Brighton’s annual music showcase fast approaches. Along with this year’s showcase spots from Foals and Lewis Capaldi, and the inevitable great parties from the likes of Little Simz, Fat White Family and Confidence Man, there’s, of course, the expansive list of musicians from across the world hoping to make an impression beyond their weird band name. See you at the front for Psychedelic Porn Crumpets.
Ones to watch–
Alffa
The record-breaking duo are the first act to hit a million Spotify streams on a Welsh-language song with their rollicking bluesy punk hit, Gwenwyn. Come see what the fuss is about.
LATEST MUSIC BAR:1:30pm Friday
BEA1991
Experimental artist and musical polymath makes lush, emotive pop over woozy dutch dance beats.
SHOOSHH: 7:15pm Friday
The Beths
Exquisite, jangly guitar-pop from Auckland with more hooks than a curtain-rail.
HORATIOS 3:30pm Friday HORATIOS9:15pm Saturday
Cocaine Piss
Frenetic, screaming punks from Liège, Belgium.
THE HAUNT: 7:30pm Thursday
EUT
Amsterdam indie band with bags of charisma and 90s nostalgia.
KOMEDIA:2:15pm Friday
HORATIOS 8:15pm Saturday
Haze
Bristol band making witty, high-octane post-punk with a wry smile.
HORATIOS: 7:15pm Thursday
I See Rivers
Norway-via-Pembrokeshire trio Eline, Gøril and Lill make stunning, harmony-rich, self-described “float-pop”.
LATEST MUSIC BAR UPSTAIRS 3:00pm Friday
Los Bitchos
They’ve already been described as “The Shadows on a Tequila- fuelled field trip to South America” and I definitely can’t top that.
JUBILEE SQUARE: 7:30pm Friday
GREEN DOOR STORE: 7:15pm Saturday
Lucia
Bubblegum-grunge from fast-rising Glasgow outfit.
ONE CHURCH:1:45pm Friday
COALITION: 7:15pm Friday
THE OLD MARKET: 8:15pm Saturday
Lucidvox
Trippy and mythical psychedelic rock from Moscow.
HORATIOS: 2:30pm Thursday
LATEST MUSIC BAR: 12:00am Saturday
Malihini
Intimate and opulent, sophisticated pop songs from disarmingly effortless Italian duo.
PATTERNS UPSTAIRS:1:45pm Thursday
LATEST MUSIC BAR: 8:15pm Thursday
Mellt
Aberystwyth trio evoke early Cribs energy with their irresistible and melodic punk earworms.
LATEST MUSIC BAR: 3:30pm Friday
Piroshka
Shoegaze supergroup made up of Lush’s Miki Berenyi, Elastica’s Justin Welsh, Moose’s KJ McKillpop, and Modern English’s Mick Conroy.
SALLIS BENNEY THEATRE: 9:15pm Saturday
Pom Poko
Norwegian art-pop four-piece making deliciously undefinable math-disco with a punk edge.
JUBILEE SQUARE:2:15pm Friday
SALLIS BENNEY THEATRE: 7:15pm Saturday
