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)

The New Eves at Concorde 2 gallery

Posted on 10/10/2025 by brightonmusicblog

Nobody could accuse the New Eves of resting on their laurels – it’s been a massively busy year for them, playing multiple gigs at the Great Escape, releasing The New Eve is Rising at the start of August, supporting Black Country New Road on their September tour, and then putting out a brand new single recorded after their album midway through their own tour. Last night though, they got to sleep in their own beds as they played a hometown show headlining Concorde 2, technically the end of the tour, but they head off to play another festival on Sunday. Support came Radio Anorak, a band inextricably linked to the New Eves way beyond Kate Mager playing bass in both bands – so much so that the each band joined the other for the closing song of their respective sets. Last time I saw the New Eves was at the Pipeline when they played Brighton Noise’s unofficial Great Escape showcase in a room that barely held fifty people. Last night they proved that they can scale things right up and sound just as good in a big space – The New Eves have Risen!

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Buy / Listen to The New Eves new single Red Brick / Whale Station here:

Radio Anorak / Rememberer

Posted on 17/02/2025 by brightonmusicblog

It feels like only last week that Radio Anorak played their debut gig. Back in the middle of last December the band first arrived on stage, supporting the New Eves, and then there was a second gig in January supporting Big Long Sun, both times joined by a handful of other musicians drawn from the two bands that they’ve supported. Fast forward to last week and a single, Sword of Moses, appeared without any prior announcements, or even any press to introduce the band, and now today, less than three months after they first appearance, and album has dropped. Rememberer was recorded over a number sessions in a cabin in Lewes – in just over half an hour it takes in drum breaks, field recordings, synthesisers, strings, found instruments and half sung poetry. It’s not quite like anything else – at it’s most energetic it stretches to Krautrock, but Mother Death (Father Beast) is beautiful folk, and other tracks are experimental art pieces or ideas recorded quickly before they evaporate.

You’re tuned to Radio Anorak. Don’t touch that dial.

Rememberer is out now to buy as a cassette or download at Bandcamp, or at the usual streaming services