Posts from ‘February, 2009’

[ July 11, 2009 12:00 pm to July 12, 2009 9:00 pm. ] Tickets will be available separately for each day or as a variety of bundles, from 1st of March 2009 via the Loop website, as well as physical outlets throughout Brighton. For a list of outlets and further information visit www.loopbrighton.com for more details.

[ April 19, 2009; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] [caption id="attachment_1547" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Photo by Eliot Gill"][/caption]

2009 sees The whitest Boy Alive return with a highly anticipated new album, entitled Rules. The album follows up 2006’s successful Dreams which introduced Erlend Øye’s side project to the world. Erlend better known for his work with the Kings of Convenience has created, along with the rest of the [...]

Photo taken from Adam Kidd's Myspace
Brighton’s Penflick Podcast, a monthly online showcase for Brighton ’s vast array of unsigned musical talent, came to life last Friday with their first Live Session.  The whole show was transplanted from it’s usual basement studio to the Belushis Below nightclub where 3 bands performed live sets to a lively [...]

[ April 11, 2009 10:00 pm to April 12, 2009 4:00 am. ] [caption id="attachment_1533" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Photo from John Digweed's website"][/caption]

Here’s one to keep the message boards chatting. It has been over half a decade since John Digweed last played in Brighton and Digital have got in there and got him booked. Brighton residents will remember Digweed’s Bedrock Records night which used to take place at the now [...]

[ February 20, 2009 10:30 am to February 21, 2009 3:00 am. ]

Brighton’s long-time resident hip hop DJ Mex (Blackgrass) headlines this all singing, all dancing hip hop night, featuring live b-boy displays from local breakdance crew Dancing Bears and live performances from Influx and Multifinish. Providing the backing beats are DJs Tyni and Doubledeckers.

If that line up wasn’t enough to whet your whistle, old hands rapper Hinesy [...]

[ February 13, 2009 9:00 pm to February 14, 2009 1:00 am. ] [caption id="attachment_1514" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Photo by Silvia Baz"][/caption]

Brighton’s live music scene will get a much needed shot in the arm this coming weekend as Belushi’s Below club launches a new monthly rock night. In association with Penflick studios, who produce a regular podcast promoting unsigned bands based in Brighton , the night will give an [...]

[ August 28, 2009 to August 31, 2009. ] It’s time to start buying festival tickets again and this year we are spoilt for choice. The early bird ticket offers are flying out with even large established festivals such as Sonar extending their lower rate pass sales by one month.

Brighton Race Course found itself with a very diverse bar full of attendees on Saturday and Sunday as an abundance of ink covered guys and dolls descended on the city for this annual event. The tattoo convention features:
170 of the best artists from the UK and Europe’s finest tattoo studios are joined by guests from [...]

Twitter, its had a lot of press recently with the likes of Jonathan Ross, Paris Hilton and Britney dragging it to the forefront of peoples minds and onto the band waggon. So, what is Twitter?
Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users’ updates (otherwise known [...]

[ January 31, 2009 11:00 pm to February 1, 2009 4:00 am. ]

It’s end of Jan, it’s a Saturday, and isn’t house getting a little…you know, house-y?

Screw the detox -  it’s time for some breaks with the party experts extraordinaires, SLACKERS CONVENTION, bringing their front room party right down to the beach on Saturday January 31st, with very special guests  psy-breakbeat legends-in-their-own-time  FAR TOO LOUD.

Expect big [...]