Brighton Music Blog 25 for 25 : 25-21

Posted on 16/12/2025 by brightonmusicblog

Somewhat later than I’d originally intended, the Brighton Music Blog 25 from 25 countdown starts now. The reasons for the delay aren’t completely our fault – two of our top five are releases which only came out in December, which meant re-jigging things to accommodate. So without any further ado, here’s numbers 25-21:

25 : Archie Sagers / Fistral (from Dreams along the Shore album)

24 : Cubzoa / Buckle Up (from Unfold in the Sky album)

23 : Maximilian / Long Time Gone (single)

22 : Radio Anorak / Cows and Chickens (from Rememberer album)

21 : Ditz / Taxi Man (from Never Exhale album)

Maximilian / Long Time Gone single launch at Green Door Store

Posted on 22/05/2025 by brightonmusicblog

Earlier this week, Maximilian released his new single Long Time Gone on Crafting Room Records, and we were invited down to his launch gig at the Green Door Store. Accompanied by a full band (although one not quite as expansive as at the launch of his album Surrender last year) they dropped the new single towards the end of the set, starting off acoustic and building up textures from different members of the band as the song goes on. Having not played at last weekend’s Great Escape Festival or any of the associated unofficial gigs (as far as we could tell, at least), It was good to see him back on stage again.

Support at the gig came from Cordelia Gartside and Big Hands And All Gristly.

Maximilian / Surrender album launch at Fabrica

Posted on 05/04/2024 by brightonmusicblog

Last week Maximilian released his debut album Surrender, on Dead Dog records, and last night he played it live start to finish at Fabrica supported by Skydaddy and Brighton’s Opal Mag.

Playing an album all the way through in sequential order isn’t the most obvious thing to do – A set of songs which might make for a good gig can be quite different to a playlist / ordering that makes for a good album, but Maximilian created an immersive world last night aided and abetted by some of Brighton’s finest musicians that more than lived up to the challenge – intimate, and uplifting, the evening felt like it was over far too soon.

As I find myself saying for the second post in a row, if you missed the gig, Maximilian is on the bill at Homegrown Festival next weekend, so you can catch him again then.