Live Reviews

Reviews of previous gigs and events from bands in Brighton & beyond.

It was a hot sultry Saturday night in Brighton as I headed for Concorde 2. Walking past the screen on the beach showing the Wales Euro football match, I was heading for a gig rich in punk history, Angelic Upstarts, Sham 69 and Brighton’s own Dirt Royal. Into Concorde 2 […]

Review: Hurry Up Harry – Sham 69

Rudimental_Wild Life_Photo by Gili Dailes
This year’s WILD LIFE Festival took place over the weekend for the second time at Brighton City Airport (which is actually situated in Shoreham-by-Sea… It’s all about the branding, innit). Co-hosted again by headliners Disclosure and Rudimental, the festival sold out on Saturday and reached very close to capacity on […]

Review: WILD LIFE Festival

great escape dr martens stage at green door store
  Disclaimer: The following review was written due to a request by Dr Martens, in which the reviewer received a pair of Dr Martens shoes for doing so. All words are the author’s own, and the review remains an unbiased view of the evening. I arrived at The Green Door Store […]

Review: Dr Martens Stage @ The Great Escape (19/05/16)

Disclaimer: This is a guest post written by author Jim Diesel. May is upon us once again and our fair city is alive with every conceivable show under the sun as the Brighton Festival, Fringe Festival, Open Houses and The Great Escape all vie for your attention. It’s sensory overload, […]

Review: Escape To Pelirocco – 21/05/16

A cold and chilly April evening I set out with my camera etc and headed off into Brighton, destination The Haunt. I wasn’t sure what to expect. I had heard of Shonen Knife – a Japanese, 3 female, bubblegum punk outfit. The band are definitely led by Naoko, controlling the […]

Review: A slice of Shonen Knife

While She Sleeps - live at The Haunt, Brighton.
The While She Sleeps videos on this page contain flashing lights and Rock n Roll language! There’s no doubt that While She Sleeps or WSS is a group of musicians who wish they were in the hot moshing crowd watching their own set! They did spend some time in it with […]

Review: Ssssh – While She Sleeps

Timmy and Steve blasting it out in DeRellas style!
The DeRellas are: Steve DeRella Luca DeRella Timmy DeRella Mark Bishop Its been a while since I was last in front of the mighty DeRellas live. But, here I was, and was lucky to be around to watch and listen to the pre-show sound check. I heard the DeRellas playing […]

Review: The DeRellas – Slam Bam Brighton!

Wizard Sleeve
25 March: Wizard Sleeve – single/EP launch I had been looking forward to this night since seeing Wizard Sleeve perform at The Hope and Ruin a few weeks previously. This was not going to be a straightforward night. The event was an extremely private one,  an invite only exclusive party […]

Review: Art and Noise with Wizard Sleeve

The Vibrators: Pete Honkamaki – bass guitar
12th March 2016 This looked set to be a fine night of Rock n Roll and punk! Three bands were set to play and The Vibrators topping the bill on this part of their 40th Anniversary tour. The Vibrators were back with us at The Prince Albert on their European […]

Review: The Vibrators – Buzzing in Brighton

Hope and Ruin – 15 March 2016. Skinny Milk are two musicians Johnny Hart on Bass and vocals and Tim Cox on drums. Johnny and Tim have been in a few bands over a three year period. The Vril most recently but before that they were in bands called – […]

Review: Getting a taste for SKiNNY MiLK

Following on from their sold-out UK tour and the ongoing success of their recently Mercury Prize shortlisted debut, My Love is Cool, London’s Wolf Alice made their way over to Brighton Dome for another sold-out show on a Tuesday night. Our photographer, Gili Dailes was there to snap some moments […]

Review: Wolf Alice @ Brighton Dome in Pictures

Dirt Royal - live
*The new single – scroll to the bottom of the page for the video for It Was You. 26 February 2016: One of my favourite bands, Dirt Royal, performed the opening set for Forte on their single “Goosebumps” launch event. Dirt Royal are: Charlie Russell: lead vocals/bass, Leon Fenton: lead […]

Review: Dirt Royal live at Pelirocco Hotel