SOURCE Mailout
The thinnest silver lining on the stormy black cloud that is Rounder closing (see page 38) is that it kicked us into sorting out the mailout we’ve been meaning to do for the last three years. Realising that we were going to miss their gig round up, we decided to step into the email-shaped hole. So each week we’ll send out a mix of news, gig and club recommendations, and listings. It should appear in your inbox every week in time to plan your weekend. All you need to do is head over to tinyurl.com/SOURCEmailout and give us your email address. We suggest a work one, to help pass a boring afternoon.
Music Robot
Brighton-based music blog (and regular SOURCE contributors) The Recommender have teamed up with local company Scenestealer Productions to launch a new style of music discovery website. Music Robot aggregates tracks from 18 hand-picked UK blogs and asks the public to then vote the tunes into their chart. Whether you know Abeano from Cougar Microbes, or The Pigeon Post from The Blue Walrus, or whether you have no clue where to start regarding the UK’s best-established music blogs, this site will deliver them all, plus a stream of awesome underground sounds. See musicrobot.co.uk
Sleepless
A new after hours club night of jackin’ house, fidget and electro launches at Life at the end of the month. Befitting its late running time (midnight ‘til 4am), the night’s called Sleepless and will feature guest DJs drawn from Brighton, London and beyond. Sleepless’ promoters are aiming for a stylish but mysterious, middle of the night vibe, so keep an eye on facebook.com/sleeplessuk for further updates. The first Sleepless takes place on Friday 31st, admission £4/£3.
West Hill Music Quiz
The West Hill pub up above Brighton Station changed hands during the summer, and among the new weekly events is a rather smart Tuesday Music Quiz. The task of quizmaster is handed over to different hosts every week, with those nice people from Melting Vinyl, Born Bad, Another Sunny Day and Hold Up all taking it in turns to test your musical knowledge. It’s free to enter, so you’ve nothing to lose except the respect of your peers.
Another Lazy Sunday
Another Lazy Sunday are a collective of filmmakers who spend each Sunday shooting short documentary videos about new and unsigned musicians. Among the dozens of British and overseas artists featured so far are Brighton’s Moulettes and Richard Allan II, with Monsters Build Mean Robots lined up for the treatment this month. Live music showcases in Brighton, London, Oxford and elsewhere are planned, but in the meantime log on to anotherlazysunday.co.uk for a new film every weekend.
Be-Bop-a-Lula
Last month’s public opening was slightly delayed, but Brighton’s newest seafront club FunFair should be throwing its doors open imminently, with a bunch of regular weekly nights all booked in. We’re particularly liking the look of Be-Bop-A-Lula on Wednesdays, a mix of 50s rock’n’roll, ska, doo-wop and soul fuelled by cheap rum deals and jiving. FunFair’s weekend events parallel the club’s circus carnival theme, with names like Smoke And Mirrors (Thurs), Fortune (Fri) and Magic (Sat) – check Listings for details.
Big screen
Head down to the seafront at the start of the month and you’ll find Brighton’s Big Screen, showing sporting events throughout the Olympics. The Big Screen operates 10am-10pm every day, until the games conclude on Sunday 12th. The programme is filled out with screenings of blockbuster films, with entry free on a first come, first served basis. The 100ft square LED screen is down by the West Pier, opposite the Metropole Hotel.
Pop-up Camping
A sort of magical mystery tour for the travel sick, Pop-up Camping is a new notion that throws an additional element of chance into your nights under canvas. Taking place over two weekends during August (the first on Saturday 11th, the second during the Bank Holiday), happy campers sign up to pitch their tents in a mystery location somewhere in Sussex, where they find surprise entertainment laid on. It’s all a bit secretive, so follow them on Twitter @YampCamp to get involved.
