Last night Orchards headlined the Hope & Ruin, playing their first sold out headline show of their careers to date. The gig was in aid of Brighton Women’s Centre, so selling out is the best thing that could have happened for both the band and the charity involved. Support came from Libra Libra (who we saw) and Pollon (who we sadly missed). Continue reading
What’s the best thing about Brighton?
The sea. I love living here because I get to look at the sea every day – I can see it from my bed – how amazing is that! I grew up in north London and seeing the sea was very much restricted to holidays and rare day trips (I came down here for the first time on a Network Day when, as a kid, you could buy a rail ticket anywhere in Network Southeast for £1) but always in summer and mostly when the weather wasn’t too bad. I had no idea then that the sea has so many different faces, so many moods: when it’s rough and dark and full of foreboding it’s a delight to get up close to; when it’s calm and peaceful and blue it’s nice to look at from a distance. I can sit and watch and listen to the waves for hours and our album reflects that a little! Continue reading
What’s the best thing about Brighton?
The lanes. Great shops, great food and great pubs! Continue reading
We’ve got a huge post this week, thanks to not getting around to doing it last weekend, and then making our Gig preview post when we did have time to do some blogging. This week’s post kicks off with the new single from My Life Story, which is taken from their first new album since 2000.
Artist: My Life Story
Track Name: Taking on the World
Taken From: Taking on the World (single)
Release Date: Out today
https://open.spotify.com/album/1R4C2YzWKOEXhneSZ57zxh?si=nlWSO0K_STKKT2MjEmRWlw Continue reading
It’s the first of July and summer’s definitely here. What’s hot in the world of Brighton music over the next month though? Read on and we’ll tell you… Continue reading
Here’s this week’s new music post, which kicks off with an alternate version of one of the singles from Blood Red Shoe’s latest album Get Tragic
Artist: Blood Red Shoes
Release Name: Howl (Alt version)
Release Date: out now
https://open.spotify.com/album/5ONnaqcWCUwIqzNygiEIFp?si=slyS-V6VTxKwLYJveMr8hg Continue reading
Here’s this week’s new music post, all back to normal after last week’s mega catch ups:
Artist: Penelope Isles
Track Name: Leipzig
Taken From: Until The Tide Creeps In (album)
Release Date: single out now, album out 12th July
Next Gig: Resident Instore 17th July
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As mentioned yesterday, we’ve got a lot of new music to catch up on. We made a bit of progress yesterday, but hopefully after today we’ll be up to date.
Artist: Crayola Lectern
Track Name: Barbara’s Persecution Complex
Taken From: Happy Endings (album)
Release Date: out now
Next Gig: 29th June at the Brunswick
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Here’s this week’s slightly late new music post. This is actually a post I started writing a fortnight ago, didn’t finish, then went on holiday, so it’ll be followed up very quickly with another new music post of everything that’s come out in the last two weeks. Hold onto your hats, it’s going to be a busy few days on the blog:
Artist: Kudu Blue
Release Name: Auras EP
Release Date: 24/05/2019
https://open.spotify.com/album/7ervEuMHyedeFxizw71ou6?si=o8JZFGcvScyKYlHHwx88Ig Continue reading
It’s almost June, which means that we’re almost due for our regular monthly gig preview, back to a standard one after our amended format for May when focussed on the Great Escape.
Had May been a normal month, top of the bill would have been Fujiya & Miyagi‘s launch for their new album Flashback at the Green Door Store this Wednesday. 29th May is pretty much June, so it can take top of the bill on this post instead. Continue reading
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