Reviews

Shannon & The Clams

Shannon & The Clams

- 17 September 2013

There aren’t many bands like this Californian trio. Imagine a Frankie Avalon beach party movie...

Fallen Angels

Fallen Angels

- 17 September 2013

That a play from such a different era (the 1920s) still has the frivolity and...

F**k Buttons & The Haxan Cloak

F**k Buttons & The Haxan Cloak

- 17 September 2013

With the cumbersome name and solid underground credentials, it’s not far short of a miracle...

Nicola Benedetti – The Silver Violin

Nicola Benedetti – The Silver Violin

- 17 September 2013

On her third visit to Brighton in as many years, Nicola Benedetti provided a refreshingly...

Nile & Ex Deo

Nile & Ex Deo

- 16 September 2013

With flags and cinematic rock raised in ceremonial pomp, Roman Empire-themed Canadian metallers Ex Deo...

Ardal O’Hanlon

Ardal O’Hanlon

- 16 September 2013

Throughout this evening of Irish humour an apparently complacent crowd was teased, harried and tickled...

Guards! Guards! Live

Guards! Guards! Live

- 16 September 2013

City Reads’ Terry Pratchett celebration this month opened with a quintessentially English shindig. An ‘Ankh-Morpork...

Stone Foundation

Stone Foundation

- 16 September 2013

Within the first few bars of the ‘Backfield In Motion’ style opener the Midlands soul...

Ruth Gibson (viola), Fiona Cross (clarinet) and Richard Casey (piano): Brahms Sonata No.1 in F minor Op. 120

Ruth Gibson (viola), Fiona Cross (clarinet) and Richard Casey (piano): Brahms Sonata No.1 in F minor Op. 120

- 13 September 2013

Opting for a fascinating experiment, the Brighton Philharmonic principals performed the first two movements of...

Nina Conti

Nina Conti

- 13 September 2013

Brilliant, brazen, bawdy, undeniably creepy, disturbing and queasily surreal, Nina Conti takes ventriloquism to a...

Natalie Portman Trio

Natalie Portman Trio

- 13 September 2013

The studio bar at Komedia was transported into another world as the Natalie Portman Trio...

The Orwells

The Orwells

- 13 September 2013

After an energetic hook-heavy set from The Semper Teens, the Chicagoan Great Escape heroes and...