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| BLACK LUNGS (feat Wade from Alexisonfire) plus The Loyalties |
Sat 30th Aug, 2008 |
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| Audio, 7pm Early show!, £7.50 |
| | Inspired by such wide-ranging influences as folk, punk, classical, soul and country, Black Lungs crafts fiercely literate lyrics and strikingly uncomplicated melodies with a raw intensity that comes from the heart and hits the listener point blank in the chest. Black Lungs’ architect, Wade MacNeil, is no stranger to the music scene. In addition to extensive touring all over the world, MacNeil has earned a #1 debut on the Top 200 Soundscan, 2 Platinum records, 1 Gold record, and a JUNO for New Group of the Year as vocalist and guitarist of Alexisonfire. |
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| SUN KIL MOON/MARK KOZELEK |
Wed 10th Sep, 2008 |
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| Concorde2, 8pm, £12 adv |
| | In early 2002, Mark Kozelek assembled Sun Kil Moon with former Red House Painter Anthony Koutsos, Black Lab bassist Geoff Stanfield, and erstwhile American Music Club drummer Tim Mooney. Their debut LP, Ghosts of the Great Highway, appeared to wide critical acclaim in late 2003, and Kozelek assembled a new touring band to support its release, spending the better part of 2004 on the road. He also continued his film career, again playing a fictional musician in the 2005 big-screen adaptation of Steve Martin's comedic novella -Shopgirl. That summer, Kozelek joined with Low's Alan Sparhawk in the classic-rock cover band the Retribution Gospel Choir, issuing a tour-only EP in advance of the second Sun Kil Moon album, the much maligned Tiny Cities, a collection of covers by indie rock band Modest Mouse. The album was the first released on Kozelek's own Caldo Verde label. April, featuring guest vocals from Will Oldham and Ben Gibbard, followed in 2008. Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide | |
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| KILL HANNAH plus guests |
Tue 30th Sep, 2008 |
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| Concorde 2, 7.30pm, £9 |
| | Until There's Nothing Left of Us" is a pleasing pity party with lustful urgency and an abundance of codependent resentment. Would you expect less from a lead singer who named his band after murderous intentions for his ex-girlfriend? Despite the inconsolable attitude of Kill Hannah's intimate lyrics, the slightly nasal vocals are a far cry from emo whining. The raspy whispers and moaning sighs of the first single, "Lips Like Morphine," induce a similar drug-like trance. |
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| SAM SPARRO plus guests |
Fri 3rd Oct, 2008 |
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| Corn Exchange, 7:30pm, £12 |
| | Sam Sparro is that classic template for an interesting pop star: the misfit who found his way into the mainstream. Too Australian for America, too American for Australia, and too openly gay for both, his peripatetic upbringing was, by all accounts, a solitary one. Suddenly, the United Kingdom has taken him to its heart, and his very-nearly-chart-topping single "Black and Gold" has correctly been hailed as this year's "Hey Ya!" or "Crazy", ie, a unifying soul-pop singalong that the whole world loves. New Single '21st Century Life' out 28th July - Debut Album 'Sam Sparro' Out Now! |
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| ALPHABEAT plus guests |
Mon 3rd Nov, 2008 |
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| Concorde 2, 8pm, £11 |
| | Imagine the love child of the B52’s and Wham produced by Nile Rodgers and voila you have Alphabeat! Popjustice called them 'the best band in the world ever' NME named Alphabeat 'The best Scandinavian band since ABBA...' Already firm favourites on the European festival circuit, their debut album 'Alphabeat' has gone platinum in their native Denmark. They will be bringing their winning combo of infectious feel good pop and memorably energetic live performances over to the UK! | |
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| CARDIACS plus guests |
Mon 17th Nov, 2008 |
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| Komedia, 8pm, £16 |
| | CARDIACS - We're always lost for words when we have to try to write a description of Cardiacs. Every contradiction in the world comes into your head. They are utterly, totally unique - which in these days of post- post-ironic irony recycling and tiredness should be enough to make them part of your life. Yes, every band cliché is turned on its head with Cardiacs: don't bands get tired and repetitive after a few years - or at least sell out? Cardiacs are writing stuff that takes our breath away and breaks new ground 23 years after their first, home made single. They write tightly structured, often intricate tracks that make musicians worship them. |
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| (Past Event) THOSE DANCING DAYS plus John & Jehn and BangBangBang! |
Mon 2nd Jun, 2008 |
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| Audio, 8pm, £7 |
| | Sweet as apple-pie pop, from Stockholm high school girls, led by a pounding Hammond organ. These four tracks emulate some of the true twee pop greats such as Bis and Girlfrendo. “Those Dancing Days”, the northern soul inspired song which the band are named after, could easily fit onto the soundtrack of Austin Powers. “Hitten,” possibly the band’s signature tune is a fizzy pop number which will have you singing along instantly. If this band are not the next big thing I am willing to bet my life savings that one of the members of this group will feature on a Top Twenty selling Swedish album within the next five years. (Nick Levine - It's A Trap) |
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| (Past Event) THE WEDDING PRESENT plus Dawn Landes |
Fri 30th May, 2008 |
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| Corn Exchange, 7.30pm, £14.50 |
| The Wedding Present play an exclusive one off show in Brighton to celebrate the launch of their brand new album "El Rey" released on 19th May 2008. This is the band's first new record in three years and a welcome return to Brighton since their sold out show in 2005.
We're really excited about this show, it's going to be pretty special..! Tickets on sale now from The Dome Box Office, Rounder, Resident, seetickets.com and ticketweb.co.uk | |
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| (Past Event) *SOLD OUT! * MGMT plus Florence & The Machine |
Mon 19th May, 2008 |
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| Digital, 8pm, £10 |
| | MGMT return to the UK in May for their biggest UK headline tour so far. They'll be building on the critical acclaim that has met their brilliant debut single Time To Pretend and the staggering album Oracular Spectacular. Oracular Spectacular, out now, is set to be one of the albums of the year. Ambitious and epic, its a sonic adventure. MGMT are a band not afraid to take chances and as a result have made something that sounds like little else. Its colourful, alive and forward thinking. |
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| (Past Event) THE GREAT ESCAPE Europe's Leading New Music Festival |
Thu 15th May, 2008 |
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| Various Venues, Brighton, £45 plus booking fee |
| We're proud to be working on the Great Escape again this year. The three day festival takes place on 15th-17th May 2008 across more than 25 of the city's leading live music venues.
The line up so far includes: The Wombats, The Hold Steady, The Subways, Young Knives, Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong, Yeasayer, Black Mountain, No Age, Tunng, Lightspeed Champion, Wild Beasts, Fujiya & Miyagi, Peter Von Poehl, School Of Language, Black Lips, White Lies, Iron and Wine, Public Service Announcers, Born Ruffians, One Night Only, Teenagers, Crystal Castles, Canterbury, Team Waterpolo, and The Black Angels.
Earlybird tickets priced £45 for the weekend are on sale now from all the usual outlets...! | |
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| (Past Event) *SOLD OUT!* THE MACCABEES plus Good Shoes |
Sat 3rd May, 2008 |
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| Concorde 2, 7pm - Early show!, £11 adv |
| | The Maccabees announce surprise tour of intimate venues to unveil new songs. The Maccabees ended 2007 on a high with a triumphant sold-out date at London’s Roundhouse and great acclaim for their debut album “Colour It In”: Artrocker made it their Album of The Year, Xfm short-listed it for their Debut Album of The Year and NME called it “The best alt.pop record of 2007, no contest”. Not a band to rest on their laurels, The Maccabees headed straight into the studio where they have been crafting songs for their sophomore record. The Brighton boys are eager to road-test the fruits of their labours, and as befits one of the hardest working bands around, have announced a surprise tour of venues significantly smaller than those they have grown used to playing which means a great opportunity for fans to catch The Maccabees in the sweaty confines of the Concorde2. Early Show! Under 16's must be accompanied by an adult. |
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| (Past Event) *SOLD OUT! * AIDEN plus Kill Hannah |
Thu 10th Apr, 2008 |
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| Concorde 2, 7.30pm, £12.50 |
| | It’s been quite a ride for Seattle rockers AIDEN, who, in just two years, have gone from obscurity to gracing magazine covers, winning awards and playing arenas with their heroes. Fueled by infectious dark punk and an infamously jaw dropping live show, they have taken the world by storm…not bad for five kids from the rainy city who formed while two of them were still in high school. | |
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| (Past Event) HOLY F**K plus Free Blood |
Mon 7th Apr, 2008 |
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| Digital, 8pm, £7 |
| | Hailed as one of the top 3 performances at Glastonbury Festival '07 : "Electo-pop perverts Holy Fuck make a noise as abrasive as it is awesome ... these dark disco droogs thread every sound under the sun through their electric playground of wires. They come on like the nastiest electronic band since Suicide, or like the The Fall reworking their brains with screwdrivers, or Add N to (X) playing speed metal. They're the kind of band that could hoof a hangover to kingdome come, or wring the neck of a banal main stage performance". |
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| (Past Event) BUCK 65 plus Jon and Roy |
Mon 17th Mar, 2008 |
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| Komedia, 8:00pm, £8.50 adv |
| | was born with the name Ricardo Terfry. My dad started calling me Buck 65 the day I was born. I don't know why. That's the truth. A lot of stories have been made up about where the name comes from, some of them by me. I've lied about it. But "where does the name come from?" is a boring question. And the truth is, I don't even know myself. |
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| (Past Event) SANDI THOM plus Randall Brenaman plus Andy Walker |
Tue 11th Mar, 2008 |
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| Komedia (downstairs), 8pm, £10 |
| When your debut single is number one in seven different countries and your album goes on to sell more than 700,000 copies, you get to choose where you record the follow-up. And having made her first album on a miniscule budget in a freezing barn in Cheshire, you might think Sandi Thom would want to go a bit more upmarket this time. But Sandi tends to do things her own way, no matter how unconventional that may be. Which is why she recorded the whole of her second album, ‘The Pink & The Lily’ in the basement of her flat in Tooting.
“I like my own surroundings,” she smiles. “And I like being in control. For me it’s about being comfortable, being able to relax and not be intimidated. In fact I probably did most of my vocals in my pyjamas – I’d get out of bed, make a cup of tea, go downstairs and just do it! And it was great having that freedom.” | |
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| (Past Event) FINK plus Julian Velard plus Jono McCleery |
Wed 5th Mar, 2008 |
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| Komedia, 8pm, £9 |
| | Fink returns to him hometown after his sold out Redroaster show in October! Following the break-out "Biscuits for Breakfast" LP, Ninja Tune's Fink is back a year later with a fresh collection of heart-pounding, road-tested songs. "Distance and Time" is an evolution for Fink - created from hundreds of shows worth of experience, travel, thought, and performance. The album has been produced by Andy Barlow (Lamb) and sees Fink accompanied by collaborators Guy Whittaker on bass and Tim Thornton on drums - a band who know exactly what they're doing. | |
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| (Past Event) SET YOUR GOALS plus Dave House and Chaos Days |
Sun 2nd Mar, 2008 |
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| Pressure Point, 8pm, £7 |
| | Following in the footsteps of LIFETIME, GORILLA BISCUITS, and SAVES THE DAY, SET YOUR GOALS espouse a brand of positive hardcore punk that has sadly been absent in the music scene in recent years. Recognized as one of the “100 bands you need to know in 2006” by Alternative Press, the band has already gained both respect from critics and ardent fans in their relatively brief career. The band formed in early 2004, as an outlet to play the type of music they loved listening to. From there it grew into what it is now- a dedicated group of guys that have honed their songwriting abilities and are constantly on tour. The band has even persevered and stayed positive despite the theft of their trailer and the rebuilding of their van’s transmission (four times). Over 14s welcome. | |
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| (Past Event) ELLIOT MINOR plus The Electric City |
Fri 29th Feb, 2008 |
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| Concorde 2, 7pm - Elliot Minor on stage at 8:30pm, £10 adv |
| | Elliot Minor is a five-piece from York whose music is an explosive collision of Rock and Classical. The music is daring and unafraid…Racing pianos, driving guitars, sweeping violins and crashing cymbals harmonize in a symphony of sound, evoking the stories and emotions of frontman, Alex Davies. The songs are arranged around Elliot, the band’s piano, and they are rich with minor and dissonant chords, hence the name, Elliot Minor. |
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| (Past Event) *SOLD OUT!* ONE NIGHT ONLY plus Nick Harrison and Cass Lowe |
Thu 31st Jan, 2008 |
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| Audio, 7pm Early show!, £7.50 |
| Every great band needs its thunderbolt. Y'know, the charismatic rock god guy who joins the band, sacks the crap drummer, brings in a new keyboardist, writes most of their huge hit songs, insists on playing all the guitars and singing and transforms them into a globe slam-dunking rock Atlas. Oasis had Noel. The Clash had Strummer. And One Night Only have George Craig. Shaggy of hair, snarly of lip and with the indie god gene throbbing deep in his marrow, George joined what was, in 2003, a not-entirely-hopeful Beatles covers act from Helmsley, North Yorkshire, made up of older schoolfriends from his secondary school. He insisted on playing guitar and singing. He began writing most of their best songs. He brought in a new keyboard player. Drummer Sam Ford, presumably spotting a pattern emerging here, must have feared a putsch on his stool but was thankfully deemed good enough to survive.
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| (Past Event) LO FIDELITY ALLSTARS plus Leon Jean-Marie and Kidda |
Tue 11th Dec, 2007 |
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| Digital, 8pm, £10 adv |
| Lo Fidelity Allstars are back in action at Digital supporting their collection "Warming up the Brain Farm". Don't miss this opportunity to see your favourite hits performed live. As for the music... "We knew that the music always sounded like the Lo Fi's and that's the bottom line," says Phil. "It's really diverse but it could only be us doing it." Johnny: "Dave leaving opened things up. Suddenly we could think of any voice we wanted and get it on there." The album was steeped in the American tour - watching non-stop hip hop and R&B videos on the tour bus, and picking up dance records in every town - but the more time they spent on it, the wider their horizons became.
The band are currently in the studio working on a new record, ‘Northern Stomp’ which again features collaborations with Greg Dulli. | |
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| (Past Event) TOM BROSSEAU plus Jacob's Stories plus Ben Griffith |
Tue 4th Dec, 2007 |
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| Redroaster, 8pm, £6 |
| | Encapsulating the simplicity and directness of his performances and allowing his arresting and at times heartbreakingly angelic voice to find full flight, Tom Brosseau’s Cavalier displays a vulnerable beauty, devoid of affectation and delivered with utter sincerity, and an innate affinity to the American blues & folk tradition. This simple approach has gained him high profile fans from the likes of Natalie Portman, who picked one of his songs for her iTunes playlist compilation, indie house film maker and writer of the moment Miranda July, as well as appreciation from musicians such as Vetiver, the Akron Family and Nina Nastasia. |
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| (Past Event) *SOLD OUT* ELECTRELANE plus Anni Rossi |
Sat 1st Dec, 2007 |
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| Pavillion Theatre, 7:30 pm, £10 adv |
| | Hometown show from Brighton's favourite indie quartet. Electrelane play a one off special show at Pavillion Theatre in support of theire new record. 'Alive with their signature impassioned organ melodies, primal drum beats, rhythmic bass & weaving guitar riffs, but with an underlying softness present, 'No Shouts No Calls' is a collection of eleven, strong, infectious and individual songs capturing their positive mood, pouring it into hauntingly beautiful songs which blend hypnotic intensity with a near jaunty pop aesthetic to perfection,presented in an embossed picture sleeve.' | |
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| (Past Event) ROONEY plus The Days |
Sun 25th Nov, 2007 |
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| Pressure Point, 7:30pm, £9 adv |
| | Rooney is a five piece band of Los Angeles natives that formed in early 2000. After self releasing two EPS and establishing a loyal following around L.A. and Orange County, the band signed with Geffen Records in 2002. The band toured relentlessly behind their self titled debut until the end of 2004, when they returned to L.A. to make another record. After many delays through '05 and '06, the band recorded the highly anticipated follow up, "Calling the World” with producer John Fields (Andrew wk, Switchfoot, Har Mar Superstar.) The sophomore album will be released on July 17th 2007 and features the melodic songwriting and dynamic playing and singing the band is known for. Over 14s welcome, 7.30pm. |
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| (Past Event) ARCHITECTS + Devil Sold His Soul, Cry For Silence, Brides |
Fri 16th Nov, 2007 |
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| Pressure Point, 7:30pm, £6.50 adv |
| | Over 14's welcome. ID required.
What a year it's been for Brighton, UK quintet ARCHITECTS. Formed in late 2004, the band immediately became hometown heroes; grabbing attention through support slots with Nile and Napalm Death. But it was in May 2006, with the release of their debut album 'Nightmares' via In At The Deep End Records (Gallows, Send More Paramedics) that Architects stepped onto the global map.
With a year of touring activity already locked in, including a performance at the prestigious Download Festival in June 2007, and armed with one of the best UK metal albums of the year, Architects aren't about to let up even an inch in their quest to take over your world. |
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| (Past Event) HOLY FUCK plus Transformer and We Are Snazzy |
Tue 13th Nov, 2007 |
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| Pressure Point, 8pm, £6 adv |
| Little over three years ago Graham Walsh and Brian Borcherdt started Holy Fuck, a chaotic live celebration of lo-fi noise and weirdo casio-driven rock. With a rotating rhythm section consisting of some close friends and multi-talented players they were described as "Toronto's evil super group".
Their reputation as a must–see live act gained them a slot on this year's John Peel stage at Glastonbury. This performance ended up being hailed as one of the top three performances of Glastonbury by NME. | |
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| (Past Event) CARDIACS plus God Damn Whores |
Mon 12th Nov, 2007 |
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| Old Market, 8pm, £13 adv |
| | We're always lost for words when we have to try to write a description of Cardiacs. Every contradiction in the world comes into your head. They write tightly structured, often intricate tracks that make musicians worship them. They are utterly, totally unique - which in these days of post- post-ironic irony recycling and tiredness should be enough to make them part of your life.
Over 14's welcome, under 16's must be accompanied by an adult. ID required. Tickets available from Rounder, resident, ticketweb.co.uk, seetickets.com + Old Market Box Office |
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