Mutations Festival Preview

Posted on 08/10/2026 by brightonmusicblog

You might have spotted some Mutations Festival previews – Everyone’s very excited about Mike D, and if you got in early enough a festival ticket would only be a tenner or so more than the good tickets to go and see him in London. You get a lot of bang for your buck at Mutations. The other big names – Fat Dog, Squid and Dove Ellis are not to be sniffed at either. But even if you were a member of one of the worlds most influential hip hop acts, you still haven’t earned a mention on Brighton Music Blog. Before this week we’d spotted Big Long Sun and Hutch on the bill, but this week’s final wave of announcements brough loads more Brighton bands onto the line up, so here’s a shoutout for M.Woodroe, Maximilian, Opal Mag, Oral Habit, The Stanford Family Band, Snayx, Plantoid and Deary (who aren’t all Brighton based but Dottie has been spotted behind the counter at the Bella Union shop and various gigs in town, which is enough for me).

Mutations Festival kicks off a fortnight tomorrow on 23rd October at Chalk, Dust, Patterns, Revenge, Folklore Rooms, Alphabet and the Hope & Ruin

You can see our pics from last year’s festival, headlined by local heroes Lambrini Girls here.

Plantoid / Terrapath

Posted on 04/02/2024 by brightonmusicblog

Last Friday Plantoid released their debut album Terrapath on Bella Union records, which follows the singles Dog’s Life, Pressure and Modulator:

It’s influences are rooted in 1970s prog rock – album opener Is That You? clocks in at over six minutes and jumps time signatures – but there’s a lot more to the record than that. Stick with it, and by the time you reach the lilting highlight Wander/Wonder you’re transported to South America as a whole load of Latin influences slip seamlessly in. Elsewhere the album rocks hard, on GY Drift, and wraps you in gossamer, on album closer Softly Speaking.

The album was launched with a out-store gig at Alphabet, playing through each track in order from start to finish, joined onstage by album producer Nathan Ridley enthusiastically playing the bongos. Click through the pics to view large:

Terrapath is out now in all good record shops and streaming sites, or from the band’s bandcamp page:

Brighton Bands at the Great Escape (on film)

Posted on 23/05/2022 by brightonmusicblog

The Great Escape feels like a distant memory now. Everywhere else posted up their roundups days ago, but ours has taken a bit longer because of our bright idea to shoot on 35mm film , which means that we needed to wait for processing before we could even see the photos ourselves. Anyway they’re here now, so click through for our pics of ARXX at the Hope & Ruin, Lime Garden downstairs at the Hope & Ruin, Laundromat at BYX, Hanya at Presuming Eds, Hutch at East Street Tap, Plantoid at East Street Tap, Hanya (again) at Pryzm, Heights at the Komedia, and Johanna Bramli at Hotel Pelirocco.