of Norman Cook Noon £free Honey Hat Club Beach Bootique After Party: Guy Williams, Lee Garrett, Vince Frimpong, Jay Freeland, Dene Sonessa House hits and hats 11pm £5-8.50 Hydrant Adam Kammerling, Animal Circus Live music 8pm £free Jazz Place Night At The Jazz Rooms Legendary Brighton club returns to its old home for a night of heavy funk, soul, Afro and dance, etc 9pm £5/4/free Jive Monkey The Secret Robot Ball DJ Peter Von Sleaze wants you to dress up nice for him 9.30pm £4 Komedia The Maydays - Top Story Improvised comedy based on local news stories 7.30pm £8/6; Krater Comedy Club: Addy Van Der Borgh, Iain Stirling, Stephen Carlin, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 7pm/8pm/10.30pm £15-20; ipop! Like an iPod full of party anthems on perpetual shuffle 11pm £3/ free Life Juicebox! New eclectic club night offering an nice alternative to the standard seafront malarky 11pm £5/3 London Unity Decades DJ night plays indie and hip hop from the 70s onwards 8pm £free Mucky Duck Sizzle And Pop! DJ Mick plays 50s rock&roll and 60s soul 9pm £free Oceana Sound Of Saturday Disco club for West Street’s finest 10.30pm £10/free Office Bare Hands DJs play Afro and Latin tunes 8pm £free Ohso Social Saturday Social 8pm £free Old Market Hardwired Festival: Grendel, Code 64, Deviant Uk, System:Fx, Kommand+Kontrol, Method Cell, Dreams Divide, Surgyn, Cease2xist By the late 20th century the population of the western world became increasingly brutalised by an oppressive regime of industrial capitalism warping their senses to the point where the sound of machinery was considered high art, the noise of metallic grinding was a thing of beauty and the ear-rupturing roar of electronic distortion became suitable entertainment for an all day music festival 3pm £25/20 Prince Albert Dick Valentine Acoustic solo show from the singer of Electric Six 8pm £8 Psychosocial Brighton Bass Big bad bass night with top names from the UK underground 10pm £10/8 Ranelagh Bex Marshall, Will Johns Blues and roots 8.30pm £free Riki Tik Caught Up: Loren Heer, Neal Lewis Underground house, funk, soul, boogie and disco 9pm £free Rosehill Tavern King Funk & Funkollectif DJs Super heavy funk 7pm £free Signalman Jubilee Bank Holiday Weekend Street
party and cider festival Time tbc £free Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Stay Beautiful - Fuck The Jubilee Party While everyone else seems happy to wave a flag at the Queen in exchange for a day off work, Simon Price’s glam punk night revives the contrary spirit of ‘77 11pm £6/5 Theatre Royal Bette And Joan Anton Burge’s comedy drama starring Anita Dobson 2.30pm/7.45pm £13-32 Three Graces Diamond Jubilee Weekend Live music 8pm £free Victory Up Against It Born Bad DJs play an assortment of punky trash 8pm £free The Victory Jubilee Cheese And Cider Festival Time tbc £free Volks Something Summery: Tim Healey, Beat Assassins, Kouncilhouse Breaks, drum&bass and dubstep 11pm £6 Western Front DJ James Ongley Soul, funk, breaks and disco 8pm £free White Rabbit The Mixer Men DJ night 8pm £free Xuma Boo Woo: Dave Beckett Acoustic and rootsy blues Time tbc £free
Sunday 3rd
Audio Enzo & Friends Time tbc £free Belushi’s Bar Now That’s What I Call A Party In this instance, it’s okay to judge a book by its cover 9pm £free Blind Tiger My Swish Swap your unwanted clothes 11am £6.50; Belleruche, GGB Jazz funk soulsters 8pm £12 Brunswick Rock School Music showcase for hard rockin’ kids 1pm £tbc Caps Reggae Reggae Music from King Tafari Love 9pm £free Caroline Of Brunswick The Geekest Link Did you know that the Uzi 9mm which Arnie inspects in the gun shop scene in the film Terminator is actually a short barrelled version of the weapon, which would have been illegal to sell over the counter in 1984? If so, then get your arse down to the Caroline 8.30pm £1 Coach House A Venture Beyond The Fringe: New Rib, Guy Hayes Live music 7.30pm £donation Coalition B.A.N.K. Bank holiday club special 11pm £5 Cobbler’s Thumb Brighton Punk Project Punk and ska night 8pm £free Concorde2 Rarekind Hip Hop Showcase: Klashnekoff, Buggsy, LDZ, Rum Com, Barcode, TJ & Lenzez, Tom Hines, AS If, Fidel Cutstro, Louis Headnod, Tyni, Tom Yum, Neil B Hip hop night 11pm £free Cube Delirious Special Upfront house with Carl Mills and Dave King Time tbc £free Digital Hospitality: Sigma, Cyantific, Nu:Tone, Wilkinson, Mischief, Wrec, Ruthless, Darrison Premier drum&bass night 10pm £15 Dome Gary Numan Rumour has it that Gary used to live in Brighton and was sometimes seen on Lewes Road looking vaguely confused and gesturing at the traffic 7pm £25 Duke Of Norfolk Live Music Night Live music from local artists 9pm £free Duke Of York’s Cinema The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists 3D 11am £tbc; The Source 1.30pm/6.30pm £tbc Fishbowl Royal Jubilee Party Reggae, funk, Afro beat and jazz - dance like it’s 1649 and you’re ready to execute a monarch 9pm £free Font Danceteria Jubilee: Fordy Freaktastic, Go Bang, Mr Haywood, Kate Wildblood, Queen Josephine Disco, boogie, house and funk party 8pm £5/4 Fountain Head Reggae & Roasts Reggae and chilled beats Time tbc £free; Super Awesome Quiz Pictionary, playdough, and a little bit of general knowledge 8pm £1 Gladstone Electric Playboys - A Right Royal Kneez-Up: Bass Drop DJs Vs Bootleg DJs Bank holiday all-dayer with two rigs of reggae, hip hop, electro swing, funk and everything else 3pm £free Globe Keep On Keepin’ On DJs play rock&roll, northern soul and Motown 9pm £free Green Door Store Wild World Festival: R Stevie Moore, Mazes, Hookworms, Cold Pumas, Gross Magic Two full days of live bands Noon £15/8; Green Door Blues Big Itch DJs plus the resident blues band, Smokestack 10.30pm £free Hampton The Sunday Supper Sessions Live acoustic music 7pm £free Haunt The Pigeon Detectives, Run Young Lovers, Running Dogs Indie rock 7pm £15 Hobgoblin Queen’s Big Beach Boutique Jubilee Weekender: Kalakuta Millionaires, Wobbly Bob, Elijah MC, The Speakeasy Three Fun and games in the garden with live music celebrating the long and prosperous reign of Norman Cook Noon £free Honey Salsa Brighton Easter Bank Holiday Special
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Salsa, merengue, dancehall and regaeton 10pm £5/3 Jive Monkey Tribal Remix Hafla: The Swing Ninjas Belly dancing and live gypsy swing 7.30pm £8 Komedia Bent Double Zoe Lyons hosts a night of alternative comedy acts 7.30pm £5-10.50; Krater Comedy Club: Addy Van Der Borgh, Tony Jameson, Stephen Carlin, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 8pm £5-11.50 Life Dagger Soundsystem Terrace Party Reggae, dancehall, rocksteady and ska 3pm £free Neptune Alice Amelia Live soul music 8.30pm £free Oceana Brighton Beach Party 10.30pm £3/2/free Ohso Social Sundown Sundaze Beach party 7pm £free Pavilion Theatre 12-20 Allstars: Switch Zero, Oaf, Double Negative, The Chaser, Four Feet Above, Ad Mortem A showcase of bands comprised of children and teenagers 7pm £5/4 Ranelagh Mike Ross Blues rock guitarist 8.30pm £free Riki Tik The Lock In DJ night with freebies 10pm £free Signalman Jubilee Bank Holiday Weekend Street party and cider festival Time tbc £free; Open Mic Open session hosted by local duo, Zoothyme 8pm £free Three Graces Diamond Jubilee Weekend Live music 8pm £free Tube Traumfrau - Sports Day Special: DJ Lonesome M, Mrs Norman Knows, Jenna Price, Dank Je DJs Alternative DIY queer night with a one-off tracksuit and sweat band theme 9pm £5/4 Victory The Victory Jubilee Cheese And Cider Festival Time tbc £free; Blues Sundays DJ plays blues and soul Time tbc £free; Teen Dream 60s garage and punk DJs 9pm £free Volks Wonk#y Records: Broken Note, Far Too Loud, Asa, Olmec, Kursa, Mary Miss Fairy Even the American military might consider it cruel to subject people to sixteen hours of techno and psytrance, but for some this will be the big bank holiday bass bender to end all big bank holiday bass benders 1pm £free Western Front E.M.E. Live band playing jazzy hip hop, followed by an open jam 8pm £free White Rabbit Hush Hush Live acoustic music 8pm £free Woo Woo Sunset Sundays Terrace party with house DJs 4pm £free
Monday 4th
Ancient Mariner The Queen’s Jubilee Street Party Live music, BBQ and kids’ corner - celebrating 60 years of being ruled by a non-elected tax-funded anachronistic parasite 1pm £free Audio Disco Deviant Daytime terrace party Time tbc £free Belushi’s Bar Now That’s What I Call A Party In this instance, it’s okay to judge a book by its cover 10pm £free; Pump Up The 90s Retro night dedicated to the decade that was dedicated to retro nights 10pm £free Blind Tiger Reggae Jubilee Street Party: Prince Fatty, Roots Garden An inexplicable fusion of cultures has produced the curious phenomenon of the Royalist Rasta 2pm £free Brighton Blue Note After The Watershed Comedy: Mike Carroll, Jim Grant, Nathan Kail, Ingrid Dahle, Joe Foster, Alex Petrovic, Rue Barratt New comedy club underneath the Greenhouse Effect 7.15pm £3 Brunswick Open Mic 8.30pm £free Caroline Of Brunswick MovieBar So you wanna make it in the glamorous world of film? Go shmooze with the movers and makers and other out-ofwork actors. Includes film screenings, Q&A with directors and a movie quiz 7.30pm £free Coach House A Venture Beyond The Fringe: The Quatraphonics, Jarvis & Rowan, Al Strachen Live music 7.30pm £donation Coalition Trash Mondays & Jailbait The illicit union of Mr Trash and little Miss Jailbait 10.30pm £5/3 Cobbler’s Thumb Lucky Jim Bluesy alt rock band 9pm £free Cowley Club Brighton Pro-Choice Meeting 6pm £free; Autonomous Homeless Shelter Benefit Gig: DJ Xanthus, Bella Karasis, George Art Baker, Caroline Waters, Jason Smart, Rikki Tarascas & The Risk Factor, Jules XXX, Diana Plummer Comedy and music fundraiser 7.30pm £free Cube Progressive Special Progressive house with Sam and Max Derkson Time tbc £free Duke Of York’s Cinema The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists 3D 11am £tbc; The Source 1.30pm/6.30pm £tbc Fabrica Brighton Craftaganza Two days of handmade crafts and arty trinkets 10.30am £free Gladstone Open Mic Night 9pm £free Green Door Store Punk V Hardcore Bands and DJs 8pm £free Hampton The Hampton Quiz 8.30pm £1
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Haunt Headstart Live music 7pm £free Honey Seven Sins: Prok & Fitch, DJ Cheeky, David Godding, Dave Twisted, Dan Ascherl, Mike Gorgeous, Howie D, Lee Garrett, Mikee Hollwood, Nick T Classic Brighton club night revisits the house and trance hits from its seven year reign of 1998-2005 10.30pm £10/8 Hydrant The Manic Shine London alt rockers with bluesy roots and an international medley of sounds 8pm £free Life #Hashtag Brand new and ungoogleable club night 10.30pm £3/2 London Unity Jubilee Party DJs and bands pay homage to our nation’s glorious leader 2pm £free; Texas Hold Em Poker night for serious players 8pm £tbc Oceana Jubilee Celebratory Party 10.30pm £3/2/ free Psychosocial Into The Void New metal night that’s likely to feature more windmills than a farm in the Dutch lowlands 11pm £free Signalman Jubilee Bank Holiday Weekend Street party and cider festival Time tbc £free; Signalman Pub Quiz 8pm £1 Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Gratitude A tribute to the Beastie Boys, raising money for Cancer Research 8pm £donation Theatre Royal Avenue Q Musical comedy involving puppets about a downtown New York street (not Sesame Street) 7.45pm £18-35 Three Graces Knit Wits Craft club to swap stories and stitches 7pm £free Victory Some Dark Hollow Extra Old time tunes and lonesome laments 8pm £free; The Victory Jubilee Cheese And Cider Festival Time tbc £free Volks Strictly Reggae Dancehall, roots, revival 11pm £5/4.50
Tuesday 5th
Audio Guerilla Rocks Club night for rock chicks, skater bois and indie kids 11pm £3/2/1 Belushi’s Bar Back To The 80s Retro night dedicated to the only decade to spawn a revival which has lasted longer than the decade itself 9pm £free Brunswick Jazz Jam Open session with a house band and special guests 8pm £free Caroline Of Brunswick Love Bites Singles night for alternative types 8pm £1 Coalition Back2Back If your bass was this filthy you’d have to take it back to the fishmongers 11pm £4/3 Cowley Club Wildkatz Open Mic 8pm £free Cube Cube Live: Jon McGlashan Live music 8pm £free Digital CU Next Tuesday It’ll teach the universities to timetable lectures for Wednesday mornings 11pm £4/3 Druid’s Arms Druid’s New Student Party Electro house DJ 9pm £free Duke Of Norfolk Open Mic 9pm £free Duke Of York’s Cinema The Source 1.30pm £tbc; Passport To Pimlico 11am/6.30pm £tbc Fabrica Brighton Craftaganza Two days of handmade crafts and arty trinkets 10.30am £free Gladstone Quiz Night 8.30pm £1 Globe Basement Cinema Underground films, comfy seats and free popcorn 8pm £free Green Door Store Pressed Sessions Live music 7pm £4 Haunt Com Truise, Anneka Seth Haley’s “mid-fi synth-wave slow-motion funk” alter ego 7.30pm £8/7 Honey Latin Fever: DJ Aaron George, Gabriel Angel, Yersin Rivas Dance lessons followed by a tropically vibed salsa club 8pm/10pm £3/1/free Hydrant Mark And The Madmen, Lion Bark, Vaude Villains You don’t have to be mad to be in Mark’s band, but it probably helps 8pm £free Jive Monkey Quiz Night 7pm £1 London Unity Fun Pub Quiz Have your brain drained by a drag queen 8.30pm £1 Lord Nelson Pub Quiz Quiz me, Hardy! 8.45pm £1 Mucky Duck Party In My Pants Live acoustic music 8pm £free Open House Jazz Work Shop Throw away those jazz mags and try out your trumpet in public 8pm £tbc Red Lion Challenging General Knowledge & Music Quiz 8pm £1 Theatre Royal Avenue Q Musical comedy involving puppets about a downtown New York street (not Sesame Street) 7.45pm £18-35
Wednesday 6th
Audio Supercharged: Jubei Drum&bass and breaks 11pm £6/4 Basement Scratch Watch some new works-inprogress, then discuss it with the artists 7.30pm £free Belushi’s Bar Now That’s What I Call A Party In this instance, it’s okay to judge a book by its cover 9pm £free
Belushi’s Below Detention 8pm £free Blind Tiger Lethal Quizzle Pub quiz with zany rounds 8pm £1 Booth Museum Microscope Madness Kids’ activities and slides from the Booth achive 10.30am/ noon/2pm £2 Brunswick Three Oak Productions A cabaret of conjurors 8pm £5 Caroline Of Brunswick Kunt And The Gang, Professor Elemental, Larry Pickleman Obscene punk filth versus gentlemanly chap hop 8.30pm £5 Coalition CoCo LoCo Commercial chart music for students, so popular it has annexed an extra venue 11pm £5/3/2 Cowley Club Anarchist Discussion Group 7pm £free; Black Power Mixtape A film about the Black Panther Party For Self Defence spliced together from recently rediscovered Swedish documentary footage 7.30pm £free Cube Wicked Wednesdays House DJs Time tbc £free Digital Poundance Like a coin operated dancefloor 11pm £4/3/1 Druid’s Arms We Change The Tempo DJ set of international sounds 9pm £free Duke Of Norfolk Pub Quiz 9pm £1 Duke Of York’s Cinema The Source 11am/1.30pm/6.30pm £tbc Fishbowl Tea & Biscuits: DJ Gareth Stephens Retro swing, soul and ska 10pm £free Fountain Head Student Night DJs play indie and rock 8pm £free Globe Global Bass: DJ Ted Lauren DJ delves into the bassier side of jazz, gypsy and world music 9pm £free Green Door Store The Dreaming Spires, Co-Pilgrim Folky pop trio floating in the same orbit as Gram Parsons and Big Star 7.30pm £7; Hard Times They can take our disposable income, but they’ll never take our nowave disco! 10.30pm £free Hydrant The Call Back Academy Live music 8pm £free Iron Duke The ID Weekly General Knowledge Quiz 8.30pm £1 Jive Monkey The Torch Song Tragedies Cabaret show followed by a screening of the 80s version of Metropolis 9pm £7/5 London Unity Open Mic Night Open session hosted by Pemma Ashdown 8.30pm £free Mesmerist Special Bank Holiday Live: John Crampton One man blues explosion Details tbc Mucky Duck Little Known Records Live music 8pm £free Northern Lights Prognosis Set the DJ controls for the heart of psychedelia 9pm £free Oceana Fuzzy Logic Dance and dubstep student night 10.30pm £3.50-5 Open House Safehouse Free jazz and avant garde improvisation 8pm £6/5 Prince Albert Jon Snodgrass, Cory Branan Rootsy US rocker who used to be in Armchair Martian and Drag The River 8pm £7 Proud Cabaret Jim White, Stanton American alt country maverick 8pm £14.50/12.50 Psychosocial Oh! You Pretty Things Live music 8pm £4 Theatre Royal Avenue Q Musical comedy involving puppets about a downtown New York street (not Sesame Street) 7.45pm £18-35 Three Graces Quiz Night 8pm £1
Thursday 7th
Audio Bastard Pop Musical mash-up 11pm £3/2/ free Belushi’s Bar Karaoke 9pm £free Belushi’s Below Fallout Live Live rock bands 10pm £3/2 Caroline Of Brunswick Brighton Bike Night Weekly biker’s social - we’re talking leather, not lycra 7pm £free Coalition Secret Discotheque Replaying the soundtrack to your youth 11pm £4/3/2 Cobbler’s Thumb Play For A Pint Open mic night 9pm £free Cowley Club Punkademics: Richard McKenzie Wark, Richard Gilman-Opalsky, Stevphen Shukaitis Book launch and discussion about the convergences and mutations of punk rock and academic theory 6pm £free Cube Brighton Underground Dubstep, R&B and garage 8pm £free Dome Founders Room Soulful Singing Drop in group singing workshop 11am £5 Druid’s Arms Druid’s Arms Presents Live music 8pm £free Duke Of York’s Cinema Beauty And The Beast 3D 11am £tbc; The Source 1.30pm/6.30pm £tbc Fishbowl Residents Association: DJ Will
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Sumsuch DJs play hip hop, funk and world beats 10.30pm £free Gladstone Arthur Shillin’ Electro swing, funk and breaks 8.30pm £free Globe Hang The DJ! A night of punter-picked playlists 9pm £free Green Door Store Spirit Of Gravity: Shitmat, Timothy Didymouse Brighton’s avant noise gang serves up some seriously skewed electronica 8pm £5; Donuts Hipster funk and hip hop gems 11pm £free Haunt Coconut College Thursday night party playing a right mix of stuff like Grimes, Smashing Pumpkins and Kayne West 11pm £3/2 Honey Swag Electro, R&B and dubstep night 11pm £3/2 Hydrant The Witches, The Jude, The Move Ons Live music 8pm £free Iron Duke ID Goes Acoustic Live music 8pm £free Komedia Hammer & Tongue: Andy CravenGriffiths, Spliff Richard An entertaining mix of poetry and comedic verse - hosted by Rosy Carrick and Mike Parker 7.30pm £5/4; The Space: Noddy Holder, Martin Baker Arts discussion event with the producer of the Muppets and everyone’s favourite lambchop glam rock star 8pm £8.50/5.50 Lighthouse Tony Ageh Part of a series of monthly talks with artists, thinkers and filmmakers - this time with the senior BBC internet executive who commissioned the iPlayer 7pm £3 Mesmerist Bad Bad Whiskey Skifflebilly trio 9pm £free Mucky Duck Open Mic Jam session with Joe Newman 8pm £free Oceana Vodka Rocks Cheesy club night apparently named after a drinks promotion 10.30pm £3/free Old Market Shorts And Sweets Book Club This month they’re discussing the socialist children’s storyteller, Jack London 7.30pm £free; Love’s Labour’s Lost In British Sign Language Shakespeare’s pun-riddled play translated into the physical language of BSL and set to live music 7.30pm £12/10 Psychosocial Oh! You Pretty Things: The Vile Drivers, Matt Finucane & Band, Wreck The Place Fantastic Live music 8.30pm £4 Quadrant Fractured Toast Music and spoken word come together in this unique storytelling gig night 8pm £free Ranelagh The Long Haul Live country rock 8.30pm £free St James’ Tavern Stay Sick, Turn Blue DJs play vintage soul, jazz and blues 8.30pm £free Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar 1 1N A M1LL1ON Classic R&B with a slice of hip hop 10.30pm £tbc Theatre Royal Avenue Q Musical comedy involving puppets about a downtown New York street (not Sesame Street) 7.45pm £18-35 Victory Open Mic 8pm £free Volks Brighton & Hove Audio Council: Allied, TN1, Inasound, Willem B, Sterim, Konklave The BHAC launches with a free drum&bass, dubstep & techno party 10pm £free White Rabbit The Move-Ons Open Mic 8pm £free
Friday 8th
Audio Notorious Old skool hip hop 11pm £5/3 Basement Stuart McCallum Trio Funky soul and blues band 7.30pm £10 Belushi’s Bar Muy Loco Pop and house DJs with a dancing contest 9pm £free Belushi’s Below Abandoned Rock and metal night 10pm £3/2 Black Dove Mo Taters! DJs play vintage tunes from across the Americas 8pm £free Blind Tiger Zen Elephant, Skinny Lister Folky roots and jazz band 8pm £5/3 Brighton Music Hall House Of Vaudeville Music hall meets dance for a charity whirl 8pm £6 Brunswick Kalakuta Millionaires Afro funk night with live band 8pm £5 Caroline Of Brunswick Funny Girls: Carmen Ali, Maxine Jones Stand-up, sketches and music (upstairs) 8pm £5/4; Get Some Metal with DJ Andy Lost (downstairs) 9pm £free Coalition High Rankin Homecoming show for the dubstep dandy 11pm £5; Friday I’m In Love No more lectures for a day or two 11pm £1-5 Cube Resident Session House DJs Time tbc £free Digital Stonelove Indie rock&roll club 11pm £4/3 Doctor Brighton’s Funky Friday: DJ Nick Hirst, DJ Wayne 9.30pm £free Druid’s Arms DJ Tommy G Electro beats, indie and house tunes 10pm £free Duke Of Norfolk Miss Scarlett DJ night 9pm £free Duke Of York’s Cinema The Source 1.30pm/6.30pm £tbc; Prometheus 3D Details tbc; Whip It! 11:30pm £tbc
Fishbowl Jeff Daniels Soul and hip hop DJ 9pm £free Fortune Of War Fever Bands and DJs play Latin, salsa and reggae 8pm £free Freemasons Cut La Vis Reggae, ska and dancehall DJ 9pm £free Funkyfish Back To The Oldskool Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10.30pm £2/free Gladstone Catch A Groove DJ Bozak shares his collection of funk, soul and hip hop 8.30pm £free Globe Rum Fridays: TSOB Philly disco from Juice FM DJ 8pm £free Green Door Store Jipsy Magic, The Lanes, Jetglo Upbeat indie funk band 7.45pm £3 Honey Lollipop ‘Pink Fridays’ Get your fingers sticky to R&B and pop treats 11pm £5/4/3 Hydrant Skinhead Reunion Party Live bands and DJs playing reggae, punk and ska 7pm £free; The Ramonas, Eliza Jaye And The Tarts Female Ramones tribute band (upstairs) 8pm £5; University Music Society End Of Exams Party 8pm £free Iron Duke DJ Gibbs Esquire Motown, reggae and dub 8.30pm £free Jive Monkey Hip City Cats 10pm £4 Komedia Polly Paulusma Singer songwriter 7.15pm £7; The Doors Alive Tribute band 7.30pm £10 Life Kung Fu Terrace Party DJs play funk, soul, blues and hip hop 3pm £free; Todd Edwards, Lil’ Kris, Seb & Moony, Charles Krolick The godfather of garage finally makes it to Brighton 11pm £5 London Unity Walrus Presents Monthly folk and bluegrass night 9pm £free Mucky Duck Gold Chains No Brains A mix of carboot house, codeine krunk and chip shop hip hop 8pm £free Neptune The Diablos Country rock 8.30pm £free Northern Lights Hot-Tip Hi-Fi DJ with a fine collection of vintage reggae and rocksteady records 8pm £free Oceana Escape With seven themed rooms you should find one you like 10.30pm £6/free Ohso Social Dirty Sunset Disco Metrosexual disco and house club 8pm £1 Old Market Love’s Labour’s Lost In British Sign Language Shakespeare’s pun-riddled play translated into the physical language of BSL and set to live music 7.30pm £12/10 Pav Tav Snap Crackle & Britpop - Modern Life Is Still Rubbish Join Dynamite Sal for a 90s indie party 11pm £free Ranelagh Qukulele Ukulele mash-ups raising money for Brighton Women’s Centre 8.30pm £free Riki Tik Work: Matt Barker, Dennis Castro A silken river of alt pop, blog dance and hip twitching jiggy bangers 9pm £free St Luke’s Church Teos Chamber Duo Finnish violin and piano combo play works by Sibelius, Bartok and Prokofiev 7.30pm £6/4 Theatre Royal Avenue Q Musical comedy involving puppets about a downtown New York street (not Sesame Street) 5.30pm/8.30pm £18-35 Thistle Hotel The Preloved Designer Sale Upmarket jumble sale 6pm £free Three & Ten Katy & Rach, The Hee-Ha’s Comedy double bill comprised of comic improv theatre duo and sketch ‘n’ song team 8pm £10/9 Volks Remarc, Dialect & Kosine, Micky Freeze, X-Nation, King Spinner King of the jungle rinse 11pm £8/7/5 Western Front The Mixer Men Hip hop and reggae mash-up 8pm £free White Rabbit WTF? Brighton Wonky electro and synth pop nonsense 8pm £free Xuma Wang Dang Doogle DJs play blues, ska, jazz and rock&roll 10pm £free
Saturday 9th
Ancient Mariner The Acoustic Sessions: Harry Trick’s Acoustic duo play pop music from the 20s, 30s and 40s 8pm £free Audio Minimal Kids: Marco Fender Techno night 11pm £5/free Basement Supper Club A platter of bite-sized arty performances 7.30pm £8/6 Belushi’s Bar Insomnia Dance and pop records with DJ Sleeps 9pm £free Belushi’s Below Apocalypse Rock and the sort of metal that went by the name ‘nu’ 9pm £5/4 Black Dove The Chop Source DJ plays Caribbean rhythms and jump-jazz cuts 8pm £free Blind Tiger Stay Sick!: Dick Venom & The Terrortones Bands and DJs play garage, punk and rock&roll 9pm £3/free Brighton Music Hall Beach, Bunting And Bristols Jive and rockabilly night 9pm £free Brighton Racecourse Bad Bad Whiskey: Vintage Nation Festival Skifflebilly trio Noon £10 Brunswick The Muel Pop funk band 8pm £6/5
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Caroline Of Brunswick Frighten Brighton Launch party for the horror film festival 8pm £free; Replica Goth and industrial night 9pm £free Coalition We LUV Summer Send Off: Shy FX, Mistajam, Outbreak, Snap Back Room 9, George Nunn Dirty bass beats 11pm £10; Blow: Vince Manganaro, Charly Lopez, Charles Green The party never stops 3am £5 Cowley Club Slutdisko Electropunk disco night Details tbc Cube Simply House House DJs 8pm £free Digital Blah Blah Blah: Joy Orbison, Ben UFO, Blah Blah Blah DJs South London’s hottest dubsteppy dance producer 11pm £10/8 Doctor Brighton’s Sexy Saturday: DJ Tony B 9.30pm £free Dome A Wild Life - An Audience with Steve Backshall The television adventurer talks about his encounters with wild animals before braving a Q&A with the public 2.30pm/7.30pm £19.50/16.50 Druid’s Arms DJ Paul Rock and indie classics 10pm £free Duke Of York’s Cinema The Lion King 11am £tbc; Prometheus 3D Details tbc Fishbowl What’s Wrong With Groovin’?: Ed Meme, Matt Beatwell Two DJs set out to answer the age-old question with a stack of drum-driven funk and soul 9pm £free Fortune Of War Flevans Funky breaks from the Tru Thoughts DJ 9pm £free Freemasons The Never Never Folk rock band 9pm £free Funkyfish Oldschool Saturday Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10pm £6/5 Gladstone The Dark Town Strutters Ball Vintage swing and jazz speakeasy 8pm £free Globe Route 1: Will SumSuch, Corbi, Muze, Adam Hall Deep house and nu disco club night 9pm £free Green Door Store Sweet Billy Pilgrim, Phoria Experimental art rockers armed with a plethora of folk instruments 7.30pm £7; Pop Not Pop: Eddie The Goatboy, Matatatat, Dynamite Sal, DJ Halfbeat Mixed up pop music party mayhem from Dynamite Sal and crew 11pm £free H-Bar Beatsworkin: Harold Heath, Rob Pearson Deep house DJs launch new their label, Two Forks Time tbc £5 Haunt Austra Slightly gothic synth-powered electro trio 7pm £tbc; It Is Still 1985 Travel through time to an ancient realm where it is still permissible to roll up the sleeves of your suit 10.30pm £3 Hobgoblin Sweet Machine Edgy electro pop 8.30pm £3 Honey Chop It Up: Charles Green, Squiz, Tom Maverick, Willerby Funky house, R&B and pop 11pm £5-8.50 Hydrant Pororoca, Oxygen Thieves, The Pages Live music (upstairs) 7.30pm £4 Hydrant The Great Skinhead Reunion 8pm £tbc Iron Duke DJ Dave Rave Britpop and grunge tunes 8.30pm £free Jazz Place Night At The Jazz Rooms: Russ Dewbury, DJ Mex, Huw 72 Funk soul night does a 90s hip hop special 9pm £5/4/free Jive Monkey Funk & Sould Music 8pm £free Komedia Funny Women Comedy, by females 8pm £10/8; Krater Comedy Club: Ed Gamble, Jarred Christmas, Maff Brown Stand-up comedy 7.30pm/11pm £15-20; ipop! Like an iPod full of party anthems on perpetual shuffle 11pm £3/free Life Juicebox! New eclectic club night offering a nice alternative to the standard seafront malarky 11pm £5/3 Mucky Duck Resident Mucky DJs 8pm £free Northern Lights DJ Jazzy D Jazz, funk and soul 9pm £free Oceana Sound Of Saturday Disco club for West Street’s finest 10.30pm £10/free Ohso Social Saturday Social 8pm £free Open House Cider Fest Live music, BBQ and cider galore Noon £free Prince Albert A Night Of Intense Enjoyment Awaits You!: Restlesslist, Deadbeat Descendant, KentCanada Surf prog instrumentalists play their new concept album in its entirety 8pm £4 Psychosocial AnalogueUndergroundRadio: Dirty Bombers, Ratbags, The Funge Live music 8.30pm £4/3 Riki Tik Caught Up: Loren Heer, Neal Lewis Underground house, funk, soul, boogie and disco 9pm £free Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Doctor’s Orders: Fatlip, Spin Doctor, Ruff Snippets, Louis Headnod, Tappa Sick hip hop night 11pm £7/5 Theatre Royal Avenue Q Musical comedy involving puppets about a downtown New York street (must be round the corner from Sesame Street) 4pm £18-35 Thistle Hotel The Preloved Designer Sale Upmarket jumble sale 10am £free Thomas Kemp Kemptown Carnival Unofficial Afterparty: Dan & Mark Gogglez, Bushy Hip hop,
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house and disco DJs pick up the pieces when the street party winds down 6pm £free Victory :KINEMA: DJ set of 80s classics from the Brighton pop band’s singer 9pm £free View Symarip, Roy Ellis Jamaican reggae legends 10pm £15 Volks The Great Skinhead Reunion Brace yourself for a big old ska and skinhead jamboree with bands, DJs and scooters parked all over Madeira Drive Noon £free; Simply Vinyl Echo Festival Launch: Break, ANT TC1, ST, Eleven, Dubloke, Merge, Side B, Deefa, Lyrical 11pm £5 Western Front The Infamous Jay & Rich DJ duo 8pm £free White Rabbit The Mixer Men DJ night 8pm £free Xuma Boo Woo: The Midnighters Rockabilly band Time tbc £free
Sunday 10th
Belushi’s Bar Now That’s What I Call A Party In this instance, it’s okay to judge a book by its cover 9pm £free Blind Tiger Forest Of Thoughts Learn about local produce and get foraging tips while you make seed bombs Noon £2/1 Brunswick Ian Shaw Live jazz 8pm £15 Caps Reggae Reggae Music from King Tafari Love 9pm £free Caroline Of Brunswick Brighton Hip Hop Karaoke 7.30pm £free Coalition Sunn 0))), Phurpa The high priests of ambient doom metal play a quadrophonic live show supported by a quartet Russian throat singers 7pm £15 Cobbler’s Thumb Skurvi Full-on punk rock 9pm £free Concorde2 Bad Manners, Splodgenessabounds, The Piranhas Novelty ska pop fronted by the Michelin Man of punk 7.30pm £18 Cowley Club Picore, Soccer 96, Sealings, The Sticks, Cousin, Dan Amos, Daniel Wakeford, Ragweed All-day gig with vinyl swapping, vegan BBQ and zine stalls 2pm £5 Cube Much Mayhem: Rezound, Care3Beatz Drum&bass and dubstep 8pm £free Dome Dome Discovery Tour Explore the historic venue’s backstage areas 11am £8.50/7.50 Duke Of Norfolk Live Music Night Live music from local artists 9pm £free Duke Of York’s Cinema Glyndebourne - The Cunning Little Vixen 6.30pm £tbc; Prometheus 3D Details tbc Fishbowl Recovery? Reggae through the ages 9pm £free Fountain Head Reggae & Roasts Reggae and chilled beats Time tbc £free Green Door Store Twenty Nine Sunday Social The hardcore scene’s cutest couple hosts an afternoon day of zines, cakes, records and bands 1pm £free; Sunday Service: Luke Sital Singh, To Kill A King, Duncan Disorderly, Spring Offensive Live music 8pm £free; Green Door Blues Big Itch DJs plus the resident blues band, Smokestack 10.30pm £free Hampton The Sunday Supper Sessions Live acoustic music 7pm £free Honey Sundown If your house was this sexy you’d never go outdoors 8pm £free Komedia Maff Brown’s Parade Of This Sketch show from the writer of Shooting Stars 7pm £5; Krater Comedy Club: Ed Gamble, Carey Marx, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 8pm £5-11.50 Latest Music Bar Daniel Powell Singer songwriter taking his cue from Richard Ashcroft and Paul Weller 3pm £5; Jake Cogan, Caitlin Stubbs, Polly Jones Singer songwriter with a new album of songs inspired by Robert Burns 7.30pm £8 Life Dagger Soundsystem Terrace Party Reggae, dancehall, rocksteady and ska 3pm £free Neptune Theseus And Friends Live music 8.30pm £free Northern Lights Northern Light Sundays The DJ has a lazy Sunday afternoon 4pm £free Ohso Social Sundown Sundaze Beach party 7pm £free Old Market Post-Roast Comedy Previews: Sara Pascoe Two comedians work their sets into shape for Edinburgh 6pm £5 Open House Large Al’s Quiz Night 8pm £2 Ranelagh Sharpees Blues rock 8.30pm £free Riki Tik The Lock In DJ night with freebies 10pm £free Signalman Open Mic Open session hosted by local duo, Zoothyme 8pm £free Theatre Royal Andrew Bird The genreless musings of a classically-trained multi-instrumentalist 7pm £23.50/21.50 Thistle Hotel The Preloved Designer Sale Upmarket jumble sale 10am £free Three Graces The Acoustician Live music 6pm £free
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Victory Blues Sundays DJ plays blues and soul Time tbc £free White Rabbit Hush Hush Live acoustic music 8pm £free Woo Woo Sunset Sundays Terrace party with house DJs 4pm £free
Monday 11th
Ancient Mariner Quiz Night 8pm £1 Belushi’s Bar Pump Up The 90s Retro night dedicated to the decade that was dedicated to retro nights 10pm £free Brunswick Harmonessence Vocal harmony choir 5.30pm £7 Brunswick Open Mic 8.30pm £free Coalition Trash Mondays & Jailbait The illicit union of Mr Trash and little Miss Jailbait 10.30pm £5/3 Cobbler’s Thumb Ned Star Psychedelic rock 9pm £free Cowley Club Dive!: Living Off America’s Waste Documentary about a group of friends eating food from dumpsters mixed in with a critique of the hugely wasteful practices of supermarkets in America 8pm £free Duke Of York’s Cinema Prometheus 3D Details tbc Gladstone Open Mic Night 9pm £free Green Door Store Throwback DJs and live bands play pop punk and nu metal 8pm £free Hampton The Hampton Quiz 8.30pm £1 Latest Music Bar Jessica May York, Lion Bark, Elk Jazzy pop singer Time tbc £3 Life #Hashtag Brand new and ungoogleable club night 10.30pm £3/2 London Unity Texas Hold Em Poker night for serious players 8pm £tbc Neptune Open Mic 8.30pm £free Old Market Miniclick: Maja Daniels A talk and presentation by a photographer whose work focuses on social documentary 6.30pm £free Psychosocial Into The Void New metal night that’s likely to feature more windmills than a farm in the Dutch lowlands 11pm £free Signalman Signalman Pub Quiz 8pm £1 Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar IOU Comedy: Lucy Porter, Phil Nichol Comedy double bill of Edinburgh previews 8pm £6 Theatre Royal Murder On The Nile Agatha Christie classic thriller 7.45pm £27.50/13.50 Three Graces Knit Wits Craft club to swap stories and stitches 7pm £free Volks Strictly Reggae Dancehall, roots, revival 11pm £5/4.50
Tuesday 12th
Audio Guerilla Rocks Club night for rock chicks, skater bois and indie kids 11pm £3/2/1 Basement Are You Sitting Comfortably? Puzzling yarns from local writers in a topsy-turvy picnic 7.30pm £6/4 Belushi’s Bar Back To The 80s Retro night dedicated to the only decade to spawn a revival which has lasted longer than the decade itself 9pm £free Blind Tiger David Thomas Broughton, RM Hubbert, Woodpecker Wooliams Experimental folk virtuoso 8pm £9.50/8.50 Brunswick Ucanukulele Rediscover your potential with the help of a small toy guitar 8pm £5; Jazz Jam Open session with a house band and special guests 8pm £free Coalition Back2Back If your bass was this filthy you’d have to take it back to the fishmongers 11pm £4/3 Cowley Club Wildkatz Open Mic 8pm £free Cube Cube Live: Bright On The Beat Live music 8pm £free Digital CU Next Tuesday It’ll teach the universities to timetable lectures for Wednesday mornings 11pm £4/3 Druid’s Arms Druid’s New Student Party Electro house DJ 9pm £free Duke Of Norfolk Open Mic 9pm £free Duke Of York’s Cinema Angel And Tony 11am £tbc; The Plague Of The Zombies 1pm £tbc; Prometheus 3D Details tbc Gladstone Quiz Night 8.30pm £1 Globe Basement Cinema Underground films, comfy seats and free popcorn 8pm £free Green Door Store Moon Duo Psychedelic space prog with the guitarist from Wooden Shjips 7.30pm £9/8 Honey Latin Fever: DJ Aaron George, Gabriel Angel, Yersin Rivas Dance lessons followed by a tropically vibed salsa club 8pm/10pm £3/1/free Hydrant Terminals Live music 8pm £free Jive Monkey Quiz Night 7pm £1 Latest Music Bar Charity Chuckle: Michael Fabbri, Laura Carr, Laurence Tuck, Adam Race, Jim Holland, Kerry Herbert Laughter makes you feel good,
especially when it’s for charity 8pm £8/5 London Unity Fun Pub Quiz Have your brain drained by a drag queen 8.30pm £1 Lord Nelson Pub Quiz Quiz me, Hardy! 8.45pm £1 Old Market Sweet Charity City Theatre group revive the 60s Broadway comedy musical 7.30pm £12.50 Open House Jazz Work Shop Throw away those jazz mags and try out your trumpet in public 8pm £tbc Red Lion Challenging General Knowledge & Music Quiz 8pm £1 Theatre Royal Murder On The Nile Agatha Christie classic thriller 7.45pm £27.50/13.50
Wednesday 13th
Audio Supercharged: Caspa Drum&bass and breaks 11pm £6/4 Belushi’s Bar Now That’s What I Call A Party In this instance, it’s okay to judge a book by its cover 9pm £free Belushi’s Below Detention 8pm £free Brunswick Conversation Cafe Discussion group 7pm £5; International Diamond Thieves, Poco Tiger, Linten Splinters Live band fusing drum&bass, rock and hip hop 8pm £5/4 Caroline Of Brunswick Funny HaHa: Doc Brown Stand-up night with rapper turned comedian 8pm £7/6 Coalition CoCo LoCo Commercial chart music for students, so popular it has annexed an extra venue 11pm £5/3/2 Concorde2 The Mojo Fins, Thomas White, Forestears Brighton indie rockers with an ear for an epic 8pm £5 Cowley Club Anarchist Discussion Group 7pm £free Cube Wicked Wednesdays House DJs Time tbc £free Digital Poundance Like a coin operated dancefloor 11pm £4/3/1 Druid’s Arms We Change The Tempo DJ set of international sounds 9pm £free Duke Of Norfolk Pub Quiz 9pm £1 Duke Of York’s Cinema Prometheus 3D Details tbc Fishbowl Tea & Biscuits: DJ Gareth Stephens Retro swing, soul and ska 10pm £free Fountain Head Student Night DJs play indie and rock 8pm £free Globe Global Bass: DJ Ted Lauren DJ delves into the bassier side of jazz, gypsy and world music 9pm £free Green Door Store The Modern Exposition Futuristic string band mixing ancient instruments with electronica 7pm £tbc; Hard Times They can take our disposable income, but they’ll never take our nowave disco! 10.30pm £free Haunt Future Of The Left Welsh rock band return with a new album originally conceived as a Broadway musical about the phone-hacking scandal 7pm £tbc Iron Duke The ID Weekly General Knowledge Quiz 8.30pm £1 Jive Monkey The Torch Song Tragedies Cabaret show followed by a screening of the John Waters film, Female Trouble 9pm £7/5 Komedia Barry & Stuart - Show & Tell Comedy illusionists 8pm £14/12; So You Think You’re Funny Prestigious comedy contest that’s been running since the 80s. That’s a lot of running, they must be very tired. Perhaps they need a nice sit down. But they can’t, they have to stand up. They have to stand up to do stand-up comedy. Yes, we think we are 8pm £6 London Unity Open Mic Night Open session hosted by Pemma Ashdown 8.30pm £free Northern Lights Mystery Train Rockabilly DJ 9pm £free Oceana Fuzzy Logic Dance and dubstep student night 10.30pm £3.50-5 Old Market Sweet Charity City Theatre group revive the 60s Broadway comedy musical 7.30pm £12.50 Open House Brighton Belgian Beer Tour Jovial and informative beer tasting night hosted by the men behind the Edinburgh show, ‘Thinking Drinkers Guide To Alcohol’ 7pm £free Prince Albert Mancub Babywoman, Abi Wade Live music 8pm £7 Psychosocial Live ‘N’ Laughing: WitTank Stand up comedy and live music 7.30pm £7/4/3 Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar I Am Arcade While you geek out playing retro video games try and act excited as if you hadn’t already exhausted the nostalgic possibilities by downloading an emulator and geeking out on your own for the last few weeks - there’s a reason you’re beating everyone else at Mario’s Troublesome Blockage, or whatever the fuck it’s called 8pm £free Theatre Royal Murder On The Nile Agatha
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Thursday 14th
Ancient Mariner Brighton Belgian Beer Tour Jovial and informative beer tasting night hosted by the men behind the Edinburgh show, ‘Thinking Drinkers Guide To Alcohol’ 7pm £free Audio Bastard Pop Musical mash-up 11pm £3/2/ free Belushi’s Bar Karaoke 9pm £free Belushi’s Below Fallout Live Live rock bands 10pm £3/2 Brighton Dome Foyer Saturday Lunchtime Jazz Live jazz 1pm £free Caroline Of Brunswick Funny’s Funny Female stand-up comedy contest 8pm £5 Coalition Secret Discotheque Replaying the soundtrack to your youth 11pm £4/3/2 Cobbler’s Thumb Play For A Pint Open mic night 9pm £free Cube Brighton Underground Dubstep, R&B and garage 8pm £free Dome Suzanne Vega Intelligent acoustic pop 8pm £27/25 Dome Founders Room Soulful Singing Drop in group singing workshop 11am £5 Druid’s Arms Druid’s Arms Presents Live music 8pm £free Duke Of York’s Cinema Angel And Tony 11am £tb; Prometheus 3D Details tbc; Frankenstein: NT Encore 9pm £tbc Fabrica Laughter Lines A day of workshops and discussions about the power of laughter 11am £free; The Artist Screening of last year’s homage to the silent movie era 6pm £1 Fishbowl Residents Association: DJ Will Sumsuch DJs play hip hop, funk and world beats 10.30pm £free Gladstone Arthur Shillin’ Electro swing, funk and breaks 8.30pm £free Globe Hang The DJ! A night of punter-picked playlists 9pm £free Green Door Store London Commands You Indie band 7pm £tbc; Blip: Ambassadeurs, Transformer, Decibels New electronic club night 11pm £free Haunt Coconut College Thursday night party playing a right mix of stuff like Grimes, Smashing Pumpkins and Kayne West 11pm £3/2 Honey Swag Electro, R&B and dubstep night 11pm £3/2 Hydrant Fighting With Wire Hard rockers return after four years in a record company nightmare 7pm £7 Iron Duke All That Jazz Live jazz band 8.30pm £free Komedia Krater Comedy Club: Ben Norris, Mike Gunn, Dave Johns, Pete Firman, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 8pm £5-18 Latest Music Bar Catalyst Club Guest speakers give a short talk about whatever their weird obsession is 8.30pm £5 Mucky Duck Open Mic Jam session with Joe Newman 8pm £free Nightingale Theatre Indifference Philosophical ideas of free will and determinism addressed through the medium of low-grade Club Med songs 8pm £8.50/6.50 Oceana Vodka Rocks Cheesy club night apparently named after a drinks promotion 10.30pm £3/free Old Market Sweet Charity City Theatre group revive the 60s Broadway comedy musical 7.30pm £12.50 Ranelagh The Diablos Americana and country rock 8.30pm £free St George’s Church Lighthouse Lively jazz trio 8pm £20/18/12 St James’ Tavern Stay Sick, Turn Blue DJs play vintage soul, jazz and blues 8.30pm £free Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Catholic Discipline Noise rock, disco pop and acid folk from the Superheroes of BMX 8pm £free The Drop Melodica, Melody And Me Reggae folk multi-instrumentalists 8pm £3 Theatre Royal Murder On The Nile Agatha Christie classic thriller 2.30pm/7.45pm £27.50/13.50 Victory Open Mic 8pm £free Volks Subliminal: DJ Levla, Hizzle Guy, Agro, Reaperz, Rotten Scoundral, Maniac, Trouble Drum&bass sessions 11pm £2 White Rabbit The Move-Ons Open Mic 8pm £free
Friday 15th
Audio Soul:ution: Calibre, Dub Phizix 11pm £7/5
Belushi’s Bar Muy Loco Pop and house DJs with a dancing contest 9pm £free Belushi’s Below Abandoned Rock and metal night 10pm £3/2 Black Dove Afro Groove DJ Manello and live music 8pm £free Blind Tiger The Drop Nine-piece roots reggae band 8pm £3 Brighton Music Hall Vaudeville Electro swing, burlesque and 50s blues 9pm £free Caroline Of Brunswick Distortion Rock and metal DJs 9pm £free Coalition Friday I’m In Love No more lectures for a day or two 11pm £1-5 Cowley Club Duane Pitre, Ekca Liena, Embla Quickbeam, Mothers Of The Third Reich, DJ St Vitus Dunce Live music 8pm £4 Cube Resident Session House DJs Time tbc £free Digital Stonelove Indie rock&roll club 11pm £4/3 Doctor Brighton’s Funky Friday: DJ Nick Hirst, DJ Wayne 9.30pm £free Druid’s Arms Hot Pepper Sauce DJ I.D.G. plays old school funk, soul and house 10pm £free Duke Of Norfolk DJ MC Cashback DJ night 9pm £free Duke Of York’s Cinema A Royal Affair 1pm/6pm £tbc; Jaws 3.30pm/9pm £tbc Fishbowl The Mixer Men Reggae and hip hop DJ mash-up 9pm £free Fortune Of War Fever Bands and DJs play Latin, salsa and reggae 8pm £free Freemasons JDevious DJ does a MacGyver and constructs a killer set out of prog, pysche and funk records 9pm £free Funkyfish Back To The Oldskool Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10.30pm £2/free Gladstone Catch A Groove DJ Bozak shares his collection of funk, soul and hip hop 8.30pm £free Globe Rum Fridays: W.A.T., Mute-Speaker, Murder He Wrote Funk and boogie DJs 8pm £free Green Door Store Todos Caeran Canadian screamo 7pm £6; Sub Bop Down and dirty grunge night with added shoegaze 11pm £free Haunt Wonder Yeahs Music from the glorious 1990s 11pm £3 Honey Lollipop ‘Pink Fridays’ Get your fingers sticky to R&B and pop treats 11pm £5/4/3 Iron Duke Boondock Live band plays English and Irish folk tunes 8.30pm £tbc Jive Monkey Retro Disco “Hey, I’ve got it! Let’s do a nightclub where we play music, not from now, but from the past!” 7.30pm £8 Komedia Born Bad Summer Special Party Vintage rockabilly for pompadour cats and polka dot kittens (upstairs) 11pm £6/5 Latest Music Bar Brighton Unsigned Live music Details tbc Life Move D, October, Leif, Joe Ellis Ambient techno and deep house from the German DJ and co 10pm £10/8; Kung Fu Terrace Party DJs play funk, soul, blues and hip hop 3pm £free; Hot Wuk: The Heatwave, Champion, Dagger Soundsystem, Outbreak, Renegade Youth Carnival and bashment vibes 11pm £6/4 London Unity The Tin Dogs Blues and folk band 9pm £free Mucky Duck Resident Mucky DJs 8pm £free Neptune Harry’s Tricks & Mike The Mic Recession era jazz tunes 8.30pm £free Northern Lights DJ Åbo & Lucky Luke Soul and funk DJ team 9pm £free Oceana Escape With seven themed rooms you should find one you like 10.30pm £6/free Ohso Social Dirty Sunset Disco Metrosexual disco and house club 8pm £1 Old Market Sweet Charity City Theatre group revive the 60s Broadway comedy musical 7.30pm £12.50 Open House Brighton Belgian Beer Tour Jovial and informative beer tasting night hosted by the men behind the Edinburgh show, ‘Thinking Drinkers Guide To Alcohol’ 7pm £free Psychosocial Live ‘N’ Laughing: Mark Restuccia Stand up comedy and live music 7.30pm £7/4/3 Ranelagh Bad Bad Whiskey Skifflebilly trio 8.30pm £free Riki Tik Work: Matt Barker, Dennis Castro A silken river of alt pop, blog dance and hip twitching jiggy bangers 9pm £free Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Dive Slow “From Kanye to Kuedo, Planet Mu to Planet Rock” (in the bar) 8pm £free; Sandwich Klub Disco squeezed between tasty slabs of gllitch and dancehall 11pm £tbc Temptation Cafe Swish Nights Swap your unwanted clothes, walk off with a new wardrobe Time tbc £15/13.50 Theatre Royal Murder On The Nile Agatha Christie classic thriller 7.45pm £27.50/13.50 Volks Erisian: Stivs, Shitmat, Vandal, The Three Infadals, Dutti B, Bosslady, Nass Sixth birthday and
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Saturday 16th
Ancient Mariner The Acoustic Sessions: Sam Chara & Bing Lyle Acoustic duo play jazz tunes with a Parisian vibe 8pm £free Audio Warehouse: Stopmakingme House and techno club night 11pm £5/free Belushi’s Bar Insomnia Dance and pop records with DJ Sleeps 9pm £free Belushi’s Below Synergy Industrial goth and electro night 9pm £5/4 Blind Tiger Beatabet Binge A whole day of live music, DJs and multimedia treats 1pm £5 Brighton Music Hall Spectacular Spectacular Old school variety show featuring magic, music, puppets and juggling bears 9pm £free Brunswick Bob Hillary & The Massive Mellow Rootsy folk pop band with the frontman of cult trip-hop group, The Ruffness 8pm £tbc Caroline Of Brunswick Cazza Karaoke 8.30pm £free Coalition Old Yellow Bricks: DJ Monty, DJ Charles Green, Shmooze, Skank R&B, house and funky soul club 11pm £7/5; Blow: Vince Manganaro, Charly Lopez, Charles Green The party never stops 3am £5 Cube Too Mucking Fuch House DJs Time tbc £free Digital Scratch Perverts, Roska & Jamie George, Adam F Drum&bass night with the turntable heroes 11pm £10 Doctor Brighton’s Sexy Saturday: DJ Tony B 9.30pm £free Dome Stewart Francis - Outstanding In His Field Stand-up comedy 7.30pm £18.50 Druid’s Arms DJ Green Man’s Garden Of Delights A mixed bag of soul, psychedelia, funk, folk and pop 10pm £free Duke Of York’s Cinema Jaws 4pm/9pm £tbc; A Royal Affair 1.30pm/6.30pm £tbc; Clueless & Mean Girls Double Bill 11.30pm £tbc Fishbowl DJ Åbo & Ally Jazz Rooms DJs play dirty funk and hot jazz 9pm £free Fortune Of War FIP Radio From Paris FIP DJs cross the channel for a night of cult eclecticism 9pm £free Freemasons Bin 53 R&B band celebrating father’s day 9pm £free Funkyfish Oldschool Saturday Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10pm £6/5 Gladstone Bust The Box Good time party madness 8pm £free Globe Jeff Daniels House and disco DJ 9pm £free Green Door Store Noose Hardcore band with lots of hangers-on 7pm £tbc; Da Doo Ron Ron Club night run by an Amazonian matriarchy wherein male music has been banished in favour of soul sirens and 60s girl groups 11pm £free H-Bar Delirium Trance and EDM with Dave Pearce Time tbc £6-10 Haunt It Is Still 1985 Travel through time to an ancient realm where neon socks are quite the thing 10.30pm £3 Honey Smartie Partie: Hoxton Whores, Krispee, Chris Biscuit, Darren Pasley Anthemic sounds from the promised land of Ibiza 11pm £5-8.50 Hydrant The Starrlite Beatles, Anna Sin And The Jukebox Bandits Live music 8pm £5/4 Iron Duke No One Has Good Taste Indie and rock with DJ Wysiwyg 8.30pm £free Jazz Place Night At The Jazz Rooms Legendary Brighton club returns to its old home for a night of heavy funk, soul, Afro and dance, etc 9pm £5/4/free Komedia Spellbound “An 80s night for people who hate 80s nights” - Simon Price plays the alternative highlights of the decade 9pm £5/4; Krater Comedy Club: Barry Castagnola, Dave Johns, Pete Firman, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 7.30pm/11pm £1520 Komedia ipop! Like an iPod full of party anthems on perpetual shuffle 11pm £3/free Life Juicebox! New eclectic club night offering an nice alternative to the standard seafront malarky 11pm £5/3 Loft Brighton Swing Thing Vintage music with swing DJs and a Charleston dance taster 8pm £7/5 Mucky Duck Ross Never Sleeps 8pm £free New Venture Theatre Medea New take on Euripides’ tragic tale of betrayal Details tbc
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Oceana Sound Of Saturday Disco club for West Street’s finest 10.30pm £10/free Office Hot-Tip Hi-Fi DJ with a fine collection of vintage reggae and rocksteady records 8pm £free Ohso Social Saturday Social 8pm £free Old Market Sweet Charity City Theatre group revive the 60s Broadway comedy musical 2.30pm £12.50 Ouch Bar Here Comes The Girls New club night playing all-girl anthems from the best female pop stars and probably some Madonna too 8pm £free Pavilion Theatre Plaines Plough - Come To Where I Am From A series of short, sharp dramas by local playwrights on the theme of home 7.30pm £12/10 Preston Manor Hidden House - Behind The Scenes At Preston Manor 11am £10.50/8.50 Psychosocial Lesbilicious Two floors of comedy 8pm £12/9 Ranelagh Ben Taylor, Ella Boogie woogie blues 8.30pm £free Riki Tik Caught Up: Loren Heer, Neal Lewis Underground house, funk, soul, boogie and disco 9pm £free Shakespeare’s Head Brighton Belgian Beer Tour Jovial and informative beer tasting night hosted by the men behind the Edinburgh show, ‘Thinking Drinkers Guide To Alcohol’ 7pm £free Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Mile Wide Smile Club: Robert Owens, Neal Schtumm, Mickey Duke, Chri5tian The hero of Chicago house 11pm £7/5 Theatre Royal Murder On The Nile Agatha Christie classic thriller 2.30pm/7.45pm £27.50/13.50 Victory Teen Dream 60s garage and punk DJs 9pm £free Volks Frequency Drum&bass sessions 10pm £5/2 Western Front The Infamous Jay & Rich DJ duo 8pm £free White Rabbit The Mixer Men DJ night 8pm £free Xuma Boo Woo Bands and DJs play boogie and rockabilly Time tbc £free
Sunday 17th
Belushi’s Bar Now That’s What I Call A Party In this instance, it’s okay to judge a book by its cover 9pm £free Blind Tiger Voicebox Spoken word and live music open mic night 8pm £3 Brighton Centre The Wiggles Live In Concert Yes, they are still going 11am/2pm £17 Brunswick Vocademy Kids’ vocal showcase 2pm £tbc; Brighton Folk Monthly folk night with Amy Hill 8pm £free Caps Reggae Reggae Music from King Tafari Love 9pm £free Cobbler’s Thumb The Greasy Strings Trad fiddle and guitar duo, aka Chicken Shed Zeppelin 9pm £free Cowley Club Queer Movie Night European queer film screenings 6pm £free Cube Sunday Social Open decks session 8pm £free Duke Of Norfolk Live Music Night Live music from local artists 9pm £free Duke Of York’s Cinema Jaws 4pm/9pm £tbc; A Royal Affair 1.30pm/6.30pm £tbc Fishbowl Recovery? Reggae through the ages 9pm £free Fountain Head Reggae & Roasts Reggae and chilled beats Time tbc £free Green Door Store Sunday Service: GHSXT Live music 7pm £free; Green Door Blues Big Itch DJs plus the resident blues band, Smokestack 10.30pm £free Hampton The Sunday Supper Sessions Live acoustic music 7pm £free Honey Sundown If your house was this sexy you’d never go outdoors 8pm £free Komedia Ben Montague Poppy singer songwriter with an ear for anthems 7.30pm £8; Krater Comedy Club: Dave Johns, Pete Firman, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 8pm £5-11.50 Latest Music Bar Magazine Gap, The Alex Bay Band Multi-genre pop rock band comprised of a singer songwriter, a funk bassist, a hip hop drummer and a concert pianist 8pm £7/6 Life Dagger Soundsystem Terrace Party Reggae, dancehall, rocksteady and ska 3pm £free Neptune Dirty Scavenger Grungey folk music 8.30pm £free New Venture Theatre Medea New take on Euripides’ tragic tale of betrayal Details tbc Northern Lights Northern Light Sundays The DJ has a lazy Sunday afternoon 4pm £free Ohso Social Sundown Sundaze Beach party 7pm £free Ranelagh Simon Sparrow Blues rock guitarist 8.30pm £free Riki Tik The Lock In DJ night with freebies 10pm £free Signalman Open Mic Open session hosted by local
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duo, Zoothyme 8pm £free Victory Blues Sundays DJ plays blues and soul Time tbc £free Western Front E.M.E. Live band playing jazzy hip hop, followed by an open jam 8pm £free White Rabbit Hush Hush Live acoustic music 8pm £free Woo Woo Sunset Sundays Terrace party with house DJs 4pm £free
Monday 18th
Ancient Mariner Quiz Night 8pm £1 Belushi’s Bar Pump Up The 90s Retro night dedicated to the decade that was dedicated to retro nights 10pm £free Brunswick Harmonessence Vocal harmony choir 5.30pm £7; Brighton Stanza Poetry group 7.30pm £5; Open Mic 8.30pm £free Caroline Of Brunswick Phil Nichol - Rants! Stand-up comedy from the former Edinburgh prize winner 8pm £5 Coalition Trash Mondays & Jailbait The illicit union of Mr Trash and little Miss Jailbait 10.30pm £5/3 Cobbler’s Thumb Chango Mutley Reggae, funk and soul DJ 9pm £free Cowley Club Kastel/Morgia, Temperatures, Bolide Live music 8pm £4 Gladstone Open Mic Night 9pm £free Hampton The Hampton Quiz 8.30pm £1 Haunt Off! Hardcore punk supergroup featuring members of Black Flag, Red Kross and Rocket From The Crypt 7pm £tbc Life #Hashtag Brand new and ungoogleable club night 10.30pm £3/2 London Unity Texas Hold Em Poker night for serious players 8pm £tbc New Venture Theatre Medea New take on Euripides’ tragic tale of betrayal Details tbc Proud Cabaret Low Anthem American indie folk band 8pm £15 Psychosocial Into The Void New metal night that’s likely to feature more windmills than a farm in the Dutch lowlands 11pm £free Signalman Signalman Pub Quiz 8pm £1 Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Yeti Lane, Speak Galactic, Atlantic & Lion Psychedelic rock from the Parisian duo 8pm £5.50 Three Graces Knit Wits Craft club to swap stories and stitches 7pm £free Victory Some Dark Hollow Folk Night Old time tunes and lonesome laments 8pm £free Volks Strictly Reggae Dancehall, roots, revival 11pm £5/4.50
Tuesday 19th
Audio Guerilla Rocks Club night for rock chicks, skater bois and indie kids 11pm £3/2/1 Belushi’s Bar Back To The 80s Retro night dedicated to the only decade to spawn a revival which has lasted longer than the decade itself 9pm £free Brunswick Jazz Jam Open session with a house band and special guests 8pm £free Caroline Of Brunswick Laughtermath Audience + (Timing x Gags) = Laughter 8pm £3 Coalition Back2Back If your bass was this filthy you’d have to take it back to the fishmongers 11pm £4/3 Corn Exchange In Good Company Five brand new dance works from the Hofesh Shechter Company 8pm £10/7.50 Cowley Club Wildkatz Open Mic 8pm £free Cube Cube Live: Matt Bonner Live music 8pm £free Digital CU Next Tuesday It’ll teach the universities to timetable lectures for Wednesday mornings 11pm £4/3 Druid’s Arms Druid’s New Student Party Electro house DJ 9pm £free Duke Of Norfolk Open Mic 9pm £free Duke Of York’s Cinema A Royal Affair 1.45pm £tbc; The Man Who Fell To Earth 11am/6.30pm £tbc; Jaws 4.15pm/9.15pm £tbc Gladstone Quiz Night 8.30pm £1 Globe Basement Cinema - Frighten Brighton Classic horror films 8pm £free Green Door Store Damo Suzuki If anyone Can, Damo Can 7pm £6 Honey Latin Fever: DJ Aaron George, Gabriel Angel, Yersin Rivas Dance lessons followed by a tropically vibed salsa club 8pm/10pm £3/1/free Hydrant Criminal Records Launch Night 8pm £tbc Jive Monkey Quiz Night 7pm £1 Latest Music Bar Cafe Scientifique Let’s talk about science, baby 8pm £free London Unity Fun Pub Quiz Have your brain drained by a drag queen 8.30pm £1 Lord Nelson Pub Quiz Quiz me, Hardy! 8.45pm £1
New Venture Theatre Medea New take on Euripides’ tragic tale of betrayal Details tbc Open House Jazz Work Shop Throw away those jazz mags and try out your trumpet in public 8pm £tbc Pavilion Theatre The Big Book Group: Craig Melvin, Sarah Rayner, Glen Duncan Two authors discuss their work as well as their favourite books, as if these were different things 7.30pm £12 Red Lion Challenging General Knowledge & Music Quiz 8pm £1 Theatre Royal The Real Thing Tom Stoppard drama starring Sarah Ball and Simon Scardifield 7.45pm £12-27 Three & Ten Sarah Kendall, Totally Tom Awardwinning stand-up comedian plus the YouTube hit duo 7.30pm £7/5
Wednesday 20th
Audio Supercharged: Fred V & Grafix Drum&bass and breaks 11pm £6/4 Belushi’s Bar Now That’s What I Call A Party In this instance, it’s okay to judge a book by its cover 9pm £free Belushi’s Below Detention 8pm £free Blind Tiger Lethal Quizzle Pub quiz with zany rounds 8pm £1 Brunswick Brighton Comedy Course Showcase Will the real comedian please stand up 8pm £5 Caroline Of Brunswick Nick Helm, Gráinne Maguire Shouty and romantic stand-up comic 8pm £5 Coalition BIMM End Of Term Party Music students perform in earnest 7pm £tbc Coalition CoCo LoCo Commercial chart music for students, so popular it has annexed an extra venue 11pm £5/3/2 Cowley Club Anarchist Discussion Group 7pm £free Cube Wicked Wednesdays House DJs Time tbc £free Digital Poundance Like a coin operated dancefloor 11pm £4/3/1 Druid’s Arms We Change The Tempo DJ set of international sounds 9pm £free Duke Of Norfolk Pub Quiz 9pm £1 Duke Of York’s Cinema A Royal Affair 11am/1.30pm £tbc; Jaws 4pm/9pm £tbc Fishbowl Tea & Biscuits: DJ Gareth Stephens Retro swing, soul and ska 10pm £free Fountain Head Student Night DJs play indie and rock 8pm £free Globe Global Bass: DJ Ted Lauren DJ delves into the bassier side of jazz, gypsy and world music 9pm £free Green Door Store Song Of Miriam Reflections on the the music of Kurt Weill 7.30pm £10/9; Hard Times They can take our disposable income, but they’ll never take our nowave disco! 10.30pm £free Hope Flash Bang Band, Fifi Dewey Catchy and charismatic indie pop 7.30pm £5/4 Iron Duke The ID Weekly General Knowledge Quiz 8.30pm £1 Jive Monkey Alan Bonner, Paul Diello Folky singer songwriters 8pm £7 Komedia Geva Alon, Ana Silvera Singer songwriters singing their songs 7.30pm £8 Latest Music Bar Jeremiah, Arthur And The Irrational, Dan Korn, The Choppy Waters & Thomas White Live music Details tbc London Unity Open Mic Night Open session hosted by Pemma Ashdown 8.30pm £free Mucky Duck Jipsy Magic, One Bright Life Live acoustic music 8.30pm £free New Venture Theatre Medea New take on Euripides’ tragic tale of betrayal Details tbc Oceana Fuzzy Logic Dance and dubstep student night 10.30pm £3.50-5 Prince Albert Donna Fullman, Conrad Vingoe, Dylan Walshe Live music 8pm £7 Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar The Rug Hour Smooth vibes and smoking jackets 8pm £free Theatre Royal The Real Thing Tom Stoppard drama starring Sarah Ball and Simon Scardifield 7.45pm £12-27 Three Graces Quiz Night 8pm £1 Western Front Hush Hush Live acoustic music 8pm £free
Thursday 21st
Audio Bastard Pop Musical mash-up 11pm £3/2/ free Belushi’s Bar Karaoke 9pm £free Belushi’s Below Fallout Live Live rock bands 10pm £3/2 Blind Tiger The Hackney Colliery Band Funky hip hop and Balkan brass band 8pm £4 Brighton Dome Foyer Saturday Lunchtime
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Jazz Live jazz 1pm £free Brunswick Real Music Club: Lorraine Bowen, Charlotte Glasson, Mark Allen Live music, really 8pm £tbc Coalition Best Coast, Spectrals, Fear Of Men Lo-fi indie surf rock 7pm £14.50/12.50; Secret Discotheque Replaying the soundtrack to your youth 11pm £4/3/2 Cobbler’s Thumb Play For A Pint Open mic night 9pm £free Concorde2 Less Than Jake, The Skints, The Bots US ska punk 7pm £16.50 Cube Da Bomb Student DJ night 8pm £free Dome Founders Room Soulful Singing Drop in group singing workshop 11am £5 Druid’s Arms Druid’s Arms Presents Live music 8pm £free Duke Of York’s Cinema Cafe De Flore 11am £tbc; Jaws 3.45pm £tbc; A Royal Affair 1.15pm/6pm £tbc; Frankenstein: NT Encore 9pm £tbc Fishbowl Residents Association: DJ Will Sumsuch DJs play hip hop, funk and world beats 10.30pm £free Gladstone Arthur Shillin’ Electro swing, funk and breaks 8.30pm £free Globe Hang The DJ! A night of punter-picked playlists 9pm £free Green Door Store The New Union, Wild Cat Strike, Demob Happy, DARA Energetic and freshfaced indie band 7pm £free; SexTape R&B and filth for fashionable students 11pm £free Hand In Hand Rave On! DJs Citizen Lane and Becky Boop play doo-wop and vintage pop 8pm £free Haunt Coconut College Thursday night party playing a right mix of stuff like Grimes, Smashing Pumpkins and Kayne West 11pm £3/2 Honey Swag Electro, R&B and dubstep night 11pm £3/2 Iron Duke All That Jazz Live jazz band 8.30pm £free Komedia Krater Comedy Club: Johnny Kats, Karl Spain, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 8pm £5-18; Terry Reid Late 60s era almost-legendary British rock singer 8pm £17.50 Latest Music Bar Wellsbourne Society: Dr Bramwell, Prof Clayton, Peter Chrisp, Richard Norris The author of the Cheeky Guide To Brighton hosts a discussion and film night dedicated to the history and folklore of the city 7.30pm £5 Latest Music Bar Pop-Up Ping Pong Parlour No added gimmicks, just ping pong 7.30pm £free Mucky Duck Open Mic Jam session with Joe Newman 8pm £free New Venture Theatre Medea New take on Euripides’ tragic tale of betrayal Details tbc Oceana Vodka Rocks Cheesy club night apparently named after a drinks promotion 10.30pm £3/free Old Market Laughtermarket: Nick Sun, Celia Pacquola, Graeme Collard, Joe Foster, Mel Crosby, Rue Barratt Stand-up comedy 8pm £1.50 Pavilion Theatre SOURCE New Music: Sparrow Brighton’s best bands chosen by Brighton’s best listings mag 7.30pm £4 Psychosocial Oh! You Pretty Things: Glass Sines, The Move-ons, Plasticine Live music 8.30pm £4 Ranelagh Alex Roberts Folky blues singer 8.30pm £free St James’ Tavern Stay Sick, Turn Blue DJs play vintage soul, jazz and blues 8.30pm £free Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Catholic Discipline Noise rock, disco pop and acid folk from the Superheroes of BMX 8pm £free; Hillfolk Noir, Jack Day American folk favourites bring their country swamp blues to Britain 7.30pm £8 Theatre Royal The Real Thing Tom Stoppard drama starring Sarah Ball and Simon Scardifield 2.30pm/7.45pm £12-27 Three & Ten Philip Jeays Witty and passionate singer whose contempt for the world is matched only by his love for Jacques Brel 8pm £8/5 Victory Open Mic 8pm £free White Rabbit The Move-Ons Open Mic 8pm £free
Friday 22nd
Audio Battlejam: JFB, Ed Solo Hip hop night 11pm £5/3 Belushi’s Bar Muy Loco Pop and house DJs with a dancing contest 9pm £free Belushi’s Below Abandoned Rock and metal night 10pm £3/2 Blind Tiger Hint, Zen Death Squad Hip hop, house, dancehall and jungle 8pm tbc Brighton Music Hall Vaudeville Electro swing, burlesque and 50s blues 9pm £free Caroline Of Brunswick Teenage Wasteland These DJs play both kinds of music: post punk AND new
wave (downstairs) 9pm £free Coach House Sumerian Kyngs, Zoffo Psychedelic swamp groove 8pm £tbc Coalition Friday I’m In Love No more lectures for a day or two 11pm £1-5 Concorde2 BIMM End Of Term Party Music students perform in earnest 7pm £2; Luke Vibert AKA Wagan Christ AKA Plug Electronica pioneer with three names 11pm £2 Cube Resident Session House DJs Time tbc £free Digital Stonelove Indie rock&roll club 11pm £4/3 Doctor Brighton’s Funky Friday: DJ Nick Hirst, DJ Wayne 9.30pm £free Druid’s Arms DJ Tommy G Electro beats, indie and house tunes 10pm £free Duke Of Norfolk Miss Scarlett DJ night 9pm £free Duke Of York’s Cinema Glyndebourne - La Cenerentola 6pm £tbc Fishbowl Richie Cox & Sumsuch A crate of funk, jazz and disco records all the way from Brixton - plus a DJ to play them 9pm £free Fortune Of War Fever Bands and DJs play Latin, salsa and reggae 8pm £free Freemasons Soul Casserole A melting pot of red hot funk and soul 9pm £free Funkyfish Back To The Oldskool Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10.30pm £2/free Gladstone Catch A Groove DJ Bozak shares his collection of funk, soul and hip hop 8.30pm £free Globe Rum Fridays Funk, soul and disco DJs 8pm £free Green Door Store Art Party A one-off art show from the mischievous Brighton artist, Imbue 6pm £free; TRIIAL: Beta Blocker, The Body Clock Genre-less dance party with bands and DJs 11pm £free Haunt Furyon, Terrathorn, Dead Empire Proper British metal 7pm £6 Honey Lollipop ‘Pink Fridays’ Get your fingers sticky to R&B and pop treats 11pm £5/4/3 Hydrant Brighton Breakout International PopPunk Festival: Airbag, The Hotlines, Sugus Punks of the world unite! 7pm £10/7 HŌMU The Paper Cinema: Brighton Japan 2012 A fusion of music and live animation 8.30pm £7 Jive Monkey Shimmy Shimmy Shimmy Bellydance and burlesque with Miss Bellylicious 9pm £8 Komedia Catfish Kings Rock&roll band play classic tracks from the heyday of the 1950s 7.30pm £8; Krater Comedy Club: Karl Spain, John Moloney, Joe Lycett, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 8pm £11.50-14.50 Life Kung Fu Terrace Party DJs play funk, soul, blues and hip hop 3pm £free; Brighton Up! Launch Party Ska, rocksteady, ragga and dancehall - if it’s Jamaican they’ll play it Details tbc Neptune Roland Chadwick Blues guitarist 8.30pm £free New Venture Theatre Medea New take on Euripides’ tragic tale of betrayal Details tbc Northern Lights Scandinavian Midsummer Party Twenty-four hour party with soul, jazz, Latin and 60s stuff 10pm £free Oceana Escape With seven themed rooms you should find one you like 10.30pm £6/free Ohso Social Dirty Sunset Disco Metrosexual disco and house club 8pm £1 Ranelagh Mike Newsham Acoustic Americana 8.30pm £free Riki Tik Work: Matt Barker, Dennis Castro A silken river of alt pop, blog dance and hip twitching jiggy bangers 9pm £free St Luke’s Church Diana Mathews & Jonathan Beatty Classical viola and piano duo 7.30pm £6/4 Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar If Heroes Should Fail, Escar Brighton post rockers return with a new album and their first tour in three years 7pm £7; Xanadu Disco night 11pm £donation Theatre Royal The Real Thing Tom Stoppard drama starring Sarah Ball and Simon Scardifield 7.45pm £12-27 Thomas Kemp Hot-Tip Hi-Fi DJ with a fine collection of vintage reggae and rocksteady records 8pm £free Three & Ten Jarred Christmas, Daniel Simonsen Stand-up comedy 7.30pm £7/5 Volks Legion Of Bass: Limewax, X-Nation, Kosine, Voytek All your bass are belong to us 10pm £7/5/2 Western Front The Mixer Men Hip hop and reggae mash-up 8pm £free White Rabbit WTF? Brighton Wonky electro and synth pop nonsense 8pm £free Xuma Wang Dang Doogle DJs play blues, ska, jazz and rock&roll 10pm £free
Saturday 23rd
Ancient Mariner The Acoustic Sessions: Porchlight Smoker Folk and bluegrass band 8pm £free Audio Warehouse: Maxxi Soundsystem House and
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night for discerning fans of 50s and 60s vinyl sounds 11pm £4/3/2 Theatre Royal The Real Thing Tom Stoppard drama starring Sarah Ball and Simon Scardifield 2.30pm/7.45pm £12-27 Victory DJ Rob Taylor Soul, rock and alt pop 9pm £free Volks The Mine: Seven, Occult, Vantage, Sibla, Duku, Wreck-Up, Gbdnsh, Taki, Jot Maxi Dubstep night 11pm £8/6 Western Front The Infamous Jay & Rich DJ duo 8pm £free White Rabbit The Mixer Men DJ night 8pm £free Xuma Boo Woo: Tarq Bowen Slide blues guitarist Time tbc £free
Sunday 24th
Bartholomew Square Moshi Matsuri: Brighton Japan 2012 Japanese street market with all sorts of workshops and demonstrations 11am £free Belushi’s Bar Now That’s What I Call A Party In this instance, it’s okay to judge a book by its cover 9pm £free Blind Tiger John Crampton Foot-stomping oneman blues explosion 8pm £2 Brunswick Ukulele Jam It tastes sweet but a little woody 3pm £tbc; Eduard Proseck EP Launch for classically trained folk pop Californian 8pm £tbc Caps Reggae Reggae Music from King Tafari Love 9pm £free Caroline Of Brunswick The Infernal Salon Alternative cabaret of experimental noise, poetry and DJs 5pm £2 Cobbler’s Thumb Jackson & The King Kickers Acoustic folk and blues with a gypsy edge 9pm £free Concorde2 The View, Sound Of Guns Scottish indie rockers 7.30pm £14 Cube Sunday Social Progressive house special with Sam Derkson and Kevin Cadd Time tbc £free Dome The Imagined Village, Raghu Dixit A double bill of musicians putting a modern spin on English and Indian folklore 8pm £18/15 Duke Of Norfolk Live Music Night Live music from local artists 9pm £free Duke Of York’s Cinema Bolshoi - Raymonda 4pm £tbc Fishbowl Recovery? Reggae through the ages 9pm £free Fountain Head Reggae & Roasts Reggae and chilled beats Time tbc £free Green Door Store Poino, Broker, Vortex Collisions, DJ St Vitus Dunce Live music 8pm £4; Green Door Blues Big Itch DJs plus the resident blues band, Smokestack 10.30pm £free Hampton The Sunday Supper Sessions Live acoustic music 7pm £free Honey Sundown If your house was this sexy you’d never go outdoors 8pm £free Jive Monkey One Hat Trio Live jazz 9pm £free Komedia Krater Comedy Club: John Moloney, Joe Lycett, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 8pm £511.50 Life Dagger Soundsystem Terrace Party Reggae, dancehall, rocksteady and ska 3pm £free London Unity Live Jazz 6pm £free Neptune Soul Food R&B and soul special 8.30pm £free Northern Lights Northern Light Sundays The DJ has a lazy Sunday afternoon 4pm £free Ohso Social Sundown Sundaze Beach party 7pm £free Open House Large Al’s Quiz Night 8pm £2 Psychosocial Brighton Twisted Market & Fetish After Party Noon/6pm £5 Ranelagh Will Johns Band Blues rock 8.30pm £free Riki Tik The Lock In DJ night with freebies 10pm £free Signalman Open Mic Open session hosted by local duo, Zoothyme 8pm £free Victory Blues Sundays DJ plays blues and soul Time tbc £free Volks Soul Sundays 2pm £free White Rabbit Hush Hush Live acoustic music 8pm £free Woo Woo Sunset Sundays Terrace party with house DJs 4pm £free
Monday 25th
Ancient Mariner Quiz Night 8pm £1 Belushi’s Bar Pump Up The 90s Retro night dedicated to the decade that was dedicated to retro nights 10pm £free Brunswick Harmonessence Vocal harmony choir 5.30pm £7; Open Mic 8.30pm £free Coalition Trash Mondays & Jailbait The illicit union
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of Mr Trash and little Miss Jailbait 10.30pm £5/3 Cobbler’s Thumb Brighton Punk Project Punk and ska night 8pm £free Cowley Club The Future Is Unwritten Julien Temple’s 2007 documentary about Joe Strummer. Warning: contains several shots of Bono talking bullshit on a beach 8pm £free Fishbowl Freestyle Records Funky DJ set from the label manager, Greg Boraman 9pm £free Gladstone Open Mic Night 9pm £free Green Door Store Metal Monday Full metal racket 8pm £free Hampton The Hampton Quiz 8.30pm £1 Life #Hashtag Brand new and ungoogleable club night 10.30pm £3/2 London Unity Texas Hold Em Poker night for serious players 8pm £tbc Neptune Nepp’d Tunes Punters play their favourite records so the DJ doesn’t have to 8.30pm £free Psychosocial Into The Void New metal night that’s likely to feature more windmills than a farm in the Dutch lowlands 11pm £free Signalman Signalman Pub Quiz 8pm £1 Three Graces Knit Wits Craft club to swap stories and stitches 7pm £free Victory Poetry Night Live poetry readings 8pm £free Volks Strictly Reggae Dancehall, roots, revival 11pm £5/4.50
Tuesday 26th
Audio Guerilla Rocks Club night for rock chicks, skater bois and indie kids 11pm £3/2/1 Belushi’s Bar Back To The 80s Retro night dedicated to the only decade to spawn a revival which has lasted longer than the decade itself 9pm £free Brunswick Jazz Jam Open session with a house band and special guests 8pm £free Caroline Of Brunswick Richard Herring Talking Cock, The 2nd Coming The man with the massive dick obsession revives his 2002 show dubbed the ‘Vagina Monologues for men’ 8pm £10 Coalition Back2Back If your bass was this filthy you’d have to take it back to the fishmongers 11pm £4/3 Cowley Club Wildkatz Open Mic 8pm £free Cube Cube Live: Matt Bonner Live music 8pm £free Digital CU Next Tuesday It’ll teach the universities to timetable lectures for Wednesday mornings 11pm £4/3 Druid’s Arms Druid’s New Student Party Electro house DJ 9pm £free Duke Of Norfolk Open Mic 9pm £free Duke Of York’s Cinema Hobson’s Choice 11am £tbc Gladstone Quiz Night 8.30pm £1 Globe Basement Cinema Underground films, comfy seats and free popcorn 8pm £free Hanover BAD Ukes - Brighton After Dark Ukulele Session Informal gathering of ukulelists 8pm £free Honey Latin Fever: DJ Aaron George, Gabriel Angel, Yersin Rivas Dance lessons followed by a tropically vibed salsa club 8pm/10pm £3/1/free Jive Monkey Quiz Night 7pm £1 London Unity Fun Pub Quiz Have your brain drained by a drag queen 8.30pm £1 Lord Nelson Pub Quiz Quiz me, Hardy! 8.45pm £1 Open House Jazz Work Shop Throw away those jazz mags and try out your trumpet in public 8pm £tbc Prince Albert Dan Andriano & Brendan Kelly The singer from The Lawrence Arms teams up with the bassist of Alkaline Trio 8pm £tbc Quadrant Overhead Wires Open Mic Session 8pm £free Red Lion Challenging General Knowledge & Music Quiz 8pm £1 Three & Ten Celia Pacquola, Al Pitcher Stand-up comedy 7.30pm £7/5
Wednesday 27th
Audio Kung Fu Takeover 11pm £6/4 Belushi’s Bar Now That’s What I Call A Party In this instance, it’s okay to judge a book by its cover 9pm £free Belushi’s Below Detention 8pm £free Brunswick The Dials, The Modern Exposition, This Mono Galaxy, Spunk Live music charity fundraiser 8pm £5 Caroline Of Brunswick Lucy Porter, Julie Jepson Filthy-mouthed comedy pixie 8pm £8 Coalition CoCo LoCo Commercial chart music for students, so popular it has annexed an extra venue 11pm £5/3/2 Cowley Club Anarchist Discussion Group 7pm £free; Roger Hayes - The Lawful Bank A talk about an alternative system of banking that allows people to claim the power of money supply back from those who would
shaft us Time tbc £free Cube Wicked Wednesdays House DJs Time tbc £free Digital Poundance Like a coin operated dancefloor 11pm £4/3/1 Druid’s Arms We Change The Tempo DJ set of international sounds 9pm £free Duke Of Norfolk Pub Quiz 9pm £1 Duke Of York’s Cinema Cosmopolis 11am £tbc Fishbowl Tea & Biscuits: DJ Gareth Stephens Retro swing, soul and ska 10pm £free Fountain Head Student Night DJs play indie and rock 8pm £free Globe Global Bass: DJ Ted Lauren DJ delves into the bassier side of jazz, gypsy and world music 9pm £free Green Door Store Dukebox 7pm £tbc; Hard Times They can take our disposable income, but they’ll never take our nowave disco! 10.30pm £free Haunt Lightyear, Newtown Kings, T.Alan Riotous ska punk nudists 8pm £10 Iron Duke The ID Weekly General Knowledge Quiz 8.30pm £1 London Unity Open Mic Night Open session hosted by Pemma Ashdown 8.30pm £free Northern Lights Mystery Train Rockabilly DJ 9pm £free Oceana Fuzzy Logic Dance and dubstep student night 10.30pm £3.50-5 Open House Safehouse: Nick Malcolm 4tet Free jazz and avant garde improvisation 8pm £6/5 Psychosocial Live ‘N’ Laughing: Richard Herring Stand up comedy and live music 7.30pm £7/4/3 Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar I Am Arcade Playing retro video games is particularly exciting when it’s in a public place because it’s usually something you do in private, like roughly manhandling mannequins made up to look like Sarah Palin 8pm £free Three & Ten Dan Mitchell, Angela Barnes Standup comedy 8pm £6/5 Three Graces Quiz Night 8pm £1 Western Front Hush Hush Live acoustic music 8pm £free
Thursday 28th
Audio Bastard Pop Musical mash-up 11pm £3/2/ free Belushi’s Bar Karaoke 9pm £free Belushi’s Below Fallout Live Live rock bands 10pm £3/2 Blind Tiger Sheelanagig Balkan folk band Details tbc Brighton Dome Foyer Saturday Lunchtime Jazz Live jazz 1pm £free Brunswick Fat Thursday Night: King Size Slim Blues band 8pm £free Coalition Secret Discotheque Replaying the soundtrack to your youth 11pm £4/3/2 Cobbler’s Thumb Play For A Pint Open mic night 9pm £free Concorde2 The Wailers Bob’s old band bring their roots reggae to Brighton 7.30pm £20 Cube Brighton Underground Dubstep, R&B and garage 8pm £free Dome Founders Room Soulful Singing Drop in group singing workshop 11am £5 Druid’s Arms Druid’s Arms Presents Live music 8pm £free Fishbowl Mixer Men - 4 Deck Sessions Turntable mash-ups 10.30pm £free Gladstone Arthur Shillin’ Electro swing, funk and breaks 8.30pm £free Globe Hang The DJ! A night of punter-picked playlists 9pm £free Green Door Store Screama Ballerina Feisty rock&roll 7pm £tbc; Thursday Night Fish Fry Jamaican ska, R&B and rocksteady 10.30pm £free Haunt Kate Nash Eliza Doolittle meets Lilly Allen in a London cafe to catch up and bitch about boys 7pm £15; Coconut College Thursday night party playing a right mix of stuff like Grimes, Smashing Pumpkins and Kayne West 11pm £3/2 Honey Swag Electro, R&B and dubstep night 11pm £3/2 HŌMU The Catalyst Club - Japanese Edition: Brighton Japan 2012 Three speakers talk about manga, life in a megacity and Japanese art 8.30pm £7 Iron Duke All That Jazz Live jazz band 8.30pm £free Komedia Comic Boom: Jo Enright Stand-up comedy 8pm £9/7/5; Krater Comedy Club: Erich McElroy, Ian Stone, Phil Nichol, Stephen Grant Standup comedy 8pm £5-18 Latest Music Bar Two Spot Gobi, Woodland Blue Upbeat groove-based rock band with brass and strings 8pm £8/6
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Friday 29th
Audio DPM: Miguel Campbell House night 11pm £tbc Beachigogo Bar Vibealive: Druid, Elmo, Chris Toxic, IDE, Caos, Scalpel, Jutt One-off hardcore party 10pm £5/4 Belushi’s Bar Muy Loco Pop and house DJs with a dancing contest 9pm £free Belushi’s Below Abandoned Rock and metal night 10pm £3/2 Blind Tiger Monster Ceilidh Band Traditional ceilidh music 8pm £tbc Brighton Music Hall Vaudeville Electro swing, burlesque and 50s blues 9pm £free Brunswick Special Treat Presents Big blues beats and rock&roll riffs 8pm £5 Caroline Of Brunswick Eclectic Chair Eclectifying alt classics 9pm £free Coalition Friday I’m In Love No more lectures for a day or two 11pm £1-5 Concorde2 Revolt!: Godsized Full-on alternative club night with gorelesque acts, horror movies and metal bands 11pm £5 Cube Resident Session House DJs Time tbc £free Digital Stonelove Indie rock&roll club 11pm £4/3 Doctor Brighton’s Funky Friday: DJ Nick Hirst, DJ Wayne 9.30pm £free Druid’s Arms Wilson Knickit “The finest foot hopping eclectic selection” 10pm £free Duke Of Norfolk DJ MC Cashback DJ night 9pm £free Duke Of York’s Cinema Your Sister’s Sister Details tbc Fortune Of War Fever Bands and DJs play Latin, salsa and reggae 8pm £free Freemasons Deep Fried Brixton DJ drops some super fat beats into a vat of funky batter 9pm £free Funkyfish Back To The Oldskool Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10.30pm £2/free Gladstone Gladstonebury: Stick It On Three days of music and mayhem 8pm £free Globe Rebellious Jukebox Funky and rockabilly buttshakers 9pm £free Green Door Store BUPA Sex, drugs and private healthcare 6pm £tbc; VICE Issue Launch Bands and DJs promoting the post-ironic fashion mag 11pm £free Haunt Nowhere To Run The best of 60s Motown, soul and rock&roll 11pm £4/3 Honey I Love R&B Juicy house with a twist of hip hop - and plenty of the R and the B 11pm £5 Hotel Pelirocco Synthesize Me: Thomas H Green, Tom Mugridge, Chris Tomsett DJ night with era-spanning electronic music and psychedelic light show 8pm £free Jive Monkey Walrus Presents Live music 8pm £4 Komedia Krater Comedy Club: Erich McElroy, Ian Stone, Phil Nichol, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 8pm £11.50-14.50; Dressed In Black Club night delves into the darker side of pop with stuff like Jacques Brel, Joy Division and Ennio Morricone 11pm £3 Life Kung Fu Terrace Party DJs play funk, soul, blues and hip hop 3pm £free; AkaAkaRoar!: Jacques Greene, Karenn, Koreless, Pangaea, Bondax, Leon Vynehall, Lorca, Deft, No Logo Double-headed dubstep weekender spread over 2 venues 11pm £tbc Mucky Duck Hot-Tip Hi-Fi DJ with a fine collection of vintage reggae and rocksteady records 8pm £free Neptune Monkey’s Uncle 60s R&B and soul 8.30pm £free Northern Lights Young Livers Indie and punk DJ 9pm £free Oceana Escape With seven themed rooms you should find one you like 10.30pm £6/free Ohso Social Dirty Sunset Disco Metrosexual disco and house club 8pm £1 Preston Manor Hidden House - Behind The Scenes At Preston Manor 11am £10.50/8.50 Proud Cabaret Cabaret! Cabaret! Vintage
vaudeville entertainment including magic, music and the ever-present burlesque 10pm £10/8 Psychosocial Orishas Salsa bands and DJs 9pm £8/7 Ranelagh Roadrunners Funk and soul band 8.30pm £free Riki Tik Work: Matt Barker, Dennis Castro A silken river of alt pop, blog dance and hip twitching jiggy bangers 9pm £free St Luke’s Church Sussex Flutes Flute quintet play Bach, Schumann, Williams, Debussy and Clarke 7.30pm £6/4 Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Late Night Lingerie Wall of sound grunge bands rock right through the small hours 9.30pm £3 Thomas Kemp Hot Tamales: DJs Citizen Lane, HepCat Matt 50s and 60s rock&roll 9pm £free Three & Ten Rabbit In The Headlights Stand-up comedy night 8pm £6/5 Volks Satta Sounds 11pm £tbc Western Front DJ Russ Rockwell Vinyl grooves 8pm £free White Rabbit WTF? Brighton Wonky electro and synth pop nonsense 8pm £free Xuma Wang Dang Doogle DJs play blues, ska, jazz and rock&roll 10pm £free
Saturday 30th
Ancient Mariner The Acoustic Sessions: Tooflemac Acoustic rock and soul covers band 8pm £free Audio Warehouse: Waze & Odyssey House and techno club night 11pm £5/free Belushi’s Bar Insomnia Dance and pop records with DJ Sleeps 9pm £free Black Dove Devil’s Music DJs play swing, jazz and Dixieland 8pm £free Blind Tiger BreakOut Reggae and jungle crew take over 8pm £tbc Brighton Music Hall Blind Tiger Rhythm and blues, electro swing and doo wop 9pm £free Brunswick The Motones Live band plays nothing but the best Motown and northern soul 8pm £6 Caroline Of Brunswick Punk In Drublic Dunk PJs 9pm £free; Controversy - The Prince Party! Simon Price and DJ Smogo pay homage to the lovable sex dwarf with a dress-up night of film, music and themed cocktails 9.30pm £2 Coalition Sisters With Voices: Shola Ama, Elisabeth Troy, Lady T, Angie B, Dogtanian, Outbreak, Snap Back George Nunn Double bill of female singers 11pm £8/6; Blow: Vince Manganaro, Charly Lopez, Charles Green The party never stops 3am £5 Concorde2 AkaAkaRoar!: Jacques Greene, Koreless, Bondax, Lorca Double-headed dubstep weekender spread over 2 venues 11pm £tbc Corn Exchange State of Mind - A Consciousness Science Expo Interactive showcase of technology exploring facets of consciousness and perception 10am £free Cowley Club Club Zygotic & Irongiant Presents Doom metal bands 8pm £5 Cube Delirious Upfront house with Carl Mills and Dave King Time tbc £free Digital Playroom Housey hedonism in a playground of bouncy inflatable fun 11pm £12/10 Doctor Brighton’s Sexy Saturday: DJ Tony B 9.30pm £free Druid’s Arms Main Ingredients DJs Rock, hip hop and beats 10pm £free Duke Of Norfolk DJ Night 90s R&B and hip hop 9pm £free Duke Of York’s Cinema Das Rheingold: Met. Opera 1.30pm £tbc; Your Sister’s Sister Details tbc Fishbowl Daddy Marcus Disco, soul and funk DJ 9pm £free Fortune Of War Producers’ Retreat Live art and brand new music with DJs from the hip hop and jazz funk label, First Word Records 9pm £free Freemasons The Emperor Penguins Rhythm and blues rock band 9pm £free Funkyfish Oldschool Saturday Soul, funk, jazz and Motown 10pm £6/5 Gladstone Gladstonebury: Tragic Roundabout, The Detonators, The Duvettes Three days of music and mayhem Time tbc £free Globe Rum Fridays: BOYF_ DJ plays tracks from the ‘Scene With No Name’ scene, i.e. the scene known as the groove-based dance music scene 8pm £free Green Door Store Vic Godard & Subway Sect, I Ludicrous Premier punk postman plays with post punk pop band 7.30pm £10 H-Bar Soul Damn Funky: Sarah Favouritizm, Russell Ruckman, Kevin Fernando, DJ Suff, Mr CSP, Curly Deb & The Analysir, Paul Saviour, Roy Rogers Deep and soulful US house 9pm £5 Haunt ArnoCorps, Crypsis, Headface Militaristic Austrian metal band who claim to be the Greatest Band Of All Time despite having lyrics based exclusively on the
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films of Arnold Schwarzenegger 7pm £7/6.50 Honey Honey Music: Fenton Gee, Tom Maverick, Vaughany DJs, Jon Byrne, Karl Bush, Squiz Funky house club 11pm £5-8.50 Hope Scarlletta, Fresh Like Dexie, District Myths Fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis Trust headlined by electro pop rockers 7.30pm £7/5 Hove Museum Gigantic Games! Larger than life board games 10.30am/1.30pm £free
HŌMU Tokyo Sounds - No Cars, Smallgang, Ken Kobayashi & The Colours: Brighton Japan 2012 Showcase of new Japanese music 7pm £7 Jazz Place Night At The Jazz Rooms: Russ Dewbury, Perry Louis & The Jazz Co Tech Dancers Legendary Brighton club returns to its old home for jazz dance special 9pm £5/4/free Jive Monkey Alive & Swinging Marilyn Monroe finds heaven a bore so she hooks up with Sinatra and Elvis for one last night of swinging 8.30pm £15 Komedia Krater Comedy Club: Erich McElroy, Ian Stone, Phil Nichol, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 7.30pm/11pm £15-20; Mod For It Northern Soul, Motown, 60s garage, new wave and ska 11pm £5; ipop! Like an iPod full of party anthems on perpetual shuffle 11pm £3/free Life Juicebox! New eclectic club night offering an nice alternative to the standard seafront malarky 11pm £5/3 Moshi Moshi Asahi Anime 2012: Brighton Japan 2012 More Japanese stuff, this time involving an assortment of anime activities as well as cosplay and karaoke contests 11am £free Mucky Duck DJ Juan Corbi Hip hop, funk and beats 9pm £free Northern Lights DJ RC Viking Horny invasion party 9pm £free Oceana Sound Of Saturday Disco club for West Street’s finest 10.30pm £10/free Ohso Social Saturday Social 8pm £free Pavilion Theatre Little Sunshine Little Rainfall Kids’ show mixing Japanese folklore with traditional music and dance 11.30am/2.30pm £7/5 Psychosocial Dan Pulse, Sub-Line DJs, DJ Ramos, Atomic Drop 10pm £7/5 Ranelagh Savages Voodoo rockabilly from Yorkshire 8.30pm £free Riki Tik Caught Up: Loren Heer, Neal Lewis Underground house, funk, soul, boogie and disco 9pm £free Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Bitter Disko DJ plays mutant funk, post punk and John Peel favourites (in the bar) 9pm £free; Stick It On This is a night with a difference - one in which you become the DJ! An iPod is all you need to make your musical journey. YOU decide which requests to take, which classics to play and which self-indulgent B-sides to risk 10.30pm £5/4/3 Three & Ten Off The Cuff Audience-seeded jokes made up on the spot 8pm £8/6 Victory Teen Dream 60s garage and punk DJs 9pm £free Volks Evolution 4th Birthday Drum&bass night 10pm £tbc Western Front DJ James Ongley Soul, funk, breaks and disco 8pm £free White Rabbit The Mixer Men DJ night 8pm £free Xuma Boo Woo: Rough Chowder Cajun swamp blues Time tbc £free
ExhibitionS
BRIGHTON MUSEUM & ART GALLERY Dreams of Here: Julian Bell, Tom Hammick, Andrzej Jackowski New work by three contemporary painters and printmakers Until June 10th; Charlotte, The Forgotten Princess Exhibition about the short life of George IV’s popular daughter Until September; Fashion And The Flag The new wave of patriotism continues apace with this collection of clothes incorporating or influenced by the Union Jack Until Nov 25th; The Hole In Mount Hakone Prints and drawings inspired by the 19th century Japanese artist, Hiroshige Until Oct 21st GULLIVER’S HOTEL Sugar And Spice A solo show of figurative paintings by Philomena Harmsworth Until June 10th HOTEL PELIROCCO Booked In Photo portraits of writers and musicians from the Ace Stories literature events June 25th - Aug 15th HOVE MUSEUM & ART GALLERY My Favourite Toy Exhibition celebrating vintage toys Until Nov 6th INK_D Me, Marionette New 3D printworks by the Brighton artist, Graham Carter Until June 3rd PHOENIX GALLERY House 2012 Sculptures, installations and photography playing with notions of home and security Until June 10th SALLIS BENNEY Up And Beyond Graduate art show June 9th - 14th
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six of the best
SPOKEN WORD SECTIONS
Words Nick Coquet, James Kendall, Rosie Kendall
For the dramatic lyricist, clever couplets and alliterative prose can sometimes fall short of their intended emotional levels. He’s turned up to 10 across the board: heartbreak, longing, indignation, retribution... Where can he go from there? Where? Fortunately, number 11 on the wordsmith’s dial is the spoken segment. Brought out like ballad big guns, they offer the singer the chance to step back from the song and offer a heartfelt director’s commentary on proceedings. We’ll talk you through half a dozen.
Sonic Youth
‘Tunic (Song For Karen)’
The best spoken word sections come in the middle of songs that are stories, and this one is a great tale. Kim Gordon takes the role of Karen Carpenter delivering a message to her loved ones from beyond the grave. A happy ending to a life cruelly taken by anorexia before anyone understood it, Karen’s got a band with her mates Janis, Dennis and Elvis and, most importantly, she’s playing the drums again. Sonic Youth were into their talky bits on ‘Goo’. “Are you gonna liberate us girls from male, white corporate oppression?” Kim asks a non-committal Chuck D on ‘Kool Thing’. (JK)
Charlene
‘I’ve Never Been To Me’
Born again Charlene’s nostalgic ramblings of days of yachts and champagne hide a sinister purpose, as she indoctrinates us with patriarchy-supporting scaremongering about the dangers of the “subtle whoring that costs too much to be free.” She thinks we’re all wanton slags for partying it up, and ominously advises us to settle for a kiddie and a quarrelsome husband before it’s too late. God forbid we should have lascivious royalty ripping our knickers off in exotic locations like poor damaged Charlene and her barren womb. Stay home ladies, and do the laundry. Fun isn’t for us. That’s truth, that’s love… (RK)
The Horrors
‘Who Can Say’
As shown by his Cat’s Eyes offshoot, Farris is clearly a fan of 60s girl groups, so it follows that a spoken word section should make an appearance in The Horrors. Over grumbling bass and swirling garage-psych organ he deadpans that dumping his bird hadn’t gone so well. “And when I told her
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I didn’t love her anymore, she cried”, he says dispassionately. The devastating passage is actually taken from Jay & The Americans’ Spector goes country-esque ‘She Cried’, later covered by The Shangri-Las, who themselves know their way around talking in a song (see ‘Leader Of The Pack’). (JK)
Dexys Midnight Runners ‘This Is What She’s Like’
Cursory research proves most Dexys records to be riddled with conversational catharsis, and this single from ‘Don’t Stand Me Down’ (timing in at 12:24) is in no hurry to get to the meat of the song. It opens with paranoid Kev badgering bandmate Billy Adams over whether people have been talking about him behind his back, before delivering one of the most heartfelt love songs in the Dexys canon. The titular ‘she’ was the bird playing the fiddle on ‘Come On Eileen’, whom our hero was putting over at the time. (NC)
Isaac Hayes
‘By The Time I Get To Phoenix’
At a mere 19 minutes long, you can give Isaac a little time to talk through what he thinks Jimmy Webb was trying to say when he wrote this classic. So what do you think Isaac? Oh, you think it’s about how hard it is for a man to be in love with a woman ‘cos they’re all liars and whores? Now there’s a surprise for a man who wrote the line “One woman is making my home/While the other one is making me do wrong.” But the pay-off of waiting half the tune to get to the actual song is that it slivers over the groove Isaac has been sitting on for nine minutes like lightly-warmed molasses. (JK)
Soft Cell
‘Torch’
For this 1982 single, Soft Cell garnished their 60s girl group homage with the breathy stylings of Cindy Ecstasy. Her day job was pre-prohibition pill provision for the dandy duo, but her spoken contribution to this song is its making. A sexually confused yet libidinous Almond likens her to Billie Holliday (drunk, high on smack etc...) and tells her he wants to grab her and kiss her. She confirms a likely violent rebuttal. We like her work on ‘Memorabilia’ too, but it’s more of a rap and thus cannot be included here for reasons of pedantry. (NC)
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