Described as sounding like Jerry Lee Lewis playing with The Faces, Brooklyn’s Hans Chew returns to Brighton with a hatful of new songs.

This two-nighter features local acts drawn from three specific indie genres; tweecore, dark cabaret and folk punk

The Frank And Walters have been plying their quirky mix of droll lyrics and upbeat poppy guitar riffs for more than 20 years.

It’s hard to put to words the privilege that our fair city has of hosting the great Daniel Johnston in one of our most prestigious buildings.

This month’s SOURCE showcase peaks with a stratospheric headline appearance from post-rock quartet Monsters Build Mean Robots.

Sea Of Bees, heralding from Sacramento, give that rare feeling that someone is sharing their breaking heart right in front of you.

The Black Twig Pickers are the real deal – a good time bluegrass trio from Virginia with banjo, fiddles, boards and bones kicking up storm.

The Punx Picnic returns this April to raise money for Brighton Anti-Fascists, Hunt Saboteurs Association and other worthy causes.

In 1988, pop conceptualists The Pooh Sticks burst onto the independent scene in a whirlwind of cartoon identities and musical in-jokes.

If Donnie Darko writer/director Richard Kelly turned his hand to music then it may well turn out something akin to this Danish artist.

Tribes have taken critics and fans by storm, with Zane Lowe calling their song ‘We Were Children’ “the hottest record in the world”.

Graham Coxon’s fans include Noel Gallagher, who called him “the most gifted guitarist of his generation.”

Despite their absence from next-big-thing prediction lists at the beginning of the year, Lonsdale Boys Club are making their own waves.