The Offcuts vs. WW2 vs. Dinosaurs
In late 2009, one of my favourite hardcore punk outfits in Brighton called it a day: the Offcuts. In the interest of full disclosure I should probably mention that I’ve been friends with the band for...
View ArticleGama Bomb, Mutant, Crypsis, Drive By Shark live @ Engine Room, Brighton
Gama Bomb + Mutant + Crypsis + Driveby Shark @ Engine Room Brighton, 7th May 2010 I’m not much of a thrash metal fan but my friend Tommy, bless his beard and genial metalhead nature, has been making...
View ArticleSave the Freebutt
This news broke last Wednesday but I’ve been busy recently and so I’m only writing about it now! One of Brighton’s longest-running venues, the Freebutt, is under threat of closure as a result of a...
View ArticleBrighton’s live music venues: an R.I.P. round-up
The news broke today that the Freebutt will no longer be able to operate commercially as a live music venue. Head over here to read their official statement; the gist is that they need £20,000 for the...
View ArticleThe ENA’s pathetic showing in Brighton
Today’s appearance in Brighton by the racist English Nationalist Alliance only managed to muster what looked like about 30-odd people. It was hard to tell, concealed as they were behind huge lines of...
View ArticleIron Chic, Bangers, You Me & the Atom Bomb, Little Ease @ Prince Albert,...
It’s a fair while since I wrote a live review – just over a year, in fact – which probably has as much to do with my newfound tendency to miss the openers as anything else. It’s not a review of a show...
View ArticleBrighton After the Bomb (2008): Part One
"The light still creeps into her awareness, and she thinks nuclear bomb! Nuclear bomb! But there is no rush of air or fire or debris washing over her, just this bright, bright light."
View ArticleBrighton After the Bomb (2008): Part Two
"It feels its hard, sharp, precise, ordered edges begin to warp and crack as they are assailed by this intolerably sloppy music."
View ArticleLive: Baton Rouge / She Crazy / Crows-an-Wra / Lower Slaughter
French post-hardcore, Brighton punk 'n roll and charismatic Cornish screamo all in one small sweaty room. TL;DR: it was great.
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