Brighton SOURCE Nov 2010

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Cinecity EIGHTIES Matchbox b-line disaster

mumdance global rampage starts here

the eighties matchbox b-line disaster see interview, page 18

SOURCE HELPS WARM YOU UP

Oh god, it’s bleak at the moment, isn’t it?

Cuts, cold nights, new Kings of Leon album – it’s enough to make you hibernate early.

Or alternatively we can all stop moaning and try and have some fun, take our minds off the misery. That’s what we plan to do, starting with firing up the new Lyrebirds single, cranking up Mumdance’s Mad Decent outing and winding down with Mirrors’ latest. Then we’ll hit a bunch of the amazing gigs on offer – Born Ruffians, Liars and Caribou for a start. All that costs money of course, but if you can scrabble the change together for a pint The Kin Bar is putting on some great local bands for gratis. And before the Photo Biennial leaves for a couple of years, we’re gonna take another opportunity to see the best free thing to happen in Brighton for ages.

Alternatively if you’re really struggling you can have us cheer you up every Friday at Under the Volcano, the brilliant new night from us, Teen Creeps and Proper Gander at The Yard (you know, it used to be the Ocean Rooms). We’ll be banging out tunes that can only help to make you smile, even if the damn government has taken your job/ benefits/lover.

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Personnel

Editor James Kendall ManageR Rosie Kendall Designer Matt Barker at Artwerk DEPUTY Editor Nick Coquet Sales Manager Lucy Kamper listings editor Ben Bailey NEWS editor Lydia Stockbridge Cover James Kendall & Rhys Wootton at Octopus Gallery

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Contents

News 4 New In Town 6 Letters 8 Gig Previews 10 Interview: Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster 18 Club Previews 20 Club Review: Jailbait 26 Club Review: B-Side 28 Interview: Mumdance 30 Culture 32 Art: Dan Baldwin 34 Preview: Cinecity 36 Critic 38 SOURCE Virgins: Reiki 40 Street Style 42 Street Style Extra 44 Unsung Hero: Daniel Nathan 46 Secret Eater: Sunny 48 In Conversation With: Duke of York’s 50 Listings 52 Six Of The Best: Old School Goth 62

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movember

NEWS

WORDS BY NICK COQUET, JESSICA MARSHALL MCHATTIE, LYDIA STOCKBRIDGE

TIP TOP TOP LIPS

November’s arrival signals another month of facial topiary in aid of prostate cancer awareness – yes, it’s Movember once again.

For the uninitiated, this means a month of moustache growing for the gents and possibly some sustained Veet-avoidance for the ladies as well. The movember.com website has all the details you need to register, alongside grooming tips, events and competitions. Get growing, get yourself sponsored and raise some dough for a good cause. You can always have sex in December, after all.

HERO TO ZERO

As Brighton venues continue to topple like dominos, New Hero appears to be the latest to join the ranks of locked doors and P45s. We’re not exactly sure what’s happened there – it’s not going to get turned into a Tesco and there’s been no report of noise problems – it just seems like the numbers weren’t coming through the doors, even as a massive facelift to the nights and promoters was getting underway. We hear that there are plans to return to its r’n’b club days, although the official line seems to be that the club will remain closed for the foreseeable future.

CONCORDE CATWALK

BrightonLovesFashion is a showcase for the work of five local fashion designers including recent Brighton University graduates, all in aid of Brighton Women’s Centre. The Concorde gives up its Sunday on the 7th for this show planned, promoted and produced entirely through voluntary work and contributions; complete with a local make-up artist and local music. Promising a glitzy night of VIP tickets, theatrical outfits, and a smug, do-good feeling in the pit of your stomach, there are much worse (and less worthwhile) ways to spend your post-roast Sunday.

BIG GIG WINS

Recognising talent in all areas of the music industry, the Live UK Music Business Awards has awarded not one but two prizes to our great city. Josh Dean of Family Entertainments bagged Best Indie promoter while the Concorde 2 claimed the oddly titled but highly sought-after Best Venue Teamwork (Under 800 Capacity).

It just goes to show that despite venue closures and noise abatement notices being banded around like flyers; Brighton’s

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still highly regarded for putting on some of the best shows around. Congratulations guys, here’s to another good year for music in Brighton.

GARLANDS FOR JUDY

Coming to town on Sunday 7th is Judy Berger, leading the vintage fash-pack at Brighton racecourse for Judy’s Affordable Vintage Fair. ‘Old clothing isn’t old hat’ says Berger, and rightly so, with even Daisy Lowe racing through the rails when she set up shop at Vintage at Goodwood this year. Having wowed each city in turn on her whirlwind tour of the country, with labels like Dior, Ossie Clarke and YSL hidden among the rest, we advise getting an early bird ticket to get you in at 11am and snap up those gems first.

GRUB PRIZE GRAB

We all know how much Brightonians love their food, so it comes as no surprise that three out of the six Sussex Young Chef Of The Year contenders have BN postcodes. Daniel Whittle, 21, of Temptations Cafe (where we had a delectable fry-up a few issues back) will be competing along with Will Stayner, 25, from Hotel Du Vin and Simon Duncan, 20, from Sam’s Of Brighton. All have a rep for being pretty darn good – let’s hope they make it through the live cook-off round on Tuesday 9th where they’ll be serving a three-course meal for the judges.

TUNE TEACHING

If you want to get involved in making music, head down to Access To Music’s open day on Saturday 20th at Scream Studios. ATM run Digital and Performing Musician courses, mentoring the students and giving them the opportunity to earn their stripes gigging around town. Workshops and masterclasses help round the raw individual into a lean, mean, record-selling machine – and you don’t need armfuls of GCSEs to get in, just a passion for music. Britpop historians will be interested to note that Martin Rossiter out of Gene teaches there. He sang “this is as good as it gets” – for aspiring stars of tomorrow this course is just that. Go to www.accesstomusic.co.uk for more info.

BEER ETC

Beer festivals can sometimes be slightly snobbish real ale aficionado affairs. But this one, running from 25th-28th in a heated marquee next to the West Pier, has cheerfully thrown open its doors to Stella, Heineken and Guinness as well as local microbreweries, and even spirits, cocktails and wine ‘for the ladies’. Hog roasts and food stands make it a very decent day out indeed – and you can leave your pipe and knitted sweater at home. See www.beerfestbrighton.co.uk for more ale details.

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teen creeps at under the volcano

New In Town

Words by Matt Barker Nick Coquet, james kendall, lydia stockbridge

UNDER THE VOLCANO •

Choosing a club that all your mates want to go to is a pain in the arse. Well, Dynamite Sal and Iain Huddy – the brains behind We Luv Pop and Hold Up! – have grafted Proper Gander and Teen Creeps into a new Friday night at The Yard called Under The Volcano, and SOURCE is going to be the glue. The basement stays bass-heavy; a serious dubstep and drum’n’bass night from the Proper Gander boys, while Teen Creeps provide a super-cool trip into the more obscure end of synth pop, punk and electro on the middle floor. We’ll drag our favourite DJ mates and band members to the upstairs cocktail bar for a right party.

Arguments sorted then.

Green Door Store •

Fire up the ticker tape parade, there’s a new venue in town, and it looks like a really good one too. We don’t know about the bands playing yet but the ‘space’ – as interior design wankers say – is incredible, a knackered archway under the station with loads of character. We like it so much that we shot our cover there and the placement (on the road opposite the Prince Albert) means there shouldn’t be any noise problems. Thank god.

the HONEY •

The mega-club that is The Honey has been transformed into a state-of-the-art place to spend your weekends.

Either as a VIP sipping Cristal from the new glass-fronted lounge overlooking the DJ booth or dancing yourself skinny under the gaze of the new Showtec lighting rig, the new facelift ensures no one goes away disappointed.

They’ve moved the cloakroom and foyer area around too, so there’s no more stifling wait in the queue for Hat Club on Saturdays, either.

RAG TRADE POP-UP SALE

It’s the month of all things thrifty and luxe as Brighton Dome plays host to the Rag Trade Pop-Up Sale, with free entry all weekend starting on Saturday 27th to get your hands on designer dresses to die for at a fraction of the cost. If you didn’t catch them in September, it’s worth a look-in to bag a knock-down Viv Westwood, Reiss or Marc Jacobs. Or if you’re looking to make a bit of easy money, bring your cast-offs in early to the Dome foyer and sell ‘em on, sisters.

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URBAN OUTFITTERS

Christmas will be coming early this year as Urban Outfitters comes to town on Friday 12th. They’re taking up residence at the old Borders store in Churchill Square, with two floors dedicated to the most cutting edge brands around, as well as their own stuff too. APC, Surface To Air, Back by Ann-Sofie Back and Peter Jensen are just some of the oh-sohip labels being stocked right now. For those who can’t wait that long, check out their online store at www.urbanoutfitters.co.uk .

BRIGHTON BEST •

Sussex’s famed WJ King Brewery have come up with a new nectar set to quench our thirsts. Since taking over the company with business partner Nigel, head brewer Ian Burgess (formerly of Harvey’s of Lewes brewery fame) has concocted Brighton Best. Soon to be a sure-fire hit on the ale market, it’s available in 36 pubs across the city – see what you make of Brighton’s latest addition to the taps.

SUNDAY SERVICE •

Sundays at Above Audio are taking shape as the sophisticated way to see live music. Every Sunday evening we can expect to be treated to a cherry-picked array of local acts courtesy of Sunday Service, with Forestears, The Self Help Group and the folk blues of Apples For Eve. Relax in the plush upstairs bar and treat yourself to a board of Sussex cheeses and specially chosen red wines to accompany, or for the sweettoothed; cakes and puds from Baked Bliss. Head down and indulge.

XUMA •

The funky folk behind the Fortune Of War’s recently revived, er, fortunes are taking over Xuma on the Seven Dials, which means a bunch of good stuff on the horizon. Friday is now The High Brow Low Volume Good Music Night, with special guest DJs playing anonymously as well as new talent, all spinning top tunes from the 50s up to the 10s. Saturdays are special guest nights, with the 27th seeing FIP DJs from Paris airing their eclectic playlists. All sounds like good news to us.

Beyond Days

During this year’s Great Escape festival, the surprise venue find had to be Beyond Retro, with it’s warehouse-proportioned interior. Gracing that worryingly high balcony were the likes of Theophilus London, La Shark and Othello Wolf. Having done that, local promoters of excellence So Darn So have secured more gigs there (titled Beyond Days), starting on the 19th and 20th of this month. Beyond Retro are also celebrating their first anniversary at the Hope with a big free knees-up featuring Museum of Bellas Artes, a Maccabees DJ set, plus lots of freebies.

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pope joan

Letters ENJOYED THE PAPAL VISIT

Cheers for your Brighton Live gigs. I went to the first one with Monsters Build Mean Robots and it was so good I ended up coming back for all three. Great bands – AK/DK completely blew me away and it was good to see Holy Vessels after seeing them support The Maccabees. But the best of all was last. Pope Joan gave 16578% in their performance. They’re gonna be huge, right? Everyone else seemed to enjoy it so I guess so. My girlfriend couldn’t keep her eye off the drummer after he took his top off but I can forgive them that. This time anyway.

Jack, via email Hey, no worries – we enjoyed it all as much as everyone else. We want to thank Conrad who kept things running smoothly, Dave and Anthony for lending us Jam, and Mark, Alison and the Brighton Live board for making it all possible. But mainly we want to thank God and our parents. But, yeah, it was ace – Andre from Pope Joan’s torso winning Best In Show.

IMAGE SEARCH

Can I just ask where you got the image for your Grinderman cover from? I really like it and wanted to track it down.

Jon, via www.brightonsource.co.uk It’s a painting by Alex Young that he did exclusively for SOURCE. When it turned up we cheered – it virtually got a standing ovation.

If you want to check out more of Alex’s work head over to brainofalexyoung.com. His paintings can cost up to £4,000 but he also sells prints for much less. He’s a Brighton legend whose work you’ll have seen more often than you know.

DARK IN THE CAVE

I love Nick Cave but he sounds like hard work. Still, amazing that you got an audience with the man. The new Grinderman album is a real grower but I’m still loving the first one.

Louie, via email Hard work perhaps isn’t quite the right word but he’s pretty intense, certainly – but that’s what you want from him. We felt like we’d sparred with him and come out second best. But in an intellectual battle of wills on the subject of ‘Nick Cave’ we were always going to lose.

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PICTURES PITCH PERFECT

Thanks for your stuff on the Photo Biennial (is that how you spell it?). I went to the Co-Op and there were loads of stunning images – especially the returning soldiers, the Indian photos with people sleeping in them and the fashiony African portraits. The vegetable thing is proper shit though. I love Martin Parr but I think he went mental the day he chose that.

Vanessa, via email The Biennial has been amazing, hasn’t it? The only disappointment was that that Alex Soth didn’t get to shoot here himself.

Someone get him back to finish the job properly.

AM I DOTTY?

Can I ask what the red dots mean? I’m new to Brighton so have only just started to read SOURCE. Am I being a bit dim?

Jo, via email No, not at all. It’s a thing we’ve been doing with the council this year that shows the homegrown talent performing in the city. If you see a red dot (•) it means that the band/DJ/artist/club night is from Brighton. It’s a subject close to our heart, and the core of the magazine’s ethos. All the people we interview in the mag are local, all the reviews too, plus every event we cover is happening in town. Local ‘til death.

FRY-UP AWARDED GOLD

Just had a quick flick through the magazine and thought I’d let you know that you missed an absolute gem. The Golden Cannon on St George’s Road in Kemptown does a cracking fry-up – £5.50 will get you two sausages, two bits of bacon, two eggs, two fried tomatoes, beans, mushrooms and toast. Everything is changeable and it really hits the spot. Even if you never do another fried breakfast feature, give it a go – it won’t disappoint.

As far as I know they serve it from 10am till noon during the week and 10am till 4pm on a Sunday.

Filip, via email As far as you know?! You sound pretty clued up on it – are you sure you’re not the chef? It’s certainly a glowing report and it sounds right up our street. Thanks for the heads up.

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Fenech-soler

Gig Previews

WORDS BY DAN BOWEN, BEN GILBERT, KERI KENNEDY, DAVID LETTS, JESSICA MARSHALL MCHATTIE, HELEN MURDOCH, THE RECOMMENDER, LYDIA STOCKBRIDGE, DOM VALVONa

FENECH-SOLER

Audio Tues 2nd

This four-piece band from Northamptonshire, led by the brothers Ross and Ben Duffy, arrive in Brighton as part of their UK tour to support the release of their self-titled debut LP. Their anthemic brand of electronic pop is as perfect for the blogs as it is for Radio 1, so the clamour between Brighton’s promoters and venues to secure the band on this tour was very competitive – predictably a national promoter won the booking. Hot. (TR)

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Concorde 2 Weds 3rd

Californian dance punks !!! (normally pronounced ‘chk chk chk’, ‘pow pow pow’ or ‘that band with the exclamation marks’) are coming to weave their magic at Concorde 2 this month, and are renowned for their chaotic, jumpy live shows.

Their members have been on the scene for decades, and their rock, punk and dance fusion paved the crossover way for acts such as Bloc Party, Hot Chip and Kasabian, with lazy vocals, speedy synths and pared-back beats. (JMM)

Casiotone For The Painfully Alone Prince Albert Weds 3rd

‘Celebrating 13 years of obscurity’, Casiotone makes his final curtain call this month with his last show ever. The jewel in One Inch Badge’s crown is bidding goodbye to his moniker and turning to musical pastures new, so don’t worry too much – we’re sure we’ll be hearing Ashworth under a new guise soon. OIB’s latest signing, the multimedia-utilising folk loopings of Robert Stillman, provide support. (LS)

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I BLAME COCO Brighton Ballroom Weds 3rd

It’s one thing to be the daughter of Gordon Sumner, aka Sting, but Eliot Pauline Styler-Sumner, aka Coco, actually sounds remarkably like her father too. Her good looks previously earned her work as a model before she turned to acting, finally deciding a career in the music industry suited best. Thankfully the resulting debut album shows us she’s taken the lessons from her father’s love of pop drenched in reggae as much as she has his lessons in using pseudonyms. (TR)

EDWYN COLLINS Komedia Thurs 4th

Edwyn Collins’ re-emergence as a performer following his severe health problems in 2005 (two brain haemorrhages for a start) have been well documented, but it’s been, as his old band Orange Juice would have it, ‘Onwards And Upwards’ for him ever since. Collins’ latest album ‘Losing Sleep’, his first to be fully written and recorded post-hospitalisation, brought old Postcard pal Roddy Frame, Johnny Marr and assorted Cribs, Drums, Franzes and Magic Numbers along to assist their hero. Collins is one of UK indie’s true gents, and it’s wonderful to have him back. (DL)

MEN

Prince Albert Thurs 4th

Brooklyn has always been a hotbed of talent, but over the last year or two it’s been on turbo-drive. Hot off that production line is this collective who arrive with a level of pedigree, formed as they are from members of various New York bands such as Hirsute and, most prominently, Le Tigre. JD Samson (from the latter) seems the main driver, in a line-up that often rotates. The charged-up music takes tips from all of their electroclash roots, but still has a pop freshness that suits 2010. (TR)

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GIG PREVIEWS

MYSTERY JETS

Yann Tiersen

Concorde 2 Fri 5th

Yann Tiersen is probably best known for writing the Amelie soundtrack, but in his native France he’s recognised as one of their most impressive and thought-provoking composers. His diversity of style and original approach see him using discarded typewriters and toy pianos as instruments, yet he remains critically acclaimed and is compared favourably with Chopin. Not to be written off as solely classical, his recent live tours have seen frantic switches between instruments and a focus on the electric guitar, so this should be a truly captivating performance. (JMM)

WILD NOTHING

Jam Fri 5th

Will 2010 be remembered as the year that was dominated by the chillwave genre? [Wouldn’t have thought so – Ed]. Well, there’s certainly been a plethora of shoegazing artists drifting over from the East Coast of America all year, but few have plucked out as much melody from the typically cloudy music as this solo artist.

Jack Tatum released his debut album ‘Gemini’ earlier in the year to some serious acclaim and plenty of online buzz, so this should be a mesmerising performance to look forward to. (TR)

Veronica Falls

Hope Sat 6th

Seeing this show will truly raise your hipster-goth credentials.

With songs such as ‘Found Love In A Graveyard’ and ‘Beachy Head’, these guys make lo-fi pop punk in such a nonchalant style you can’t help but shoegaze your way through one of their sets in a helpless fit of apathy. Conjuring up references of Crystal Stilts, and the new wave of surf punk bands like Vivian Girls, Wavves and Fair-Ohs, we have a feeling these guys will be making it big pretty soon. (LS)

CLOUD CONTROL Prince Albert Weds 10th

This Antipodean four-piece have already released their debut album ‘Bliss Release’ in Australia, but sadly us Brits have to wait a little longer. Perhaps the fact that they’re returning for another

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Brighton showcase so soon after their last one back in July suggests that a release is imminent. If so, it comes with a massive stamp of approval from us, as it’s absolutely rammed with virtually perfect, harmonic pop tunes. Get a taste of it at this small venue and you’ll see precisely what we mean. (TR)

Mystery Jets Concorde 2 Weds 10th

Mystery Jets return to the stage brandishing their third studio album ‘Serotonin’, the eagerly awaited follow-up to 2008’s acclaimed ‘Twenty One’. An altogether more coherent album then their previous efforts, witnessing ‘Serotonin’ live at the Concorde 2 looks set to be a spectacular event. Mystery Jets are a must-see band, especially in an intimate venue like this – the perfect live show if you want an evening of fun Britpop and an amazingly quirky performance. (HM)

GOLD PANDA

Audio Thurs 11th

Imagine if it actually was a gold panda. We’ve all staggered past the Brighton Sealife Centre and thought; “I should go in there one day. Maybe they’ve got a shark.” Well, maybe they have but there’s certainly no gold pandas charging about. That honour is reserved for Audio, which tonight plays host to the Peckham producer’s lush electronic ecstasy, as showcased on winning debut album ‘Lucky Shiner’. Let’s just hope the Chinese don’t get wind of the gig. Their animal rights record is terrible! (BG)

Hauschka

Duke of York’s Thurs 11th

FatCat Records sure know a good artist when they see one, and Hauschka is no exception, playing an intimate show at the Duke of York’s cinema this month as part of a tour in support of his third album, ‘Foreign Landscapes’. The usual melee of gaffa tape, felt and other stationery accoutrements that Hauschka places within the piano to create his original works, will be making an appearance alongside this forward-thinking pianist and composer.

If you don’t believe us, you’ll just have to go to the show and see for yourselves. (LS)

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GIG PREVIEWS

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Liars

Concorde 2 Fri 12th

LA-based Liars are returning to Brighton for the first time in three years, bringing the ‘Sisterworld’ live show down south before heading to the Constellations Festival in Leeds. Angus and co, known for their thunderous, tribal and often brutal sonic terrorism, have been described as ‘difficult listening’. But for a band who clearly have no boundaries and song titles like ‘The Frozen Glacier Of Mastadon Blood’, who knows what horrors they’ll stir up? One thing is for sure, they’ll rattle your soul. (KK)

THE DIVINE COMEDY Komedia Sun 14th

Neil Hannon’s last album was entirely about cricket. Well, no one expected him to come up with a drunken, rowdy paean to rugby, a collection of chair-throwing footy anthems or a sophisticated motorik electro invocation of the pace and momentum of Formula 1. 2009’s self-satisfied ‘Duckworth Lewis Method’ chronicled all things stump-related; featuring such choice cuts as ‘The Coin Toss’, ‘The Nightwatchman’ and ‘The End Of The Over’. All of which leads SOURCE to hope rain stops play this evening.

Howzat, Hannon? (BG)

The Peacocks Prince Albert Sun 14th

This month sees the return of the Swiss rockabilly punk rock’n’roll trio The Peacocks to the Prince Albert. Having sold out previous shows here, this promises to be another packed pub pogo-ing around to one of the best rock’n’roll bands in the world. More than able support comes from German instrumental surfabillies The Razorblades, the Ramones-meets-Buddy Holly pop punk favourites Zatopeks and psychobilly from Go-Go-Cult. A night of riffs for quiffs. (DB)

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A-HA

Brighton Centre Mon 15th

In their 80s heyday, Nordic pop survivors a-ha brought UK teens many wondrous things: the innovative ‘Take On Me’ video (OK, it’s hardly ‘Avatar’, but minds boggled in 1985), some ferociously difficult spelling problems for Smash Hits subs, and Morten Harket’s enviable good looks and glacier-shattering vocal range.

But now, the end is near, and fabulously a-ha bow out after this world tour, titled with wonderful good humour, the ‘Ending On A High Note’ tour. Don’t worry, darling, Mummy just has something in her eye. (DL)

Les Savy Fav

Komedia Mon 15th

New York City favourites Les Savy Fav hit Brighton, and hit could be the figurative word if their nutty, balding, bearded front-man has anything to do with it. Far from the typical image of a mathrock geek in glasses and a polo shirt, Tim Harrington prefers to don a cape and underpants. Spectacle aside, Les Savy Fav remain an influential and innovative band, with catchy tunes and a longevity which command more credibility than most art-rock bands can aspire to. Despite the costumes. (JMM)

DIAMOND RINGS Prince Albert Mon 15th

What we thought was simply a side project of John O’Regan, from the band The D’Urbevilles, turns out to be a focused money-maker as he arrives in Brighton on a UK-wide tour.

Renaming himself ‘John O’ and adorning his eyes with facepaint initially got him dismissed as yet another 80s John Hughes soundtrack fan, but it turned out to be a rather innovative creation. The resulting album ‘Special Affections’ shows off a variety of skills, producing a bagful of heartfelt songs with many strong pop hooks. (TR)

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GIG PREVIEWS

sleigh bells

GORILLAZ

Brighton Centre Thurs 18th

What’s next for Damon Albarn? The opera’s done, Blur have got back together and smashed it into the middle of next year and with Gorillaz he’s halfway to rejuvenating most of pop’n’roll’s deluded, bewildered and fallen icons. Well, NASA’s mission to Mars seems to have run aground, no cure for cancer is forthcoming and the Sagrada Familia is still incomplete. It’s a mark of the man that no objective or ambition seems beyond him. But what’s next? Brighton, that’s what. Lucky Brighton. (BG)

SLEIGH BELLS

Audio Sat 20th

Coalition Weds 24th

Canadian electronic music bod Caribou just produced one of the year’s most omnivorous dance albums. ‘Swim’ stridently stepped over musical boundaries, mixing beguiling 80s influences, 60s psychedelia and early house music to produce a pretty aloof but stirring LP. Viscerally challenging and effortlessly effective, Caribou is quite popular at the moment, so obtain that ticket early. (DV)

BEACH HOUSE

Concorde 2 Thurs 25th

For an ‘indie’ act, having your debut album named the 16th best of 2006 by Pitchfork must be quite a buzz. But Baltimore duo Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally are surely getting used to the accolades.

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CHRIS BROKAW & GEOFF FARINA

Freebutt Sun 28th

This New York duo may be something of a Marmite band, but don’t listen to those folk who dismiss their noisy, punked pop music, because their debut album ‘Treats’ is an absolute winner. Their hi-energy tunes, sometimes crashing, sometimes nursery-rhymecute, will bowl you over live, especially with the striking, femme fatale singer Alexis Krauss jumping around. They’re one of the most hyped bands of 2010, but their ability to hook you in and hold you there (by the throat), is breathtakingly good. We can’t wait. (TR)

Caribou

January’s stunning third studio effort ‘Teen Dream’ showcased a band entirely at ease in their own skin – hardly surprising given what a comforting, wistful, expansive and lucidly realised collection of songs they had conjured, drifting in from that fantastical world we call ‘dream-pop’. Your move, Pitchfork. (BG)

At last, some live music quiet enough to slip under the radar of the Freebutt’s noise limiters, this acoustic pairing of Chris Brokaw (Codeine, Come) and Geoff Farina (Karate, Glorytellers) promises an evening of downbeat songs from the pre-WW2 American songbook. Brokaw and Farina’s album ‘The Angel’s Message To Me’ saw the pair interpret blues and ragtime songs by the likes of Blind Blake and Rev. Gary Davis in a faithfully stripped-back manner, including some very familiar standards. Not the cheeriest way to celebrate live music’s return to the troubled venue, but worthy of everyone’s support. (DL)

HEAVEN 17

Corn Exchange Tues 30th

Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh were determined not to become the twin Pete Bests of synth pop, following their 1980 ousting from the pre-chart fame Human League. So they recruited genial vocalist Glenn Gregory and produced one of the era’s defining albums, ‘Penthouse And Pavement’ (recorded in shifts at the same studio the League were using to tape their defining album ‘Dare’, icily). Heaven 17’s own hits would come later, but ‘Penthouse’s thick electro-funk and ironic foreshadowing of 80s materialism has aged well.

Minus Marsh, the reformed group perform the album in its entirety tonight. (DL)

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THE EIGHTIES MATCHBOX B-LINE DISASTER WORDS BY NICK COQUET

We first saw Eighties Matchbox years ago at a Universal Music conference, playing like demons to music biz suits at 9am, on a bill also featuring the Sugababes. A fair amount’s happened since then and they’re back in town this month.

You’ve got quite a history – major and indie label releases, and then you did it yourself with ‘Blood & Fire’...

Guy McKnight: Yes, we formed 12 years ago but didn’t play any gigs for six months, we just had a party and became a local laughing stock so we thought we’d better write some songs and show people we meant business. We put a single out on Radiate then Universal picked us up. Chris Goss produced the second album; he was flavour of the month at the time after QOTSA. We learnt a lot from him, not just about music. But after that, yes, it was a big change to make “Blood & Fire’ ourselves.

Where did you record it?

Guy: We did it at Tristan (McLenahan – guitar)’s dad’s studio in France. He’s not loaded or anything, he’s just a musician who’s collected pieces of equipment over the years – he’s just got a real passion for music. We saved up a load of our fees from gigs, paid our way over there and Tristan’s brother engineered it.

The current single ‘So Long Goodnight’ sounds very commercial…

Guy: Tom (Diamantopoulo – drums) wrote that and he has a natural ability to write pop songs, maybe he wouldn’t appreciate me saying that – but it’s meant as a compliment. I mean, I don’t think I can do that. But our favourite bands when we started were Pixies, Stooges, 13th Floor Elevators, Love, The Clash – The Doors had their 11-minute songs but they had pop songs too. I love the band Love – they’re sinister and psychedelic but it’s still pop. I think it follows the rudiments of popular music in that it has verses and choruses, hooks, but crafted to be palatable.

Dominic: It’s on the borderlines of acceptable...

You’ve never really been part of a scene?

Dominic: The band’s always been on the outskirts of any scenes. Matchbox has never really considered what the genre is; whenever people ask I never know what to say, we all have such different influences. People say gothabilly but that doesn’t really fit, it’s so far away from that.

Guy: It was an accident, I thought everyone would think we were a Doors/Pixies/Stooges rip-off band but no one ever said that. I had dreams of playing much slower, creeping music to croon to but we had too much energy and we were on the wrong drugs when we started. The more gigs we played the faster we got. All of a sudden we were this fucking weird punk band…

There was a six-year gap between the last two albums, are you back into the cycle of album/tour/promo now?

Guy: We’ve got a deal now and the label are happy for us to What can we expect from the Brighton show? release music any which way we want, downloads, EP, album or Guy: We’re planning on playing the ‘Horse Of The Dog’ album. whatever.

Dominic: Well, it might not be the full album but it’s just for Dominic Knight: We’ve been constantly writing since we got Brighton, or maybe London as well. But we’re ending the tour back from the last tour in June. There’s tracks out there and we here and we thought it would be nice to do a bit of an extra set may be doing something soon, after the usual set. The last gig for The we’ll see how it goes. There’s Great Escape at Hector’s House was no definite schedule, the deal amazing – there were a few hundred LIVE: Digital, Thurs 4th gives us freedom to do it how people queuing round the block who ALBUM: ‘Blood & Fire’ out now we want, it just depends what couldn’t get in, so we really want to do WEB: myspace.com/eightiesmatchboxblinedisaster we’re going to do with it really. something nice for them.

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CLUB PREVIEWS WORDS BY MATT BARKER, NICK COQUET, CHARLIE HAYWOOD, JAMES KENDALL, JESSICA MASHALL MCHATTIE, THE RECOMMENDER, LYDIA STOCKBRIDGE

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ILIKE •

The Hampton Saturdays

Long before it became the name of a Facebook app, and DJing on iPods felt like a good idea, iLike was the democratisation of DJing removing the tyranny of having to build a vinyl collection and learning to mix. I know this because about seven years ago I started the night with the lovely Shimmy Hendrix. One night we got iLike kicked out of 93 Feet East for being too rowdy and some of the young DJs who came to battle each other urged us to carry on somewhere else. “Why don’t you do it,” we said, and that’s exactly what they’ve done. Take your iPod or iPhone down and give it a go. Just don’t get too rowdy. (JK)

COUNT & SINDEN Digital Thurs 4th

DJ tag-team the Count & Sinden are doing the rounds this month, touring their debut album, ‘Mega Mega Mega’ out on Domino records. Infamously hitting the charts with ‘Beeper’ back in the day, becoming de rigueur in irritating mobile phone ringtones, the duo have stuck it out. Shunning a mainstream label in preference of the more credible indie route, does this mean the boys are growing up and out of their comic-book hero monikers? We’ll have to wait and see. (LS)

BENJI B

Audio Fri 5th

Smooth-talking darling of Radio 1, Benji B is Mary Anne Hobbs’ late-night replacement, so you’ll be hearing a lot more of him in the coming months. He’s highly regarded for his versatile ability to seamlessly straddle genres and for having a nose for sniffing out the newest producers. Expect tunes you know and tunes you want to know, from hip hop, house, soul and broken beat.

Support comes from two-step pioneer Zed Bias aka Maddslinky and Tru Thoughts’ Hint. (JMM)

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BIG BEAT REUNION 2 • Concorde Fri 5th

Ten or 12 years ago big beat ruled Brighton – people used to travel down from all over the place to go clubbing here. That was basically down to the Big Beat Boutique, one of the most exciting nights we’ve ever been to. There was much leaping about and spilling of beer as DJs like the emerging Fatboy Slim slammed hip hop into house music and emerged with a set of tunes you talked about on the way home (no ‘journeys’ here). After the huge success of the first reunion, another batch of the regulars get to look back – Jon Carter, the Propellerheads, Aphrodite, the infamous Derek Dahlarge and more. The revival starts here. (JK)

CARTE BLANCHE

Coalition Sat 6th

Riton and DJ Medhi absolutely rocked Sonar this year with a set of banging electro topped with the former beefing up the beats on a 909 drum machine. They looked like they were having the time of their lives, and the chirpy electro – a hyped-up mix of 80s soul pop, 90s house music and ghettotech – reflects that. Riton often does his best work in collaboration, and this hook-up with the smooth Ed Banger producer is as good as you’d expect. Might be worth getting tickets for this, it could be busy. (JK)

WILEY

Concorde Sat 6th

Even for someone known for being – how can we put this – a bit feisty, grime pioneer Wiley has had a right year of it: quitting his label Island, sacking his manager over Twitter and giving away 200 new tracks at once (including the album Island had planned to put out). For a man who’s now, by all intents and purposes, a pop star it’s incredible behaviour, but could lead to anything happening on stage tonight. Which isn’t a bad thing – we hope – as long as he turns up on time. Download the 11 zip files of this year’s tracks for a heads up. (JK)

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ANNIE MAC

Digital Thurs 11th

If you want to see Radio 1’s liveliest Dubliner you had best be quick on this one as the hyped-up mistress of, er, hype always sells out Digital. This is of course because she’s the dominating leader of Generation Y’s clubbers, but also because she always brings with her a quality line-up. This time the badly-named but on-message Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs join Ellie Goulding’s white-hot producer, Starsmith, on show. (TR)

MAGNETIC MAN Digital Thurs 11th

The towering behemoth that is Magnetic Man pulls up in Brighton for all the screw-facing/foot-stomping/laserreaching you could possibly ask for on a Thursday night.

Labelled as the first dubstep ‘supergroup’, their material is in a different style to most of their individual work – like the dub equivalent of Cream, with Skream as Eric Clapton, Benga as Jack Bruce and Artwork as Ginger Baker. We’re not entirely sure if that analogy works but check them out. (CH)

JOKER

Audio Fri 12th

Joker’s remix of ‘Cruel Intentions’ by Simian Mobile Disco and Beth Ditto ranks just below the Dogtanian theme song for how long it gets stuck in our head, uninvited. Forgiving this, Bristol’s Joker is one of dubstep’s biggest producers and is known as a key artist moving the genre forward. He’s also known for being young (21), seeing colours when making tracks (mostly purple) and his prolific remixing, so listen out for plenty of catchy pop songs in his wonky overloaded reconstructions. (JMM)

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^I’M WITH STUPID^ • Hope Sat 13th

This party-in-a-box returns courtesy of a new venue in the shape of The Hope on the second Saturday of the month. They’re promising gorilla suits, a pantomime cow and “stupid DJs throwing cash up in the air” as they bang out a playlist of high street hits and ‘big ones’ from motorik rock, future hip hop, crossover disco, and daft pop, from 8pm til very late. (LS)

LAURENT GARNIER Concorde 2 Sat 13th

If you’re a certain age, the name Stompa Phunk will mean some of the best underground house-driven parties you’ve been to in Brighton.

From the Funky Buddha to Audio, they punched way above their weight with amazing residents (Kenny Hawkes, Radio Slave and many more) and incredible guests like Derrick Carter playing in a 250-capacity club. Perhaps the biggest coup was getting French techno legend Laurent Garnier into Audio for an extended DJ set. For the return of Stompa Phunk they’ve upped things by getting him to play live. Plus there’s talk of getting all the residents to play in the bar. We’re not sure which we’re most excited about. (JK)

TORTURE GARDEN

The Yard Sat 16th

Legendary fetish night Torture Garden has got a long history in Brighton, popping in and out for the last decade or so. Despite some controversy, the night has always been less intimidating than its London outing and now that it’s found the, seemingly, perfect home in The Yard, it ought to really make a mark. As much about dressing up as the serious sex stuff, the London event might have the huge shows but if you want to dip your rubber stockinged-toe into the fetish world there’s no better place to start. (JK)

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FOUR TET

Coalition Tues 16th

Brighton favourite Four Tet returns to the coast for another night of pioneering electronica, showing his diverse influences from folk, techno, hip hop and jazz and amalgamating them in a warm sampling, sequencing soup. His unique and multi-layered style has spawned a thousand imitators, and someone who can clearly name Four Tet as an influence is the new supporting artist Luke Abbott, who distorts the basics with his own musical textures and patterns to create a vibrant, dancey vision in sound. (JMM)

ESKMO

Jam Fri 19th

On the back of his (fan-freakin’-tastic) debut release for Ninja Tune, Eskmo is hitting Brighton for the first time. The San Francisco resident has spent the past 10 years going from straight-ish dance music to weirdo electronica labels Warp and Planet Mu, and has now arrived on Ninja with tunes that sounds like the most sublime elements of French synth being pummelled by the toughest glitchhop Flying Lotus wishes he could have made. A rare live set, with 24-carat production, and MSG-grade addictiveness, it’s a treat of an evening all round. (MB)

TERRY HALL

Concorde 2 Fri 19th

The legendarily hang-dog frontman of The Specials brings his battered record box to the seafront for an evening of original ska, reggae, blue beat and dub. We’ve seen his son and absolute doppelganger Felix do a similar thing at the Specials’ anniversary shows last year, now it’s dad’s turn to dust off his loafers and air the tunes that inspired him and an entire generation to do rocksteady.

Expect a full house of creaky-kneed old skinheads letting their braces down. (NC)

SHOGUN AUDIO •

Digital Sat 20th

Following their last appearance at Digital a couple of months ago with Noisia and Alix Perez, Shogun Audio have a lot to live up to.

This month’s line-up certainly seems to be aiming at those same

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giddy heights. Local boys Friction and Spectrasoul head up the evening and any night featuring the daddy of deep d’n’b, dBridge, is guaranteed to be a winner. Add party favourites Nero and this is how drum’n’bass is done in Brighton. (CH)

BATTLEJAM •

Audio Fri 26th

When we ran into JFB the other night he had some sad news for us. This will be the last Battlejam performed in front of a full club audience. From now on, when he gets together with Beardyman to make their live, on-the-fly hip hop (etc) it will be streamed over the internet. Why, you might be asking? Well, they became frustrated with the intricacies of the music being lost in the party atmosphere.

Fair play – it’s always been an uneasy balance for gig and club night, sending it towards the former seems pretty sensible. They’ll be headlining festivals soon anyway. (JK)

AKAAKAROAR •

Life Fri 26th

AkaAkaRoar have been blazing the strand of dubstep that doesn’t involve scally teens in 59Fifty caps. They cast their net much wider than your straight dubstep sound, tonight’s case in point being Ikonika, whose releases have spanned labels like Hyperdub, Warp and Planet Mu. Also on the bill is Joker/Gemmy ally Guido, plus up-and-comer XXXY. As a chunk of bonus love from AkaAkaRoar, £10 will get you one of their lush t-shirts and a mix CD, plus queuejump and cheap entry on the night – all from 412 in the South Lanes. (MB)

HED KANDI

The Honey Sat 27th

As well as their trademark sexy house music on the main floor, Hed Kandi will be blasting out the very now sound of nu disco in the second room of The Honey this month. A natural evolution from the drab remnants of disco, think the glitz’n’glam of New York nightspots versus the minimalist house remixes of A-Trak and the electronic-pop of artists like Glass Candy as championed by overzealous bloggers everywhere. So it’s out with tacky mirror-balls and in with laser beams as Hed Kandi head back to the future. (LS)

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Words and photos by james kendall

When people talk about the hip hop golden age they mean lots of different years but generally they’re banging on about the early to mid 90s. And that’s exactly the era that Jailbait mines.

God, there are some great tunes, particularly from America – positive, good vibes, throw your hands up and have fun shit.

Which is probably why Jailbait is packed every week with a hyped up fresh

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NEXT EVENTS: Every Monday, Life WEB: Facebook, search Jail Bait RESIDENT DJS: Fifi Pedro Pruen, Bradt Dykes, Laura May Coope

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Naughty By Nature ‘OPP’ Ginuwine ‘Pony’ Usher ‘You Make Me Wanna’ Onyx ‘Slam’ MC Lyte ‘Ruffneck’ Snoop Doggy Dogg ‘Gin & Juice’ Jurassic 5 ‘Concrete Schoolyard’ Queen Latifah feat Monie Love ‘Ladies First’ Busta Rhymes ‘Woo Hah!!’

Kriss Kross ‘Jump’

crowd who remember this amazing music from their big brothers playing it growing up. The dancefloor is where all the action happens, the main floor rammed while the other tunnel has just enough room for throwing proper shapes. The Jailbait crew make every effort to have the night feel special. When we popped in they were all dressed like West Coast gangsta rappers and had drafted in cheerleaders, not that any pepping up was needed. It’s the absolute antithesis of a moody hip hop and r’n’b night.

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SOURCE has a friend who used to worry all evening after, say, profits go to helping people who haven’t got the luxury of going shopping for clothes that she should have given all the spunking a load of cash in discotheques. But worthy means money to save dolphins or whatever. boring, right? Not at all – B-Side punches She’s nuts obviously, but sometimes well above its weight, drafting in the very when you arrive empty pocketed from a best guests to the quirky Hector’s House night out you do have to wonder if you’ve venue. DJ Format had queues just pissed your money up the wall. round the block, and Evil Nine NEXT EVENTS: Fri 12th and Fri Luckily Bottletop – helped out are sure to do the same. JFB 19th, Hector’s House – guests TBC

by Playgroup – are back and Hint tore the place right up WEB: www.bottletop.org with their classic B-Side when we popped down and PREVIOUS GUESTS: Bonobo, night and all the atmosphere was friendly Tayo, Fink, Phil Hartnol, Fatboy Slim the and fired up all night. Dancing in a pub though – are you sure? Actually there are people really going for it all night, it works really well. The Tenorio Jr ‘Nebulosa (Nu:Tone Remix)’ self-satified glow will help Tensnake ‘Coma Cat’ with your hangover Marcos Cabral & Shux ‘A Lifetime too. Maybe.

Groove (Jacques Renault Re-Edit)’ Floating Points ‘Vacuum Boogie’ Pariah ‘Safehouses’ Honny & The Bees ‘Psychedelic Woman (Bonobo Remix)’ Greymatter ‘Only To Fall’ Will Saul ‘Mbira’ Bad Rabbits ‘She’s Bad (Gadi Mizrahi And Soul Clap Remix)’ Joy Orbison ‘Hyph Mngo’

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Mumdance

global, grime, techno, festivals & remixes: jack is master of all trades Words and photo by james kendall with extra special thanks to the green door store www.thegreendoorstore.co.uk

Jack ‘Mumdance’ Adams is a careers advisor’s wet dream – he’s spent the last few years making opportunities for himself and knocking every one of them out the park. As soon as he passed his driving test he started ferrying Evil Nine to their gigs and now, less than a decade later, he’s a major player on the global electro scene, recording for Diplo’s legendary Mad Decent imprint, as well as the heavyweight Trouble & Bass, and serious grime label No Hats No Hoods.

Despite many records coming out with his name over them, ‘The Mum Decent EP’ is his first solo outing, and it’s a cracker. Lead track ‘Don’t Forget Me Now’ features Esser on gentle vocals, and is a perfect mix of rough skippy afro beats, electro synths and a great pop hook. You might think that the indie popster must have

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taken care of the song while Mumdance banged out the drums, but after years of collaborations Jack doesn’t work like that.

“Esser came round my house and then we just sat there,” Jack recalls. “We were trying stuff for ages, and then we just went out the pub. Half the battle with working with someone in the studio is building a rapport, as soon as you’re mates, it’s easy to work together. When we came back Esser played out the riff while he was chatting to me, I did the drums and came up with the chanting hook and the lyrics. Esser had to re-write them though because I’d just split up with someone and they were a bit emo.

He made them a bit less cut-your-wrist-y.”

Making music without clear-cut roles and marked out boundaries is an indication of Jack’s lack of ego. He’s serious about what he

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“I’d never had to deal with backlines and sound checks and massive egos. It was an eye-opener, but now I’m not phased by anything, ‘cos that’s the one time I thought, ‘I can’t do this’.”

So when Vice put out a Black Lips record and one of the photographers suggested a bootleg with Jammer, it wasn’t a massive surprise to find Jack stepping up to the plate.

He popped round Jammer’s house, recorded some vocals and spent three quarters of an hour putting it together. He sent it to Diplo, Annie Mac and Sinden via MySpace and within a week all three had got back to him – the former blogging it and the other two playing on their Radio 1 and Kiss shows.

Diplo then grabbed him to remix ‘Creator’ for Santogold’s ‘Top Ranking’ mixtape. To say it was a baptism of fire is severely understating things. From there the remix work flooded in.

“I got bombarded with remix requests and I did, like, twelve or something like that,” he says. “But it took me quite a long time to do them ‘cos I was still learning how to make music. I was put in quite a really highpressured situation and it took me a while to follow through. This has been the first time where I’m comfortable with releasing my own stuff.”

From grime, to techno, through electro and mixes of post-hardcore rock bands Mumdance tracks cover a serious amount of ground. What does Jack think holds the work together? What makes a Mumdance record a Mumdance record?

“It’s more like the idea behind it,” he ponders.

“I try and blend cultures together. Actually that’s a bit overly analytical, but I think it’s just the case that I like a lot of different types of music. I think its boring to listen to one type of music all night, and that’s how I felt when I was growing up going to drum’n’bass nights, hearing the same tunes five times in an evening. I thought it’d be nice to mix things up.”

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Jack’s open attitude is perfectly summed up by his trip to Mexico City to collaborate with fellow Mad Decent artist Toy Selectah. They took the local triplet-based drums of the emerging tribal guarachero scene and mixed them with our own UK funky, switching rhythms every eight bars.

“It was blending two cultures together as well as blending the two sounds, and that’s always the idea,” he explains. “It’s nice to mix genres and music comes from culture anyway. That’s going deep into it, but it’s also about what sounds good at the same time.

There’s a whole global music scene now – labels like Mad Decent and Man Recordings – but I like to do it with a UK twist to it ‘cos that’s where I’m from. It’s nice to represent.”

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does but excited by what other people can bring to the table. It’s a positive outlook that has paid dividends, with collaborations with Brodinski, AC Slater, High Rankin and, most pivotally, grime MC Jammer.

After a stint working on drum’n’bass nights for Don’t Panic’s Rob Gray and Digital boss Dave Stone (who still speaks highly of him), Jack did some university work experience for Vice magazine, who were impressed enough to keep him on to look after their events. This led to him organising the excellent Tales Of The Jackalope festival, featuring Klaxons, 2manyDJs and an early, frightening appearance by The Horrors. It was a massive achievement, especially as he was just 22 years old at the time.

“Before I’d only had to deal with DJs turning up late,” he says.

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From the brutal tech-grime of ‘Sacrifice’ on ‘The Mum Decent EP’ the next place Jack is heading is right back to the heart of east London with Trim and Jammer, before melting that sound into acid for a track that’s like a UK take on ‘Higher State Of Consciousness’.

There really is nothing that Jack can’t take on and master. The boy’s really going global.

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CULTURE

WORDS BY NICK COQUET, JESSICA MARSHALL MCHATTIE, BEN MILLER

THEATRE: DRACULA Latest MusicBar until Weds 3rd

Taking their first foray in horror theatre, the inimitably brilliant Otherplace Productions go gothic in a Halloween retelling of the infamous Bram Stoker story, taking an ensemble cast, live music and a specially installed set design to the Latest for four days. You know the score – bloodthirsty madmen and psychopaths in an asylum, seduction, murder, life, death and moody spirits…it’s your usual witching hour off St James’s Street, just without the risk of getting moved along for gawping at it. (BM)

FILM: THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT Duke of York’s until Thurs 4th

Acclaimed director Lisa Cholodenko’s third film is a no-holds-barred, critically applauded, thoughtful and explosive portrayal of same-sex marriage and family ties, channelled through forcing the viewer to side with complex characters collectively in thrall to their seedy mores. The sexual tension between Jules (Julianne Moore) and the biological father of the children she brings up with her lesbian lover knocks anything Oceana can muster at closing time into a simmering cesspit before descending, inevitably, into the dirty deed and complicated consequences. (BM)

THEATRE: THE ILIAD AND THE ODYSSEY Three and Ten Tues 9th - Sat 13th and Tues 16th - Weds 17th

Two of the best recent Fringe shows for the latter part of the month, starting with The Iliad, an epic tale of

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war and consequences from physical theatre company Drunken Masks.

Theatre Ad Infinitum’s Odyssey turns up the following week, reinventing the Greek myth in a show which won The Stage’s Best Solo Performer nod for star George Mann and a Best Of The Fringe award from The Observer, no less. (BM)

COMEDY: THE FUNNIER FARM Caroline of Brunswick Weds 10th and 24th

The comedy fixture from Hove’s departed Farm Tavern arrives at everyone’s favourite goth hangout with a couple of cheap-as-chips chuckle sessions this month, starting with Dave Gorman accomplice Danielle Ward and Hackney Empire New Act finalist Pat Burtscher on a five-act line-up. Beardy deadpan cynic and surrealist Joe Wilkinson headlines the second one alongside confessional outbursts from Meryl O’Rourke and at least five other performers, including sketches and songs from duo Horse & Louis. (BM)

EXHIBITION: HARRY WATTS Temple Bar until Sun 14th

Brighton-based photographer Harry Watts has had a busy few months, being involved with printing and planning at the Brighton Photo Biennial, exhibiting in the Brighton Photo Fringe, and releasing his own project, Finds.

His gritty, stark images show objects found on Brighton streets from scattered berries to discarded clothes, and have been reproduced in newspaper format and distributed across the city as an interactive display for others to find and document themselves. Cool and reflective, this exhibition celebrates that which most would ignore. (JMM)

DANCE: UNDER GLASS Basement Fri 19th – Sat 20th

Plummeting temperatures seem to spark The Basement’s prolific programme, with everything from cosmic Edwardians to film noir short stories in the hidden bunker this month. Under Glass was commissioned by Sadler’s Wells as a series of cabaret performance pieces setting seven dancers, artists and actors in made-to-measure glass cabinets or jars. They use their claustrophobic restrictions to explore the concept of mortal limitations with original musical scores and “movement language” in a project which won the Total Theatre Award last year. (BM)

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DANCE: BREAKIN’ CONVENTION Dome Fri 19th – Sat 20th

Much more than a mere display of flailing limbs and hip hop beats, this 10th outing for the crew promises to fill the Dome’s foyers with pre-show and interval activities. Open dance floors, have-a-go workshops for those more supple of limb than us, graffiti art and loads more all conspire to complement the main room performances, which based on the promo film we saw are a mix of standard b-boys spinning on lino and altogether more costumed and choreographed affairs.

Whatever your particular breakin’ proclivity, there’s something to love here. (NC)

FESTIVAL: STORYVILLE

Pavilion Theatre Fri 19th – Sun 21st An international roster of female writers takes to the Dome for one weekend only, in the inaugural edition of this literature festival. Lionel Shriver discusses her scathing dissection of American healthcare, Bonnie Greer talks about Obama’s “southside” upbringing, multi award-winner Ali Smith has a chat about her new work and gothic wordsmith Louise Welsh pitches in among an impressive, ambitious line-up which also finds space for New Voices, allowing audiences to listen to up-and-coming talents introducing their ethos. (BM)

ART: MADE

Corn Exchange Fri 19th – Sun 21st You’ll probably see the quirky, Elle-endorsed posters for the design and textile wing of the Brighton Art Fair popping up omnipotently this month, illustrating the funky feel of a show which is traditionally choc-a-block with horned clay sculptures, chains of swirling, kaleidoscopic plates and weird ceramic installation hybrids. MADE has prided itself on being accessible and affordable since launching in 2004, and last month its success saw it branch out to London for a similar adventure in the salubrious surroundings of Fulham Palace. (BM)

ART: ART JUNKY Phoenix Sun 21st

Most Phoenix one-offs are designed to raise eyebrows, and the winter “bizarre bazaar” is no exception. While there are original works up for grabs at a snip, many of the pieces are cast-offs or former firmaments of inspiration for the artists shipping them out, which leads to an absurdist feel and flea market atmosphere. A café, bar, live DJs, face-painting, giveaways and an auction are also on the cards at the indoor market with a difference. (BM)

THEATRE: MACBETH Pavilion Theatre Thurs 25th-Sat 27th

A colourful twist on Shakespeare’s tragedy from awardwinning collective (try saying this one after a few gins) Teatr Pieśń Kozła, who imbue the piece with physicality and song in a style heavily influenced by its conceptual origins at the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Complete Works season three years ago. Founded 14 years ago and working out of a 14th century monastery in their native Poland, this is the avant-garde group’s first full UK tour and follows award-winning runs at Edinburgh in 2004 and 2006. (BM)

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ART

DAN BALDWIN Ink_d until Sun 21st

WORDS BY NICK COQUET

In their second exhibition with the artist, Ink_d are showcasing Dan Baldwin’s first collection solely devoted to works on paper. Created due to a recession-friendly demand for affordable pieces that fall between limited edition prints and canvases, the process has afforded the artist an unexpected freedom to create some surprising results. Themes like

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war, politics, nature, innocence, religion and decay are all represented, and their realisation in this new medium is free of the shackles of expectation working with traditional canvas can bring. It’s not that the paper itself is anything approaching disposable – it’s handmade, heavyweight Italian stock to allow for the weight of Baldwin’s layering technique, but the freedom of expression it’s encouraged is a revelation.

We were transfixed by his broad brush strokes and sinister themes, and we’re not alone – he’s revered by celebrities and the art-savvy alike. Exhibitions alongside Banksy, Peter Blake and Damian Hirst have all helped Baldwin to his current mantle of artist du jour.

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CINECITY

BRIGHTON’S FILM FESTIVAL OF ODEON AVOIDANCE WORDS BY NICK COQUET

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In an age of lazy, big-budget remakes and bankable brand franchises, it’s perhaps easy to forget the potential of the silver screen to enthral and engage as well as just entertain us with dumb explosions. Cinecity returns to the Duke of York’s from Thursday 19th for an 18-day programme featuring the best in contemporary international cinema as well as an all-encompassing agenda of installations, retrospectives, education events, talks and debates. Highlights from the schedule are many – here’s some that are worth turning your mobile off for.

THE KING’S SPEECH

Opening the festival this year is the hotly-tipped Tom Hooper tale of King George VI, father of the current monarch Elizabeth II. A reluctant heir to the throne after the abdication of his brother, he stammered dreadfully and was generally thought unfit to assume the mantle of sovereignty. Until, that is, he enlisted the assistance of an unlikely friend and ally in speech therapist Lionel Logue.

Starring Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter and Guy Pearce, it’s a hit in waiting.

SOMEWHERE

Sophia Coppola’s new film, following The Virgin Suicides and Lost In Translation, has plenty to live up to. Thankfully, The Golden Lion top prize at the Venice Film Festival, the first awarded to an American female director, suggests her trajectory is on the right track with Somewhere. Thought to contain reflections on her relationship with her own father Francis Ford, the plot sees a Hollywood hellraiser taming his lifestyle after an unexpected visit from his young daughter. Exquisite cinematography and soundtrack are a given in this future classic.

BLUE

Derek Jarman’s cinematic swansong fittingly deals with his experience of AIDS in a crowded collage of commentary, together with ruminations on the titular hue, which forms the visual element to the film as a constant, static, screen-filling

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presence. The original 1993 print was promised never to be remastered or restored, giving the film itself an element of gradual decay with each successive screening. Tonight sees Jarman’s friend and composer Simon Fisher Turner providing a live remix to the soundtrack.

THERAPIST

Barry Adamson, onetime bassist for Nick Cave’s Bad Seeds, Magazine and even Visage, went on to create expansive imaginary soundtrack music before being called upon to score parts of Natural Born Killers and The Lost Highway. One suspects this short film has always been an ultimate goal for Adamson, and his directorial debut and accompanying soundtrack are certain to enthral. He’s in conversation after the screening, offering further insights into his work.

DREAMING IN COLOUR

This sub-programme, which includes the Jarman Blue screening, also features a selection of work from the pioneer of ‘direct cinema’ Len Lye, who painted directly onto film stock, and those he’s inspired with similar techniques. The films are accompanied by a major exhibition at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery – Capturing Colour, Film, Innovation and Wonder, beginning on December 4th and featuring analysis from magic lanterns to Kodachrome and a delve into rarely-seen film archives.

THE RIME OF THE MODERN MARINER

The London Docks may now be the setting for red braces banker types, but its history as the largest port on earth is the inspiration for this documentary. The culture, community and folklore are explored as narrator Carl Barat unfurls the centuries-old story, which ended with the port’s closure in the late 60s. A single remaining seaman’s mission provides extraordinary memories, set against an atmospheric score by Klaxons’ Anthony Rossomando featuring samples from the area’s living heyday.

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CRITIC

WORDS BY MATT BARKER, NICK COQUET, JAMES KENDALL PHOTO BY ELEONORA D’AMBROSIO

DEMO: ALFONSO MALDINI •

EP: BIRDEATSBABY •

ALBUM: KIT ASHTON •

SINGLE: BURNS & FRED FALKE •

(myspace.com/alfonzomaldini)

The idea of ‘retro’ has always been an awkward one. A band like Alfonso Maldini will no doubt be tagged with a prefix like ‘60s throwback’. Sure all the tropes are there, both lyrically and sonically – one song is about a taxman taking all Charlie’s dough, and leaving him in his stately home, for example. The fact that the reverb-heavy, top-register vocals, Farfisa organ and acoustic, pastoral whimsy harks back to a bygone era shouldn’t stand in the way of what are most excellent Brit-beat ditties. (MB)

Reveal Or Steal (myspace.com/kitashton)

A singer songwriter whose ranks expand for live shows, Kit selfdescribes as a ‘semi-glam proud pop fan’ He certainly has a canny ear for a pleasing refrain that’s unafraid to venture into comic darkness (‘I Killed My Twin’ for example) and isn’t shy about tinges of folk pushing to the surface. But the glam claim rang very true with us, especially faced with the We Could Be Bowie tribute night he put on last month – lots of this has a ‘Ziggy Stardust’/’Hunky Dory’ vibe about it that chimes in very pleasantly. (NC)

ALBUM: ALPHABET’S HEAVEN • Jay’s Odyssey (Peppermill)

Experimental beats and loops are the dish of the day in Alphabet’s Heaven, served with a psychedelic soufflé infused with funky flavours and a soulful sonic sauce. An atmospheric soundscape underpinned by synths and drum machines, the album actually creates a narrative which admittedly requires some prior explanation – it’s inspired by a blue jay who goes to space to find a new garden or something. But overall it’s a very decent offering, a tricksy and novel alternative for lovers of beats and hip hop. (NC)

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Bigger Teeth (myspace.com/birdeatsbaby)

Self-confessed avoiders of musical trends that come in and out with the tides, the ‘Birds instead take a decidedly theatrical route, with lush string orchestration forming the painted scenery backdrop to the performance pieces that make up this EP. Production by Eighties Matchbox’s Mark R Norris lends the set an inherent darkness – eerily effective as it deliciously taints the initially apparent sweetness of the songs. We haven’t seen them live but we can imagine the gigs being a blast. (NC)

YSLM (You Stopped Loving Me) (Deconstruction) Burns has been threatening to bust through into the mainstream for a while now, and this collaborative effort with in-vogue French soft-synth wizard Fred Falke could just be his ticket to commercial ubiquity. An almost Eric Prydz kick-hi-hat pattern and the disco-tastic repetition of the Luther Vandross vocal refrain screams party anthem and begs for a video with leggy blondes in leotards, (not that the Pug-tastic actual video is a bad thing). Remixes by Linus Loves, Treasure Fingers, Rynecoligist and Burns himself match the original’s pop potential with some credible floor-filling. It’s a hit. (NC)

DEMO: THE CREAKING CHAIR • (myspace.com/thecreakingchair)

It might have been down to the Mulligan & O’Hare skits on old Reeves & Mortimer shows, but reading ‘folk’ in a band‘s description always used to make us think of the hey nonny nonny Fairisle jumper, real ale scene. Nowadays, thankfully, the term has reinvented itself into something altogether more

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credible, and The Creaking Chair are more than decent exponents of this redefined genre. Pastoral acoustics with thoughtful vocals are peppered with the occasional jaunty moment for just the right amount of light and shade. It’s an accomplished effort all round, with plenty of promise. (NC)

EP: THE ELEVEN 37S •

Here Comes The Storm (myspace.com/theeleven37s) We’re assuming that one of the band’s number is a printer/ designer, as the amount of matt UV, high-GSM printed card inserts that came with this CD would have bankrupted Bon Jovi. But at the end of the day it’s about the tunes on the CD, and these firmly inhabit the funk rock side of town. It’s well played, produced and recorded, and the band are clearly devotees of the Chili Peppers – if we’re being picky the emphasis on virtuoso playing can cast a slightly clinical shadow over the soul of the songs, but overall it’s a good collection. (NC)

ALBUM: FROM PLAN TO PROGRESS • Ink Stains & Incidents (Fond Of Life)

The skatepunk and melodic hardcore scene seems to have tailed off a little over the last few years – we can’t remember the last example we received. Perhaps the bands have gone into some kind of evolutionary gestation if this one is anything to go by. FPTP’s second album represents a newfound maturity, egged on by the addition of a second guitarist, which sees them focusing on energetic technical intricacy while showing a definite development in chorus development and overall pulling power. Frantic and frenetic. (NC)

SINGLE: THE GAA GAA’S •

Voltaire (The Playground)

A band for whom the study and judicious appropriation of 80s goth music’s finest moments does them immense credit – plenty get ticks on the genre’s nuance checklist but few are able to carry it off with such contemporary style. The Gaa Gaa’s have been on SOURCE’s radar since their very early ragged-yet-infectious demos, and this progression in sound and style is both encouraging for the band’s potential and our own ability to spot ‘em early. An electro remix by Punk Soundcheck backs up the original version, which is also very decent indeed. (NC)

MINI LP: LOSTAURA • The Hiding Place (The Animal Farm)

Swathes of reverb-heavy guitars march alongside lilting piano and pounding backbeats on this powerful and dynamic sixtracker. Epic-sounding songs are given the space to breathe in an expansive production that manages to straddle an underlying alt.rock darkness and an undeniable commercial tendency. Band CVs littered with impressive instrumental Grade 8s come as no surprise – the performances have a vibe about them that never comes over as show-offy, just a band poised for greatness. (NC)

EP: LYREBIRDS • Blondehead (Lotus Records)

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Lyrebirds’ instead opted to bring the tracks together at their own pace. Unexpectedly, the resultant sound has been wound back from the ultra-widescreen indie stadium-gloom of their previous two singles, and has instead moved into (somewhat) more upbeat and janglier territory – what you might expect a collaboration between The Jesus and Mary Chain and Interpol to sound like. This added melodic infusion pitches their upward trajectory still further. (MB)

ZINE: KATE MCMORRINE • Grin (www.katemcmorrine.com)

When one of this new-to-Brighton screenprinter’s friends complained that all her Lump zines were a bit bleak, she made him this micro-book consisting only of drawings of people smiling. But behind all the beaming lies some very dark tales: the boy who knows he’ll be bullied forever, the dancer who knows she’ll never be picked, the ornamental dog that won’t run with the wolves. Though it’s only 10 A6 pages long, Grin is a beautiful artefact whose art matches the story behind it – beautiful but warped and rather arresting. (JK)

SINGLE: MIRRORS • Hide & Seek (Skint)

It’s amazing news that Mirrors are supporting their spiritual fathers OMD on a European tour right now – slightly disappointing that they’re not doing the UK, as we’d have loved to have seen them at the Dome. ‘Hide & Seek’ puts the pop into synth pop, a jaunty but melancholic number that holds back the dancier production they’ve been favouring lately. ‘Toe The Line’ is brand new, coming on like proto-house music until the melodramatic vocal arrives and things go electro-power ballad. Pure class. (JK)

EP: MUNICH •

(myspace.com/thisismunich)

Where Are You Now

With a name suggesting, to this throwback at least, an early 80s indie-tinged tower of sound, Munich certainly don’t mislead. With arenas-in-waiting swirls of guitar, bathed in levels of reverb that would make The Edge say “that’s a lot of reverb there, lads’, the songs pack an immense emotional punch. Even ballad ‘Where Are You Now’ racks up the atmospherics, but elsewhere it’s the bait of the plugs’n’pedals work along various fret boards that reels the listener in, matching a colossal size of sound with memorable hooks – what more could you ask for? (NC)

ALBUM: VILLAREAL • Lit By Sparks (Numbskull HQ)

While the full-scale release of the album isn’t until April 2011, 50 early adopter punters can get their hands on this at The Albert on December 10th when the band play an LP launch show. And we kind of advise you do – the album is definitely one to get hold of at your earliest convenience. It’s very accomplished guitar indie pop that possibly recalls some of Badly Drawn Boy’s better moments, bits of Teenage Fanclub and a generally soaring, shimmering set of song gems. Often we play albums to review then put them aside – not this one, it’s a keeper. (NC)

ALBUM: VARIOUS

White Mink Black Cotton (Freshly Squeezed •) Cannily carving themselves a niche as purveyors of zeitgeist-y retro sounds, local label Freshly Squeezed return with a second instalment of contemporary nu-swing, plus a glut of its antecedents.

Spread over two CDs, the unimpeachably brilliant likes of the Andrews Sisters and Tommy Dorsey nuzzle the rather more love-itor-loathe-it modern variants, complete with ‘electro’-beats, a la the Correspondents. (MB)

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healing’ I’d read about, where you stay at home and the practitioner does their thing from afar, apparently using specialised symbols of some kind. But I was determined to give scepticism a swerve for the time being – if I was going to convince myself it was hokum before I even began, it was unlikely to work really, wasn’t it?

REIKI SOURCE VIRGINS

WORDS BY NICK COQUET, ILLUSTRATION BY FOX FISHER

THE CONCEPT

Simple, we do stuff we haven’t done before and tell you about it in case you haven’t either. Nick Coquet is perhaps not the most spiritual of people, and laughs in the face of most moon-man philosophies concerning potential paths to enlightenment. Reiki would appear to be one such practice – the transference of positive energy through the hands of its practitioner? Really?

THE REASONS

THE EXPERIENCE

I read up on it a bit. I’d imagined it was a Japanese tradition handed down through the generations over thousands of years, but it seems it was developed less than 100 years ago. That’s fine, so was Viagra and that works, apparently. I’m not ageist when it comes to mind mending. I remembered I’d seen various cards and flyers for this sort of thing in Neal’s Yard in the North Laine, so I went and picked a couple up. Sarah Keays is a qualified homeopath and Reiki practitioner operating at Seven Dials. I made my appointment.

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Sarah began at my head, placing her hands on me and seemingly summoning energy from some external source. Her hands moved down – neck, chest, stomach, hips. I think it’s something to do with focusing energy on my chakras or something, but I decided I didn’t really need to shine light in on magic – there was also the possibility that the more of that moon-man talk I heard the less I’d be susceptible to the Reiki at all. She certainly seemed to be concentrating on something, possibly harnessing something from somewhere. I managed to negotiate the chakra around my hips without embarrassing myself – hey, Sarah’s an attractive gal. But it wasn’t playing on my mind, I was trying to keep that empty of thoughts and worries so that it might become a vessel for some new and enlightened outlook on life.

“I felt like I had a glow about me, as if I’d had my soul massaged or something”

SOURCE is only part of what I do for work. I produce and present a radio show and I design and maintain websites – all working from home and all requiring something of a self-starter attitude. Not putting things off. Not watching Cash In The Attic. My failure in this has been constant and epic. Inherent laziness is not something a GP can prescribe for, there isn’t really a pill for pep and vim and vigour. But apparently Reiki could help, a form of complementary and alternative medicine. Where’s the harm in trying?

Reiki can be done in two ways; hands on and hands off. Mine was to be performed with a hands-on approach, as this is the way Sarah was taught. Good. Cynical as I am, it seemed the more plausible method of getting some honest-to-goodness vibes inside of me.

Hovering hands seemed an unlikely conduit for conversion. As, I have to say, did the ‘distant

I turned up for my appointment. Sarah was welcoming and at once calming to be in the presence of. The room was warm and comfortable, the music soft and tranquil. I didn’t have to to strip bare or anything, I just removed my shoes and lay on the comfy masseuse table thing. I’d explained what I was looking for help with, the whole work mojo thing. Homeopathy, with its mysterious little white pills, would apparently be an option – a kind of spritual sister to Reiki. They’re both holistic gigs working on mental, emotional and spiritual levels, but I was pretty much preoccupied with the laying on of hands concept.

After what felt like not very long at all but actually timed in at around 55 minutes I think, I was all done. It was certainly a very relaxing experience, but like I said, I’m kind of lazy – I’m good at lying down doing nothing. I drank some water; somehow just lying there had dehydrated me more than would seem normal. I didn’t want to ask when it would all kick in – I didn’t think I felt any different. But when I got up to put my shoes on I actually almost keeled over.

Again, a bit odd.

On the way back, it was hard to know what to expect in terms of some revelation of spiritual enlightenment.

There certainly wasn’t any specific eureka moment, but I have to say I felt pretty good as I drove home to my groaning in-tray.

WAS IT WORTH IT?

Well, the strange thing is, the next day I kind of couldn’t wait to get cracking. A full inbox, usually a thing of dread despite its billpaying workload, was zipped through, and my work to-do list gave me a sense of purpose and worth. I got a real kick out of ticking each one off and actually did some pro-active stuff, you know – things people weren’t actually screaming for yet. Aside from work, I felt like I had a glow about me, as if I’d had my soul massaged or something.

With traditional medicine, you can see it working. There are tangible results. Your broken leg heals, your rash goes away. Less specific and symptom-free ailments are obviously trickier to measure, but for days after Sarah did her thing, I really felt ace. It’s been a bit odd recounting the episode to people, what with my hearty suspicion of Reiki by Sarah Keays this sort of thing, but it worked. Reiki Tel 01273 884478 worked. There, I said it. email sarahkeays@gmail.com

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STREET STYLE PHOTOS BY KEVIN MEREDITH AT LOMOKEV.COM WORDS BY NICK COQUET

Jamie caught our eye this month with his striking look, combining retro chic elements to create a contemporary style of his own. Mining the past for fashion inspiration is nothing new of course, but you don’t want to end up looking like a museum piece. Jamie’s judicious appropriation of cross-gender branding across new and old outfit components, together with a cavalier approach to manufacturers’ recommended measurements, really ticked our boxes. He talked us through his clobber.

Jacket from Oxfam “I love tweed and I love the way this fits. It was only £7.

I got the badges free from Resident.”

Scarf from To Be Worn Again “It’s a paisley scarf that just goes with the rest of the outfit.”

Jumper and vest from H&M “It’s a v-neck over a long white vest, because the jumper doesn’t really fit.”

Jeans from Top Shop “They’re female jeans, yes. Because I’m so tall I buy them for the fit. If the cut’s nice it’s not a problem if they’re a bit short. A bit like the jacket sleeves.”

Shoes from Next “Yes, they look like moccasins but they’re actually really broken brogues – I’ve worn them everywhere, all over Scandinavia, and they’re really broken. No, no socks. I hate them, they don’t feel good.”

Hair by Rush I suppose it’s kind of a Keith Richards look, a kind of female style really.

Bracelets from festivals 2008-10 I just never took them off. They get really battered after a while, they look really cool.

Jamie received a bottle of Tuaca for his eye-catching look, Tuaca being the perfect stylish drink, bringing out the subtle tones of vanilla and citrus when served long over ice with cola.

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UNSUNG HEROES

100 PEOPLE WHO MAKE BRIGHTON WHAT IT IS NO.15 DANIEL NATHAN

WORDS and photo BY JAMES KENDALL

Not many cities are lucky enough to have a radio station as good as Juice, and for that Daniel Nathan deserves a moment in the spotlight.

What makes a good local radio station?

At Juice 107.2, our strapline is “radio made in Brighton”, and we aim to be inclusive, open-minded, irreverent and accessible. It’s about connecting with your audience, which means more than just reading out details of local events on-air.

You’ve got to be there too.

You’ve done loads of interesting things – what did you do before owning Juice?

I started out in pirate radio, then I was involved in the lobby to open up community radio. In the early 90s I pioneered the first legal UK station to play ‘alternative’ music with Festival Radio in Brighton and London. I helped launch Kiss 100 in London and co-founded Kiss in Manchester and across Yorkshire and also Surf 107 in Brighton (now Juice 107.2). In 2000, I started totallyradio.com – groundbreaking internet radio, playing music beyond the mainstream.

What was the score with you selling Juice/Surf and buying it back?

At the turn of the millennium a lot of media companies were being bought and sold at ridiculous prices and the shareholders in the business were made an offer they simply couldn’t refuse. A couple of years later, the large firm that bought the radio station trashed it, and then sold it back shortly before going under.

You’re involved in Radio Reverb too – is that competition for Juice?

Having championed community radio for years, I believe it fulfils a need for grass roots community initiative, although of course it competes for the same listeners’ ears. When both radio stations live and breathe a place as unique as Brighton, it would also be crazy not to find some ways to work together.

Brighton Live is a good example, including Reverb, Juice and even BBC Sussex.

Juice seems kinda like two radio stations – daytime and evening. How do you join them together?

The simple answer is ratings by day and reputation by night.

The key time for radio is between 7am and 7pm – television tends to take over from early evening. It’s at these times that we aim to do something more cutting edge. What we do ‘after hours’ marks us out on the dial and reinforces Juice’s reputation as being ‘made in Brighton.’

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full of Chinese people – at lunch is a very good sign but we’re here for something special we saw one night when we picked up a standard takeaway.

THE MEAL: The menu is full of the usual stuff you’d expect but we shun it for what we found out is called the hot pot buffet. We settle in excitedly and a hotplate is brought out. Once that is warmed up a massive vat of soup is delivered to the table followed by two trays of raw ingredients. The idea is the soup boils, you add in beef, prawns, tofu, potato, crab sticks, squid, mushrooms and more, and watch it cook before fishing it out and ramming it down your throat. Repeat as many times as you like cos it’s ‘all you can eat’ (and drink) for £20 each. The whole thing is a great deal of fun, and everything cooks in an instant. One half of the soup has about 50 chillies in it – quite a kick for the average western palate – while the other is soothing chicken-esque broth. The best bet is to dive between the two, cooking as you go.

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SUNNY

Queens Rd (01273) 208 866 11am - 2:30pm & 5pm - 11pm Every Day

THE PLACE: Admittedly Sunny doesn’t look like much, but in our minds all the best places to eat concentrate on ingredients rather than furniture (naïve, we know). Being as busy as this – and

THE VERDICT: It’s not often you can say that you’ve eaten a meal that’s nothing like anything you’ve eaten before but that’s exactly what happened at Sunny.

Although essentially soup, the experience of cooking the raw ingredients made it so much more interesting. The idea that you’re controlling your meal turned out to be kind of the opposite – it was more of an adventure into the unknown, especially when you start cooking Spam in soup. And all you can eat for £20 – well, you can’t ague with that when it’s all fresh. We’ll be back one evening when we can really take our time.

WERE WE SUSSED? No – you’d be slightly odd not to want to take a photo of this meal. No suspicion aroused at all.

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DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA WORDS BY NICK COQUET

A true Brighton landmark with national recognition, The Duke Of York’s is the best place in town to experience cinema. We spoke to manager Jon Barrenechea on the eve of the Duke marching to the top of the cinema hill with Cinecity.

This is Cinecity’s seventh year…

Yes, it’s basically Brighton’s own film festival – the main city arts festival and Fringe only feature film as a small, outside part of their programme, so this is a great chance for Brighton movie-goers to get together and experience some amazing new work.

The Duke Of York’s is famously the oldest cinema in Britain.

The secret of its longevity has basically been being able to adapt to the changes that have faced cinema overall. In the 50s cinemas were the only place people could kind of get together and be alone, but gradually town centres became decimated – people started buying their own homes in the suburbs and staying in them; entertainment became more home-based. Back then there were thousands of single-screen cinemas, but by the 80s the ones that were left were mostly fleapits in serious decline, until the advent of the multiplex in 1985. Art-house cinemas attracted a different customer – we’d been playing cult films since the 60s to an audience who appreciated the whole cinema experience a bit more.

You do show more mainstream films as well as the arthouse titles, presumably an economical decision to subsidise smaller screenings.

We show about nine big mainstream films a year – Inception, for example, everyone wanted to see and we had that. We want to be known as the best cinema in Brighton, not just the best – well, only – arthouse cinema. At the Duke you know you’re not going to be surrounding by teenagers shouting and chucking popcorn, watching a torn 35mm screen where people have thrown bottles at it, you’re going to be watching a digital print in comfort. But the bigger movies take a bigger cut – it’s like if you book the Rolling Stones; you know they’re going to take pretty much all the money and you’re relying on beer sales. With smaller films the distribution is more reasonable but of course the audience is smaller. The secret is to sell out the smaller films…

The digital projector must make it easier to get prints, presumably you can just play DVDs. Well yes you can, but ideally only in cases where you can’t find anything better. DVDs are often remastered from film, you can still see the scratches. But with films like Back To The Future for example recently, Universal remastered it from the negative, which was intact, and they released 100 digital prints across the country.

Plenty of films are remastered for cinema, The Godfather’s another recent one.

Home video must have played a part in that decline, and now we have the threat of Tel: 0871 902 5728 torrents.

WEB: www.tinyurl.com/brightonduke It was a part of it then, It must be fun picking films for the Jon’s film blog: www.splendorcinema.blogspot.com yes, but in general late night screenings. people just didn’t want to Things like Withnail & I and The Wizard go to the cinema Of Oz are fun, yes – you know you’re anymore. Nowadays our audience isn’t the sort of person who going to get an audience. Increasingly we’re using social wants to see the new Ashton Kutcher film on a download. People networking – we weren’t going to show The Human Centipede do share the more arthouse films online but nowhere near as much. recently for example, but there was a Facebook group with I think our audience just appreciates the whole social aspect of 1,000 people asking for it. At the moment there’s a campaign cinema – where you can take a beer in and buy some homemade to get Jurassic Park shown – curiously as it’s very mainstream, cake. but the people seem to want it, so we’re happy to oblige.

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LISTINGS November 2010

monday 1st

ANCIENT MARINER Quiz Night 8pm £1 BEE’S MOUTH The Bee’s Mouth Jazz Forum Join in for a jazz jam with the house band - there’s a free pint in it 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Now That’s What I Call A Party Part 2 DJ Sean plays eclectic pop 9pm £free BLACK LION Drive-In Cult films on an outdoor screen 8.30pm £free BLIND BUSKER Open Mic Night 8.30pm £free BRUNSWICK Open Mic Night 8pm £free COALITION Trash Mondays Filthy tunes for students and layabouts alike 10pm £5/3/free DRUID’S ARMS Quizageddon! Pub quiz which somehow involves dart guns 8.30pm £1 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Peppa Pig: Mr Potato Comes to Town & Other Stories 10.30pm; The Kids Are All Right 4pm/9pm ENTOURAGE Mash! House tunes 7pm £free FULL MOON Quiz Night Details tbc FUNKY BUDDHA Trash Mondays Filthy Little Sister Banging night 11pm £tbc HAMPTON Music Quiz 8pm £1 HECTOR’S HOUSE Dad Disko Student cheese Time tbc £free HONEY Playground Cheesy chart choons and bouncy castles 11pm £tbc HOPE Sceaming Females US punk rock 8pm £6.50 JAM Foxes!, Nicholas Stevenson, Go Moan For Man Inventive lo-fi indie 8pm £4 KOMEDIA Lloyd Cole Small Ensemble Singer songwriter who had hits in the 80s, joined by Mark Schwaber and Matt Cullen 7.30pm £20 LATEST MUSIC BAR Bram Stoker’s Dracula Is the monster howling outside, or inside their shattered minds? 7pm £12/10 LIFE Jailbait It’s a 90s club night. Trust us, you don’t want to google it 10.30pm £2/free; Rebel Afterhours Must... keep... dancing... 3am £tbc MARLBOROUGH The Marly Pub Quiz 8pm £1 PRINCE ALBERT Lawrence English, The Spirit Of Gravity Quartet Experimental electronic sound artist 8pm £7/6 QUADRANT AKL Acoustic Showcase Live music 8pm £free R-BAR Quiz With Liz 9pm £tbc SIDEWINDER Poker Night It’s about time for a gambling habit 9pm £5 THEATRE ROYAL Robbie Williams Tribute Why would you do that? 7.30pm £22 VOLKS Strictly Reggae Dancehall, roots, revival 11pm £5/4.50 WEST HILL TAVERN Quiz Night 8.45pm £1

tuesday 2nd

AUDIO Fenech Soler Electropop indie dance band 7pm £tbc; Let’s Kill Music Indie night 10pm £3/2 BEE’S MOUTH Roll ‘Dem Bones Avant blues and jazz DJ 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Totalled On Tuesday! Pop and dance DJ 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Chaos A violent abyss of pure randomness / a pop punk club 10pm £3/2 BLACK LION Reggae BBQ Live music and DJs Time tbc £free BRUNSWICK Jazz Jam Open session with house band 8pm £free CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Quiz Night 8.30pm £1 COBBLER’S THUMB Play For Your Pint Open mic night that’s the pub equivalent of singing for your supper 8pm £free COALITION Fat Tuesdays A big mix of everything 11pm £3/2/1 CONCORDE2 Magnetic Man Minimalist dubstep supergroup 8pm £11; Rewind Dance classics and indie anthems 11pm £2/1 CORNERSTONE Son Of Movie Bar: Horror Special So you wanna make it in the glamorous world of film? Go shmooze with the movers and makers and other out-of-work actors. Includes film screenings and a quiz 8pm £free CORN EXCHANGE Alex Wilson’s Mali Latino The pianist and composer collaborates with Malian kora master, Madou Sidiki

Diabaté 8pm £15/12.50 COWLEY CLUB Wildkatz Project Open mic jam for poets and musicians. Note: The Cowley is a private member’s club, but guests are welcome 7pm £free DIGITAL CU Next Tuesday Student club night formerly known as Glitterati 11pm £4/3 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA From Here To Eternity 11pm; The Kids Are All Right 4pm/9pm; Enter The Void 6.15pm FIDDLER’S ELBOW Quizness Time 8pm £1 FULL MOON Open Mic New open mic for musicians, comics and poets Details tbc GLOBE Basement Cinema Underground films, comfy seats, free popcorn 8pm £free HONEY Mojito Miami Beach Party: Jimmy Lobe, Tony Shadyak, RudeBen, Gabriel Angel, Dom Flo, Aaron George Smell the oranges and party like it’s springbreak and you’re on MTV 10pm £4/3 HOPE Slip Jam:B Battleground for Brighton b-boys 8.30pm £free HYDRANT The Strange Death Of Liberal England, Stars Down To Earth, Prince Harry Indie alt folk 9pm £free LATEST MUSIC BAR Bram Stoker’s Dracula Is the monster howling outside, or inside their shattered minds? 7pm £12/10 LIFE The Vice Social Student dance party 11pm £3 LONDON UNITY Comedy Quiz Night Details tbc PAV TAV Guerilla Rocks Club night for rock chicks, skater bois and indie kids 11pm £3/2/1 PRINCE ALBERT The Rhinestoned, Hollow Moon Live music 8.30pm £4/3 R-BAR Twisted Karaoke 8pm £free RESIDENT RECORDS The Strange Death Of Liberal England Instore show 6pm £free REVENGE Sound As A Pound Charity tunes 10.30pm £2/free RED LION General Knowledge Quiz 8pm £1 RIKITIK Go Big Or Go Home Student night with a low cheese content 10pm £free ROCK INN Movie Night 8.30pm £free SIDEWINDER Open Mic Night 8pm £free THREE & TEN Sparks Live literature 8pm £5 YARD Shibby Shabblers Indie electro krunk night 10.30pm £3/2/1

wednesday 3rd

AUDIO Attack! Attack!, The Atlantic Freeze Hardcore scream punk 7pm £7; Supercharged: Camo & Krooked Breaks 11pm £5 BEE’S MOUTH Open Mic 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Now That’s What I Call A Party Part 3 DJ Sean plays everything from a-ha to GaGa - now that’s what I call eclectic 9pm £free BLACK LION Fresh Acoustics Live music 8.30pm £free BLIND BUSKER Music Quiz True or false: Simon Le Bon has a dark secret unbeknown to all but his mother? 8.30pm £free BRIGHTON BALLROOM I Blame Coco, Kyla La Grange I Blame Coco was destined to be a pop star in the same way that David Beckham’s kid is bound to become a complete twat. We blame Sting 8pm £10/8.50/7.50 BRUNSWICK The Noise Next Door Improvised comedy egged on by the audience 8pm £8/6 CONCORDE !!! ??? 7.30pm £13 CORN EXCHANGE Heath Quartet Classical quartet do covers

by Mendelssohn (the bloke who did the Wedding March), Barber (the bloke who did that sad bit in Platoon) and Stravinsky (the bloke who caused a riot by writing a dissonant polytonal ballet) 8pm £15/12.50 COWLEY CLUB Fucking The Night: Lazer Horse, Science Of Eight Limbs, P For Persia Live music 8pm £free DIGITAL The Poundance Imagine if Poundstretcher had a dancefloor - top pop tunes for a pittance 11pm £1 DOME Sussex Salon Series: How New Is The ‘New Politics’? Discussion about politics with academics and MPs including the Obama of Brighton, Caroline Lucas 8pm £6/4 DRUID’S ARMS Change The Tempo! DJ night 9pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA The Kids Are All Right 11am/4pm/9pm

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ENTOURAGE Caged Dancey pop music for students looking to escape the strictures of their laborious 6 hour week 7pm £free FISHBOWL Fisherman’s Chronicles Acoustic jam open to all 8pm £free GLOBE Brighton Institutions: 412 Fashion DJ sets and stalls from the shops, clubs and labels that make Brighton unique 9pm £free HONEY Suck My Pop And I’ll suck yours 10.30pm £3/free HOPE Post War Years Indie band with beats 8pm £7.50 HYDRANT Odd Red War Scars Experimental indie act 9pm £free IRON DUKE W.I.T.D.E The tyranny of the guitar must be overthrown! An open mic night with a strict anti-axe policy 8.30pm £free JAM Soundtracks Songs from 80s films 8pm £4/3/2/free; Adventures (After Dark): Primary 1 Indie, dance and hip hop club with live synthpop act 11pm £1 KOMEDIA DOWN Justin Townes Earle Live music Time tbc £11 KOMEDIA UP Norma Waterson And Eliza Carthy With The Gift Band Mother and daughter sing traditional songs 8pm £20.50/18.50 LATEST MUSIC BAR Bram Stoker’s Dracula Is the monster howling outside, or inside their shattered minds? 7pm £12/10 LEGENDS BASEMENT 2Pounded Pop club 11pm £free LIFE We Run This Reality TV goes clubbing: vote for your favourite DJ 11pm £3/free LONDON UNITY Open Mic Night 8pm £free MARLBOROUGH Open Mic 8pm £free MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Silver Wednesday Vintage movies with all the trimmings 8.30pm £7.50/5 PRINCE ALBERT Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, Robert Stillman Owen Ashworth’s farewell tour 8pm £9 PV Bonfire Quiz Winning a few quid surely makes up for a lifetime of filling your brain with inconsequential trivia 8pm £free R-BAR Trickpop Pop and R&B from DJ Trick 8pm £free RIKITIK Time To Awesome Decks ‘n’ drums 11pm £free ROCK INN Poker Night 8.30pm £tbc ST BARTHOLOMEW’S CHURCH Brighton Consort: The Victoria Requiem Part of the Brighton Early Music Festival 8pm £10/8 SIDEWINDER The Sidewinder Garden Quiz 8pm £1 THEATRE ROYAL Peppa Pig’s Party Kid’s cartoon comes to the stage 1pm/4pm £18.50 TRU CoCo LoCo Student house party 10pm £3/free UNITARIAN CHURCH The Artisans: O Camino de Santiago Young performers go on a medieval pilgrimage taking in some Iberian folk music along the way 11pm £10/8 VOLKS Bangers & Mash Details tbc

thursday 4th

AUDIO Bastard Pop Musical mash up 11pm £2 BASEMENT Scratch! Artists show you snippets of new work, then you tell them what you think 7.30pm £free BEE’S MOUTH Sweet Sweet Lies Brighton boys give an indie twist to a classically suave folkabilly sound 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Karaoke 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Mutant Pop Poppy and alternative sounds 10pm £2 BLACK LION Arthur Shilling Big beat and soul funk DJ 8.30pm £free BRIGHTON BALLROOM Bombay Jazz Cafe Indian-themed artists and DJs Time tbc £11/9/7 BRUNSWICK The Glass Room, Avalanche, Jack Alexander Live music 8pm £free CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Brighton Bike Night Weekly biker’s social - leather, not lycra 7pm £free COALITION Secret Discotheque Retro disco, 80s pop and other ‘uncool’ tunes 10.30pm £4/3/2/1 CONCORDE2 Dillinger Escape Plan Fierce mathcore rock band 7.30pm £12.50 CONSTANT SERVICE Archie Deacon & The Bishops Live rock&roll 8.30pm £free DIGITAL Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster The goth-blues behemoth roars once more 7pm £9; The Count & Sinden, Mosca Ghetto electro superstars 11pm £6.50 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA The Kids Are All Right 4pm/9pm EASY BAR Easy Bar All Stars DJ night 8pm £tbc ENTOURAGE Ready, Go! R&B and hip hop tunes 7pm £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW Live Lounge: Irish Trad Folky reels, jigs and that sort of ting Details tbc FISHBOWL Residents Association DJ Will Sumsuch plays hip hop, funk and world beats 10pm £free FLORIST Jouissance Acoustic Lounge Live music 8pm £free FUNKY BUDDHA Bump N’ Grind Ride the riddims, baby 11pm £2/free GLOBE Hang The DJ! The democratisation of the dancefloor continues apace with another night of punter-picked playlists 9pm £free GRAND CENTRAL Swing DeVille Duo Gypsy jazz from the 1930s 8.30pm £free

HECTOR’S HOUSE Blue Light House Party A night of intelligent indie rock and cheeky indie pop 8pm £free HONEY The One - Real VIP Hip hop and dubstep designed to make you feel special 11pm £free HYDRANT The Lanes Indie rock band 9pm £free JAM Thursday Night Fish Fry US rhythm & blues and original Jamaican ska 10pm £2/1 KIN BAR Dead Empire, I Am Your Hero, Defective By Design Live music 7pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Tag Comedy: Jason Cook, Stephen Grant, Stuart Goldsmith Stand-up comedy 8pm £8.50/6.50 KOMEDIA STUDIO Hammer & Tongue: The Fugitives, Hazel Hammond Always an entertaining mix of poetry and music hosted by the Cruella De Vil of verse, Rosy Carrick 7.30pm £5/4 KOMEDIA UP Edwyn Collins, Frankie & The Heartstrings, The Kinbeats Orange Juice frontman bounces back with new album 8.30pm £15 KUKU Hype!Hype Live acts and DJs 11pm £3/free LATEST MUSIC BAR Alive & Swinging Tribute acts celebrate the days of Sinatra, Elvis and Monroe 8pm £8 LIFE Shameless Half a century of musical highlights and lowpoints 11pm £1 MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Nathan Bell, Kogumaza, Scotch Pine A Baltimore banjoman, some stripped-back noise rock, and a bit of electro fuck-jiggery 8pm £5 PAV TAV The Moshpit Rock and metal night 10pm £3/2/1 PRINCE ALBERT Men, Foe Featuring him/her out of Le Tigre 8pm £7 PRINCE GEORGE Open Mic Night 8pm £free QUADRANT AKL Open Mic Night 8pm £free R-BAR Girls On Top Offical Warm Up Pop and party tunes from DJ Alpha 8pm £tbc RED LION Music Quiz 8pm £1 RED ROASTER The Catweazle Club Acoustic open mic night with no microphones and an emphasis on quiet intimacy 7.30pm £5/4 REVENGE Girls On Top Vs Emergency Room Pop music club 10.30pm £4/3/free RIKITIK Scribble Hip hop, funk and breaks 10pm £free ROCK INN Quiz Night 8.30pm £1 ST GEORGE’S CHURCH Rites Of Remembrance The International Baroque Players rejuvenate Pergolesi, Purcell and Carissimi 8pm £6-22 ST JAMES’ TAVERN Stay Sick, Stay Blue DJs play vintage surf and garage 8.30pm £free SIDEWINDER Ants In The Carpet British classics since the 80s 8.30pm £free SMUGGLERS Skint? Studenty DJ night 8pm £free SUGAQUBE Big Thursday: Jay North House DJ Time tbc £free THEATRE ROYAL Peppa Pig’s Party Kid’s cartoon comes to the stage 10am/1pm £18.50 THREE & TEN MusicBox Singer songwriter with dark, nasty lyrics wrapped in a sugarpill of sweet acoustic pop 8pm £5/4 VOLKS Alex Downey, The 55th Flotilla, Manaca, Tom Knight, Oceania, DJ Daly, DJ Figz Electro, techno, rum&bass and shantycore 11pm £3 WEST HILL TAVERN Open Mic 8pm £free WINDMILL Open Mic 8pm £free YARD Sit On My Bass Housey LGBT student night 10.30pm £5/3/free

friday 5th

AUDIO Throw Some Shapes: Benji B, Zed Bias Dupstep and broken beats 10pm £tbc BELUSHI’S BAR Muy Loco Pop and house DJs 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Abandoned Rock and metal night 10pm £3/2 BLACK LION Dubrockerslive Reggae, ska and dub DJs 8.30pm £free BRUNSWICK The Lost Highway Americana night 8pm £5/4 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Bend Over I’ll Drive Punky metal DJs 9pm £free COALITION Fridays I’m In Love Somewhat eclectic club night with 60s gems, indie and funky funk 11pm £4/3/2/1 COBBLER’S THUMB Lucky Jim Alt country band 9pm £free CONCORDE2 Yann Tiersen, Lonski, Classen Neoclassical and folky film composer (Amelie) takes to the stage 7pm £17/15; Big Beat Reunion 2: Aphrodite, Propellerheads DJs, Jon Carter, Derek Dahlarge, Deadly Avenger, Cut La Roc A second chance to remember the best bits of the first time around 11pm £18 DIGITAL Stonelove A dancing and drinking club for fans of indiestyle music 11pm £4/3 DOCTOR BRIGHTON’S DJ Nick Hirst 9.30pm £free DOME Paco Peña’s Flamenco Sin Fronteras Virtuosic flamenco musicians and dancers 8pm £27.50-12.50 DRUID’S ARMS Maxwell House Reggae DJs 9pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Peppa Pig: Mr Potato Comes to Town & Other Stories 10.30pm EASY BAR Pitch Slap DJ night 8pm £free

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ENTOURAGE Club La La R&B and pop tunes 8pm £free FISHBOWL Keep It Wheel DJs Steve KIW and Mark A play rare disco, soul and boogie 9pm £free FULL MOON Bark @ The Moon DJ Artful Dodger plays sleazy rock&roll 9pm £feee FUNKY BUDDHA Drink, Dance, Repeat Cash in your student loan 11pm £5/3 FUNKYFISH The Funkyfish Club Soul, funk, jazz, Motown 60s, 70s and 80s 10pm £6/3.50 GLOBE Stash DJs Rock&roll and northern soul 9pm £free GRAND CENTRAL All Time Top 100: DJ David Brooker Musical countdown with guest DJs 9.30pm £free HECTOR’S HOUSE Beatabet Live music, DJs and visuals Details tbc HONEY Bonkerz Fridays All sorts of funky, dirty pop sounds 10.30pm £6/5/free HOPE Stacked Nasty DJs playing blues, garage and soul (downstairs) 9pm £free; Performance Great British pop (upstairs) 8pm £6 HYDRANT Balcony TV Presents Live music 9pm £free IRON DUKE Jim & Tom Indie rock DJs 8.30pm £free JAM Wild Nothing Following in the footsteps of the best shoegazing toe-tappers 7pm £8; Bonfire Night DJs play swing jazz and indie to keep you warm Details tbc JAZZ PLACE Soul Casserole A melting pot of hot funk beats and soul grooves 11pm £4 KIN BAR Monte Saldo, Frankie Young, Amy Tinsley, Flavia Aliverti Live music 7pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club: Susan Calman, Geoff Norcott, Paul Sinha, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 7.30pm £14/11; Motorcity Club for lovers of Motown and disco 10.30pm £5/3 LATEST MUSIC BAR Zafira, Masmoudi Dance Company, The Bees Knees Belly dancing fused with flamenco and street dance 8pm £8 LEGENDS Friday Frenzy: Eva La Diva, DJ Peter Castle Club night with cabaret acts and pop tracks 9.30pm £free LIFE Suicide Dub Label Showcase ‘Bashy rave music and poor attempts at humour’ 11pm £3 LOFT Club Malicious Guitar anthems and movie soundtracks 10pm £3/2/free MARLBOROUGH Queer & Alternative Indie, pop and electro DJs 8.30pm £free NEPTUNE Smokestack Live blues band 8.30pm £tbc NORTHERN LIGHTS Peppu Klubi: DJ Mastur-boi & Kava Konki Funky soul music Details tbc PAV TAV INDIEcent Indie club playing indie pop and indie rock 11pm £3/2 PRINCE ALBERT Bomb The Music Industry, The Octopussys Punk from Belgium and the US (upstairs) 7.30pm £6; Bend Over I’ll Drive Rock&roll DJs (downstairs) 9pm £free PV Sugar Rush Bonfire Party Special Commemorate Guy Fawkes’ execution with toffee apples, fizzy sweets and pop music Time tbc £free R-BAR X Factor Warm Up DJ Smithy plays chart tunes 9pm £tbc REVENGE X Factor Friday Watch the wannabe idiots, then go dance 10.30pm £tbc RIKITIK LRG ‘Give Me My Money Chico’ Skate video premiere 8.30pm £tbc SMUGGLERS Bust It Funk, soul and hip hop DJs 8.30pm £free SUGAQUBE Classics & Anthems Big house tunes from DJ Cheets Time tbc £free THEATRE ROYAL Flawless: Chase The Dream Street dance as seen on TV 7.30pm £19.50 THREE & TEN Don’t Feed The Poets: Christian Watson, Rufus Moonshine, Brendan Cleary, Johnny Fluffypunk Witty wordsmiths and performance poets (upstairs) 8pm £7/5; Will Sumsuch Hip hop, funk and disco DJ (downstairs) 10pm £free VOLKS Burleske: Runo Otranto, Msoga, Ivan Barbero Housey circus techno 11pm £5/free WESTERN FRONT Release DJs play a bit of everything 9pm £free WEST HILL TAVERN Envy Electro and hip hop DJs 10pm £free YARD Under The Volcano Dubstep from Proper Gander, synthelectro punk from Teen Creeps and party nonsense from SOURCE magazine (that’s us) – three clubs in one Details tbc

saturday 6th

AUDIO Warehouse House and techno club night 11pm £5/free BASEMENT Supper Club Bite-sized chunks of video art, performances and music 7.30pm £6/4 BELUSHI’S BAR Unplugged Live acoustic music 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Stay Sick: Winnebago Deal Fast and furious punk duo 7pm £5; Good Times Remember them? Maybe the retro tunes will jog your memory 9pm £5 BLACK LION Medium Rare DJs serving up a platter of semiobscure funk and soul 8.30pm £free BRIGHTON BALLROOM Pop Kraft Boogaloo Stu and crew play pop tunes while you play with sock puppets and make badges out of porno mags 9.30pm £8/6

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BRUNSWICK Derriere Rock&roll, R&B and rockabilly 8pm £tbc CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Replica Goth and industrial DJ tunes 9pm £free COALITION Carte Blanche DJ Mehdi + Riton = Jackin’ Ed Banger goodness 11pm £10; Blow After Party: Vincent Manganaro, Carlos Riz, Aaron Palaez It never stops 3am £7/5/4 COBBLER’S THUMB Red Diesel Funk soul outfit with djembe drums 9pm £free CONCORDE2 Wiley, JME, Fugative, Gracious K The godfather of grime 6.30pm £12; Outlook Festival Reunion Party: Plastician & P.Money, Quest & Silkie, Kryptic Minds, Mungos Hi Fi, Dubloke, Action Jackson, Marksman, Wachs Lyrical, Lofty, Tick Dubstep night 11pm £10 DIGITAL Pussycat Club If your house was this dirty you might have to call pest control 11pm £12/10/5 DOCTOR BRIGHTON’S DJ Tony B 9.30pm £free DOME Paco Peña’s Flamenco Sin Fronteras Virtuosic flamenco musicians and dancers 3pm/8pm £27.50-12.50 DRUID’S ARMS DJ Ben Murphy 9pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Tinkerbell And The Great Fairy 11am EASY BAR SATisHiFied Funk tunes from DJ Hoodem & Bean 8pm £free ENTOURAGE Club Freak Release R&B and dance tunes 8pm £free EVERYBODY INN Fuck The Pain Away Electro punk disco for people too poor to afford aspirin 10pm £free FISHBOWL Askew DJ set of soul, nu jazz and reggae tunes 9pm £free FULL MOON Bones DJs bring you lo fi garage blues and horror pop 9pm £free FUNKY BUDDHA Reflex The 80s are back! The perfect soundtrack to Tory cuts and mass unemployment 11pm £tbc; The Breakfast Club: Pop ‘Till You Drop DJ Mikee Hollywood keeps the party going 3am £5/3 FUNKYFISH The Funkyfish Club Soul, funk, jazz, Motown 60s, 70s and 80s 10pm £6/3.50 GEISHA ARTS Geisha Grooves: Jipsy Magic Acoustic singalong numbers 4.30pm £free GLOBE Go Bang! DJs Ali and Affy go at it in the basement 9pm £free HAMPTON iLike iPod battles 8pm £free HECTOR’S HOUSE The Free For All A full house of alternative and indie bands 8.30pm £free; The Free For All After Show

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Messy post-gig drinking and dancing session 11pm £free HONEY Hat Club: Alex Miles, The Beat Thiefs, Vince Frimpong, Carl Smeaton, Twisted Beatz, Ben G & Squiz House hits and hats 11pm £10/5 HOPE Veronica Falls, Cloud Nothing Twee Scots stoking the 80s anorak indie scene 9pm £free HYDRANT DOWN Patchwork Grace Indie rock band 9pm £free HYDRANT UP Fury UK Proper hairy metal 8pm £4 IRON DUKE She Talks To Rainbows DJs Mia & Misty play trippy tracks from the 60s and 70s 8.30pm £free JAM Screaming Tupulo, The Absolute Belters Bluesy punk 8pm £4/3; Stash Afterparty Indie and soul tunes 11pm £4/3 KIN BAR Bernice MacDonald, Little Big Band, A Day At The Dogs Live music 7pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club: Susan Calman, Geoff Norcott, Paul Sinha, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 7pm/10.30pm £17.50/15 KOMEDIA STUDIO Comedy Club For Kids Comedy without the naughty bits 2pm £8/6; CBGBs Night devoted to the best bands who played the New York venue 9pm £3 KOMEDIA UP Guilty Pleasures: Fairytales And Legends Party Club for unreformed sinners 11pm £8/6 LEGENDS BAR Pre Ignition Warm up for going down... 7pm £tbc LEGENDS BASEMENT Ignition House and chart hits 11pm £free LIFE Hold Up! Proper indie disco 11pm £5 MARLBOROUGH Cherry Pop Cheese and 80s trash with DJ Fondue Inferno 8.30pm £free NEW VENTURE THEATRE Gaby Goes Global Comedic play set in a job centre written by a local playwright. Why doesn’t she get a proper job? 7.45pm £8 NEVILL SPORTS GROUND Family Firework Spectacular “Ooooooooooooooooooooooh! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”

6.30pm £6/4/free NORTHERN LIGHTS DJ Elk Party tunes Details tbc OMBAR Deeplicious: Timo Garcia, Steve Nasty, Steve James Deep house 10pm £free PAV TAV Back To The Future Retro tunes from before you were born 11pm £3/2 PAVILION THEATRE Soulful Singing Vocal workshop with Djembe drumming 2pm £5 PRINCE ALBERT Forestears, Common Tongues, Twin Brother Local folk upstarts 8pm £4/3 QUADRANT The Laughing Horse Comedy Night Stand up comedy 7.30pm £tbc R-BAR Kinky Classics DJ King-K plays funky house 9pm £tbc RIKITIK No School Breaks DJ night 10pm £free REVENGE Kinky Dangerous: Oliver M Pop and R&B tunes 10.30pm £8/6/4/3/free ST ANDREW’S CHURCH Unsung Heroine A theatrical reimagining of 12th century troubadour music 4pm £22-6 ST GEORGE’S CHURCH Revels, Pageants & Fireworks The BREMF Players perform popular ceremonial music by Handel, Vivaldi, Corelli and Purcell 4pm £22-6 SIDEWINDER Night Of The Living Fred Name that tune to win a shot of Tuaca 8pm £free SMUGGLERS Get Laid Even if you don’t, there’s upfront party tunes 9pm £free SUGAQUBE Simply House House from DJ Cheets Time tbc £free THEATRE ROYAL Flawless: Chase The Dream Street dance as seen on TV 7.30pm £19.50 THREE & TEN Ruff Snippets DJ set 10pm £free UNITARIAN CHURCH The Sing Brighton! Singing Extravaganza Vocal recitals of early classical music 10pm £free VOLKS Strictly Scared Stiff: Ed Real, Smyrky & Sereya, Hoopz, Dan Stoves, Sightek, Rachel Uv, Jamie C, Bean, Mr Vengance Hard dance to dance hard to 10pm £5 WESTERN FRONT Release DJs 9pm £free WEST HILL TAVERN If Reagan Played Disco Alternative sounds from the era of right-wing governments and middle-eastern bombing campaigns. No, the other one 9pm £free YARD Porno Club world has always done well out of the implicit promise of a shag, but nowadays it’s got a little more direct: the ‘up for it sexy crowd’, and ‘sexed-up porn star go gos’ make this night seem like the closest thing to public fornication you can get without resorting to daggering 10.30pm £7/5

sunday 7th

AUDIO Bo Ningen Like being doom-bombed by a team of kamikaze kraut crazies 7pm £8 BEE’S MOUTH The Hive Retro DJing from the 50s and 60s 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Now That’s What I Call A Party Part 1 DJ Sean plays everything from A-ha to GaGa - now that’s what I call eclectic 9pm £free BLACK LION Dubrockerslive Reggae, ska and dub DJs 8.30pm £free BRIGHTON BALLROOM Kompact Cabaret: Raw Alternative musical theatre from contemporary composers 7.45pm £10 BRIGHTON CENTRE Avenged Sevenfold, Stone Sour The

metal wagon rolls into town 5.30pm £27.50 BRUNSWICK Paul Busby Big Band Live swing jazz 8pm £6 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK The Geekest Link Q. Who would win in a fight between Robocop if he was armed with Megatron and Luke Skywalker if he was turned into a Borg?

8.30pm £1 CONCORDE2 BrightonLovesFashion Fashion show fundraiser for Brighton Women’s Centre 7pm £20/12 DRUID’S ARMS The Downsound Sessions Trip hop and dub DJs 9pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Tinkerbell And The Great Fairy 11am FIDDLER’S ELBOW Sham-Rock Open Mic It doesn’t have to be Irish music, but if it’s not you might get kneecapped 8.30pm £free FISHBOWL Recovery? Chilled reggae DJing from Asbest The Moor King and guests 9pm £free FOUNDRY Americana Unplugged Live music 8pm £free GLOBE Rockoustic Open Mic 9pm £free HECTOR’S HOUSE Don Bradmans, The Meow Meows, Crispian Baker SchNEWS fundraiser with ska and skanky punk 8pm £5 HEIST Dub Defendant Jamaican sounds 8pm £free HONEY Afrodisiac If your house was this sexy you’d never go outdoors 11pm £3.50/2 HOVE TOWN HALL Better Red And Dead! Brighton Early Music Festival comes to a climax with a big double bill of concerts on the theme of life and death 5pm/8pm £22-10 HYDRANT The Junk, Dirty Revolution, Anti-Vigilante, Brokennose Punk ska bands 7.30pm £5 KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club: Susan Calman, Geoff Norcott, Paul Sinha, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 8pm £11/6 KOMEDIA UP Baby Loves Disco Under 7s are introduced to the concept of clubbing 2pm £8; Bent Double: Susan Calman, Zoe Lyons Alternative comedy acts 7.30pm £10/8 LATEST MUSIC BAR Bark Like A Dog Blues Jam A chance for first-timers to shed their nerves - and old-timers to show off their licks 8pm £free LEGENDS BAR Sunday Cabaret: Boy George Experience Do you really want to hurt me? Yes 3.15pm £tbc LEGENDS BASEMENT Pop!Candy: DJ Jaykey Popping ear candy 11pm £free NEPTUNE Sam Chara Live jazz 8.30pm £tbc NEW VENTURE THEATRE Gaby Goes Global Comedic play set in a job centre written by a local playwright. Why doesn’t she get a proper job? 2.30pm £6 NIGHTINGALE THEATRE Automatic Writing Circle Ouija mediated improvisation by a diverse gang of experimental performers and musicians 7.30pm £8.50/6.50 PRINCE ALBERT Fighting With Wire, More Than Conquerors, Crooked Mountain Crooked Sea Alt punk rock 8pm £5 PV Sundaylicious Showtime Live acoustic music 6.30pm £free R-BAR Sublime Sundays Acoustic sessions 5pm £free RIKITIK Knead A Break DJ mash up 10pm £free ST NICHOLAS’ CHURCH Navarra Quartet A new series of ‘coffee concerts’ kicks off with a blast of Hayden, Ravel and Beethoven 3.30pm £22/12/7 SUGAQUBE Chill Sunday Lounge DJs Time tbc £free THEATRE ROYAL The Treason Show Topical comedy taking satirical pot-shots at the poor and famous 7.30pm £18 THREE & TEN Strung Out Live acoustic music 8pm £free WESTERN FRONT Live Guitarist Better than a dead one 4pm £free YARD LGBT Tea Party Details tbc

monday 8th

ANCIENT MARINER Quiz Night 8pm £1 BEE’S MOUTH The Bee’s Mouth Jazz Forum Join in for a jazz jam with the house band - there’s a free pint in it 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Now That’s What I Call A Party Part 2 Eclectic pop night 9pm £free BLACK LION Drive-In Cult films on an outdoor screen 8.30pm £free BLIND BUSKER Open Mic Night 8.30pm £free BRUNSWICK Open Mic Night 8pm £free COALITION Trash Mondays Filthy tunes for students and layabouts alike 10pm £5/3/free DOME Foals This band may have some racy tracks, but the singer’s voice is a little hoarse 7pm £14 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Peppa Pig: Mr Potato Comes to Town & Other Stories 10.30pm ENTOURAGE Mash! House tunes 7pm £free FULL MOON Quiz Night Details tbc FUNKY BUDDHA Trash Mondays Filthy Little Sister Banging night 11pm £tbc GREYS Andy White Twelve string guitarist with a political edge and a Celtic sound 8pm £9 HAMPTON Music Quiz 8pm £1 HECTOR’S HOUSE Dad Disko Student cheese Time tbc £free

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HONEY Playground Cheesy chart choons and bouncy castles 11pm £tbc KOMEDIA DOWN Don’t Shoot The Clowns Punchy and political theatre with a very silly side 8pm £12/10 KOMEDIA UP Micah P Hinson, Serafina Steer Indie folk singer songwriter from Texas with a soulful, southern drawl 8.30pm £14.50/12.50 LATEST MUSIC BAR Pop Goes Rock Raising money for Gambia relief, local bands turn the base lead of pop music into the precious gold of anthemic rock 7.30pm £3 LIFE Jailbait It’s a 90s club night. Trust us, you don’t want to google it 10.30pm £2/free MARLBOROUGH The Marly Pub Quiz 8pm £1 MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Three Voices Three original plays from Dani Carbery, Craig Jordan-Baker & Sally Beaumont 7.30pm £6/5 NEPTUNE More Music Mondays Live folk, blues and rock 8.30pm £tbc NEW VENTURE THEATRE Gaby Goes Global Comedic play set in a job centre written by a local playwright. Why doesn’t she get a proper job? 7.45pm £8 PRINCE ALBERT Baths Live music 8.30pm £6.50 R-BAR Quiz With Liz 9pm £tbc ST GEORGE’S CHURCH Nouvelle Vague New wave and punk classics recast as Brazilian pop ditties by suave French musos 7.30pm £22/20 SIDEWINDER Poker Night It’s about time for a gambling habit 9pm £5 THEATRE ROYAL Thriller Live Jackson rises from the grave for one last dance 7.45pm £30-27.50 VOLKS Strictly Reggae Dancehall, roots, revival 11pm £5/4.50

Tuesday 9th

AUDIO Let’s Kill Disco Indie night 10pm £3/2 BASEMENT Charlie Parr, Serious Sam Barrett Slide-guitar bluesman from Minnesota 7.30pm £9/8 BEE’S MOUTH Sounds Like Science DJ electronica 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Totalled On Tuesday! Pop and dance DJ 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Chaos A violent abyss of pure randomness/ a pop punk club 10pm £3/2 BRUNSWICK Jazz Jam Open session with house band 8pm £free COALITION Fat Tuesdays A big mix of everything 11pm £3/2/1 COBBLER’S THUMB Play For Your Pint Open mic night that’s the pub equivalent of singing for your supper 8pm £free CONCORDE2 Mean Poppa Lean EP fundraiser for fun-loving funksters 7pm £5; Rewind Dance classics and indie anthems 11pm £2/1 CORN EXCHANGE Henri Oguike Dance Company: Butterfly Dreaming Tour A triple bill of dancers with the music of Chopin, Bach and Tan Dun 7.30pm £15/12.50 COWLEY CLUB Wildkatz Project Open mic jam for poets and musicians 7pm £free DIGITAL CU Next Tuesday Student club night formerly known as Glitterati 11pm £4/3 FIDDLER’S ELBOW Quizness Time 8pm £1 FULL MOON Open Mic New open mic for musicians, comics and poets Details tbc GLOBE Basement Cinema Underground films, comfy seats, free popcorn 8pm £free HONEY Mojito Miami Beach Party: Jimmy Lobe, Tony Shadyak, RudeBen, Gabriel Angel, Dom Flo, Aaron George Smell the oranges and party like it’s springbreak and you’re on MTV 10pm £4/3 KOMEDIA DOWN The Space Talks from arts and entertainment figures 7pm £7.50/5 KOMEDIA UP Peter James Crime novelist talks about his life and latest book, ‘Dead Like You’ 6.30pm £7.50 LATEST MUSIC BAR Access To Music Brighton Acoustic Showcase Acts from the UK’s biggest music college 8pm £2 LIFE The Vice Social Student dance party 11pm £3 LONDON UNITY Comedy Quiz Night Details tbc NEW VENTURE THEATRE Gaby Goes Global Comedic play set in a job centre written by a local playwright. Why doesn’t she get a proper job? 7.45pm £8 MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Three Voices Three original plays from Dani Carbery, Craig Jordan-Baker & Sally Beaumont 7.30pm £6/5 PAV TAV Guerilla Rocks Club night for rock chicks, skater bois and indie kids 11pm £3/2/1 PRINCE ALBERT Sculptures, Not Now Bernard Grungey new wave indie 7.30pm £7.50 R-BAR Twisted Karaoke 8pm £free REVENGE Sound As A Pound Charity tunes 10.30pm £2/free RED LION General Knowledge Quiz 8pm £1 RIKITIK Go Big Or Go Home Student night with a low cheese content 10pm £free ROCK INN Movie Night 8.30pm £free SIDEWINDER Open Mic Night 8pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Thriller Live Jackson rises from the grave for

one last dance 7.45pm £30-27.50 THREE & TEN The Iliad Homer’s epic Trojan War poem performed by three theatrical storytellers 7.30pm £9/7 VOLKS Toothsayer Where the fidgety dubstep leads to the minimal house 10pm £4/3 YARD Shibby Shabblers Indie electro krunk night 10.30pm £3/2/1

wednesday 10th

AUDIO Tokyo Police Club Canadian indie rock band 7pm £tbc; Supercharged: Kyza, No Names Breaks 11pm £5 BASEMENT Way Out West, The Wind Whispered Me Chicago theatre troupe do humorous skits all about the seaside 7.30pm £8/6 BEE’S MOUTH Open Mic 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Now That’s What I Call A Party Part 3 Pop music 9pm £free BLACK LION Fresh Acoustics Live music 8.30pm £free BLIND BUSKER Music Quiz True or false: Dick Van Dyke recorded a duet with Van Halen which was subsequently suppressed by Warner Bros? 8.30pm £free BRUNSWICK Heavy Load Live music 8pm £free CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK The Funnier Farm: Danielle Ward, Pat Burtscher, David Trent, James W. Smith, Dan Wright Stand up comedy (upstairs) 8pm £5 CONCORDE2 Mystery Jets Kooky, leftfield indie pop band 7.30pm £12.50 COWLEY CLUB Cowley Bookshop Talk: Clive Bloom A talk with the author of ‘Violent London: 2000 Years of Riots, Rebels and Revolts’ 7pm £free DIGITAL The Poundance Imagine if Poundstretcher had a dancefloor - top pop tunes for a pittance 11pm £1 DRUID’S ARMS Change The Tempo! DJ night 9pm £free ENTOURAGE Caged Dancey pop music for students looking to escape the strictures of their laborious 6 hour week 7pm £free FISHBOWL Fisherman’s Chronicles Acoustic jam open to all 8pm £free GLOBE Brighton Institutions DJ sets and stalls from the shops, clubs and labels that make Brighton unique 9pm £free HONEY Suck My Pop And I’ll suck yours 10.30pm £3/free HOPE Broken Records, The Robot Heart Live music 8pm £7.50 HYDRANT Voodoo 6 Live music 8pm £tbc JAM Soundtracks Songs from 80s films 8pm £4/3/2/free; Adventures (After Dark): Ali Love Indie, dance hip hop club with live electropop act 11pm £1 KOMEDIA DOWN The Howling: The Moulettes, The Muel, Daniel Marcus Clark A night of songs, stories and theatrical interludes 7.30pm £7/6 KOMEDIA UP Mary Gauthier US country rock singer 8pm £15 LATEST MUSIC BAR Illustrators Neo-classical motifs and powerhouse riffing from local indie rockers 8.30pm £4 LEGENDS BASEMENT 2Pounded Pop club 11pm £free LIFE We Run This Reality TV goes clubbing: vote for your favourite DJ 11pm £3/free LONDON UNITY Open Mic Night 8pm £free MARLBOROUGH Open Mic 8pm £free MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Silver Wednesday Vintage movies with all the trimmings 8.30pm £7.50/5 NEW VENTURE THEATRE Gaby Goes Global Comedic play set in a job centre written by a local playwright. Why doesn’t she get a proper job? 7.45pm £8 PAVILION THEATRE Young Bands Night: Will And The People, Lauren Rebecca, The Watermelons Indie rock made by the kids 7.30pm £4 PRINCE ALBERT Cloud Control Indie folk band 8pm £4.50 PULL & PUMP Pickin Party Open session for American roots players 7.30pm £free PV Infamous PV Quiz Winning a few quid surely makes up for a lifetime of filling your brain with inconsequential trivia 8pm £tbc R-BAR Trickpop Pop and R&B from DJ Trick 8pm £free RIKITIK Time To Awesome Decks ‘n’ drums 11pm £free ROCK INN Poker Night 8.30pm £tbc SIDEWINDER The Sidewinder Garden Quiz 8pm £1 THEATRE ROYAL Thriller Live Jackson rises from the grave for one last dance 7.45pm £30-27.50 THREE & TEN The Iliad Homer’s epic Trojan War poem performed by three theatrical storytellers 7.30pm £9/7 TRU CoCo LoCo Student house party 10pm £3/free VOLKS Prohibition 10.30pm £5/4

THURSDAY 11th

AUDIO Lyrebirds Interpol-inspired indie locals – see Critic for a review of their new single 7pm £5; Bastard Pop Musical mash-up 11pm £2

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BEE’S MOUTH Bonesmoker & The Oracle of Hades Blue note, funk fusion 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Karaoke 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Mutant Pop Poppy and alternative sounds 10pm £2 BLACK LION Soul Casserole A melting pot of hot funk beats and soul grooves 8.30pm £free BRIGHTON BALLROOM Kate Walsh Singer songwriter Time tbc £10 BRUNSWICK Donna Fullman, Woodpecker Woolians, Annie Whittingham, Slim Lightfoot Charity concert for Kenyan children 8pm £6 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Brighton Bike Night Weekly biker’s social - leather, not lycra 7pm £free COALITION Gold Panda, Ghost Train Master remixer 7pm £5/4; Secret Discotheque Retro disco, 80s pop and other ‘uncool’ tunes 10.30pm £4/3/2/1 CONCORDE2 Omar Soul singer 8pm £15 CONSTANT SERVICE AMiTY Quirky electro folk 8.30pm £free DIGITAL Annie Mac Presents: T-e-e-d, Starsmith, Blah Blah Blah DJs Electro-heavy dance music 11pm £8 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Hauschka 9pm EASY BAR Easy Bar All Stars DJ night 8pm £tbc ENTOURAGE Ready, Go! R&B and hip hop tunes 7pm £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW Live Lounge: Jazz Fantasia Funky swing jazz 8.30pm £free FISHBOWL Residents Association DJ Will Sumsuch plays hip hop, funk and world beats 10pm £free FLORIST Jouissance Acoustic Lounge Live music 8pm £free FUNKY BUDDHA Bump N’ Grind Ride the riddims, baby 11pm £2/free GLOBE Hang The DJ! The democratisation of the dancefloor continues apace with another night of punter-picked playlists 9pm £free GRAND CENTRAL Swing DeVille Duo Gypsy jazz from the 1930s 8.30pm £free HECTOR’S HOUSE Brighton Electric Presents Live bands Details tbc HONEY The One - Real VIP Hip hop and dubstep designed to make you feel special 11pm £free HYDRANT Jetpack Elastic Live music 8pm £tbc JAM Jason Lytle Grandaddy frontman solo show 7pm £11; Thursday Night Fish Fry Early 50s US rhythm & blues and original Jamaican ska 10pm £2/1 KIN BAR The Fusion, Adam Kidd Band, Aim.Fire Live music 7pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club: Henning Wehn, Andy Askins, Rudi Lickwood, Jack Whitehall, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 8pm £8.50/6.50 KOMEDIA UP Micky Flanagan Stand up comedian 8pm £22 LATEST MUSIC BAR Catalyst Club Three guest speakers give a short talk about whatever their weird obsession is 8pm £5 LIFE Shameless Half a century of musical highlights and lowpoints 11pm £1 MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Casual Violence: Maniack Studenty sketch show from local gang back from a sell-out run at Edinburgh 8pm £6/5 NEW VENTURE THEATRE Gaby Goes Global Comedic play set in a job centre written by a local playwright. Why doesn’t she get a proper job? 7.45pm £8 NIGHTINGALE THEATRE Dancing Brick - 6.0: How Heap and Pebble Took on the World and Won Play about loss, friendship, human survival and ice skating 7.30pm £8.50/6.50 PRINCE ALBERT Flipside DJs Lucky Phil and Dave Mumbles (downstairs) 8pm £free; Munich Danish indie rockers launch night 8pm £tbc PRINCE GEORGE Open Mic Night 8pm £free QUADRANT AKL Open Mic Night 8pm £free RANELAGH Shauna Parker And The Saloon Bar Band Country folk outfit who recently gigged in Lewes Prison 9pm £free R-BAR Girls On Top Offical Warm Up Pop and party tunes from DJ Alpha 8pm £tbc REVENGE Girls On Top Vs Emergency Room Pop music club 10.30pm £4/3/free RIKITIK Scribble Hip hop, funk and breaks 10pm £free ROCK INN Quiz Night 8.30pm £1 ST JAMES’ TAVERN Stay Sick, Stay Blue DJs play vintage surf and garage 8.30pm £free SIDEWINDER Ants In The Carpet British classics since the 80s 8.30pm £free SMUGGLERS Skint? Studenty DJ night 8pm £free SUGAQUBE Big Thursday: Gary Scott House DJ Time tbc £free THEATRE ROYAL Thriller Live Jackson rises from the grave for one last dance 7.45pm £30-27.50 THOMAS KEMP Shehzad Kunwar Minimalist acoustic folk with an Indian twist 9pm £free THREE & TEN The Iliad Homer’s epic Trojan War poem performed by three theatrical storytellers 7.30pm £9/7 VOLKS Nexus Brighton ABC fundraiser with Irritant Sound System 11pm £4/3 WEST HILL TAVERN Open Mic 8pm £free WINDMILL Open Mic 8pm £free YARD Sit On My Bass Housey LGBT student night 10.30pm £5/3/free

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friday 12th

ALI-CATS Acoustic Club Six hand-picked acoustic acts 8pm £3/2 AUDIO Joker, Deadboy, Dismantle Housey garage 11pm £8/5 BASEMENT Thinking About Pocahontas And Me (Forth Version) Arty performances within a small scale video installation (booking essential) 7.30pm £5/4 BEE’S MOUTH Hot Tip Hi Fi DJs playing early reggae and rocksteady 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Muy Loco Pop and house DJs 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Abandoned Rock and metal night 10pm £3/2 BLACK LION Molly Malone Funk and hip hop DJ 8.30pm £free BRIGHTON BALLROOM La Bistroteque Gastro-club night from Dynamite Sal and Eddie Voyager 8pm £6 BRUNSWICK The Lost Highway Americana night 8pm £5/4 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Sleazy Listening: DJ Peter Von Sleaze Sleazy, like getting drooled on by a big biker. Did I say ‘like’? 9pm £free COALITION Fridays I’m In Love Somewhat eclectic club night with 60s gems, indie and funky funk 11pm £4/3/2/1 COBBLER’S THUMB Flip & Trip Hip hop disco funk 8pm £free CONCORDE2 Liars Indie outfit with a knack for knocking out dancey numbers 7pm £12.50; Laurent Garnier, Stompa Phunk Adventures along the less-trodden techno grooves with French legend 11pm £15 COWLEY CLUB aLALA Charity fundraiser with bands and DJs 7.30pm £free DIGITAL Stonelove A dancing and drinking club for fans of indiestyle music 11pm £4/3 DOCTOR BRIGHTON’S DJ Nick Hirst 9.30pm £free DRUID’S ARMS Hip Hop Happenings DJ night 9pm £free EASY BAR Pitch Slap DJ night 8pm £free ENTOURAGE Club La La R&B and pop tunes 8pm £free FISHBOWL Jeff Daniels Soul hip hop DJ 9pm £free FITZHERBERT’S The Hideout DJs play 60s garage tunes 9pm £free FULL MOON Grindhouse DJ Michael Mercury plays dirty, rockin’ blues 9pm £free FUNKY BUDDHA Drink, Dance, Repeat Cash in your student loan 11pm £5/3 FUNKYFISH The Funkyfish Club Soul, funk, jazz, Motown 60s, 70s and 80s 10pm £6/3.50 GLOBE Donky Pitch Electronica and dubstep DJs 9pm £free GRAND CENTRAL All Time Top 100: Holy Vessels DJ set from the Brighton band 9.30pm £free HECTOR’S HOUSE B Side New music night supporting the Bottletop charity £4/3 10pm HONEY Bonkerz Fridays All sorts of funky, dirty pop sounds 10.30pm £7/5 HYDRANT Goodtimes Music Two floors of reggae, ska and dub 9pm £free IRON DUKE Please Stop Trying Indie grunge DJ 8.30pm £free JAM Balkaneasca Brassy Balkan beats with live musicians and belly dancers - better than the the usual blokey beergut wobble 11pm £7/5 KIN BAR Fictions, You Cry Wolf, Fellow Stranger Live music 7pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club: Andy Askins, Rudi Lickwood, Jack Whitehall, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 7.30pm £14/11; Motorcity Club for lovers of Motown and disco 10.30pm £5/3 KOMEDIA UP Ministry Of Burlesque You know the score: a funfair of flirty showgirls, tassles and raised eyebrows 9pm £15 LATEST MUSIC BAR The Funky Buddha Band Funk and soul tunes from energetic covers band 9pm £5/3 LEGENDS Friday Frenzy: Rose Garden, DJ Peter Castle Club night with cabaret acts and pop tracks 9.30pm £free LIFE Metalheadz: Spor, Randall, Ulterior Motive, MC Justice The best D&B from Goldie’s label 11pm £7 LOFT Club Malicious Guitar anthems and movie soundtracks 10pm £3/2/free MARLBOROUGH Feels Like Heaven 80s trash with DJ Fondue Inferno 8.30pm £free MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Casual Violence: Maniack Studenty sketch show from local gang back from a sell-out run at Edinburgh 8pm £6/5 NEPTUNE Roadworks Blues rock band 8.30pm £tbc NEW VENTURE THEATRE Gaby Goes Global Comedic play set in a job centre written by a local playwright. Why doesn’t she get a proper job? 7.45pm £9 NIGHTINGALE THEATRE Dancing Brick - 6.0: How Heap and Pebble Took on the World and Won Play about loss, friendship, human survival and ice skating 7.30pm £8.50/6.50 NORTHERN LIGHTS RC Viking Mix Funky soul DJ Details tbc QUEEN’S HEAD Loz Netto Americana blues band 9pm £free PAV TAV INDIEcent Indie club playing indie pop and indie rock 11pm £3/2

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PRINCE ALBERT Deadlines, Loudaphone, Icicle Thieves Live music 8.30pm £4 PV Sugar Rush! DJ Bad Drag plays pop from across the ages Details tbc R-BAR X Factor Warm Up Funky house 9pm £free REVENGE X Factor Friday Watch the wannabe idiots, then go dance 10.30pm £tbc RIKITIK Beat Jerky Latin and hip hop tunes from DJ Barry Dust 10pm £free SMUGGLERS Bust It Funk, soul and hip hop DJs 8.30pm £free SUGAQUBE Classics & Anthems Housey hits with DJ Cheet 2pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Thriller Live Jackson rises from the grave for one last dance 5.30pm/8.30pm £30-27.50 THREE & TEN Ruff Snippets DJ set 10pm £free VOLKS The Freeform Special: Kevin Energy, DJ Solution, Nick 235, Greg Peaks, Pinnacle, Lady Brock, Double T, Klass A, Program, Kassius, Dead Jon Hardcore, hardstyle, hard-trance 10pm £10/6 WESTERN FRONT Release DJs play a bit of everything 9pm £free WEST HILL TAVERN Envy Electro and hip hop DJs 10pm £free YARD Under The Volcano Dubstep from Proper Gander, synthelectro punk from Teen Creeps and party nonsense from SOURCE magazine (that’s us) – three clubs in one Details tbc

saturday 13th

AUDIO Warehouse: Alex Metric, Battery Powered DJs House and techno club night 11pm £5/free BASEMENT Making Bread An evening of audience participation: graffitti, spoken-word, music, DJs and drawing 8pm £3 BELUSHI’S BAR Unplugged Live acoustic music 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Good Times Remember them? Maybe the retro tunes will jog your memory 9pm £5 BLACK LION Burnt Toast Radio Reverb DJ brings out the filth in funk 9pm £free BLACK DOVE Duck Shoot Soulful dancefloor funk 8pm £free BRIGHTON BALLROOM We Luv Pop More pop than a Coca-Cola factory (but not as many union-crushing paramilitary death squads) 8pm £6 BRUNSWICK Club Massah!: Tropical Underground, Jackson & The King Kickers Live music 8pm £6/4 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Ben Marwood, Oxygen Thief, Marc McCabe Acoustic folk punk (upstairs) 8.30pm £3 COALITION Jar Music Group Presents Global unsigned music competition 6.30pm £tbc; Floorplay: JP Chronic, Prok, Fitch, Lee Garrett, Bang Room, Vince Frimpong, Georgeos, Walterwall 11pm £10/8/5; Blow After Party: Vincent Manganaro, Carlos Riz, Aaron Palaez It never stops 3am £7/5/4 COBBLER’S THUMB Chango Mutley: Boogalube, Emmentalicious, Around for Sound, I’m There With Jugs On, Handy Andy’s Sandy Ghandi Shandy, Velcro The Vicinity, For Your Eyebrows Only DJ night with a difference 9pm £free CONCORDE2 Oceansize Epic rock 7.30pm £10; Kings Of The Jungle, DJ SS, EZ Rollers, Micky Finn, Jumpin Jack Frost, Nicky Blackmarket, MC Fearless D&B and jungle allnighter 11pm £8 CORN EXCHANGE Tom Paxton Classic 60s folk singer 8pm £20 COWLEY CLUB Slutdisko Up for some diskofunkelectrokitschpunk? 9pm £free DIGITAL Shades Rave Upfront electro with a ‘cool’ theme cheap entry if you’re wearing shades 11pm £10/6 DOCTOR BRIGHTON’S DJ Tony B 9.30pm £free DOME Goldfrapp Synthpop glamourpuss 7pm £22.50 DRUID’S ARMS DJ NoMark Where’s Mark gone? 9pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Met. Opera: Don Pasquale 6pm; The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 11pm ENTOURAGE Club Freak Release R&B and dance tunes 8pm £free FISHBOWL Sumsuch Disco and breaks from the Latenite Lounging DJ 9pm £free FULL MOON DJ Night Punk and indie tunes 9pm £free FUNKY BUDDHA Reflex The 80s are back! The perfect soundtrack to Tory cuts and mass unemployment 11pm £tbc; The Breakfast Club: Pop ‘Till You Drop DJ Mikee Hollywood keeps the party going 3am £5/3 FUNKYFISH The Funkyfish Club Soul, funk, jazz, Motown 60s, 70s and 80s 10pm £6/3.50 GEISHA ARTS Geisha Grooves: Amongst The Pigeons Lo-fi electronica 4.30pm £free GLOBE Together In Eclectic Dreams DJ night 9pm £free HAMPTON iLike iPod battles 8pm £free HECTOR’S HOUSE Stay Sick: Dragster Punky psychobilly band 9pm £free HOBGOBLIN The Hobgoblin Relaunch All-day mini-fest with bands, food and games - a chance to reflect on all the good times

down the ol’ Gobbo and be thankful that your feet are no longer stuck to the floor 12pm £free HONEY Freemasons, Jonathan Ulysses Chart-topping Brightonian remixers 11pm £10/5 HOPE I’m With Stupid Motorik rock, disco and hip hop from the DJ behind It Came From The Sea (downstairs) 9pm £free HYDRANT DOWN 6 Day Riot, The Beautiful Word Indie pop band 9pm £free HYDRANT UP Origin Presents A night of metal 8pm £tbc JAM Nightmoves: Alex Black, Action Jackson, Sam Hoyle, Pretty Ricky New house and garage night 11pm £5/4 JAZZ PLACE Unhooked Generation The 60s are alive and well and living in Brighton 10pm £5/4 KIN BAR Vernie And Bertrum, Deadbeat Descendant, Twin Brother Live music 7pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club: Krater Comedy Club: Andy Askins, Rudi Lickwood, Jack Whitehall, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 7pm/10.30pm £17.50/15 KOMEDIA STUDIO Witch Born Bad and Da Doo DJs play the grrrly side of punk and pop, from Grace Jones to The Gossip 11pm £5 KOMEDIA UP Gwilym Simcock Trio Award-winning pianist leads jazz trio consisting of Yuri Goloubev and James Maddren 8pm £18.50 LATEST MUSIC BAR Itchy Fingers Raw rock covers and punchy originals 9pm £6 LEGENDS BAR Pre Ignition Warm up for going down... 7pm £tbc LEGENDS BASEMENT Ignition House and chart hits 11pm £free LIFE Hold Up! Proper indie disco 11pm £5 MARLBOROUGH Cherry Pop Cheese and 80s trash with DJ Fondue Inferno 8.30pm £free NEW VENTURE THEATRE Gaby Goes Global Comedic play set in a job centre written by a local playwright. Why doesn’t she get a proper job? 7.45pm £9 NORTHERN LIGHTS DJ JP Rock&roll, swing and reggae tunes Details tbc PAV TAV Back To The Future Retro tunes from before you were born 11pm £3/2 PAVILION THEATRE Pied Piper: Laura’s Star Puppets tell stories for toddlers and kids 11am/2pm £7/5 PRINCE ALBERT Hitome, Pablo And The Paintset, Two Minutes To Midnight Heavy rock night 8.30pm £4 QUADRANT The Laughing Horse Comedy Night Stand up comedy 7.30pm £tbc R-BAR Kinky Classics DJ King-K plays funky house 9pm £tbc REVENGE Kinky Dangerous: Lee Harris Pop and R&B tunes 10.30pm £8/6/4/3/free RIKITIK 412 Sessions Funk, soul and rare groove 10pm £free SIDEWINDER Harry K’s Simply Dredd Reggae and party tunes 8pm £free SMUGGLERS Get Laid Even if you don’t, there’s upfront party tunes 9pm £free SUGAQUBE Delirious: Carl Mills, Dave King Upfront house tunes Time tbc £free THEATRE ROYAL Thriller Live Jackson rises from the grave for one last dance 4pm/8pm £30-27.50 THREE & TEN The Iliad Homer’s epic Trojan War poem performed by three theatrical storytellers (upstairs) 4.30pm £9/7; New Comedy Radio: Joanna Neary, Joseph Nixon, Dyball & Kerr Sit-coms, sketches and character comedy (upstairs) 6pm £4; Matt Barker Magnificently turned out DJ with impeccable hair (downstairs) 10pm £free VOLKS Sicknote Sorry miss, I lost my mind down a woofer at a banging techno psytrance night 11pm £tbc WESTERN FRONT Release DJs 9pm £free WEST HILL HALL Laish, Curly Hair, Martha Rose Willkommen band launch new album 7.30pm £5 WEST HILL TAVERN Tonight We Fly Literate pop for romantic indie kids 9pm £free YARD Torture Garden Famous fetishists flock for fancy fantasy fandango - and maybe some f’ing 10.30pm £free

sunday 14th

BELUSHI’S BAR Now That’s What I Call A Party Part 1 9pm £free BLACK LION Live & Swingin’ Gypsy Jazz Live music 8.30pm £free BRIGHTON BALLROOM Knock2bag: Angelos Epithemiou, Joe Wilkonson, Ed Gamble Television personalities Time tbc £10 BRIGHTON CENTRE A Question Of Sport Live 7pm £35 BRUNSWICK Byron Wallen Jazz trumpet with the Terry Seabrook Trio 8pm £8 CONCORDE2 The Irrepressibles Orchestral art pop with Hegarty-falsetto vocals 8pm £12.50 DOME Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra Stirring up nostalgic patriotism for Remembrance Day 2.45pm £9-32 FIDDLER’S ELBOW Sham-Rock Open Mic 8.30pm £free FISHBOWL Recovery? Chilled reggae DJing from Asbest The Moor King 9pm £free

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FOUNDRY Americana Unplugged Live music 8pm £free GLOBE Rockoustic Open Mic 9pm £free HONEY Afrodisiac If your house was this sexy you’d never go outdoors 11pm £3.50/2 HOPE King Coma Irish rockers 8pm £tbc KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club: Andy Askins, Rudi Lickwood, Jack Whitehall, Paddy Lennox Stand-up comedy 8pm £11/6 KOMEDIA UP The Divine Comedy The diminutive dandy of orchestral brit-fop makes a welcome return - the evening show has sold out already 2pm/8pm £17.50 LATEST MUSIC BAR The Tofu Love Frogs SchNEWS fundraiser with energetic festival folk punks Details tbc LEGENDS BAR Sunday Cabaret: Topping & Butch 3.15pm £tbc LEGENDS BASEMENT Pop!Candy: DJ Jaykey Popping ear candy 11pm £free NEPTUNE The Porchlight Smoker Country and bluegrass band 8.30pm £tbc PAVILION THEATRE From A Whisper To A Shout Jacob Sam-La Rose does a poetry workshop for young’uns 11am £12.50 PRINCE ALBERT The Peacocks, The Razorblades, Zatopeks, The Go-Go Cult Euro punk bands 7pm £8.50 PV Sundaylicious Showtime Live acoustic music 6.30pm £free R-BAR Sublime Sundays Acoustic sessions 5pm £free RIKITIK Knead A Break DJ mash up 10pm £free SUGAQUBE Chill Sunday Lounge DJs Time tbc £free THEATRE ROYAL Rob Brydon & Friends Stand up comedy 7.30pm £30.50-23.50 THREE & TEN Strung Out Live acoustic music 8pm £free WESTERN FRONT Live Guitarist Better than a dead one 4pm £free

monday 15th

ANCIENT MARINER Quiz Night 8pm £1 AUDIO The Vaccines Indie band currently enjoying the selffulfilling prophesy of being dubbed the ‘next big thing’ 7pm £7 BEE’S MOUTH The Bee’s Mouth Jazz Forum Join in for a jazz jam with the house band - there’s a free pint in it 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Now That’s What I Call A Party Part 2 9pm £free BLACK LION Drive-In: Quadrophenia Cult films on an outdoor screen 8.30pm £free BLIND BUSKER Open Mic Night 8.30pm £free BRIGHTON CENTRE A-Ha In most cases it’s a sound you might make when coming across something pleasant and unexpected 7.30pm £55,38.50,28.50 BRUNSWICK Open Mic Night 8pm £free COALITION Trash Mondays Filthy tunes for students and layabouts alike 10pm £5/3/free CONCORDE2 Drive By Truckers, Danny And The Champions Of The World Lo-fi country rock 7pm £15 CORN EXCHANGE Marina And The Diamonds Singer songwriter 7.30pm £15 ENTOURAGE Mash! House tunes 7pm £free FULL MOON Quiz Night Details tbc FUNKY BUDDHA Trash Mondays Filthy Little Sister Banging night 11pm £tbc HAMPTON Music Quiz 8pm £1 HECTOR’S HOUSE Dad Disko Student cheese Time tbc £free HONEY Playground Cheesy chart choons and bouncy castles 11pm £tbc KOMEDIA DOWN Caitlin Rose, Peter Wolf Crier Folk music 7.30pm £10 KOMEDIA UP Les Savy Fav Rhode Island noise rockers 8pm £16/14 LATEST MUSIC BAR T.U.R.D.S. This month The Ukulele Research & Development Society celebrates girl power with a female-only ‘open’ mic and songs from Sister McGee (i.e. the Bobby McGees without the excitable and foul-mouthed Scottish bloke) 7.30pm £2 LIFE Jailbait It’s a 90s club night. We googled it for more details and now our hard drives have been confiscated by the filth 10.30pm £2/free MARLBOROUGH The Marly Pub Quiz 8pm £1 PRINCE ALBERT Diamond Rings Live music 8pm £6.50 R-BAR Quiz With Liz 9pm £tbc SIDEWINDER Poker Night It’s about time for a gambling habit 9pm £5 VOLKS Strictly Reggae Dancehall, roots, revival 11pm £5/4.50

Tuesday 16th

AUDIO Let’s Kill Disco Indie night 10pm £3/2 BASEMENT Are You Sitting Comfortably?: Noir Short stories about femme fatales and private dicks - plus cupcakes, games and competitions 7.30pm £6/4

BEE’S MOUTH Sounds Like Science DJ electronica 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Totalled On Tuesday! Pop and dance DJ 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Chaos A violent abyss of pure randomness / a pop punk club 10pm £3/2 BRUNSWICK Jazz Jam Open session with house band 8pm £free COALITION Four Tet Folk-inspired electronica 7pm £16/14; Fat Tuesdays A big mix of everything 11pm £3/2/1 COBBLER’S THUMB Play For Your Pint Open mic night that’s the pub equivalent of singing for your supper 8pm £free CONCORDE2 Seth Lakeman Folk singer 7.30pm £17; Rewind Dance classics and indie anthems 11pm £2/1 COWLEY CLUB Taco Bells, Pekko Käppi, Bolide, Sunshine Variety Free jazz, wyrd folk and drone 8pm £5 DIGITAL CU Next Tuesday Student club night formerly known as Glitterati 11pm £4/3 DOME Hugh Masekela & The Mahotella Queens Afro-pop jazzer who opened for the World Cup 8pm £18.50/15 FIDDLER’S ELBOW Quizness Time 8pm £1 FULL MOON Open Mic New open mic for musicians, comics and poets Details tbc GLOBE Basement Cinema Underground films, comfy seats, free popcorn 8pm £free HONEY Mojito Miami Beach Party: Jimmy Lobe, Tony Shadyak, RudeBen, Gabriel Angel, Dom Flo, Aaron George Smell the oranges and party like it’s springbreak and you’re on MTV 10pm £4/3 KOMEDIA STUDIO Ruarri Joesph Folk singer songwriter following the path of Cat Stevens and Nick Drake 7.30pm £8 LATEST MUSIC BAR Charity Chuckle Stand up comedy with Zoe Lyons 8pm £6/5 LIFE The Vice Social Student dance party 11pm £3 LONDON UNITY Comedy Quiz Night Details tbc PAV TAV Guerilla Rocks Club night for rock chicks, skater bois and indie kids 11pm £3/2/1 PRINCE ALBERT Poor Little Pierrette, This Modern Life Indie ska 8pm £4 R-BAR Twisted Karaoke 8pm £tbc RED LION General Knowledge Quiz 8pm £1 REVENGE Boogaloo Stu & Dolly Rocket’s Big Boogaloo Ball Cheeky pop smut 11pm £2/free RIKITIK Go Big Or Go Home Student night with a low cheese content 10pm £free ROCK INN Movie Night 8.30pm £free SIDEWINDER Open Mic Night 8pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Blithe Spirit Noel Coward’s classic comedy with Alison Steadman playing a deranged clairvoyant 7.45pm £37.50-20 THREE & TEN The Odyssey A one-man retelling of the timeless Greek myth 7.30pm £9/7 VOLKS Homegrown Dubstep, dancehall and D&B Details tbc YARD Shibby Shabblers Indie electro krunk night 10.30pm £3/2/1

wednesday 17th

AUDIO Supercharged: Rusko Breaks 11pm £5 BASEMENT Cubano Pop, Remember April Cuban and Caribbean music with added jazz improv 7.30pm £15 BEE’S MOUTH Open Mic 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Now That’s What I Call A Party Part 3 9pm £free BLACK LION Fresh Acoustics Live music 8.30pm £free BLIND BUSKER Music Quiz True or false: Madonna once requested a pre-concert bath consisting of flowers and puppy tears 8.30pm £free BRUNSWICK Crimes Against Humanities Teachers Comedy show 8pm £7/6 CONCORDE2 Seth Lakeman Folk singer 7.30pm £17 COWLEY CLUB SchMOVIES DVD Launch: Raiders Of The Lost Archives Short films on direct action and political campaigns 8pm £donation DIGITAL The Poundance Imagine if Poundstretcher had a dancefloor - top pop tunes for a pittance 11pm £1 DRUID’S ARMS Change The Tempo! DJ night 9pm £free ENTOURAGE Caged Dancey pop music for students looking to escape the strictures of their laborious 6 hour week 7pm £free FISHBOWL Fisherman’s Chronicles Acoustic jam open to all 8pm £free GLOBE Brighton Institutions DJ sets and stalls from the shops, clubs and labels that make Brighton unique 9pm £free HECTOR’S HOUSE Educated Heart Charity Fundraiser Live music and poetry Details tbc HOPE Pink Narcissus, Nicky Click, My Plastic Eye Nihilistic punk scandal 8pm £4 HONEY Suck My Pop And I’ll suck yours 10.30pm £3/free HYDRANT A Man Down Pop punk band 9pm £free

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JAM Soundtracks Songs from 80s films 8pm £4/3/2/free; Adventures (After Dark) Indie, dance and hip hop club with live acts 11pm £1 KOMEDIA UP Lee Nelson’s Well Good Tour Character comedy from Simon Brodkin - sold out 8.30pm £15 LATEST MUSIC BAR Horse One of those classic bands that nobody’s heard of 9pm £15 LEGENDS BASEMENT 2Pounded Pop club 11pm £free LIFE We Run This Reality TV goes clubbing: vote for your favourite DJ 11pm £3/free LONDON UNITY Open Mic Night 8pm £free MARLBOROUGH Open Mic 8pm £free MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Silver Wednesday Vintage movies with all the trimmings 8.30pm £7.50/5 NIGHTINGALE THEATRE Yael Karavan: In-Between Physical theatre 8pm £8.50/6.50 PAVILION THEATRE Hip-Hop Basics Urban street culture appropriated by dance class for aspiring b-boys 6.30pm £12 PRINCE ALBERT Titus Andronicus Indie punk band 8pm £8 PV Infamous PV Quiz Winning a few quid surely makes up for a lifetime of filling your brain with inconsequential trivia 8pm £tbc R-BAR Trickpop Pop and R&B from DJ Trick 8pm £free RIKITIK Time To Awesome Decks ‘n’ drums 11pm £free ROCK INN Poker Night 8.30pm £tbc SIDEWINDER The Sidewinder Garden Quiz 8pm £1 THEATRE ROYAL Blithe Spirit Noel Coward’s classic comedy with Alison Steadman playing a deranged clairvoyant 7.45pm £37.50-20 THREE & TEN The Odyssey A one-man retelling of the timeless Greek myth 7.30pm £9/7 TRU CoCo LoCo Student house party 10pm £3/free WEST HILL TAVERN Acoustic Music Night 8pm £free

thursday 18th

AUDIO Bastard Pop Musical mash up 11pm £2 BEE’S MOUTH Noah Taylor Quintet Live music 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Karaoke 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Mutant Pop Poppy and alternative sounds 10pm £2 BLACK LION Attic Monkeys Hey, check out my record collection! 8.30pm £free BRIGHTON BALLROOM Toby Pearce Benefit Gig Trance and electronic vibes 8pm £5 BRIGHTON CENTRE Gorillaz Live show from the virtual band 6.30pm £45 BRUNSWICK Liane Carroll Live jazz 8pm £10 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Brighton Bike Night Weekly biker’s social - leather, not lycra 7pm £free COALITION Secret Discotheque Retro disco, 80s pop and other ‘uncool’ tunes 10.30pm £4/3/2/1 CONSTANT SERVICE The Wide Eyed Order Rootsy gypsy folk 8.30pm £free DIGITAL Martyn, Roska, Ben White Techno, dub and electro 11pm £7 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA The King’s Speech Part of the Cinecity film festival Details tbc EASY BAR Easy Bar All Stars DJ night 8pm £tbc ENTOURAGE Ready, Go! R&B and hip hop tunes 7pm £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW Live Lounge: Funky Folk Toe-tapping trad and juicy jazz Details tbc FISHBOWL Residents Association DJ Will Sumsuch plays hip hop, funk and world beats 10pm £free FLORIST Jouissance Acoustic Lounge Live music 8pm £free FUNKY BUDDHA Bump N’ Grind Ride the riddims, baby 11pm £2/free GLOBE Hang The DJ! The democratisation of the dancefloor continues apace with another night of punter-picked playlists 9pm £free GRAND CENTRAL Swing DeVille Duo Gypsy jazz from the 1930s 8.30pm £free HECTOR’S HOUSE The Sun Araw, Zun Zun, Egui, Peepholes, 20 Jazz Funk Greats DJs Experimental psychedelic mash up 8pm £free HONEY The One - Real VIP Hip hop and dubstep designed to make you feel special 11pm £free HOPE Haight-Ashbury Hippy folk 8pm £5 HYDRANT New York New York Rocky power pop 9pm £free JAM Our Broken Garden, Amongst The Pigeons Ethereal Danish songwriter 8pm £4; Thursday Night Fish Fry Early 50s US rhythm & blues and original Jamaican ska 10pm £2/1 KIN BAR Morning Orchestra, The Creaking Chair, Arp Attack Live music 7pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club: Chris Stokes, Jimmy McGhie, John Robins Stand-up comedy 8pm £8.50/6.50 KOMEDIA UP Lee Nelson’s Well Good Tour Character comedy from Simon Brodkin 8.30pm £15 LATEST MUSIC BAR Cafe Scientifique: Atomic Spacetime

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Is spacetime a continuum or is it atomic? Fay Dowker presents the evidence in this lecture on fundamental physics (upstairs) 7.30pm £free; This Is Elvis It isn’t, but this guy is probably looking a lot better than the king these days (downstairs) 7.30pm £6 LIFE Shameless Half a century of musical highlights and lowpoints 11pm £1 MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Sing Woman Sing: Kate Daisy Grant, Alexia Chellun, Amanda Bes A coven of singer songwriters 8pm £3 NIGHTINGALE THEATRE Yael Karavan: In-Between Physical theatre 8pm £8.50/6.50 PAV TAV The Moshpit Rock and metal night 10pm £3/2/1 PAVILION THEATRE Born Radical: Nawal El Saadawi With Clare Short Clare talks to the Egyptian activist and feminist 7.45pm £12 PRINCE ALBERT Monty Saldo, Stars And Sons, Tom Odell Live music 8.30pm £4 PRINCE GEORGE Open Mic Night 8pm £free QUADRANT AKL Open Mic Night 8pm £free R-BAR Girls On Top Offical Warm Up Pop and party tunes from DJ Alpha 8pm £tbc REVENGE Girls On Top Moustache Party Vs Emergency Room Whack some hair on that face 8pm £4/3/free RIKITIK Riki Flicks Monthly Theme Party: 80s Movies from the decade of action heros, sport champs and brat-packers 7pm £free ROCK INN Quiz Night 8.30pm £1 ST JAMES’ TAVERN Stay Sick, Stay Blue DJs play vintage surf and garage 8.30pm £free SIDEWINDER Ants In The Carpet British classics since the 80s 8.30pm £free SMUGGLERS Skint? Studenty DJ night 8pm £free SUGAQUBE Big Thursday: Jay North House DJ Time tbc £free THEATRE ROYAL Blithe Spirit Noel Coward’s classic comedy with Alison Steadman playing a deranged clairvoyant 2.30pm/7.45pm £37.50-20 THREE & TEN Brian Gittins And Friends Stand up comedy hosted by roadside café weirdo. Tonight his ‘friend’ is Steve Oram 8pm £9/7 VOLKS The Mighty Aba Shanti Thunder and lightning - Jah style 10pm £tbc WEST HILL TAVERN Open Mic 8pm £free WINDMILL Open Mic 8pm £free YARD Sit On My Bass Housey LGBT student night 10.30pm £5/3/free

friday 19th

AUDIO Marnie Stern, The Agitator Young yankie finger tapper 7pm £7.50; Minimal Kids: Channel X Club for music and art stripped down to its most fundamental features 11pm £8/5 BASEMENT Under Glass Hear poetry and music inside a set of glass jars and cabinets. Will it sound better? 7pm/8pm/9pm £8 BELUSHI’S BAR Muy Loco Pop and house DJs 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Abandoned Rock and metal night 10pm £3/2 BLACK LION Soul Casserole A melting pot of hot funk beats and soul grooves 8.30pm £free BRIGHTON BALLROOM White Mink Electro swing vs speakeasy jazz 9.30pm £8/7/6 BRUNSWICK Stone Love Smooth soul music 8pm £7/5 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Sleazy Listening: DJ Peter Von Sleaze Sleazy, like getting drooled on by a big biker. Did I say ‘like’? 9pm £free COALITION Fridays I’m In Love Somewhat eclectic club night with 60s gems, indie and funky funk 11pm £4/3/2/1 COBBLER’S THUMB Lucky Jim Alt country band 9pm £free CONCORDE2 Bellowhead Eleven-strong multi-instrumentalists blending jazz, classical music and disco 7pm £20; Terry Hall The Specials’ frontman does a stint behind the decks 11pm £10 COWLEY CLUB Art Of Burning Water, Conmungos, DKH Live bands 8pm £3 DIGITAL Stonelove A dancing and drinking club for fans of indiestyle music 11pm £4/3 DOCTOR BRIGHTON’S DJ Nick Hirst 9.30pm £free DOME Breakin’ Convention 10 If the idea of ‘hip hop dance theatre’ makes you suspicious, it’s probably not just cos you’re a racialist 7.30pm £20/15/10 DRUID’S ARMS Maxwell House Reggae DJs 9pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA The American Part of the Cinecity film festival Details tbc EASY BAR Pitch Slap DJ night 8pm £free ENTOURAGE Club La La R&B and pop tunes 8pm £free FISHBOWL Blacklodge Disco boogie DJ 9pm £free FULL MOON Dub Defendant Jamaican sounds 9pm £free FUNKY BUDDHA Drink, Dance, Repeat Cash in your student loan 11pm £5/3 FUNKYFISH The Funkyfish Club Soul, funk, jazz, Motown 60s, 70s and 80s 10pm £6/3.50 GLOBE Disco Deviant Disco, funk and house from DJ Pablo Contraband 9pm £free GRAND CENTRAL All Time Top 100: DJ Mark Hazlewood

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Musical countdown with guest DJ 9.30pm £free HECTOR’S HOUSE B Side New music night supporting the Bottletop charity £4/3 10pm HONEY Lollipop Get your fingers sticky to R&B, hip hop and pop treats 10.30pm £7/5 HOPE Love Funk New DJ night (downstairs) 8pm £free; Wild Palms Post-punks ploughing through the post-post-punk revival (upstairs) 8pm £7.50 HYDRANT DOWN Monsters Build Mean Robots, A Plastic Rose, Munroe Effect, Lulla Violet A coming together of the Radiohead and Mogwai tribes 8pm £free HYDRANT UP Tropical Underground Latin funk night 8pm £tbc IRON DUKE DJ Phil Is Dissapoint Alternative tunes (plus alternative spelling) 8.30pm £free JAM Club Chat Noir: The Midnight Stompers, The War Years, DJ Mike The Mic Vintage swing club celebrates its 5th birthday with live bands 8.30pm £10/8 KIN BAR The Woo! Worths, Luke Hytner And The Colour Club, Flash Bang Band Live music 7pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club: Jimmy McGhie, Tom Stade, John Robins Stand-up comedy 7.30pm £14/11; Born Bad Rockabilly and great garage scuzz 11pm £6/5 KOMEDIA UP Comm:UNITY: King Porter Stomp, Samsara, Dizraeli Audiovisual entertainment with live reggae, dub and hip hop 7pm £5 LEGENDS Friday Frenzy: Jo Frances, DJ Peter Castle Club night with cabaret acts and pop tracks 9.30pm £free LIFE ESKMO Beat-science electronics 11pm £tbc LOFT Club Malicious Guitar anthems and movie soundtracks 10pm £3/2/free LONDON UNITY Zora And The Tatsmiths Punky gypsy folk band 9pm £free MARLBOROUGH Hey Sister, Soul Sister Funk soul DJ 8.30pm £free MARLBOROUGH THEATRE The Blue Lady Sings Surreal and enchanting mini-musical with Tricity Vogue 9pm £7 NEPTUNE The Simon Sleeze Trio Rocky R&B with slide guitar 8.30pm £tbc NORTHERN LIGHTS DJ Gypsy Punk and dub Details tbc PAV TAV INDIEcent Indie club playing indie pop and indie rock 11pm £3/2 PAVILION THEATRE Storyville: Lionel Shriver Author and journalist talks about her latest work 8pm £8 PRINCE ALBERT Sparrow, Clayton Strange, Black Diamond Bay, Tiger Cub Live music 8pm £4 QUEEN’S HEAD John Crampton One-man blues band 9pm £free R-BAR X Factor Warm Up Funky house 9pm £tbc REVENGE X Factor Friday Watch the wannabe idiots, then go dance 10.30pm £tbc RIKITIK Carbon Jungle and D&B DJs 9pm £free SMUGGLERS Bust It Funk, soul and hip hop DJs 8.30pm £free SUGAQUBE Soulshyne Soulful house with DJ Mick Fuller Time tbc £free THEATRE ROYAL Blithe Spirit Noel Coward’s classic comedy with Alison Steadman playing a deranged clairvoyant 7.45pm £37.50-20 THREE & TEN Gareth Stevens DJ set 10pm £free VOLKS Future Dub: Necessary Mayhem ft Mr Williams, DJ As-if, Unity Hi Fi, Arkital Sound feat Ilodica, CutlooseCrew, Kosine & X-Nation, Maniac & Trouble, King Spinner, Lost in Music, Insight & Voytek, L5D, Mr Sleepz, Gremlin, Rezomines Dubstep birthday bash for Unity Hifi 10pm £3 WESTERN FRONT Release DJs play a bit of everything 9pm £free WEST HILL TAVERN Brains Eclectic mish-mash from Superheroes of BMX 9pm £free YARD Under The Volcano Dubstep from Proper Gander, synthelectro punk from Teen Creeps and party nonsense from SOURCE magazine (that’s us) – three clubs in one Details tbc

saturday 20th

ANCIENT MARINER Acoustic Sessions Live music 8pm £free AUDIO Sleigh Bells, The Knocks Live music 7pm £7; Warehouse: Solo House and techno club night 11pm £5/free BASEMENT Under Glass Hear poetry and music inside a set of glass jars and cabinets. Will it sound better? 7pm/8pm/9pm £8 BELUSHI’S BAR Unplugged Live acoustic music 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Good Times Remember them? Maybe the retro tunes will jog your memory 9pm £5 BLACK LION Medium Rare DJs serving up a platter of semiobscure funk and soul 9pm £free BRIGHTON BALLROOM Pop Kraft Boogaloo Stu and crew play pop tunes while you play with sock puppets and mess around with glitter 9.30pm £8/6

BRUNSWICK Ben Sarfas Quartet Live jazz funk band 8pm £5 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Cazza Karaoke 8.30pm £free COALITION Elzhi & Phat Kat Detroit MC 7pm £10/8; Obsession, D Double E, Rampage, Ace, Vis, DJ Dubl, DJ Naughty, DJ Outbreak 11pm £10/8/5; Blow After Party: Vincent Manganaro, Carlos Riz, Aaron Palaez It never stops 3am £7/5/4 COBBLER’S THUMB Duncan Disorderly Chukin’s singer does a solo reggae set 8pm £free CONCORDE2 Go-X, We Sunk Atlantis, The Anthem Alternative bands 7pm £5; Silent Disco Club night based on the idea of using headphones to avoid noise complaints 11pm £5 DIGITAL Friction, Nero, D Bridge, Spectrasoul D&B showcase from the Brighton label, Shogun Audio 11pm £tbc DOCTOR BRIGHTON’S DJ Tony B 9.30pm £free DRUID’S ARMS DJ Ben Murphy 9pm £free ENTOURAGE Club Freak Release R&B and dance tunes 8pm £free EXCHANGE Soul Casserole A melting pot of hot funk beats and soul grooves Time tbc £free FISHBOWL DJ Åbo, Ally Smith Jazz Room DJs play dirty jazz funk 9pm £free FULL MOON The Plague DJs play beat, surf and psych rock 9pm £free FUNKY BUDDHA Reflex The 80s are back! The perfect soundtrack to Tory cuts and mass unemployment 11pm £tbc; The Breakfast Club: Pop ‘Till You Drop DJ Mikee Hollywood keeps the party going 3am £5/3 FUNKYFISH The Funkyfish Club Soul, funk, jazz, Motown 60s, 70s and 80s 10pm £6/3.50 GEISHA ARTS Geisha Grooves: PaperFaces Folk rock originals and covers 4.30pm £free GLOBE Duck Shoot DJs play alt grooves and lost classics 9pm £free HAMPTON iLike iPod battles 8pm £free HECTOR’S HOUSE Talent 4 A Cause Fundraiser Live bands 8pm £3 HILTON BRIGHTON METROPOLE The Rockinghorse Circus Ball Champagne and three-course charity do Time tbc £85 HONEY Pukka Up If your house was this pukka you’d never run out of pies 11pm £10/5 HOPE Anagrams Live music 8pm £4/3 HYDRANT Vikki Vortex & The Cumshots Punk, obviously 8pm £free JAM Johnny Foreigner, Stage Coach, Perspex Wrecks Live music 7pm £6.50; The Doctor’s Orders: DJ Dez, Spin Doctor, Rusty Ryan This hip hop is sick 11pm £7/5 KIN BAR Emily Baker, Fiona Sally Miller, Cate Ferris Live music 7pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club: Jimmy McGhie, Tom Stade, John Robins Stand-up comedy 7pm/10.30pm £17.50/15 KOMEDIA STUDIO Spellbound Apparently some 80s music was actually quite good: let Cherry Foxx and Simon Price guide you through the alternative highlights of the decade 9pm £5/4 KOMEDIA UP Fantasmagoria Cabaret theatre with mutant musicals 9pm £10 LEGENDS BAR Pre Ignition Warm up for going down... 7pm £tbc LEGENDS BASEMENT Ignition House and chart hits 11pm £free LIFE Hold Up! Proper indie disco 11pm £5 MARLBOROUGH Cherry Pop Cheese and 80s trash with DJ Fondue Inferno 8.30pm £free MARLBOROUGH THEATRE The Blue Lady Sings Surreal and enchanting mini-musical with Tricity Vogue 9pm £7 NORTHERN LIGHTS DJ Jazzy D Funky soul Details tbc PAV TAV Back To The Future Retro tunes from before you were born 11pm £3/2 PAVILION THEATRE Storyville: New Voices Four writers talk about magic and mental illness 12 noon £6; Storyville: The Music of Chance Literary discussion between Catherine O’Flynn and Lois Walden 2pm £8; Storyville: Louise Welsh Meet a playwright and crime writer 4pm £8; Storyville: Bonnie Greer An African-American woman’s account of Obama’s rise 6pm £8; Storyville: Jackie Kay Poet and novelist talks about her new book 8pm £8 PRINCE ALBERT Gregory And The Hawk, Les Shellys Americana-tinged acoustic folk 2pm £5; Meow Meows, Hakuna Pesa Ska bands 8.30pm £4 R-BAR Kinky Classics DJ King-K plays funky house 9pm £tbc REVENGE Kinky Dangerous: Brent Nicholls Pop and R&B tunes 10.30pm £8/6/4/3/free RIKITIK Time To Awesome Electro boogie funk 10pm £free SIDEWINDER Shades Of Blue DJ Steelzawheelz & Drift play jazz, rare groove and electrofunk stuff Time tbc £free SMUGGLERS Get Laid Even if you don’t, there’s upfront party tunes 9pm £free SUGAQUBE Simply House Upfront house tunes from DJ Cheets Time tbc £free THEATRE ROYAL Blithe Spirit Noel Coward’s classic comedy with Alison Steadman playing a deranged clairvoyant 2.30pm/7.45pm £37.50-20 THREE & TEN The Noise Next Door Improvised comedy

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egged on by the audience (upstairs) 8pm £8/6; Monkey DJ set (downstairs) 10pm £free VOLKS The Big Bang Dubstep and D&B night 11pm £tbc WESTERN FRONT Release DJs play a bit of everything 9pm £free WEST HILL TAVERN Artists Only New wave and art school tunes 9pm £free YARD Pop Plastic Indie pop and R&B 10.30pm £5/free

sunday 21st

BEE’S MOUTH The Hive Retro Djing from the 50s and 60s 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Now That’s What I Call A Party Part 1 9pm £free BLACK LION Dubrockerslive Reggae, ska and dub DJs 8.30pm £free BRIGHTON BALLROOM Ben Montague, Lotte Mullan Live music Time tbc £10/6 BRUNSWICK Brighton Folk Folk night with Amy Hill 8pm £free DOME Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra Classical carols from Corelli, Dvorak and Richard Rodney Bennett 2.45pm £32/9 DRUID’S ARMS The Downsound Sessions Trip hop and dub DJs 9pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Maska, Quattro Volte, Of Gods And Men Part of the Cinecity film festival Details tbc FIDDLER’S ELBOW Sham-Rock Open Mic It doesn’t have to be Irish music, but if it’s not you might get kneecapped 8.30pm £free FISHBOWL Recovery? Chilled reggae DJing from Asbest The Moor King and guests 9pm £free FOUNDRY Americana Unplugged Live music 8pm £free GLOBE Rockoustic Open Mic 9pm £free HONEY Afrodisiac If your house was this sexy you’d never go outdoors 11pm £3.50/2 HOPE Good Time Boys Cardiff band fronted by the shouty guy from The Automatic 8pm £tbc KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club: Jimmy McGhie, Rufus Hound, John Robins Stand-up comedy 8pm £11/6 KOMEDIA UP The Magic Of Music Hall Old school variety show starring Paul Daniels, Andy Eastwood, Pat Nearney, John Ripley and The Cheeky Chappie Dancers 2.30pm £16 LEGENDS BAR Sunday Cabaret: Lola Lasagne, Lequisha Jonz, Lizzy Drip 3.30pm/6.45pm/9pm £tbc LEGENDS BASEMENT Pop!Candy: DJ Jaykey Popping ear candy 11pm £free LIGHTHOUSE Hand Eye Visions: Panorama Part of the Cinecity film festival Details tbc MARLBOROUGH Karaoke With The King 4pm £free NEPTUNE Funk You Like Jazz funk band 8.30pm £tbc PAVILION THEATRE Storyville: New Voices Three young writers talk about grief and family ties 2pm £8; Storyville: Aminatta Forna, Roma Tearne Two authors talk about how they blend the personal and political in their work 4pm £8; Storyville: True Blood Cathi Unsworth and Francis Kay discuss the grim realities of crime and its fictional counterpart 6pm £8; Storyville: Ali Smith Readings from the novelist and playwright 8pm £8 PHOENIX BRIGHTON Art Junky Art market and craft fair 11am £1 PRINCE ALBERT Bitter Springs Live music 8.30pm £4 PV Sundaylicious Showtime Live acoustic music 6.30pm £free QUADRANT The Laughing Horse Comedy Night Stand up comedy 7.30pm £tbc R-BAR Sublime Sundays Acoustic sessions 5pm £free RIKITIK Knead A Break DJ mash up 10pm £free SUGAQUBE Chill Sunday Lounge DJ Time tbc £free THREE & TEN Strung Out Live acoustic music 8pm £free WESTERN FRONT Live Guitarist Better than a dead one 4pm £free

monday 22nd

ANCIENT MARINER Quiz Night 8pm £1 BEE’S MOUTH The Bee’s Mouth Jazz Forum Join in for a jazz jam with the house band - there’s a free pint in it 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Now That’s What I Call A Party Part 2 9pm £free BLACK LION Drive-In Cult films on an outdoor screen 8.30pm £free BLIND BUSKER Open Mic Night 8.30pm £free BRUNSWICK Open Mic Night 8pm £free COALITION Trash Mondays Filthy tunes for students and layabouts alike 10pm £5/3/free DOME Ellie Goulding Brits-winning indie pop singer 7.30pm £15 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Fleur Du Mal Part of the Cinecity film festival Details tbc ENTOURAGE Mash! House tunes 7pm £free COWLEY CLUB Coconut Revolution Documentary about an ecological campaign which lead to the closure of one of the

world’s largest mines 7.30pm £free FULL MOON Quiz Night Details tbc FUNKY BUDDHA Trash Mondays Filthy Little Sister Banging night 11pm £tbc HAMPTON Music Quiz 8pm £1 HECTOR’S HOUSE Dad Disko Student cheese Time tbc £free HONEY Playground Cheesy chart choons and bouncy castles 11pm £tbc LIFE Jailbait It’s a 90s club night. Trust us, you don’t want to google it 10.30pm £2/free MARLBOROUGH The Marly Pub Quiz 8pm £1 PRINCE ALBERT Once Inch Badge Presents Live music 8.30pm £tbc R-BAR Quiz With Liz 9pm £tbc REGENCY TOWN HOUSE Andrew Kotting & Ian Sinclair In Conversation Part of the Cinecity film festival Details tbc SIDEWINDER Poker Night It’s about time for a gambling habit 9pm £5 VOLKS Strictly Reggae Dancehall, roots, revival 11pm £5/4.50

Tuesday 23rd

AUDIO Born Ruffians, Young Rival, Lovepark Live music 7pm £8; Let’s Kill Disco Indie night 10pm £3/2 BEE’S MOUTH Sounds Like Science DJ electronica 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Totalled On Tuesday! Pop and dance DJ 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Chaos A violent abyss of pure randomness / a pop punk club 10pm £3/2 BRIGHTON CENTRE Paul Weller David Cameron once said that The Eton Rifles was one of his favourite songs which is a bit like the Queen admitting to being a Sex Pistols fan 6.30pm £35 BRUNSWICK Jazz Jam Open session with house band 8pm £free COALITION Fat Tuesdays A big mix of everything 11pm £3/2/1 COBBLER’S THUMB Play For Your Pint Open mic night that’s the pub equivalent of singing for your supper 8pm £free CONCORDE2 Rewind Dance classics and indie anthems 11pm £2/1 COWLEY CLUB Wildkatz Project Open mic jam for poets and musicians 7pm £free DIGITAL CU Next Tuesday Student club night formerly known as Glitterati 11pm £4/3 DOME John Bishop Scouser stand up 7.30pm £15 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Howl Part of the Cinecity film festival Details tbc FIDDLER’S ELBOW Quizness Time 8pm £1 FULL MOON Open Mic New open mic for musicians, comics and poets Details tbc GLOBE Basement Cinema Underground films, comfy seats, free popcorn 8pm £free HONEY Mojito Miami Beach Party: Jimmy Lobe, Tony Shadyak, RudeBen, Gabriel Angel, Dom Flo, Aaron George Smell the oranges and party like it’s springbreak and you’re on MTV 10pm £4/3 HOPE Wolfgang Live music 8pm £tbc KOMEDIA Steve Hackett Former Genesis guitarist with new band 8.30pm £20 LATEST MUSIC BAR The Sussex Jazz Orchestra Longrunning local big band 7.30pm £3/2 LIFE The Vice Social Student dance party 11pm £3 LONDON UNITY Comedy Quiz Night Details tbc PAV TAV Guerilla Rocks Club night for rock chicks, skater bois and indie kids 11pm £3/2/1 PRINCE ALBERT Twin Sister Live music 8pm £7 R-BAR Twisted Karaoke 8pm £free REVENGE Sound As A Pound Charity tunes 10.30pm £2/free RED LION General Knowledge Quiz 8pm £1 RIKITIK Go Big Or Go Home Student night with a low cheese content 10pm £free ROCK INN Movie Night 8.30pm £free SIDEWINDER Open Mic Night 8pm £free THEATRE ROYAL The Full Monty: Brighton Theatre Group 6pm £26-11.30 YARD Shibby Shabblers Indie electro krunk night 10.30pm £3/2/1

wednesday 24th

AUDIO Sarah Blasko Singer songwriter 10pm £3/2; Supercharged: DJ Fresh Breaks 11pm £5/free BEE’S MOUTH Open Mic 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Now That’s What I Call A Party Part 3 9pm £free

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BLACK LION Fresh Acoustics Live music 8.30pm £free BLIND BUSKER Music Quiz True or false: Ozzy Osbourne once ate a ukulele player 8.30pm £free BRIGHTON CENTRE Paul Weller David Cameron once said that The Eton Rifles was one of his favourite songs which is a bit like the Queen admitting to being a Sex Pistols fan 6.30pm £35 BRUNSWICK Live ‘n’ Laughing: Tony Law, Lee Hume Stand up and live music 8pm £5/4 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK The Funnier Farm: Joel Dommett, Joe Wilkinson, Meryl O’ Rourke, Maureen Younger, Horse And Louis, Matthew Highton, Keiron Nicholson Stand up comedy (upstairs) 8pm £5 COALITION Caribou, Rocketnumbernine Dance music reimagined as pulsating field explorations, with occasional vocals, harp runs and rave stabs 8pm £12/10 CONCORDE2 Scientist, The Upsetters, Pinch, Sgt Pokes, Mala, Loefah A get-together of different generations of the dub family tree 10pm £8 DIGITAL The Poundance Imagine if Poundstretcher had a dancefloor - top pop tunes for a pittance 11pm £1 DRUID’S ARMS Change The Tempo! DJ night 9pm £free ENTOURAGE Caged Dancey pop music for students looking to escape the strictures of their laborious 6 hour week 7pm £free FISHBOWL Fisherman’s Chronicles Acoustic jam open to all 8pm £free GLOBE Brighton Institutions DJ sets and stalls from the shops, clubs and labels that make Brighton unique 9pm £free HONEY Suck My Pop And I’ll suck yours 10.30pm £3/free HOPE Two Spot Gobi Live music 8pm £tbc HYDRANT Joan Live blues jazz 9pm £free JAM Soundtracks Songs from 80s films 8pm £4/3/2/free; Adventures (After Dark): John & Jehn Indie, dance and hip hop club with live alt rock act 11pm £1 LEGENDS BASEMENT 2Pounded Pop club 11pm £free LIFE We Run This Reality TV goes clubbing: vote for your favourite DJ 11pm £3/free LIGHTHOUSE Hand Eye Visions: Ian Heliwell Part of the Cinecity film festival Details tbc LONDON UNITY Open Mic Night 8pm £free MARLBOROUGH Open Mic 8pm £free MARLBOROUGH THEATRE Silver Wednesday Vintage movies with all the trimmings 8.30pm £7.50/5 PULL & PUMP Pickin Party Open session for American roots players 7.30pm £free PV St Andrew’s Day PV Quiz 8pm £tbc R-BAR Trickpop Pop and R&B from DJ Trick 8pm £free RIKITIK Time To Awesome Electro boogie funk 11pm £free ROCK INN Poker Night 8.30pm £tbc SALLIS BENNEY Student Screening Day Part of the Cinecity film festival Details tbc SIDEWINDER The Sidewinder Garden Quiz 8pm £1 THEATRE ROYAL The Full Monty: Brighton Theatre Group 6pm £26-11.30 THREE & TEN Katy And Rach Unprepared, unaided improvised comedy (upstairs) 8pm £7/5; Jouissance DJ set (downstairs) 9pm £free TRU CoCo LoCo Student house party 10pm £3/free

thursday 25th

AUDIO Bastard Pop Musical mash-up 11pm £2 BASEMENT Simple Girl Melanie Wilson provides a live soundtrack to tales of glamorous mischief 7.30pm £8/6 BEE’S MOUTH The Laylanas Folk band 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Karaoke 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Mutant Pop Poppy and alternative sounds 10pm £2 BLACK LION Dubrockerslive Ska, punk, trip hop and reggae 8.30 £free BRIGHTON CENTRE 30 Seconds To Mars Actor-cumrockstar leads his pretend band into a dismal world of ludicrous rock posturing 7.30pm £22 BRIGHTON SEAFRONT Brighton Beer Festival Look out for a glass-fronted marquee near the old paddling pool. Inside there’s music, comedians and beer, beer, beer 5pm £12/10 BRUNSWICK Mulatones, Nadie Somos Live music 8pm £4/3 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Brighton Bike Night Weekly biker’s social - leather, not lycra 7pm £free COALITION Secret Discotheque Retro disco, 80s pop and other ‘uncool’ tunes 10.30pm £4/3/2/1 CONCORDE2 Beach House, Lower Dens, Jana Hunter Narco-pop indie band re-emerge with new sound 8pm £14/12 CONSTANT SERVICE Barabajagal Live blues and American music 8.30pm £free CORN EXCHANGE Macbeth A bitchy wife nags her fella into getting medieval on his mates 8pm £15/12.50 DIGITAL Doctor P, Flux Pavillion, Cookie Monsta, Funt Case Step up for the dubstep 11pm £7

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DOME Shakespeare à la Carte Actors perform nourishing speeches and bite-sized scenes while you munch on Mexican grub 6pm £15 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Benda Bilili Part of the Cinecity film festival Details tbc EASY BAR Easy Bar All Stars DJ night 8pm £tbc ENTOURAGE Ready, Go! R&B and hip hop tunes 7pm £free FISHBOWL Residents Association DJ Will Sumsuch plays hip hop, funk and world beats 10pm £free FLORIST Jouissance Acoustic Lounge Live music 8pm £free FUNKY BUDDHA Bump N’ Grind Ride the riddims, baby 11pm £2/free GLOBE Hang The DJ! The democratisation of the dancefloor continues apace with another new night of punter-picked playlists 9pm £free GRAND CENTRAL Swing DeVille Duo Gypsy jazz from the 1930s 8.30pm £free HECTOR’S HOUSE Club Fandango Live music 8pm £5 HONEY The One - Real VIP Hip hop and dubstep designed to make you feel special 11pm £free HOPE Communion Live music 8pm £tbc HYDRANT DOWN Action Action, The Good Wife Indie rock band with added electro bits 9pm £free HYDRANT UP Touche Amore, Throats, Lighthouse, Atlases, C Is For City Screamy punk rock bands 7pm £6.50 JAM Polina Skovoroda, Fanfara Romanian gypsy brass tunes 7pm £7; Thursday Night Fish Fry US rhythm & blues and original Jamaican ska 10pm £2/1 KIN BAR Vacant Empire, Pyre, My Tour Of Duty Live music 7pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Comic Boom Stand-up comedy 8pm £8.50/6.50 KOMEDIA STUDIO Spirit Of Gravity: Magnus Alexanderson, Bela Emerson & Geoff Leigh Electro improvisation and effects-rigged acoustic trio 8.30pm £5 KOMEDIA UP Brendan Burns: Y’Know, Love ‘n’ God ‘n’ Metaphysics ‘n’ Shit Foul mouthed Aussie comic takes on the big topics 8pm £15 LATEST MUSIC BAR Songwriters In The Round Live music (upstairs) 8.30pm £3; Jo Jo & The Go Cats Live music (downstairs) 8.30pm £tbc LIFE Shameless Half a century of musical highlights and lowpoints 11pm £1 PAV TAV The Moshpit Rock and metal night 10pm £3/2/1 PAVILION THEATRE Soweto Kinch: The New Emancipation Jazz meets hip hop, they realise they have quite a lot in common and end up as occasional fuck-buddies 8pm £12/10 PRINCE ALBERT Chelsea, Flat Pig Live music 8pm £8 PRINCE GEORGE Open Mic Night 8pm £free QUADRANT AKL Open Mic Night 8pm £free R-BAR Girls On Top Official Warm Up Pop and party tunes from DJ Alpha 8pm £tbc REVENGE Girls On Top In Space Vs Emergency Room Get dressed up and spaced out to charity tunes 10.30pm £4/3/free ROCK INN Quiz Night 8.30pm £1 ST JAMES’ TAVERN Stay Sick, Stay Blue DJs play vintage surf and garage 8.30pm £free SIDEWINDER Ants In The Carpet British classics since the 80s 8.30pm £free SMUGGLERS Skint? Studenty DJ night 8pm £free SUGAQUBE Selective Sound: Unomass, Rojo Techno DJs Time tbc £free THEATRE ROYAL The Full Monty: Brighton Theatre Group 6pm £26-11.30 THREE & TEN Lulu And The Lampshades Jaunty lo-fi folk pop foursome 8pm £5/4 VOLKS Upanddown: Luke Le Coq, Mary Cones, Bruno Otranto, DJ Rojo, Unomass, Pixeleyes Colective Electro techno club night 11pm £3/free WEST HILL TAVERN Open Mic 8pm £free WINDMILL Open Mic 8pm £free YARD Sit On My Bass Housey LGBT student night 10.30pm £5/3/free

friday 26th

ALI-CATS Acoustic Club Six hand-picked acoustic acts 8pm £3/2 AUDIO Battlejam: Beardyman, JFB Best beatboxing beard in Brighton 11pm £8/5 BEE’S MOUTH Dub Defendant Jamaican sounds 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Muy Loco Pop and house DJs 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Abandoned Rock and metal night 10pm £3/2 BLACK LION Attic Monkeys Hey, check out my record collection! 8.30pm £free BRIGHTON SEAFRONT Brighton Beer Festival Look out for a glass-fronted marquee near the old paddling pool. Inside there’s music, comedians and beer, beer, beer 5pm £12/10 BRUNSWICK Soul Town Soul and motown covers 8pm £7 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Sleazy Listening: DJ Peter Von Sleaze Sleazy, like getting drooled on by a big biker. Did I say

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‘like’? 9pm £free; Funny Girls: Claire Parker, Hannah Brackenbury Stand-up, sketches and music upstairs 9pm £5/4 COALITION General Elektriks, Transformer Psychedelia with soul and jazz thrown in 7.30pm £9; Fridays I’m In Love Somewhat eclectic club night with 60s gems, indie and funky funk 11pm £4/3/2/1 COBBLER’S THUMB Bull See Red, Another Day Lost, WWII vs Dinosaurs, Wrektheplacefantastic Punk rock bands 8pm £free CONCORDE2 Sweet Sweet Lies, Common Tongues, Deadbeat Descendant, Laylanas Top Brighton bands raise cash for Nepalese street kids 7pm £5; Revolt: Lithurgy, Surfaces Launch night for new alt club with circus acts, zombies and live bands 11pm £5 CORN EXCHANGE Macbeth A bitchy wife nags her fella into getting medieval on his mates 8pm £15/12.50 COWLEY CLUB Anatolian Turkish and Kurdish music 8pm £donation DIGITAL Stonelove A dancing and drinking club for fans of indiestyle music 11pm £4/3 DOCTOR BRIGHTON’S DJ Nick Hirst 9.30pm £free DOME Shakespeare à la Carte Actors perform nourishing speeches and bite-sized scenes while you munch on Mexican grub 6pm £15 DRUID’S ARMS Ruff Snippits, HedNod DJs pick out soulful slices of hip hop, funk and blues 9pm £free EASY BAR Pitch Slap DJ night 8pm £free ENTOURAGE Club La La R&B and pop tunes 8pm £free FISHBOWL LateNite Lounging: Will Sumsuch, Tim Mercer If your house was this deep it would need therapy 9pm £free FULL MOON Dadstep! Music for punk parents and grown-up rock kids 9pm £free FUNKY BUDDHA Drink, Dance, Repeat Cash in your student loan 11pm £5/3 FUNKYFISH The Funkyfish Club Soul, funk, jazz, Motown 60s, 70s and 80s 10pm £6/3.50 GLOBE Eclectic Chair: DJ Lamp A real buzz 9pm £free GRAND CENTRAL All Time Top 100: DJ Anthony Cox Musical countdown with guest DJ 9.30pm £free HECTOR’S HOUSE Hidden Orchestra Live music Details tbc HONEY I Love R&B Juicy house with a twist of hip hop 10.30pm £tbc HOPE The Long Goodbye Live music 8pm £tbc HYDRANT Goodtimes Music A night of dub, reggae and ska 9pm £free JAM Bull See Red, Another Day Lost, WWII Vs Dinosaurs, Wreck The Place Fantastic Heavy as hell alt rock 7pm £tbc; Jonny Woo’s Midnight Gay Bingo “Probing pricks, that’s 66!”

11pm £tbc KIN BAR Baghdad Country Club, The Peppermint Beat Band, Eliza Jaye & The Tarts Live music 7pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club: Roger Monkhouse, Ian Moore, Shappi Khorsandi, Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 7.30pm £14/11; Motorcity Club for lovers of Motown and disco 10.30pm £5/3 KOMEDIA UP Queen Tribute Night Will they rock you? Yes they will 7.30pm £13; Brighton Rock Classic rock night 11pm £6 LATEST MUSIC BAR Dark Dark Dark Minneapolis sextet mixing minimalism, New Orleans jazz, Americana, Eastern European folk and pop (downstairs) 8pm £8.50/7; The Wow Wow Club Rockabilly and retro DJ tunes (upstairs) 8pm £2/1 LECTERN Oxjam: Twin Brother, Forestears, Caitlin Stubbs, The Stashtins, The Sea Will Decide Live music fundraiser 7pm £5 LEGENDS Friday Frenzy: Cassidy Connors, DJ Peter Castle Club night with cabaret acts and pop tracks 9.30pm £free LIFE AKAAKAROAR!: Ikonika, Guido, Xxxy, P45, Ben White, Paste, Leon Forward thinking bass music 11pm £5 LOFT Club Malicious Guitar anthems and movie soundtracks 10pm £3/2/free MARLBOROUGH Pete Simonelli, Black Octagon San Fran thrash singer-cum-poet supported by brooding instrumental folk 8pm £5 NEPTUNE John Crampton One-man blues band 8.30pm £tbc NIGHTINGALE THEATRE Untied Artists: Al Bowlly’s Croon Manifesto Musical and theatrical retelling of the life and times of the Depression-era music hall star 7.30pm £8.50/6.50 QUEEN’S HEAD Dr Bluegrass & The Illbilly Eight Brighton’s busiest buskers, hi-octane country standards and pop covers put through the hillbilly thresher 9pm £free PAV TAV INDIEcent Indie club playing indie pop and indie rock 11pm £3/2 PAVILION THEATRE Bane Amusing one-man genre parody in which a hard-boiled detective monologues his way through noir cliches 8pm £10 PRINCE ALBERT Torche Live music 8.30pm £9 PV PV Birthday Party Celebrate the PV’s 7th birthday with DJ Drag Details tbc R-BAR X Factor Warm Up DJ Smithy plays disco and classic house 9pm £tbc RIKITIK Swings Electro swing and Balkan breaks 10pm £free REVENGE X Factor Friday Watch the wannabe idiots, then go dance 10.30pm £tbc

SALLIS BENNEY Patience, Grant Lee, Chris Darke Part of the Cinecity film festival Details tbc SMUGGLERS Bust It Funk, soul and hip hop DJs 8.30pm £free SUGAQUBE Classics & Anthems Big house tunes from DJ Cheets Time tbc £free THEATRE ROYAL The Full Monty: Brighton Theatre Group 6pm/9.30pm £27-11.30 THREE & TEN Rabbit In The Headlights These comics are rising so quickly they’ll soon be able to stand up (upstairs) 8pm £6/5; DJ NoMark Where’s Mark gone? (downstairs) 10pm £free VOLKS Autopsy: Black Sun Empire, Meth, Btk, Kitech, Zubcore, Nekrosis, Deceit, MC Ad & Remidy D&B and hip hop 11pm £7/5 WESTERN FRONT Release DJs play a bit of everything 9pm £free WEST HILL TAVERN Brains Eclectic mish-mash from Superheroes of BMX 9pm £free YARD Under The Volcano Dubstep from Proper Gander, synthelectro punk from Teen Creeps and party nonsense from SOURCE magazine (that’s us) – three clubs in one Details tbc

saturday 27th

AUDIO Warehouse: Disco Of Doom, Joe & Will Ask House and techno club night 11pm £5/free BELUSHI’S BAR Unplugged Live acoustic music 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Good Times Remember them? Maybe the retro tunes will jog your memory 9pm £5 BLACK DOVE The Devil’s Music Western swing and dixieland DJs 8pm £free BLACK LION Burnt Toast Radio Reverb DJ brings out the filth in funk 9pm £free BRIGHTON BALLROOM Stick It On Cut out the middle man: tonight you play the songs you want to hear Time tbc £6 BRIGHTON CENTRE Here Come The Girls Lulu, Anastacia and M People’s Heather Small on a kind of camp, family-friendly pop roadshow 6.30pm £55/45/25 BRIGHTON SEAFRONT Brighton Beer Festival Look out for a glass-fronted marquee near the old paddling pool. Inside there’s music, comedians and beer, beer, beer 12 noon £12/10 BRUNSWICK Dusty Groove Jukebox Show Live music and burlesque 8pm £5 COALITION Wired: Benny Royal, Vincent Manganaro, Charly Lopez, Vince Frimpong Electro house and live VJing 11pm £8; Blow After Party: Vincent Manganaro, Carlos Riz, Aaron Palaez It never stops 3am £7/5/4 COBBLER’S THUMB London Commands You Live music 9pm £free CONCORDE2 Femi Kuti & The Positive Force And thus Femi sprung forth from the loins of Fela and the Afrobeat mantle was henceforth fated to pass from father to son 7pm £19.50; Devotion: Shy Fx, Breakage, Redlight, Stamina MC, MC dread Jungle and D&B clubnight 11pm £10 CORN EXCHANGE Macbeth A bitchy wife nags her fella into getting medieval on his mates 8pm £15/12.50 COWLEY CLUB I Hate The Kids: Death Pedals, Plague Sermon, It Often Takes A War Punk and grunge rock bands 9pm £donation DIGITAL Playroom Housey hedonism in a playground of bouncy inflatable fun 11pm £12/10 DOCTOR BRIGHTON’S DJ Tony B 9.30pm £free DOME Rag Trade Pop Up Sale Boutique clothes at bargain prices, they say. For what we say check out the story on the news page 10am £free; London Philharmonic Orchestra Music from Mozart and Bruckner 7.30pm £32.50/10 DRUID’S ARMS DJ NoMark Seriously, where is Mark? 9pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Biutiful Part of the Cinecity film festival Details tbc EDDY Soul Casserole A melting pot of hot funk beats and soul grooves Time tbc £free ENTOURAGE Club Freak Release R&B and dance tunes 8pm £free FIDDLER’S ELBOW Soul Casserole Throwing funk, jazz, beats and grooves into a massive pot on the fire 9pm £free FISHBOWL Daddy Marcus Soul and funk DJ set 9pm £free FULL MOON Vinyl Vets A DJ will play hip hop and soul records for you 9pm £free FUNKY BUDDHA Reflex The 80s are back! The perfect soundtrack to Tory cuts and mass unemployment 11pm £tbc; The Breakfast Club: Pop ‘Till You Drop DJ Mikee Hollywood keeps the party going 3am £5/3 FUNKYFISH The Funkyfish Club Soul, funk, jazz, Motown 60s, 70s and 80s 10pm £6/3.50 GLOBE BlackLodge Boogie disco DJs 9pm £free HECTOR’S HOUSE Playgroup In The Pub Live music Time tbc £free HONEY Hed Kandi Uplifting disco and house 11pm £10/5 HOPE Moneytree, The Muel, Plains Indie rock music 7.30pm £5 HYDRANT UP UK Subs First-wave punk veterans 7.30pm £10 IRON DUKE Where The Traffic Goes DJ night 9pm £free

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JAM The System: Owen Jay Deep house DJ 11pm £4/2 KIN BAR Alice, The Orphans, Atmosphere And The Dot Dot Dot Live music 7pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Roger Monkhouse, Ian Moore, Shappi Khorsandi with MC Stephen Grant Stand-up comedy 7pm/10.30pm £17.50/15 KOMEDIA STUDIO Da Doo Ron Ron Club night with a fixation on girlgroups and soul sirens 11pm £7/6 KOMEDIA UP Frightened Rabbit Upbeat indie pop band signed to Brighton’s Fat Cat label 8pm £11 LEGENDS BAR Pre Ignition Warm up for going down... 7pm £tbc LEGENDS BASEMENT Ignition House and chart hits 11pm £free LIFE Hold Up! Proper indie disco 11pm £5 LIGHTHOUSE Hand Eye Vision: Kayla Parker, Stuart Moore Part of the Cinecity film festival Details tbc MARLBOROUGH Cherry Pop Cheese and 80s trash with DJ Fondue Inferno 8.30pm £free NIGHTINGALE THEATRE Untied Artists: Al Bowlly’s Croon Manifesto Musical and theatrical retelling of the life and times of the Depression-era music hall star 7.30pm £8.50/6.50 NORTHERN LIGHTS DJ Abo Funky soul Details tbc PAV TAV Snap Cackle & Britpop Party like it’s 1995 Details tbc PHOENIX BRIGHTON Diastr Apocalyptic evening of games, performances, screenings and music 8.30pm £4/3 PRINCE ALBERT Omerashi, Standard Lamps, Nathan Forester Live music 8.30pm £4 R-BAR Kinky Classics DJ King-K plays funky house 9pm £tbc REVENGE Kinky Dangerous Pop and R&B tunes 10.30pm £8/6/4/3/free RIKITIK 3D Beats Video scratch and VJing night with DJ Cheeba 10pm £free SALLIS BENNEY DFAF Showcase Part of the Cinecity film festival Details tbc; Archive Presentation: Early Colour Part of the Cinecity film festival Details tbc; Genius Within: The Inner Life Of Glen Gould Part of the Cinecity film festival Details tbc SIDEWINDER Danceteria DJs Spinning a mix of disco, boogie, house and funk 8pm £free SMUGGLERS Get Laid Even if you don’t, there’s upfront party tunes 9pm £free SUGAQUBE Simply House Upfront house tunes Time tbc £free THEATRE ROYAL The Full Monty: Brighton Theatre Group 5pm/8.30pm £27-15.25 THREE & TEN Off The Cuff Comedy invented in real-time (upstairs) 8pm £8/6; Red Brick Comedy Club: Nick Helm, Luke Toulson Stand up (upstairs) 10pm £10/7.50; Matt Barker Magnificently turned out DJ with impeccable hair (downstairs) 10pm £free VOLKS Indepth Audio: Audio Pancake, James Jesta, Harry Kevlar, Rozzman D, Finch, Jeddah, Tomfoolery, Audio Hornet, Matt Scratch, DJ2face, DJ Lively, Blahzay, DJ Lockdown, Mikey Dubz D&B all-nighter 11pm £tbc WESTERN FRONT Release DJs play a bit of everything 9pm £free WEST HILL TAVERN L’Amour Electronique French pop and electronic delights pour vous 9pm £free

sunday 28th

BELUSHI’S BAR Now That’s What I Call A Party Part 1 DJ Sean plays everything from a-ha to GaGa - now that’s what I call eclectic 9pm £free BLACK LION Dubrockerslive Reggae, ska and dub DJs 9pm £free BRIGHTON CENTRE Motorhead Lemmy is coming to wreck your ears 7.30pm £26 BRIGHTON SEAFRONT Brighton Beer Festival Look out for a glass-fronted marquee near the old paddling pool. Inside there’s music, comedians and beer, beer, beer 12 noon £12/10 BRUNSWICK Nigel Price Organ trio with Pete Whittaker & Matt Home 8pm £9 COALITION Matt Berry Comedian from The IT Crowd and The Mighty Boosh 7.30pm £14 DOME Gogol Bordello, Devotchka Manic gypsy punks 7.30pm £32.50/10 DRUID’S ARMS The Downsound Sessions Trip hop and dub DJs 9pm £free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Coming Attractions, Girl And Gun, Smith & Williamson Live Part of the Cinecity film festival Details tbc FIDDLER’S ELBOW Sham-Rock Open Mic It doesn’t have to be Irish music, but if it’s not you might get kneecapped 8.30pm £free FISHBOWL Recovery? Chilled reggae DJing from Asbest The Moor King and guests 9pm £free FOUNDRY Americana Unplugged Live music 8pm £free GLOBE Hot Tip Hi Fi DJs playing early reggae and rocksteady 9pm £free HECTOR’S HOUSE As We Sink, Three Summers Strong Punk bands Time tbc £free HONEY Afrodisiac If your house was this sexy you’d soon wear

out the wallpaper 11pm £3.50/2 HYDRANT Despite My Deepest Fear, Vidina, Drown In Entropy, Reinventions, Her Last Words As night falls the denizens of the darkness let loose their hellish wails, death metal some call it 7pm £4 KIN BAR Acoustic Sunday Chill: Oliver Melville, Will Mussett, Ellie Ford, Amanda Bes Live music 6pm £free KOMEDIA DOWN Krater Comedy Club: Roger Monkhouse, Ian Moore, Shappi Khorsandi with MC Stephen Grant Standup comedy 8pm £11/6 KOMEDIA UP Jenny Éclair: Old Dogs New Tricks Grumpy old woman with some new comic tricks up her sleeves 7.30pm £18.50 LEGENDS BAR Sunday Cabaret: Lady Imelda Cabaret acts are such a drag these days 3.15pm £tbc LEGENDS BASEMENT Pop!Candy: DJ Jaykey Popping ear candy 11pm £free NEPTUNE Forever Young Tribute to Neil Young and Bob Dylan 8.30pm £tbc NORTHERN LIGHTS Motorhead Day Pre-gig and after-party Details tbc PAVILION THEATRE Sunflowers and Sheds Music and storytelling show for sprogs 11am/2pm £7/5 PRINCE ALBERT Winging It Comedy Live music Details tbc PV Sundaylicious Showtime Live acoustic music 6.30pm £free QUADRANT The Laughing Horse Comedy Night Stand up comedy 7.30pm £tbc R-BAR Sublime Sundays Acoustic sessions 5pm £free RIKITIK Knead A Break DJ mash up 10pm £free SALLIS BENNEY Cadencia Part of the Cinecity film festival Details tbc SUGAQUBE Chill Sunday Lounge DJs Time tbc £free THREE & TEN Strung Out Live acoustic music 8pm £free VOLKS Psychedelic Sundays It’ll put you in a psytrance 6pm £free WESTERN FRONT Live Guitarist Better than a dead one 4pm £free

monday 29th

ANCIENT MARINER Quiz Night 8pm £1 BEE’S MOUTH The Bee’s Mouth Jazz Forum Join in for a jazz jam with the house band - there’s a free pint in it 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Now That’s What I Call A Party Part 2 9pm £free BLACK LION Drive-In Cult films on an outdoor screen 8.30pm £free BLIND BUSKER Open Mic Night 8.30pm £free BRIGHTON CENTRE 30 Seconds To Mars Actor-cumrockstar leads his pretend band into a dismal world of ludicrous rock posturing 7.30pm £22 BRUNSWICK Open Mic Night 8pm £free COALITION Trash Mondays Filthy tunes for students and layabouts alike 10pm £5/3/free DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Patagonia Part of the Cinecity film festival Details tbc ENTOURAGE Mash! House tunes 7pm £free FULL MOON Quiz Night Details tbc FUNKY BUDDHA Trash Mondays Filthy Little Sister Banging night 11pm £tbc HAMPTON Music Quiz 8pm £1 HECTOR’S HOUSE Dad Disko Student cheese Time tbc £free HONEY Playground Cheesy chart choons and bouncy castles 11pm £tbc LIFE Jailbait It’s a 90s club night. Trust us, you don’t want to google it 10.30pm £2/free MARLBOROUGH The Marly Pub Quiz 8pm £1 PAVILION THEATRE Acoustic Ladyland, Grasscut Alt-jazz noiseniks 8pm £12.50 PRINCE ALBERT Born To Lose 8.30pm £tbc R-BAR Quiz With Liz 9pm £tbc SIDEWINDER Poker Night It’s about time for a gambling habit 9pm £5 THEATRE ROYAL Calendar Girls Heartening tale of female empowerment through the medium of soft porn 7.45pm £29.50/24.50 VOLKS Strictly Reggae Dancehall, roots, revival 11pm £5/4.50

Tuesday 3oth

BASEMENT A Trio Of Solos Three dancers dancing 7.30pm £8/6 BEE’S MOUTH Sounds Like Science DJ electronica 8.30pm £free BELUSHI’S BAR Totalled On Tuesday! Pop and dance DJ 9pm £free BELUSHI’S BELOW Chaos A violent abyss of pure randomness / a pop punk club 10pm £3/2 BLACK LION The Lost Souls Live indie folk rock 8.30pm £free

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BRUNSWICK Jazz Jam Open session with house band 8pm £free COALITION Fat Tuesdays A big mix of everything 11pm £3/2/1 COBBLER’S THUMB Play For Your Pint Open mic night that’s the pub equivalent of singing for your supper 8pm £free CONCORDE2 Rewind Dance classics and indie anthems 11pm £2/1 CORN EXCHANGE Heaven 17 Respect thy synthpop elders 7.30pm £20 COWLEY CLUB Wildkatz Project Open mic jam for poets and musicians 7pm £free DIGITAL CU Next Tuesday Student club night formerly known as Glitterati 11pm £4/3 DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA Nenette Part of the Cinecity film festival Details tbc FIDDLER’S ELBOW Quizness Time 8pm £1 FULL MOON Open Mic New open mic for musicians, comics and poets Details tbc GLOBE Basement Cinema Underground films, comfy seats, free popcorn 8pm £free HONEY Mojito Miami Beach Party: Jimmy Lobe, Tony Shadyak, RudeBen, Gabriel Angel, Dom Flo, Aaron George Smell the oranges and party like it’s springbreak and you’re on MTV 10pm £4/3 HOPE You Say Party! They used to say die! 8pm £7.50 LATEST MUSIC BAR Sandweaver Indie rock band 8pm £tbc LIFE The Vice Social Student dance party 11pm £3 LONDON UNITY Comedy Quiz Night Details tbc PAV TAV Guerilla Rocks Club night for rock chicks, skater bois and indie kids 11pm £3/2/1 PAVILION THEATRE The Mojo Fins, Gentleman Starkey, The Morning Orchestra Local indie pop triple-bill 7.45pm £10/8 R-BAR Twisted Karaoke 8pm £free REVENGE Sound As A Pound Charity tunes 10.30pm £2/free RED LION General Knowledge Quiz 8pm £1 RIKITIK Go Big Or Go Home Student night with a low cheese content 10pm £free ROCK INN Movie Night 8.30pm £free SIDEWINDER Open Mic Night 8pm £free THEATRE ROYAL Calendar Girls Heartening tale of female empowerment through the medium of soft porn 7.45pm £29.50/24.50 YARD Shibby Shabblers Indie electro krunk night 10.30pm £3/2/1

Exhibitions

A&E GALLERY Sitting Ducks: Two For The Show Group show of new work exploring duality 14-28 Nov £free BELLIS GALLERY Degeneration Moving photos of rundown housing estates from highly regarded large format urban landscape photographers who’s work has political undertones Until 14 Nov £tbc BRIGHTON MUSEUM & GALLERY Strange and Familiar: Three Views Of Brighton - Brighton Photo Biennial 2010 Three internationally recognised photogrphers take a look at our manor - Stephen Gill: Outside In, Rinko:Kawauchi Murmuration and Alec Soth: Brighton Picture Hunt Until 14 Nov £free CASTOR & POLLUX Sarah Young Exhibition of prints and posters Until 21 Nov £tbc CRANE KALMAN Michael Ormerod: States Of America Photographic glimpses into the corrupt flipside of the American dream Until 14 Nov £tbc FRINGE FOCUS Brighton Photo Fringe The old Co-op building on London Rd turns into a gallery full of photography Until 14 Nov £tbc HOVE MUSEUM FINE ART GALLERY The Moving Image Exhibition examining how movement is portrayed by art and photography, with a child-friendly bent Until Dec £free; Picturing Stories A collection of oil paintings on the theme of storytelling Until March £free INK_D Dan Baldwin: Works On Paper Spontaneous scrambles of colour Until 21 Nov £tbc LIGHTHOUSE Queer Brighton Photographs of gays by Molly Landreth and Zoe Strauss Until 14 Nov £free PHOENIX BRIGHTON Stuart Griffiths: Closer Photos on themes of war by a former soldier Until 14 Nov £tbc REGENCY TOWNHOUSE Lotta Antonsson: Experiments In Black Installation tracing the lives of the gallery’s previous residents Until 14 Nov £tbc TWILIGHT Transitions Photographs which illuminate the ordinary and transform the banal Until 14 Nov £tbc

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the sisters of mercy

SIX OF THE BEST

OLD SCHOOL GOTH WORDS BY NICK COQUET

If there was ever a music movement that was so definitely of its time, so unlikely to ever enjoy any kind of commercial or even underground resurgence, it’s goth. Yet wandering town after nightfall is a new generation of Horrors-fixated youth, skulking about beneath implausibly elevated hair through a mess of black eyeliner, and Brighton bands like The Gaa Gaa’s and Pink Narcissus continue to fly the flag. For those who still live the original dream and don’t venture outside during daylight hours, it’s a different world out there – these six essential albums from the first wave of goth are now available on something new and mysterious called ‘CD’.

BAUHAUS ‘Mask’

Unashamedly gloomy; the Bauhaus cheekbones cast doubt that a single square meal had ever passed a member’s lips. On ‘Mask’, their second album, they added some surprising elements to the mix that saw standout tracks like ‘Kick In The Eye 2’ and ‘Dancing’ verge on funk rhythms, only to be dragged back down to earth (and then a good six feet under) for ‘Hollow Hills’ and ‘Of Lillies And Remains’. Bauhaus would go on to achieve unlikely mainstream prominence with their souped-up covers of ‘Telegram Sam’ and ‘Ziggy Stardust’, but this, the sound of disaffected and depressed Northampton, would remain unsurpassed by them or any other.

THE SISTERS OF MERCY ‘First And Last And Always’

By the time these Leeds legends got around to releasing their first album proper, they were already longstanding stalwarts of the scene via a series of indispensable EPs like ‘Alice’ and ‘Temple Of Love’. Theirs was the archetypal style to which all latecomers would aspire – their inherent darkness completely off the Dulux colour chart. From the intense gloom-laden strains of ‘Black Planet’ to the final dying embers of ‘Some Kind Of Stranger’, this was the sound of goth at the peak of its powers. The more commercial follow-up, ‘Floodland’, saw them grace Top Of The Pops, their new overground status leaving their original fanbase blinking painfully in the light.

Alien Sex Fiend

‘Who’s Been Sleeping In My Brain?’

Apt to performing in a t-shirt proclaiming ‘I’M A FUCKING MANIAC’, Nik Fiend was the demented Dickensian rag-bag frontman of Alien Sex Fiend, backed by his wife Mrs Fiend and the probably-not-Christened-that-way Yaxi Highriser and Johnnie Ha-Ha. Early stars of London’s Batcave club, ASF provided

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cranked-up, drum machine-backed rock’n’roll. Live, they were a fearsome proposition in the days of Ha-Ha’s percussive duel with the rockbox, and on record they came across like a black whirlwind of sound. More slasher horror than gothic in the Mary Shelley sense of the word, they provided some relatively light relief in the face of their more po-faced counterparts.

The Cure ‘pornography’

After fits and starts around vaguely breezy lo-fi new wave, ‘Pornography’ was a dramatic turning off of the lights, intoning ‘It doesn’t matter if we all die’ as the album’s opening salvo. From this moment the mood actually manages to drop, in a spectacularly miserable outing for Robert Smith and co. But the depth of the mood by no means detracts from the quality of work showcased here. Dark and turgid we can’t forgive, but this has an energetic vitriol to it whose rhythmic anger shapes the bleak themes of songs like ‘The Hanging Garden’ to devastating effect. ‘The Love Cats’ it certainly ain’t.

Fields Of The Nephilim ‘the Nephilim’

At first glance The Neph were blatant Sisters copyists, adding some Sergio Leone desert chic (ie covering themselves with flour to indicate an outlaw life of bakery shoot-outs) to the widebrimmed hat look perfected by Eldritch. But they took a healthy development route from the independent charts into the top 40 proper with the single ‘Moonchild’, included here. The album’s dusty bluster is relentless throughout save for the more melancholic ‘Celebrate’, assuring them of rabid devotion – their seating at goth’s top table would last until the original scene as a whole faded around the turn of the 90s.

The Virgin Prunes ‘Sons Find Devils’

Now here was a band to test the steely reserve of even the most seasoned goth. Their origins were as a group of weirdo Dublin art-schoolers who split into two bands – the Prunes and some rock combo called U2. Taking heavy doses of theatricality with them, Prunes tunes were challenging and ambitious, but this collection contains their most accessible and, at times, brilliant work, in ‘Pagan Love Song’, ‘Caucasian Walk’ and ‘A New Form Of Beauty’. Front man Gavin Friday would eventually tire of his art-shocking and retire gracefully to cabaret-style singing, at which he was surprisingly adept.

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