Brighton after dark: 3 September 2013

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Brighton rocks, still
Like other cities in the UK which boast a cultural imprint due a distinct music scene and sound, such as Manchester, Bristol and Liverpool, so too Brighton has recently grappled with escaping the large shadow cast by the ‘big-beat’ movement of the late ‘90s. And while Fat Boy Slim’s shadow still looms large over the seaside town it has been adopted natives Nick Cave, Bat For Lashes and the Blood Red Shoes who have kept the city on the national musical map since the turn of the last decade.

However over recent months national blogs, press and print media have begun reporting about a battalion of exciting new bands and musicians who can be seen regularly performing as part of Brighton’s thriving live music scene. Venues like The Green Door Store, The Prince Albert, The Blind Tiger and The Hope regularly champion new bands, and it is guitars which are featuring most prominently across these local line-ups.There is a host of unique and distinct new bands, exemplified by The Wytches, TRAAMS, Skirts and Tigercub (to name but a very few), who are developing their own brand of psychedelic punk to growing audiences and a palpable air of community spirit.

With a healthy number of local promoters also supporting home grown acts, there is a sense that a new cultural identity is forming around the members of this close-knit fraternity. It could also mark it as one of the most exciting times to be living in Brighton and being able to access exciting new sounds on our doorstep, and confirming what the locals have known all along, that great music at the seaside does not simply last the length of the Great Escape Weekend.

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Words: JJ Symon

Sade Ali on the 21 most embarrassing things to happen to you in a club

1. Not getting in! That’s always awkward.
2. Wearing killer heels and falling down the stairs… all the way to the bottom, underwear showing and everything.
3. When someone asks for your number so you give a fake one, then they try and ring you and your phone is in your hand, so they realise it’s a fake number. (Not cool.)
4. Wearing a white top/dress and spilling your drink so you have visible drink stains all night.
5. Ordering a drink and not having enough money to pay for it. It gets worse when a stranger has to offer to buy it.
6. Walking out of the toilets with toilet roll stuck to your shoe (it’s trying to be part of your swag).
7. A guy chatting up a girl when he’s already got another girl’s make-up on his shirt… Cringe!
8. Someone catching you singing the wrong words to a song.
9. Shouting about the place: “I’ve lost my phone”, when really it’s chilling in your bra, or even worse – in your hand!
10. When you’re in a group, all of you are dancing and one of your friends really can’t dance. It’s too harsh to say anything!
11. When you request a song to the DJ and he clearly tells you: “NO!”
12. When you get that drunk that you tell everyone: “I’m not saying this because I’m drunk, I really love you”.
13. Lighting the wrong end of your cigarette.
14. Being the only person in the smoking area without a cigarette.
15. Being asked if your passport photo is really you, because it’s that shockingly bad!
16. One of your fake eyelashes comes loose – every time you blink it flaps!
17. You can’t find your drink so you accuse all of your friends of drinking it, then they tell you that you finished it ten minutes ago.
18. The champagne cork fly kicking you in the face when someone pops a bottle!
19. Let’s face it, face planting the floor is never cool, especially when the DJ gives you a shout out afterwards!
20. Seeing a fight outside the club, and that one idiot shouting: “Don’t test me, I’m from London” – quoting the postcode as well: “SE1 BBK”. It is never cool to have a fight outside or inside a club!
21. Seeing the photos being uploaded to Facebook; not one nice one of you!

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Dont Miss

Songs for the Deaf
If there is nothing you like more than a nostalgic night out, listening to the best of grunge, pop punk and rock from the ‘90s to the early noughties then this is the place to be. Bring your friends and celebrate the good old days!
Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar, Fri 6 Sep, 10.30pm, Free

Hot Mess
It’s mid week and you’re dying for some music and energy to get you through the next couple of days before the weekend. You will indeed be a Hot Mess at this fun hip-hop, garage and bashment night.
10 Below, Weds 4 Sept, 11pm, £3

Sundown
While some people will be curled up on a Sunday night, waiting for the start of a new work week to begin, you can choose to party on with a night of the best underground house and deep house music.
Wah Kiki, Sun 8 Sept, 11pm, Free

Glam
Visit Brighton’s ultimate VIP super club for a raucous Saturday night with some great music and entertainment. Be part of a great clubbing experience whether you VIP it up or not.
Shooshh, Sat 7 Sept, 10pm, £7/5

Brighton Noise

Alastair Reid on this week’s best gigs
August was a remarkably good month for Brighton bands so it’s time for a little retrospective on the stand-out releases. That is why we’re here, after all, to highlight the best our city has to offer. Sam Organ (if that is your real name) can normally be found leading the charge of widdly prog wig-outs for The Physics House Band with enviable dexterity but apparently he’s got enough time on his hands to drop a three track EP of excellent electronica. As KLDSCP, he has been hosting regular electronica nights for local artists at Sticky Mike’s but with Y he haunts the ghosts of circuit boards with spacious, glitchy instrumentals.

Another stand out release for August came in the form of Oliver Newton’s The Lunchtime Sardine Club. Icecapdes, the second offering from DIY label Sonic Anhedonic Recording Company, has been picking up positive reviews for the lush production that sits alongside Newton’s psych-folk minuets, crystal clear harmonies carrying the tune over acoustic guitars and fuzzed-out solos interspersed with field recordings and seaside sonic ambiguity. Newton recorded almost every instrument himself, save for the occasional bassline and extra set of hands, making the fact that his normal creative output is behind the kit for Bermuda Ern, Vincent Vocoder Voice (both due releases on SARC), Saint Coltrane or Yndi Halda all the more impressive.

Both of the the above can be streamed and downloaded on the respective artists’ Bandcamp pages. Now for a little live action.

This week sees another Brighton Noise Night in the form of Belgium’s psykraut cinoisematic trio Industroika, supported by local indie-rockers Monsters Build Mean Robots and sample-tweakers Spacenoid on Thursday at The Prince Albert. If that doesn’t sound like your thing then another selection of local luminaries are playing at the Corn Exchange, with post-rock trio The Hundredth Anniversary and electronica producer Luo supporting Phoria, who have been riding the wave of positive reviews since their EP Bloodworks came out in April.

A final tip of the hat and tap of the nose goes in the direction of more post-rock with Fox in the City at The Prince Albert (Wed), the big hair and bigger riffs of Steve Vai at the Concorde (Thu)and Sub Pop’s jazz punk outfit Merchandise at The Haunt (Fri). Go get something new in your week.

More info at www.brightonnoise.co.uk
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