Reviews

BREMF: The Italian High Baroque, Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Alison Bury (director)

BREMF: The Italian High Baroque, Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Alison Bury (director)

- 29 October 2012

This concert embodies the spirit of the Brighton Early Music Festival (BREMF), simply world class...

Dodgy

Dodgy

- 29 October 2012

Excuse me for forgetting about many a summer through the nineties with a soundtrack from...

Gaz Coombes

Gaz Coombes

- 29 October 2012

The loveable bearded Supergrass singer fronted a full band supporting his electronic pop-rock album ‘Here...

BREMF: The Field of the Cloth of Gold, The Tallis Scholars

BREMF: The Field of the Cloth of Gold, The Tallis Scholars

- 29 October 2012

From the volatile, testosterone-fuelled ‘Camp du Drap d’Or’, when Henry VIII met François I in...

No Jacket Required – The Phil Collins Tribute

No Jacket Required – The Phil Collins Tribute

- 29 October 2012

To some Phil Collins represents everything that’s bad in music; a symbol of over-bloated bland...

Efterklang And Northern Sinfonia

Efterklang And Northern Sinfonia

- 29 October 2012

The adventurous Danish trio started this project by collecting sounds in the Arctic and presented...

Dave Presents Comedy in the Dark

Dave Presents Comedy in the Dark

- 26 October 2012

This bizarre concept attracted a small but experimental audience: the 11pm start saw one man...

Sparks

Sparks

- 26 October 2012

Sparks’ ‘Two Hands, One Mouth’ tour found the youthful, joyful Mael brothers stripping songs from...

Bruce Hammers’ Bananapocalypse

Bruce Hammers’ Bananapocalypse

- 25 October 2012

Mat Ewans’ collection of sketch and character comedy was smartly prepared and cleverly delivered, demonstrating...

Conor Maynard

Conor Maynard

- 25 October 2012

If the British music industry was looking out for a homegrown Bieber clone, they landed...

Reverend And The Makers

Reverend And The Makers

- 24 October 2012

In February 2012, the band played their first gig for two years in Coventry. So,...

Motherland

Motherland

- 24 October 2012

From wine-addled women writhing in menstrual blood to couples fornicating in fields, this provocative dance,...