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Melting Vinyl and Concorde 2 present... From Canada, signed to Jagjaguwar, critically acclaimed psyche-rock

Wed 8th

September

8pm – 11pm

BLACK MOUNTAIN

+ WOLF PEOPLE

Concorde 2, Shelter Hall, Madeira Drive, Brighton, BN2 1EN TEL 01273 673311
Tickets: £12 adv. / £14 on the door: Concorde 2 Box Office 01273
673311/ Rounder 01273 325440 / Resident 01273 606312 / Dome 01273 709709 / Ticketweb www.ticketweb.co.uk / www.seetickets.com

+14s welcome, under 16s to be accompanied

In the late 1990s, Vancouver wasn't particularly renowned for its raucous, all-encompassing psych-rock scene. That lack of sonic spirit, however disheartening, led to a certain kind of aesthetic freedom. It helped birth a sound – swampy, psychedelic, ecstatic, wild – unlike much else in the indie-rock universe.


From those dank basement parties, Black Mountain came together organically and churned out a handful of striking lo-fi recordings. In 2005, on the strength of those tracks, Black Mountain signed to Jagjaguwar and released its acclaimed eponymous debut.. A follow-up, In the Future, arrived – to critical adulation and copious Devil-horning – in early 2008.

A little over a year later, Black Mountain's third LP, Wilderness Heart, was built on the west coast of America. The new record is packed with succinct rock songs that pulse and pound with startling precision: it pummels you, you ask for more. Wilderness Heart is arguably Black Mountain's tightest, most concentrated outing, but there's still plenty of raw rock energy at work.

''Magnificent'' Uncut

www.myspace.com/blackmountain

www.myspace.com/wolfpeople

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Melting Vinyl and Concorde 2 present... From Canada on Matador, indie power pop super group.

Thurs 9th

September

8pm – 11pm

THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS

+ FREELANCE WHALES

Concorde 2, Shelter Hall, Madeira Drive, Brighton, BN2 1EN TEL 01273 673311
Tickets: £12.50 adv. / £14.50 on the door: Concorde 2 Box Office 01273
673311/ Rounder 01273 325440 / Resident 01273 606312 / Dome 01273 709709 / Ticketweb www.ticketweb.co.uk / www.seetickets.com

+14s welcome, under 16s to be accompanied

The New Pornographers formed in 1997, almost immediately recorded the classic "Letter From An Occupant". Their four full-lengths (as well as numerous solo ventures from A.C. Newman, Neko Case, Dan Bejar, Todd Fancey, Kathryn Calder, and not to mention the the numerous films directed by Blaine Thurier) received wild critical and public acclaim, and they continue to enjoy bigger (and taller and smarter) audiences.

''A staggering masterclass in indie-pop songwriting that will make your brain melt and send firecrackers around your heart'' NME

www.thenewpornographers.com

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Sun. 12th

September

2 – 10pm

MELTING VINYL & WILLKOMMEN FOXTROT

SPECIAL GUEST HEADLINER IS LAURA MARLING

Stanmer House, Stanmer Park, Brighton BN1 9QA
Tickets: £20 adv. / £22 on the door: Available from Rounder
Records: 01273 325440 / Resident: 01273 606312 / Dome Box Office 01273 709709 / www.ticketweb.co.uk / www.seetickets.com / www.wegottickets.com

All Ages Welcome, under 16s to be accompanied by an adult.

Following on from the great success of 2009's event, which saw The Leisure Society, Peggy Sue, Alessi's Ark and more delight a sold out crowd, Brighton's premier folk collective, Willkommen Records, and co-conspirators and renowned South Coast independent music promoters, Melting Vinyl, are very pleased to announce our second all day show at Stanmer House.

The venue is in a nature reserve on the outskirts of Brighton, a mere stroll from the University of Sussex campus and at the heart of the Sussex Countryside. Stanmer House is a beautifully restored, Grade I listed stately home built in 1722. It’s regal but inviting and warm - the perfect environment.

This year's event takes place on September 12th, and we've given it a name: FOXTROT.

Willkommen Records and Melting Vinyl are proud to announce that FOXTROT’s special guest is Laura Marling. Laura requires little introduction but suffice to say shares a special relationship with the Willkommen Collective based around mutual love, regard and fandom. With a prestigious talent that belies her tender years, Laura has become a figure head of this country’s alt-folk revival. Both her critically applauded albums, Alas I Cannot Swim and I Speak Because I Can, have been Mercury Nominated and connected with audiences young, old and defiantly hip. Live, Laura is a mesmerizing, intoxicating experience as befitting someone of her artistry and we look forward to sharing in your enjoyment of her performance at FOXTROT

From outside of the Collective we are delighted and honoured to have Anna Calvi, Francois & The Atlas Mountains, Rachael Dadd and Rayon Breed join us for and suffuse our celebrations with their unique, folk-flecked talents.

A range of fantastic artists from the Collective and the extended family will be playing. We have an increasingly rare performance from Willkommen’s mother band, Shoreline, who deal in sublime sea shanties. FOXTROT will see the first full set in Brighton from Willkommen’s very own super group, The Climbers (featuring Nick Hemming and Christian Hardy from The Leisure Society), who will be playing songs from their debut, The Good Ship , an album which has won over pundits as diverse as Mark Radcliff, Bob Harris and Don Letts. Hot on the heels of the success of their recent sophomore outing, Of Flight and Fury, The Miserable Rich will be wooing one and all with their string adorned pure-pop. So at one with the folk tradition is Mary Hampton’s stark beauty that no less an icon as Eliza Carthy was inspired to praise her My Mother’s Children album in fRoots magazine. Perennial festival favourites, Sons of Noel and Adrian, will be serving up their heady, psychedelic -folk stew. Laish, who will be releasing their debut album on Willkommen later in the year, specialise in lovably scuffed, singer-songwriter confessionals. Kristen McClement is hard at work on her debut too with Christian Hardy at the helm. Her winsome, whispy, wonder-folk is the reason she’s a rising star. Also about to release his first Willkommen music is Rowan Coupland who will dazzle with his post-modern take upon the troubadour tradition whilst The Mariners Children mesh the intricate guitar interplay of Pentangle with the barnstorming raucousness of Arcade Fire. We are also happy to welcome a fellow collective conspirator – in the guise of her own Bristol based Cleaner Records and by association with the legendary Fence Collective – Rozi Plain, guaranteed to enchant with her bucolic song craft.

There is a limited free return Bus from Old Stiene, Brighton on a first come first served basis or take the train to Falmer, Number 25 bus to Stanmer or Number 78 bus to the House.

Alcohol not to be brought in, Bar and Food will be available.

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www.willkommenrecords.co.uk

Sigur Ros frontman steps out of the shadows with a solo live show...

Tues. 14th

September

7pm – 10.30pm

JONSI

+ MOUNTAIN MAN

Dome, Church Street, Brighton, BN1 1EE TEL: 01273 709709 Tickets: £18.50 adv. / £20.50 on the door: Dome BO: 01273 709709 / Rounder 01273 325440 / Resident 01273 606312 / www.ticketweb.co.uk / www.seetickets.com

All ages, under 14s to be accompanied

Jónsi, the Sigur Ros front man, steps out from the shadows with a solo live show already described by Pitchfork as "seriously epic". Surpassing even the vast ambition of a Sigur Ros live extravaganza, will be a show designed by 59 Productions which promises to be unlike any previously seen in a rock show.  Wild animals, burning buildings, Biblical storms, gradual rejuvenation and ultimate redemption, are all on offer in what promises to be a major theatrical performance.

Jónsi will be joined for the shows by a new band of handpicked young musicians, under the tutelage of arranger and "hottest young composer in the world" (Telegraph), Nico Muhly. The show will comprise everything from Jónsi's eagerly awaited new album, plus additional exclusive material never before heard anywhere.

An exclusive sneak preview of the live stage show 59 Productions is creating for Jónsi's 2010 tour - a cross between film, art installation, theatre performance and live gig, is available from here

Live show: Designed by 59 and Phil Eddolls

www.jonsi.com

www.fiftynineproductions.co.uk/jonsi

Guillemots frontman steps out with a fabulous debut solo album

Weds 22nd

September

7.30pm doors - 8pm start

FYFE DANGERFIELD

AND GUESTS

+ THE BOY WHO TRAPPED THE SUN

Komedia – Downstairs, 44 Gardner St, Brighton BN1 1UN TEL: 01273 647100
Tickets: £12.50 adv. / £14.50 on the door.

Available from Komedia BO: / Rounder Records: 01273 325440 / Resident: 01273 606312 / Dome BO: 01273 709709 / www.seetickets.com / www.ticketweb.co.uk/ www.fyfedangerfield.com

Over 14s welcome, under 16s to be accompanied

Born 1980 in Moseley, Birmingham Fyfe Dangerfield is best known as the founding member of BRIT Award nominated indie rock band Guillemots who make adventurous songs that throw in not just the kitchen sink but associated plumbing as well, but Dangerfields fabulous solo debut is the opposite. Recorded in just five days in a little studio, two songs are mixed by Bernard Butler, but otherwise the material is barely produced and raw. Dangerfield was in love and wanted to capture his euphoria as nature intended, and far from being schmaltzy, it's hard not to be swept along by his ardour and emotion; because the songwriting quality is so high, the tunes have an immediate, instant feel. 

''A great songwriter on top form'' The Telegraph

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www.fyfedangerfield.com

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Alt. country collective feat members of the Killers, Keane, Mumford & Sons, Noah and the Whale, and the Long Winters...

Tues. 28th

September

8pm - 11pm

MT. DESOLATION

+ THE STAVES

Brighton Ballroom (formerly the Hanbury Club), 83 St. Georges Rd, Brighton, BN1 1EF, TEL: 01273 605789
Tickets: £9 adv. / £10 on the door: Rounder 01273 325440 / Resident 01273 606312 / Dome BO 01273 709709 / www.ticketweb.co.uk / www.seetickets.com / mtdesolationofficial.blogspot.com

Over 18s with ID Only

Those who have visited Dublin will know that sipping Guinness by a fire in a nice old pub while it's chucking it down outside is one of life's great pleasures. It's also, as you can probably imagine, the perfect setting for eagerly hatching wild ideas and schemes. And so on one such blustery and cold night in September two friends, Tim Rice-Oxley and Jesse Quin decided (whilst in wildly animated conversation about music and probably also well on their way to needing a taxi home) that they would make a country album. As with so many ideas that come about on a belly full of Jameson's, in the cold light of day it did not seem like such a good plan. Two English men trying to sing like Hank Williams was definitely a recipe for disaster. The whole thing was forgotten about in the time it took to recover from the headache that morning. But the headache was to return.

Out of the blue a couple of months later Tim emailed Jesse a rough demo of 'Departure'. Not wanting to be outdone, Jesse volleyed back a demo of 'Annie Ford'. Before they knew it there were half a dozen songs and without really putting much planning into it, the idea to make a record was resurrected.

Enlisting the help of friends from various other bands the newly formed group went into Eastcote studios in London at the snowy start of this year. With production wizard Emery Dobyns patiently manning the controls, the idea was to record as much of the album live as possible, in true country style. For the finishing touches, they experimented with whatever extra noises they felt like (cue dustbin lids, anvils, bullhorns and heavily distorted theremins) and a supporting cast of friends who would regularly stop by and add their ideas, whether invited or not.

“Beautifully crafted, and unfailingly lovely' - The Times

www.myspace.com/mtdesolation

mtdesolationofficial.blogspot.com

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Rousing gypsy/blues Americana and world class musicianship from the Oscar winning movie star...

Weds. 29th

September

9pm doors - 9.30pm start

TIM ROBBINS

& THE ROGUES GALLERY BAND

+ SUPPORT

Duke of Yorks Picturehouse, Preston Circus, Brighton, BN1 4NA Tel: 0871 7042056
Tickets: £15 adv. / £17 on the door. Available from Rounder
Records: 01273 325440/ Resident: 01273 606312/ Dome Box Office: 01273 709709/ www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Duke_Of_Yorks /www.ticketweb.co.uk / www.seetickets.com / Limited £17 Balcony tickets also available exclusively from Duke of Yorks Picturehouse Box Office

All ages welcome, under 14s to be accompanied by an adult

Instantly recognisable, Tim Robbins, has been part of the fabric of popular culture for the past 25 years as an Oscar winning movie star (Bull Durham, The Player, Shawshank Redemption, Mystic River), writer & director (Dead Man Walking, Cradle Will Rock, Bob Roberts), philanthropist and political activist. But there is a side to Robbins rarely seen until now. With the release of his critically acclaimed debut album, 'Tim Robbins & The Rogues Gallery Band’, he reveals himself to be a gifted singer-songwriter in the American narrative tradition. However, Robbins is far from being as actor now turning his hand at being a musician. Music is in his blood. The photo on the back sleeve of his album shows the 8-year-old Robbins clutching a guitar in the kitchen of New York's famous Gaslight folk club in the sixties, where he regularly went to watch his father play. Indeed, Robbins has been active as a songwriter throughout his adult life, notably co-writing and performing his own satirical songs in the film Bob Roberts about a right winging folk singing politician in 1992.

Despite his prolific song writing and regularly playing in his brother's band, Robbins turned down approaches from the music industry since he first made a big screen impact as one of the fighter pilots opposite Tom Cruise in Top Gun in 1986, keen to avoid using his fame to all of a sudden become "a rock and roller". It was only after being invited to record and perform as part of The Rogues Gallery ensemble that the time was right to give life the wealth of material that filed his songbooks over the years. The Rogues Gallery Band combine rousing gypsy/blues Americana with world class musicianship alongside an eclectic use of instruments such as a saw and hurdy gurdy within their live performances, and have become renowned for collaborating with the likes of Martha Wainwright, Marianne Faithful, Lou Reed and Nick Cave. It is through the Rogues Gallery's dark and otherworldly backing that Robbins' acclaimed poetic lyricism is given the spotlight and allows the actor to become a wildly charismatic frontman on stage.

Melting Vinyl are delighted to welcome Tim Robbins & The Rogues Gallery Band to Brighton as their first UK show.

This promises to be a unique musical evening in the company of a masterful storyteller.

www.timrobbins.net

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Euphoric and evocative, listening to The Kissaway Trail is an intoxicating experience.

NOTE: RESCHEDULED DATE AND CHANGE OF VENUE, OLD TICKETS STILL VALID

Weds 29th

September

8pm – 11pm

THE KISSAWAY TRAIL

+ SUPPORT

The Hope, Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3WA Tel: 01273 325 793
Tickets: £7.50adv. / £8.50 on the door: Rounder 01273 325 440 / Resident 01273 606312 / Dome BO 01273 709709 / Ticketweb www.ticketweb.co.uk / www.seetickets.com

Over 18s with ID Only

The debut album released in 2007 was filled with songs of immense ambition and scope, the music soars, filled with majestic guitar lines, dramatic melodies and epic arrangements. The Kissaway Trail have that rare power to lift people out of their lives and transport them to a world of drama, beauty and wonder.

The Kissaway Trail list the likes of Sonic Youth, Grandaddy, Daniel Johnston, Pixies and The Beach Boys as being their main influences, though in their native Denmark, where they have recently taken off massively due to their incendiary live shows, the band have quickly developed a unique sound of their own. New album ‘Sleep Mountain’ out now on Bella Union, is a remarkable return. Recorded in Denmark, the band then heard from Peter Katis, legendary producer of Interpol, The National, Twilight Sad, Tokyo Police Club who expressed a desire to work with the band. And just a month or so later, he was indeed mixing the album in his own Tarquin Studios in Connecticut. The result, when you hear it, is spectacular.

www.myspace.com/thekissawaytrail

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Melting VInyl and Put It On present... Brighton favourites, last seen at the Great Escape, animalesque, uncompromising

Thurs 30th

September

8pm – 11pm

ERLAND & THE CARNIVAL

+ SUPPORT

The Hope, Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3WA Tel:01273 325793
Tickets: £7.50adv. / £8.50 on the door. Available from Rounder Records: 01273 325440/ Resident: 01273 606312 / Dome BO 01273 709709 / www.ticketweb.co.uk / www.seetickets.com

Over 18s with ID only

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From LA, melodic and experimental noise

Mon. 4th

October

8-11pm

NO AGE

+ MALE BONDING

Audio, 10 Marine Parade, Brighton, BN2 1TL, 01273 606906
Tickets: £10adv. / £12 on the door. Available from Rounder Records: 01273 325440/ Resident: 01273 606312/ Domo BO 01273 709709 / www.ticketweb.co.uk / www.seetickets.com

Over 16s with ID only

No Age: the name alone suggests multiple meanings and possible interpretations—timeless, ageless, anonymous, free from restriction, something positive from something negative… a profound strength in its simplicity. Likewise, the Los Angeles duo consisting of drummer/vocalist Dean Spunt and guitarist Randy Randall is many things at once even as it embraces its minimalism.

Spiritual heirs to both Thurston Moore’s wide-eyed experimentalism and the all-encompassing, stark DIY art-is-life aesthetic of the Crass collective, No Age is the kind of band that inspires its audience without affectation, without cynicism. Its live shows are an exploration of possibilities: a guitar laid over a resonating drum head, effect loops woven together like beautiful harmonies, pop songs as performance art, a duo that sounds like the gale force of rock history delivered through a wind tunnel.

www.myspace.com/nonoage

www.myspace.com/malebonding

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Melting Vinyl and Brighton Coalition present... Modern Lovers frontman, classic folk and pop, guileless honesty and playfully catchy compositions

Thurs 7th

October

7pm – 10.30pm

Live! On stage Jonathan Richman Feat. Tommy Larkins on the drums!

Brighton Coalition, 171 Kings Road Arches, Brighton, BN1 1NB, 01273 726 858
Tickets: £17.50 adv. / £19.50 on the door: Rounder 01273 325440 / Resident 01273 606312 / Dome 01273 709709
/ Ticketweb www.ticketweb.co.uk / www.seetickets.com

+14s welcome, under 16s to be accompanied

www.vaporrecords.com

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Melting Vinyl and The Freebutt present... A rotating headline tour for two of Glasgows finest bands...

Sat 9th

October

7pm – 10pm

ERRORS + TWILIGHT SAD

ROTATING HEADLINE TOUR

Audio, 10 Marine Parade, Brighton, BN2 1TL, 01273 606906
Tickets: £9adv. / £10 on the door. Available from Rounder Records: 01273 325440/ Resident: 01273 606312 /Dome BO 01273 709709 /  www.seetickets.com / www.ticketweb.co.uk

Over 16s with ID only

Signed to Rock Action, Errors is a post-electro band from Glasgow, Scotland. Formed in 2004 by Simon Ward, Stephen Livingstone and Greg Paterson, on the back of a 3 track demo recorded in Simon’s bedroom the band quickly set about making a name for themselves in their hometown with their unique take on Electro. Errors merged spiky new-wave guitars with deep bass-y Acid sounds with a knack for melody and pop hooks beyond their years. The band were soon taken under the wing of Mogwai who signed them to their Rock Action label alongside the likes of Part Chimp and James Orr Complex.

The Twilight Sad comprises James Graham (vocals), Andy MacFarlane, (guitar/accordion/noise), Craig Orzel (bass), and Mark Devine (drums), they are signed to Brighton's FatCat Records. Forming in late 2003, the band played a couple of early shows at Glasgow's 13th Note, creating half hour pieces of music utilising guitars, bass, drums, theremin, tape loops from films and old folk and country songs, effects pedals, toy keyboards, thumb pianos, computer games and various other ephemera. Subsequently withdrawing to the studio to refine their sound, and rejecting any live shows offered, the band underwent a gradual metamorphosis into a more traditional, but still sonically adventurous outfit, with a more overt inclination towards emotive, eloquent song.

This rotating headline tour is essential Autumn viewing.

www.myspace.com/weareerrors

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From Sweden, signed to City Slang and fronted by Jose Gonzalez, vintage pop and lush folk

Mon 11th

October

7.30pm doors - 8pm start

JUNIP

+ SUPPORT

Komedia – Downstairs, 44 Gardner St, Brighton BN1 1UN TEL: 01273 647100
Tickets: £9 adv. / £10 on the door.

Available from Komedia BO: 0845 293 8480 / Rounder Records: 01273 325440 / Resident: 01273 606312 / www.junip.net / Dome BO 01273 709709 / Ticketweb www.ticketweb.co.uk / www.seetickets.com

Over 14s welcome, under 16s to be accompanied

Born as a cosmopolitan three piece from Gothenburg, Sweden back in 1999, Junip features Jose González (vocals & guitar), Tobias Winterkorn (keyboards), and Elias Araya (drums). It wasn't until Jose González’s solo duties were completed on his phenomenally successful 'Veneer' and ‘In Our Nature’ albums that Junip was at last able to become the priority project for all members that they had always meant it to be. The story that leads to this band’s 2010 highly anticipated release through City Slang has been one of patience and and a quest for perfection over the last decade.  The result of this is effortlessly seductive indie folk cast into dark, moody and sometimes haunting songs, defined by the warmth of Winterkorn’s keyboards, Araya’s subtly insistent rhythms while still keeping the beauty of González’ distinctive, softly-sung tones and enigmatic lyricism that made his solo work famous in the first place.
Their intimate debut show promises to be truely memorable!

www.myspace.com/junip

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Formerly of the The Be Good Tanyas...

Mon 11th

October

8-11pm

FRAZY

FORD

+ SUPPORT

Brudenell Social Club, 33 Queens Road, Leeds, LS6 1NY, TEL: 0113 2752411
Tickets: £10adv. / £12 on the door. Available from Crash Records: 0113 243 6743 / Jumbo Recordst: 0113 245 5570 / www.ticketweb.co.uk / www.seetickets.com

All ages welcome. Under 18s to be accompanied by an adult

Whether it was her family’s emigration to Canada in the ’70s (where Frazey was born) or exploring Asia with her mother and sister in the ’80s, Ford is a soul well traveled. Best known throughout the last 10 years as a member of the critically acclaimed Vancouver trio The Be Good Tanyas, Ford is now ready to tell her own story with a solo album she describes as being “moved by motherhood, earth and land.” Obadiah is a collection of songs hand-carved by the hardships and exaltations of life, and stained with the rich colors of soul and folk music that fueled artists like Joni Mitchell, Ann Peebles, Neil Young, and Donny Hathaway. After a period of stillness, it’s the sound of Ford finding herself once again.

Recorded during a blissful Vancouver summer at the studio of co-producer and multi-instrumentalist John Raham, Obadiah came to life with the help of an intimate assembly of guests. Trish Klein of The Be Good Tanyas lay down yards of velvety smooth electric guitar, while next-door neighbor Caroline Ballhorn, contributed vocals. Ford’s landlord even dropped in to play keyboards, as Cuban style chords go back and forth with warm Wurlitzer licks on the playful “Like You Better.” By putting her faith in an assortment of capable companions, Ford let the songs unfold naturally, embracing the little experiments and happy accidents that give the album so much character.

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Produced by DFA head honcho Tim Goldsworthy, signed to Domino, synthesizers, dance beats and psychedelic garage rock

Weds 13th

October

7.30pm doors - 8pm start

ARCHIE BRONSON OUTFIT

+ THE VICTORIAN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN'S CLUB

Komedia – Downstairs, 44 Gardner St, Brighton BN1 1UN TEL: 01273 647100
Tickets: £10 adv. / £12 on the door.

Available from Komedia BO: 0845 293 8480 / Rounder Records: 01273 325440 / Resident: 01273 606312 / Dome BO: 01273 709709 / www.seetickets.com / Ticketweb www.ticketweb.co.uk

Over 14s welcome, under 16s to be accompanied

Bred in Somerset, it took relocation to southwest London for the dirty psychedelic blues-rock of singer/guitarist Sam Windett, bassist Dorian Hobday, and drummer Mark Cleveland -- aka Archie Bronson Outfit -- to be discovered. Moving to attend art school (studying, incidentally, alongside future members of the Duke Spirit and the Beatings), the rock trio was randomly discovered one night by the president of Domino Records at his favorite local pub, The Cat's Back.

The band was signed to the label by August 2003, and its well-received debut, Fur, was issued the following summer. Gigging continued in support of the record, including a handful of U.K. support dates for the Black Keys in fall 2004. For their third albu, Coconut, they employed the production skills of DFA wizkid Ti Goldsworthy, adding synths and dancefloor asthetics to their outrageous and psychedelic garage rock.

www.myspace.com/archiebronsonoutfit

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Formerly of The Be Good Tanyas...

Thurs. 14th

October

8pm - 11pm

FRAZEY FORD

+ SUPPORT

Brighton Ballroom (formerly the Hanbury Club), 83 St. Georges Rd, Brighton, TEL: 01273 605789
Tickets: £12.50 adv. / £14.50 on the door: Rounder 01273 325440 / Resident 01273 606312 / Dome BO 01273 709709 / Ticketweb www.ticketweb.co.uk / www.seetickets.com

Over 18s with ID Only

Whether it was her family’s emigration to Canada in the ’70s (where Frazey was born) or exploring Asia with her mother and sister in the ’80s, Ford is a soul well traveled. Best known throughout the last 10 years as a member of the critically acclaimed Vancouver trio The Be Good Tanyas, Ford is now ready to tell her own story with a solo album she describes as being “moved by motherhood, earth and land.” Obadiah is a collection of songs hand-carved by the hardships and exaltations of life, and stained with the rich colors of soul and folk music that fueled artists like Joni Mitchell, Ann Peebles, Neil Young, and Donny Hathaway. After a period of stillness, it’s the sound of Ford finding herself once again.

 

Recorded during a blissful Vancouver summer at the studio of co-producer and multi-instrumentalist John Raham, Obadiah came to life with the help of an intimate assembly of guests. Trish Klein of The Be Good Tanyas lay down yards of velvety smooth electric guitar, while next-door neighbor Caroline Ballhorn, contributed vocals. Ford’s landlord even dropped in to play keyboards, as Cuban style chords go back and forth with warm Wurlitzer licks on the playful “Like You Better.” By putting her faith in an assortment of capable companions, Ford let the songs unfold naturally, embracing the little experiments and happy accidents that give the album so much character.

 

www.myspace.com/frazeyford

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Melting Vinyl and Brighton Coalition present... Former Libertine and frontman of Dirty Pretty Things... 

Fri 15th

October

7pm – 10pm

CARL BARAT

+ SUPPORT

Brighton Coalition, 171 Kings Road Arches, Brighton, BN1 1NB, 01273 726 858
Tickets: £12.50 adv. / £14.50 on the door: Rounder 01273 325440 / Resident 01273 606312 / Dome 01273 709709 / Ticketweb www.ticketweb.co.ukwww.seetickets.com

Over 14s welcome, under 16s accompanied by adult

As one half of the songwriting duo (alongside Pete 'Babyshambles' Doherty) for The Libertines Carl Barat summed up an era of great British bands. Since their demise, (and recent inevitable reformation) he fronted the critically acclaimed punchy, ragged, and frenetic Dirty Pretty Things before announcing their end in 2008. Barat is now back with a new album of solo material and a tour, where he will be playing tracks from his the new album, alongside older material.

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Matadors achingly beautiful rising stars...

Fri 22nd

October

8pm – 11pm

PERFUME GENIUS

+ SUPPORT

The Hope, Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3WA Tel:01273 325793
Tickets: £7.50adv. / £8.50 on the door. Available from Rounder Records: 01273 325440 / Resident: 01273 606312 / Dome BO 01273 709709 / www.ticketweb.co.uk / www.seetickets.com

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Even though he is only in his 20s, the story to date of Mike Hadreas, aka Perfume Genius, has the peculiar twists and turns of a person who has lived several lifetimes, and seen more darkness than most. Now, as Perfume Genius, Hadreas is not only turning an unforgiving mirror on those demons, but making utterly heartbreaking music out of them. How this actually came to pass however, is far from conventional. For a number of years Hadreas admits that he was headed down the path of self-oblivion; as he recalls, “I was running around doing drugs and being fucking insane and getting into some dangerous business.”

The watershed moment came one day when he sat down and wrote 'Learning', which was to be his first song. Hadreas remembers it with piercing clarity. “I wrote it and spent at least a month after that constantly writing for long stretches of time. I don’t know how it happened, but I intuitively could see and feel my experiences for the first time in this really overwhelming and honest state or whatever. I felt like my heart actually broke but in this sort of hopeful, genuine way. Like I could finally rebuild it.”

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Melting Vinyl and Brighton Coalition present... Fizzy pop songs with catchy riffs...

Sun 24th

October

7.30pm – 10.30pm

HOT HOT HEAT

+ GLITCHES

+ THE TUNICS

Brighton Coalition, 171 Kings Road Arches, Brighton, BN1 1NB, 01273 726 858
Tickets: £10 adv. / £12 on the door: Rounder 01273 325440 / Resident 01273 606312 / Dome 01273 709709 / www.ticketweb.co.uk / www.seetickets.com

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Riding a rollercoaster of infectious pop hooks, guitar stabs and tight production Hot Hot Heat originally shot to stardom with their second album, Make Up For The Breakdown, released via Sub Pop in 2003; it's singles "Bandages" and "Talk to Me, Dance With Me" got played on radio worldwide. Their latest album, Future Breeds is, experiments with 5/4 disco grooves and electro loops and is a joyful slab of raucous, ridiculously catchy, guitar-driven alt-rock, with a few brushes of electronic dance and rockabilly swag to keep your feet moving. 

"Initally, it all rushes by so fast as to rock you onto your heels, but further listens offer a quick grasp of a set of insidiously catchy songs." Drowned In Sound

www.myspace.com/hothotheat

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After a sold out show in March, Dan Le Sac and Scroobius Pip with their playground approach to processed bass heavy electronics and lyrical genius returns to Brighton.

Sun 31st

October

8pm – 11pm

DAN LE SAC VS SCROOBIUS PIP

+ GAGGLE

+ KID A

Concorde 2, Shelter Hall, Madeira Drive, Brighton, BN2 1EN TEL 01273 673311
Tickets: £14.50 adv. / £16.50 on the door: Concorde 2 Box Office 01273
673311/ Rounder 01273 325440 / Resident 01273 606312 / Dome 01273 709709 / Ticketweb www.ticketweb.co.uk / www.seetickets.com

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Returning to Brighton, Dan Le Sac and Scroobius Pip’s playground approach to processed bass heavy electronics and lyrical genius hasn’t been matched since their now over-ground hit Thou Shalt Always Kill.  A few dancefloor smashing moments later, note two critically acclaimed albums the London duo now have their intellectual sights locked firmly onto bigger things.
''Proves intelligence and fun in UK hip hop don’t have to be mutually exclusive.'' BBC

www.myspace.com/lesacvspip

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"Possibly the finest English singers alive today." Mojo

Wed 3rd

November

7.30pm doors - 8pm start

NORMA WATERSON

& ELIZA CARTHY

with THE GIFT BAND + GUESTS

Komedia – Upstairs, 44 Gardner St, Brighton BN1 1UN TEL: 01273 647100
Tickets: £18.50 adv. / £20.50 on the door.

Available from Komedia BO: 0845 293 8480 / Rounder Records: 01273 325440 / Resident: 01273 606312 / Dome BO 01273 709709 / www.ticketweb.co.uk / seetickets.com

Over 14s welcome, under 16s to be accompanied

Norma Waterson and Eliza Carthy are not simply two of the country's finest
exponents of traditional song. With their rich, distinctive and authentic voices,
mother and daughter have effortlessly engaged new audiences and admirers
across two generations. Between them, Norma and Eliza have 3 Mercury
Prize nominations and have both been presented with BBC Folk Singer of the
Year awards (Norma in 2001, Eliza in 2003), as well as innumerable other
accolades.

Norma and Eliza will be touring as a six piece band including Martin Carthy. They will be performing traditional classics as well as some unexpected gems. Norma Waterson & Eliza Carthy bring all these songs to life, no matter what the origin, with their wonderfully versatile and compassionate voices. Their new album, THE GIFT is due for release by long- standing label, Topic Records, in July 2010.

www.watersoncarthy.com

www.eliza-carthy.com

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Rising pop- ska starlet from pop aristocracy

Weds. 3rd

November

8pm - 11pm

I BLAME COCO

+ SUPPORT

Brighton Ballroom ( formerly the Hanbury Club), 83 St. Georges Rd, Brighton, BN1 1EF TEL: 01273 605789
Tickets: £7.50 adv. / £8.50 on the door: Rounder 01273 325440 / Resident 01273 606312 / Dome BO 01273 709709 / Ticketweb www.ticketweb.co.uk / www.seetickets.com

Over 18s with ID Only

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Melting Vinyl brings you the Ivor Novello Award winning guitar maestro...

Thurs 4th

November

8pm doors - 8.30pm start

EDWYN COLLINS

+ SUPPORT

Komedia – Upstairs, 44 Gardner St, Brighton BN1 1UN TEL : 01273 647100 Tickets: £15 adv. / £17 on the door. Available from Komedia BO: 0845 293 8480 / Rounder Records: 01273 325440 / Resident: 01273 606312 / Dome BO 01273 709709 / www.ticketweb.co.uk / www.seetickets.com

Over 14s welcome, under 16s to be accompanied

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From France, the creator of the Amelie and Goodbye Lenin soundtracks, neoclassical, folk and pop

Fri 5th

November

7pm – 9.30pm

YANN TIERSEN

+ SUPPORT

Concorde 2, Shelter Hall, Madeira Drive, Brighton, BN2 1EN TEL 01273 673311
Tickets: £15 adv. / £17 on the door: Concorde 2 Box Office 01273
673311/ Rounder / Resident 01273 606312 / Dome 01273 709709
/ Ticketweb www.ticketweb.co.uk / www.seetickets.com

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Yann Tiersen is, by far, one of the best known French artists of his generation and the most world- renowned for his writing skills. While his reputation as a musician was first established thanks to his early studio albums, “La valse des monstres” (Monsters' waltz), “Rue des cascades” (Cascade street) and “Le Phare” (The lighthouse), that served as an introduction for the mainstream audience to his music writing wisdom, it was his work on the score for the movie “Amélie Poulain ”(”Amelie”) that earned him widespread recognition, where, thanks to great neoclassical vision, he would play around with pop and folk sounds, stripped from common cliches.

But Yann Tiersen made his biggest impression on spectators first and foremost through performances, playing alone or with his band, by delivering an emotionally charged and freely inspired conception of his music to the audience.
This libertarian attitude greatly influenced the writing of albums to follow, alternating classical film scores (“Good Bye Lenine”, “Tabarly”) with more “pop” music for his studio albums (“L'Absente”, “Les Retrouvailles”) followed by prestigious guest appearances honouring his unique style of composing (Stuart Staples, Jane Birkin, Dominique A, Lisa Germano, Neil Hanon and more).

On the strength of these successful achievements on record and on stage, Yann always strived to create his own trademark sound, never dwelling on the way that the mainstream audience labels him. By experimenting endlessly with various new musical directions and collaborations (Shannon Wright, This Immortal Coil, Orka..) he reminds those who care to listen that his musical boundaries go as far as he chooses.

www.yanntiersen.com

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Majestic French collative, beguiling pop takes on indie -left field hits.

Mon 8th

November

7pm door – 7.30pm start

NOUVELLE VAGUE

PLUS GUESTS

St. Georges Church, St Georges Rd, Kemp Town, Brighton, BN2 1ED
Tickets: £20 adv. / £22 on the door: Available from Rounder
Records: 01273 325440 / Resident: 01273 606312 / Dome Box Office 01273 709709 / www.ticketweb.co.uk / www.seetickets.com

All ages welcome, Under 16s to be accompanied

www.myspace.com/nouvellevague

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Following Micah's recent European adventure, the cult underground blues man returns...

Mon 8th

November

8pm doors - 8.30pm start

MICAH P HINSON

+ SERAFINA STEER

Komedia – Downstairs, 44 Gardner St, Brighton BN1 1UN TEL : 01273 647100 01273 647100 Tickets: £12.50 adv. / £14.50 on the door. Available from Komedia BO: 0845 293 8480 / Rounder Records: 01273 325440 / Resident: 01273 606312 / Dome BO 01273 709709 / www.ticketweb.co.uk / www.seetickets.com

Over 14s welcome, under 16s to be accompanied

The term 'troubadour' gets bandied around far too readily these days, but none encompass the spirit of the original meaning more than our Micah.  Proudly hailing from the gargantuan state of Texas, Mr Hinson's Southern drawl and heartfelt lyrics work in harmony to produce some of the most beautiful songs out there, showcased expertly on his first album for FTH, 2008's 'Micah P. Hinson & The Red Empire Orchestra'.

Since then, Micah has gone on to record a covers album 'All Dressed Up And Smelling Of Strangers'.  A collection of songs of obvious personal resonance to Micah and which showcases his wide-ranging taste, '...Strangers' served as the perfect stop gap between '...The Red Empire Orchestra' and his latest album, the stunning and stimulating 'Micah P. Hinson & The Pioneer Saboteurs'.

www.myspace.com/micahphinson

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Afrobeat, dub, tropicalia and rock 'n' roll, 'Space age exotica' from Spain...

Tues 9th

November

8pm – 11pm

EL GUINCHO

+ SUPPORT

The Hope, Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3WA Tel:01273 325793
Tickets: £6.50adv. / £7.50 on the door. Available from Rounder Records: 01273 325440/ Resident: 01273 606312 / Dome BO 01273 709709 / www.ticketweb.co.uk / www.seetickets.com

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Ask a musician when they first fell in love with sound, and they'll often blame it on their dad's collection of records. Ask El Guincho, aka Pablo Días-Reixa, and he'll blame it on his dad's collection of volcanos, mountains, fish and seawater off the coast of Africa. Fast forward to age 24 and Pablo is living in Barcelona,  recording the sounds of his fist hitting the sand and the waves rocking the sea.

Of course, his dad didn't have an MPC sampler to feed them all into, nor an abiding love of French hip hop and tropicalia to mix them up with. After falling in with an experimental collective of film students who got him into Moondog and Sun-Ra, he started making beats on his computer too, and singing, and ended up touring with a band called Coconot and earning money composing music for documentaries. The next plan was to head to New York to study island music – the pre-Hispanic folk standards of his homelands off the coast of Africa; the
traditional sounds of the Caribbean - but he found himself using those old folk sounds to become El Guincho and record an album instead.

He's happy to have been compared to Animal Collective, though he started this before he'd heard of them. And then there are his intense, beguiling live shows, where the music builds like a blurry pile of sunshine, always growing, slowly pouring into every corner of the room, finding a pulse and grooving on it. El Guincho balances his gadgetry on a complicated set-up involving pieces of wood and his elbows, and somehow manages to sing as well. Customs officers round the world have been baffled by the man who travels with computers and broken bits of planks. When you hear the record, you might be baffled too. But then you'll want to play it again and again.

www.myspace.com/elguincho

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"Possibly the finest English singers alive today." Mojo

Thurs 11th

November

7.30pm doors - 8pm start

NORMA WATERSON & ELIZA CARTHY

with THE GIFT BAND + GUESTS

Hebden Bridge Picturehouse, New Road, HX7 8AD, Tel: 01422 843831
Tickets: £16.50 adv. / £18.50 on the door. Available from Victoria Theatre Box Office: 01422 351158 / Hebden Bridge Picturehouse: 01422 843831 / Crash Records: 0113 243 6743 / Jumbo Recordst: 0113 245 5570 / www.ticketweb.co.uk / www.seetickets.com

All ages welcome, under 14s to be accompanied

Norma Waterson and Eliza Carthy are not simply two of the country's finest exponents of traditional song. With their rich, distinctive and authentic voices, mother and daughter have effortlessly engaged new audiences and admirers across two generations. Between them, Norma and Eliza have 3 Mercury Prize nominations and have both been presented with BBC Folk Singer of the Year awards (Norma in 2001, Eliza in 2003), as well as innumerable other accolades.

Norma and Eliza will be touring as a six piece band including Martin Carthy. They will be performing traditional classics as well as some unexpected gems. Norma Waterson & Eliza Carthy bring all these songs to life, no matter what the origin, with their wonderfully versatile and compassionate voices. Their new album, THE GIFT is due for release by long- standing label, Topic Records, in July 2010

www.watersoncarthy.com

www.eliza-carthy.com

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Post-Punk and gritty melodic rock...

Mon 15th

November

7.30pm doors - 8pm start

LES SAVY FAV

+ SKY LARKIN

+ CLOUD NOTHINGS

Komedia – Upstairs, Seated 44 Gardner St, Brighton BN1 1UN TEL : 01273 647100
Tickets: £14 adv. / £16 on the door.

Available from Komedia BO: 0845 293 8480 / Rounder Records: 01273 325440 / Resident: 01273 606312 / Dome BO 01273 709709 / www.ticketweb.co.uk / www.seetickets.com

Over 14s welcome, under 16s to be accompanied

Since their emergence from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1996, Les Savy Fav have been building a passionate following among musicians, fans, and critics the old fashioned way: by earning it.  

In a world where technologies speed new music to listeners and enable young bands instant access to limitless audience, Les Savy Fav is among an increasingly rare breed of band who built their audience city by city and fan by fan. The approach has yielded something even more rare: a fully seasoned band at the peak of their skill that has not been blown out by hype and overexposure. The band’s 2007 release, Let’s Stay Friends, was their first to achieve substantial press response and found it's place in many lists of top albums for the year.  With their new release, Root For Ruin, Les Savy Fav seems poised for the kind of widespread acclaim many have felt they have long deserved.

www.myspace.com/lessavyfav

www.myspace.com/skylarkinskylarkin

www.myspace.com/cloudnothings

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Signed to Domino, formerly of Fridge and collaborator of Steve Reid, electonica, free jazz and a musical creativity which out stripes most of his peers. The last show at C2 was a sellout, we expect this one to as well.

Tues. 16th

November

7.pm doors, 7.30pm start

FOUR TET

+ SUPPORT

Corn Exchange, Church Street Brighton BN1 1EE TEL: 01273 709709 Tickets: £14 adv. / £16 on the door: Dome BO: 01273 709709 / Rounder 01273 325440 / Resident 01273 606312 / Ticketweb www.ticketweb.co.uk / www.seetickets.com

All ages welcome, under 14s accompanied

Kieran Hebden, aka Four Tet, formed his first band Fridge with friends Adem Ilhan (of Adem) and Sam Jeffers. Fridge quickly became a spearhead of instrumental post-rock outfits, releasing two albums, Ceefax and Semaphore on Output in 1997 and 1998, before moving onto Go! Beat in 1999 with their third album Eph. The three albums Hebden released in quick succession under Four Tet: Pause (2001), Rounds (2003) and Everything Ecstatic (2005) represented a high watermark in new forms of pioneering musical creativity. These recordings fine-tuned the techniques of electronic music: sampling, sequencing, tweaking and injected them with an almost alchemical warmth. His ethos and immersion in the process of making an evolving body of work is, according to one of his track titles: Sleep, Eat Food, Have Visions. The result are a highly emotional and thought provoking set of records. Disparate forms such as free jazz, hip hop, concrete tape research music and open string folk tunings are distilled into something that can only be described as sounding like Four Tet. He makes all his music at home on domestic computer equipment. He has no manager and books and organises many of his tours himself and has recently undertaken an equally ambitious series of recordings with legendary drummer and musical icon Steve Reid, producing two more albums. He continues to explore every corner and idea for inspiration and doesn't look like stopping .

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From Australia, produced by Bjorn Yttling, folk and jazz with bold but sparse instrumentation

Sat. 20th

November

8-11pm

SARAH BLASKO

+ SUPPORT

Brudenell Social Club, 33 Queens Road, Leeds, LS6 1NY, TEL: 0113 2752411
Tickets: £8adv. / £9 on the door. Available from Crash Records: 0113 243 6743 / Jumbo Record: 0113 245 5570 / www.ticketweb.co.uk / seetickets.com

All ages welcome. Under 18s to be accompanied by an adult

In modern pop, Sarah Blasko is a rare beast. On the one hand, she is a fiercely-independent free spirit whose haunting music critics have run out of superlatives to describe. On the other, the 33 year old Australian is an acclaimed artist whose mantelpiece houses an ever increasing array of awards and who performed at the closing ceremony of Sydney’s Commonwealth Games.

Sydney-born Blasko first found her voice singing with her mother in Pentecostal church and had a brief spell fronting bands whilst studying for a degree in English literature. Her real career began when she struck out solo in 2002. An early EP release was followed by 2004’s platinum-selling, debut album, ‘The Overture & the Underscore’ and 2007’s nautically-themed, ARIA Award-winning successor, ‘What The Sea Wants, The Sea Will Have’.

Recently voted Album Of The Year by Triple J, Australia’s biggest national radio network, and nominated for a mighty five ARIAs (Blasko picked up Best Female), ‘As Day Follows Night’ is already Blasko’s biggest seller. Written over several months in 2007 while she was simultaneously composing the score for the Bell Shakespeare Company’s production of Hamlet – in which she also performed – it is her most lyrically direct, musically simple and emotionally affecting album to date.

''Delicate yet emotionally full-blooded'' The Telegraph

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Melting Vinyl and Brighton Coalition present... Signed to City Slang, reimagining dance music as pulsating field explorations

Wed 24th

November

8pm – 11pm

CARIBOU

+ SUPPORT

Brighton Coalition, 171 Kings Road Arches, Brighton, BN1 1NB, 01273 726 858
Tickets: £10 adv. / £12 on the door: Rounder 01273 325440 / Resident 01273 606312 / Dome 01273 709709
/ Ticketweb www.ticketweb.co.uk / www.seetickets.com

Over 16s with ID

Trading under the soubriquets of Manitoba and Caribou, Canadian maths PhD Dan Snaith has a decade of supple, eclectic electronic music making to his names. His latest and fifth album, Swim, is a small marvel, reimagining dance music as pulsating field explorations. As a vocalist, he can play it as straight and tender as Hot Chip on tracks like "Leave House", but Snaith's real bravura lies in his unbounded sonic palette. With Alice Coltrane-like harp runs, meditation bowls, rave stabs and Doppler effect dub wobbles, he creates music full of surprises that is always melodic.

www.myspace.com/cariboumanitoba

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“The Baltimore duo’s narco-pop drifts over lazy organs and twilight waltzes… A lush mix of sun and shade” The Independent

Thurs 25th

November

8pm – 11pm

BEACH HOUSE

+ SUPPORT

Concorde 2, Shelter Hall, Madeira Drive, Brighton, BN2 1EN TEL 01273 673311
Tickets: £12 adv. / £14 on the door: Concorde 2 Box Office 01273
673311/ Rounder 01273 325440 / Resident 01273 606312 / Dome 01273 709709
/ Ticketweb www.ticketweb.co.uk / www.seetickets.com

+14s welcome, under 16s to be accompanied

 

The Beach House you’re about to meet isn’t the same you may remember from before. Lives have been shuffled, tangled and re-aligned.

When Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally returned home to their hometown of Baltimore last Winter, they were worn thin from touring and travel. But deep inside them hot energies were incubating, ideas they had been whispering back in forth in the wake of their sophomore full-length, 2008’s Devotion. By Spring they began handing themselves over completely to those impulses, holing themselves up and exchanging ideas in a new, secluded practice space for dangerously long periods of time. As the songs that would become Teen Dream began to live, breathe and take shape, the duo was forced to leave much of their personal lives behind them. 

 

Still driven to avoid distraction, the two marched further into isolation, deciding to bottle up all those wild visions away from home. They packed up their lives and settled into a converted church in upstate New York with producer Chris Coady. For a month they continued the birthing process, sweating and pushing out sounds inside a cocoon of their very own weaving. “It wasn’t about arriving at a church and it revolutionizing a feeling,” Scally notes. “It was a continuation of what we were doing without disruption. Whenever something good happens, we look at each other and we know that was it. It’s instinctual and it’s private.” Through the course of a month, they chased down songs and dark rushes, the creative telepathy that Scally and Legrand share together taking a strangely physical hold. “There’s a different level of intimacy, a physicality on Teen Dream,” Legrand explains, pacing back and forth. “Rhythmically, there’s new motion. This record touches you. On your chest.

“Classic 60’s pop arrangements filtered through the fuzzy prism of a dream… All of it as high on charm as it is on lo fi” MOJO 

 

 

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Soul and jazz legends return to Brighton after a sold out show...

Weds 1st

December

7.30pm doors -8pm

THE BRAND NEW HEAVIES

+ SUPPORT

Komedia – Upstairs, Seated 44 Gardner St, Brighton BN1 1UN TEL : 01273 647100  Tickets: £18.50adv. / £20.50 on the door. Available from Komedia BO: 0845 293 8480 / Rounder Records: 01273 325440 / Resident: 01273 606312 / Dome BO 01273 709709 / www.seetickets.com / www.ticketweb.co.uk / www.thebrandnewheavies.net

Over 14s welcome, under 16s to be accompanied

www.myspace.com/thebrandnewheavies

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Co-pro with SJM... VW return with their biggest show to date in Brighton..

Wed. 1st

December

7pm doors

VAMPIRE WEEKEND

+ RATATAT

The Brighton Centre, Kings Road, Brighton, BN1 2GR, TEL 0844 847 1515
Tickets: £20 adv. / £22 on the door: Available from Rounder Records: 01273 325440 / Resident: 01273 606312 / www.ticketweb.co.uk / www.seetickets.com / www.ticketmaster.co.uk

Over 14s only in standing area, 12-14s to be accompanied by an adult in the seating area

www.myspace.com/vampireweekend

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An Australian brother-sister duo much loved in Brighton return after their sold out Duke's show earlier in the year...

Sat. 4th

December

7pm door – 7.30pm start

ANGUS & JULIA STONE

+ SUPPORT

St. Georges Church, St Georges Rd, Kemp Town, Brighton, BN2 1ED
Tickets: £13 adv. / £15 on the door: Available from Rounder
Records: 01273 325440 / Resident: 01273 606312 / Dome Box Office 01273 709709 / www.ticketweb.co.uk / www.seetickets.com

All ages welcome, Under 16s to be accompanied

www.myspace.com/angusandjuliastone

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Melting Vinyl and Put It On present... Return of Brighton's own twisted punk duo...

Weds 8th

December

8pm – 11pm

BLOOD RED SHOES

+ SUPPORT

Concorde 2, Shelter Hall, Madeira Drive, Brighton, BN1 1EN TEL 01273 673311
Tickets: £9.50 adv. / £10.50 on the door: Concorde 2 Box Office 01273
673311/ Rounder 01273 325440 / Resident 01273 606312 / Dome 01273 709709
/ Ticketweb www.ticketweb.co.uk / www.seetickets.com

+14s welcome, under 16s to be accompanied

www.myspace.com/bloodredshoes

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Transgressive Records' folk rock band...

Sat. 11th

December

7pm door – 7.30pm start

JOHNNY FLYNN AND THE SUSSEX WIT

PLUS GUESTS

St. Georges Church, St Georges Rd, Kemp Town, Brighton, BN2 1ED
Tickets: £12 adv. / £14 on the door: Available from Rounder
Records: 01273 325440 / Resident: 01273 606312 / Dome Box Office 01273 709709 / www.ticketweb.co.uk / www.seetickets.com

All ages welcome, Under 16s to be accompanied

www.myspace.com/johnnyflynn

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