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Loves / hates
- Loves: Brighton
- Hates: London
- Loves: Books
- Hates: Kindles
- Loves: Jaws
- Hates: CGI
Caitlin Rose, Mon 25th Feb
Caitlin Rose swaggers into town again with a maverick attitude to rival any of her male outlaw counterparts and a selection of songs designed to break your heart.
Bad Bad Whiskey, Weds 6th Feb
Brighton’s finest exponents of skifflebilly return with a new bass player to continue their domination of Brighton’s juke joints.
Woodpecker Wooliams, Sat 8th Sept
A specially curated night of blissful yet haunting harp, scratchy backgrounds and homemade honey mead.
Sham 69, Fri 13th July
Jimmy Pursey’s back on board so lace up your Docs and get down the front. No gobbing though, please.
Soko Preview
Witty songs, acting in French films, and scrapping a completed double album – we’re already so in love with Soko it hurts.
Tracey Thorn, Weds 13th Feb
She has covered a lot of ground in her time from the post-punk Marine Girls to being half of Everything But The Girl, and she’ll be discussing all this and much more.
Ginger Baker’s Jazz Confusion, Sun 16th Sept
Prior to becoming a 70s rock god, Ginger paid his dues on the London jazz scene and tonight sees him playing with an influential set of jazz musicians, namely James Brown’s sax blower Pee Wee Ellis.
Jeffrey Lewis, Thurs 6th Sept
Anti-folk legend Jeffrey Lewis is a master of his craft whilst remaining a captivating, wryly funny outsider.
Jason Ringenberg, Fri 13th July
He’s a funny, compelling storyteller, providing a poignant history lesson along with the cornball hokum.
Vive La France
Late January sees a variety of spectacular French bands setting anchor in Brighton. Vive La France, for two days only, will be a great insight into the current French music industry as well as a celebratory cultural event.
Dizzy Gillespie Afro Cuban Experience, Thurs 7th Feb
With the balloon-cheeked bebop trumpeter long gone, this legacy band with a fine pedigree hit town.
Frank Fairfield Review
Steve Clements got a crash course in old time Americana from the anachronistic banjo-wielding showman.
At The Edge Of The Sea, Sat 25th
The Wedding Present are playing are best album ever, in it’s entirety: ‘Seamonsters’. Yes, it is the best album ever. Shut up.
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings (Sat 10th)
Brighton will most definitely be Funkytown if Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings have their way. Now we’re off to learn the horn.
Live: The Sadies
The phenomenal Canadian country-rockers The Sadies shook the foundations at Coalition last month, Steve Clements heads down to see the brothers Good in action.
